Kristin Hannah

Set during WWII, this is the story of two sisters embarking on their individual paths toward survival and freedom in German occupied France.  

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Pennsylvania

A Novel

In love we find out who we want to be. In war we find out who we are. FRANCE, 1939 In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's home, she and her daughter must live with the enemy or lose everything. Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. Vianne's sister, Isabelle, is a rebellious eighteen-year-old girl, searching for purpose with all the reckless passion of youth. While thousands of Parisians march into the unknown terrors of war, she meets Gäetan, a partisan who believes the French can fight the Nazis from within France, and she falls in love as only the young can...completely. But when he betrays her, Isabelle joins the Resistance and never looks back, risking her life time and again to save others. With courage, grace and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France--a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.

The Nightingale

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Brad. Steiger

Donald R. Schmitt

This book is based on secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. In the 50s and 60s, the Air Force was involved in a secret program to evaluate reports of UFOs while publicly dismissing the existence of them. Accounts of seven of the most important inquiries are in this book. 

The Top Secret UFO Files That Revealed a Government Cover-Up

A new edition of the blockbuster book that revealed the top-secret findings of the US government about UFOs. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, while publicly dismissing the existence of UFOs, the United States Air Force was engaged in a secret program for evaluating every report of unidentified flying objects. Under the code name, Project Blue Book, the Air Force analyzed over 13,000 incidents. The goal of this enterprise was threefold: To determine the cause for each UFO sighting, to assess the security threat for each incident, and to determine how the United States could obtain or create the technology used by UFOs. This book, based on secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, includes accounts of seven of the most important USAF enquiries-- among them the story of the nights the White House was buzzed by UFOs, the mystery of the Lubbock Lights, the full story of Captain Mantell--Ufology's first martyr, and the startling conversion of the prominent astronomer, J. Alan Hynek from UFO skeptic to believer. This is startling and fascinating book that uncovers not only the anatomy of a government cover-up, but also provides stark and chilling evidence that we are not alone. It is all here, government documents, the testimony of scientists, the military, pilots and citizens all over the country who have witnessed UFOS.

Project Blue Book

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Danny Peary

Information on 50 unforgettable cult classic movies.  From Five Million Miles to Earth to Walkabout to American Werewolf in London.  Pictures and details about each movie.  Excellent condition with a tiny bend on the lower right corner.  (See image) 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Fifty More of the Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird and the Wonderful

Cult Movies

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Alphonso Dunn

This book explores the tools you’ll need, fundamentals of pen and ink drawing, sketchbooking, shading, and creating textures.  A bonus chapter on the Line of Balance is included.  

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Simple Guide

Pen & Ink Drawing: A Simple Guide covers the essential aspects of pen and ink drawing and more. It explores basic materials and instruments; fundamental properties of strokes and pen control; key elements of shading; and indispensable techniques for creating vibrant textures. As a bonus, a chapter is devoted to what the author refers to as, the secret Line of Balance. This book is not just written to instruct but also to inspire enthusiasts of pen and ink and drawing as well.

Pen and Ink Drawing

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This Dark Horse collectible comic is in mint condition inside a protective sleeve with acid free backing. Gold foil color edition. A Certificate of Authenticity is included along with the original holographic seal.  

The Origin

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Deepak Chopra

Kristine Carlson

In clear language, the author explores the meaning of wealth consciousness and offers a step by step plan for creating affluence and fulfillment on all levels of our lives. 

The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life

Deepak Chopra outlines a series of steps for creating wealth and fulfilment in all areas of life in this companion volume to 'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success'.

Creating Affluence

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Annie Jacobsen

Area 51, the nation’s most secret domestic military facility, is located in the high desert of southern Nevada.  Its facilities have been constructed over the last 60 years around a flat dry lake bed called Groom Lake.  Until 2013, the government denied the existence of the facility.  The author breaks down the myths surrounding the base for decades and sheds some light on what was going on in the Nevada desert. Please note: this is a LARGE PRINT copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

Area 51 It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere seventy-five miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the U.S. government-but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Myths and hypotheses about Area 51 have long abounded, thanks to the intense secrecy enveloping it. Some claim it is home to aliens, underground tunnel systems, and nuclear facilities. Others believe that the lunar landing itself was filmed there. The prevalence of these rumors stems from the fact that no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside the base. Until now. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to nineteen men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to fifty-five additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, thirty-two of whom lived and worked there for extended periods. In Area 51, Jacobsen shows us what has really gone on in the Nevada desert, from testing nuclear weapons to building super-secret, supersonic jets to pursuing the War on Terror. This is the first book based on interviews with eye witnesses to Area 51 history, which makes it the seminal work on the subject. Filled with formerly classified information that has never been accurately decoded for the public, Area 51 weaves the mysterious activities of the top-secret base into a gripping narrative, showing that facts are often more fantastic than fiction, especially when the distinction is almost impossible to make.

Area 51

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M. Scott Peck

A spiritual story the author has intended for young people with old souls and older people with young souls.  Lovely illustrations throughout this book.  

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Fable of Faith, Love and Family

On a walk in a meadow near her home, Jenny encounters a friendly snowflake named Harry, whose arrival opens up a world of ideas, questions, spiritual exploration, and discovery for Jenny. All ages.

The Friendly Snowflake

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Macmillan Publishing Company Staff

Starts children learning words naturally. Sample sentences after definition.  Color illustrations throughout.  Tells where the words come from and how they became part of our language.  Includes a special feature: The Story of English. A memorable gift for a child in your life. 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Phrases and sentences often accompanied by illustrations, define nearly 30,000 entries.

Macmillan Dictionary for Children

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Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven. Acting was his destiny, until one day his father disappeared. Suddenly it was a matter of survival.  He maps his journey from abandoned son to star by recalling the many parts he played in real life. There is much to read about creativity, devotion, and talent.  This is a story of the transformative power of simple hard work.  

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A memoir and meditation on creativity by the star of "Breaking Bad" chronicles his theatrical childhood and recommitment to acting in the aftermath of his father's disappearance, describing his early acting jobs and the performances that earned him Tony and Emmy Awards.

A Life in Parts

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Betsy Blair

Betsy Blair tells the story of her life from growing up in New Jersey to her dream of becoming a famous actress.  She writes about her whirlwind courtship with Gene Kelly and life in Beverly Hills in the early days. Pictures are scattered throughout the book.  Hard cover with dust jacket.   Like new condition.  

Love and Politics in New York, Hollywood, and Paris

The Academy Award-nominated actress and wife of Gene Kelly traces her life from her experiences as a teenage dancer in the 1930s, to a child bride of a Hollywood star, to an accomplished actress in Europe.

The Memory of All That

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Stephen Lowenstein

20 celebrated directors talk about their first film. Every aspect of the movie industry is explored - from script writing, raising money, casting, assembling the crew, shooting the movies, editing, and selling and screening the movie.  Includes pictures scattered throughout the book.  

Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film

Candid interviews with leading filmmakers about their first films including Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Oliver Stone, Allison Anders, The Coen Brothers, and others In these vivid and revealing interviews, a diverse collection of filmmakers talk in extraordinary detail and with amazing candor about making their first films. Each chapter focuses on a director's celebrated debut and tells the inside story of the film's creation. Along the way, every aspect of the movie industry is explored-from writing the script and raising the money to casting the actors and assembling the crew, from shooting and editing to selling the movie and screening it. These interviews are not only memoirs of particular movies; each one is also an emotional journey in which the director relives the pain and elation, the comedy and tragedy, of making a first feature film.

My First Movie

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A book of short stories from master storyteller Ray Bradbury.  This collection of 44 stories is a perfect example of the depth and breadth of his style.  Illustrations sown in pictures. This hardcover book was published in 1959 and is in very good condition overall.  There is a tear on the last page (no print on this page) and a slight stain on the edges of some pages on the upper right.  The stain is not visible on the internal pages.  See pictures for condition.  This book is a treasure for anyone who enjoys reading short stories.  

Twice 22: The Golden Apples of the Sun-A Medicine for Melancholy 

Rose Levy Beranbaum

60 cookie recipes and yummy color photos. A full page color photo of each cookie and of all baking equipment required to make the cookies. Even “bone” cookies for the dog in your life.  Dust cover is torn a bit on the corners. Spine is tight, no loose pages.  A bit of fraying on the right side corners of the hard cover. 

Since its 1990 publication, Rose's Christmas Cookies has been a phenomenal success. Who can resist Chocolate-Dipped Melting Moments Cookies or moist Mini-Cheesecakes with Lemon Curd . . . or David Shamah's Jumbles, a fabulous cross between a chocolate-chip cookie and a chunky candy bar bursting with raisins, chocolate chips, and pecans. Whether you need a cookie to decorate your tree or grace your mantelpiece (cookies like Stained Glass or Christmas Wreaths), a sweet to send (Mahogany Butter Crunch Toffee, Maple Macadamia Bars), or a special holiday treat for your dinner party (Praline Truffle Cups, Chocolate-Pistachio Marzipan Spirals), you'll find that perfect something here. Complete with 60 cookie recipes and a color photograph of each cookie for handy reference, this easy-to-use and fun-to-read book will result in scrumptious, festive, and splendid-looking cookies every time.

Rose's Christmas Cookies

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Maurice Mathon

Make your own pop up cards and invitations with the creative patterns in this book.  Detailed instructions provided for cutting, scoring, folding, and gluing.  Includes 20 full size patterns for 20 cards for all occasions.  Also includes 15 additional pop up cards, pre-printed and ready to cut.  

Pop-Up Cards and Invitations

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Cathy Johnson

Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding.  Learn about the tools and materials you’ll need. Explanation of watercolor terms, along with useful painting tricks. 

Make your first steps in watercolor fun and rewarding! Watercolor's vivid colors and fresh, direct brush strokes make it the most exciting way to paint. "But," you think, "Learning to paint must be hard and frustrating." Not with Cathy Johnson as your teacher! Here, she makes learning to paint in watercolor fun—even easy! With Painting Watercolors, you'll learn to paint by picking up a brush and painting—not by reading about a bunch of confusing theories. Cathy tells you everything you need to begin—including: • Which tools and materials you should buy to get off to a good, affordable start • When, what, even where to paint • Explanations of watercolor terms (such as "washes" and "puddles") • Easy and useful painting tricks—such as glazing and drybrush. Exercises help you loosen up and learn the ins and outs of putting paint on paper. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions show you how to paint water, believable skies, a variety of trees in different seasons and other popular elements. Plus, a dozen demonstrations show you how paintings come together, from initial sketch to final brushstrokes. With Cathy's help, you can start painting right away!

Painting Watercolors

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Susanne Schlapfer-Geiser

A step by step book on the art of paper cutting. The author shares tips on what paper to use, how to hold the scissors for best results.  Included are dozens of patterns to cut out, some simple, some a bit more complex.   Book is in like new condition with the dust cover

Designs and Techniques for Traditional Papercutting

Provides instructions for making cut paper designs in the style of European folk art.

Scherenschnitte

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Better Homes and Gardens Editors

A year’s worth of nutritious vegetarian meals. Breakfasts, sandwiches and pizza, salads, soups and stews, pastas, and much more.  Beautiful full color inserts for your inspiration.  

A mouthwatering collection of everyday vegetarian and vegan recipes the whole family will love--year round
365 Vegetarian Meals is filled with a year's worth of fast, easy-to-make, and hearty meals. These simple yet innovative meal ideas include breakfasts, sandwiches, casseroles and one-dish favorites, soups and stews, and slow cooker classics--all full of healthful ingredients like whole grains, legumes, and vegetables. Helpful cooking tips are sprinkled throughout and the versatile Make it Vegan variations offer an abundance of options for turning vegetarian recipes into true vegan recipes.
- Offers great value for vegetarians and vegans with 365 recipes at an affordable price
- Includes beautiful full-color photo inserts
- Features an introductory section on the basics of a healthy vegetarian diet, health and nutrition information, and shopping and cooking tips for common vegetarian ingredients like tofu and tempeh
- Includes handy icons that designate vegan recipes and helpful cooking tips spread throughout
365 Vegetarian Meals offers plenty of options for vegetarians, vegans, and anyone who loves fresh, healthy recipes.

Better Homes and Gardens 365 Vegetarian Meals

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Greg R. Gillespie

Very good condition with a tight spine and no loose pages or writing on pages.  A dog eared corner on lower right cover.  
This is the ultimate collection of bars, drop cookies, squares, and much more. 1001 full color photos.  Each cookies has its own   photo.  Introduction includes cookie basics, substitutions, and glossary of ingredient and baking terms.  

The complete resource for cookie lovers, with recipes for every occasion, from Almond Shortbread and Apple-Coconut Dreams to Oatmeal Crisps and Zwieback with Almonds. 1001 full-color photographs! Each and every cookie is illustrated in full color right alongside the recipe.

1001 Cookie Recipes

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Buster Keaton

Charles Samuels

An autobiography, with pictures, that is a delightful record of the quirky mind behind the stoic face.  Master of the pratfall, the deadpan, the surreal sleight-of-hand, he was an endlessly creative gagman who understood before any other director the camera’s role in comic intervention.  An enjoyable read for the classic movie fan.  

Buster Keaton's autobiography is a view into the quirky mind behind the stoic face of the legendary film comedian.

My Wonderful World of Slapstick

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Daniel H. Wilson

If you grew up watching sci-fi movies, you know we are not living the future we were promised.  The author reveals the secrets and science behind the greatest inventions we never had.  

A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived

It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest-things are a little disappointing. Despite every World's Fair prediction, every futuristic ride at Disneyland, and the advertisements on the last page of every comic book, we are not living the future we were promised. By now, life was supposed to be a fully automated, atomic-powered, germ-free Utopia, a place where a grown man could wear a velvet spandex unitard and not be laughed at. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? What happened to our promised moon colonies? Our servant robots? In Where's My Jetpack?, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we always imagined for ourselves. He exposes technology, spotlights existing prototypes, and reveals drawing-board plans. You will learn which technologies are already available, who made them, and where to find them. If the technology is not public, you will learn how to build, buy, or steal it. And if doesn't yet exist, you will learn what stands in the way of making it real. With thirty entries spanning everything from teleportation to self-contained skyscraper cities, and superbly illustrated by Richard Horne (101 Things to Do Before You Die), Where's My Jetpack? is an endlessly entertaining, one-of-a-kind look at the world that we always wanted. Daniel H. Wilson, Ph.D, has a degree in Robotics from Carnegie-Mellon. He is the author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Where's My Jetpack?

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An essential survival guide to quashing a robot mutiny. 

Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion

How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate a rebel servant robot? How do you escape a murderous "smart" house, or evade a swarm of marauding robotic flies? In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the keys to quashing a robot mutiny.
From treating laser wounds to fooling face and speech recognition, besting robot logic to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. And with its thorough overview of current robot prototypes-including giant walkers, insect, gecko, and snake robots-How to Survive a Robot Uprising is also a witty yet legitimate introduction to contemporary robotics. Full of charming illustrations, andreferencing some of the most famous robots in pop-culture,How to Survive a Robot Uprising is a one-of-a-kind book that is sure to be a hit with all ages.
How to Survive a Robot Uprising was named as an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers.
Daniel H. Wilson is a Ph.D. candidate at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, where he has received master's degrees in Robotics and Data Mining. He has worked in top research laboratories, including Microsoft Research, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and Intel Research Seattle. Daniel currently lives with several unsuspecting roommates in a fully wired smart house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is his first book.
Two-color illustrations throughout.
Click here to listen to an audio sample and to purchase the audiobook version of the title.

How to Survive a Robot Uprising

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#quickmeals #mealplans #americastestkitchen 

One Grocery List. a Week of Meals. No Waste

Turn meal prep aspirations into dinnertime reality

1 short shopping list gets you 5 weeknight meals

Meal prep no longer means filling your freezer with boring casseroles, dipping into the same pot of beans every day for a week, or spending all day Sunday cooking. Instead, use these smart meal plans to customize fast, fresh dinners that fit your ever-changing schedule. We've done the work of building 25 weekly plans that minimize shopping and kitchen time and guide you through prep-ahead options, make-ahead options, and ingredient substitutions. So now you can reap the benefits to make your life easier, your grocery bill lower, and your dinners better.

ATK's meal plan strategies are easy to put into practice:
* Prep your vegetables and grains for the week in a weekend "power hour."
* Prep bulk pantry ingredients ahead in a "pantry power hour" so they're ready to go in a flash.
* Cross-utilize fresh ingredients creatively to prevent food waste and dinner boredom.
* Make, store, and reheat full meals with no loss of flavor.
* Double meals or meal components to freeze half for later.

Let's-get-real features streamline your cooking:
* Weekly grocery lists max out at a dozen items.
* Active cooking time for recipes maxes out at 45 minutes.
* Loads of pantry substitution suggestions let you adapt recipes according to what you have on hand.
* To make planning even more flexible, we've added a chapter with 30 pantry meals that don't add anything to your weekly shopping list, making them perfect to prepare any night.

With a grocery list of just 11 items and some on-hand pantry staples, you can enjoy a week of Crispy Chicken with Carrot, Orange, and Chickpea Salad; Meatballs and Lemon Orzo with Mint and Dill; Teriyaki Stir-Fried Beef with Green Beans; Herb-Poached Salmon with Cucumber-Dill Salad; and Sun-Dried Tomato and White Bean Soup with Parmesan Crisps.

A thorough introduction explains how to build a strong, diverse pantry (and make the most of it), how to store prepped ingredients to keep them fresh, how to store cooked food safely, the smartest ways to reheat food, essential meal-prep equipment, and more.

The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook

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Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Brad. Steiger; Donald R. Schmitt

Project Blue Book

Danny Peary

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Pen and Ink Drawing

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Deepak Chopra; Kristine Carlson

Creating Affluence

Annie Jacobsen

Area 51

M. Scott Peck

The Friendly Snowflake

Macmillan Publishing Company Staff

Macmillan Dictionary for Children

Bryan Cranston

A Life in Parts

Betsy Blair

The Memory of All That

Stephen Lowenstein

My First Movie

Ray Bradbury

Twice 22: The Golden Apples of the Sun-A Medicine for Melancholy

Rose Levy Beranbaum

Rose's Christmas Cookies

Maurice Mathon

Pop-Up Cards and Invitations

Cathy Johnson

Painting Watercolors

Susanne Schlapfer-Geiser

Scherenschnitte

Better Homes and Gardens Editors

Better Homes and Gardens 365 Vegetarian Meals

Greg R. Gillespie

1001 Cookie Recipes

Buster Keaton; Charles Samuels

My Wonderful World of Slapstick

Daniel H. Wilson

Where's My Jetpack?

Daniel H. Wilson

How to Survive a Robot Uprising

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The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook

David J. Seibold; Charles J. Adams

Ghost Stories of the Delaware Coast

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