Rita Williams-Garcia

One Crazy Summer is heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls who travel to Oakland, California in 1968 in search of the mother who abandoned them.

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Mississippi

After travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, Delphine and her two sisters discover that their mother, a dedicated poet, wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

One Crazy Summer

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Linda Kranz

All About Me offers “though starters” to get kid’s creativity flowing. Inspiration for writing,drawing, and self reflection make this an all time journal for kids.

A Keepsake Journal for Kids

Journal for children with thought-starter writing prompts

All about Me

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Urban

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Florist’s Review Wedding boutique with how to instructions. Weddings flowers are so beautiful and meaningful 

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101 Wedding Bouquets W/ How-to Instructions

101 Wedding Bouquets

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Elin Hilderbrand

Sister, Lover’s and secrets: this island isn’t big enough to contain them all.

A Novel

Birdie Cousins has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess's lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut back yard to the color of the cocktail napkins. Like any mother of a bride-to-be, she is weathering the storms of excitement and chaos, tears and joy. But Birdie, a woman who prides herself on preparing for every possibility, could never have predicted the late-night phone call from Chess, abruptly announcing that she's cancelled her engagement. It's only the first hint of what will be a summer of upheavals and revelations. Before the dust has even begun to settle, far worse news arrives, sending Chess into a tailspin of despair. Reluctantly taking a break from the first new romance she's embarked on since the recent end of her 30-year marriage, Birdie circles the wagons and enlists the help of her younger daughter Tate and her own sister India. Soon all four are headed for beautiful, rustic Tuckernuck Island, off the coast of Nantucket, where their family has summered for generations. No phones, no television, no grocery store - a place without distractions where they can escape their troubles. But throw sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and long-kept secrets onto a remote island, and what might sound like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known. It's a summertime story only Elin Hilderbrand can tell, filled with the heartache, laughter, and surprises that have made her page-turning, bestselling novels as much a part of summer as a long afternoon on a sunny beach.

The Island

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Amber Castle

Gwen and Flora must rescue Isabella the butterfly sister. But with wolves under magical control stalking them through the forest,will the girls be able to find Isabella and return her safely to Avalon?

Spell Sisters: Isabella the Butterfly Sister

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Albert R. Koch

Koch’s Choice: Memories and Musings from the Mind Cafeteria, A to Z serve up comfort food for the heart, mind and spirit.

Memories and Musings from the Mind Cafeteria, a to Z

Koch's Choice: Memories and Musings from the Mind Cafeteria, A to Z serves up comfort food for the heart, mind, and spirit. The follow-up to Help Mom with the Dishes: Lessons from Life's Classroom, this new collection is an alphabetical menu of entertaining and thought-provoking essays about growing up in the Midwest during the atomic age, becoming a high school teacher, and embracing the geriatric adventure, among other subjects.This volume, like the previous compendium, contains essays that first appeared in various publications. Each serving of these experiences--from the classroom to factory, factory to campus, campus to classroom, and beyond the chalk dust--is sure to please every palate.

Koch's Choice

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Brenda Novak

Heartwarming, life-affirming, page-turning romance. 

Can she ever trust another "bad boy"? India Sommers once had the perfect family--until an ex-boyfriend broke in and shot her husband. Not only did that cost her the man she loved, a respected heart surgeon and the father of her child, but she also feels responsible. Charlie died because of the people she hung out with before she had the strength to change her life. Just after moving to Whiskey Creek with her little girl, Cassia, to start over, she's learned that her ex-boyfriend's trial ended in a hung jury. He's getting out of jail; he could try to find her again. And that's not all that scares her. She's extremely attracted to her next-door neighbor, but Rod Amos is the handsome "bad boy" type that's given her so much trouble in the past. If she got involved with him, her in-laws would sue for custody of Cassia. India has to keep her distance from Rod--but the more she gets to know him, the more difficult that becomes.

Discovering You

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Joyce Meyer

Christian Living/Inspirational 
“If you have ever dealt with fear, or if you are dealing with fear now, you are not alone. Fear is one of the biggest problems that we all must face if we truly want to live life to its fullest.

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You Can Face Anything, Just Do It Afraid

You have fear. And if you don't face your fear, it can paralyze you and hold you back from enjoying life to the fullest. Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, wants to show you that to break out of fear, you must face it head-on. The good news is God wants to give you the strength you need to beat fear and live courageously. That's why He tells you repeatedly throughout the Bible to "fear not" because He is with you. In LIVING COURAGEOUSLY, Joyce explains how you can overcome the debilitating power of fear by learning to confront and conquer any and every fear you have. Blending practical insights, her personal experiences, and inspiring Scripture, this book will teach you how to conquer any fear, reach your greatest potential, and start living life to the fullest. Whether you fear being inadequate, being rejected, or losing control, you can learn how to triumph over any obstacle-even when you feel fearful. You can face anything and just "do it afraid!" Chapter titles include: Say Good-bye to Fear The Source of Fear Cultivating Courage The Creative Power of Fear and Faith Do It Afraid!

Living Courageously

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Four freshmen arrive at college from completely different worlds. Suspense 

The Summer Pact

Teddy Wayne

Conor O’Toole is the main character in this book. He gets a sweet deal for the summer in exchange for tennis lessons and a lot more he wasn’t expecting.

"Conor O'Toole has never in his life been in a place as casually glamorous as this New England community, a gated world its residents fondly call "The Neck." He's taken a summer job here as a tennis instructor, living in a guest cottage in exchange for lessons and a chance to study for the bar exam, far away from the stress of the tiny Yonkers apartment he usually shares with his diabetic mother. But, grateful as he is for the blissful beauty of the Neck, he must focus on earning as much money as he can to help his mom pay the bills, and it isn't proving as easy as he expected to sign up new clients for tennis lessons. That is, until a sharp-tongued divorcee named Catherine appears on the court, offering to pay him twice his usual hourly rate. Soon, it becomes clear that she's expecting additional, ah, services, for her money, and Conor tumbles into a sexy, erotic affair unlike anything he's experienced before. Despite his steamy, secret flings with a woman twice his age, however, Conor simultaneous finds himself falling romantically for the quirky, outspoken girl he met on the beach - who turns out to be Catherine's daughter. Desperate to manage the tangled web he's woven, Conor believes he's found a way to juggle everything... until he makes one fatal mistake. A satirical literary thriller that brilliantly skewers the elite, this unputdownable drama is huge, cinematic, hilarious, and an utter masterpiece"--

The Winner

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Kimberla Lawson Roby

Life is close to perfect for the Reverend Curtis Black and his wife, Charlotte--except their son Matthew and his girlfriend, Racquel, are about to become parents at the tender age of eighteen. Even though Curtis and Charlotte wish Matthew could focus on Harvard instead of fatherhood, they are determined to welcome their new grandson with open arms. But for Charlotte, welcoming her future in-laws is another story. Try as she might, Charlotte can't stand Racquel's mother, Vanessa--and the feeling appears to be mutual.

When the tension between Charlotte and Vanessa finally erupts, the stress sends an already-fragile Racquel into early labor. Everyone is quick to blame Charlotte, including Matthew and Curtis. That her own husband would side with someone else infuriates Charlotte and strains the relationship they've only recently been able to repair. Her one ally is Racquel's father, but that brings problems of its own.

While Charlotte schemes against Vanessa, Curtis is consumed with his own concerns about Deliverance Outreach. A mysterious figure from his past has been sending Curtis cryptic messages threatening to take away Curtis's coveted position as senior pastor and destroy everything he has worked so hard for. But who could hate Curtis that much? And how can he fight an enemy he can't even name?

Times of trouble are descending upon the Black family in more ways than one. Will they be able to overcome their challenges and stand together against someone who could take it all away? Or is the Black family finally out of miracles?

A House Divided

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Nishant Batsha

A riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge--one forced to leave, one left behind--in the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific

On a small Pacific island, a brother and sister tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. It is 1985, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military coup. Now, fear and shock are rippling through the island's deeply-rooted Indian community as racial tensions rise to the brink.

Bhumi hears this news from her locked-down dorm room in the capital city. She is the ambitious, intellectual standout of the family--the one destined for success. But when her friendship with the daughter of a prominent government official becomes a liability, she must flee her unstable home for California.

Jaipal feels like the unnoticed, unremarkable sibling, always left to fend for himself. He is stuck working in the family store, avoiding their father's wrath, with nothing but his hidden desires to distract him. Desperate for money and connection, he seizes a sudden opportunity to take his life into his own hands for the first time. But his decision may leave him vulnerable to the island's escalating volatility.

Spanning from the lush terrain of the South Pacific to the golden hills of San Francisco, Mother Ocean Father Nation is an entrancing debut about how one family, at the mercy of a nation broken by legacies of power and oppression, forges a path to find a home once again. 

Mother Ocean Father Nation

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Lisa Nichols

Janet Switzer

Self help book telling you just how she made it this far. Pet free home, smoke free home.

Amplify Your Life and Achieve Prosperity Today

New York Times bestselling author, Personal Transformation guru, and life coach for the Steve Harvey Show and Today, Lisa Nichols shares her journey from scarcity to abundance, outlining steps everyone can take to create abundance in career, relationships, self, and finances--while creating a legacy for others to follow.

Twenty years ago, Lisa Nichols was a single mother dependent on public assistance and jumping from one dead end job to the next. Determined to break out of the defeatist mindset, negative behavior, and bad habits that were holding her back from success, she resolved to change her life. Today, she leads the life of her dreams.

In Abundance Now, this icon in the field of personal transformation shares her secrets to creating a life that is rich in every way possible. Focusing on the four areas of life that must be refined to bring true abundance, or the 4 E's--Enrichment, Enchantment, Engagement, Endowment--Nichols identifies the framework upon which a fulfilled existence is built. Abundance Now offers provocative lessons, actionable plans and real-life case-studies, and makes clear what we must do every day to attract abundance, how to act as if we are already leading abundant lives, and how to open the door to a life of richness in our work, our relationships, our finances, and in our view of ourselves.

Abundance Now

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Marsha Heckman

Richard Jung

A wedding book where you can see beautiful pictures of beautiful bouquets handmade. Pet free and smoke free home. 

Art, music, drama/theater

A Year of Flowers for the Bride

Gorgeous photography coupled with step-by-step instructions showcase each season's variety and diversity of flowers in creations from the simple to the elaborate. 64 full-color photos.

Bouquets

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Jesse Krieger

How to design the lifestyle of your dreams , discovering your identity, living beyond beliefs , creative constructs give you the framework of vision,mission,action and product. Pet free home. Smoke free home. 

Live Your Dreams, Ignite Your Passions and Run Your Business from Anywhere in the World

Make Money Doing What You Love, Even in Tough Times Lifestyle Entrepreneur is the result of having lived a non-traditional life. In my twenties, I launched five businesses and sold the last two. I have been in a rock band touring America, and I've been flown around the world as a professional dating coach. I have traveled to and lived in over twenty-five countries, learning the local languages while there. I feel very blessed to have friends all over the world, a family that loves me at home, and generally able to live the life that I've always dreamed of. But this book isn't about me. It's about you If you take only 10 percent of the information and ideas in this book and put them into practice, it will change your life. I promise. Lifestyle Entrepreneur contains the essence of everything I've learned over the last ten years of starting businesses, traveling the world, and exploring the things I'm passionate about. Now I would like to share a blueprint for how you can do all of these things and more. Are you ready?

Lifestyle Entrepreneur

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Malcolm Gladwell

A proactive book that outlines of his success strategies. Pet free home. Smoke free home.

The Story of Success

Outliers

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Taylor Adams

New hardcover book. Smoke free and pet free home. This is a thriller, suspenseful twisted book.

“What a box of tricks! This full-throttle thriller, dark and driving, rivals Agatha Christie for sheer ingenuity and James Patterson for flat-out speed. Swift, sharp, and relentless.” — A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window A brilliant, edgy thriller about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath. A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do? On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers. Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate. Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her? There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one? Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape. But who can she trust? With exquisitely controlled pacing, Taylor Adams diabolically ratchets up the tension with every page. Full of terrifying twists and hairpin turns, No Exit will have you on the edge of your seat and leave you breathless.

No Exit

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ReShonda Tate Billingsley

The book isn’t new but in good condition. I have shown the lightly used edges in the picture. The book have good clean pages and cover. Smoke and pet free home. This book is a good read. I really enjoy the book and hopefully you will enjoy. 

After she gives up a chance to attend Julliard to care for her sick mother, Olivia Dawson learns that her father is alive and well—and very wealthy—and makes it a point to confront the man who left her and her mother in his wake. Original. 50,000 first printing.

A Family Affair

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Tim Tran

Tom Fields-Meyer

How He Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America 

How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in America. Pet free and smoke free home. 

"Oregon history is rich with stories of courageous individuals who overcame tremendous odds. Few stories are more compelling and inspirational, however, than that of Tim Tran. In "American Dreamer," Tim shares the remarkable journey that brought him from communist Vietnam to personal and professional success in Oregon. It should be required reading for anyone who doubts that the American dream is alive and well." -- Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society

American Dreamer

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Anderson Cooper

Katherine Howe

The rise and fall of an American Dynasty Pet free and smoke free home.

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The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty





Now in paperback, the #1 New York Times bestselling chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe.

One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of Nonfiction

When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on his father's small boat ferrying supplies in New York Harbor at the beginning of the nineteenth century, no one could have imagined that one day he would, through ruthlessness, cunning, and a pathological desire for money, build two empires--one in shipping and another in railroads--that would make him the richest man in America. His staggering fortune was fought over by his heirs after his death in 1877, sowing familial discord that would never fully heal. Though his son Billy doubled the money left by "the Commodore," subsequent generations competed to find new and ever more extraordinary ways of spending it. By 2018, when the last Vanderbilt was forced out of The Breakers--the seventy-room summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, that Cornelius's grandson and namesake had built--the family would have been unrecognizable to the tycoon who started it all.

Now, the Commodore's great-great-great-grandson Anderson Cooper, joins with historian Katherine Howe to explore the story of his legendary family and their outsized influence. Cooper and Howe breathe life into the ancestors who built the family's empire, basked in the Commodore's wealth, hosted lavish galas, and became synonymous with unfettered American capitalism and high society. Moving from the hardscrabble wharves of old Manhattan to the lavish drawing rooms of Gilded Age Fifth Avenue, from the ornate summer palaces of Newport to the courts of Europe, and all the way to modern-day New York, Cooper and Howe wryly recount the triumphs and tragedies of an American dynasty unlike any other.

Written with a unique insider's viewpoint, this is a rollicking, quintessentially American history as remarkable as the family it so vividly captures.

Vanderbilt

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Bettye Collier-Thomas

Originally published in African American newspapers, periodicals, and journals between 1880 and 1953, these enchanting Christmas tales are part of the black literary tradition flourished after the Civil War. Pet free home. Smoke free home.

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An Esquire "Best Christmas Book to Read During the Holidays"

A collection of Christmas stories written by African-American journalists, activists, and writers from the late 19th century to the modern civil rights movement.

Back in print for the first time in over a decade, this landmark collection features writings from well-known black writers, activists, and visionaries such as Pauline Hopkins, Langston Hughes, and John Henrik Clarke along with literary gems from rediscovered writers. Originally published in African American newspapers, periodicals, and journals between 1880 and 1953, these enchanting Christmas tales are part of the black literary tradition that flourished after the Civil War.

Edited and assembled by esteemed historian Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas, the short stories and poems in this collection reflect the Christmas experiences of everyday African Americans and explore familial and romantic love, faith, and more serious topics such as racism, violence, poverty, and racial identity. Featuring the best stories and poems from previous editions along with new material including "The Sermon in the Cradle" by W. E. B. Du Bois, A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories celebrates a rich storytelling tradition and will be cherished by readers for years to come.

A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories

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Terrance Roundtree

Science Fiction part two of Between #book

I cannot tell you what year it is because I rightfully do not remember, but in my time, it is 2018. I started this escapade in 2017, and I met Abigail in 1836. From there, the romance began. I've traveled between time six, maybe eight times now, and experienced some exciting things. To introduce myself for those who have not read the first part of the story Between, I'm Moca. After meeting Abigail, my life has changed dramatically, and so have people I had met in the 1800s. Abigail is no longer even Abigail at the request of her mother, Annalisa. Now that Abigail's fascinating family history is starting to come to light, she is known as Elaina. Read on; I promise, you will understand. Mama Ester is the matriarch amongst the black community. Nothing happens on the plantation without her say-so or her knowing. Then there is Ben. He's the oldest black person on the plantation below Mama Ester. Although Ben dressed in rags, he would be considered metrosexual in modern times for the length of time he spends grooming. Now there is Lucy. She's Elaina's aunt. She was purchased with Annalisa by the Edgefield family, but they were separated between the two plantations. Shortly after Elaina was born, Lucy was murdered, but she has managed to exist after death. Despite the possibility that Ben and Lucy are responsible for Elaina and I meeting and falling in love, this story is ultimately not about these unforgettable people. It's about revenge -- my revenge for being lynched. So, come with me to 1836 and experience how I terrified history.

Between Conception

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A Science Fiction Story of Time

Abigail Edgefield was born January 15, 1833, and she died December 6, 1865. She also died onSeptember 8, 2030. She was the bastard child of John Edgefield; the plantation owner, and hisforbidden lover, the protected slave Annalisa. Abigail was raised with all the privileges of whitesociety, but in the eyes of everyone except John Edgefield, Abigail was just another light-skinned nigger. Between Abigail's life and death, there were Moca Tift and Morgan Pneuberry.Both Moca and Morgan were from 2017. Moca was the sole proprietor of an accountingbusiness servicing some of the most prominent black business owners and retirees in Georgia.He recently added to his client list Morgan Pneuberry, an eccentric retired math professor andgraduate of Morehouse College. Morgan wasn't your typical retiree. He was a historian of blackhistory and the dark arts. He explained to Moca how as a child, he was taught by hisgrandmother that black history and black magic were synonymous. Morgan was determined tofind the validity in all his grandmothers' stories, but one particular story stood out the most: theone about the portal. Deep in the oldest part of Georgia is Rabun County and the headstoneportal. Urban folklore states that anyone who sat upon the stone and thought of Abigail wouldslip through time to the 1800s. This enchanted headstone of Abigail Edgefield had a 32-year andnine-day travel window, between January 15, 1833, and December 6, 1865, which was the life ofAbigail Edgefield. Abigail was enchanted with black magic by a love one who wanted to be withAbigail in life or death. The key to return through the window was only unknowingly offered byAbigail. Arrive too early, your life expectancy was short for a black man; arrive too late and your future would be read about in black history.

Between

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Graham Swift

This novel of love in the world of 1950s vaudeville is a masterwork of literary magic from the Booker Prize-winning author of Last Orders and Mothering Sunday It is 1959, in Brighton, England, and the theater at the end of the famous pier is having its best summer season in years. Ronnie, a brilliant young magician, and Evie, his dazzling assistant, are top of the bill, drawing full houses every night. And Jack is everyone's favorite master of ceremonies, holding the whole show together. But as the summer progresses, the offstage drama among the three begins to overshadow their success onstage. Intimately alive, tenderly comic, and quietly shattering, Here We Are is a masterly work of literary magicianship from a true master.

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