Jill Lepore

Like new condition no bend in the spine or pages .

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

California

A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of Wonder Woman, one of the world's most iconic superheroes, hides within it a fascinating family story--and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore has uncovered an astonishing trove of documents, including the never-before-seen private papers of William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman's creator. Beginning in his undergraduate years at Harvard, Marston was influenced by early suffragists and feminists, starting with Emmeline Pankhurst, who was banned from speaking on campus in 1911, when Marston was a freshman. In the 1920s, Marston and his wife, Sadie Elizabeth Holloway, brought into their home Olive Byrne, the niece of Margaret Sanger, one of the most influential feminists of the twentieth century. The Marston family story is a tale of drama, intrigue, and irony. In the 1930s, Marston and Byrne wrote a regular column for Family Circle celebrating conventional family life, even as they themselves pursued lives of extraordinary nonconformity. Marston, internationally known as an expert on truth--he invented the lie detector test--lived a life of secrets, only to spill them on the pages of Wonder Woman. The Secret History of Wonder Woman is a tour de force of intellectual and cultural history. Wonder Woman, Lepore argues, is the missing link in the history of the struggle for women's rights--a chain of events that begins with the women's suffrage campaigns of the early 1900s and ends with the troubled place of feminism a century later. This edition includes a new afterword with fresh revelations based on never before seen letters and photographs from the Marston family's papers. With 161 illustrations and 16 pages in full color

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

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Tessa Evelegh

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

100 Creative Styling Ideas

Transform your table in stunning and original ways, with 100 themed settings and inspirational ideas.

Table Settings

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The The Oatmeal

Matthew Inman

Like new , spine of book has never even been fully open . 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Mr Oats delivers a side-splitting serving of cat comics in his new book, 'How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You'. If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of affection. Your cat is actually checking your internal organs for weakness. If your cat brings you a dead animal, this isn't a gift. It's a warning. 'How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You' is a hilarious, brilliant offering of cat comics, facts, and instructional guides from the creative wonderland at TheOatmeal.com.

How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You

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Eric Wilder

Like new condition , no bends or folds in the pages , no bend in the  book spine 

City of Spirits

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

K. M. Kostyal

Good condition , like new just a small defect in the cover in the bottom right corner . Is shown in the second picture spine and pages are like new . 

300 Years of Family Traditions

Bring the warm glow of Christmas past into your home with nostalgic Williamsburg flavor. The perfect holiday gift, this gorgeously illustrated, handsomely designed book will become a family keepsake and a seasonal celebration of our nation's past. Packed with traditions, crafts, recipes, and customs that span three hundred years of American Christmases, this volume traces the rise of the holiday from colonial times to the present. Exclusively shot reenactment photography and beautifully illustrated history bring traditions of yesteryear such as make-a-wish holiday tree tags, handcrafted hot chocolate, Victorian style paper chains, and hand-crafted clove orange pomanders straight to your family's living room for a more meaningful family holiday season. Also showcased are Colonial Williamsburg festivities and traditions such the Grand Illumination--which launches the Christmas season with fireworks, wreath-making workshops, Christmas concerts, recipes, and more. You'll feel like you are in Williamsburg with luminous photographs of historic places, artifacts from the Williamsburg craft museum, and hands-on activities for kids. Turn the pages and watch the sights and smells come alive--Christmas has come!

Christmas in Williamsburg

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Diana Lampe

Like new condition , no dents in cover no torn or bent pages 

Provides instructions and patterns for four embroidery projects featuring gardens in summer, fall, and winter, and a warm-weather flower garland

Embroider a Garden

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Cal Orey

Great condition, spine has never been bent , no bent pages . Due to age looks like some yellowing to some of the pages .

Reveals how the mood-enhancing ingredients and powerful antioxidants in chocolate can help boost the immune system; lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; and relieve many ailments.

The Healing Powers of Chocolate

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Jennette Fulda

Good condition . Just some pen marks on the edges , as shown in the picture . A little sticky on the back cover where a tag was removed 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

My Quest for Relief from the Headache That Wouldn't Go Away

The humorous and touching memoir of a woman who's been seeking relief from a headache for more than two years.

Jennette Fulda was riding high on the success of her first book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, until one fateful day in February 2008, when she developed a headache--and it never went away. So she dealt with it the best way she knows how: by writing about it. And eating lots of chocolate.

In Chocolate and Vicodin, Jennette explores her change of identity from "the girl who lost hundreds of pounds" to "the girl who lives with constant pain," and all she's had to endure to try and make the pain stop--from a bevy of expensive, time-consuming tests, which have taught her interesting facts (for example, that an MRI does indeed cost more than a European vacation--and doesn't last nearly as long), to tons of medications prescribed by her doctors to hilarious, sometimes insane advice she's received from her blog readers. While nothing's been able to grant her relief, she has gained a new perspective. Instead of dwelling on the "invisible tiara of nails" she may very well wear for the rest of her life, she's instead learned how to live with the pain, sharing with readers not only how she's managed to get by, but to laugh--and thrive--in spite of it.

Chocolate and Vicodin

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Herbert Asbury

Like new condition , no folds in the spine  or pages 

An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld

Home to the notorious "Blue Book," which listed the names and addresses of every prostitute living in the city, New Orleans's infamous red-light district gained a reputation as one of the most raucous in the world. But the New Orleans underworld consisted of much more than the local bordellos. It was also well known as the early gambling capital of the United States, and sported one of the most violent records of street crime in the country. In The French Quarter, Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York, chronicles this rather immense underbelly of "The Big Easy." From the murderous exploits of Mary Jane "Bricktop" Jackson and Bridget Fury, two prostitutes who became famous after murdering a number of their associates, to the faux-revolutionary "filibusters" who, backed by hundreds of thousands of dollars of public support—though without official governmental approval—undertook military missions to take over the bordering Spanish regions in Texas, the French Quarter had it all. Once again, Asbury takes the reader on an intriguing, photograph-filled journey through a unique version of the American underworld.

The French Quarter

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Product Concept Mfg Inc. Staff

Excellent condition . No bends in the spine . Only one fold in one page .

Laughs, Sayings and Reminders to Think Paws-Itive

Hold on! Here's a book to help you keep perspective in life's ups and downs! A Litter Bit of Humor is filled with laughter, wisdon, witticisms, and a dose of scarcasm, too. It's just the encouragement you need to keep a sense of humor. Paws-itively.

A Litter Bit of Humor

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Francesco Marciuliano

Like new not dents in edges or bend in pages 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A collection of humorous poems delves into the cat psyche, covering such topics as separation anxiety, scratching at closed doors, and trips to the veterinarian.

I Could Pee on This: and Other Poems by Cats (Gifts for Cat Lovers, Funny Cat Books for Cat Lovers)

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There is just some slight curling on the corners of the jacket. #paperback #janeausten 

As a mysterious plague falls upon the village of Meryton and zombies start rising from the dead, Elizabeth Bennett is determined to destroy the evil menace, but becomes distracted by the arrival of the dashing and arrogant Mr. Darcy.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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#paperback It has been read . There are a few bent pages . But overall still in very good condition .

How to Recover and Thrive after a Concussion

A highly successful engineer and inventor, with a Ph.D. in building computers with circuits modeling the brain function, Susana Stoica was born with the capability of being able to work with the human energy field. After going through two concussions on the same day, she discovered that her gift of working with brain trauma was not as common as she previously thought.

The book "Heal your Brain, Reclaim your Life" was born out of Susana Stoica's own need to find a way to recover from the double concussion. After unsuccessfully looking for reliable recovery tools, Susana Stoica used her previous experience as an energy healer to define her own recovery program using the most effective alternative modalities and defining some new ones. In her book Susana Stoica shares her recovery program and also the tools she used to more accurately diagnose the extent of her brain injuries and to limit the effect of trauma on the brain. The book is intended for people with brain trauma and their caretakers, as well as doctors and nurses working with brain trauma.

As stated by Dr. Mitchell Elkiss, Neurologist: ..". the book ... is written by somebody who was brain injured and as such it gives me, as a medical professional, a glimpse into how it feels to be in that situation and what it takes to be functional again. The book includes some interesting insights, such as the fact that waking brain injured people from their sleep is painful for them, the importance of emotional work for recovery, and the way to recover normal vision after brain trauma.

The book is organized in a practical format. It can be read in detail or used as a reference, because it is written with the clarity of a scientist and the insight of a compassionate healer. I wholeheartedly recommend this book."

Healing My Brain, Reclaiming My Life

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Or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln

As Sherman's army marches from Atlanta to the sea in 1864, the city of Savannah lies directly in its path, threatening the livelihood of widow Sara Lester and her twelve-year-old daughter Hattie, who struggle to save the family plantation.

Savannah

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#hardcover #immigrants #memoir #nonfiction a little discoloring on the top and slight bend on the outside jacket. All shown in additional pictures 

A Memoir

The author describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom, and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching.

Teacher Man

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A raw, compelling memoir of baseball, family, fame, addiction, and recovery, by one of the most beloved baseball players of his generation

"Beautifully rendered . . . Readers and fans will be rooting for him to enter the Hall of Fame and rooting even harder for him to stay sober."-The Wall Street Journal

How does it feel to be born with enormous gifts, in a life shadowed by tragedy? What does it mean when the gift that opens the world for us is not enough to stop us from losing the things we love? And what new gifts do we find in that loss?

Baseball had been CC Sabathia's life since he was a kid in gritty, baseball-obsessed Vallejo, California. He was a star by the time he was a preteen and a professional athlete when he was still a teenager. Everything he knew about how to be a person-an adult, a husband and father, a leader-he learned in rhythm with the baseball season, the every-fifth-day high-intensity spotlight of a starting pitcher, all while dealing with one of the sport's most turbulent eras- racism in a sport with diminishing black presence; the era of performance-enhancing drugs; and the increasing tension between high-value contracts and sports owners who moved players around like game pieces. But his biggest struggle was with his own body and mind- Buoyed his whole life by talent and a fiery competitive spirit, CC found himself dealing with the steady and eventually alarming breakdown of his own body and his growing addiction in a world that encouraged and enabled it.

Till the End is the thrilling memoir of one of the most beloved players in the game, a veteran star of the sport's marquee team during its latest championship era. It's also a book about baseball-about the ins and outs of its most important and technical position and its evolution in this volatile era. But woven within it is the moving, universal story of resilience and mortality and discovering what matters.

Till the End

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#hardcover It is from 2009 , but condition is like new .

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Contains recipes for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and more.

Holiday and Celebrations 2009

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#hardcover #truecrime good condition , has some flaws on the front jacket . Hard to see but you can feel it . Table of contents has some discoloration , shown in the picture . But no bends on the edges or spine no bent or torn pages 

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, and yet it is a work of nonfiction. Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman's Card Club; the turbulent young redneck gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the "soul of pampered self-absorption"; the uproariously funny black drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young blacks dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story is a sublime and seductive reading experience. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, this enormously engaging portrait of a most beguiling Southern city is certain to become a modern classic.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?"


Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man's land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.


"I promised you. It's gonna take a while, but I'll tell you everything. This is the story of the deaths of many heroes. It's the story of how we died, and it's the reason you grew up here."

The Faraway Paladin: the Boy in the City of the Dead

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Good condition , only one page folded . Is shown in picture #paperback

Revealing historical tales of the Southern mystique., "From various necessities of the case I am sometimes the story-teller, and sometimes, in the reader's interest, have to abridge; but I add no fact and trim naught of value away. . . . In time, place, circumstance, in every essential feature, I give them as I got them--strange stories that truly happened, all partly, some wholly, in Louisiana."
--George W. Cable
Featuring seven factual accounts of life and history in the area, this compilation includes tales of French nuns, haunted houses, and even a Union woman trapped behind Civil War battle lines. Cable brings together all the unusual and unique aspects of New Orleans and the South in this literary collection.

Strange True Stories of Louisiana

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Like new , no bent pages or marks #paperback #cooking #food allergies  

For the Corn-Intolerant and Corn-Allergic

The authors present more than 150 corn-free recipes with many variations for differences of taste. They also teach the survival skills people need when they must avoid corn, including how to read labels quickly, easily and accurately.

The Corn-Free Cookbook and Survival Guide

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Good condition , some age on the pages , some marks shown in the pictures .#paperback #fiction 

A Novel

The sequel to Judith Ryan Hendricks' absorbing debut novel, Bread Alone

Having found her calling, Wynter Morrison is blissful about her new career in Seattle as a baker -- cherishing the long days spent making bread and the comforting rhythms of the Queen Street Bakery. Still, she struggles with the legacy of her failed marriage and with her new boyfriend Mac's reluctance to share his mysterious past. When Mac abruptly leaves Seattle, Wyn again feels abandoned and betrayed, at least until intimate letters arrive in which Mac at last reveals his deepest secrets. But the more she learns about her absent lover, the more Wyn discovers about herself -- and when tragedy threatens, she will have to decide if there is a place for Mac in this new life she has made.

The Baker's Apprentice

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My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero

In March 2020, Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero was hospitalized for what he and his wife, Amanda Kloots, believed to be a severe case of pneumonia. An eventual diagnosis of COVID-19 led to Nick's being placed on a ventilator, and Amanda took to documenting their journey on social media, showing the dangers COVID-19 posed to everyone, regardless of age. When he passed away after ninety-five grueling days in the ICU, the world grieved. Here Kloots tells the story of their life together; of Nick's fight for survival, and of their interrupted future as a family. She shows how friends, family, and even total strangers played a vital role in enduring this hardship. A reminder that, sometimes, celebrating life today is the only path through tomorrow's darkness. -- adapted from jacket

Live Your Life

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Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end.

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Embroider a Garden

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Holiday and Celebrations 2009

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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