Amy Welborn

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Tennessee

Stories of Catholic Heroes and Saints Throughout History

What do heroes do?

Do they fight monsters? Sometimes, but they also hold the hands of people who are sick and lonely. They build schools. They study the planets. They forgive those who have harmed them. Heroes are people who look at the world around them, see what needs to be done, and through the grace of God find the strength to help others.
nbsp;In the thirty-six stories in Loyola Kids Book of Heroes, you'll meet a Catholic nun who stood up to the most infamous outlaw in the Old West. You'll learn how entire villages of men and women devoted their lives to building great cathedrals to show their love and respect for God. You'll learn about John the Baptist, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, Charlemagne, St.nbsp;Albert the Great, Dorothy Day, St.nbsp;Patrick, and many others. Most of all, you'll learn that with God's help anyone can be a hero and make the world a better place.

Loyola Kids Book of Heroes

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Alan O. Ebenstein

William Ebenstein

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Government

Selections from the most important works of eleven of the greatest political theorists. This compact text is comprised of chapters from the more comprehensive anthology, GREAT POLITICAL THINKERS: FROM PLATO TO THE PRESENT.

Introduction to Political Thinkers

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Brian Fagan

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

The Essential Guide to Our Human Past

Epic in scope, yet filled with detail, this illustrated guide takes readers through the whole of our human past. Spanning the dawn of human civilization through the present, it provides a tour of every site of key archaeological importance. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux to Tutankhamun's tomb, from the buried city of Pompeii to China's Terracotta Army, all of the world's most iconic sites and discoveries are here. So too are the lesser-known yet equally important finds, such as the recent discoveries of our oldest known human ancestors and of the world's oldest-known temple, Göbekli Tepe in Turkey. A masterful combination of succinct analysis and driving narrative, this book also addresses the questions that inevitably arise as we gradually learn more about the history of our species. Written by an international team of archaeological experts and richly illustrated throughout, Archaeology: The Essential Guide to Our Human Past offers an unparalleled insight into the origins of humankind.

Archaeology

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Michelle Moon

May have some highlighting. Front cover very slightly curves

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Food is such a friendly topic that it's often thought of as a "hook" for engaging visitors - a familiar way into other topics, or a sensory element to round out a living history interpretation. But it's more than just a hook - it's a topic all its own, with its own history and its own uncertain future, deserving of a central place in historic interpretation. With audiences more interested in food than ever before, and new research in food studies bringing interdisciplinary approaches to this complicated but compelling subject, museums and historic sites have an opportunity to draw new audiences and infuse new meaning into their food presentations. You'll find: -A comprehensive, thematic framework of key concepts that will help you contextualize food history interpretations; -A concise, evaluative review of the historiography of food interpretation; -Case studies featuring the expression of these themes in the real world of museum interpretation; and -Best practices for interpreting food. Interpreting Food offers a framework for understanding the big ideas in food history, suggesting best practices for linking objects, exhibits and demonstrations with the larger story of change in food production and consumption over the past two centuries - a story in which your visitors can see themselves, and explore their own relationships to food. This book can help you develop food interpretation with depth and significance, making relevant connections to contemporary issues and visitor interests.

Interpreting Food at Museums and Historic Sites

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Andrew Heywood

Social Studies

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, covering areas as diverse as comparative government and political philosophy, international relations and political economy, from an international perspective.

Politics

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Ridley Pearson

Fans of the Kingdom Keepers will devour this captivating stand-alone adventure told from the point of view of the Fairlies. When Amanda travels east to Orlando on a hunch, she's met with the worst news possible. Kingdom Keeper Finn Whitman is missing. Calling on her own gift (she's telekinetic), her sister Jess's ability to dream the future, and their fellow Fairlie Mattie Weaver's unexplained ability to read minds through physical contact, the three gifted girls must navigate treachery, deception, and the stubborn, unwilling parents of the missing Keepers if they're to save their friends. As a special bonus, an excerpt of Disney Lands, the first book in the new Kingdom Keepers series, The Return, is included.

A Kingdom Keepers Adventure the Syndrome

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Julia Alvarez

Some writing inside, book slightly rounded

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A new paperback edition of Julia Alvarez's beloved Pura Belpr� winner about life in Trujillo's Dominican Republic. "Diary entries written by a child while in hiding will remind readers of Anne Frank's story." --SLJ Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her twelfth birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have immigrated to the United States, her T�o Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government's secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition to Trujillo's iron-fisted rule. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl's struggle to be free. A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year Winner of the Am�ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Winner of the Pura Belpr� Award An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book "A stirring work of art." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "A realistic and compelling account of a girl growing up too quickly while coming to terms with the cost of freedom." --The Horn Book, Starred Review "Diary entries written by the child while in hiding will remind readers of Anne Frank's story. . . . Readers will bite their nails as the story moves to its inexorable conclusion." --SLJ "Alvarez's story will spark intense discussion about politics and family." --Booklist

Before We Were Free

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Mike Greenberg

Paul Hembekides

Really good shape. Dust jacket in good shape too. 

The Greatest Sports Legends and the Numbers They Own

ESPN personality (Get Up and #Greeny) and New York Times bestselling author Mike Greenberg partners with mega-producer Hembo to settle once and for all which legends flat-out own which numbers. In short essays certain to provoke debate between and amongst all generations, Greeny uses his lifetime of sports knowledge to spin yarns of the legends among the legends and tell you why some have claimed their spot in the top 100 of all time.

Sports and numbers go hand in hand.
Sports and loud, assertive debate? Even better.

Cheering on, agonizing over, and being in plain awe of your favorite players has left you with a deep and intricate memory of their greatness, not to mention well-honed arguments as to why your favorites are really the best. In arenas, in front of your TV, and in bars, you've debated friends and strangers alike. You've joyfully mocked your friends' (sometimes laughable) favorites. You've spouted accomplishments, statistics: Yours won six titles, batted .350 in the clutch, or generated 82% of their team's scoring. 

But not all numbers are created equal. Some are accomplishments. Others are identity. 

Looming large over any image you have of an athlete: the number on their jersey. Numbers often provide the most visceral parts of any sports legend's identity. They are what people remember--worldwide. Jordan, Jeter, Brady--to fans, they are as much their number as they are anything else.

Sure, 1 through 100 might seem like a large range, but fierce competition across the ages has blessed only a lucky few to claim one of these as their own. For some, the victors may not be so obvious. That's why Greeny's here to help.

Ascend into discussion, fans of all stripes. Come away enlightened. Or maybe a little enraged. Either way, you are sure to be occasionally surprised--and endlessly entertained. Whatever your sport, welcome to the place where all the arguments are finally decided, once and for all.

Got Your Number

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Libby Callaway

Mike Wolfe

Frank Fritz

Danielle Colby

Withdrawn library book, still has plastic library coating and a library barcode sticker. 

Featuring tips for discovering unique secondhand treasures, the professional treasure hunters of the History Channel's American Pickers share their adventures across America and the colorful characters, including eccentric collectors and obsessive stockpilers, they encounter. TV tie-in.

American Pickers Guide to Picking

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Joseph Campbell

Bill Moyers

The noted mythologist discusses the relationship of ancient myths to modern life, including discussions of recent heros, tales of love and marriage, the power of myth, and mythic themes

The Power of Myth

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Elle McNicoll

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different.

"A must-read for students and adults alike." -School Library Journal, Starred Review
 
Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can't stop thinking about them. Those people weren't magic. They were like me. Different like me.
 
I'm autistic. I see things that others do not. I hear sounds that they can ignore. And sometimes I feel things all at once. I think about the witches, with no one to speak for them. Not everyone in our small town understands. But if I keep trying, maybe someone will. I won't let the witches be forgotten. Because there is more to their story. Just like there is more to mine.
 
Award-winning and neurodivergent author Elle McNicoll delivers an insightful and stirring debut about the European witch trials and a girl who refuses to relent in the fight for what she knows is right.

A Kind of Spark

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Tyler DeAngelo

Brad Emmett

To Get Laid

Provides simple introductions to the guitar, wine, cooking, religion, astronomy, French, handyman skills, and magic tricks, along with suggestions for activities in each area intended to make a man seem knowledgeable and impress women.

Learn Just Enough

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Russ VerSteeg

Jack P. Sahl

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Cases and Materials, Third Edition

Most Sports Law students are passionate about sports, and would love to work in the field of Sports Law. That goal has shaped the content of this book. Although there are precious few opportunities for students to become sports agents, there are thousands of other opportunities available for lawyers in the world of sports. Leagues, conferences, schools, teams, shoe and apparel companies, equipment companies, and media (both electronic and print) have jobs that would be fabulous for a sports nut with a law degree. Thus, although this book does have a chapter on Sports Agency, it covers a broad range of other topics and issues, dealing with both professional and amateur sports. Familiarity with a variety of topics will provide the best foundation for students to determine which aspects of Sports Law they would like to pursue. About the authors: Professor Russ VerSteeg has been involved in sports since childhood. In high school he pole vaulted and ran cross country. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1979) and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut School of Law (1987). Between college and law school he taught high school and coached track and cross country. He has taught at New England Law Boston since 1991 and specializes in Sports Law, Intellectual Property, and Legal History. He has published seven books and over 30 law review articles. He has served on the USATF Women's Pole Vault Development Committee, Pole Vault Safety Certification Board, and coaches both at the USATF club, Skyjumpers Connecticut, and Norwich Free Academy in Connecticut. Professor Jack Sahl is the Faculty Director of the Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility at the University of Akron School of Law. He earned his BA from Boston College, a JD from Vermont Law School, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School. He has played a variety of sports, including NCAA Division I soccer. Professor Sahl has advised athletes, managers, and agents. He has served as Akron's Alternate NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative since 2002 and as a member of Akron's Faculty Senate's Athletic Committee since 1999. He was appointed to Akron's NCAA Athletics Certification Self-Study Committee in 1996 and has taught Sports Law for over twenty-five years. Professor Sahl also teaches evidence, professional responsibility, and entertainment law, among other subjects. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles, book chapters and the book, EVIDENCE PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS. Professor Sahl clerked for Chief Judge William Holloway Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and was senior counsel to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sports Law

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Bathroom Readers' Institute

Want your bathroom reading with a twist? You’re only a click away from 500 pages of the most twisted trivia in the world. The crackpot staff at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has scoured the worlds of pop culture, politics, sports, history, and more to bring you Slightly Irregular, the 17th all-new edition in the best-selling series. As always, the articles are divided by length for your sitting convenience. So turn thine eyes away from the shampoo bottle, O bathroom reader, and let Uncle John pepper your brain with these absorbing articles… * Women in space * The origin of Kung Fu * The CIA’s secret coup * The great windshield epidemic * Spider eggs in the brain, and other urban legends * What went down at Woodstock * Freedom of McSpeech * The curse of Macbeth * How to kill a zombie * That ’70s bathroom And much, much more!

Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader

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Publications International Ltd. Staff

Fascinating Facts and Untold Stories

Explore history's most fascinating people, places, groups, and events. Amazing History features more than 80 informative and entertaining articles, from the ancient world to the recent past. Read about history's shortest war, the fate of Russia's imperial family, the Bavarian Illuminati, renowned women of the Wild West, notorious art thefts, and the lost colony of Roanoke Island. History buffs will find new angles on familiar topics, while trivia fans will enjoy plenty of obscure and unusual facts. 272 pages

Amazing History

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Tyler Anbinder

The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum

All but forgotten today, the Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan was once renowned the world over. From Jacob Riis to Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett to Charles Dickens, Five Points both horrified and inspired everyone who saw it. While it comprised only a handful of streets, many of America’s most impoverished African Americans and Irish, Jewish, German, and Italian immigrants sweated out their existence there. Located in today’s Chinatown, Five Points witnessed more riots, scams, prostitution, and drunkenness than any other neighborhood in America. But at the same time it was a font of creative energy, crammed full of cheap theaters, dance halls, and boxing matches. It was also the home of meeting halls for the political clubs and the machine politicians who would come to dominate not just the city but an entire era in American politics. Drawing from letters, diaries, newspapers, bank records, police reports, and archaeological digs, Anbinder has written the first-ever history of Five Points, the neighborhood that was a microcosm of the American immigrant experience. The story that Anbinder tells is the classic tale of America’s immigrant past, as successive waves of new arrivals fought for survival in a land that was as exciting as it was dangerous, as riotous as it was culturally rich.

Five Points

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Brett McKay

Kate McKay

Timeless Wisdom and Advice on Living the 7 Manly Virtues

What Makes a Man, a Man? For centuries, being a man meant living a life of virtue and excellence. But then, through time, the art of manliness was lost. Now, after decades of excess and aimless drift, men are looking for something to help them live an authentic, manly life--a primer that can give their life real direction and purpose. This book holds the answers. To master the art of manliness, a man must live the seven manly virtues: Manliness, Courage, Industry, Resolution, Self-Reliance, Discipline, Honor. Each chapter covers one of the seven virtues and is packed with the best classic advice ever written down for men. From the philosophy of Aristotle to the speeches and essays of Theodore Roosevelt, these pages contain the manly wisdom of the ages--poems, quotes, and essays that will inspire you to live life to the fullest and realize your complete potential. Learn the art. Change your life. Become a man.

The Art of Manliness - Manvotionals

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Ernest Hemingway

A profile of the Lost Generation captures life among the expatriates on Paris' Left Bank during the 1920s, the brutality of bullfighting in Spain, and the moral and spiritual dissolution of a generation

The Sun Also Rises

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Paula A. Johnson

Discover the fascinating stories of Knoxville's eateries as author and historian Paula Johnson dives back in time through the stories of the city's great restaurants. Over the past 225 years, Knoxville dining has come full circle - from early taverns and saloons to upscale continental cuisine and back to the roots of local eating experiences. Greek immigrants Frank and George Regas founded the legendary Regas Restaurant, which operated for 90 years, spreading culinary influence throughout the entire city. Early country music stars frequented Harold's Deli while visiting the city to perform on Tennessee's first live radio shows. Guests from around the world sat 266 feet in the air at the Sunsphere Restaurant, a fine dining establishment run by the Hardee's Corporation during Knoxville's World's Fair.

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