Marie Bostwick

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Illinois

A Novel

Evvie Drake Starts Over meets The Friday Night Knitting Club in this wise and witty novel about a fired advice columnist who discovers lost and found family members in Charleston, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Second Sister. Celia Fairchild, known as advice columnist 'Dear Calpurnia', has insight into everybody's problems - except her own. Still bruised by the end of a marriage she thought was her last chance to create a family, Celia receives an unexpected answer to a "Dear Birthmother" letter. Celia throws herself into proving she's a perfect adoptive mother material - with a stable home and income - only to lose her job. Her one option: sell the Charleston house left to her by her recently departed, estranged Aunt Calpurnia. Arriving in Charleston, Celia learns that Calpurnia had become a hoarder, the house is a wreck, and selling it will require a drastic, rapid makeover. The task of renovation seems overwhelming and risky. But with the help of new neighbors, old friends, and an unlikely sisterhood of strong, creative women who need her as much as she needs them, Celia knits together the truth about her estranged family -- and about herself. The Restoration of Celia Fairchild is an unforgettable novel of secrets revealed, laughter released, creativity rediscovered, and waves of wisdom by a writer Robyn Carr calls my go-to author for feel-good novels." --RT Book Reviews

The Restoration of Celia Fairchild

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R. L. Stine

One stamp on top of book as pictured. Otherwise excellent condition 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

"The autobiography of R.L. Stine, creator of the Goosebumps series, now a motion picture, released in theaters August 7th, 2015. Includes interviews"--

It Came from Ohio!: My Life As a Writer (Library Edition)

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Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine teams up with the pop-culture phenomenon Garbage Pail Kids for a first-ever GPK illustrated middle-grade series Welcome to the town of Smellville, where ten kids all live in a big tumbledown house and have as much fun as they possibly can. People may think that they're gross and weird and strange, but they're not bad kids--they just don't know any better. In this hilarious new illustrated series from bestselling author R.L. Stine, the Garbage Pail Kids--from Adam Bomb to Brainy Janey--get into mischief at their middle school, all while battling bullies and their archenemies, Penny and Parker Perfect. These all-new illustrated stories are sure to amuse, entertain, and blow away readers of all ages. Bonus: includes four exclusive Garbage Pail Kids stickers!

Welcome to Smellville (Garbage Pail Kids Book 1)

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Kristen Gudsnuk

Danielle needs a perfect friend, but sometimes making (or creating) one is a lot easier than keeping one!

Making Friends

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Ron Roy

These were purchased from a library book sale, but are stickered as gifts. 5 total copies 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy follow clues to find whoever left a rabbit in their first-grade classroom on Valentine's Day, because they are worried the rabbit will get sick and die of loneliness.

Calendar Mysteries #2: February Friend 5 copies 

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Alice Dalgliesh

In this Newbery Honor book classic, young Sarah learns how to be brave even when the world is strange and new.

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. "Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble," her mother had said, but Sarah found that it was not always easy to feel brave inside. The dark woods were full of animals and Indians, too, and Sarah was only eight!

The true story of Sarah's journey is inspiring. And as she cares for her father and befriends her Indian neighbors, she learns that to be afraid and to be brave is the greatest courage of all.

The New York Times Book Review described this book as one "to be long remembered for its beautifully written simplicity and dignity."

The Courage of Sarah Noble 6 copies 

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Tarzan 2 & 3 Dark Horse comics 

Fantastic Four 1 Nov 1996

Iron man 1 Nov 1996

Captain America comic 1 Nov 1996

Curse of the Spawn 2 comic

Avengers comic November 1996

David Pepose

Leinil Yu

Since his exile from his own time, Conan the Barbarian has conquered every foe the modern-day Marvel Universe has to offer -- but what happens when this hard-edged Cimmerian finds himself targeted by the cybernetic future soldier called Deathlok? Outgunned and outmatched, Conan must turn to an unlikely group of loners, berserkers and killers if he hopes to survive. But as Deathlok pursues Conan and these new Savage Avengers from the present day back to the Hyborian Age, can anything stop his murderous manhunt? Who is behind Deathlok's assault? And can this hastily assembled team handle the dangers that lurk in every corner of Conan's home era? It's a bold new beginning for Marvel's most savage super heroes -- with a sensational new lineup that will resonate across every era of the House of Ideas! ​COLLECTING: Savage Avengers (2022) 1-5

Savage Avengers: Time Is the Sharpest Edge

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Paul Jenkins

The Inhumans who live in the domed city of Attialan discover that their greatest enemy lies within their society.

Inhumans

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Hellboy Wake of the Devil 

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Predator Dark River 3

Richard H. Minear

Art Spiegelman

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel

Examines Theodor Geisel's early work as a political cartoonist during World War II and reproduces two hundred of his best cartoons from that time

Dr. Seuss Goes to War

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Sam Ita

Jules Vern

Some unevenness to cover as pictured. Pop up and lift up pages work well 

A Pop-Up Book

Following the release of his spectacular Moby Dick: A Pop-Up Book, paper-crafting genius Sam Ita gives Jules Verne’s engrossing undersea story an equally unique and amazing presentation. Ita literally takes graphic novels into another dimension with breathtaking designs that pop, flaps that lift, parts that move, and art that astonishes. There’s nothing like it out on the market.
You won’t believe your eyes as you join Captain Nemo on an unforgettable adventure: submarines, sea monsters, and even the lost city of Atlantis (complete with ancient artifacts, temples, and columns) rise from the page as if emerging from the waves. Take a 3-D look inside Jules Verne’s visionary submari≠ sit with the sailors at their lobster-laden tab≤ pull a lever to move the diving gau≥ and face a giant squid as its slippery tentacles attack the Nautilus and her crew.
Just as he did with his immensely popular Moby Dick, Sam Ita has concocted pure thrilling magic.

20,000 Leagues under the Sea pop up book

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Dana Simpson

Both books. Purple is in good condition, no blue is fair and a library discard book, 

Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure

What's more magical than a unicorn on roller skates? Phoebe and Marigold Heavenly Nostril's friendship! They're on a roll in this second adventure as they share their finest finery, their most secret secrets, and their most magical mysteries.

Unicorn on a Roll & Unicorns vs Goblins

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P. B. Kerr

Please see tear in dust jacket. Pages in excellent condition. 

When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.

The Akhenaten Adventure *first edition

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Rhiannon Lassiter

Hex; Shadows; Ghosts

Raven and her brother, Wraith, risk death to discover what happened to their sister Rachel, a fellow Hex--human mutant with a supercomputer mind--by hacking into the secret government agency CPS, which is trying to destroy all Hex.

Void

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Bruce Holsinger

"Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens in the community This deliciously sharp novel captures the relentless ambitions and fears that animate parents and their children in modern America, exploring the conflicts between achievement and potential, talent and privilege. Set in the fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, The Gifted School is a keenly entertaining novel that observes the drama within a community of friends and parents as good intentions and high ambitions collide in a pile-up with long-held secrets and lies. Seen through the lens of four families who've been a part of one another's lives since their kids were born over a decade ago, the story reveals not only the lengths that some adults are willing to go to get ahead, but the effect on the group's children, sibling relationships, marriages, and careers, as simmering resentments come to a boil and long-buried, explosive secrets surface and detonate. It's a humorous, keenly observed, timely take on ambitious parents, willful kids, and the pursuit of prestige, no matter the cost.

The Gifted School

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Colm Tóibín

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022 From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism. He would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden; he was a man forever connected to his family and yet bore witness to the ravages of suicide. He would write some of the greatest works of European literature, and win the Nobel Prize, but would never return to the country that inspired his creativity. Through one life, Colm Tóibín tells the breathtaking story of the twentieth century. ___________________________________ 'As with everything Colm Tóibín sets his masterful hand to, The Magician is a great imaginative achievement -- immensely readable, erudite, worldly and knowing, and fully realized' - Richard Ford 'No living novelist dramatizes artistic creation as profoundly, as luminously, as Colm Tóibín . . . reading him is among the deepest pleasures our literature can offer' - Garth Greenwell 'This is not just a whole life in a novel, it's a whole world' - Katharina Volckmer

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