Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Michigan

The Evolution of Work

Work - a process as familiar to almost everyone as their daily routines - has changed radically in nature over the centuries. Most of these changes have involved revolutionary steps, influencing significantly the way people live and behave. Blood, Sweat & Tears is a history of work, from prehistoric times to the present day. It offers intelligent analyses of the individuals, assumptions, theories, developments, and practices that have so much changed work. Based on detailed research from around the world, the author examines early societies, slavery, and the influence of religion on work. The author controversially challenges the work ethic on behalf of all those whose lives have increasingly become subsumed by the demands of employers, asking the question: why do we do it?

Blood, Sweat and Tears

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#hardcover #leatherbound #marktwain #tomsawyer #classics #specialedition

Illinois

The Authoritative Text with Original Illustrations

A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project.



This definitive edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, one of the world's best-loved books, was the first version since the original publication to be based directly on the author's manuscript. It includes all of the "200 rattling pictures" Mark Twain commissioned from one of his favorite illustrators, True W. Williams. Prepared by the Mark Twain Papers, the official archive of Sam Clemens's papers at the University of California, Berkeley, this volume also contains a wealth of helpful explanatory notes, along with a selection of original documents by Mark Twain, including several letters in his inimitable voice about writing Tom Sawyer and about its original publication--everything the discerning reader needs to enjoy this classic of American literature again and again.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

Living a Life Worth Passing On

Complete the Cycle of Grace How sweet the sound - it saved a wretch like you. It's amazing. But has God's grace changed you? Is it changing others through you? Richard Blackaby explores what may be causing you to miss out on an abundant life of grace, and how simply knowing about it is a far cry from embracing a grace-filled lifestyle. Once you fully experience and grasp its essence, you can't help but "practice" God's undeserved favor by passing it on to everyone around you. Grace shares a close relationship with love, is never static, and is always searching for those willing to receive it. This book focuses on pointed and practical life application so that you can attain the power of gracious living today!

Putting a Face on Grace

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Virginia

Our Struggle Against Tyranny and Terror

As the so-called "Arab Spring" sweeps across the Muslim Middle East, Jamie Glazov organizes symposia of great minds to discuss current events and their potentially dangerous consequences. This book is a record of what transpired, and you'll hear from Michael Ledeen, Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, Dr. Whalid Phares, Robert Spencer, Daniel Pipes, David Satter, and many more. The participants are not of one mind, and where they disagree, as often they do, the reader will have to make up his own mind. It's a collection of knowledge, ideas and analysis that will enlighten and at times frighten, but they must be shared.

Showdown with Evil

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#hardcover #purpose #thirstingforlivingwater #christian 

Kansas

Finding Adventure and Purpose in God's Redemption Story

When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover God's presence through the diverse body of Christ.

In Thirsting for Living Water, Mantel invites readers to join him on this adventure and open their eyes to their own stories of God's faithfulness. It's an invitation to see where God is already at work: at home, among neighbors, and to the ends of the earth. Here is a story of the holistic gospel, driven by compassion, justice, and mercy, with Jesus at the center. Here is an inspiring vision of a unified, global church--in which each of us has a vital role to play.

Thirsting for Living Water

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Signed first edition, first printing. Personalized, see pic, with news clipping of the signing event. Book is in great shape other than age discoloration. 

In these ten exquisite stories, Richard Ford mines literary gold from the wind-scrubbed landscape of the American West - and from the guarded hopes and gnawing loneliness of the people who live there. A refugee from justice driving across Wyoming with his daughter, an unhappy girlfriend, and a stolen, cranberry-colored Mercedes; a boy watching his family dissolve in a night of tragicomic violence; two men and a woman swapping hard-luck stories in a frontier bar as they try to sweeten their luck. Rock Springs is a masterpiece of taut narration, cleanly chiseled prose, and empathy so generous that it feels like a kind of grace. Book jacket.

Rock Springs (First Edition Signed)

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Six Months That Changed the World

Describes the six months following the end of the First World War when leaders of the great powers, as well as men and women from all over the world, all with their own agendas, converged on Paris to shape the peace, including Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, T. E. Lawrence, Churchill, W. E. B. Dubois, and others. 30,000 first printing.

Paris 1919

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#paperback #nature #children #parenting #guide#activities #exploration

Texas

52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature

I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location-from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country-each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder.

I Love Dirt!

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

National Bestseller New York Times Editors’ Choice Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize Silver Medalist for the Arthur Ross Book Award of the Council on Foreign Relations Finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award For six months in 1919, after the end of “the war to end all wars,” the Big Three—President Woodrow Wilson, British prime minister David Lloyd George, and French premier Georges Clemenceau—met in Paris to shape a lasting peace. In this landmark work of narrative history, Margaret MacMillan gives a dramatic and intimate view of those fateful days, which saw new political entities—Iraq, Yugoslavia, and Palestine, among them—born out of the ruins of bankrupt empires, and the borders of the modern world redrawn.

Has normal outside wear with clean pages and tight binding. #paperback 

Washington

That great storyteller of the sea, Tristan Jones, returns with a new collection of yarns, reminiscences, and adventures never before published in book form. Jones carries readers to the sleepy Spanish ports of the 1950s, the pleasures of Buenos Aires in the last days of Peron, and the damp forests of Southeast Asia. He recounts encounters with Bernard Moitessier and pioneering female sailor Clare Francis, as well as a panoply of memorable characters - among them a sailor who owes his life to a disconnected floodlight and a shadowy crewmember whom Jones unwittingly smuggles into Spain.

Encounters of a Wayward Sailor

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The Funniest Moments in Radio, Television, Stand-up, and Movie Comedy

What better way to recognize and honor America's funniest moments and greatest laugh artists than an insightful, anecdote-laden multimedia presentation that allows readers and viewers to fully experience the sharpest comedians throughout broadcast and film history. That's exactly what Made You Laugh offers, as author Joe Garner applies his magic touch to one of America's most treasured forms of entertainment.Joe's insightful text, original videotaped interviews, and choicest clips from radio, comedy variety shows, sitcoms, stand-up routines, and classic films instantly remind readers of some of the most fun-filled times of their lives. It shows why they love to laugh-and why a great joke is a thing of lasting beauty, at least until the next side-splitter comes along. The book is divided into three main sections: The Funniest Moments from Radio and Television, The Funniest Stand-up Moments, and The Funniest Movie Moments. Chapters throughout give readers a hearty chuckle while providing rare behind-the-scenes glimpses into favorite entertainers and their work, complete with firsthand memories from the comedians, writers, and producers who were there. The accompanying DVD, hosted by a major comedy talent, includes the actual audio/film clips of the particular memorable moment along with original videotaped and archival interviews. It all adds up to one seriously successful look at the world of laughs

Made You Laugh! DVD Included 

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Wisconsin

Made You Laugh!

#paperback #money #budgeting #finances #Christian #study

Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most

If you already own a copy of Free, use the password found on page 223 in the Group Learning Guide to access eight supplementary videos.Why does chasing the good life make us feel so bad? We dream big and spend our money and time chasing our dreams--only to find ourselves exhausted, deeply in debt and spiritually empty. Mark and Lisa Scandrette realized at the beginning of their lives together that what they want, what they need and what they were being told to want didn't sync up. In Free Mark (with a little help from Lisa) shares the secrets of how they bought a home and raised a family debt-free in the most expensive city in the United States--and how they've enjoyed good relationships, good adventures and good food along the way. Packed with helpful exercises for getting a handle on your money story, and designed for healing and generative money conversations with friends, Free gives you a path to financial freedom and spiritual flourishing that awakens your heart and energizes your soul. Includes access to group study guide and 8 video sessions.

Free

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#hardcover  #criminology #investigative #wildlife #conservation #forensics #laurelneme #animals #crime #endangeredspecies

Pennsylvania

How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species

Inside the Clark R. Bavin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory lies a rarely seen world, a CSI for wildlife, where a walk-in freezer contains carcasses and animal parts awaiting necropsies (animal autopsies); shelves and drawers hold pills, rugs, carvings, and countless other products made from parts of endangered animals; and a dedicated group of forensic scientists is responsible for victims from thirty thousand animal species.

Accomplished environmental journalist Laurel A. Neme goes behind the scenes at the wildlife forensics lab -- the only crime lab of its kind -- to reveal how its forensic scientists and the agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are working to investigate wildlife crimes, protect endangered species, and stem illegal wildlife trafficking, the third largest illegal trade in the world.

In three fascinating cases -- headless walrus washed up on the shores of Alaska, black bears killed for the healing powers of their gallbladders, and gorgeous feathered headdresses secretly shipped to the United States from the Amazon -- Neme traces the USFWS's daring undercover investigations and how the scientists' innovative forensic techniques provide conclusive evidence of a crime. Throughout, she underscores the staggering international scope of the supply and demand for wildlife and animal parts.

Filled with the suspense and thrilling detail of a crime novel yet driven by the all-too-real drama of a small band of scientists and investigators battling a lucrative, high-stakes underground industry, Animal Investigators is an engrossing account of crime and cutting-edge science.

Animal Investigators

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Oregon

The Power of Appreciation

Written by a former professional baseball player whose career was ended with an injury to his pitching arm in the middle of his third season, Focus on the Good Stuff is filled with passion, authenticity, and humor. Author Mike Robbins offers a step-by-step program with exercises for overcoming negative influence and obstacles, creating a truly grateful approach to life, and establishing an environment that can support success and peace of mind.

Focus on the Good Stuff

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All about how the human body developes and grows

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Alabama

The Complete Human

Presents an overview of the complex organs, and systems, found in the human body, providing information on health, ailments, and medical breakthroughs, glossaries, and cross-references.

Body

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Body: The Complete Human explains each of a person's working systems in a practical, interactive way. In over 400 images, diagrams and illustrations, the amazing diversity of the body is shown in rich visuals, such as the highly magnified view of a cancer cell, or blood platelets. Well-organized into 13 chapters, authoritative text is punctuated by sidebars, boxes, and cross references that clearly and reliably explain anatomy and function. With links to the highly-trafficked National Geographic website and reflecting the National Geographic Channel's incredibly successful show "The Living Body," this comprehensive reference utilizes top experts in the field to highlight the latest advances in health and medicine.This volume is an essential for students, families, and anyone with an interest in health or fitness.

#paperback #unbound history # great insights

Utah

#paperback #nonfiction #marriage #christian #salvation 

Florida

Every time you get your hopes up, they come crashing down--shattering like broken promises. You crumble under the weight of your own disappointment. In despair, you cry out to God, "Why don't You do something? I need your help! Will You ever save my husband?"
This is the heart-wrenching cry of a Christian woman whose husband doesn't know Christ as his Savior and Lord. A great spiritual gulf separates them. It is difficult to agree on day-to-day decisions, let alone larger questions. Everyday life becomes a lonely and painful existence.
Linda Davis lived in this difficult situation for fifteen years as she prayed and waited for her husband to become a Christian. Her pain came not only because her husband wasn't saved, but also because very few people in the church knew how to help her during her struggle. Yet understanding how to cope with this situation is crucial for a wife's own spiritual health and for strength to endure the strain she is under. Drawing from personal experience and biblical wisdom, Linda Davis describes how you can:
 * Be happy in spite of your circumstances
 * Understand your husband's point of view
 * Witness to your husband without saying a word
 * Release your husband to God
 * Rely on God's perfect timing for your husband's salvation
 * Understand what God means by submission
 * Deal with rejection and hostility
 * Be set free from worry and guilt

The Christian wife of an unsaved husband has a special ministry that no one else can fulfill. Linda Davis explains how to minister to your husband while living a rewarding life both spiritually and personally. This book will benefit any woman who desires a deeper spiritual life for both her husband and herself.

How to Be the Happy Wife of an Unsaved Husband

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Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth

Answering more than "what is the enneagram?" The Sacred Enneagram uncovers how to use one of the most profound personality tools for personal and spiritual growth. Chris Heuertz will help you discover how to awaken your identity, grow with God, and become who you are designed to be.

The Sacred Enneagram

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New Jersey

Any theory deserves to be given its best shot, and that is what Susan Blackmore has given the theory of the meme I am delighted to recommend her book.' Richard Dawkins Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators,and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. 'Anyone who hopes-or fears- that memetics will become a science of culture will find this surefooted exploration of the prospects a major eye-opener.' Daniel Dennett

The Meme Machine

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One crease on back cover but otherwise very clean, readable copy. #paperback #history #1919 #paris #wilson #lloydgeorge #clemenceau #parispeacetalks #empire #samueljohnsonprize

New York

"Paris 1919 is the most honest and engaging history ever written about those fateful months after Workd War I when the maps of Europe were redrawn. Brimming with lucid analysis, elegant character sketches, and geopolitical pathos, Paris 1919 is essential reading."(From Back Cover)
570 pages, including text, maps, conclusion, appendix, bibliography, notes and index.
Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize
Winner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize
Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize

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Richard Donkin; Warren Bennis (Foreword by)

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Mark Twain; Paul Baender (Editor); John C. Gerber (Foreword by); Richard A. Watson (Other Primary Creator); Victor Fischer (Other Primary Creator)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Richard Blackaby; Henry Blackaby (Foreword by); Richard King

Putting a Face on Grace

Jamie Glazov; Richard Perle (Foreword by)

Showdown with Evil

Michael J. Mantel; Richard Stearns (Foreword by)

Thirsting for Living Water

Richard Ford (Foreword by); Gary Fisketjon (Editor)

Rock Springs (First Edition Signed)

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919

Susie Ghahremani (Illustrator); Jennifer Ward; Richard Louv (Foreword by)

I Love Dirt!

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919

Tristan Jones; Richard Curtis (Foreword by)

Encounters of a Wayward Sailor

Joe Garner; Richard Pryor (Foreword by)

Made You Laugh! DVD Included

Joe Garner; Richard Pryor (Foreword by)

Made You Laugh!

Mark Scandrette; Lisa Scandrette (As told to); Richard Rohr (Foreword by)

Free

Laurel A. Neme; Richard Leakey (Foreword by)

Animal Investigators

Mike Robbins; Richard Carlson (Foreword by)

Focus on the Good Stuff

Lisa Stein; Patricia Daniels; Trisha Gura; Richard Restak (Foreword by)

Body

Patricia Daniels; Trisha Gura; Lisa Stein; Richard Restak (Foreword by)

Body

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919

Linda Davis; Richard Dobbins (Foreword by)

How to Be the Happy Wife of an Unsaved Husband

Christopher L. Heuertz; Richard Rohr (Foreword by)

The Sacred Enneagram

Susan Blackmore; Richard Dawkins (Foreword by)

The Meme Machine

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919

Margaret MacMillan; Richard Holbrooke (Foreword by)

Paris 1919