Book shows minor shelf wear on dust cover, and there are some markings where price tag stickers used to be. Used to love this series, but quickly grew to loathe it by book three.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

Saving the World and other Extreme Sports

Maximum Ride #3

School's Out - Forever

Maximum Ride #2

Book shows minor shelf wear on dust cover, and there are some markings where price tag stickers used to be. Used to love this series, but quickly grew to loathe it by book three. A decent teen sci-fi all the same.

The Angel Experiment

Maximum Ride #1

The Generation Girl Barbie book tie in that was originally included with the purchase of one of the dolls (or just mine). Book features some fraying on the edges, and the pages are noticeably aged (yellowing) but not severely so. The GG line of Barbie was an attempt to appeal to younger Millennials on the verge of the 2000s. Fairly simple stories of friendship, but pretty good for a Barbie story.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York, Here We Come

Generation Girl (Barbie) #1

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease?

We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies.

We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes . . .

Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn.

Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect.

The future is closer than you think.

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#paperback, #chinese, #1977, #immigration, #family, #drama, #historicallit, #historical, #community An old children's book I've had lying around since I was 10. Never read it but someone might find some enjoyment in this drama. Book is in fair condition; cover is frayed, creased, with minor tears. Pages are yellowing.

Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903

Will Windrider take to the skies? Moon shadow is eight years old when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco and makes his living doing laundry. Father and son have never met. But Moon Shadow grows to love and respect his father and to believe in his wonderful dream. And Windrider, with Moon Shadow's help is willing to endure the mockery of the other Chinese, the poverty, the separation from his wife and country'even the great earthquake'to make his dream come true.

Dragonwings

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#hardcover #sci-fi #dinosaurs #jurassicpark, #michaelcrichton, #lostworld, #sequel, #series, #1995 A duplicate of the hardback edition of Crichton's "The Lost World" that I own. I remember hearing this book was written because Spielberg wanted material for a sequel? Anywho, book is in fairly good condition aside from worn dust jacket and torn library sticker on it.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING."
--People
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public.
There are rumors that something has survived. . . .
"ACTION-PACKED."
--New York Daily News
"FAST AND GRIPPING."
--The Washington Post Book World
"A VERY SCARY READ."
--Entertainment Weekly
"AN EDGE-OF-THE-SEAT TALE."
--St. Petersburg Times


From the Paperback edition.

The Lost World

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#hardcover, #janeausten, #mystery, #whodunit, #1996, #remixes, #historicallit, #1800s, #enochpratt I remember picking this up as a teen with the intention of reading a "grown up book". Got really bored because I had no idea who Jane Austin was. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket is a bit scuffed though.

""I would rather spend an hour among the notorious than two minutes with the dull." To Jane Austen's surprise, her visit to the snowy Hertfordshire estate of young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, will be far from dull. She has scarcely arrived when the Earl - a gentleman of mature years - is felled by a mysterious ailment too agonizing and violent to credit to a fondness for claret and pudding. Scargrave's death seems a cruel blow of fate for Isobel, married but three months. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune ... as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery - and murder." "Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her and Viscount Fitzroy Payne, for whom she bears a secret tendresse, to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs her friend Jane for help. Which is how Jane finds herself embroiled in an investigation that hinges on the motives of Scargrave Manor's guests." "Still, Jane is troubled by memories of the Earl's tragic demise. And when the menacing letter writer is found bloodily dispatched, in circumstances that overwhelmingly incriminate Isobel and Lord Payne, Jane knows that there is no time to waste in discovering the truth. A missing locket, a monogrammed handkerchief, an ancestral ghost, and the deadly fruit of a tropical tree are among the markers of a trail that will lead all the way to the House of Lords and Newgate Prison - and may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor

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#hardcover, #moving, #enochpratt, #1970, #family, #friendship, #harpercrest, #illustrated Another first book sale purchase. I was always intrigued by the jacket cover and the story of moving with a big family. Book is good condition. Dust jacket is aged, has minor impressions. Edge of pages is yellowing. Text is unharmed and readable.

Emily's ideas change when Aunt Deborah's 4 children come to live with Emily's family. A sequel is: Kate (1971).

Look Through My Window

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#hardcover, #enochpratt, #1981, #nailpolish, #friendship, #divorce, #family, Another first book sale purchase, this is something I picked up because of the book cover. Only read a little but I liked it. Book is in good condition with no exterior library markings. Dust jacket interior is yellowing just a little.

Ask Anybody

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#hardcover, #epicfantasy, #grief, #monarchy, #fantasy, #family, #adventure, #1999 A woman at a church I no longer attend gave this to me as a birthday present. I was never really interested in it, and I get the feeling she wasn't either since tthis was a gift to her from someone else. Book is in solid condition aside from the edges of the dust jacket being a bit frayed and bent. Features penceil written dedication inside.

A fantasy novel which sends the main character headlong into a dangerous struggle between good & evil on a quest for truth.

Tathea

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#hardcover #fiction, #enochpratt, #1998, #judyblume, #familydrama, #adulthood, #surrogates, #friendship, #1970s A book I picked up explicitly because it was about surrogate sisters and female friendships. Book is in good condition, but bears library markings and stickers. Dust jacket features minor wear, dried sticker stains.

Two women from very different families become inseparable companions during summers on Martha's Vineyard during their coming-of-age years, forging the bonds of a lifelong friendship that weathers growing up, marriage, children, careers, and betrayal. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

Summer Sisters

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#hardcover, #figurestudy, #drawing, #movement, #portraits, #howto, #bodies, #2001 A duplicate of a figure study book I've used off and on during drawing periods. Bought it from a bookseller at a flea market. Still in excellent condition.

This title instructs on how to render the human figure as it is caught in action--running, leaping, and hurling balls and other objects. Emphasis is on reproducing convincing images of men and women in action. The hardcover, compact-sized titles that make up this series are quick-reference guides for art students and teachers. Filled with color illustrations, they discuss different aspects of art theory and its application. The series is color-coded to distinguish four categories: Purple Series books explain art media and techniques; titles in the Red Series describe art genres and techniques; Green Series books deal with art tools, perspective, and color theory; and Yellow Series books recount art history and art movements. This title falls within the Red Series category.

Human Figures in Movement

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#hardcover, #youngadult, #peerpressure, #sexism, #sexuality, #familydrama, #divorce, #2006, #enochpratt, #comingofage Another one of those books I saw on the shelf in  the YA section of Pratt as a teen. Book is in excellent condition, and bears no library markings or stickers.

Easy. At the ripe young age of fourteen Jessica has discovered that getting the attention she wants is just that -- easy. It's not the attention of a divorced mother who spends all of her time grieving over a broken marriage. Nor is it that of a father with a new girlfriend who's moving on with his life. It's certainly not the attention of a clueless older sister or a best friend since grade school who still acts like she's in grade school. No. For some reason being noticed by her friends and family seems to have become almost impossible. Boys -- and men -- are a different matter altogether. With the right clothes and attitude, Jessica realizes that she can get all the male attention she wants.What she doesn't realize is how easy it is to get more than you're ready for.In this compelling and often harrowing novel for teen readers, first-time author Kerry Cohen Hoffmann delves into the mind of a teenage girl as she attempts to replace the shifting relationships with friends and family with sexual exploration. With candid storytelling rooted in years of personal experience, Mrs. Hoffmann offers a searing look at how easy it is to take a wrong turn in search for the right answers.

Easy

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#hardcover, #enochpratt, #2006, #1700s, #Amsterdam, #historicalfiction, #illustrations, #colonialism, #sexrole Book is a sequel in a series I never got to read. Book is in like new condition save for a few scratch impressions. No library markings or stickers.

After the fall of his family's fortune, Adam Windjammer finds himself sailing toward the Americas. There, he hopes to locate the remains of his uncle's shipwreck and restore the family name to its former glory. So why can't he stop thinking about Jade van Helsen, the beautiful daughter of the cunning moneylender who brought his family to ruin? Back in Amsterdam, Jade still longs to win her father's approval, despite his ruthless ways. But saving him from making the biggest financial mistake of his life may cost her something much more precious.

The Moneylender's Daughter

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#hardcover, #enochpratt, #youngadult, #grief, #familydrama, #granfathers, #Wyoming, #mountaineering, #bears, #siblings An Enoch Pratt Library book in excellent condition. Another book I always saw on the shelf, wanted to read, but never got around to it.

In her Grandfather’s bright Wyoming valley surrounded by the mighty Tetons, 15-year-old Annie McGraw wanders a forest of shadows. She and her older brother, Cody, always spent the summers here—Cody scaling the cliff walls with Grandpa, Annie tracking Yellowstone moose with her camera. But after the phone call, the valley, like the rest of Annie’s world, feels drained of color. Annie wishes the summer could pass like a night of dreamless sleep—until a grizzly bear finds her on the riverbank. The bear spares her life, but it has a message for her. Suddenly Annie isn’t sure how she feels about anything. Like signs in a dark forest, strangers emerge along her path—a handsome guy with a dangerous smile, a little boy wise beyond his years, the man in the Teepee Tree. Even Grandpa, always so solid and distant, seems to hold secrets behind his icy blue eyes. Struggling under the weight of her grief, Annie begins to follow the signs, and to hear the grizzly’s message.

Shadow Falls

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#hardcover, #youngadult, #Mexico, #familydrama, #French, #enochpratt, #gangs, #middleschool, #firstedition An Enoch Pratt Library book with no stickers or markings. In excellent condition outside a few scratch impressions on the dust jacket.

Enrique, a young boy at the heart of Lorraine López's novel, faces abuse at home and danger on the barrio streets. Yet he is driven to succeed by the desire to join that "other America" he sees on TV and in the movies, and is aided in his quest by compassionate teachers. His ambition finds expression in his determination to drop his ESL class in favor of taking French, and his story begins, Call me Henri.

Lorraine López (author of Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories) has created a vivid picture of barrio life, filled with honesty, insight, and humor for young adults. She paints a balanced and detailed landscape of Enrique's world. Although Enrique is confused and angered by his mother's refusal to stand up for him against the abuse of his stepfather, he also draws strength from the supportive and loving family of his friend Francisco. While some of his teachers are uncaring or inept, others provide help and encouragement at critical moments in his life.

When Enrique witnesses his friend Horacio gunned down in a drive-by shooting and is seen by the assailants, gang members set out to kill him. As the novel reaches its climax, Enrique must make some agonizing decisions.

Although specifically about barrio life, this novel is universal in its themes--the drive for success, the desire for love and family support, and the need for true friendship. López's fully delineated characters provide a rich and credible mural of our human comedy.

Call Me Henri

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#paperback #fiction #historicalromance #literature, #enochpratt, #Greece, #war, #romance, #1994 Book is in fair condition with minor fraying on cover, and very minor water damage (but text is still readable and undamaged).

A Novel

The idyllic world of the Greek island of Cephallonia is forever changed by the inexorable changes of World War II, as the inhabitants struggle to cope with the Axis invasion and occupation

Corelli's Mandolin

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#hardcover, #fantasy, #mothers, #grandparents, #abandonment, #enochpratt, #southernlit

When eight-year-old Tessa Lee and her brother, Travis, are abandoned in a campground by their desperate mother and her boyfriend of the moment, they are left with only two things: a phone number written in Magic Marker on Travis’s back and their mother’s favorite housecoat, which she leaves wrapped around her sleeping children. This housecoat, painted with tiny fireflies, becomes totemic for Tessa Lee, providing a connection to her past and to the beautiful mother she lost. Seven years later, when word arrives that her mother has been spotted working at a tourist trap on a seaside boardwalk not far from where Tessa Lee lives, she sets off on a dangerous journey to try to recover what has been taken from her. Steeped in the rich Southern atmosphere for which Sheri Reynolds has long been hailed, Firefly Cloak is a vivid coming-of-age novel of family, loss, and redemption. Also available as a Random House Large Print edition and as an eBook

Firefly Cloak

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#hardcover, #texas, #2006, #gangs, #enochpratt, #comingofage, #youngadult,

Sixteen-year-old Hector is the hope of his family, but when he seeks revenge after his brother's gang-related death and is sent to a San Antonio reform school, it takes an odd assortment of characters to help him see that hope is still alive.

Behind the Eyes

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#hardcover, #adultlit, #romance, #pregnancy, #motherhood, #firstedition
A book I bought during my time at HCC. Only got a couple pages in. Book is in good condition with exception of tear on side of the back of the dust jacket on top right, and minor wrinkling on top of dust jacket.

"Beautifully written, a highly literate story of friendship, parenthood, and every other kind of love you can imagine." --Marisa de los Santos, author ofLove Walked InWhen Jill becomes both pregnant and single at the end of one spring semester, she and her two closest friends plunge into an experiment in tri-parenting, tri-schooling, and trihabitating as grad students in Seattle. Naturally, everything goes wrong, but in ways no one sees coming. Janey Duncan narrates the adventure of this modern family with hilarity and wisdom and shows how three lives are forever changed by (un)cooperative parenting, literature, and a tiny baby named Atlas who upends anduplifts their entire world. In this sparkling and wise debut novel, Frankel's unforgettable heroines prove that home is simply where the love is.

The Atlas of Love

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#hardcover, #periodpiece, #historicallit, #enochpratt, #France, #2001, #revolutions

The years just prior to the French Revolution were filled with conflict, although many chose to ignore the signals of the coming storm. The Palais-Royal was the scene of much gaiety and a constant round of pleasures--perfect cover for darker activities such as the murder of a Parisian actress. That same evening, her lover, Antoine Dubois, died in a fatal fall. Was his death a guilt-induced suicide?

Soon, word of Antoine's death reaches his stepdaughter, Anne Cartier, a young vaudeville actress with the Sadler's Wells company in London. She enlists the aid of the messenger, Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin, and his adjutant, Georges Charpentier, to cross with her to France to investigate.

While in Paris, Anne, who is skilled in signing for the deaf, befriends Michou, a deaf, illiterate seamstress with a talent for puppetry. Michou gives Anne entry into the Palais-Royal, where her quest broadens to include an amateur theatrical society of dissolute young noblemen and several suspicious officials.

Hoping to learn more, Anne agrees to appear at a chateau to act the part of an exotic queen in Indian costume. But when priceless jewelry disappears and its owner, an aged count, is murdered, a venal police inspector threatens to derail Anne's whole project....

Mute Witness

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#hardcover, #sexism, #australia, #depression, #family, #enochpratt, #religion, #2003

MOST OF MY friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn’t allow it because she says the girls there leave with limited options and she didn’t bring me up to have limitations placed upon me. If you know my mother, you’ll sense there’s an irony there, based on the fact that she is the Queen of the Limitation Placers in my life.

Francesca battles her mother, Mia, constantly over what’s best for her. All Francesca wants is her old friends and her old school, but instead Mia sends her to St. Sebastian’s, an all-boys’ school that has just opened its doors to girls. Now Francesca’s surrounded by hundreds of boys, with only a few other girls for company. All of them weirdos—or worse.

Then one day, Mia is too depressed to get out of bed. One day turns into months, and as her family begins to fall apart, Francesca realizes that without her mother’s high spirits, she hardly knows who she is. But she doesn’t yet realize that she’s more like Mia than she thinks. With a little unlikely help from St. Sebastian’s, she just might be able to save her family, her friends, and—especially—herself.


From the Hardcover edition.

Saving Francesca

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#hardcover, #fantasy, #tamorapierce, #enochpratt Book is discarded from Enoch Pratt and features stickers from and stamp markers.

Aly's adventure continues. . . . No longer a slave, Alanna's daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe that a prophecy in which a new queen will rise up to take the throne is about to be realized. Aly is busy keeping the potential teenage queen and her younger siblings safe, while also keeping her in the dark about her future. But Aly, who is usually adept at anticipating danger and changes, is in for a few nasty surprises."New York Times and "Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tamora Pierce captured the imagination of readers 20 years ago with "Alanna: " The First Adventure. As of August 2003, she has written 21 books including three completed quartets: The Song of the Lioness, The Immortals, and The Protector of the Small, set in the fantasy realm of Tortall. She has also written the Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens quartets. The author lives in New York, NY.

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