Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Memoir

There was a time when Ralphie May was one of the biggest standup comedians in the country, both by ticket sales and by tonnage. While some things changed--Ralphie lost half his body weight--others did not: he will be remembered as one of the most successful comics of his time. Completed just months before his untimely passing, in This Might Get a Little Heavy, Ralphie takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of his life and career, one that winds across the country, over obstacles, beyond heartbreak, and through the golden age of stand-up.

Raised in poor, rural, Arkansas by a single mom who struggled to make ends meet, Ralphie's early years were the perfect breeding ground for the kind of pain and stress and adversity that only comedy can cure. Bitten by the comedy bug at a Methodist sleep-away camp when he was 12 years old, Ralphie seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity six years later at an open-mic in a pizza parlor. Mentored and inspired by legendary comedian Sam Kinison to move to Houston, where he got his start, Ralphie packed his bags and never looked back. A major headliner for over twenty-five years, in This Might Get A Little Heavy, Ralphie finally tells the world how a chubby poor kid from Clarksville went from Arkansas to Houston to Hollywood and beyond. Full of never before told stories from Ralphie's life, This Might Get A Little Heavy will bust your gut, pull at your heart strings, and touch your soul.

This Might Get a Little Heavy

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 12 

#hardcover #vintage #nonfiction #cooking #cookbook #food #illustrated #firstedition

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 11 

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

Quest for Giant Bighorns

Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages

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The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

The definitive insider story of the cheating scandal that rocked Major League Baseball in 2019, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball. By the fall of 2019, most teams around Major League Baseball suspected that the Houston Astros has been "stealing signs" for several years. The Astros had come out of nowhere to win the 2017 World Series, and pitchers and coaches felt as though the Astros batters always knew exactly which pitch was coming their way. In a scandal that rivals other legendary baseball scandals, news finally broke that the Astros were using new high-definition ballpark technology (a camera installed in center field, transmitting the opposing catcher's sign calls back to the Astros' dugout, where a coach was interpreting the signs and either whistling in code or banging on a dugout garbage can to alert their batters which pitch was about to be thrown). In time, several other teams--the Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers and Mets--were suspected of doing similar things in the spirit of, "if you can't beat em, join em," and baseball had suffered a serious black eye. Andy Martino, a respected lead sports analyst on SNY television network, and author of "SNY MLB Insider," takes readers to the heart of these events. From top Astros coaches and players, to prominent contacts on the Yankees, Red Sox and others, Martino is on-and-off the record with everyone involved. He breaks down not only what happened and when, but gets the fascinating explanations of why this came about, and how many of the people involved believed they were seeking competitive advantages that, while not expressly legal, were not illegal at the time. The nuance and detail of this scandal is its most fascinating piece--and Andy Martino is the guy who has the real and whole story. Cheated is an electrifying read.

Cheated

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Stories about the Love, Inspiration, and Joy of Christmas

1.nbsp; With a new contemporary cover design, a new interior layout, and up-to-date stories, this book will have fresh appeal to everyone looking for a great Christmas and holiday read.

2.nbsp; Books represent a new thematic experience, even for readers of past books, as Chicken Soup has tightened the content, and books contain only relevant stories.nbsp; Out-of-date stories were eliminated.

3.nbsp; Each book contains 101 stories recompiled from dozens of past Chicken Soup titles.

4.nbsp; "Our 101 Best Stories" collection is an efficient way for new readers to obtain books covering Chicken Soup's most popular topics.

5.nbsp; Every books has a warm and moving foreward from Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen explaining the company's rebirth and its return to 101 stories per book.

6.nbsp; Chicken Soup for the Soul earned the Guinness World Record for having the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time.

7.nbsp; Last year, USA Today named Chicken Soup for the Soul #5 on its list of 25 books that left a legacy over the past quarter century.

Everyone loves Christmas and the holiday season.nbsp; We love reuniting scattered family members, watching the wonder in the eyes of a child, and seeing the joy on the face of a gift giver.nbsp; The rituals of the holiday season give a rhythm to the years and create a foundation fornbsp;our family lives.nbsp; We love the chance to gather with our communities at church, at school, and even at the mall, to share the special spirit of the season, brightening those long winter days.

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The first Chicken Soup for the Soup book was published in 1993, and became a publishing industry sensation, ultimately selling eight million copies.nbsp; Since then, more than 150 Chicken Soup titles have been published, selling more than 100 million copies.

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Chicken Soup for the Soul has won dozens of awards over the past 15 years, and its founders, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have become celebrity motivational speakers and authors.nbsp;

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer

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#hardcover #memoir #educated #bestseller 

"An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.

Educated

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#hardcover #selfhelp #relationships #family #bodymindspirit #self-help 

Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com Rachel Hollis helps readers break free from the lies keeping them from the joy-filled and exuberant life they are meant to have.

Girl, Wash Your Face

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#cancer #history #medicine #research #science
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A Biography of Cancer

An assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, providing coverage of such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the development of present-day treatments. Reprint. Best-selling winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Includes reading-group guide.

The Emperor of All Maladies

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Superstars! Hearttrobs

#hardcover #nonfiction #cooking #cookbook #food #vintage #illustrated #firstedition

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 10 

Backstage Pass

#hunting #meateater
Very hard to find, dust jacket is worn but servicable, inside front and rear have prior owner markings, see photos.  Otherwise, no notes, underlining, or highlighting

The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America

#paperback #bio #biography #running #memoir #marathon #exercise

From the best-selling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and After Dark, a rich and revelatory memoir about writing and running, and the integral impact both have made on his life. In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Haruki Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he’d completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such races, not to mention triathlons and a slew of critically acclaimed books, he reflects upon the influence the sport has had on his life and–even more important–on his writing. Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and includes settings ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvellous lens of sport emerges a cornucopia of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after the age of fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back. By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running

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Originally published in 1939, this book offers an in-depth look at some of the most sought-after game in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Included are black and grizzly bears, doves, elk and deer, and even Mexican jaguars. Each animal-dedicated chapter details habitat and behaviour and includes stories from the author.

Game in the Desert

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Illinois

The writer and actress from "The Office" shares observations on topics ranging from favorite male archetypes and her hatred of dieting to her relationship with her mother and the haphazard creative process on the show.

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)

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#paperback #actor #biography #celebrity #scholastic 

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Victoria Justice Shine On! 

#hardcover #reesebookclub #reesesbookclub #family #fiction #love #thejetsetters #nonfiction 

A Novel

"When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the "Become a Jetsetter" contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a bride; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young and she was a single mother who meant everything to them. When she wins the cruise, the family packs all their baggage--literal and figurative--and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the Splendido Marveloso. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed, and the Perkins family is forced to confront the defining choices in their lives. Can four lost adults find the peace they've been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back to each other? In the vein of The Nest and The Vacationers, Ward has created a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood to cruise--we can only hope--toward joy"--

The Jetsetters

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#paperback #history #war #kennedy #vietnam #vietnamwar

America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era

The Making of a Quagmire

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Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting

God, Nimrod, and the World presents the perspectives of more than two-dozen authors on the controversial sport of hunting, surveying the relationship between the blood sport and the salvation religion of Christianity. The first half of the book provides sketches of the diverse interpretations of hunting in Hebrew and Christian cultures of the last two millennia, finally giving voice to those in the field who are both practitioners and persons of faith. The second half offers prescriptions for the place of hunting in the life of contemporary Christians, with perspectives arguing for prohibition to those contending that hunting has a practical, even perfecting, place in the life of faith. The contributors, who hail from North America and the United Kingdom, include biblical scholars, theologians, philosophers, ethicists, historians, and sociologists, as well as professional athletes, celebrity hunters, teachers, musicians, healthcare professionals, and a soldier. Contributors include: Walter A. Abercrombie, Kenneth Bass, B. Jill Carroll, Steve Chapman, Ralph Cianciarulo, Gregory A. Clark, Dale Connally, Michel DeJean, Alastair J. Durie, Joshua P. Foster, Michael J. Gilmour, Shawn Graves, Bracy V. Hill II, Tammy Koenig, Nathan Kowalsky, Lisa M. Lepard, Stephanie Medley-Rath, W. E. Nunnally, Jase Robertson, Dennis Staffelbach, Jeremy S. Stirm, James A. Tantillo, Stephen M. Vantassel, Theodore R. Vitali C.P., Stephen H. Webb, John B. White, and Daniel Witt.

God, Nimrod, and the World

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A Graphic Guide

An enjoyable, comic-style book on the most successful set of ideas ever devised by human beings.

Introducing Quantum Theory

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Hunting and Nature Through History

What brought the ape out of the trees, and so the man out of the ape, was a taste for blood. This is how the story went, when a few fossils found in Africa in the 1920s seemed to point to hunting as the first human activity among our simian forebears-the force behind our upright posture, skill with tools, domestic arrangements, and warlike ways. Why, on such slim evidence, did the theory take hold? In this engrossing book Matt Cartmill searches out the origins, and the strange allure, of the myth of Man the Hunter. An exhilarating foray into cultural history, A View to a Death in the Morning shows us how hunting has figured in the western imagination from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi-and how its evolving image has reflected our own view of ourselves.

A leading biological anthropologist, Cartmill brings remarkable wit and wisdom to his story. Beginning with the killer-ape theory in its post-World War II version, he takes us back through literature and history to other versions of the hunting hypothesis. Earlier accounts of Man the Hunter, drafted in the Renaissance, reveal a growing uneasiness with humanity's supposed dominion over nature. By delving further into the history of hunting, from its promotion as a maker of men and builder of character to its image as an aristocratic pastime, charged with ritual and eroticism, Cartmill shows us how the hunter has always stood between the human domain and the wild, his status changing with cultural conceptions of that boundary.

Cartmill's inquiry leads us through classical antiquity and Christian tradition, medieval history, Renaissance thought, and the Romantic movement to the most recent controversies over wilderness management and animal rights. Modern ideas about human dominion find their expression in everything from scientific theories and philosophical assertions to Disney movies and sporting magazines. Cartmill's survey of these sources offers fascinating insight into the significance of hunting as a mythic metaphor in recent times, particularly after the savagery of the world wars reawakened grievous doubts about man's place in nature.

A masterpiece of humanistic science, A View to a Death in the Morning is also a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human, to stand uncertainly between the wilderness of beast and prey and the peaceable kingdom. This richly illustrated book will captivate readers on every side of the dilemma, from the most avid hunters to their most vehement opponents to those who simply wonder about the import of hunting in human nature.

A View to a Death in the Morning

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Clean of notes, underlining, highlights

The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger

The White Spider dramatically recreates not only the harrowing, successful ascent made by Harrer and his comrades in 1938, but also the previous, tragic attempts at a wall of rock that was recently enshrined in mountaineer Jon Krakauer's first work, Eiger Dreams. For a generation of American climbers, The White Spider has been a formative book--yet it has long been out-of-print in America. This edition awaits discovery by Harrer's new legion of readers.

Ralphie May; Nils Parker

This Might Get a Little Heavy

Anne Willan

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 12

Anne Willan

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 11

Duncan Gilchrist

Quest for Giant Bighorns

Edgar L Bloomster

Sailing and Small Craft Down the Ages

Andy Martino

Cheated

Jack Canfield; Mark Victor Hansen; Amy Newmark

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Cheer

Tara Westover

Educated

Rachel Hollis (Contribution by)

Girl, Wash Your Face

Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies

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Superstars! Hearttrobs

Anne Willan

Grand Diplome Cooking Course Volume 10

Mary Boone

Backstage Pass

Jack O’Connor

The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America

Haruki Murakami

What I Talk about When I Talk about Running

Jack O'Connor; T. J. Harter (Illustrator)

Game in the Desert

Mindy Kaling

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns)

Riley Brooks

Victoria Justice Shine On!

Amanda Eyre Ward

The Jetsetters

David Halberstam; Daniel Joseph Singal (Introduction by)

The Making of a Quagmire

Bracy V. Hill; John B. White

God, Nimrod, and the World

J. P. McEvoy; Oscar Zarate

Introducing Quantum Theory

Matt Cartmill

A View to a Death in the Morning

Heinrich Harrer; Heinrich Harrer

The White Spider