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CATALOGUE:FICTION 1) The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) -$18.76 Product Details       Hardcover: 775 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition (October 22, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316055433 ISBN-13: 978-0316055437 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches "The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love--and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an oldfashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate. 2)       One Lavender Ribbon - $9.99 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Montlake Romance (July 1, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 147782314X ISBN-13: 978-1477823149 Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 1 inches Can a stack of long-hidden love letters from a WWII war hero inspire a heartbroken woman to love again? Reeling from a bitter divorce, Adrienne Carter abandons Chicago and retreats to the sun, sand, and beauty of Southern Florida, throwing herself into the restoration of a dilapidated old Victorian beach house. Early into the renovations, she discovers a tin box hidden away in the attic that reveals the emotional letters from a WWII paratrooper to a young woman who lived in the house more than a half-century earlier. The old letters—incredibly poetic and romantic—transcend time, and they arouse in Adrienne a curiosity that leads her to track down the writer of the letters. William “Pops” Bryant is now an old man living in a nearby town with his handsome but overprotective grandson, Will. As Adrienne begins to unravel the secrets of the letters (and the Bryants), she finds herself not yet willing to give up entirely on love. Review “Heather Burch has proven herself to have such an exceptional storytelling range that one might be tempted to call her ‘the Mariah Carey of romance fiction.’ One Lavender Ribbon blew my expectations out of the water and then swept me away on a wave of sweet romance. Don't miss this one.” —Serena Chase, contributor to USA Today'sHappy Ever After blog and author of The Seahorse Legacy 3) The Book Thief - $10.47 Product Details       Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Reprint edition (September 11, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0375842209 ISBN-13: 978-0375842207 Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.2 x 8.1 inches The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. 4) The Mind Readers (The Mind Readers Series) - $8.55 Product Details        Series: The Mind Readers Series Paperback: 236 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 11, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1492291560 ISBN-13: 978-1492291565 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches Young Adult Paranormal Romance Cameron Winters is a freak. Fortunately, no one but her family knows the truth ...that Cameron can read minds. For years Cameron has hidden behind a facade of normalcy, warned that there are those who would do her harm. When gorgeous and mysterious Lewis Douglas arrives he destroys everything Cameron has ever believed and tempts her with possibilities of freedom. Determined to embrace her hidden talents, Cameron heads to a secret haven with Lewis; a place where she meets others like her...Mind Readers. But as Cameron soon finds out some things are too good to be true. When the Mind Readers realize the extent of Cameron's abilities, they want to use her powers for their own selfish needs. Cameron suddenly finds herself involved in a war in which her idea of what is right and wrong is greatly tested. In the end she'll be forced to make a choice that will not only threaten her relationship with Lewis, but her very life. The Mind Readers is a Young Adult Paranormal Romance, best for ages 14 and up. Warning: this book contain kissing, cursing, and teenagers sighing over cute boys. Book 1: The Mind Readers Book 2: The Mind Thieves Book 3: The Mind Games Novella: The Mind Keepers 5) The Orphan Master's Son: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) - $ 8.97 Product Details        Series: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Paperback: 480 pages Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (August 7, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0812982622 ISBN-13: 978-0812982626 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE In this epic, critically acclaimed tour de force, Adam Johnson provides a riveting portrait of a world rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love. NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE WINNER • LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL •WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • The Washington Post • Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly • The Wall Street Journal • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Financial Times • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Plain Dealer • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • Scott Turow, The Millions • Slate • Salon • BookPage • Shelf Awareness “The single best work of fiction published [this year] . . . The book’s cunning, flair and pathos are testaments to the still-formidable power of the written word.”—The Wall Street Journal Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother—a singer “stolen” to Pyongyang—and an influential father who runs a work camp for orphans. Superiors in the state soon recognize the boy’s loyalty and keen instincts. Considering himself “a humble citizen of the greatest nation in the world,” Jun Do rises in the ranks. He becomes a professional kidnapper who must navigate the shifting rules, arbitrary violence, and baffling demands of his Korean overlords in order to stay alive. Driven to the absolute limit of what any human being could endure, he boldly takes on the treacherous role of rival to Kim Jong Il in an attempt to save the woman he loves, Sun Moon, a legendary actress “so pure, she didn’t know what starving people looked like.” Praise for The Orphan Master’s Son “An exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.”—Pulitzer Prize citation “A daring and remarkable novel.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “Gripping . . . Deftly blending adventure, surreal comedy and Casablanca-style romance, the novel takes readers on a jolting ride through an Orwellian landscape of dubious identity and dangerous doublespeak.”—San Jose Mercury News “This is a novel worth getting excited about. . . . Adam Johnson has taken the papier-mâché creation that is North Korea and turned it into a real and riveting place that readers will find unforgettable.”—The Washington Post “[A] brilliant and timely novel.”—The Wall Street Journal “Remarkable and heartbreaking . . . To [the] very short list of exceptional novels that also serve a humanitarian purpose The Orphan Master’s Son must now be added.”—The New Republic “A triumph of imagination . . . [Grade:] A.”—Entertainment Weekly “A spellbinding saga of subverted identity and an irrepressible love.”—Vogue Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more. 6) The Winter Sea - $9.85 Product Details       Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.; Reprint edition (December 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1402241372 ISBN-13: 978-1402241376 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches History has all but forgotten...In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next bestselling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write. But when she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be dealing with ancestral memory, making her the only living person who knows the truth-the ultimate betrayal-that happened all those years ago, and that knowledge comes very close to destroying her... "Powerful, atmospheric, enthralling, and simply mesmerizing, [The Winter Sea] is one of the best books you'll read this year!" -Singletitles.com "Susanna Kearsley's obvious love of history is infectious...The Winter Sea is an acknowledgement that so many of us are haunted by the deeds of our ancestors, perhaps literally..." -Gail Anderson-Dargatz, international bestselling author of A Recipe for Bees What readers say: "Kearsley weaves an airtight spell that alternates and mingles the past with the present... Kudos go to her ending that, believe it or not, had this jaded reader blinking back both tears and smiles of surprise and approval. Well done." "A perfect concoction of history and romance. Susanna Kearsley has to be one of my alltime favorite authors-she captures the audience's attention from the start." "The book is so beautifully written the reader will feel they are right there on the northeast coast of Scotland; one can almost taste the salt-laced wind..." 7) The Light Between Oceans: A Novel -$ 9.50 Product Details       Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Scribner; Reprint edition (April 2, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1451681755 ISBN-13: 978-1451681758 Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches This months-long New York Times bestseller is “irresistible…seductive…with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page,” (O, The Oprah Magazine). After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby’s cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby. Tom, who keeps meticulous records and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel insists the baby is a “gift from God,” and against Tom’s judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them. 8) All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel - $17.01 Product Details       Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Scribner; First Edition edition (May 6, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1476746583 ISBN-13: 978-1476746586 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.6 inches From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure’s converge. Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times). 9) The Alchemist - $9.93 Product Details  Paperback: 197 pages      Publisher: HarperOne; 1st edition (April 25, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061122416 ISBN-13: 978-0061122415 Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams. Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come. 10) Supreme Justice - $ 11.99 Product Details       Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (July 1, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1612185304 ISBN-13: 978-1612185309 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches After taking a bullet for his commander-in-chief, Secret Service agent Joseph Reeder is a hero. But his outspoken criticism of the president he saved—who had stacked the Supreme Court with hard-right justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, amp up the Patriot Act, and shred the First Amendment—put Reeder at odds with the Service’s apolitical nature, making him an outcast. FBI agent Patti Rogers finds herself paired with the unpopular former agent on a task force investigating the killing of Supreme Court Justice Henry Venter. Reeder—nicknamed “Peep” for his unparalleled skills at reading body language—makes a startling discovery while reviewing a security tape: the shooting was premeditated, not a botched robbery. Even more chilling, the controversial Venter may not be the only justice targeted for death... Is a mastermind mounting an unprecedented judicial coup aimed at replacing ultraconservative justices with a new liberal majority? To crack the conspiracy and save the lives of not just the justices but also Reeder’s own family, rising star Rogers and legendary investigator Reeder must push their skills—and themselves—to the limit. 11) The Husband's Secret - $14.63 Product Details       Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam; 1st Printing edition (July 30, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0399159347 ISBN-13: 978-0399159343 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.6 inches The #1 New York Times Bestseller One of the Best Books of the Year —Entertainment Weekly One of the Top Ten Books of the Year —People magazine “It’s a knowing, touching, and entertaining page-turner. What a wonderful writer— smart, wise, funny.” —Anne Lamott "The Husband's Secret is so good, you won't be able to keep it to yourself." —USA Today “Shocking, complex and thought-provoking, this is a story reading groups will devour. A knockout!" —Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author “Emotionally astute, immensely smart, and as cinematically plotted as any Tom Perrotta Novel destined for critical accolades and a big-screen adaptation.” — Entertainment Weekly “A novel that’s perfect for vacation reading.” —People "Brilliant." —Sophia Hannah, international bestselling author of The Wrong Mother At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read My darling Cecilia, if you’re reading this, then I’ve died. . . Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive. . . . Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. Her life is as orderly and spotless as her home. But that letter is about to change everything, and not just for her: Rachel and Tess barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they too are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret. Acclaimed author Liane Moriarty has written a gripping, thought-provoking novel about how well it is really possible to know our spouses—and, ultimately, ourselves. NON FICTION 1) Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness - $9.50 Product Details       Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (August 6, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1451621388 ISBN-13: 978-1451621389 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity. When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened? In a swift and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen. “A fascinating look at the disease that . . . could have cost this vibrant, vital young woman her life” (People), Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance that is destined to become a classic. 2) The Informant: A True Story - $12.62 Product Details   Paperback: 656 pages Publisher: Broadway Books; 1 edition (July 3, 2001)     Language: English ISBN-10: 0767903277 ISBN-13: 978-0767903271 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy—which left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . . It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: a senior executive with America's most politically powerful corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, had become a confidential government witness, secretly recording a vast criminal conspiracy spanning five continents. Mark Whitacre, the promising golden boy of ADM, had put his career and family at risk to wear a wire and deceive his friends and colleagues. Using Whitacre and a small team of agents to tap into the secrets at ADM, the FBI discovered the company's scheme to steal millions of dollars from its own customers. But as the FBI and federal prosecutors closed in on ADM, using stakeouts, wiretaps, and secret recordings of illegal meetings around the world, they suddenly found that everything was not all that it appeared. At the same time Whitacre was cooperating with the Feds while playing the role of loyal company man, he had his own agenda he kept hidden from everyone around him—his wife, his lawyer, even the FBI agents who had come to trust him with the case they had put their careers on the line for. Whitacre became sucked into his own world of James Bond antics, imperiling the criminal case and creating a web of deceit that left the FBI and prosecutors uncertain where the lies stopped and the truth began. In this gripping account unfolds one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America. Meticulously researched and richly told by New York Times senior writer Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant re-creates the drama of the story, beginning with the secret recordings, stakeouts, and interviews with suspects and witnesses to the power struggles within ADM and its board—including the high-profile chairman Dwayne Andreas, F. Ross Johnson, and Brian Mulroney—to the big-gun Washington lawyers hired by ADM and on up through the ranks of the Justice Department to FBI Director Louis Freeh and Attorney General Janet Reno. A page-turning real-life thriller that features deadpan FBI agents, crooked executives, idealistic lawyers, and shady witnesses with an addiction to intrigue, The Informant tells an important and compelling story of power and betrayal in America 3) Fever 1793 - $5.12 Product Details       Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (March 1, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0689848919 ISBN-13: 978-0689848919 Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease. 4) The Explorers: A Story of Fearless Outcasts, Blundering Geniuses, and Impossible Success -$19.71 Product Details       Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 3, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 145167757X ISBN-13: 978-1451677577 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches Unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of one of history’s greatest adventures—and a study of the seven character traits all great explorers share. In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown: the location of the Nile River’s source. They traveled deep into a forbidding and uncharted African wilderness together before arriving at two different solutions to the mystery and parting ways as sworn enemies. The feud became an international sensation upon their return to England, and a public debate was scheduled to decide whose theory was correct. What followed was a massive spectacle with an outcome no one could have ever foreseen. In The Explorers, New York Times bestselling author Martin Dugard tells the rich saga of the Burton and Speke expedition. To better understand their motivations and ultimate success, Dugard guides readers through the seven vital traits that Burton and Speke, as well as history’s most legendary explorers, called upon to see their impossible journeys through to the end: curiosity, hope, passion, courage, independence, self-discipline, and perseverance. In doing so, Dugard demonstrates that we are all explorers and that these traits have a most practical application in everyday life. Within some of us beats the heart of a mountain climber; within others, that of a budding entrepreneur. Just like the explorers, life will present us with great unknowns: the diagnosis of cancer, the call to help a troubled friend, the need to move forward after great tragedy. As professionals we will attempt to chart paths that have never been mapped. And however modest our lives may appear on the outside, there will be times requiring the same deep moral decisions and complex tactical judgments explorers faced in strange lands, thousands of miles from home. The Explorers is a book about courage and survival. It is also a book about stepping into the darkness with confidence and grace, aware on some profound level—as were Burton and Speke—that the Promised Land we are searching for is not some lost corner of the world, but a place within ourselves. 5) Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis - $8.05 Product Details       Paperback: 201 pages Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (November 11, 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0385730918 ISBN-13: 978-0385730914 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship sank in 14 minutes. More than 1,000 men were thrown into sharkinfested waters. Those who survived the fiery sinking—some injured, many without life jackets—struggled to stay afloat in shark-infested waters as they waited for rescue. But the United States Navy did not even know they were missing. The Navy needed a scapegoat for this disaster. So it court-martialed the captain for “hazarding” his ship. The survivors of the Indianapolis knew that their captain was not to blame. For 50 years they worked to clear his name, even after his untimely death. But the navy would not budge—until an 11-year-old boy named Hunter Scott entered the picture. His history fair project on theIndianapolis soon became a crusade to restore the captain’s good name and the honor of the men who served under him. 6) Three Little Words: A Memoir - $8.99 Product Details       Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1416948074 ISBN-13: 978-1416948070 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches An inspiring true story of the tumultuous nine years Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent in the foster care system, and how she triumphed over painful memories and real-life horrors to ultimately find her own voice. "Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative, humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family. In this inspiring, unforgettable memoir, Ashley finds the courage to succeed - and in doing so, discovers the power of her own voice. 7) Within Reach: My Everest Story (Nonfiction) - $7.19 Product Details       Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Puffin; Reprint edition (January 1, 2000) Language: English ISBN-10: 0141304979 ISBN-13: 978-0141304977 Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches In May 1996 the media scrambled to document the gripping story of sixteen-year-old Mark Pfetzer's expedition to Mount Everest. Not only was he the youngest climber ever to attempt the summit, he also witnessed the tragedy documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, in which eight climbers perished in a sudden storm. Within Reach is Mark's extraordinary account of this experience and of his triumphs over several other challenging peaks. At once triumphant and tragic, this story will be an inspiration to climbers, athletes, and armchair enthusiasts alike. 8) Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction - $14.15 Product Details       Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press; 2nd printing edition (August 29, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306815176 ISBN-13: 978-0306815171 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff still wielded all the power, controlling everything and everybody. Somehow the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement managed to bypass McIntosh entirely. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man, Thurnell Alston, to challenge the sheriff and his courthouse gang-and to change the way of life in this community forever. "An inspiring and absorbing account of the struggle for human dignity and racial equality" (Coretta Scott King) 9) Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story - $16.02 Product Details       Paperback: 784 pages Publisher: Broadway Books; Reprint edition (December 27, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0767911792 ISBN-13: 978-0767911795 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever . . . 10) Lost on a Mountain in Maine - $5.39 Product Details       Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (December 23, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 068811573X ISBN-13: 978-0688115739 Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout troop for only a minute, but in the foggy mountains of Maine, a minute is all it takes. After hours of trying to find his way back, a nervous and tired Donn falls down an embankment, making it impossible for him to be found. One sleepless night goes by, followed by a second . . . and before Donn knows it, almost two weeks have passed, leaving him starving, scared, and delirious. With rainstorms, black bears, and his fear of being lost forever, Donn's journey is a physically, mentally, and emotionally charged story told from the point of view of the boy who lived it. This title supports the Common Core State Standards. MYSTERIES 1) Murder in the South of France: A Maggie Newberry Mystery, Vol. 1 - $12.09 Product Details       Paperback: 326 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 17, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1477419497 ISBN-13: 978-1477419496 Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 5.4 x 8.4 inches The first book of the popular Maggie Newberry Provençal mystery series. See how it all began: how Maggie and Laurent met and how they ended up in France in the first place, and why it is they work so well together to unravel murder mysteries in any language. This manuscript won 3rd prize in the National Writer’s Competition in 2001. 2) The Last Call: A Bill Travis Mystery - $14.40 Product Details       Paperback: 234 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 29, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1467917109 ISBN-13: 978-1467917100 Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.9 x 8.9 inches Bill Travis believes that he may not live the most exciting of lives, yet when Julie Simmons steals two million dollars from North Texas quarter horse racer and illegal liquor baron Archie Carpin, the last of a dynasty of criminals from the 1920's, thus ensues a chase across the Lone Star State to recover the money. Carpin's cohorts may seem simpleminded, yet their penchant for sniper rifles and high-explosives makes for a reckless and deadly quarry. Yet, through all this action the compelling tale of another mystery--the 80year unclosed missing-persons file of a U.S. Marshall--begins to unravel. 3) Best Kept Secrets - $ 7.20 Product Details       Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 25, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1455550744 ISBN-13: 978-1455550746 Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.4 inches Alexandra Gaither is a savvy, beautiful attorney who finally has the power to get what she has always wanted -- justice. Twenty-five years before, her mother died a scandalous death. Now as she investigates her mother's former lover, his best friend, and the father figure to them both, she will risk everything to uncover their best kept secrets. 4) Back on Murder (A Roland March Mystery) - $6.98 Product Details        Series: A Roland March Mystery Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Bethany House Publishers; 1 edition (July 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0764206370 ISBN-13: 978-0764206375 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1 inches Det. Roland March is a homicide cop on his way out. But when he's the only one at a crime scene to find evidence of a missing female victim, he's given one last chance to prove himself. Before he can crack the case, he's transferred to a new one that has grabbed the spotlight the disappearance of a famous Houston evangelist's teen daughter. With the help of a youth pastor with a guilty conscience who navigates the world of church and faith, March is determined to find the missing girls while proving he's still one of Houston's best detectives. 5) The Racketeer: A Novel - $6.02 Product Details       Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Dell; Later Printing edition (August 27, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0345530578 ISBN-13: 978-0345530578 Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches “The Racketeer is guilty of only one thing: keeping us engaged until the very last page.”— USA Today #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the history of the United States, only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fawcett has just become number five. His body is found in his remote lakeside cabin. There is no sign of forced entry or struggle. Just two dead bodies: Judge Fawcett and his young secretary. And one large, state-of-the-art, extremely secure safe, opened and emptied. One man, a former attorney, knows who killed Judge Fawcett, and why. But that man, Malcolm Bannister, is currently residing in the Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland. Though serving time, Malcolm has an ace up his sleeve. He has information the FBI would love to know. Malcolm would love to tell them. But everything has a price—and the man known as the Racketeer wasn’t born yesterday. Praise for The Racketeer “Exhilarating . . . surprising . . . ingenious.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “A satisfying, deeply engrossing thriller in which different forms of justice are ultimately served.”—The Washington Post “Fast-paced . . . with enough startling plot twists—and changes of scenery, from Miami to Montego Bay and beyond—to surprise even the most suspicious reader.”— The Wall Street Journal “Tautly plotted.”—Entertainment Weekly 6) Innocent in Las Vegas: A Humorous Tiffany Black Mystery (Tiffany Black Mysteries) (Volume 1) - $13.40 Product Details  Series: Tiffany Black Mysteries       Paperback: 216 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 14, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1492718475 ISBN-13: 978-1492718475 Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches  A Laugh-Out-Loud Cupcakes and Crime Caper  "I tell myself every day that I don't hate my job... But there's a reason I'm trying to leave the madness of the casino pit to become a Private Investigator." Cupcake-loving croupier Tiffany Black is determined to leave her job at the casino for good. She's one small step away from acquiring her Private Investigator license, and has her eye on the prize. Accepting her first real case - investigating the murder of casino-mogul Ethan Becker - should be exciting. Instead, things spiral out of control and Tiffany finds herself in over her head, as she confronts secretive suspects, corrupt casino henchmen and her mysterious, ex-Special Forces bodyguard. Tiffany's poker-hustling Nanna and pushy parents want her to find a nice man and settle down, but Tiffany just wants to track down the real murderer before he finds her first... 7) W is for Wasted (Kinsey Millhone Mystery) - $16.34 Product Details        Series: Kinsey Millhone Mystery (Book 23) Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: A Marian Wood Book/Putnam; First Edition edition (September 10, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0399158987 ISBN-13: 978-0399158988 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.7 inches Of the #1 New York Times–bestselling Kinsey Millhone series, NPR said, “Makes me wish there were more than 26 letters.” Two dead men changed the course of my life that fall. One of them I knew and the other I’d never laid eyes on until I saw him in the morgue. The first was a local PI of suspect reputation. He’d been gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. It looked like a robbery gone bad. The other was on the beach six weeks later. He’d been sleeping rough. Probably homeless. No identification. A slip of paper with Millhone’s name and number was in his pants pocket. The coroner asked her to come to the morgue to see if she could ID him. Two seemingly unrelated deaths, one a murder, the other apparently of natural causes. But as Kinsey digs deeper into the mystery of the John Doe, some very strange linkages begin to emerge. And before long at least one aspect is solved as Kinsey literally finds the key to his identity. “And just like that,” she says, “the lid to Pandora’s box flew open. It would take me another day before I understood how many imps had been freed, but for the moment, I was inordinately pleased with myself.” In this multilayered tale, the surfaces seem clear, but the underpinnings are full of betrayals, misunderstandings, and outright murderous fraud. And Kinsey, through no fault of her own, is thoroughly compromised. W is for . . . wanderer . . . worthless . . . wronged . . . W is for wasted. 8) Sweet Tea Revenge (A Tea Shop Mystery) - $7.19 Product Details    Series: A Tea Shop Mystery (Book 14) Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Berkley (March 4, 2014)     Language: English ISBN-10: 0425252523 ISBN-13: 978-0425252529 Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches In the latest novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Agony of the Leaves, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning may always be a bridesmaid, never a bride, but this groom is never going to make it to the altar… Theodosia Browning’s dear friend Delaine Dish has asked her to be a bridesmaid for her wedding. But when the big day arrives, everything seems to be going wrong. First, a massive storm is brewing over Charleston. A bad omen? Second, Delaine’s sister is late for the ceremony. And finally, the groom not only has cold feet—his whole body is cold. A murderer has crashed the wedding. As Theodosia comforts a devastated Delaine, she needs to sort out the suspects on the groom’s side from the suspects on the bride’s side. One thing soon becomes apparent— revenge won’t be the only dish served cold at this wedding. And if Theodosia doesn’t watch her step, a cold-blooded killer may have a rude reception in store for her… 9) Killer Cupcakes: A Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mystery (Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mysteries) - $7.19 Product Details        Series: Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mysteries Paperback: 146 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (May 7, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1484847148 ISBN-13: 978-1484847145 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches Things are going great for Lexy Baker. She's finally opened her dream bakery, gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend and settled into her grandmothers house with her perky dog Sprinkles at her side. But her blissful life doesn't last long. When her ex boyfriend is found poisoned with cupcakes from her bakery, Lexy finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation headed up by her hunky neighbor detective Jack Perillo. With the help of a gang of iPad toting, would-be detective grandmothers, Lexy decides to take it upon herself to find the real murderer in order to clear her name and get her bakery back in business. As things heat up on the murder trail, in the kitchen and between Lexy and the hunky detective, it's a race against time to put the real murderer behind bars and get back to baking. Will Lexy get her man? 10) The Tenth Witness (Henri Poincare Mystery) - $21.83 Product Details        Series: Henri Poincare Mystery Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Permanent Press (August 16, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1579623190 ISBN-13: 978-1579623197 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches Boston Globe Best Crime Fiction, 2013 On the night of October 9, 1799, the frigate HMS Lutine breaks apart on the shoals of the Frisian Islands off the Dutch coast. When the insurer Lloyds of London pays on the wreck, it takes ownership and plans expeditions to recoup the lost millions in gold and silver. Nearly two hundres years later, after a series of largely failed salvage operations, Lloyds tries again - this time on the strength of new technologies and a strategy devised by the gifted young engineer Henri Poincare. It is late spring, 1978. Poincare has worked to near-exhaustion preparing for the Lutine dive. Before the salvage season begins, he takes a rare holiday: a hike at low tide across the vast, muddy flats of the Wadden Sea. His guide is Liesel Kraus - smart, able, appealing...and troubled. She and her brother Anselm, directors of Kraus Steel, are haunted by a violent history that generates both rage and an enormous, corrupting wealth. The closer Poincare draws to Liesel and Anselm, the more warped life becomes until love and a death threat compel him to investigate what no one else - aside from Interpol - will. Pain as well as treasure, he discovers, can be dredged up from the past to reshape the present. The Tenth Witness, a prequel to the award-winning All Cry Chaos, is the tale of a man upended: a twenty-eight year old who rejects a brilliant career in engineering for an uncertain, darker one: international police work. BIOGRAPHIES 1) Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story - $4.48 Product Details       Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Zondervan; 1 edition (November 26, 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 0310214696 ISBN-13: 978-0310214694 Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.5 inches Ben Carson, M.D., works medical miracles. Today, he's one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons in the world. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33. Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible as he takes you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives. Filled with fascinating case histories, this is the dramatic and intimate story of Ben Carson's struggle to beat the odds -- and of the faith and genius that make him one of the greatest life-givers of the century. 2) Steve Jobs - $19.65 Product Details       Hardcover: 656 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (October 24, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1451648537 ISBN-13: 978-1451648539 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing offlimits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values. 3) Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela - $10.80 Product Details        Paperback: 656 pages Publisher: Back Bay Books; 1st Paperback Ed edition (October 1, 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780316548182 ISBN-13: 978-0316548182 ASIN: 0316548189 Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.8 inches The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. 4) Love, Lucy (Berkley Boulevard Celebrity Autobiography) $7.19 Product Details        Series: Berkley Boulevard Celebrity Autobiography Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Berkley (October 1, 1997) Language: English ISBN-10: 0425177319 ISBN-13: 978-0425177310 Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches The one and only New York Times bestselling autobiography by Lucille Ball... "Filled with light and laughter." —New York Times Book Review "Lucy fans will find this book fascinating." —Detroit News "A winner." —New York Newsday "Intensely moving." —San Francisco Chronicle 5) Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings - $14.98 Product Details       Hardcover: 280 pages Publisher: Weinstein Books; domestic edition (May 6, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1602862567 ISBN-13: 978-1602862562 Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world. Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken. In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year. 6) Autobiography, An - $16.51 Product Details     Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (September 11, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062204572   ISBN-13: 978-0062204578 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches Back in print in an all-new edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the “Queen of Mystery.” Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Curran’s fascinating biographiesAgatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making will be spellbound by the compelling, authoritative account of one of the world’s most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style. The New York Times Book Review calls Christie’s autobiography a “joyful adventure,” saying, “she brings the sense of wonder...to her extraordinary career.” 7) An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt - $15.29 Product Details       Paperback: 380 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 23, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 146105656X ISBN-13: 978-1461056560 Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.8 inches This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. 8) Seriously...I'm Kidding - $14.99 Product Details       Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (September 25, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0446585041 ISBN-13: 978-0446585040 Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words I've put together for you in this book. I think you'll find I've left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no ivories untickled. What I'm saying is, let us begin, shall we? 9) Clapton: The Autobiography - $12.77 Product Details       Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 8th printing edition (May 27, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 076792536X ISBN-13: 978-0767925365 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1 inches “I found a pattern in my behavior that had been repeating itself for years, decades even. Bad choices were my specialty, and if something honest and decent came along, I would shun it or run the other way.” With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography. More than a rock star, he is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys. Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister. In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl “Clapton is God” on the walls of London’s Underground. With the formation of Cream, the world's first supergroup, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years. His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short-lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic “Layla.” During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison. It was while working with the latter that he fell for George’s wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self-imposed seclusion, and drug addiction. By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard, with its massive hit “I Shot the Sheriff.” He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand, which included “Wonderful Tonight,” the touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1979. A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage. In the eighties he would battle and begin his recovery from alcoholism and become a father. But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow: His beloved four-year-old son, Conor, died in a freak accident. At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction. But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful “Tears in Heaven.” Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons. It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time. 10) Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth - $9.36 Product Details       Paperback: 422 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 23, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1481076043 ISBN-13: 978-1481076043 Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth is a work by Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic. TECHNICAL BOOKS 1) Handbook of Technical Writing, Tenth Edition – $30.33 Product Details  Series: Handbook of Technical Writing  Hardcover: 624 pages  Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Tenth Edition, Revised Edition edition (November 22, 2011)  Language: English  ISBN-10: 1250004411  ISBN-13: 978-1250004413  Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches About the Author Gerald J. Alred is professor of English at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where he teaches courses in professional writing and directs the Graduate Certificate Program in International Technical Communication. He received the 2004 Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching Technical Communication from the Society for Technical Communication. He is also the author of the annotated bibliography "Essential Works on Technical Communication," which appeared in the 50th anniversary issue of Technical Communication. Charles T. Brusaw is a business-writing consultant for corporations worldwide. He worked for twenty years as a technical writer for the NCR Corporation and has also worked in advertising, public relations, and curriculum development. Walter E. Oliu until recently served as Chief of the Publishing Services Branch at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He is a communications consultant in the Washington, D.C., area and has taught at Miami University of Ohio, Slippery Rock State University, and Montgomery College. All three are co-authors of The Business Writer's Handbook, Eighth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006); The Business Writer's Companion, Fourth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005); Writing ThatWorks, Eighth Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004); and The Technical Writer's Companion, Third Edition (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002). Now in its tenth edition, this classic book remains the complete technicalwriting reference for students and professionals alike. Alphabetically organized and easy-to-use, its nearly 400 entries provide guidance for writing all the most common types of professional documents and correspondence, including reports, proposals, manuals, memos, and white papers. Abundant real-world sample documents and visuals throughout the book demonstrate effective technical communication, reflecting current practices for formatting documents and using email. In addition, advice for organizing, researching, writing, and revising complements thorough treatment of grammar, usage, style, and punctuation to provide comprehensive help with writing skills. This edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated advice for analyzing the context of different writing situations, using and integrating visuals, and dealing with ethical concerns in technical writing. Expanded coverage of the latest types of writing for the Web discusses FAQs and blogs as forms of collaborative writing and business promotion. New Digital Tips focus on using technology to assist with writing tasks, such as using wikis for collaborative documents. Entries throughout the book have been revised, updated, consolidated, and streamlined to provide the most accurate and accessible information. Comprehensive yet concise, the Handbook of Technical Writing remains the quick reference faithful users have come to appreciate. 2) Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications (New York Institute of Finance) - $64.82 Product Details        Series: New York Institute of Finance Hardcover: 576 pages Publisher: New York Institute of Finance; SUB UPD EX edition (January 1, 1999) Language: English ISBN-10: 0735200661 ISBN-13: 978-0735200661 Product Dimensions: 1.7 x 8 x 9.8 inches John J. Murphy has now updated his landmark bestseller Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, to include all of the financial markets. "If one could read only one book on technical analysis, this should be the one." --KnightRidder Financial Products and News (on the first edition, Technical Analysis of the Futures Markets, 0-13-898008-X) This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotation, plus state-of-the-art examples and figures. From how to read charts to understanding indicators and the crucial role technical analysis plays in investing, readers gain a thorough and accessible overview of the field of technical analysis, with a special emphasis on futures markets. Revised and expanded for the demands of today's financial world, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracking and analyzing market behavior. "One way to get started in technical analysis is to read a good book on the subject. One of my favorites is Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy. It's an easy read." Ralph J. Acampora, CMT, Managing Director, Prudential Securities Inc. 3) Technical Studies for the Cornet (English, German and French Edition) - $11.32 Product Details       Paperback: 53 pages Publisher: Carl Fischer Music Publisher (June 1, 1970) Language: English, German, French ISBN-10: 0825801583 ISBN-13: 978-0825801587 Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches This work has been especially written to enable the cornet student to conquer any technical difficulties he or she might encounter in the literature for the instrument. By carefully following the instructions in this book, the student will build up strength and endurance without strain or injury to his embouchure. If this lips remain flexible and the tone is not forced, it will be possible to play easily any note, regardless of the register. 4) Pocket Book of Technical Writing for Engineers & Scientists (McGraw-Hill's Best: Basic Engineering Series and Tools) $39.75 Product Details  Series: McGraw-Hill's Best: Basic Engineering Series and Tools  Paperback: 384 pages  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 3 edition (January 4, 2007)  Language: English  ISBN-10: 0073191590  ISBN-13: 978-0073191591  Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches The focus of this text is to teach engineering students the skill of technical writing. The book is unique in that it gets to the point, uses practical outlines throughout, and shows students how to produce the most common technical documents step-by-step, in a manner that is fun and interesting to students. Each chapter has an end-of-chapter critique which allows students to implement what they have learned in the chapter. With ABET increasing the emphasis on technical writing, this affordable, straightforward, easy-to-understand text with flexible coverage, would be a perfect fit for your technical writing course. 5) Technical Analysis For Dummies - $19.68 Product Details       Paperback: 360 pages Publisher: For Dummies; 3 edition (February 24, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 1118779614 ISBN-13: 978-1118779613 Product Dimensions: 1 x 7 x 9 inches A simple, straightforward guide to the fundamentals of technical analysis Technical analysis is a collection of techniques designed to help you make trading decisions in securities markets. Technical Analysis For Dummies helps you take a hard-headed look at what securities prices are actually doing rather than what economists or analysts say they should be doing, giving you the know-how to use that data to decide whether to buy or sell individual securities. Since the publication of the first edition, readers have been faced with many changes, such as new interest rates, looming bank crises, and adjusting market climates. This new edition provides an updated look at unique formulas and key indicators, as well as refreshed and practical examples that reflect today today's financial atmosphere.  Determine how markets are performing and make decisions using real data  Spot investment trends and turning points  Improve your profits and your portfolio performance With straightforward coverage of concepts and execution, Technical Analysis For Dummies shows you how to make better trading decisions in no time. 6) 200 Beading Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets: An Indispensable Compendium of Technical Know-How and Troubleshooting Tips (200 Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets)- $13.33 Product Details        Series: 200 Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Original edition (October 13, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312587473 ISBN-13: 978-0312587475 Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches Just like having an expert on call 24 hours a day--here are the answers to any beading questions or dilemmas you might have. Whether stringing, wiring, or beadweaving, step-by-step photographs, diagrams, and clear instructions will guide you through each stage of your work. The techniques are organized in the order you need them when making a project, from using the right tools and materials to finishing tips for neat, professional results--or you can dip in for help with a particular problem. Learn about creative knotwork, quick and easy stringing, and how to work with wire. Mix vintage and modern beads, incorporate charms and findings in your work, and rescale and design your own patterns. Whether you're using large glass beads, crystal, or seed beads, using wirework techniques or stitches, making jewelry as gifts or to sell, 200 beading Tips, Techniques & Trade Secrets has all the answers. 7) The Complete Book of Technical Design for Fashion and Technical Designers - $77.90 Product Details  Paperback: 288 pages  Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (May 4, 2013)  Language: English  ISBN-10: 0132560321  ISBN-13: 978-0132560320  Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches The Complete Book of Technical Design for Technical and Fashion Designers, 1/e is a complete learning resource for fashion technical designers, pattern makers, designers, and those in production. The first of its kind in the market, the text focuses on how technical design is practiced in the international fashion industry. Author Deborah Beard presents clear instruction with corresponding easy-to-follow technical illustrations, photos, technical packets, and grade forms. 8) Technical Mathematics with Calculus - $27.97 Product Details  Hardcover: 1152 pages  Publisher: Wiley; 6 edition (April 12, 2011)  Language: English  ISBN-10: 0470464720  ISBN-13: 978-0470464724  Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches This textbook has been in constant use since 1980, and this edition represents the first major revision of this text since the second edition. It was time to select, make hard choices of material, polish, refine, and fill in where needed. Much has been rewritten to be even cleaner and clearer, new features have been introduced, and some peripheral topics have been removed. The authors continue to provide real-world, technical applications that promote intuitive? reader learning. Numerous fully worked examples and boxed and numbered formulas give students the essential practice they need to learn mathematics. Computer projects are given when appropriate, including BASIC, spreadsheets, computer algebra systems, and computerassisted drafting. The graphing calculator has been fully integrated and calculator screens are given to introduce computations. Everything the technical student may need is included, with the emphasis always on clarity and practical applications. 9) A Dozen a Day Preparatory Book, Technical Exercises for Piano - $4.49 Product Details       Sheet music: 32 pages Publisher: Willis Music (January 1, 1957) Language: English ISBN-10: 0877180245 ISBN-13: 978-0877180241 Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 12 inches (Willis). The Dozen a Day books are universally recognized as one of the most remarkable technique series on the market for all ages! Each book in this series contains short warm-up exercises to be played at the beginning of each practice session, providing excellent day-today training for the student. 10) Strategic Stock Trading: Master Personal Finance Using Wall street window Stock Investing Strategies With Stock Market Technical Analysis - $12.99 Product Details       Paperback: 136 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 8, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1453666710 ISBN-13: 978-1453666715 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches MASTER STRATEGIC STOCK TRADING Many say few know more about stock trading than Michael Swanson, who ran a top ranked hedge fund for four years and has built up a huge audience of readers on his website WallStreetWindow.com thanks to the accuracy of his market calls and investment acumen, including making over 50% in 2008 in one of the worst years for the stock market ever. His book Strategic Stock Trading demystifies the stock market by explaining what truly makes the stock market and individual stocks move the way they do and shows you how you can take advantage of it. This book is designed to be a fast read that you can finish in one sitting. After you buy this book and read it among the things you will learn are: THE MOST PROFITABLE STOCK PATTERN YOU CAN BUY - The best traders and investors are one trick ponies who develop a method or trading strategy that they use over and over again to profit in the market. Instead of flooding you with hundreds of different technical analysis indicators Swanson cuts to the chase and hands you the most profitable stock pattern that he has used again and again over the years. HOW TO BUY TOMORROW'S BIG WINNERS TODAY - Imagine what would it be like to be able to find the next Apple or the next world changing stock market sector? Learn how to break the stock market down in investment sub sectors and be able to identify when one of them is positioning itself to begin a new bull market of its own and become the next big thing everyone is talking about a year from now. UNDERSTAND INVESTMENT CROWD PSYCHOLOGY - Individual investors play in the stock market and tend to buy high and sell low while hedge funds and professional investors are now dominating the exchanges with computer programs and short-term trading. As an individual investor Swanson shares his knowledge of what really moves professional investors to help you understand how to navigate today's stock market and play like a shark and not swim like a minnow. PROFIT DURING BEAR MARKETS THROUGH SHORT SELLING - Swanson made money in the 2008 stock market crash by recognizing it was coming ahead of time and then betting against the stock market. After you read this book you will know what type of storm clouds come before big bear markets and how to short sell stocks the right way if you want to try to profit from them. BUY A STOCK USING THE TWO-FOLD FORMULA - Price patterns and technical analysis are key in stock trading entry and exit points, but fundamental analysis using valuation metrics are key to evaluating he true investment potential in a stock. These simple valuation metrics will enable you to do this at a quick glance. THIS IS THE BOOK MANY CONSIDER TO BE IDEAL FOR BOTH NEWBIES AND EXPERTS - To quickly tell you why many people consider this to be an important book there are many stock market and stock trading investment books that describe different aspects of technical and fundamental analysis. This one puts them together and shows you have to really use them in a strategic way backed by real life experiences and examples. It also discusses the psychology of investors in the market and how hedge funds and institutional investors now influence the stock market more than ever before and what you must do in this type of market to succeed. It is a practical and refreshingly compact guide. CHILDRENS BOOKS 1) Little Blue Truck Board Book - $3.97 . Product Details         Age Range: 3 and up Series: Little Blue Truck Board book: 30 pages Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition (October 19, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0547248288 ISBN-13: 978-0547248288 Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road. Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others 2) Mr. Wuffles! (Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s)) - $11.76 Product Details          Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Series: Caldecott Medal - Honors Winning Title(s) Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Clarion Books; First Edition edition (October 1, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0618756612 ISBN-13: 978-0618756612 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 11.3 x 0.4 inches near wordless masterpiece that could only have been devised by David Wiesner, a cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn't care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens—but the ship wasn't designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sickness and damaged equipment, the aliens are in deep trouble. When the space visitors dodge the cat and take shelter behind the radiator to repair the damage, they make a host of insect friends. The result? A humorous exploration of cooperation between aliens and insects, and of the universal nature of communication involving symbols, “cave” paintings, and gestures of friendship. 3) Journey - $9.56 Product Details         Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Candlewick; First Edition edition (August 6, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0763660531 ISBN-13: 978-0763660536 Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 10.9 x 0.5 inches A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book about self-determination — and unexpected friendship. A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lead her home and to her heart’s desire? With supple line, luminous color, and nimble flights of fancy, author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey toward her greatest and most exciting adventure of all. 4) The Secret Under the Staircase (Under the Staircase - An Economic Adventure Series for Kids) (Volume 1) – Product Details        Series: Under the Staircase - An Economic Adventure Series for Kids Paperback: 132 pages Publisher: Under the Staircase An Economic Adventure Series for Kids; 1 edition (December 24, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0991318706 ISBN-13: 978-0991318704 Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches “So, you’re the ones…” A mysterious package appears just as Maya and Nate start helping in their grandparents’ store. Inside is just one book: a faded copy of Free to Choose. In a race against time, they must decipher a series of cryptic messages to discover the secret under the staircase. But can a bunch of kids really solve the centuries-old riddle? Can they save their beloved town before it’s too late? Under the Staircase™ Books A mystery and adventure series that teaches treasured values: personal responsibility, individual liberty, and economic freedom. Psst! Parents & Teachers: The first book in the series introduces a variety of Milton Friedman’s concepts—the Power of the Market, the Tyranny of Controls, What’s Wrong with Our Schools?, and other topics—using examples from kids’ day-to-day lives in school, with friends, and in familiar situations. Explore Under the Staircase at underthestaircase.com. 5) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore $9.94 Product Details          Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Lexile Measure: 650L (What's this?) Hardcover: 56 pages Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition/First Printing edition (June 19, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1442457023 ISBN-13: 978-1442457027 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 11.9 x 0.5 inches The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Timesbestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce. Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power of story will save the day. Stunningly brought to life by William Joyce, one of the preeminent creators in children’s literature,The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a modern masterpiece, showing that in today’s world of traditional books, eBooks, and apps, it’s story that we truly celebrate—and this story, no matterhow you tell it, begs to be read again and again. 6) First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards)) - $12.16 Product Details         Age Range: 2 - 6 years Grade Level: Preschool - 1 Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Roaring Brook Press; First Edition edition (September 4, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596432721 ISBN-13: 978-1596432727 Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches WHICH CAME FIRST? The chicken or the egg? Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. The acclaimed author of Black? White! Day? Night! and Lemons Are Not Red gives an entirely fresh and memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity. Seed becomes flower, paint becomes picture, word becomes story--and the commonplace becomes extraordinary as children look through and turn the pages of this novel and winning book. First the Egg is a 2008 Caldecott Honor Book and a 2007 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year. 7) Dream Animals: A Bedtime Journey - $11.55 Product Details        Age Range: 2 - 5 years Hardcover: 32 pages Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (October 22, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0449810801 ISBN-13: 978-0449810804 Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.8 x 0.4 inches Ideal for bed time reading, this book will appeal to parents and children who love Grandfather Twilightand On the Night That You Were Born. Author, illustrator, and creator of The Black Apple Etsy shop, Emily Martin convinces children to close their eyes and discover who their dream animal might be—and what dream it might take them to. With a perfect nighttime rhyme and gorgeous illustrations, this book is irresistible. 8) UnEnchanted: An Unfortunate Fairy Tale - $10.79 Product Details        Series: An Unfortunate Fairy Tale Paperback: 230 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 18, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 1475070306 ISBN-13: 978-1475070309 Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches Mina Grime is unlucky, unpopular and uncoordinated; that is until she saves her crush's life on a field trip, changing her High School status from loser to hero overnight. But with her new found fame brings misfortune in the form of an old family curse come to light. For Mina is a descendant from the Brothers Grimm and has inherited all of their unfinished fairy tale business which includes trying to outwit a powerful Story from making her its' next fairy-tale victim. To break the fairy tale curse on her family and make these deadly occurrences stop, Mina must finish the tales until the very Grimm end. 9) The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) – $8.66 Product Details           Age Range: 10 - 14 years Grade Level: 5 - 9 Series: Heroes of Olympus (Book 1) Paperback: 592 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition (April 3, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 9781423113461 ISBN-13: 978-1423113461 ASIN: 1423113462 Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids." What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea-except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he's in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn't recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on? Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What's troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper's gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all-including Leorelated to a god. Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Fans of demigods, prophesies, and quests will be left breathless--and panting for Book Two. 10) The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, Book 2) - $8.06 Product Details         Age Range: 10 - 14 years Grade Level: 5 - 9 Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition (July 2, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 1423141997 ISBN-13: 978-1423141990 Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches Percy is confused. When he awoke after his long sleep, he didn't know much more than his name. His brain-fuzz is lingering, even after the wolf Lupa told him he is a demigod and trained him to fight. Somehow Percy managed to make it to the camp for half-bloods, despite the fact that he had to continually kill monsters that, annoyingly, would not stay dead. But the camp doesn't ring any bells with him. Hazel is supposed to be dead. When she lived before, she didn't do a very good job of it. When the Voice took over her mother and commanded Hazel to use her "gift" for an evil purpose, Hazel couldn't say no. Now, because of her mistake, the future of the world is at risk. Frank is a klutz. His grandmother claims he is descended from ancient heroes, but he doesn't even know who his father is. He keeps hoping Apollo will claim him, because the only thing he is good at is archery. His big and bulky physique makes him feel like a clumsy ox, especially in front of Hazel, his closest friend at camp. He trusts her completely-enough, even, to share the secret he holds close to his heart. Beginning at the "other" camp for half-bloods and extending as far north as the land beyond the gods, this breathtaking second installment in the Heroes of Olympus series introduces new demigods, revives fearsome monsters, and features other remarkable creatures, all of whom are destined to play a part in the most important quest of all: the Prophecy of Seven.

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