Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Kentucky

Greatest Hits and near Misses

A collection of comic strips, featuring Sherman the shark and Fillmore the sea turtle, follows their adventures of the past ten years in the lagoon.

Sherman's Lagoon 1991 To 2001

747b241a-ed54-4ccd-9f03-fe621042eff5-1

#hardcover #funny #children #amykrouserosenthal #tomlichtenheld

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

(Bunny Books, Read Aloud Family Books, Books for Young Children)

New York Times bestselling children's book!

Smart, simple story that will make readers of all ages eager to take a side: From the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink comes a clever take on the age-old optical illusion: is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it! Readers will find more than just Amy Krouse Rosenthal's signature humor here; there's also a subtle lesson for kids who don't know when to let go of an argument.

* A fun story based on the classic duck/rabbit visual puzzle
* Book teaches a lesson on right versus wrong and differing points of view
* Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the award-winning author of Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink; and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, creator of children's books including Everything I Know About Pirates

Fans of Red is Best, The Perfect Pet, and In My Opinion will love solving the eternal visual puzzle in Duck! Rabbit!

★ "The snappy dialogue makes for fine read-aloud. Duck? Rabbit? As kids will readily see, it depends on how you look at it." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

* Fun, interactive family read aloud book
* Books for kids ages 3 and up
* Picture books for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary students

Duck! Rabbit!

d06ecaef-0d15-4fbf-a4cf-5963c02fc8bd-1

Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane

Whose Boat Is This Boat?

2538b8dc-1172-4403-9459-fa4c2b0f1671-1

#paperback #kids #children #shoeboxgreetings

The Year of Napping Dangerously

Forty

a060c21e-dd1a-4f2c-b75e-4347ce5b98a8-1

#hardcover #fiction #action #adventure #historicalfiction #war #deathandhonor

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Recruited by Wild Bill Donovan to set up an airline that will be an OSS front in 1943 Argentina, Marine pilot Cletus Frade monitors two German operations, including a concentration-camp smuggling ring and a Nazi protection group. 350,000 first printing.

Death and Honor

721d7e60-5350-4de1-8bc3-f7ad99423745-1

#paperback #ninerooms #roomsofhappiness #selfhelp #love #relationship #life #selfimprovement

Loving Yourself, Finding Your Purpose, and Getting over Life's Little Imperfections

What Room Are You In?

Ask any woman how she's feeling. Even when things look pretty darn great from the outside, chances are that at least one thing (and it may seem minor to others) is nagging at her, making her feel less than spectacular, bringing her down: I'm too fat. My husband doesn't help enough around the house. My friend is going to be mad if I don't call her back. Why don't my kids try harder at school? My job is less than inspiring. Whatever happened to that old boyfriend, the one who got away?

Whether it's the size of our thighs or our bank accounts, there always seems to be something that isn't measuring up to our high standards--and we let the dissatisfaction spill over into other areas of our lives, distracting us from taking pleasure in everything that's going right.

In The Nine Rooms of Happiness, Lucy Danziger, editor in chief of Self magazine, and women's-health psychiatrist Catherine Birndorf use the metaphor of a house to release us from this phenomenon. In this house, the living room is where we deal with friendships and our social life; the bedroom is where we explore intimacy, romance, relationships, and sex; the bathroom is for issues relating to health and body image; the kitchen is for nourishment and the division of chores; and so on.

Our "inner house" can have eight beautifully designed, neat and tidy rooms, and one messy one, and still we focus on the mess.

The Nine Rooms of Happiness pinpoints common self-destructive patterns of behavior and offers key processes that will help readers clean up their emotional architecture. After each room is "clean," Danziger and Birndorf show us how we can spend time on ourselves figuring out what is most meaningful to us--finding larger passion and purpose that makes returning to the rest of our house a pleasure, no matter what calamity or mess awaits.

The result? After reading this book you'll think differently about the things that are bringing you down and be able to live a happier, more joy filled life, in every room of your emotional house.

From the outside, you'd think I have it all: beautiful house, wonderful children, devoted husband. But am I happy I think so. There's nothing that has gone terribly wrong. There's no reason for me not to be happy. But I don't feel happy so much as I feel I'm just going through the motions. Sometimes I have the feeling that there's more and I just haven't found it yet. But what . . . and how dare I want more? Isn't all that I have enough?
--from The Nine Rooms of Happiness

The Nine Rooms of Happiness

519584e0-cf4f-4ad0-9e38-383e820edd6e-1

#paperback #fiction #juvenilefiction #youngadult #awrinkleintime #ya #yafiction #classic 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Wrinkle in Time

844241c5-4db7-49ae-a613-b5f13305efbc-1

#paperback #fiction #summerbreeze #fourseasons 

In book two of this fiction series based on the best-selling non-fiction book The Four Seasons of Marriage, readers meet the blended family of Derek and Kim Finley. Kim has a set of twins-one boy and one girl-from her first marriage; Luke has recently been diagnosed with diabetes, and Lydia is acting out as a result of the attention now being showered on Luke. To complicate matters, Derek's overbearing mother comes to live with them. With all that's going on in their lives, Kim and Derek's communication begins to break down and their marriage slowly moves into winter. Although the second book will focus on Kim and Derek, readers will also encounter all their favorite characters-Patsy Pringle, Pete Roberts, Steve and Brenda, Esther and Charlie-as well as some new ones, like the proprietor of the new sandwich shop that's moved in next to Patsy's beauty parlor.

Summer Breeze

3e2fcfe8-09cd-438d-8e6c-d8de64b5dac9-1

#paperback #fiction #fantasy #vampires #romance #fantasyfiction #mystery #trueblood 

Dead until Dark

db0c96c1-4b10-435e-98e9-569d459677bc-1

#paperback #nonfiction #fiction #history #horse #racing 

An American Legend

Seabiscuit

d412dd7e-8baa-49d3-95df-67d96d12d211-1

#paperback #fiction #romance #mebeforeyou #adultfiction #love #jojomoyes #popular 

A Novel

Taking a job as an assistant to extreme sports enthusiast Will, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident, Louisa struggles with her employer's acerbic moods and learns of his shocking plans before demonstrating to him that life is still worth living.

Me Before You

b0b6d8e6-592a-4c2c-b2e3-03a361aa898c-1

Deciding to spend Christmas in Boston with her daughter, widow Emily Springer, through the Internet, swaps houses with history professor Charles Brewster, but destiny intervenes when this unlikely couple is forced to spend the holidays together.

When Christmas Comes

ef3b50d3-275b-4b9d-9a89-e1fee82a318c-1

A Christmas Novel

Hoping to further her dream of becoming a serious journalist by tracking down a reclusive best-selling writer in the Alaskan wilds, gossip columnist Carrie Slayton discovers that her subject, Finn, is as mysterious as his reputation suggests before facing a difficult choice between her career and her heart.

Starry Night

5c76d86c-48e8-4766-96b9-dae51fe1a1e0

#paperback #fiction #youngadult #juvenilefiction #hungergames #youngadultfiction #ya #dystopian 

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

The Hunger Games

898f7eb9-1edf-4837-ad3a-0e5e0cffb90f-1

#hardcover #alamo #rememberthealamo #stephenharrigan #fiction #history #historical 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A huge, riveting, deeply imagined novel about the siege and fall of the Alamo, an event that formed the consciousness of Texas and that resonates through American history. With its vibrant, unexpected characters and its richness of authentic detail,The Gates of the Alamois an unforgettable re-creation of a time, a place, and a heroic conflict. The time is 1835. At the center of a canvas crowded with Mexicans and Americans, with Karankawa and Comanche Indians, with settlers of many nationalities, stand three people whose fortunes quickly become our urgent concern: Edmund McGowan, a naturalist of towering courage and intellect, whose life's work is threatened by the war against Mexico and whose character is tested by his own dangerous pride; Mary Mott, a widowed innkeeper on the Texas coast, a determined and resourceful woman; and her sixteen-year-old son, Terrell, whose first shattering experience with love leads him instead to war, and into the crucible of the Alamo. As Edmund McGowan and Mary Mott take off in pursuit of Terrell and follow him into the fortress, the powerful but wary attraction between them deepens. And the reader is drawn with them into the harrowing days of the battle itself. Never before has the fall of the Alamo been portrayed with such immediacy. And for the first time the story is told not just from the perspective of the American defenders but from that of the Mexican attackers as well. We follow Blas Montoya, a sergeant in an elite sharpshooter company, as he fights to keep his men alive not only in the inferno of battle but also during the long forced march north from Mexico proper to Texas. And through the eyes of the ambitious mapmaker Telesforo Villasenor, we witness the cold deliberations of General Santa Anna. Filled with dramatic scenes, abounding in fictional and historical personalities -- among them James Bowie, David Crockett, and William Travis --The Gates of the Alamoenfolds us in history, and through its remarkable and passionate storytelling allows us to participate at last in an American legend. From the Hardcover edition.

The Gates of the Alamo

fcd67ed4-aa3a-4809-b435-533f4186c086-1

#paperback #truestory #history #johnnadler #specialforces #worldwar2 #worldwar #blackdevils

The True Story of the Black Devils, the Forefathers of the Special Forces

It's 1942 and Hitler's armies stand astride Europe like a colossus. Germany is winning on every front. This is the story of how one of the world's first commando units, put together for the invasion of Norway, helped turn the tide in Italy.


1942. When the British generals recommend an audacious plan to parachute a small elite commando unit into Norway in a bid to put Nazi Germany on the defensive, Winston Churchill is intrigued. But Britain, fighting for its life, can't spare the manpower to participate. So William Lyon MacKenzie King is contacted and asked to commit Canadian troops to the bold plan. King, determined to join Roosevelt and Churchill as an equal leader in the Allied war effort, agrees.

One of the world's first commando units, the First Special Service Force, or FSSF, is assembled from hand-picked soldiers from Canadian and American regiments. Any troops sent into Norway will have to be rugged, self-sufficient, brave, and weather-hardened. Canada has such men in ample supply.

The all-volunteer FSSF comprises outdoorsmen -- trappers, rangers, prospectors, miners, loggers. Assembled at an isolated base in Helena, Montana, and given only five months to train before the invasion, they are schooled in parachuting, mountain climbing, cross-country skiing, and cold-weather survival. They are taught how to handle explosives, how to operate nearly every field weapon in the American and German arsenals, and how to kill with their bare hands.

After the Norway plan is scrapped, the FSSF is dispatched to Italy and given its first test -- to seize a key German mountain-top position which had repelled the brunt of the Allied armies for over a month. In a reprise of the audacity and careful planning that won Vimy Ridge for the Canadians in WWI, the FSSF takes the twin peaks Monte la Difensa and Monte la Remetanea by storming the supposedly unscalable rock face at the rear of the German position, and opens the way through the mountains.

Later, the FSSF will hold one-quarter of the Anzio beachhead against a vastly superior German force for ninety-nine days; a force of only 1,200 commandos does the work of a full division of over 17,000 troops. Though badly outnumbered, the FSSF takes the fight to the Germans, sending nighttime patrols behind enemy lines and taking prisoners. It is here that they come to be known among the dispirited Germans as Schwartzer Teufel ("Black Devils") for their black camouflage face-paint and their terrifying tactic of appearing out of the darkness.

John Nadler vividly captures the savagery of the Italian campaign, fought as it was at close quarters and with desperate resolve, and the deeply human experiences of the individual men called upon to fight it. Based on extensive archival research and interviews with veterans, A Perfect Hell is an important contribution to Canadian military history and an indispensable account of the lives and battlefield exploits of the men who turned the tide of the Second World War.

A Perfect Hell

9580d409-3088-4621-8e52-5de91fc9a4c5-1

#hardcover #civilwar #confederate #union #history #williamdavis

The culinary history of the blue and the gray

A Taste for War

#paperback #history #dday #d-day #ww2 #worldwar2 #stephenambrose

The climatic battle of World War II

D-Day June 6, 1944

#paperback #fiction #youngadult #fantasy #youngadultfiction #sabaatahir #anemberintheashesseries #ya #firstedition #bestseller

"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--

An Ember in the Ashes

00fe0390-3964-40ca-9422-8ac3ebab4f98-1

#Fiction #middlegradefiction #beekeeper #adventuve #futuristic #dystopia 

Facing a world dually altered by climate change and those who profit from it, Yolanda Cicerón will have to fight to save the last known beehive from extinction in this stirring new adventure by award-winning author Pablo Cartaya.

In a future shaken by climate disasters, Yolanda Cicerón knows that nature is something to be feared. While life in the Valley is brutal and harsh, Yoly dreams of leaving her farm to live in Silo--the most advanced town for miles around. But first, Yoly will need to prove she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed.

Between her razor-sharp smarts and sheer determination, Yoly is well on her way until she discovers her family can no longer afford her schooling. When forced to take matters into her own hands, the closer she gets to securing her future, the more she uncovers the dangers lying inside Silo's walls--ones that threaten the entire Valley. 

As she cracks long-guarded secrets, Yoly, along with those closest to her, is put in grave peril and the only chance of surviving may lie in the rediscovery of a long-extinct species--the honeybee. Can the last surviving beehive be the key to pulling the Valley out from under Silo's thumb, or will they destroy what remains of Yoly's future? 

The Last Beekeeper

57b49a23-add8-4562-9f6a-94a9b0c26b95-1

#paperback #girlwarrior #fantasy #adventure #indianmythology #fiction #mythology #indianfolklore

For fans of the Aru Shah and Serpent's Secret series, this action-packed fantasy-adventure sees a girl's drawings of Indian mythology spring to vivid life--including the evil god who seeks to enter the real world and destroy it.

Kiki Kallira has always been a worrier. Did she lock the front door? Is there a terrible reason her mom is late? Recently her anxiety has been getting out of control, but one thing that has always soothed her is drawing. Kiki's sketchbook is full of fanciful doodles of the rich Indian myths and legends her mother has told her over the years.

One day, her sketchbook's calming effect is broken when her mythological characters begin springing to life right out of its pages. Kiki ends up falling into the mystical world she drew, which includes a lot of wonderful discoveries like the band of rebel kids who protect the kingdom, as well as not-so-great ones like the ancient deity bent on total destruction. As the one responsible for creating the evil god, Kiki must overcome her fear and anxiety to save both worlds--the real and the imagined--from his wrath. But how can a girl armed with only a pencil defeat something so powerful?

Browse by categories

Jim Toomey

Sherman's Lagoon 1991 To 2001

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Duck! Rabbit!

The Staff The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Whose Boat Is This Boat?

Shoebox Greetings Staff

Forty

W. E. B. Griffin; William E. Butterworth

Death and Honor

Lucy Danziger; Catherine Birndorf

The Nine Rooms of Happiness

Madeleine L'Engle

A Wrinkle in Time

Catherine Palmer; Gary Chapman

Summer Breeze

Charlaine Harris

Dead until Dark

Laura Hillenbrand

Seabiscuit

Jojo Moyes

Me Before You

Debbie Macomber

When Christmas Comes

Debbie Macomber

Starry Night

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

Stephen Harrigan

The Gates of the Alamo

John Nadler

A Perfect Hell

William C. Davis

A Taste for War

Stephen E. Ambrose

D-Day June 6, 1944

Sabaa Tahir

An Ember in the Ashes

Pablo Cartaya

The Last Beekeeper

Sangu Mandanna

Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom

Get The App