Steven Mithen

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Utah

A Global Human History 20,000-5000 BC

After the Ice is the story of a momentous period when a seemingly minor alteration in temperature could presage anything from the spread of lush woodland to the coming of apocalyptic floods--and one which contains the origins of civilization itself.

After the Ice

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Brian M. Fagan

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations

Examines the links between climate and culture by looking at the long-term effects of El Nino on weather patterns over the past five millennia and studying the impact on human civilization during that time

Floods, Famines and Emperors

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His Life and Work

Lennon

Carter Coleman

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

After numerous infidelities and a messy break-up, a burnt-out attorney joins the Peace Corps to reform and redeem himself. He finds peace in the serene plains and mountains of Tanzania, teaching villagers to fish--until he becomes attached to one of his young charges who's about to undergo a barbaric ritual to please her fiance.

The Volunteer

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Mary-Elizabeth Manley

Mary Ann Lee

Robert Bruce Bennett

Virginia Tanner's Dance Life and Legacy

Roots and Wings recounts Virginia Tanner's remarkable career as a dance artist, educator, and founder of the University of Utah's Tanner Dance Program. From her early experiences assisting at Evelyn Davis's dance school in Washington, D.C., to the creation of the Tanner Dance Program at the University of Utah, her influence in the field was pervasive. She channeled children's energy, sharpened their senses, and encouraged youthful, authentic dance expression. Tanner's work endures, continuing to echo with sensitivity and spirit in the bodies of young dancers throughout the United States and abroad. By revealing both the broader and specific themes of Tanner's career and legacy, this narrative fills an important void. While exploring Tanner's story, it also recognizes the value of unique instructional methodologies for teaching dance to young children and the vital role the arts play in children's lives.

Roots and Wings

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Elizabeth Acevedo

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel

"Sisters Matilde, Pastora, Camila, and Flor thought they knew each other well, until Flor-inspired by a documentary her daughter Ona made her watch-decides she wants a living wake, a party to bring her family and community together and celebrate the long life she's led, while she's still around to enjoy it. She's not ill, as far as anybody knows, but Flor does have a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. Has she foreseen her own death, or someone else's, or does she have other motives? She refuses to say. But Flor isn't the only person with secrets. Matilde has tried for decades to cover the extent of her husband's infidelity, but she now must confront the true state of her marriage. Pastora is typically the most reserved sister, but Flor's wake motivates this driven woman to attempt to solve her sibling's problems. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own: Yadi, reuniting with her first love, who was imprisoned when they were both still kids; and Ona, married for years and attempting to conceive. Ona must decide whether it's worth it to keep trying-in having a child, and in the anthropology research that's begun to feel lackluster. Spanning the three days prior to the wake, FAMILY LORE traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, the Dominican Republic and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo's inimitable voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces - one family's journey through their history helping them better navigate all that is to come"--

Family Lore

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#Canada #Culture #satire#paperback Photos and thoughts on what makes Canadians Canadian. In excellent condition except for a mailing label with my address on the first pg

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Full of surprises and insights, Souvenir of Canada presents us as we have never seen ourselves before in an irresistible flow of text and image.

Douglas Coupland offers new ways of seeing and experiencing Canada -- looking at how it feels to be a Canadian right now and speculating what it might feel like to be a Canadian in the future. From our collective memories, he locates objects like stubbie beer bottles and ookpiks, Kraft dinner and maple walnut ice cream. And with the same unique sensibility, he considers the FLQ crisis, our relationship with the United States, medicare and the landscape itself.

In the section humbly titled "Cheese," he writes: "When you assemble them together, foods that feel intuitively Canadian look more like camping trip provisions than actual groceries...Canada is a cold and northern country...from a biological standpoint, it is imperative that Canadians stockpile concentrated forms of sugars, carbohydrates, fats and salt."

The 50 personal categories of the 30,000-word text are arranged alphabetically and matched with 100 illustrations (50 in colour) -- new luscious photos taken by Coupland himself, images of Canadian ephemera and icons, historical photos and pictures from other quite startling sources.

Souvenir of Canada

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Not a book. It’s a CD! #educational #college #music #jazz #jazzstyles #jazzhistory #jazzanalysis

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

History & Analysis, 9th ed.

Jazz Styles

Not a book, but a CD! #educational #college #CD #audiocd #music # jazz

Social Studies

Prentice Hall Jazz Collection 

Jazz

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Top Economists Take on Today's Problems

Resource added for the Economics ?10-809-195? courses.

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Roots and Wings

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Steven Mithen

After the Ice

Brian M. Fagan

Floods, Famines and Emperors

James Henke, editor

Lennon

Carter Coleman

The Volunteer

Mary-Elizabeth Manley; Mary Ann Lee; Robert Bruce Bennett

Roots and Wings

Elizabeth Acevedo

Family Lore

Douglas Coupland

Souvenir of Canada

Mark C. Gridley

Jazz Styles

David Cutler

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