Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

A Lesson For Her Heart

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Christian books, devotionals, studies, etc.

Miles McPherson

Drew Brees

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Hope for a Racially Divided Nation

Miles McPherson, founder of The Rock Church in San Diego, presents “a discussion about race that we desperately need...a must read” (Bishop T.D. Jakes, Senior Pastor, The Potter’s House) and argues that we must learn to see people not by the color of their skin, but as God sees them—humans created in the image of God. Pastor Miles McPherson, senior pastor of The Rock Church in San Diego, addresses racial division, a topic many have shied away from, for fear of asking the wrong question or saying the wrong thing. Some are oblivious to the impact racism has, while others pretend it doesn’t exist. Even the church has been affected by racial division, with Sunday now being the most segregated day of each week. Christians, who are called to love and honor their neighbors, have fallen into culture’s trap by siding with one group against another: us vs. them. Cops vs. protestors. Blacks vs. whites. Racists vs. the “woke.” The lure of choosing one option over another threatens God’s plan for unity among His people. Instead of going along with the culture, Pastor Miles directs us to choose the Third Option: honoring the priceless value of God’s image in every person we meet. He exposes common misconceptions that keep people from engaging with those of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and identifies the privileges and pitfalls that we all face. The Third Option challenges us to fully embrace God’s creativity and beauty, as expressed in the diversity of His people. By following the steps and praying the prayers outlined in his book, Pastor Miles teaches us how we can all become leaders in unifying our communities, our churches, and the nation.

The Third Option

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Pat Robertson

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A soul-searing chronicle of God's miracle power. Many know Pat Robertson as the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network whose programs have inspired faith in thousands of viewers. But Robertson's ministry extends beyond CBN: he founded Operation Blessing which continues to provide hunger relief, safe water, orphan care, disaster relief, medical care, and development to communities in every US state and in over ninety countries. Robertson also organized The American Center for Law & Justice which has protected the rights of pro-life demonstrators as well as religious groups and individuals. In this heartwarmingly honest account, Robertson gives you an inside look at his life and legacy, and shares about the power that dwells behind what's visible. Packed with explosive truths about the reality of God, I Have Walked With the Living God lays bare Robertson's deepest feelings about a God who brings miracles into the daily lives of those who trust Him. Discover what God can do when one hard-headed businessman meets the supernatural. You will learn how the miracles of the Bible can be yours today. Read this and you will never question the existence of God again! This book shows that a walk with God can be exhilarating, rewarding, and full of promise. Your fears will fade in the presence of the Living God.

I Have Walked with the Living God

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Walter Wangerin

Meditations on the Suffering, Death, and the Resurrection of Jesus as Recorded in Mark

These imaginary reenactments follow the story of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the time the chief priests plotted to kill Him to His glorious resurrection from the dead, allowing readers to re-experience the Passion--or perhaps see it fully for the first time.

Reliving the Passion

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Christian

David Joachim

50 Great Guy Meals Even You Can Make!: a Cookbook

Presents sixty simple and inexpensive recipes featuring canned foods, providing easy-to-follow illustrated steps in a lay-flat design and offering suggestions for such occasions as cooking for a woman and preparing a meal for the morning after. 35,000 first printing.

A Man, a Can, a Plan

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Mark Ukra

Sharyn Kolberg

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss

Tea has been widely recognized for its amazing health benefits. It can help:

 * Boost the immune system
 * Lower blood sugar and cholesterol
 * Prevent cavities and tooth decay
 * Slow the aging process
 * Decrease high blood pressure
 * Prevent arthritis
 * Sharpen mental focus and concentration
 * Reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, cancer,
   and more ...

Now, it's time for tea to be recognized, not only for all of these wonderful health benefits, but also for its ability to help tea drinkers lose weight.

The Ultimate Tea Diet harnesses tea's incredible weight-loss potential in a straightforward plan for losing weight in a safe and healthy way. Simply find a tea you love, drink it all day, follow an easy food plan, and see the pounds fall off.

Tea's ability to encourage weight loss comes from the synergy of its three main ingredients: caffeine to stimulate, L-theanine to neutralize the harmful side effects of caffeine and act as an appetite suppressant, and EGCG, which causes you to burn fat faster and more efficiently. In other words, tea reduces your appetite and stimulates your metabolism.

Don't worry--you won't go hungry on the Ultimate Tea Diet. The food plan includes tasty tea-based meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as tempting choices for midday snacks and sweet treats. All are made deliciously with tea so not only is your food incredibly flavorful, but you're also getting the health and weight-loss benefits in every single bite you enjoy.

Drinking tea--and maintaining a conscientious focus on good health--can easily become a way of life. Slim down to a leaner, more energetic, and healthier you with the Ultimate Tea Diet.

The Ultimate Tea Diet

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Susie Martinez

Vanda Howell

Bonnie Garcia

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Second Helping of Tasty Meals You Can Make Ahead

Due to popular demand, the ladies who brought readers Don't Panic--Dinner's in the Freezer offer more simple and economical recipes designed to be prepared and frozen for future use.

Don't Panic--More Dinner's in the Freezer

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Cooking & Recipes

Daily devotionals, encouragement, and other good stuff

Bradley Trevor Greive

A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up

Uses photographs of animals to lift the spirits of anyone feeling "blue" and to help put negative incidents and feelings in perspective.

The Blue Day Book

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Carl Marshall

David Marshall

A Do-It Yourself Autobiography in 20 Questions

A keepsake fill-in book contains more than two hundred prompts divided into three life phases--Early, Middle, and Later Years--and separates each phase into five subject categories--Family, Friends, Education, Work/Responsibilities, and The World.

Book of Myself

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Sarah Ban Breathnach

A Daybook of Comfort of Joy

366 essays "written for women who wish to live by their own lights," celebrating "the mystical alchemy of style and Spirit."--Cover.

Simple Abundance

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Daily Dose of Good Stuff

Phyllis L. Fagell

The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--And How Parents Can Help

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.

Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional counselor Phyllis Fagell sees these years instead as a critical stage that parents can't afford to ignore (and though "middle school" includes different grades in various regions, Fagell maintains that the ages make more of a difference than the setting). Though the transition from childhood to adolescence can be tough for kids, this time of rapid physical, intellectual, moral, social, and emotional change is a unique opportunity to proactively build character and confidence.


Fagell helps parents use the middle school years as a low-stakes training ground to teach kids the key skills they'll need to thrive now and in the future, including making good friend choices, negotiating conflict, regulating their own emotions, be their own advocates, and more. To answer parents' most common questions and struggles with middle school-aged children, Fagell combines her professional and personal expertise with stories and advice from prominent psychologists, doctors, parents, educators, school professionals, and middle schoolers themselves.

Middle School Matters

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Sharon Madanes

Science

The Complete Middle School Study Guide

It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject’s key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest.

Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook

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Education & Homeschool

Margaret Mayo

Creation and Pourquois Tales

This lyrically told, lushly illustrated book collects ten imaginative tales from diverse cultures to create a provocative portrait of the origins of our earth. A sumptuous, thought-provoking book, When the World Was Young is a beautiful gift for young and old alike. Full color.

When the World Was Young

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Robert Henderson

A book for one. A book for two. A book for different points of view. This clever and colorful picture book of opposites will change the way you see things, literally. Turn the book upside down and your perspective alters: Left becomes right; high becomes low; empty becomes full! Great as a rhyming read-aloud, and even better with a friend, this book of two points of view begs to be shared and will immerse booklovers of all ages in a unique reading experience. • Strikingly designed, colorfully illustrated, and playfully written • Features a playful exploration of shapes and opposites will thrill parents and teachers • Read-aloud book with friendly rhyming text and gentle optical illusions This playful exploration of shapes and opposites will thrill parents and teachers, and offers young readers-alone or readers-aloud a friendly rhyming text and gentle optical illusions to invite them to look and look again. This book is perfect for: • Parents • Librarians • Lovers of beautiful picture books

I See, I See

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For the littles

Bill Watterson

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Cartoons follow the adventures of imaginative young Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, as they cope with bullies, babysitters, and the other everyday problems of growing up

Scientific Progress Goes Boink

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The first book collection of the classic and beloved Calvin and Hobbes comic strip!

"Most people who write comic dialogue for minors demonstrate surprisingly little feel for--or faith in--the original source material, that is, childhood, in all its unfettered and winsome glory. It is in this respect that Bill Watterson has proved as unusual as his feckless creations, Calvin and Hobbes. Watterson is the reporter who's gotten it right; childhood as it actually is."--Garry Trudeau, from the Foreword

This is the first collection of the classic comic strip that features Calvin, a rambunctious 6-year-old boy, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes charmingly to life. Filled with a mix of Watterson's standard and full-page Sunday strips, this collection is sure to please fans and newcomers alike.

Calvin and Hobbes

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How to Draw Cartoons for Comic Strips

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Sunday Funnies

Artie Lange

Anthony Bozza

Howard Stern

When stand-up comic Lange joined the cast of "The Howard Stern Show" in 2001, he provided a wit quick enough to keep pace with Stern's own. Wild, shocking, and drop-dead funny, "Too Fat to Fish" is Lange's reflection on his rise to stardom.

Too Fat to Fish

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Paul De Angelis

Jay Mulvaney

"My dearest Jackie, you crystallize like a diamond all that he stood for. The two of you showed us what heights could be reached - and you, Jackie, are showing us how those heights can be maintained. Could you possibly give him a more fitting tribute?" - Phil Geyelin (Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post editor) and wife Sherry Geyelin. In the weeks and months following the assassination of her husband, Jacqueline Kennedy received over 800,000 letters. The impact of President Kennedy's death was so immense that people from all walks of life wrote to Jacqueline Kennedy, sharing with her their feelings of sympathy, sorrow, grief and hope. These letters have been tucked away in the Kennedy Library's archives for almost fifty years. Filled with emotion, patriotic sentiment, and insight, they are a poignant time capsule of one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. Dear Mrs Kennedy is a diverse portrait, not only of the aftermath of the assassination, but of the Kennedy mystique that continues to captivate the world.

Dear Mrs Kennedy

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Joseph J. Ellis

The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Offers a reassessment of the life, image, and career of Thomas Jefferson, examining his complex personality, controversies about the man and his beliefs, and his accomplishments

American Sphinx

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