Kuniko Sugiura

Incredibly beautiful and lively folktales from Indonesia. Perfect condition ready for gift giving!

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

This continuing HEIAN series is devoted to oral retellings of Asian childhood tales. Indonesian Fables of Feats and Fortunes tells about a mischievous small deer, a rooster that sings, and a battling baby water buffalo. Kuniko Sugiura lived in Indonesia, where she collected folklore. She has written and edited several books on folktales and storytelling. Koji Honda has a degree in sculpture and designs monuments and other installations.

Indonesian Fables of Feats and Fortunes

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Celeste Ng

Perfect condition. A poignant, heartfelt work, beautifully crafted.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

The acclaimed debut novel by the author of Little Fires Everywhere. “A taut tale of ever deepening and quickening suspense.” —O, the Oprah Magazine “Explosive . . . Both a propulsive mystery and a profound examination of a mixed-race family.” —Entertainment Weekly “Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” So begins this exquisite novel about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee, and her parents are determined that she will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue. But when Lydia’s body is found in the local lake, the delicate balancing act that has been keeping the Lee family together is destroyed, tumbling them into chaos. A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

Everything I Never Told You

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Larry Krieger

Vinay Bhaskara

It will be that time before you know it, and this guide will help your student ace that verbal portion! Inside is pristine clean, no marks, no bends! Minor little dings on front cover, otherwise perfect.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

English

The Essential 500 Words

Larry Krieger is a renowned author and educator whose books and workshops have helped thousands of students achieve outstanding scores on the SAT. Larry has long recognized that students do not need to memorize dictionary-like lists of vocabulary words. As the author of the first three editions of the Direct Hits vocabulary books Larry pioneered the technique of using pop culture to illustrate difficult SAT words. The Essential 500 Words takes Larry's innovative techniques to a new level. Larry provides students with a variety of illustrative examples that include pop culture, student anecdotes, and Insider tips drawn from actual test examples. In addition, Larry also shows students how to use their vocabulary to answer both sentence completion and passage-based questions. The result is a unique book that will help students achieve high critical reading scores.Here is a brief summary of The Essential 500 Words' key features:47 chapters devoted to defining and illustrating SAT vocabulary words6 chapters devoted to answering sentence completion questions6 chapters devoted to answering passage-based questionsAn Appendix that contains the Top 30 SAT roots

The Insider's Complete Guide to SAT Vocabulary

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Megan Miller

Fun hacking guide for your fave minecrafter! In pristine condition ready for gifting!

The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters comes the most encompassing guide ever to the many amazing builds you can create in Minecraft! With more than 100 million registered Minecraft accounts and rights picked up by Warner Brothers for an action-adventure film in the style of The LEGO Movie, Minecraft is on its way to becoming the next big children’s brand. This adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While there are several successful game guides on the market already, this book will be the first unofficial “hacker’s” guide dedicated to building and geared toward seven- to twelve-year-old Minecrafters. With Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder, kids will learn how to build the coolest stuff, including an underwater house, a pirate ship, and a fortified castle! Other tips will help gamers: Find the best locations Choose their favorite style Learn how to get started with foundations and walls Become landscaping experts Learn how to decorate their living room And much more! Packed with expert tips, cheats, and hacks on planning all types of buildings and with over one hundred screenshots, Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder shows exactly how the experts bring their amazing structures to life, from designing realistic roofs and exteriors to planning crenellated castle battlements. Detailed step-by-step illustrated guides will let every kid follow along to build their very own awesome castles, bridges, and farms and add the decor and landscaping details that bring their creations to life.

Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder

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Diane McGuinness

Pristine condition, never read, perfect gift for any new parent!

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Your Child's Path from Language to Literacy

From cooing in the crib to first words and sentences, to stories and the final big leap into reading and writing, Growing a Reader from Birth reviews the latest research revealing just how much infants, toddlers, and preschoolers know and can express from the early months on. In chapters that cover each year of a child's language growth, seasoned researcher Diane McGuinness links this new knowledge of how babies first perceive and produce language to her own innovative program for children's later mastery of reading. McGuinness charts how a child initially makes sense of the world of sounds and symbols and then progresses from recognizing and decoding words to developing a vocabulary and using it to become a good listener, an expert reader, and an eloquent speaker. McGuinness also underscores the important role of a child's parents in healthy language development, giving tips and pointers on how parents can best facilitate a child's learning. The past decade has been prolific in the knowledge gained about language development and the parents' pivotal role. It is incontrovertibly clear that without parents' verbal outpourings, language development cannot occur normally and may even shut down altogether. Full of fascinating insights into infant behavior, Growing a Reader from Birth not only illuminates the stages of language learning in children but also wisely counsels parents on how to maximize interactions with their children and be a positive force in nurturing their child's language from day one. Book jacket.

Growing a Reader from Birth

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Munro Leaf

A classic that will have both kids and adults laughing while the kids learn some tips on manners but they are giggling so much they don't even mind! 

Stick figure drawings and a brief text tell why good manners are important and how to have good manners at home, at play, and on visits.

Manners Can Be Fun

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The classic! Perfect for gift giving and sure to make the adults laugh along with the kids!

Updated for the 21st century, How to Speak Politely and Why is a picture book with a point: proper speech and good grammar without nagging. It aims to remove "ain't" and "uh-huh" and "gimme" and "got" and a score of unfortunate nuances by a simple, sure painless and humorous process. In his signature style of amusing stick figure drawings and captions, Leaf makes clear such things as the difference between can and may, and the reason why one does not say "he done it" or "she come."
Exasperated parents (and grandparents) faced with the unpleasant task of dealing with grammatical lapses acquired by their children from (gasp!) their neighbor's children will be delighted (and relieved) by this veritable "grammar without tears." Teachers will find it an indispensable ally, and even the culprits themselves--the children--will discover that learning to speak politely and correctly isn't such a chore after all.

How to Speak Politely and Why

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Traci Dyer

Essays on motherhood, very beautifully written and so poignant. In good condition, inside is perfectly clean, no marks, no bends. Just some small imperfections on the cover.

Real Women Write about Growing into Motherhood

Over 100 women from all over the U.S. and from many walks of life contributed original essays to this collection that explores the journey of motherhood. Mother Voices is unusual in several ways: first, it sheds light on women's experience of motherhood as they adjust their identities, life, styles, and expectations. Second, the mothers who contributed to this book have something to contribute to every phase of motherhood -- far beyond the infant/toddler years. Third, there is little romanticism, and even less complaining. The simple act of sharing the realities of the motherhood experience supports all women in this most rewarding and most challenging of all life roles.

Mother Voices

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Jon Meacham

Tim McGraw

Pristine condition, never read, never opened. Fabulous gift for the American history and/or music buff on your gift list!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women’s suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.

Songs of America

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Beverly Donofrio

Pristine condition, never read. Another fun book by Donofrio, this time about the trials and tribulations of fifth grade.

Thank You, Lucky Stars

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Edith Warton

Pristine condition, never read, never opened. In perfect condition for that lover of classic literature, France, travel, or all three!

France, Description and Travel

A Motor-Flight Through France (1908). by: Edith Wharton (Illustrated).

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Vicky Edwards

Pristine condition, never read or opened. Perfect for gift giving to the dog lover in your life! Out of print, a new copy like this is on Abebooks for $12.22

A Miscellany

This pocket-sized miscellany - packed with doggy facts, stories of the world's most impressive canine feats and famous mutts from literature, history and art, and tips on looking after your pooch - is perfect for anyone who values the trusty companionship of their favourite hound.

Dogs

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Jane Johnson

Pristine condition, never read, never opened. Chaming and funny fantasy adventure story. Hardcover. 247 pages. Perfect for gift giving to your favorite 7-12 year old!

Ben has been saving for weeks to buy the Mongolian fighting fish he's seen in the local pet shop. Ben's jumper and begs to be bought. world and he needs his help to save them. land. with magic and magical creatures, like dragons, selkies, sabre-toothed tigers and faeries. helps some of these amazing creatures return home. discovers his own royal lineage in the Secret Country...

Secret Country

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Guinnevere Shuster

Pristine condition, never read or opened. Perfect for gift giving to your favorite dog lover!

Man's best friend! What better way to showcase adoptable dogs than by letting their true personalities shine in a photo booth! Often seen as sad, rejected, and behind cold metal bars, it's no wonder people would avoid images of shelter dogs awaiting forever homes. From talented photographer (and now public figure and adoption champion) Guinnivere Shuster comes Shelter Dogs in a Photo Booth, a guaranteed-to-make-you-smile photo book featuring shelter dogs in a brand-new light. Get ready to see the cutest canine portraits you've ever seen! Guinnevere's fantastic photos went viral and have been featured on websites, in magazines, and on television programs all over the world: Good Morning America, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, The Huffington Post, Time, The Daily Mail . . . even celebrities have gotten in on the action: Amy Poehler, Cesar Milan, and Zooey Deschanel have made statements and posts declaring their love of Guinnevere's work. After the adorable and up-for-adoption photos of these furry friends were seen and enjoyed by millions, adoption rates at Utah's Humane Society skyrocketed. The book features 100 dog photo booth style photographs, each accompanied by a short story about the dog's personality, how the dog ended up in the shelter, and the adoption date. A follow-up will conclude the book, with photos of some of them with their new families. A portion of the proceeds of this book will benefit the Humane Society of Utah and Best Friends Animal Society.

Shelter Dogs in a Photo Booth

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Alka Joshi

Pristine condition, never opened or read because i then did audiobook instead. Amazing story! This is in perfect condition for gift giving.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER



A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK



"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."--Reese Witherspoon



Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman's struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel.



Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the most highly requested henna artist--and confidante--to the wealthy women of the upper class. But trusted with the secrets of the wealthy, she can never reveal her own...



Known for her original designs and sage advice, Lakshmi must tread carefully to avoid the jealous gossips who could ruin her reputation and her livelihood. As she pursues her dream of an independent life, she is startled one day when she is confronted by her husband, who has tracked her down these many years later with a high-spirited young girl in tow--a sister Lakshmi never knew she had. Suddenly the caution that she has carefully cultivated as protection is threatened. Still she perseveres, applying her talents and lifting up those that surround her as she does.



"Eloquent and moving...Joshi masterfully balances a yearning for self-discovery with the need for familial love."--Publishers Weekly



Look for The Secret Keeper of Jaipur and The Perfumist of Paris from New York Times bestselling author Alka Joshi!

The Henna Artist

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Mike Evans

Pristine pages, never read. The dust jacket has some minor fading on the jet black of the cover, but otherwise perfect. 

"The Battles Literary Anthology is a unique volume containing over 40 years of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, on subjects ranging from the Fab Four's origins in Liverpool, to their influence on the counterculture of the late 1960s, and beyond to the post-Beatle paths followed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr."--BOOK JACKET.

The Beatles Literary Anthology

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Malinda Lo

Award winning young adult book, beautifully written love story between two young women, set in 1954 America, with all the risk this time and place suggest. Pristine condition.

Winner of the National Book Award "Proof of Malinda Lo's skill at creating darkly romantic tales of love in the face of danger."--O: The Oprah Magazine "The queer romance we've been waiting for."--Ms. Magazine "Restrained yet luscious."--Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Tipping the Velvet A National Bestseller Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root--that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible. But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

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Leah Johnson

Excellent, clean condition. Won multiple awards. 

A stunning novel about being brave enough to be true to yourself, and learning to find joy even when times are unimaginably dark. Three days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival. Toni is grieving the loss of her roadie father and needing to figure out where her life will go from here -- and she's desperate to get back to loving music. Olivia is a hopeless romantic whose heart has just taken a beating (again) and is beginning to feel like she'll always be a square peg in a round hole -- but the Farmland Music and Arts Festival is a chance to find a place where she fits. The two collide and it feels like something like kismet when a bond begins to form. But when something goes wrong and the festival is sent into a panic, Olivia and Toni will find that they need each other (and music) more than they ever imagined.

Rise to the Sun

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Michelle Hope

Amy Lang

Perfect gift for a young woman, this guide answers everything they want to know :)

Over 100 Honest Answers to Urgent Questions about Puberty, Relationships, and Growing Up

Real talk about real life for girls ages 10 to 13

When it comes to sex education, parents of adolescent girls often know just as little about where to start as girls themselves. Even the mention of sex education or puberty can make everyone feel uncomfortable, nervous, or insecure. In The Girls' Guide to Sex Education, award-winning youth sex education expert Michelle Hope offers down-to-earth, supportive sex education guidance as she addresses the most pressing questions that girls have about sex, puberty, and relationships―directly and without judgment.

Honest, straightforward, and understanding, The Girls' Guide to Sex Education includes:

 * A "For Parents" foreword will teach you how to approach sex education with your child using this book
 * A practical Q&A format makes the book easy-to-navigate for parents and girls
 * Answers to real-life sex education questions from girls ages 10 to 13 such as: How can I feel better about myself? What is a period? Why are my boobs sore? What should I expect in a relationship? What is abstinence? What is "safe sex"? How do I tell someone I don't want to have sex?

The Girls' Guide to Sex Education will arm girls with a complete understanding of their body and empower them to make informed, healthy decisions.

The Girls' Guide to Sex Education

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Michelle Cully

Signed by author! Pristine condition. Motivating, empowering book about overcoming much to ultimately build her own business.

High Heels in the Laundry Room is about believing in yourself and learning to trust your instincts. Michelle Cully's courageous story is a must-read for anyone with a wild dream, and who dares to hope a better life is possible.

High Heels in the Laundry Room

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Martin Wallen

The Reaktion Books, Animal Series. Accidentally purchased two of these, never opened/read.

Animal Series 

In myths and legends, squids are portrayed as fearsome sea-monsters, lurking in the watery deeps waiting to devour humans. Even as modern science has tried to turn those monsters of the deep into unremarkable calamari, squids continue to dominate the nightmares of the Western imagination. Taking inspiration from early weird fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, modern writers such as Jeff VanderMeer depict squids as the absolute Other of human civilization, while non-Western poets such as Daren Kamali depict squids as anything but threats. In Squid, Martin Wallen traces the many different ways humans have thought about and pictured this predatory mollusk: as guardians, harbingers of environmental collapse, or an untapped resource to be exploited. No matter how we have perceived them, squids have always gazed back at us, unblinking, from the dark.

Squid

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Henry James

Second edition, used paperback. Perfect for high school students, this includes the short story and critical essays of the work. Clean pages, minor  bends on top and bottom right of cover.

This volume presents the text of the New York Edition of James’s classic 1898 short novel along with critical essays that read The Turn of the Screw from contemporary reader-response, psychoanalytic, gender, and Marxist perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how several critical perspectives can be combined. As in the first edition, the text and essays are complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. Two of the six essays are new to the second edition, as is a selection of cultural documents and illustrations.

The Turn of the Screw

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Lauren Muñoz

Never read or opened because I wound up listening to audiobook instead. Really fun mystery! I did purchase this from Book Outlet so it has a small red dot on the bottom. I just am asking what I paid for it $7.99.

Seven friends throw a 1920s–themed party, where it's all pretend—until one of them is murdered. One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out in this glamorous locked-room mystery. "A can't miss for mystery fans." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The Agathas Someone brought a knife to the party. To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her ride-or-die Kassidy and five friends on a 1920s–themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There, Izzy and her friends party in vintage dresses and expensive diamonds—until Kassidy’s boyfriend turns up dead. Murdered, investigators declare when they arrive at the scene, and now every party guest is a suspect. There’s the girlfriend, in love. The other girl, in despair. The old friend, forlorn. The new friend, distressed. The brooding enigma. And then, there’s Izzy—the girl who brought the knife. To find the killer, everyone must undergo a grueling interrogation, all while locked in an estate where, suddenly, the greatest luxury is innocence.

Suddenly a Murder

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Peter Williams

Pristine condition. The Reaktion Books, Animal Series. Accidentally purchased two of these, never opened/read. 

Animal Series

Jellyfish are, like the mythical Medusa, both beautiful and potentially dangerous. Found from pole to tropic, these mesmeric creatures form an important part of the sea’s plankton and vary in size from the gigantic to the minute. Perceived as almost alien creatures and seen as best avoided, jellyfish nevertheless have the power to fascinate: with the sheer beauty of their translucent bells and long, trailing tentacles, with a mouth that doubles as an anus, and without a head or brain. Drawing upon myth and historical sources as well as modern scientific advances, this book examines our ambiguous relationship with these ancient and yet ill-understood animals, describing their surprisingly complex anatomy, weaponry, and habits, and their vital contributions to the ocean’s ecosystems.

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Kuniko Sugiura

Indonesian Fables of Feats and Fortunes

Celeste Ng

Everything I Never Told You

Larry Krieger; Vinay Bhaskara

The Insider's Complete Guide to SAT Vocabulary

Megan Miller

Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder

Diane McGuinness

Growing a Reader from Birth

Munro Leaf

Manners Can Be Fun

Munro Leaf

How to Speak Politely and Why

Traci Dyer

Mother Voices

Jon Meacham; Tim McGraw

Songs of America

Beverly Donofrio

Thank You, Lucky Stars

Edith Warton

A Motor-Flight Through France (1908). by: Edith Wharton (Illustrated).

Vicky Edwards

Dogs

Jane Johnson

Secret Country

Guinnevere Shuster

Shelter Dogs in a Photo Booth

Alka Joshi

The Henna Artist

Mike Evans

The Beatles Literary Anthology

Malinda Lo

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun

Michelle Hope; Amy Lang

The Girls' Guide to Sex Education

Michelle Cully

High Heels in the Laundry Room

Martin Wallen

Squid

Henry James

The Turn of the Screw

Lauren Muñoz

Suddenly a Murder

Peter Williams

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