Rita Williams-Garcia

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

After travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, Delphine and her two sisters discover that their mother, a dedicated poet, wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

One Crazy Summer

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A journal to aid in quieting anxiety. New/unused.

A Journal for Quieting Anxiety 

Create Your Own Calm

Vera Brosgol

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "forever" part . . . Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who's been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and she's pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend—even a ghost—is just what she needs. Or so she thinks. Spooky, sardonic, and secretly sincere, Anya's Ghost is a wonderfully entertaining debut graphic novel from author/artist Vera Brosgol. A 2011 Kirkus Best Teen Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Fiction Book of 2011 A Horn Book Best Fiction Book of 2011 Winner of the 2012 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Young Adults (Ages 12-17)

Anya's Ghost

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SparkNotes

Cliff Notes for Hamlet. In very good condition. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Deluxe Student Edition

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition

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Book of wars, and armies of Orcs and Goblins. Staining on back pages, signs of wear on front and back covers. 

Dark Lord

Jeff Mellem

Instructional book on drawing people. Some sticky spots on cover that I couldn’t clean and some bent pages and small drawing on back cover. 

Life Drawing Basics

Life Lessons: Learn How to Capture a World Constantly in Motion

Fluid, fast and expressive life drawing starts here. Step by step, you'll learn to render fleeting gestures from memory, capture expressions simply and more quickly, give your drawing a life of its own with body language, and more. Along the way, you'll develop a more spontaneous approach for successfully working from life.

Inside you'll find:

   * A comprehensive course on drawing from life, based on classic principles
   * Essential techniques for drawing gesture, figures, clothing, expression, body language and more
   * Lots of exercises that bring lessons to life


The skills you'll learn from this book are so fundamental that every artist will find something in these useful lessons for making the most of all the inspiration that life has to offer.

Sketching People

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Bruce Fogle

Patricia Holden White

Essential tips on training a pet. Some blemishes to cover and spine. 

Provides advice on understanding and training a dog, including such areas as rewards and discipline, tactics, equipment, working inside and outdoors, games with dogs, retraining, and dealing with behavior problems.

Training Your Dog

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It has some sticky spots on the front cover that I couldn’t remove. The pages are in great condition. 

Find your ideal dog - and learn how to look after it - in this stunning guide to all things canine. Combining breeds, behavior, care, and training advice, this book contains everything you need to know to help you choose and look after a dog, from the tiny Chihuahua to the towering Great Dane. Find the perfect pet using Q&A selector charts that help you find the best breed to suit your lifestyle. Fully updated to reflect the latest dog breeds, The Complete Dog Breed Book contains a catalog of more than 420 dogs. Each features stunning photographs of the dog from various angles, while popular breeds - including the Boxer, Labrador Retriever, and English Springer Spaniel - are given a special in-depth treatment. Clear and concise text explains the main features of the dog, as well as providing a historical overview of the breed. Annotation highlights physical characteristics of each breed, while panels provide an at-a-glance guide to key features, such as the dog's temperament, size, and color. A practical section on care covers the fundamental aspects of looking after a dog, from handling and grooming to exercise and health. Step-by-step photographic sequences, combined with expert-written advice, explain the essentials of basic obedience. The Complete Dog Breed Book is a one-stop manual to helping you become the owner of a happy, healthy, well-behaved dog.

The Complete Dog Breed Book, New Edition

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Louise Harper

Isabelle Francais

Carol Ann Johnson

A two dog-eared pages, some scuff marks on the cover, no writing. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

One in a series of authoritative dog breed books, this book will provide you with all the advice you'll need for providing a healthy and happy lifestyle for this treasured breed. Points are included on behaviour, training, feeding and health care.

Bernese Mountain Dog

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Charles H. Elliott

Laura L. Smith

Get to know the ins and outs of BPD--and make the choice to change!

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is an extremely serious--and often seriously neglected--condition. Despite around 4 million diagnoses in the USA, BPD has attracted lower funding and levels of clinical concern than more "popular" conditions such as bipolar disorder. But there's no need to lose hope! Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies, 2nd Edition was written to bridge this gap and help sufferers learn how to break the cycle to lead a full and happy life.

BPD impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others and can cause long-term patterns of disruptive relationships and difficulties with self-control. It often results from childhood abuse or neglect, as well as from genetic or brain abnormalities--particularly in areas of the brain that regulate emotion, impulsivity, and aggression. Knowing how it works means we know how to manage it, and Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies--written in a friendly, easy-to-follow style by two leading clinical psychologists--is packed with useful techniques to do just that: from identifying triggers to finding the right care provider.

 * Get a compassionate, actionable understanding of the symptoms and history of BPD
 * Acquire techniques to identify and halt damaging behaviors
 * Evaluate providers and the latest therapies and treatments
 * Set goals and habits to overcome problems step-by-step

BPD should never be allowed to dictate anyone's existence. This reference gives you the tools to take your life back and is a must-have for sufferers and their loved ones alike.

Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies

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Sarah Hodgson

Torn back page, bent pages, but fair condition. 

Everything you need to bring home a new puppy Across America and beyond, tails are wagging with anticipation. Why? Because puppies and the people who love them are eager for the update of Puppies for Dummies. Originally released and welcomed as a positive, loving alternative to the alpha dog philosophy of a popular celebrity trainer, Puppies for Dummies is now updated and more relevant than ever. This new edition covers the latest puppy training gadgets, tricks, and tips and offers expanded coverage on the latest training techniques, including new studies on positive reinforcement methods. This edition continues to provide readers with the trusted and proven advice that has made previous editions a success. Integrate a puppy in your life Explore the latest science of dogs Train a happy, healthy pup Raise and nurture a loving dog Rather than saying: "Uh oh, now what?!" new pet owners can be equipped with the best advice.

Puppies for Dummies

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Fun guide for kids on taking care of their pet. Good condition. 

Dog Training for Kids

Liz Palika

Great book for training. A few bent edges, small tear. 

Nothing is more exciting than bringing home a new puppy or dog. But without some basic training, a dog can turn life upside down. Idiot's Guides: Dog Training helps readers lay a solid, positive behavioral foundation for dogs of all ages and levels of prior training. Filled with full-color, step-by-step photos for housetraining, obedience, behavior modification, and more, this book is the fastest, easiest way to help a dog grow into a happy, well-behaved member of the family. And when the dog has mastered the basics, this book also shows readers some fun tricks to help owners and dogs enjoy their time together even more.

The book includes the perfect balance between textual instruction and visual illustration to teach the essentials of dog training:

 * Buying and using the right tools and gear.
 * Establishing rapport and understanding with the dog.
 * Housetraining easily and humanely.
 * Learning the foundations of good behavior: come, sit, down, stay, leave it, walking on a leash, and more.
 * Correcting bad behavior in a positive way and learning to behave well in special situations and with other dogs.
 * Practicing some fun tricks to help the owner bond with their pet.
 * An introduction to beginning AKC behavioral and competitive training.

Dog Training

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Kamikaze Factory Kamikaze Factory Studio

Purchased at a recycled art store. A few crinkled edges. 

Action-Packed!





A step-by-step guide to all the tricks-both freehand and digital-to creating the best manga characters, Shonen Manga is a fun, easy to read manga manual for artists of all ages and languages.

Focusing on Shonen-style manga and anime (a genre targeting young boys-"Shonen" means young boy, referring to elementary through grade school age groups), Shonen Manga is a practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of action-packed drawing. It includes detailed information on how to apply digital colour, 3D designs, vectorial drawing, and a host of other fascinating and useful design applications. Each project in Shonen Manga includes step-by-step instructions specifying software, tools, and professional tricks to achieve the gritty eyes, roaring faces, and clenched fists of teen heroes, martial art masters, ninja girls, and violent samurai, integral to the Shonen genre.

Shonen Manga will walk an audience of manga artists, illustrators, and graphic designers through the basic stages of manga production, beginning with black-and-white sketches and ending with vibrant, fully costumed characters.

Shonen Manga

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Supittha Bunyapen

Purchased at a recycled art store. Some writing on back cover. Good condition. 

Create Your Own Cool Characters and Costumes with Markers

A Complete Shojo Manga Art Course! The world of shojo manga art dares you to go all out—big eyes, colorful skin tones, spiky hair—the works. Shojo Wonder Manga Art School shows you how to take full advantage of that freedom while bringing believability and originality to your manga characters. With easy to follow step-by-step instruction, Supittha "Annie" Bunyapen (known as ecthelian on deviantART) shows you how to draw a wide range of characters in the manga style including heads and figures, attitudes and expressions, clothing, and natural and dynamic poses. In addition to this expert instruction, you'll discover tricks for building mood with shadows, light and expressive color. More than 20 step-by-step demos cover an assorted cast of colorful characters, including 5 complete scenes with finished backgrounds Basics-and-beyond instruction on drawing heads, figures, clothing, accessories, poses, hairstyles, costumes and backgrounds Color-mixing charts and step-by-step demonstrations for mastering basic skin tones Coloring techniques for refining your illustrations and mixing markers with other media to create cool effects

Shojo Wonder Manga Art School

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Si Clark

"Paisley patterns and pineapple print. Camouflage designs and cool creatures. People, portraits, expressions, and fashion You can draw it all! Whether you're a beginner sketcher or an artist extraordinaire, try over 100 fresh drawing ideas, and learn some tips and techniques along the way."

You Can Draw It All!

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Gina Spadafori

Brian L. Speer

Slight tear on back cover, worn pages. Pre-loved. 

"Filled with the information every bird-owner...needs." Joel Murphy, DVM, ABVP, author of How to Care For Your Pet Bird Praise for Birds for Dummies(r) "Squawk about this! A lighthearted...informative book about the care and maintenance of our fine-feathered friends." - Gary A. Gallerstein, DVM, author of The Complete Bird Owner's Handbook "At last - a book that contains more than just pretty bird pictures. This was fun to read. It is clear, concise, factual, useful, and understandable." -Linda Biggi, owner, Bird Gardens Full-color guide to pet birds inside! "You will not be disappointed." Walter Rosskopf, Jr., DVM, Dipl. ABVP Certified in Avian Practice Get the word on birds! From finches and canaries to conures and macaws, this friendly guide describes the species that make the best pets, explains how to select the bird who's best for you, offers tips on bonding with your feathered friend, and provides expert advice on feeding and grooming. Discover how to: Choose the right bird for your budget and lifestyle Create a bird-friendly environment Minimize noise and mess Keep your bird groomed, fit, and healthy Bond with your bird Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily(TM) e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers

Birds for Dummies

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Elias Weiss Friedman

Excellent condition. Has a tiny tear on the cover jacket. No marks, writing or used pages. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Now in paperback!

The Dogist Puppies, the follow-up to the New York Times bestseller The Dogist, is a beautiful, funny, and endearing look at puppies.
 
He fires up the Nikon. Fills his pockets with treats. Dresses in special gear--pants with built-in kneepads and shoes that are not only made for walking but also have a thick rubber toe for squatting. And last but not least, he packs a squeaky tennis ball. And then The Dogist is off, combing the streets in his quest to find dogs to photograph. Or, as has been the case for the past four years, puppies. Bringing his singular eye and sensibility to photographing puppies from birth to age one, Elias Weiss Friedman, aka The Dogist, captures hundreds of fuzzy faces to love and little furry bodies to covet. The Dogist Puppies is a celebration of oversize puppy paws and floppy puppy ears, puppies getting belly rubs and puppies unsure, exactly, of what that tail thing is for. Puppies at play, and puppies worn out from playing. Litters of puppies with their mom, and puppies with their human equivalents--children. Puppies in fancy outfits, and those poignant puppies having to wear the "cone of shame." Friedman has also taken a deep dive into breeds: Border Collies and Westies, Frenchies and Huskies, Boxers and the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, whose tender gaze looks just a little worried--perhaps concerned about living up to that name. The Dogist's new focus is on puppies. What more do you need to know?

The Dogist Puppies

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Victoria Ellerton

Simon Brady

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

Beginners can try their hands at basic projects (some requiring only six steps to complete,) while intermediate decorators can take on more elaborate trompe l'oeil compositions featuring landscapes, drapery and architectural elements.Complete instructions show how to block out shapes, scale drawings, and use shading and highlighting to create three-dimensional effects. Readers will also find a techniques and materials section, as well as a template section with full-size, traceable patterns.

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