Ron Jones

This true story of a boy who must overcome prejudice and weakness to treat a group of special needs children with the respect—and love—they deserve “will give your innards a bear hug. . . . You will read this book with a lump in your throat.” ( Lincoln Journal )
 
From Ron Jones, a teacher who started the classroom program that inspired the movie The Wave , comes a memoir about a life-changing summer.
 
Ron expected that his time as a counselor at Camp Wiggin would be filled with sunny days spent hiking, swimming, and boating. But when he arrives on day one, his illusions are quickly shattered. He knew that the kids would be “handicapped,” but he didn’t anticipate having to care for children who can barely walk or see or retain the use of their limbs. At first, the severity of the campers’ disabilities seems too much to bear. But everything changes once Ron gets to know his group—kids who call themselves “the Acorn People” because of the acorn necklaces they wear around their necks. The campers teach him that, inside, they are the same as any average kid, and with encouragement, determination, and friendship, nothing is impossible.
 
“ A fantastic and beautiful story. ”— Seattle Times

“Uncomfortably moving, yet told in surprisingly unsentimental terms. . . . Succinct and tender, it will haunt the reader long after the brief passages have been read.”— Houston Chronicle

"Ron Jones' true story of a group of handicapped children at summer camp is one of the most poignant, beautiful and eloquent tales to come this way in a long time."— Flint Journal

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Iowa

Poignant tale of five handicapped boys at a summer camp.

The Acorn People

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Fiery Sarina Azevedo was a Californio, with a heart as wild and proud as the magnificent untamed land she loved. Yet her desire and her destiny were both denied her. Her first love was the land, Vallecitas, the magnificent ranch that was her birthright.

But fate had drawn her into the demanding arms of her father's bitterest enemy, Lan Rossiter, the land-hungry Anglo whose touch set her smoldering passions aflame...

There was only one way Sarina could have them both: the land that was her legacy, and the man her body and soul cried out for...and though her father, el senor, would never forgive her, she would defy her very heritage to seize the happiness she knew love promised...

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Sarina

Enterprise Logs vomes 1 & 3.
Compilations of original Gold Key comics.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Volume 1 & 3

Star Trek The Enterprise Logs

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At a time when the theological winds seem to change direction on a daily basis, the Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible is a welcome breath of fresh air from conservative and orthodox teachers of the Christian faith. This commentary has been a bestseller since its original publication in 1871 due to its scholarly rigor and devotional value. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown have crafted a detailed, yet not overly technical, commentary of the Bible that holds to the historic teachings of orthodox Christianity. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible is based on a detailed exegesis of the scriptures in the original languages and is a “must have” for those who are interested in a deeper appreciation of the Biblical text.

1962 Printing

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Commentary Practical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Editors of Merriam-Webster

Webster's Dictionary for Students, Sixth Edition

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Francine Rivers

The New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken among us into an imperfect yet stunning masterpiece.

A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want—money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman’s past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn’t know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist—an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison.

Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it’s as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together . . . until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship—and both their lives—forever.

“Rivers deftly threads Roman’s and Grace’s lives together as they tiptoe around their emotional scars, eventually shifting into a dance of tentative steps toward a love neither can resist. Fans of Christian romance will delight in this tale of salvation through love.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Richly detailed characters with traumatic pasts are woven together with biblical truths and redemptive themes. . . . This is an amazing, beautifully written tale to be savored and pondered and shared with others.”
—Romantic Times

New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken among us into an imperfect yet stunning masterpiece. A successful LA artist, Roman Velasco appears to have everything he could possibly want-money, women, fame. Only Grace Moore, his reluctant, newly hired personal assistant, knows how little he truly has. The demons of Roman's past seem to echo through the halls of his empty mansion and out across his breathtaking Topanga Canyon view. But Grace doesn't know how her boss secretly wrestles with those demons: by tagging buildings as the Bird, a notorious but unidentified graffiti artist-an alter ego that could destroy his career and land him in prison. Like Roman, Grace is wrestling with ghosts and secrets of her own. After a disastrous marriage threw her life completely off course, she vowed never to let love steal her dreams again. But as she gets to know the enigmatic man behind the reputation, it's as if the jagged pieces of both of their pasts slowly begin to fit together¿ until something so unexpected happens that it changes the course of their relationship-and both their lives-forever.

The Masterpiece

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Sherman Alexie

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live.

With a foreward by Markus Zusak & interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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Robert Faggen

Chuck Palahniuk

Ken Kesey

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy – the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Mary Schofield

Christian Home Educators Press, 2004 - Education - 270 pages

Yes, you can home school through high school. This book tells you how. Chapters include "Evaluating Progress & Setting Standards;" "Designing Courses;" and "After High School." This valuable resource also includes information about educational goals, course descriptions, transcripts, reading suggestions, etc. Don't home school a teen without this book.

About the author (2004)

Mary and husband Paul began homeschooling in 1986, when their sons were ages five and eight. The Schofield children have graduated, married, and moved into their own homes. They have decent jobs and are doing fine out in "the real world" despite the fears of homeschool naysayers. Mary has been enjoying her "retirement" from active homeschooling by continuing to serve on the Board of Directors for the Christian Home Educators Association of California and by remaining active in legal and legislative issues surrounding private and home education, family freedoms, and parental rights. Mary speaks at home education conventions throughout the United States, encouraging parents to seek God's unique plan for their families.



Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Junioir and Senior High School at Home

How to homeschool through junior and senior high school. Covers quick start, setting goals, required areas of study, graduation requirements, course descriptions, and more. Includes an appendix for California residents.

The High School Handbook

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Christian Life Workshops, 1988 - Education - 267 pages

Home school parents begin to educate their children very early. This book really takes advantage of the strengths of the preschool learning years and includes lesson plans for ten subjects of study--all designed to fit into a stress-free one-hour-and-a-half each day. The curriculum covers a full two years. Great for helping new families get started in home schooling.



Preschool & Kindergarten 

Learning At Home

Bob Smithouser

Ninety-two percent of teens say watching films is their number one pastime. So what better way for parents to connect and have meaningful discussions with their teens than Movie Nights ? Discussions on 25 broadly varied films, including Groundhog Day, Life Is Beautiful, and Unbreakable, include practical ideas, story points, and follow-up activities that will enable parents to have fun talking with their teens about spiritual truths using movies.

25 Movies to Spark Spiritual Discussions with Your Teen

Ninety two percent of teens say watching films is their number one pastime. So what better way for a parent to connect and have meaningful discussion with their teens than "Movie Nights?" Discussions include practical ideas, story points and follow-up activities so parents can talk with their teens about movies and spiritual truth.

Movie Nights

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In this beloved holiday classic, New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers shares a poignant story about the simple yet inspiring faith of a child.

Special features include

A five-part Advent devotional

The Christmas story―selected scenes from Matthew and Luke

Francine’s favorite recipes

Gold foil accents on the interior artwork

This tender Christmas novella tells the story of Timmy O’Neil, a foster child with a very mysterious shoe box. At first glance, it’s nothing special―just an ordinary box with a red lid and the words Running Shoes printed on the side.

25th Anniversary Edition 

For 25 years, readers have been moved by beloved author Rivers' tale of little Timmy O'Neil, a foster child with a very special and mysterious shoe box. This anniversary edition includes a new five-part Advent devotional, holiday recipes, and the entire Christmas story from Matthew and Luke, all accented by gold foil interior artwork.

The Shoe Box

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Lysa TerKeurst

New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances and shows readers how to live assured when life doesn't turn out like they expected.

What do you do when God’s timing seems questionable, His lack of intervention hurtful, and His promises doubtful?

Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God’s goodness.

Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit, vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to:

Stop being pulled into the anxiety of disappointment by discovering how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations.

Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes.

Discover the secret of being steadfast and not panicking when God actually does give us more than we can handle.

Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us.

Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth.

Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered





New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst unveils her heart amid shattering circumstances and shows readers how to live assured when life doesn't turn out like they expected.

What do you do when God's timing seems questionable, his lack of intervention hurtful, and his promises doubtful

Life often looks so very different than we hoped or expected. Some events may simply catch us off guard for a moment, but others shatter us completely. We feel disappointed and disillusioned, and we quietly start to wonder about the reality of God's goodness.

Lysa TerKeurst understands this deeply. But she's also discovered that our disappointments can be the divine appointments our souls need to radically encounter God. In It's Not Supposed to Be This Way, Lysa invites us into her own journey of faith and, with grit, vulnerability, and honest humor, helps us to:

 * Stop being pulled into the anxiety of disappointment by discovering how to better process unmet expectations and other painful situations.
 * Train ourselves to recognize the three strategies of the enemy so we can stand strong and persevere through unsettling relationships and uncertain outcomes.
 * Discover the secret of being steadfast and not panicking when God actually does give us more than we can handle.
 * Shift our suspicion that God is cruel or unfair to the biblical assurance that God is protecting and preparing us.
 * Know how to encourage a friend and help her navigate hard realities with real help from God's truth.

It's Not Supposed to Be This Way

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Nancy L. Mace

Peter V. Rabins

With over 3.5 million copies sold, the bestselling guide to understanding and caring for people with dementia is now completely revised and updated!

For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia. Written by experts with decades of experience caring for individuals with memory loss, Alzheimer's, and other dementias, the book is widely known for its authoritativeness and compassionate approach to care. Featuring everything from the causes of dementia to managing its early stages to advice on caring for those in the later stages of the disease, it is widely considered to be the most detailed and trusted book available.

Highlighting useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of dementia, this new edition has been completely updated. It features

• brand-new content on everything from home care aides to useful apps to promising preventative techniques and therapies
• practical advice for avoiding caregiver burnout―plus tips for when and how to get additional help
• a completely new two-column design that allows readers to quickly access what they need

The central idea underlying this indispensable book―that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them―remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.

A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss

Originally published in 1981, The 36-Hour Day was the first book of its kind. Thirty years later, with dozens of other books on the market, it remains the definitive guide for people caring for someone with dementia. Now in a new and updated edition, this best-selling book features thoroughly revised chapters on the causes of dementia, managing the early stages of dementia, the prevention of dementia, and finding appropriate living arrangements for the person who has dementia when home care is no longer an option.

The 36-Hour Day

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Dave Ramsey

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness is a personal finance book written by Dave Ramsey that was first published in 2003. An updated edition was published in 2007 and 2013. It proposes methods of getting out of debt, staying out of debt, and corrects myths about money. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness

A strategy for changing attitudes about personal finances covers such topics as getting out of debt, the dangers of cash advances, and keeping spending within income limits.

The Total Money Makeover

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Rich Armstrong

Steve Baker

How to Create Rapid Financial Results and Lasting Cultural Change

Though technology has evolved at hyper speed over the past hundred years, management styles have mostly stayed the same. The higher-ups make the decisions, and the employees grind it out, often without knowing the endgame. In 1983, Jack Stack created a new game: The Great Game of Business. Get In The Game further explains the rules of this Game: to win, you must get everyone at all levels of the business as informed, involved, and engaged as the owner. This book offers a step-by-step guide on how to teach employees the numbers, show them the big picture, and let them have a say in the company's future. The Game has already benefited thousands of companies: Is yours ready to get in The Game?

Get in the Game

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Spencer Johnson

Business & Economics

Making Good and Bad Times Work for You - At Work and in Life

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments. A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At first the young man doesn’t realize that he is talking to one of the most peaceful and successful people in the world. But in the course of further encounters and conversations, the young man comes to understand that he can apply the old man’s remarkable principles and practical tools to his own life to change it for the better. Spencer Johnson knows how to tell a deceptively simple story that teaches deep lessons. The One Minute Manager (co-written with Ken Blanchard) sold 15 million copies and stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than twenty years. Since it was published a decade ago, Who Moved My Cheese? has sold more than 25 million copies. In fact there are more than 46 million copies of Spencer Johnson’s books in print, in forty-seven languages—and with today’s economic uncertainty, his new book could not be more relevant. Pithy, wise, and empowering, Peaks and Valleys is clearly destined to becomeanother Spencer Johnson classic.

Peaks and Valleys

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Completely revised and updated, this guidebook takes readers all the way through the last two seasons of the series, including the Paramount Pictures release of the blockbuster film, Star Trek: Generations. The book includes fascinating behind-the-scenes information and specially selected photos (at least one from every episode).

Star Trek the Next Generation Companion

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As a young doctor with a family and a promising career, Dr McCoy thought he had it all. But when the woman he loved betrayed him McCoy fled to the Starfleet. Now, 40 years later, he is surprised to learn that his ex-wife is one of the mediators that the USS Enterprise is transporting to Ssan.

Star Trek Shadows on the Sun

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Invasion! series book 4

For ages they have sought to claim our worlds. Now, at last, we take the battle to them. . . . Far from the Federation's desperate war against the invading Furies, the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager TM encounters something they never expected to hear again: a Starfleet distress call. The signal leads them to a vast assemblage of non-humanoid races engaged in a monumental project of incredible magnitude. Here is the source of the terrible invasion threatening the entire Alpha Quadrant -- and, for the Starship Voyager TM , a possible route home. But soon there may not be any home to return to . . .

Star Trek Voyager The Final Fury

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The Romulan Prize

While investigating an advanced Romulan warbird prototype drifting in space, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise uncover a deadly Romulan plot to claim the little-known planet of Hermeticus.

Star Trek The Next Generation The Romulan Prize

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Blaze of Glory

The "U.S.S. Enterprise"™ is assigned to the planet K'Trall -- a planet just coming out rom under the heel of barbarous suppression. When the planet's newly emerging freedom is threatened by a rouge ship attacking Federation shipping, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew put their lives on the line to protect K'Trall from the raids.

> But the planet itself holds a deadly secret, one that could lead to a ressurgence of the despotic cruelty they have suffered for centuries. With time running out, Captain Picard must see his way past a maze of deadly deception, with billions of lives hanging in the balance.

Star Trek The Next Generation Blaze of Glory

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The Idic Epidemic

The Idic Epidemic I.D.I.C -- Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. More than just a simple credo, for those of the planet Vulcan it is the cornerstone of their philosophy. Now, on the Vulcan Science Colony Nisus, that credo of tolerance is being being put to its sternest test. For here, on a planet where Vulcan, human, Klingon, and countless other races live and work side by side, a deadly plague whose origins has sprung up. Aplague whose origins are somehow rooted in the concept of I.D.I.C. itself. A plague that threatens to tear down that centuries-old maxim and replace it with an even older concept. Intersellar War

Star Trek The Idic Epidemic

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Star Trek – a vision of humanity's future that has captivated audiences worldwide for over a quarter century. Those audiences made Spock's World and The Lost Years, the first two Star Trek hardcover novels, nationwide bestsellers – and flocked by the millions to see Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home the most popular of all the Star Trek motion pictures.

Here now is Probe – an epic-length novel that at last picks up the story of the USS Enterprise and her crew where Star Trek IV left off. A novel that reveals the secrets behind the mysterious probe that almost destroyed Earth – and whose reappearance sends Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and their shipmates into unparalleled danger… and unsurpassed discovery.

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Webster's Dictionary for Students, Sixth Edition

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The Masterpiece

Sherman Alexie

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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