Isaac Babel

David McDuff

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Throughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses his work with a powerful energy from the earliest tales including 'Old Shloyme' and 'Childhood', which affirm his Russian-Jewish childhood, to the relatively non-Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled 'Red Cavalry'. Babel's masterpiece, 'Red Cavalry' is the most dramatic expression of his dualism and in his simultaneous acceptance and rejection of his heritage heralds the great American-Jewish writers from Henry Roth to Saul Bellow and Philip Roth.

Red Cavalry and Other Stories

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Washington Irving

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Best Ghost Stories and Folk Horror of Washington Irving

He was the greatest American writer of his time: mentor to Poe, Longfellow, and Hawthorne, his country's first professional author, transformed copyright laws to give writers and artists more representation, and cultivated a previously non-existent literary culture throughout the United States. He was idolized internationally, and adored by great authors of the day, including Byron, Walter Scott, and his greatest supporter, Charles Dickens. His works and influence have left their mark on American and even global culture. Largely misunderstood due to his relatively moderate politics, his courtly personality, and his literary sentimentalism, Irving - once America's most popular author - is due for rediscovery. His was the complex personality of an existentially anxious, emotionally complex man disturbed by his fame and haunted by loneliness. These disquieting themes course through his Gothic tales - "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "Rip Van Winkle," "The Devil and Tom Walker," and more - tales haunted by spectres of anxiety.While infrequently counted among the great American supernaturalists - writers like Poe, Lovecraft, Hawthorne, and Bierce - Irving's fictional oeuvre is primarily devoted to speculative fiction: ghost stories, weird tales, fantasies, and horror. In fact, of the sixty-one short stories he penned, nearly forty of them have a supernatural or macabre basis. And there's far more than the Headless Horseman to frighten readers: ghost pirates, vengeful Doppelgangers, guillotined women, haunted treasure chests, hanged men's ghosts, rural superstitions, dancing furniture, portraits with moving eyes, hellhounds, goblin horses, enchanted princesses, supernatural caves of wonder, haunted paintings, ghostly nuns, spectral crusaders, and possessed bedchambers are among his many bogeys.His universe is among the sunniest in horror fiction - brighter certainly than Le Fanu's, Hodgson's, or Stoker's - but its sunnyside hides a dark posterior, engulfed in shadow and swallowed up in night. Irving is the very definition of one who whistles past a graveyard, bringing sangfroid into spaces of anxiety and self-doubt, and while his characters are grotesque, bordering on the burlesque - like the spindly Ichabod Crane, the bearded Rip Van Winkle, or the leather-trousered Bold Dragoon - they cannot entirely hide the very real fears that they represent. Irving's horrors aren't likely to make you jump, but they might just keep you awake, or fill your waking life with strange dreams. You may look twice at the twisted shadows beckoning you towards an unexplored street at night, or find yourself compelled to wander down an unfamiliar hiking trail, or staring out the window at night, questioning your life's path. At its kindest, Irving's world is one of narcotic daydreams that seduce and intoxicate; at its worst, it is waking up later that night - alone, confused, and hungover. His fantasies are pleasantly seductive, but like Rip Van Winkle's "wicked flagon," they also have a powerful bite. TALES INCLUDED in this ANNOTATED EDITION:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Wolfert's Roost |Rip Van Winkle | St. Mark's Eve | The Spectre Bridegroom | The Hunting Dinner | Adv. of My Uncle | Adv. of My Aunt | Adv. of My Grandfather | Adv. of the German Student | Guests from Gibbet Island | Dolph Heyliger | The Devil and Tom Walker | Golden Dreams | Don Juan | The Prior of San Minorca | The Mason's Adventure | The Arabian Astrologer | The Two Discreet Statues | The Moor's Legacy | Don Munio de Hinojosa | The Engulfed Convent

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Gothic Tales

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Chris Salewicz

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Definitive Biography

An in-depth biography of Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page by the acclaimed biographer of Bob Marley and Joe Strummer, based upon the author's extensive research and interviews

The original enigmatic rock star, Jimmy Page is a mass of contradictions. A towering presence in the guitar world and one of the most revered rock guitarists of all time, in private he is reclusive and mysterious, retiring and given to esoteric interests. Over the decades he has exchanged few words to the press given the level of his fame, and an abiding interest in the demonic and supernatural has only made the myth more potent.

But in the midst of this maelstrom, who was Jimmy Page? Rock journalist Chris Salewicz has conducted numerous interviews with Page over the years and has created the first portrait of the guitarist that can be called definitive, penetrating the shadows that surround him to reveal the fascinating man who dwells within the rock legend.


Jimmy Page

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D. M. King

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

16 year-old Faith Monroe needs to know if there's an assigned seat for her in the universe before she loses her life. It's the year 2025, and she's one of several teens slated to discover her expiration date, but there's only one complication: The transport she's riding in has a number of teens, including herself, who never received the extraterrestrial death chip. A device implanted at birth set to kill you at your appointed time. As perfect genetic matches for the leaders of the planet NINE, Faith and her friends must prevent an assimilation of their souls. Training her soul to resist won't be easy. In fact, she'll have to die first. A soul can't fight back while it's still attached to a living being. Faced with a nearly impossible choice, run away or stay and be trained, she summons the fearlessness to fight. Maybe she's finally found the real reason she's survived her illness, to restore the concept of dying by grand design rather than government mandate.

*Signed* Nine

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Jennifer Mathieu

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

By the acclaimed author of Moxie, a funny, big-hearted adult debut that is at once an ode to educators, a timely glimpse at today’s pressing school issues, and a tender character study, following a sprawling cast of teachers, administrators, and staff at a Texas high school. With its ensemble of warm and unforgettable characters, The Faculty Lounge shows readers a different side of school life. It all starts when an elderly substitute teacher at Baldwin High School is found dead in the faculty lounge. After a bit of a stir, life quickly returns to normal—it’s not like it’s the worst (or even most interesting) thing that has happened within the building’s walls. But when, a week later, the spontaneous scattering of his ashes on the school grounds catches the attention of some busybody parents, it sets in motion a year that can only be described as wild, bizarre, tragic, mundane, beautiful, and humorous all at once. In the midst of the ensuing hysteria and threats of disciplinary action, the novel peeks into the lives of the implicated adults who, it turns out, actually have first names and continue to exist when the school day is done. We meet: a former punk band front man, now a middle-aged principal who must battle it out with the schoolboard to keep his job; a no-nonsense school nurse willing to break the rules, despite the close watch on their campus, when a student arrives at her office with a dilemma; and a disgruntled English instructor who finds himself embroiled in even more controversy when he misfires a snarky email. Oh, and there’s also a teacher make out session in a supply closet during a lockdown. As these people continue to manage the messiness of this school year, there is the looming threat of what will become of their beloved Baldwin High. Ultimately, at the heart of this unconventional workplace novel is a story of the power of human connection and of the joy of finding purpose in what it is we do every day.

The Faculty Lounge

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Tucker Max

Maddox

Presents a new collection of alcohol-induced "fratire" adventures in hedonism that convey the author's experiences of being intoxicated at inappropriate times, seducing a ludicrous number of women, and otherwise living in complete disregard of social norms.

*Signed* Assholes Finish First

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Megan Bannen

"The entire town of Eternity was shocked when widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker partnered up with her neighbor and best friend, Frank Ellis, to join the Tanrian Marshals. Even her own children seemed appalled, save her youngest daughter Hope. Eight years later, Hope is off at medical school with the support of her mother's income, and Twyla and Frank are still patrolling Tanria, the former prison of the Old Gods. It's a mostly uneventful occupation since Marshal Hart took care of the infestation of the undead, but one Twyla refused to relinquish partly because her son Wade seems to expect that will leave her open to be a full time nanny for his children. But when Twyla and Hart discover the body of one of their fellow Marshals, covered in what looks like liquid glitter and near a footprint that can only be described as dragon-sized, the job suddenly becomes a lot more interesting. Everyone knows the existence of dragons in Tanria is nothing but a myth...until evidence to the contrary quite literally lands in Frank's hands in the form of a dragon egg. Quill, a handsome dracologist is called in from the university to help them investigate, and for the first time since her husband died, Twyla finds herself the flattering focus of an appropriately-aged man's attraction. Why on earth that should bother Frank, she doesn't know-but her longtime partner sure doesn't seem to care for Quill. As Twyla and Frank's investigation becomes more complicated, so does their easy friendship. And Twyla starts to realize that her true soul mate might just be the person who has lived next door all along.."--

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

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Demon Copperhead

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Voyage of the Damned

J. Kirsch

Sharp Edges

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D. L. Sims

The king of Elthare is dead. Invitations have been sent out to the noble families to put forth a Champion to participate in the 43rd King Trials, a grueling competition that has left former competitors permanently injured, disabled or dead.

Who will be king?

Grantham Sinero, a man skilled in hand-to-hand combat and armed with the ability of telekinesis.

Andalen Amadon who can inflict pain and suffering with a single touch and is a highly trained archer.

Khett Pedgram, the former prince of Elthare, able to control the four natural elements and has an immense knowledge of the kingdom's history.

Ikar Dominikov who holds no special powers, but is a great hunter and tracker.




A kingdom at war.




When soldiers from the empire of Mezerah invade Elthare, the Trials are cut short, and the Eltharians must prepare for a war no one ever saw coming. Many lives are lost, but with the help from their allies to the north, Elthare may have a fighting chance against the Mezerans.

At the end of the Ten Day Battle one Champion will be crowned the new monarch of the now fractured kingdom.


But who will be left alive to claim the throne?

The King Trials

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Frank Anthony Polito

It's September, 1982. Jack is a straight-A student with everything he could ask for. The only thing he has in common with foul-mouthed Brad, who lives on the gritty south side near 8 Mile, is that they're both in Varsity Band. But maybe that's not the only thing. Because having lots of girl friends (rather than girlfriends), is getting him and Brad labelled as Band Fags. And Jack is no fag. Is he? As they make their way through high school and their friendship deepens, Jack will have to choose between normality' - and discovering real love, and who he really is.'

Band Fags!

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Knot So Lucky

John C. Maxwell

How to Turn a Loss into a Win

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell brings his common sense self-help lessons to teens!

Any setback--a championship loss, a bad grade, a botched audition-can be seen as a step forward when teens possess the right tools to turn that loss into a gain of knowledge. Drawing on nearly fifty years of leadership experience, Dr. Maxwell provides a roadmap for becoming a true learner, someone who wins in the face of problems, failures, and losses.

The teachings from Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn have been edited and adapted just for teens. This Young Readers edition features all-new stories of real life figures that overcame adversity early in their lives, including entrepreneur Steve Jobs, Olympic Gold Medalists Gabby Douglas and Mikaela Shiffrin, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai.

*Signed* Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn for Teens

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Rick Benger

Pfannkuchen Press LLC

Stories We Write Together

Once upon a Pancake is an interactive book of unfinished short stories. It¿s up to you and your friends to complete the stories inside. Pick a story, grab a pen, and write the next bit¿a little or a lot, a few words or a few sentences. Go wherever your imagination takes you. Then invite someone else to keep the story going. They¿ll riff, connect the dots, and spark ideas, and then the next person will write, and so on. And so the story will grow. Over weeks, months, or generations, each copy of Once upon a Pancake will become unique, a book of over one hundred stories filled with the collective creativity of its writers.

Once upon a Pancake

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Michael Bergin

John F. Kennedy Jr. , Carolyn Bessette, and Me

An international supermodel and Baywatch actor shares the story of his life and relationship with Carolyn Bessette, describing his early attempts to break into the modeling industry, love-at-first-sight encounter with Bessette, rivalry with John F. Kennedy, Jr., and struggles to overcome her death. 40,000 first printing.

The Other Man

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James Patterson

David Ellis

She's in Love--With a Liar

An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband's secret life--and it might cost them all their lives. Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he's celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet. For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline. For David Bowers, it's a death sentence. For Marcie Bowers, it's a test. A wife knows the difference between a loving husband and father and a cold-blooded assassin. Right?

Lies He Told Me

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St Agustine

Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee. Grant me, Lord, to know and understand which is first, to call on Thee or to praise Thee? and, again, to know Thee or to call on Thee? for who can call on Thee, not knowing Thee? for he that knoweth Thee not, may call on Thee as other than Thou art.

Confessions of St. Augustine

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H. J. Bellus

Some have it all. Hunter Yates truly does. He's humble and kind, even though he has it all. It's his small town roots that keep him grounded. He's a simple man from a small town with a heart of gold. Perfection carved from beauty. As he sets off in the world, it's his humble beginnings that keep his boots planted on the ground. Hunter finds himself amidst a toxic relationship. He struggles to get out of it, but it's his heart that keeps him from letting go. All he ever knew were the ways of Sweetwater Ranch, until the day he left for college. The world is a brutal place and his heart and soul are one and the same with the wild country. A ranch boy, who has everything, but gives everything at the same time. When it's time to decide, does he go with his heart, or the worries of everyone else?

Wild Country *Signed*

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Naomi Novik

In the start of an all-new series, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death - until one girl begins to rewrite its rules. Enter a school of magic unlike any you have ever encountered. There are no teachers, no holidays, friendships are purely strategic, and the odds of survival are never equal.Once you're inside, there are only two ways out- you graduate or you die.El Higgins is uniquely prepared for the school's many dangers. She may be without allies, but she possesses a dark power strong enough to level mountains and wipe out untold millions - never mind easily destroy the countless monsters that prowl the school. Except, she might accidentally kill all the other students, too. So El is trying her hardest not to use it... that is, unless she has no other choice. Wry, witty, endlessly inventive, and mordantly funny - yet with a true depth and fierce justice at its heart - this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival. 'Hilarious and wild! Take any fictional magic school, make it as over-the-top dangerous as possible, and populate it with a bunch of snarky teenagers; the result is pure batshit fun.' - N.K. Jemisin, three-time Hugo Award winner and author of The Fifth Season 'A dark, smart, delicious tale, set to redefine everything you think you know about schools for magic. A DEADLY EDUCATION is dangerously addictive.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies 'The Scholomance is the dark school of magic I've been waiting for, and its wise, witty, and monstrous heroine is one I'd happily follow anywhere-even into a school full of monsters.' - Katherine Arden, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale 'The wonderful cast of characters will grab a hold of your heart and you'll never want to leave this deadly school ... a fantasy that delights on every level. I loved this brilliant book.' - Stephanie Garber, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series 'Eyeball-meltingly brilliant. Novik is, quite simply, a genius.' - Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken 'Sharp, witty, and darkly effervescent, A Deadly Education is Naomi Novik's fresh take on the concept of the magic school. One of my favorite reads of the year.' - Rory Power, New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls 'Friendship in spite of itself; danger that doesn't quit-what a wildly magical ride!' - Tamora Pierce 'A Deadly Education is a book that lives up to its gobsmacker of an opening sentence ... Naomi Novik is relentlessly innovative and entertaining.' - Terry Brooks 'Naomi Novik reinvents the magical school story by working a strange, funny, wild, dark magic all her own. This is not just your next great read - it's your new obsession.' - Gwenda Bond 'A delightfully brutal world ... and a practical, ruthless heroine with the guts and wits to survive it.' - Emily Skrutskie 'Fresh, smart, and delightfully unique. It's Hogwarts with higher stakes and sharper claws, and I absolutely loved it.' - Alix E. Harrow

A Deadly Education

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Victoria Aveyard

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Red Queen *Signed*

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Patrick Rothfuss

This deluxe, illustrated edition celebrates the New York Times-bestselling series, The Kingkiller Chronicle, a masterful epic fantasy saga that has inspired readers worldwide. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda * "He's bloody good, this Rothfuss guy." --George R. R. Martin * "Rothfuss has real talent." --Terry Brooks DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me. So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature--the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend. This deluxe anniversary hardcover includes: * Brand-new author's note * Gorgeous, never-before-seen illustrations by artist Dan Dos Santos * Beautifully detailed and updated world map by artist Nate Taylor * Appendix detailing calendar system and currencies * Pronunciation guide of names and places * Editor's note by Rothfuss' Hugo Award-winning editor, Betsy Wollheim

The Name of the Wind: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

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Jill Marie Thomas

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Red Cavalry and Other Stories

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Gothic Tales

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*Signed* Nine

Jennifer Mathieu

The Faculty Lounge

Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, and Other Gothic Tales

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*Signed* Assholes Finish First

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The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

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Demon Copperhead

Frances White

Voyage of the Damned

J. Kirsch

Sharp Edges

D. L. Sims

The King Trials

Frank Anthony Polito

Band Fags!

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Knot So Lucky

John C. Maxwell

*Signed* Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn for Teens

Rick Benger; Pfannkuchen Press LLC

Once upon a Pancake

Michael Bergin

The Other Man

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Lies He Told Me

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Confessions of St. Augustine

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The Name of the Wind: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

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