Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Nebraska

The Underpinnings of American Democracy

Edward Gibbon said of the ancient Athenians, "when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." America is the longest-lived democracy in the history of the world, but there are signs that our own extraordinary system faces a similar peril. A vibrant civil society, characterized by active citizen participation, is essential to a strong democracy, argues Brian O'Connell, and in his new book he offers a citizen's guide to this concept of civil society -- what it is, how it functions, its limitations and potential, and most importantly, what individuals can do to nurture and support it. It is designed to provide practical understanding and foster action among community and national leaders, including mayors, civic leaders, school boards, public administrators, independent sector leaders, scholars, and teachers. Civil Society explores the idea and the reality of citizen participation, including government's essential responsibility to preserve the freedoms that allow and encourage it. It also traces the contemporary weakening of this tradition as a result of indifference, selfishness, loss of confidence in government, governmental limits on citizen participation, the influence of special interests on elected officials, separation between the haves and have nots, intolerance and incivility. Founding president of INDEPENDENT SECTOR and first chairman of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Brian O'Connell draws on his extensive practical experience of civil society to outline concrete actions that can improve the prospects of an enduring democracy, including: - increasing the role of education in preparing students for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; - reorienting public administrators towards a greater receptivity of citizen involvement; - expanding research into and conducting regular evaluations of the state of civil society itself; - developing a concerted effort to share and apply what we already know about passing on to future generations the nation's traditions of service and generosity. In Civil Society, Brian O'Connell has created a practical handbook for elected officials, community leaders, and ordinary citizens who seek to nurture and expand this crucial dimension of a democratic society.

Civil Society

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Connecticut

Speakers on Success

Direct from the platform to you...The Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau, in the heart of the meeting capital of the world, delivers the best and brightest insights from leading motivators and personal development experts. Within this book you will discover Success begins with believing; The path to finding your purpose;How to think like a champion; How to overcome the fears that hold you back; Leadership secrets; Keys to effective communication....and more! Corporations and associations from around the globe converge on Las Vegas for their meetings, conferences and conventions. Audiences listen intently and embrace the wisdom, experience and specialized knowledge offered by the finest keynote speakers. Now, some of the most successful speakers in the industry have come together in one book to help you develop your own greatness. The Power of the Platform will inspire you to achieve your dreams and goals - all at your convenience! Jack Canfield shares the importance belief plays in manifesting your dreams. Brian Tracy explains how you can influence your chances for success. Les Brown illustrates how sometimes, what we perceive to be the worst events in our lives can actually become blessings. Advance your career to a higher level with help from Jim Fannin, the world's most effective "change your life" coach. Discover how to manifest your dreams with a simple meditation, increase your success by improving your ability to communicate, and discover a strategy for accomplishing anything you set your mind to. This book is positively transformational! It will motivate you and show you how to discover your purpose, engage your passion and live an extraordinary life. Twenty-one of today'sleading experts deliver methods and inspiration to help you get there faster. Grab this book, take your seat, and enjoy The Power of the Platform.

The Power of the Platform

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

California

This collection by Brian James Freeman features six dark stories that are a little different than his other works. Some focus on unusual characters and some are simply told in unusual ways. These six thought-provoking stories show why David Morrell has called Freeman's writing "elegant and haunting" and why Michael Koryta has said Freeman writes "a taut, memorable tale."

Dreamlike States

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Louisiana

Inside the Real World of Figure Skating

This large format, full-color photo essay is the ultimate skating book for fans ages 8 and up. In an accessable and conversational tone Brian Boitano reveals what it is like to move up through the sport and compete at an international level. Brian Boitano's personal stories and anecdotes as well as his lively personal commentary illuminate the sport for young readers and skating fans of all ages. Here's everything you'll ever want to know about figure skating -- with Brian Boitano serving as the expert host.

Boitano's Edge #53

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Nevada

Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang's critically acclaimed Wonder Woman reintroduces The New Gods!

Wonder Woman's world is shocked to its core when her eldest brother, the First Born, is freed from his slumber. Now, with her family in ruins and her friends scattered, she must turn to Orion and the New Gods of New Genesis to save herself and Zola's newborn from the First Born's wrath!

Collects WONDER WOMAN #19-23.

Wonder Woman - War vol. 4

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New York

Devotions from Hope Valley

Follow Your Heart to Hope Valley Inspired by best-selling author Janette Oke and the Hallmark Channel original TV series When Calls the Heart, these forty devotions from Hope Valley are about finding moments of grace, joy, and beauty amid the unexpected circumstances of life. In this collection, Brian Bird, executive producer and co-creator of When Calls the Heart, and Michelle Cox illuminate the "God-moments" from the fictional, 1910 mining town of Hope Valley. The stories of faith, hope, and love from each episode will inspire and encourage you with wonderful virtues and relatable life lessons. Each chapter contains a quote from one of your favorite citizens, a Scripture verse, a devotional reflection, a prayer, and questions to help you think a little deeper about what's on your own heart. As Elizabeth Thatcher learned when she headed West to fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher, when God calls the heart, you can expect an adventure!

When God Calls the Heart

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West Virginia

#hardcover #nonfiction #humor #oralhistory #television #theoffice #tv 

Delaware

The Ultimate Oral History of the Office

"As told by the actors, writers, producers, directors, and crew"--Jacket.

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

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Illinois

Boitano's Edge

The search for the Rave stones has brought our heroes to Rabarrier, an entire city built beneath an enormous force field. Apparently the evil demonoids who constantly attack the city are led by a man named "Gale." Could it be Haru's missing father? There's no other way to find out but to charge right into the demonoids' lair. Fight on Rave Master!

Rave Master 7

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Utah

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Philosophy

Summa Theologiae I 1-13

This series offers central philosophical treatises of Aquinas in new, state-of-the-art translations distinguished by their accuracy and use of clear and nontechnical modern vocabulary. Annotation and commentary accessible to undergraduates make the series an ideal vehicle for the study of Aquinas by readers approaching him from a variety of backgrounds and interests.

The Treatise on the Divine Nature

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Through Time Into Healing by Brian L. Weiss

The book that sheds new light on the extraordinary healing potential of past life therapy, by the bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters. Brian Weiss made headlines with his ground-breaking research on past life therapy in Many Lives, Many Masters. Now, based on his extensive clinical experience, he builds on time-tested techniques of psychotherapy, revealing how regression to past lifetimes provides the necessary breakthrough to healing mind, body, and soul. Using vivid past life case studies, Dr. Weiss shows how regression therapy can heal grief, create more loving relationships, uncover hidden talents, and ultimately shows how near death and out of body experiences help confirm the existence of past lives. Dr. Weiss includes his own professional hypnosis, dream recall, meditation and journaling techniques for safe past life recall at home. 

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Discovering the Power of Regression Therapy to Erase Trauma and Transform Mind, Body, and Relationships

Demonstrates how to use past-life therapy to heal specific problems, offering alternatives to conventional therapies for depression, back pain, eating disorders, marital problems, and more

Through Time into Healing

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Pennsylvania

My Story of Finding Hope in Hitler's Death Camps to Inspire a New Generation

From the survivor of ten Nazi concentration camps who went on to create the New England Holocaust Memorial, an inspiring memoir about finding strength in the face of despair. On August 14, 2017, two days after a white-supremacist activist rammed his car into a group of anti-Fascist protestors, killing one and injuring nineteen, the New England Holocaust Memorial was vandalized for the second time in as many months. At the base of one of its fifty-four-foot glass towers lay a pile of shards. For Steve Ross, the image called to mind Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass in which German authorities and civilians ransacked Jewish-owned buildings with sledgehammers. Ross was eight years old when the Nazis invaded his Polish village, forcing his family to flee. He spent his next six years in a day-to-day struggle to survive the notorious camps in which he was imprisoned, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Dachau among them. When he was finally liberated, he no longer knew how old he was, he was literally starving to death, and everyone in his family save for his brother had been killed. Ross learned in his darkest experiences--by observing and enduring inconceivable cruelty as well as by receiving compassion from caring fellow prisoners--the human capacity to rise above even the bleakest circumstances. He decided to devote himself to underprivileged youth, aiming to ensure that despite the obstacles in their lives they would never experience suffering like he had. Over the course of a nearly forty-year career as a psychologist working in the Boston city schools, that was exactly what he did. At the end of his career, he spearheaded the creation of the New England Holocaust Memorial, a site millions of people including young students visit every year. Equal parts heartrending, brutal, and inspiring, From Broken Glass is the story of how one man survived the unimaginable and inspired a new generation to help forge a more compassionate world.

From Broken Glass

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First trade of the now-classic Saga from Image publishing. Great condition, minimal shelf wear. Bundle with other books and get FREE SHIPPING off an order of $20 or more. 
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Winner of the 2013 Hugo award for Best Graphic Story! When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. From New York Times bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) and critically acclaimed artist Fiona Staples (Mystery Society, North 40), Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults. This specially priced volume collects the first six issues of the smash-hit series The Onion A.V. Club calls "the emotional epic Hollywood wishes it could make." Voted one of the top graphic novels of the year by the NYT, IGN, the Examiner, and SF Weekly. Voted Best Comic of the year by MTV Geek and Best New Series by Paradox Comics. Voted a finalist in the GoodReads Best GN of 2012 contest. Named one of Time Magazine's top 10 graphic novels for 2013

Saga

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Journey back to the magic days of sultans and caliphs, and become entranced by a brave young woman named Sheherezade as she weaves one dazzling tale after another, night after night for a thousand and one nights.

This classic collection of timeless stories from Arabia, India, and Persia re-creates a fabulous world of sorcerers and sages, as well as ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations.

Brian Alderson brings out all the humor, enchantment, suspense, and mystery of these delightful stories. Included in this lively collection are Sheherezade's most magnificent and beloved stories: "Aladdin," "Sindbad the Sailor," and "All Baba and the Forty Thieves." Remaining faithful to their Eastern origins, the author presents them in a manner ideally suited for reading aloud.

Michael Foreman's one hundred and twenty stunning illustrations and decorations-highlighted with gold ink -- capture all the excitement and magic of the original tales in a sumptuous book you will return to again and again.

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House Atreides

THE EPIC PREQUEL TODUNE "DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDESis a terrific prequel, but it is also a first-rate adventure on its own. Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision."—Dean Koontz Frank Herbert'sDunechronicles became an enduring classic and the most popular science fiction series of all time. Working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and best-selling novelist Kevin J. Anderson bring usDune: House Atreides, the prequel, which captures all the complexity and grand themes of the original work while weaving a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago. Complex, brilliant, and prophetic, Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imaginations of millions of readers worldwide—and transformed their perception of what the future could be. By his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had completed six novels in the Dune series. But much of his vision—vast, sprawling, and multilayered—remained unwritten. Now, working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the first volume in the prequel toDune—where we step onto planet Arrakis...decades beforeDune's hero, Paul Atreides, walks its sands. — Beginning nearly four decades beforeDune,House Atreidesintroduces pivotal characters, alliances, base treacheries, and bright hopes that form the foundation ofDune. On the planet Arrakis, an aging tyrant sits on the Golden Lion Throne and rules all of the known universe, while his son grows dangerously impatient for the crown. A quasi-religious order of black-robed women move their secret breeding program one momentous step closer to creating a god-child they call the Kwisatz Haderach. And a minor family among the nobility, House Atreides, chooses a course of honor that will bring it to destruction at the hands of its mortal enemy, House Harkonnen—or take it to new heights of power. Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created in his classic series, in the time leading up to the momentous events ofDune. As Emperor Elrood's son Shaddam plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves his lush, water-rich planet for a year's education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes is dispatched by the Emperor to the desert planet Arrakis, or Dune, to discover the secrets of the addictive spice known as melan≥ and the eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance. But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegades—and shapers of history. Covering the decade when Shaddam wins his throne, the teenager Leo Atreides becomes unexpectedly the rule of House Atreides, and Pardot Kynes uncovers one of the planet Dune's greatest secrets,House Atreidesstands next toDunein its power and scope. While this new novel solves some ofDune's most baffling mysteries, it presents new puzzles springing from the sands where one day Paul Muad'Dib Atreides will walk. But now, in the years before Paul's birth, an unforgettable new epic begins. Fans of theDunechronicles will relish the opportunity to return to the rich and exotic universe created by Frank Herbert, while new readers will be introduced to an incomparable imagination—a future where the fate of the entire cosmos is at stake. The Story BehindDune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert When my father first sat down with me to go over one of my manuscripts, he told me that he couldn't teach me how to write; instead, he would t

Dune

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"The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the universe. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old world"--P. [4] of cover (v. 1).

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Civil Society

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The Power of the Platform

Brian James Freeman; Ed Gorman (Introduction by); Glenn Chadbourne (Artist); Vincent Chong (Artist)

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When God Calls the Heart

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Brian Baumgartner; Ben Silverman; Greg Daniels (Foreword by)

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

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Through Time into Healing

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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

Brian Baumgartner; Ben Silverman; Greg Daniels (Foreword by)

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

Steve Ross; Glenn Frank (As told to); Brian Wallace (As told to); Ray Flynn (Foreword by)

From Broken Glass

Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)

Saga

Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)

Saga

Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)

Saga

Brian Alderson; Michael Foreman (Illustrator); Peter Glassman (Afterword by)

The Arabian Nights F6

Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)

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Brian K. Vaughan; Fiona Staples (Artist, Cover Design by)

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