Carol Otis Hurst

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Virginia

Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, "You've got rocks in your head" and "There's no money in rocks." But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying, and labeling his rocks. The Depression forced the family to sell their gas station and their house, but his interest in rocks never wavered. And in the end the science museum he had visited so often realized that a person with rocks in his head was just what was needed. Anyone who has ever felt a little out of step with the world will identify with this true story of a man who followed his heart and his passion.

Rocks in His Head

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George Otis

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Indiana

A fascinating exploration of the political, cultural, and spiritual trends around the world today interpreted in light of biblical prophecy.

The Last of the Giants

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Stephen Post

Jill Neimark

Otis Moss

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

The Exciting New Research That Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life

In their life-changing book, the authors weave the growing science of love and giving with profoundly moving real-life stories to show exactly how giving unlocks the doors to health, happiness, and a longer life.

Why Good Things Happen to Good People *Signed*

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Cindy L. Otis

New York

Karen McManus meets Courtney Summers in a ripped from the headlines YA thriller about if QAnon conspiracies played out in a high school. Starring a girl who uses a wheelchair. Quinn was supposed to be having an epic junior year--not finding herself a third wheel to her best friend who suddenly has a new boyfriend and watching her older sister turn herself into a pretzel trying to make sure she has the best college applications possible. Which leads to Quinn's sister joining a new club at school called Defend Kids that is working to help find the Turner kids who were kidnapped from a nearby town. Suddenly the new club is all anyone is talking about, and it's even helping Quinn grow her own social media platform. She runs an account about the goings-on around school and town and she notices loads of new followers every time she post about the missing Turner kids. When two of Quinn's classmates are kidnapped, suddenly the dangers that Defend Kids are trying to fight are all too real. As the town comes out in search of the missing kids, tensions escalate around the school, there's an uptick in social media trolling and bullying, and conspiracy theories abound. Before she knows it, Quinn is at the center of it all, trying to find out what's going on and who's behind it. Because if she doesn't . . . Ava might just be pulled into something more dangerous than anyone ever imagined.

At the Speed of Lies

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Mary Otis

California

A Novel

Award-winning author, Mary Otis of Yes, Yes, Cherries ("Funny, brave, and amazing" --Lorrie Moore) delivers an arresting debut novel that explores the relationship complexities between mothers and daughters, the desire to escape, and the longing to connect. Burst is a powerful story about how we become--and unbecome--our mothers, how we absorb the past, and how we burst into our own futures. Viva has always found ways to manage her mother's impulsive, eccentric, and addictive personality. She's had to--for her entire life, it has always been Viva and Charlotte against the world. After accidentally discovering an innate ability for dance, Viva chases her new passion with the same fervor with which her mother chases the bottle. Over the years, Viva's talent becomes a ticket to a life of her own, and as she moves further away from home to pursue her dream, Charlotte struggles to make peace with her own past as a failed artist and the effects of her addiction. When tragedy strikes, Viva begins a downward spiral and must decide whether she will repeat her mother's mistakes or finally take control of her life. Told from interwoven perspectives with lyrical writing as deft as a choreographed dance, Burst excavates a mother-daughter relationship to reveal its gorgeous beating heart.

Burst

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Transforming Your Community Through Spiritual Mapping and Strategic Prayer

Prayer and fasting are changing the lives of Christians everywhere! Have these books ready for your search for insight and inspiration about these new movements in the Church.

Informed Intercession

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Florida

Strongholds of the 10/40 Window

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Lawrence Otis Graham

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Reflections on Life in a Racially Polarized World

Informed and driven by his experience as an upper-middle-class African American who lives and works in a predominately white environment, provocative author Lawrence Otis Graham offers a unique perspective on the subject of race. An uncompromising work that will challenge the mindset of every reader, Member of the Club is a searching book of essays ranging from examining life as a black Princetonian and corporate lawyer to exploring life as a black busboy at an all white country-club. From New York magazine cover stories Invisible Man and Harlem on My Mind to such new essays as "I Never Dated a White Girl" and "My Dinner with Mister Charlie: A Black Man's Undercover Guide to Dining with Dignity at Ten Top New York Restaurants," Graham challenges racial prejudice among White Americans while demanding greater accountability and self-determination from his peers in black America. "In Member of the Club. [Graham writes of] heartbreaking ironies and contradictions, indignities and betrayals in the life of an upper-class black man." --Philadelphia Inquirer "Lawrence Graham Surely knows about the pressures of being beholden to two very different groups." --Los Angeles Times Lawrence Otis Graham is a popular commentator on race and ethnicity. The author of ten other books, his work has appeared in New York magazine, the New York Times and The Best American Essays.

A Member of the Club

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Otis Kriegel

(But Didn't Learn in College)

Not your typical how-to manual for new teachers, this book is a no-nonsense, jargon-free guide to mastering the ins and outs of day-to-day classroom life. Drawing on his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Kriegel offers a wide variety of tools and tactics for getting through every school day with grace - and sanity. Covered in glue, glitter orange juice - or worse? Make a quick change into the spare set of clothes you keep on hand for just this purpose. Butterflies in your stomach before your first-ever Meet the Teacher Night? Keep your cool by writing the evening's agenda on your board - It will double as a crib sheet for you.

Everything a New Elementary School Teacher REALLY Needs to Know

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Richard Otis Ulin

Robert Kelly

Death and Dying Education

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Nevada

Randall G. Hassell

Edmond Otis

Washington

A beginner's guide to the martial art offers advice on choosing a karate school, mastering elementary stances and punches, and preventing injuries.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Karate

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Massachusetts

A CIA Analyst's Guide to Spotting Fake News

"If I could pick one book to hand to every teen--and adult--on earth, this is the one. True or False is accessible, thorough, and searingly honest, and we desperately needed it." --Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

A former CIA analyst unveils the true history of fake news and gives readers tips on how to avoid falling victim to it in this highly designed informative YA nonfiction title.

"Fake news" is a term you've probably heard a lot in the last few years, but it's not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the French Revolution to Jack the Ripper and the founding fathers, fake news has been around as long as human civilization. But that doesn't mean that we should just give up on the idea of finding the truth.

In True or False, former CIA analyst Cindy Otis will take readers through the history and impact of misinformation over the centuries, sharing stories from the past and insights that readers today can gain from them. Then, she shares lessons learned in over a decade working for the CIA, including actionable tips on how to spot fake news, how to make sense of the information we receive each day, and, perhaps most importantly, how to understand and see past our own information biases, so that we can think critically about important issues and put events happening around us into context.

True or False includes a wealth of photo illustrations, informative inserts, and sidebars containing interesting facts and trivia sure to engage readers in critical thinking and analysis.

This title has common core connections.

True or False

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Abbey Mei Otis

Stories

Fiction that will inspire you to blow open the doors and kick out those supposedly in charge.

Alien Virus Love Disaster

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James Otis

Illinois

Philip of Texas

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Otis Frampton

"The text contains some sophisticated vocabularyand literary references (there is a vampire named Bram, for instance), whileremaining accessible. Fignation is a richly imagined world of fantasticalcreatures. The drawings throughout are engaging and make good use of moody,saturated colors. A recreation of an Oddly Normal collection published in2006 that expands upon the original story and has reimagined illustrations.VERDICT This is Frampton's fully realized vision for Oddly Normal; it isworth adding to any collection, even those that already contain the earlieredition." - School Library Journal

"Frampton's art is refreshingly quirky,with strong lines and bold use of color. The world he creates is full of fun andwhimsy, and kids will easily relate to Oddly's struggle to become comfortable inher own skin. This will quickly become a favorite among comics fans." -Booklist

Meet OddlyNormal, a ten-year-old girl with pointed ears and green hair - a half-witch whowill be the first to tell you that having a mother from a magical land calledFignation, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West and a father from Earthdoesn't make it easy to make friends at school! On her tenth birthday, she blowsout the candles on her birthday cake and makes a disastrous wish. Now, Oddlymust travel to Fignation to uncover the mystery of her parents' disappearance.Join Oddly as she navigates a strange new school, teenage angst, monstrousbullies, and Evil itself on an unforgettable fantasy adventure through thevibrant world of Fignation in Oddly Normal.

"A charming andrelatable fish-out-of-water tale." -- Hope Larson, A Wrinkle in Time: TheGraphic Novel



Oddly Normal Book 1

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Otis L. Hairston Jr.

Michigan

The historic city of Greensboro, North Carolina, experienced national attention on February 1, 1960 when four A&T College students sat down at the Woolworth lunch counter, thus birthing the civil rights "sit-in movements." However, African Americans helped shape the city for many decades prior to that event. Palmer Memorial Institute, the country's first African-American finishing school, is located here, as is Bennett College, one of two historically black colleges for women in the United States. Alumni of Greensboro schools include Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, the late astronaut Ron McNair, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justice Henry Frye, and former Harlem Globetrotter Freddie "Curly" Neal.

Black America Series Greensboro, North Carolina

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Denise Otis

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Louisiana

Decorating with Flowers

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Wisconsin

"Fake news" is a term you've probably heard a lot in the last few years, but it's not a new phenomenon. From the ancient Egyptians to the French Revolution to Jack the Ripper and the founding fathers, fake news has been around as long as human civilization. But that doesn't mean that we should just give up on the idea of finding the truth. In True or False, former CIA analyst Cindy Otis will take readers through the history and impact of fake news over the centuries, sharing stories from the past and insights that readers today can gain from them. Then, she shares lessons learned in over a decade working for the CIA, including actionable tips on how to spot fake news, how to make sense of the information we receive each day, and, perhaps most importantly, how to understand and see past our own information biases, so that we can think critically about important issues and put events happening around us into context.

South Carolina

Inside America's Black Upper Class

Our Kind of People

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Madeline Otis Campbell

In perfect condition, no writing or marks on pages

Gender and the Politics of Belonging in an Iraqi Refugee Network

During the Iraq War, thousands of young Baghdadis worked as interpreters for US troops, becoming the front line of the so-called War on Terror. Deployed by the military as linguistic as well as cultural interpreters—translating the “human terrain” of Iraq—members of this network urgently honed identification strategies amid suspicion from US forces, fellow Iraqis, and, not least of all, one another. In Interpreters of Occupation, Campbell traces the experiences of twelve individuals from their young adulthood as members of the Ba’thist generation, to their work as interpreters, through their navigation of the US immigration pipeline, and finally to their resettlement in the United States. Throughout, Campbell considers how these men and women grappled with issues of belonging and betrayal, both on the battlefield in Iraq and in the US-based diaspora. A nuanced and richly detailed ethnography, Interpreters of Occupation gives voice to a generation of US allies through their diverse and vividly rendered life histories. In the face of what some considered a national betrayal in Iraq and their experiences of otherness within the United States, interpreters negotiate what it means to belong to a diasporic community in flux.

Interpreters of Occupation

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Rocks in His Head

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Why Good Things Happen to Good People *Signed*

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Informed Intercession

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Everything a New Elementary School Teacher REALLY Needs to Know

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Death and Dying Education

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True or False

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Alien Virus Love Disaster

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