Martha W. Hickman

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief

The classic guide for dealing with grief and loss

For those who have suffered the loss of a loved one, here are thoughtful words to strengthen, inspire and comfort.

Healing after Loss:

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Genevieve Davis Ginsburg

Thoughtful, Practical Ideas for Rebuilding Your Life

In this remarkably useful guide, widow, author, and therapist Genevieve Davis Ginsburg offers fellow widows-as well as their family and friends-sage advice for coping with the loss of a husband. From learning to travel and eat alone to creating new routines to surviving the holidays and anniversaries that reopen emotional wounds, Widow to Widow walks readers through the challenges of widowhood and encourages them on their path to building a new life.

Widow to Widow

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Alison Thumel

Poems, lyric essays, visual art and the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright

Winner of the 2024 Miller Williams Poetry Prize

"When he died, my brother became the architect of the rest of my life," writes Alison Thumel in Architect, which interweaves poems, lyric essays, and visual art to great emotional effect. In this debut collection, the buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright become a blueprint for elegy, as Thumel overlays the language of architecture with the language of grief to raze and reconstruct memories, metaphors, and myths. With obsessive and exacting focus, the poet leads us through room after room in a search to answer whether it is possible to rebuild in the wake of loss. Meanwhile, the midwestern landscape beyond these rooms--the same landscape that infuses the low, horizontal forms of Wright's Prairie Style buildings--shapes the figures in Architect as well as their fates: "For years after my brother's death, I collected news articles on people who died young and tragically in landlocked states. Prairie Style deaths--boys sucked down into grain silos or swept up by tornadoes or fallen through a frozen pond. The boys I didn't know, but the landscape I did. The dread of it. How many miles you can look ahead. For how long you see what is coming."

Architect

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Clement C. Moore

Oversized book; Interior pristine, contains fold-out pages 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Classic Edition, the New York Times Bestseller (Christmas Book)

Here is the wonderful new version of the classic poem every family should own. This edition of The Night Before Christmas lavishly illustrated by renowned artist Charles Santore, the critically-acclaimed illustrator of The Wizard of Oz, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, and others. This is a hardcover edition of the classic The Night Before Christmas, featuring a four-page gatefold and an embossed and foil-stamped cover. Since it was first published anonymously in 1823, The Night Before Christmas has enchanted children with the story of St. Nicholas climbing down the chimney and filling all the stockings before springing back to his sleigh. Many families read the poem every year, and now they have a beautiful hardcover edition to treasure. The cherished poem, faithfully reproduced here, is accompanied by Charles Santore’s stunning illustrations.

The Night Before Christmas Hardcover

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Alfred W. Crosby

Donald Worster

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900

The second edition of this classic work that evaluates the ecological reasons for European expansion.

Ecological Imperialism

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Lincoln Peirce

There's never a dull moment in the prank-filled, detention-getting life of Big Nate! Nate Wright and his team are back with a vengeance. And a good thing, too, because the Cream Puffs are facing a lot of heat on the baseball field. Their opponents don't take them seriously. The sports section in the newspaper misprints Nate's name as "Not Wright," which is not right. And now, their star pitcher is sick with the flu, and you won't believe who's pulled from the bullpen. With the odds stacked against them, what are the poor Cream Puffs to do? Revenge is a dish best served with a soft-hearted pitcher who channels his inner panda bear, a side of vengeful girlfriends, and a dash of Big Nate mojo. Smear on your eye-black grease and join the rampage in this newest collection of comic--you don't want to miss this epic grudge match.

Big Nate:m set: Revenge of the Cream Puffs / Welcome to my World

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Lemony Snicket

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: the Vile Village

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Annie Barrows

Seven-year-old Bean is too young to go to the camp her sister Nancy is attending, so she and her best friend Ivy decide to create their own camp.

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules

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Mary Pope Osborne

This series sparked my child’s love of history and interest in travel…

Three book set from
Magic Tree House series:
#33: Carnival at Candlelight 
#37: Dragon of the Red Dawn 
#38: Monday with a Mad Genius 


Magic Tree House 

While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century Venice, Italy, to save the city from a disastrous flood. Reprint.

Magic Treehouse: Carnival at Candlelight (3 book set)

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Liz Kessler

Follow the siren call to Emily's magical adventure! Can the spunky half-mer girl pass Neptune's test--and help humans and merpeople get along?

Emily Windsnap is finally enjoying a swimmingly peaceful life on Allpoints Island, hanging out with her mermaid BFF, Shona, and her new friend Aaron (half-merperson like herself ). But their idyll is cut short when Emily learns that the Windsnaps and friends must return to their old home in Brightport, where construction projects are threatening a secret mermaid community under the sea. Neptune's mandate? No less than an interspecies intervention to bring merpeople and humans together, a task the imperious god feels the mixed Windsnap family is well suited for. There are just a few snags for Emily, however, like dealing with old nemeses Mandy and Mr. Beeston, figuring out her feelings toward Aaron, and untangling a high-suspense mystery related to a group of legendary lost sirens. Everyone's favorite half-mermaid is back with a splash in a sparkling adventure her fans will be eager to get their fins on.

Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret

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An enchanting tale with a fabulous monster, engaging characters, plenty of mermaid magic, and a page-turning story, Kessler's new middle-grade fantasy has all the charm and warmth of its predecessor, The Tail of Emily Windsnap.

Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep

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Suzanne Nelson

Reading level grade 5 (appeals to 4th-6th graders) 

A Poison Apple Book

Dead in the Water & At First Bite (2 book set)  

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Pendleton Woolen Mills

Authentic National Parks Edition

National Parks Trail Log Blank Book by Pendleton 

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Raina Telgemeier

Jennifloure

An autobiography in graphic novel format describes how the author lost two of her front teeth in an accident when she was twelve, and her subsequent struggles with various corrective dental techniques throughout adolescence.

Smile

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Bruce Crowther

Mike Pinfold

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Singers and Their Styles

Explores the evolution of jazz singing with profiles of great performers, discussing how they learned their craft and the experiences that shaped their careers

Singing Jazz: the singers and their styles

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Tim Collins

An unassuming werewolf joins forces with a teen vampire in this humorous addition to the Totally Lame Vampire series.

Luke Thorpe is great at math and terrible at sports. He prefers to stay in the background when possible, but suddenly he's found himself howling at the moon and doing a lot of really hairy things! Turns out Luke is going through a phase. Or more like a transformation. He's a werewolf.

How does an average kid whose biggest problems until now have been avoiding the school bully and preparing for his end-of-the-year exams cope with these changes? (He really has to study, not chase cars!) He's going to need help--a whole pack of it. But when war threatens to break out between the vampires and the werewolves, can Luke and a new pointy-toothed friend save the day?

Notes from a Hairy-Not-Scary Werewolf

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Seuss large format collectors edition full color hardcover book set of 3 books: Yertle; Fox; Horton 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Dr. Seuss Collector’s Edition Book Set 

Jeffrey Brown

3 book set: Jedi academy; Return of the Padawan; Phantom Bully

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Return of the Padawan

Star Wars: Jedi Academy set

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Seuss

Great hardcover “I Can Read It”  beginner book set from Random House — Includes 4 Dr. Seuss and “Put Me in the Zoo” by Robert Lopshire

Colorful illustrations help demonstrate the sound of each letter in the alphabet.

Dr. Seuss 5 Book Set 

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Bernard Waber

"It is called the Elemental Control. And it is failing. The elements are mere ghosts of their full forces. And, as it fails Delphi, I start to die. I need you to save me, the future of your home, and a very powerful boy." Earth, fire, water, wind. Four elements that make up everything Delphi knows to be normal. All her life, she has been a servant to a mysterious man named The Master - until The Master comes to her island home and asks her to undertake a dangerous task in the far-off, elemental lands. Delphi is alone in places with strange secrets and rules, with the fate of her world on her shoulders, and although she makes many friends she also attracts more dangerous attention... Leo has never known home - and he isn't exactly a normal boy. When he is kidnapped by a nameless man who tries to force Leo to reveal his powers, he finds he has nobody he can turn to - except a girl in his dreams called Delphi... Can Delphi find the Elemental Stones to bring the Control back into balance? Will she get to Leo's prison in time? And, when faced with the ultimate challenge, can Delphi find the inner strength to save everything she loves? A story about courage, friendship and finding where you belong. About the Author Esme Carpenter started writing at the age of twelve and since then has never looked back. Despite completing a five-book series by fifteen, she couldn't stop, resulting in a backlog of fantasy and science-fiction novels decaying on her harddrive, awaiting liberation (and possibly a good edit). An avid reader all her life, Esme always enjoyed stories. Her love of both writing and reading led her to the University of East Anglia to study English Literature and Creative Writing; she graduated summer 2011. Esme enjoys, amongst other things, comic books, video games and music, the latter of which gives her the best inspiration and is often used to drive her stories. At present she is writing a graphic novel. Against the Elements is her debut novel, written when she was fifteen and edited at the tender age of twenty-one. Esme lives in York, England, with a ridiculous amount of nerdy memorabilia.

Lyle Crocodile: The House on East 88th Street

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From Sea to Shining Sea

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Katha Pollitt

Feminism and Society in American Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century

For more than a decade, in her wonderfully provocative, wittily astute, graceful and gutsy pieces in The Nation, The New Yorker and The New York Times, she has taken the strongest positions on the thorniest moral issues and the most controversial events, from date rape to surrogate motherhood, to violence against women, to the Anita Hill hearings, to fetal rights and mothers' "wrongs.".

Reasonable Creatures

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Bill Harley

An inspiring story of intergenerational friendship, activism, and how our actions can drastically impact our environment.
When his father takes a new job in Massachusetts, Ben Moroney must leave behind his best friend Tony, a western banded gecko named Lenny, and worst of all, the Arizona desert home he has loved and explored. Ben's adjustment to his new environment is not going well until he unexpectedly finds a kindred spirit in his eccentric fifth-grade science teacher, Mrs. Tibbets. She introduces him to the rare and elusive Eastern spadefoot toads that make their home on her rural property. When Ben discovers that Mrs. Tibbets's land may be sold to developers, he knows he has to do something. As Ben's obsession with saving the spadefoot toads' habitat grows, his schoolwork and his relationships with his family and new friends suffer. But just when it seems things can't get any worse, Ben finds a way to meet his responsibilities to the people around him and demonstrates the importance of even the smallest efforts to save the earth's rapidly disappearing habitats.

Night of the Spadefoot Toads

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Jake Oresick

A Social History of Pittsburgh's First Public High School

Traces the history of Schenley High, Pittsburgh's first public high school. Includes 150 original interviews examining issues of class, race, ethnicity, and collaboration, and how these reflect on the history of education in Pittsburgh.

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Martha W. Hickman

Healing after Loss:

Genevieve Davis Ginsburg

Widow to Widow

Alison Thumel

Architect

Clement C. Moore

The Night Before Christmas Hardcover

Alfred W. Crosby; Donald Worster

Ecological Imperialism

Lincoln Peirce

Big Nate:m set: Revenge of the Cream Puffs / Welcome to my World

Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: the Vile Village

Annie Barrows

Ivy and Bean Make the Rules

Mary Pope Osborne

Magic Treehouse: Carnival at Candlelight (3 book set)

Liz Kessler

Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret

Liz Kessler

Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep

Suzanne Nelson

Dead in the Water & At First Bite (2 book set)

Pendleton Woolen Mills

National Parks Trail Log Blank Book by Pendleton

Raina Telgemeier

Smile

Bruce Crowther; Mike Pinfold

Singing Jazz: the singers and their styles

Tim Collins

Notes from a Hairy-Not-Scary Werewolf

Seuss

Dr. Seuss Collector’s Edition Book Set

Jeffrey Brown

Star Wars: Jedi Academy set

Seuss and Lopshire

Dr. Seuss 5 Book Set

Bernard Waber

Lyle Crocodile: The House on East 88th Street

Paragon Publishing

From Sea to Shining Sea

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Reasonable Creatures

Bill Harley

Night of the Spadefoot Toads

Jake Oresick

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