Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

Darkworld Detective 

Florida

Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years

A Mayo Clinic orthopedist recounts his tumultuous four years as a surgical resident, describing dramatic cases during which he was forced to make life-changing decisions for his patients and moonlight at a local emergency room in order to earn extra money. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Hot Lights, Cold Steel

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New York

An engineer from out of town disappears. Then Conor Mitchell's girlfriend. Then his parents. The townspeople of Sedrow Woolley, Washington are vanishing at a horrifying rate. But they come back. They all come back days later, and they're different: Hungry. Insectile. Creatures posing as humans. Because Conor knows the truth, and because the entire police force has already been changed, and because there's nowhere to run from an evil that only wants to spread, his sole option is to fight. But they have no intention of letting him leave town.

Highway Twenty

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Pennsylvania

Reading & Language Arts

Christian Liberty Nature Reader Books 2 & 3

Missouri

Stories loved for generations come to life for today's young readers in the Core Classics¿ series. Faithful to the style, plot, and themes of the originals, Core Classics are designed for use as classroom editions of the literary works listed in the Core Knowledge Sequence. They include introductions by E. D. Hirsch Jr., editor of the Core Knowledge© Series (What Your Kindergartner ¿ Sixth Grader Needs to Know). The Core Classics are generally considered suitable for fourth and fifth grade students. The texts are illustrated, annotated, and include a brief biography of the author.

Gulliver's Travels

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Binding on book 3 is beginning to wear but has not fallen apart

Christian Liberty Nature Reader Books 3 & 5

Wisconsin

Book One of the Legends of the First Empire

One of fantasy s finest next-generation storytellers continues to break new ground. Michael J. Sullivan s trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and J.R.R. Tolkien himself. Now Age of Myth inaugurates an original five-book series. Since time immemorial, humans have worshipped the gods they call Fhrey, truly a race apart: invincible in battle, masters of magic, and seemingly immortal. But when a god falls to a human blade, the balance of power between humans and those they thought were gods changes forever. Now only a few stand between humankind and annihilation: Raithe, reluctant to embrace his destiny as the God Killer; Suri, a young seer burdened by signs of impending doom; and Persephone, who must overcome personal tragedy to lead her people. The Age of Myth is over. The time of rebellion has begun. Praise for Michael J. Sullivan Hair-raising escapes, flashy sword fights, and faithful friendship complete the formula for good old-fashioned escapist fun. Publishers Weekly, on Theft of Swords Filled with adventure and clever dialog and featuring a pair of not-quite-heroes whose loyalties to each other provide them with their greatest strength, this epic fantasy showcases the arrival of a master storyteller. Library Journal, on Theft of Swords With less gore and a smaller cast of characters than George R. R. Martin s Song of Ice and Fire but equally satisfying, Sullivan s epic fantasy will be gaining fans at exponential rates. Library Journal, on The Rose and the Thorn From the Hardcover edition."

Age of Myth

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A Novel of Faith and Forgiveness

An extraordinary journey back in time shows a struggling single dad that the faith he's lost is still alive--and stronger than ever. . . .

Michael Stewart has weathered his share of hardships: a troubled childhood, the loss of his mother, even the degradation of living on the city streets. Now he's raising his teenaged daughter, Elizabeth, on his own and doing the best he can at work and at home. But he's turned his back on his faith--that is, until the morning Michael and Elizabeth volunteer for a food pantry at their local church. While storing boxes in the basement, they step through a mysterious door . . . and find themselves in first-century Jerusalem during the tumultuous last week of Jesus Christ's life. It is a dangerous and violent place, where doing what your heart tells you is right can get you imprisoned--or worse--and they are thankful to take refuge with a kind widow. But when they come face-to-face with Judas Iscariot and the condemned Christ himself, Michael realizes that before they can escape Jerusalem, he must experience history's most necessary and shattering heartbreak--and that pain and loss must happen if Michael is to be set free: to live, love, and reclaim the blessings he has in the present day.

Necessary Heartbreak

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

America in search of a public philosophy

Democracy's Discontent

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Texas

What's the best part of being an astronaut? Is it the excitement of leaving the Earth behind at the mind-boggling speed of 25,000 mph? Is it the chance to float around a shuttle in zero gravity? Or make new scientific discoveries? Or go out on a space walk?

Few of us get to answer these questions for ourselves by rocketing into space. But a group of kids took the first step by going to U.S. Space Academy. For close to a week, they tried on flight suits and the lives of training astronauts. They used NASA simulators and learned how to walk on the Moon and how to work without gravity. They walked, talked, read, lived space travel.

Then, they blasted off on a mission of their own....

Susan E. Goodman and Michael J. Doolittle bring the adventures of science and space travel alive in the fifth book of the Ultimate Field Trip series. Vivid storytelling and photos help readers don mental space suits and go along for the ride.

Blasting off to Space Academy

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The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't

The Secret opened the world to the power of positive thinking. Now, Law of Attraction will guide you through every step toward getting the life you've always desired -- and deserved.

Have you noticed that sometimes what you need just falls into place? Perhaps you've met the perfect client or life partner merely by being at the right place at the right time. On the other hand, there are some people who find themselves in one terrible relationship after another or who seem unable to shake off their bad luck.

These experiences are evidence of a very powerful force. It's called the Law of Attraction, and right now it's attracting people, jobs, situations, and relationships to you. The Law of Attraction can be defined as: I attract to my life whatever I give my attention, energy, and focus to, whether positive or negative.

Now, with this book, readers can learn how to use the Law of Attraction deliberately and integrate it into their daily life. By doing this, they will attract all they need to do, know, and have so they can get more of what they want and less of what they don't want. With its easy-to-follow 3-step formula (Identify Your Desire, Give Your Desire Attention, and Allowing), complete with tips, tools, exercises, and scripts, Law of Attraction shows readers how to:
 * Attract their ideal mate and ideal relationships
 * Increase wealth and abundance
 * Improve their business with more customers, clients, and referrals
 * Discover their ideal job, true calling, or career
 * and more!


Law of Attraction

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Student reading for class development. Excellent source for entertaining engagement of discussion in vocabulary and comprehension. Homeschool source for reading.

Utah

Christian

Beautiful Stories for Children 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece

This handsome volume explores the integral role of heroes in ancient Greek art and culture. More than a hundred stunning statues, reliefs, vases, bronzes, coins, and gems drawn from major American and European collections highlight how heroes were represented, why they were important, and what encouraged individuals to seek them out.

 

To contemporary eyes, Greek heroes embody contradiction: they might have superhuman powers, but their mortality was what made them heroic. Many were regarded as benevolent ancestors with powers to protect and heal, but others were dangerous and haunted spirits of the dead, who had to be appeased. Although epic, drama, and the visual arts abound in representations of heroes whose fame has carried over into modern times, cult and funerary architecture commemorate many more individuals whose names and deeds are entirely lost to us. 

 

Featuring essays by leading authorities in the field, this book draws on recent archaeological, literary, and art historical research to explore such issues as gender, cult, and iconography, as well as overlooked aspects of familiar (Herakles, Achilles, and Odysseus) and unfamiliar heroes (Helen of Troy).

Heroes

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Michigan

Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci

Arizona

French Roll 

Connecticut

A Very Loose Canon of American Humor

An entertaining anthology featuring the work of seventy distinguished literary humorists features the whimsical essays and witty thoughts of drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, Daniel Radosh's Powerpoint Anthology of Literature, and works by Roy Blount Jr., Henry Alford, P. J. O'Rourke, Phil Austin, and Tom Gliatto, as well as a food section, zany tributes, a timely newscrawl, and other features. Original. 25,000 first printing.

May Contain Nuts

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#hardcover #biography #nonfiction #michaeljfox #autobiography #memoir #notimelikethefuture 

Oregon

An Optimist Considers Mortality

A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox. The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of PD science. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges. In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses. Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.” Does he make it all of the way back? Read the book.

No Time Like the Future/Always Looking Up

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#nonfiction #biography #autobiography #paperback #coastguard #Rescue￼

Colorado

The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

The 1952 Coast Guard mission to save the crews of two oil tankers that were torn in half by the force of one of New England's worst nor'easters.

The Finest Hours

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Massachusetts

Before Watchmen - Dr. Manhattan 

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History

A Child's Story of America

#paperback #nonfiction #history #biography #memoir #disney #survival #america #michaeljtougias #caseysherman 

Survivors recount the heroic undertakings of Coast Guard teams aboard small crafts who attempted to save the crews of two oil tankers caught in a violent nor'easter off the coast of Cape Cod.

The Finest Hours : The True Story of the U. S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

The True Story of the U. S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Louisiana

Business & Economics

Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace

Now in its third edition, Colquitt-LePine-Wesson continues to offer a novel and innovative approach to teaching organizational behavior. The focus, tone, and organization of the book shows students that:

OB really matters - The book opens with two chapters barely covered in other texts: job performance and organizational commitment. Those topics are critical to managers and students alike, and represent two of the most critical outcomes in OB. Each successive chapter then links that chapter’s topic back to those outcomes, illustrating why OB matters in today’s organizations.

OB topics all fit together - The book is structured around an integrative model, shown on the back cover and spotlighted in the first chapter, that provides a roadmap for the course. The model illustrates how individual, team, leader, and organizational factors shape employee attitudes, and how those attitudes impact performance and commitment. In this way, the model reminds students where they are, where they've been, and where they're going.

OB is all around them - The book includes innovative insert box features that students actually enjoy reading. OB on Screen uses scenes from popular films, such as the Social Network, Up in the Air, Inception, and the King’s Speech, to demonstrate OB topics. OB at the Bookstore draws a bridge to popular business books, including Drive, the 4-Hour Workweek, Linchpin, and Superfreakonomics.

Organizational Behavior

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Book shows medium wear but cover, binding and pages are all sound. Coloring on title page and a few pencil marks here and there. Copy is quite readable and not hindered.

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Darkworld Detective

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Hot Lights, Cold Steel

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Highway Twenty

Paul D. Lindstrom, Michael J. McHugh

Christian Liberty Nature Reader Books 2 & 3

Jonathan Swift; Michael J. Marshall (Editor)

Gulliver's Travels

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader Books 3 & 5

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Age of Myth

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Necessary Heartbreak

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Democracy's Discontent

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Blasting off to Space Academy

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Law of Attraction

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Beautiful Stories for Children

Heroes

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How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci

J. Michael Jarvis

French Roll

Michael J. Rosen

May Contain Nuts

Michael J. Fox

No Time Like the Future/Always Looking Up

Michael J. Tougias, Casey Sherman

The Finest Hours

J. Michael Straczynski

Before Watchmen - Dr. Manhattan

Michael J. McHugh and Dr. Charles Morris

A Child's Story of America

Michael J. Tougias; Casey Sherman

The Finest Hours : The True Story of the U. S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

Michael J. Tougias; Casey Sherman

The Finest Hours

Jason A. Colquitt; Jeffrey A. Lepine; Michael J. Wesson

Organizational Behavior

Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom; Michael J. McHugh

Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 3