Edward Harriman

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

This tale of a carefree treasure-hunting lobster & his sensible crab companion has been delighting young readers since 1967. The crustacean pals encounter adventure on the high seas & meet an assortment of marine life before returning safely home.

Leroy the Lobster and Crabby Crab

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Jim Arnosky

It's the first day outside the nest for Mother rabbit's five babies, and all sorts of new creatures and adventures await them. But when a sudden rain shower sends the rabbits scurrying for shelter under the hedge, the other wild animals come to visit them! Jim Arnosky's graceful watercolors and simple text are sure to delight children experiencing nature's wonders for the first time.

Rabbits and Raindrops (Signed)

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Ginjer L. Clarke

Cheetah cubs play and purr just like kittens. Someday they'll be able to run faster than any other animal in the world. Read along as cheetah cubs leap and grow in this book.

Cheetah Cubs

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Glenn C. Altschuler

How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America

Chronicles the early rise of rock and roll music in the 1950s, and discusses America's reception to the music style, describing how it affected and influenced family, sexuality, and race in that era.

All Shook Up

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David Crosby

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Revealing History of Our Times Through the Eyes of the Artists Who Helped Change Our World

"NOBODY KIDS THEMSELVES INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY CAN SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER WHEREVER WE CAN. AND IF IT TAKES A LONG PUSH, THEN WE'RE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL. A LOT OF TIMES THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE GENIUS OF THE MOMENT. IT'S ABOUT PERSISTENCE. IT'S ABOUT BEING IN THERE AND STAYING IN THERE." Since the early sixties, musicians have put themselves on the line for the causes they believed in, raising public awareness about important issues through songs, rallies, and benefit events. For more than thirty years, musician David Crosby has been one of rock 'n' roll's most outspoken voices for social change. in Stand and Be Counted, he and coauthor David Bender recount the stories of the artists who made a difference and the passionate convictions that moved them. Crosby's personal participation and his friendships with many of the artists involved give readers a behind-the-scenes look at events from the civil rights marches and antiwar moratoriums of the sixties, to the antinuclear events of the seventies, to Live Aid and the Amnesty International events of the eighties--right up to the Tibetan Freedom concerts of today. This compelling story includes new interviews with such diverse artists as Harry Belafonte, Whoopi Goldberg, Adam Yauch, Phil Collins, Robin Williams, Eddie Vedder, Joan Baez, and Jimmy Buffett. Poignant and inspirational, Stand and Be Counted is an unforgettable document of the history of activism in late twentieth-century America.

Stand and Be Counted (First Edition)

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Sam R. Hamburg

A Couple's Road Map

Will Our Love Last?

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George Carlin

A hilarious new collection of razor-sharp observations from the New York Times bestselling author of Brain Droppings.. Few comics make the transition from stage to page as smoothly or successfully as George Carlin. Brain Droppings spent a total of 40 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and this new one is certain to tickle even more ribs (and rattle a few more cages) with its characteristically ironic take on life's annoying universal truths. In Napalm & Silly Putty, Carlin doesn't steer clear of the tough issues, preferring instead to look life boldly in the eye to pose the questions few dare to ask: --How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on TV that it's a spy satellite --Why do they bother saying "raw sewage" Do some people cook that stuff --In the expression "topsy-turvy," what exactly is meant by "turvy" And he makes some startling observations, including: --Most people with low self-esteem have earned it. --Guys don't seem to be called "Lefty" anymore. --Most people don't know what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it. Carlin also waxes wickedly philosophical on all sorts of subjects, including: --KIDS -- They're not all cute. In fact, if you look at them closely, some of them are rather unpleasant looking. And a lot of them don't smell too good either. --DEATH ROW -- If you're condemned to die they have to give you one last meal of your own request. What is that all about A group of people plan to kill you, so they want you to eat something you like Add to the mix "The Ten Most Embarrassing Songs of All Time," "The 20th Century Hostility Scoreboard," and "People I Can Do Without," and you have an irresistibly insouciant assortment of musings, questions, assertions, and assumptions guaranteed to please the millions of fans waiting for the next Carlin collection -- and the millions more waiting to discover this comic genius.

Napalm and Silly Putty (First Edition)

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Nick Reding

The Death and Life of an American Small Town

Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowhere is that more true than in the small towns of the American heartland.Methland is the story of the drug as it infiltrates the community of Oelwein, Iowa (pop. 6,159), a once-thriving farming and railroad community. Tracing the connections between the lives touched by meth and the global forces that have set the stage for the epidemic,Methland offers a vital and unique perspective on a pressing contemporary tragedy.

Oelwein, Iowa is like thousand of other small towns across the county. It has been left in the dust by the consolidation of the agricultural industry, a depressed local economy and an out-migration of people. If this wasn't enough to deal with, an incredibly cheap, long-lasting, and highly addictive drug has come to town, touching virtually everyone's lives. Journalist Nick Reding reported this story over a period of four years, and he brings us into the heart of the town through an ensemblecast of intimately drawn characters, including: Clay Hallburg, the town doctor, who fights meth even as he struggles with his own alcoholism; Nathan Lein, the town prosecutor, whose case load is filled almost exclusively with meth-related crime, and Jeff Rohrick, who is still trying to kick a meth habit after four years.

Methland is a portrait of a community under siege, of the lives the drug has devastated, and of the heroes who continue to fight the war. It will appeal to readers of David Sheff's bestsellingBeautiful Boy, and serve as inspiration for those who believe in the power of everyday people to change their world for the better.

Methland

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Robert Greenfield

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia

Dark Star (First Edition)

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Roddy Doyle

A Novel

"This unflinching novel chronicles a woman's relationship with a violent man in a way that brings fresh insight to the subject . . . engaging and uplifting." --O, The Oprah Magazine

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, the heartrending story of a brave and tenacious housewife 

Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.

The Woman Who Walked into Doors

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Page Dickey

Relating Garden to House

Inside Out

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Helene Lerner-Robbins

Wisdom and Strategies of Highly Successful Women

Featuring 75 never-before-published essays from the likes of Marianne Williamson, Gloria Steinem, Maya Angelou, Liz Caliborne, Geraldine Ferraro, and others, this inspirational book reads like a 7 Habits of Highly Effective People--aimed specifically at women. The upbeat tone and motivating stories will provide a call to action for many readers.

Our Power As Women

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James Ellroy

Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L. A.

Los Angeles. In no other city do sex, celebrity, money, and crime exert such an irresistible magnetic field. And no writer has mapped that field with greater savagery and savvy than James Ellroy. With this fever-hot collection of reportage and short fiction, he returns to his native habitat and portrays it as a smog-shrouded netherworld where"every third person is a peeper, prowler, pederast, or pimp." From the scandal sheets of the 1950s to this morning's police blotter, Ellroy reopens true crimes and restores human dimensions to their victims. Sublimely, he resurrects the rag Hush-Hush magazine. And in a baroquely plotted novella of slaughter and corruption he enlists the forgotten luminaries of a lost Hollywood. Shocking, mesmerizing, and written in prose as wounding as an ice pick, Crime Wave is Ellroy at his best.

Crime Wave

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James Wallace

Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE RISE OF A TYRANNICAL GENIUS, HOW HE

TRANSFORMED AN INDUSTRY, AND WHY EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET HIM.

In this fascinating exposé, two investigative reporters trace the hugely successful career of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Part entrepreneur, part enfant terrible, Gates has become the most powerful -- and feared -- player in the computer industry, and arguably the richest man in America. In Hard Drive, investigative reporters Wallace and Erickson follow Gates from his days as an unkempt thirteen-year-old computer hacker to his present-day status as a ruthless billionaire CEO. More than simply a "revenge of the nerds" story though, this is a balanced analysis of a business triumph, and a stunningly driven personality. The authors have spoken to everyone who knows anything about Bill Gates and Microsoft -- from childhood friends to employees and business rivals who reveal the heights, and limits, of his wizardry. From Gates's singular accomplishments to his equally extraordinary brattiness, arrogance, and hostility (the atmosphere is so intense at Microsoft that stressed-out programmers have been known to ease the tension of their eighty-hour workweeks by exploding homemade bombs), this is a uniquely revealing glimpse of the person who has emerged as the undisputed king of a notoriously brutal industry.

Hard Drive

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Aerosmith

Stephen Davis

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Autobiography of Aerosmith

Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith is available in time for the Aerosmith's 40th Anniversary. It's the New York Times bestselling autobiography by the legendary rock group that lived by the motto "Anything worth doing was worth overdoing." Aerosmith shook the music world out of its '70s doldrums...and made living on the edge an art form. Walk This Way is the complete and candid story of their meteoric rise to fame, their near destruction due to drugs and excess, and their return to the stage as one of America's greatest rock bands. Cowritten by respected rock journalist Stephen Davis, author of the seminal profile of Led Zeppelin, Hammer of the Gods, and with a new afterward from the band, this edition of the memoir to end all rock memoirs is the perfect  gift for you and your favorite Aerosmith fan.

Walk This Way

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Denis Boyles

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

In a world of confusion and complications, contemporary men need to know it all. Sassy, smart, and filled with essential information, here's the one guide with everything a modern man needs to know. 150 line drawings.

Modern Man's Guide to Life

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John Grisham

The author of such best-selling legal thrillers as A Time to Kill, The Last Juror, and The Brethren presents his latest novel of courtroom and legal suspense as he offers a provocative look at the price of American justice. 2,800,000 first printing.

The Appeal (First Edition )

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Teresa of Avila

J. M. Cohen

Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came to recognize the power of prayer and contemplation--her spiritual enlightenment was intensified by many visions and mystical experiences, including the piercing of her heart by a spear of divine love. She went on to found seventeen Carmelite monasteries throughout Spain. Teresa always denied her own saintliness, however, saying in a letter: "There is no suggestion of that nonsense about my supposed sanctity." This frank account is one of the great stories of a religious life and a literary masterpiece--after Don Quixote, it is Spain's most widely read prose classic.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself

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William S. Barbour

Immigration Policy

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Stephen Sapp

American Public Policy on Aging

'Light on a Gray Area' examines the public policy implications of the 'graying of America' from the viewpoint of Christian theological ethics. Provides a summary of current public policy concerning aging, clearly setting forth the gravity of the demographic situation and the need for more serious attention to the elderly.

Light on a Gray Area

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Michael J. Himes

Kenneth R. Himes

The Public Significance of Theology

Agreeing with scholars such as David Tracy, Martin Marty, and Rheinhold Niebuhr, Michael and Kenneth Himes affirm that there is indeed such a thing as public theology and take up the task of proposing themes and the framework for bringing theology into dialogue with societal issues and concerns. A great resource for those wishing to understand the social implications of religious belief.

Fullness of Faith

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Larry McMurtry

Diana Ossana

Two Cherokee warriors named Zeke Proctor and Ned Christie race, love, and fight their way across the Ozark Mountains in an attempt to stay true to their heritage and elude the white law officers who are after them. 100,000 first printing.

Zeke and Ned

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Joe McGinniss

The Classic Account of the Packaging of a Candidate

What makes you cast your ballot? A Presidential candidate or a good campaign? How he stands on the issues or how he stands up to the camera? The Selling of the President is the enduring story of the 1968 campaign that wrote the script for modern Presidential politicking—and how that script came to be. It introduces: Harry Treleaven, the first adman to suggest that issues bore voters, that image is what counts Roger Ailes, a PR man who coordinated the TV presentations that delivered the product Frank Shakespeare, the man behind the whole campaign, who, after eighteen years at CBS, cast the image that sold America a President And the candidate, Richard Nixon himself—a politician running on television for the highest office in the land In his introduction, Joe McGinniss discusses why—unfortunately—his classic book is as pertinent today to understanding our political culture as it was the year it was published.

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