Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indiana

The Bala Diaries

Illustrated with forty black-and-white photographs, A Dog's Guide to Life is sure to delight dog lovers every-where who just can't get enough of the lighter side of pets and what they can show us about ourselves.

This wry and heartfelt look at everyday life will especially tickle dog lovers, while giving grouchy non-dog lovers something to smile about as well. A Dog's Guide to Life is the personal diary of Bala, a delightful, insightful Doberman from Manhattan.

A Dog's Guide to Life combines adorable photographs and a lively, emotional story that looks at both the commonplace and the absurd in urban life, our obsessions with money and work, our problems with daily living, and our fear of abandonment -- while teaching us a thing or two about love and relationships along the way.

A Dog's Guide to Life

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So begins It's a Girl Thing: Random Thoughts on Surviving Womanhood, a sassy gift book that tackles some of the universal truths found only in a woman's world.


Praising the "sisterhood of womanhood" this book makes the perfect gift for a sister, girlfriend, mother, aunt... any woman who could use a smile and a few words of snarky encouragement.



Filled with shoot-from-the-hip commentary and quotes on everything from flirting, to shoe shopping, to break-ups, you'll be reminded of advice from that great friend who totally lacks a filter between her brain and her mouth.



And you love her for it. Female friendship is the core message; encouraging each other, celebrating our gifts, and most importantly, lots of attitude, chocolate and wine!



Designed with Salvadore Dali-meets-Martha Stewart-flair, the book features retro photos of women from the 1920's through the 1960's and artful snippets of scrapbook-like details, making it as much fun to look at as it is to read.

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It's a Girl Thing

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Nick McDonell

Texas

On American Privilege

A bold and moving exploration of the American elite that exposes how the ruling class—even when well-intentioned—perpetuates cycles of wealth, power, and injustice Growing up on New York City’s Upper East Side, Nick McDonell was surrounded by luxury—sailing lessons in the Hamptons, school galas at the Met, and holidays on private jets. It was this rarified life that he explored in his early novels, but then left behind as a war correspondent in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Quiet Street, McDonell returns to the sidewalks of his youth, exhuming his own upbringing, and those of his wealthy peers, with bracing honesty. Through summer safaris and winter ski trips, ill-omened handshakes and schoolyard microaggressions, fox-hunting rituals and sexually precocious tweens, McDonell examines the ruling class in painstaking detail, documenting how wealth and power are hoarded, encoded, and passed down from one generation to the next. Crucially, he also demonstrates how outsiders—the poor, the non-white, the suburban—are kept in the dark. Searing and precise yet always deeply human, Quiet Street examines the problem of America’s one-percenters, whose vision of a more just world never materializes. Who are these people, how do they hold on to power, and what would it take for them to share it? Quiet Street pursues these questions through the highly personal, but universal, experience of growing up and coming to terms with the culture that made you.

Quiet Street

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Alabama

American spirit

California

What Your Government Doesn't Want You to Know

Not Free America is a call to all Americans to take back our constitutional freedoms and break free of "our abusive relationship with our government." Mike Donovan's groundbreaking work on behalf of personal liberties has made him an object of fascination on both the Right and the Left.

In this groundbreaking book, Mike Donovan, the CEO of Nexus Services, calls out the elites who wield power in our country--not only the elites at the federal level, but the elites who exert control over us in our states and counties, our cities and towns. Not Free America is a passionate call to all freedom-loving Americans to take back our constitutional freedoms and break free of what he calls "our abusive relationship with our government."

Donovan details how the "wholesale shredding of the Bill of Rights" started long before the concurrent crises of Covid-19 and the protests and violence that followed the murder of George Floyd. Not Free America shows us how those events were used by forces in our local, state, and federal governments that had systematically been abridging our rights for decades. These rights, Mike reminds us, are God-given rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment.

As the pastor of the First Christian Church Universalist in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Mike Donovan is far from your quiet country clergyman. A fierce warrior with the spirit of God and the tough skin of a lawyer, he has dedicated his life to protecting liberty and preserving individual rights, serving the underserved, and ministering to those who are overlooked in our broken society. Indeed, there are aspects to his past and present that make him an easy target for judgment from all directions. But Mike Donovan hides from nothing: He openly embraces the faults of his past and dedicates his present to creating a future that helps others move past their own unfortunate pasts.

Born to a poor family in Page County, Virginia, he found himself at a young age convicted of writing bad checks, resulting in multiple felonies for which he served seven months in the county jail. But the time he served didn't break him; it helped make him the man he is today: a man of the law and a man of God who believes with all his heart and soul in the possibility of redemption and the power of moving beyond past mistakes. He also came out of that experience knowing he needed to make a difference for others who found themselves in the same place he'd just been. Not content to talk the talk, Mike Donovan walks the walk in the footsteps of the Jesus who said "I was in prison and you came to visit me . . . Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me."

Not Free America shows us how to do all that for America and for our children. The book ends with "The Liberty Pledge": an agreement readers will make stating that they will vote only for lawmakers who agree to uphold the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Not Free America

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#hardcover #nonfiction #bestseller #politicalscience

New York

What I Say to My Friends about Racism

"The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America's only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on America's systemic flaws speak for his millions of fans. Now, in an urgent, deeply personal, riveting plea, he shows us all how deep our problems lie, and what we can do to begin to fix them"--

This Is the Fire

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Florida

Making Space for You to Be You

Women today feel pressure to be the best wife, mom, and professional possible--often at the expense of their own identity. But what if you could experience deep peace--knowing you are loved right now, just as you are? In Brave Love, the founder of the multi-million dollar company Lisa Leonard Designs inspires women to find themselves again amidst the noise and competing demands of real life.

Brave Love is about what it means to be human, how it feels to be broken and afraid, and what happens when we dare to love deeply. Join Lisa on a journey where you will discover you are worthy and lovable just as you are. You don't have to try harder or be better. You don't have to prove yourself and you don't have to make others okay. In this freedom you will find more peace and more joy. Most importantly, you will learn that as you stop trying to be everything to everyone, you will love others better.

Lisa Leonard shares her story of finding truth and wholeness in the midst of life's competing demands. When she said her marriage vows, she was determined to be the best wife she could be. When her first son was born with a severe disability, Lisa promised herself she would always be the mother he needed. When she began her jewelry business, Lisa committed to giving it her all.

Over the years, the exhaustion of trying to be the perfect wife, mother, and businesswoman took its toll. Lisa knew it wasn't working. She wanted to change things, but how? Everyone depended on her. So she kept going, kept pushing, kept trying to prove she could do it all. Until one evening, in tears and desperation, Lisa realized that she could no longer be everything to everyone. Somewhere along the way, she had lost herself.

In Brave Love, Lisa shares her story of losing--and finding--her own voice in the clamor of family, career, and internal pressure to prove herself.

Brave Love

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Christa Roberts

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Blu's Wild Journey

Rio 2

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Tish Rabe

All about Insects

Catch the bug buzz and learn all about insects with the Cat in the Hat--a perfect gift for little scientists on Earth Day and every day! The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is a nonfiction picture book series that introduces beginning readers ages 5-8 to important basic concepts.

Find out all you ever wanted to know about insects when the Cat in the Hat and friends get an up-close view of life as a bug. Kids will learn how insects -- from the spittlebug to the honeybee to the moth -- see, smell, communicate, and pollinate, as well as sometimes pester and amaze and generally make life better for us humans.

Featuring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, the Learning Library are unjacketed hardcover picture books that explore a range of nonfiction topics about the world we live in and include an index, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

On Beyond Bugs

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Colleen Sexton

Frogfish are unique in that unlike other fish they lack the ability to conventionally swim, instead they "walk" on their fins, crawling along the sea floor. Discover the life of the frogfish. Vivid photos support leveled text meant to engage young readers.

Frogfish

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Judi Dench

A beloved actress--known for her roles in British sit-coms, Shakespeare in Love and the most recent James Bond films--chronicles her life and career. 150,000 first printing.

And Furthermore

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North Carolina

How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring down President Trump

The only firsthand account that proves the attempted sabotage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign by American and international intelligence services, from former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos--whose global network and clandestine meetings about Hillary Clinton's hacked emails made him the first target of Spygate, the Mueller Investigation, and the Russian Collusion Hoax

Deep State Target

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#hardcover #nonfiction #duckdynasty #autobiography 

Kentucky

Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle

A star of the hit A&E show Duck Dynasty brings together his best tall tales, crazy exploits and quirky one-liners in a single raucous collection.

Si-Cology 1

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The Nontraditional Investments That Drive the World's Best-Performing Portfolios





The first book to explain the new world of alternative investing, showing how anyone can use nontraditional options to significantly increase returns and lower risks

The world's elite investors have long relied on alternative investments to produce superior returns. Until now, these strategies were the exclusive purview of institutions and the superwealthy, but today any informed investor can play the same game.

A rainbow of investment options--timber, start-ups, master limited partnerships (MLPs), hedged strategies, managed futures, infrastructure, peer-to-peer lending, farmland, and dozens of other nontraditional strategies--can provide dramatically better gains, with less total risk, than the standard choices. In The Alternative Answer, Bob Rice, Bloomberg TV's Alternative Investments Editor, leads an entertaining and easy- to-understand tour of this world, and suggests specific alternative investments for all four key "jobs" of a portfolio: safely generating more current income, decreasing risks of economic shocks, significantly increasing long-term profits, and protecting purchasing power over time.

Regardless of experience or net worth, readers will learn exactly how to substantially improve investment performance--in the same way that the world's best investors already do. Stocks and bonds alone aren't nearly enough. Investors need an alternative answer and now they have it.

The Alternative Answer

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Cheryl Savageau

Out of the Crazywoods is the riveting and insightful story of Abenaki poet Cheryl Savageau’s late-life diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Without sensationalizing, she takes the reader inside the experience of a rapid-cycling variant of the disorder, providing a lens through which to understand it and a road map for navigating the illness. The structure of her story—impressionistic, fragmented—is an embodiment of the bipolar experience and a way of perceiving the world. Out of the Crazywoods takes the reader into the euphoria of mania as well as its ugly, agitated rage and into “the lying down of desire” that is depression. Savageau articulates the joy of being consort to a god and the terror of being chased by witchcraft, the sound of voices that are always chattering in your head, the smell of wet ashes that invades your home, the perception that people are moving in slow motion and death lurks at every turnpike, and the feeling of being loved by the universe and despised by everyone you’ve ever known. Central to the journey out of the Crazywoods is the sensitive child who becomes a poet and writer who finds clarity in her art and a reason to heal in her grandchildren. Her journey reveals the stigma and the social, personal, and economic consequences of the illness but reminds us that the disease is not the person. Grounded in Abenaki culture, Savageau questions cultural definitions of madness and charts a path to recovery through a combination of medications, psychotherapy, and ceremony.

Out of the Crazywoods

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Experience New York City the local way with this insider's guide

New York City's got it all: soaring skyscrapers, world-class food joints, plus a park to beat all parks. But what's beyond the well-trodden sights? Off-broadway theatres putting on quirky productions, old Ukrainian diners serving up family recipes, and speakeasies hosting secret parties, that's what. There's so much more to NYC than the Met and Statue of Liberty - and who better to show you around than the locals?

This gorgeous insider's guide is packed with recommendations from New Yorkers in the know, helping you to discover all their favourite hangouts and hidden haunts. Of course, with a city as iconic as NYC we could fill the pages of this book tenfold. Rather, New York City Like a Local offers a snapshot of local life, and it's yours for the taking.

Whether you're a New Yorker looking to uncover your city's secrets or a traveller seeking an authentic experience beyond the tourist track, this stylish guide makes sure you experience the real side of New York City.

New York City Like a Local

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Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town

Broadway, the main street that runs through Robert Pinsky’s home town of Long Branch, New Jersey, was once like thousands of other main streets in small towns across the country. But for Pinsky, one of America’s most admired poets and its former Poet Laureate, this Broadway is the point of departure for a lively journey through the small towns of the American imagination. Thousands of Broadways explores the dreams and nightmares of such small towns—their welcoming yet suffocating, warm yet prejudicial character during their heyday, from the early nineteenth century through World War II. The citizens of quintessential small towns know one another extensively and even intimately, but fail to recognize the geniuses and criminal minds in their midst. Bringing the works of such figures as Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Alfred Hitchcock, Thornton Wilder, Willa Cather, and Preston Sturges to bear on this paradox, as well as reflections on his own time growing up in a small town, Pinsky explores how such imperfect knowledge shields communities from the anonymity and alienation of modern life. Along the way, he also considers how small towns can be small minded—in some cases viciously judgmental and oppressively provincial. Ultimately, Pinsky examines the uneasy regard that creative talents like him often have toward the small towns that either nurtured or thwarted their artistic impulses. Of living in a small town, Sherwood Anderson once wrote that "the sensation is one never to be forgotten. On all sides are ghosts, not of the dead, but of living people." Passionate, lyrical, and intensely moving, Thousands of Broadways is a rich exploration of this crucial theme in American literature by one of its most distinguished figures.

Thousands of Broadways

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From the best green spaces to go fetch, to the most stylish cafes and hotels that welcome guests on four legs, this guide tells you all you need to know to have a tail-wagging time in New York City. With beautiful photography, handy maps and plenty of insider's tips, it lets you in on where to eat, drink, walk, visit and stay, alongside profiles of some of New York's most interesting dog owners. Whether you're looking for weekend get-aways or doggy day-trips, find out just how much more fun the city can be when you've got your pooch in tow.

Dog Friendly New York

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Rick Coram

An Illustrated Children's Book

My Big Book of Miracles

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Redemptorist Pastoral Publication

Maryland

Fully Indexed to the Catechism of the Catholic Church

Handbook for Today's Catholic, popular for decades, is written in easy-to-understand language with content divided into four sections: Beliefs, Practices, Prayers, and Living the Faith. It's fully indexed to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. RCIA and parish adult faith formation groups, high school religious education classes, inquirers into the Catholic Fatih, and anyone who wants to have the essentials of Catholicism at their fingertips will welcome this affordable faith resource.

Handbook for Today's Catholic

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Mike Lewis

Sheryl Sandberg

Virginia

If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want

"A lively and inspiring guidebook for anyone who wants to make the jump from normal to extraordinary."
--Tony Robbins, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofUnshakeableandMONEY: Master the Game

An inspirational book that lays out the "Jump Curve"--four steps to wholeheartedly pursuing the career of your dreams--through experiences from a variety of people who have jumped and never looked back

When Mike Lewis was twenty-four and working in a prestigious corporate job, he eagerly wanted to leave and pursue his dream of becoming a professional squash player. But he had questions: When is the right time to move from work that is comfortable to a career you have only dared to dream of? How have other people made such a jump? What did they feel when making that jump--and afterward?

Mike sought guidance from others who had "jumped," and the responses he got--from a banker who started a brewery, a publicist who became a Bishop, a garbage collector who became a furniture designer, and on and on--were so clear-eyed and inspiring that Mike wanted to share what he had learned with others who might be helped by those stories. First, though, he started playing squash professionally.

The right book at the right time,When to Jump offers more than forty heartening stories (from the founder of Bonobos, the author ofThe Big Short, the designer of the Lyft logo, the Humans of New York creator, and many more) and takeaways that will inspire, instruct, and reassure, including the ingenious four-phase Jump Curve.

When to Jump

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Dietary Approaches to Healthy Living

"Nearly one in four Americans have high blood pressure, and with it incur a major risk of heart attack, atherosclerosis, kidney failure, and more. Fortunately, there is something you can do to prevent this: nutrition is the safest and least complicated part of a proven strategy to prevent and treat this debilitating disease." "The Sarah W. Stedman Center for Nutritional Studies at top-ranked Duke University Medical Center has pioneered research on the relationship of nutrition and disease, and now offers this succinct, authoritative, and balanced guide for using nutrition to maintain good health." "You'll find simple explanations of how high blood pressure affects your body, and how to determine if you're at risk for the disease. Then you'll learn which nutrients affect your heart and circulatory system, what the best sources are in everyday foods, and how to make sure that you and your family are following a healthy diet and getting the most out of it by the way you choose and prepare foods. You'll learn new shopping strategies and cooking ideas (including fifty original recipes), and tips for diet "survival" in restaurants and away from home." "Hypertension affects women and men of all ages, but now you can help keep your family in good health."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Hypertension

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A Memoir

From one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love.

What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-five, Meghan O'Rourke found that nothing had prepared her for the intensity of her sorrow. In the first anguished days, she began to create a record of her interior life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief-its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies-an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond.

O'Rourke's story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how watching her mother's illness-and separating from her husband-left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she observes her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss.

With lyricism and unswerving candor, The Long Goodbye conveys the fleeting moments of joy that make up a life, and the way memory can lead us out of the jagged darkness of loss. Effortlessly blending research and reflection, the personal and the universal, it is not only an exceptional memoir, but a necessary one.

The Long Goodbye

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#hardcover #marriage #wedding #weddinggifts #Adult #family #love #romance

Wedding

In A Bridal Blessing, Poltarnees traces a bride from her engagement through the planning for her marriage to the ceremony itself, and out into life to establish a new household and a joint future. He manages to find the essence of each stage, so that brides of all kinds will likely find themselves in this blessing. As in the other books in this series, the illustrations, which are from a variety of sources and many eras, give the words added life and power.

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A Dog's Guide to Life

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American spirit

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Don Lemon

This Is the Fire

Lisa Leonard

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Rio 2

Tish Rabe

On Beyond Bugs

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Judi Dench

And Furthermore

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Out of the Crazywoods

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Thousands of Broadways

Winnie Au; Marta Roca

Dog Friendly New York

Rick Coram

My Big Book of Miracles

Redemptorist Pastoral Publication

Handbook for Today's Catholic

Mike Lewis; Sheryl Sandberg

When to Jump

Pao-Hwa Lin; Laura P. Svetkey; Connie W. Bales (Editor); Tamara Shusterman

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