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Series: Jolly Pocket PostmanHardcoverAllan Ahlberg9780670886265$26.95JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5Oct 31, 2006
Once more the Jolly Postman rides - and flies - and shrinks! This brilliant book is the third adventure for the Jolly Postman, originally published in 1995 and now back in print! The Jolly Postman's morning is set off course when he suffers a bump to the head before he shrinks to the size of a postage stamp . . . and it just gets curiouser and curiouser! Featuring a whole host of familiar characters, pull-out letters and a magnifying glass, The Jolly Pocket Postman is the third in this bestselling and award-winning series by Janet and Allan A... + Read More
Series: The Silent ArmySeven Forges Book IVPaperbackJames A Moore9780857665751$10.99FICTION May 03, 2016
The City of Wonders has been saved by nearly miraculous forces and the Silent Army is risen, ready to defend the Fellein Empire and Empress Nachia at any cost. The power that was hidden in the Mounds is on the move, seeking a final confrontation with the very entities that kept it locked away since the Cataclysm. Andover Lashk has finally come to accept his destiny and prepares to journey back to Fellein. The Sa’ba Taalor continue their domination over each country and people they encounter, but the final conflict is coming: The Great Wave of t... + Read More
The Art of Mirror's Edge(TM): Catalyst gives a behind-the-scenes look into the creation and realization of the stunning futuristic universe of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst. Each page of this oversized hardcover is overflowing with never-before-seen art, commentary, and insight from the creators of the game! See the concepts behind Faith, her friends and enemies, and the city of Glass with this essential art book!THIS LIMITED EDITION SET INCLUDES: Collector's edition of The Art of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst with elegant in-game inspires cover design and... + Read More
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Series: Code of the MajatAssassin QueenBook III of the Majat CodePaperbackAnna Kashina9780857666062$10.99FICTION Jun 07, 2016
Defeated by the Majat forces, Nimos and the other Kaddim Brothers retreat to their secret fortress in the southern mountains. Nimos knows that the Majat’s victory is only temporary: during the flight, he managed to place a mark on Kara, one of the top-ranked Diamond Majat. His mind magic would now allow him to use this mark to confer her fighting skill to the Kaddim warriors and turn her loyalties to their side.The new Majat Guildmaster, Mai, is planning a march against the Kaddim. His key ally, Prince Kyth Dorn, is instrumental in these plans:... + Read More
'An indispensable book for these times' - Big Issue 'A lucid, helpful guide to the EU's structures and operating methods' - Financial Times For most of us today, 'Europe' refers to the European Union. At the centre of a seemingly never-ending crisis, the EU remains a black box, closed to public understanding. Is Europe ruled by Germany or by European bureaucrats? Does a single European economy exist after all these years of economic integration? And should the EU have been awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2012? Critics tell us the EU undermin... + Read More
All over the world, people are ’ghosting’ each other on social media. Dropping their friends, giving vent to their hatred, and everywhere behaving with incredible cruelty. Even Donna has found that her friend Hettie, with her seemingly perfect life and fancy house, has unfriended her. And now, all over the world, internet trolls are dying…As more and more people give in to this wave of bitterness and aggression, it’s clear this is no simple case of modern living. This is unkindness as a plague. From the streets of London to the web cafes of Sou... + Read More
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Series: Joe Pickett Novel, AIn Plain SightPaperbackC. J. Box9780399575730$13.50FICTION Jul 05, 2016
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett's hunt for a missing woman forces him to confront his own past in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances during a bitter struggle between her sons for control of her million-dollar empire. Joe Pickett is convinced one of them must have done her in. But when he becomes the victim of a series of wicked and increasingly violent pranks, Joe wonders if what's happening has less to do with Opal's disappearance ... + Read More
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Series: A Joe Pickett NovelTrophy HuntPaperbackC. J. Box9780399575716$13.50FICTION Jul 05, 2016
In this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series, the Wyoming game warden is up against a vicious killer who's more beast than man... Local authorities in Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming, are quick to label a rash of animal mutilations as the work of a grizzly bear, but game warden Joe Pickett suspects that something far more sinister is afoot. And when the bodies of two men are found disfigured in the same way, his worst feats are confirmed: A modern-day Jack the Ripper is on the loose—and the killings have just begun.
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Series: A Joe Pickett NovelSavage RunPaperbackC. J. Box9780399575693$13.50FICTION Jul 05, 2016
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett uncovers a conspiracy in this explosive novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When a massive blast rocks the forests of Twelve Sleep County, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is called to the scene to help investigate the death of a colorful environmental activist. The case is wrapped up quickly, explained as an environmental publicity stunt gone wrong, but Joe isn't convinced. He soon discovers clues that suggest a deadly conspiracy–one that will test his courage, his survival skills, and his determina... + Read More
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Series: Joe Pickett Novel, AWinterkillPaperbackC. J. Box9780399575709$13.50FICTION Jul 05, 2016
Joe Pickett’s pursuit of a killer through the rugged mountains of Wyoming takes a horrifying turn when his beloved foster daughter is kidnapped in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.It's an hour away from darkness, a bitter winter storm is raging, and Joe Pickett is deep in the forest edging Battle Mountain, shotgun in his left hand, his truck's detached steering wheel handcuffed to his right—and Lamar Gardiner's arrow-riddled corpse splayed against the tree in front of him. Lamar's murder and the sudden onslaught of the ... + Read More
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Series: Joe Pickett Novel, AOut of RangePaperbackC. J. Box9780399575723$13.50FICTION Jul 05, 2016
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is about to become the hunted in this suspenseful thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.When a good friend and fellow warden kills himself, Joe Pickett is chosen to temporarily run his Teton district. But Jackson, Wyoming, is a far cry from Joe's hometown of Saddlestring—and it doesn't help that now Joe feels compelled to investigate the circumstances surrounding his friend's suicide. But as he comes closer to the truth, the more his own life spirals out of control—and he realizes if he isn't care... + Read More
Real Estate Billionaire. Reality TV star. President?Donald Trump inherited a fortune from his father. But he wanted more.Shrewd and indefatigable, he never missed an opportunity to expand his holdings. He transformed himself into an international brand. He marketed his personality into a product. He built an empire. But that wasn’t enough. He wanted to be President, and he was willing to do and say whatever it took.Donald Trump, who never held political office, pulled off his ultimate acquisition: the hostile takeover of the Republican Party. E... + Read More
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Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 4The Tale of Beatrix PotterPaperbackSara Schonfeld9780241249376$5.50JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8Jul 19, 2016
Learn all about the creator of Peter Rabbit and celebrate Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday on July 28, 2016!Born to a wealthy family in Victorian London, Beatrix Potter never had many playmates. When she got lonely, she turned to the animals in her playroom: rabbits, mice, frogs, hedgehogs... even a snake! From an early age, she was a talented painter, and she published her art as a young woman. Her dream of becoming a children's book author, though, didn't come true until she was in her mid-thirties. After writing a letter about four little bun... + Read More
Until recently, Zika—once considered a mild disease—was hardly a cause for global panic. But as early as August 2015, doctors in northeast Brazil began to notice a trend: many mothers who had recently experienced symptoms of the Zika virus were giving birth to babies with microcephaly, a serious disorder characterized by unusually small heads and brain damage. By early 2016, Zika was making headlines as evidence mounted—and eventually confirmed—that microcephaly is caused by the virus, which can be contracted through mosquito bites or sexually ... + Read More
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Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 4The Tale of Beatrix PotterHardcoverSara Schonfeld9780241249543$19.99JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8Jul 19, 2016
Learn all about the creator of Peter Rabbit and celebrate Beatrix Potter's 150th birthday on July 28, 2016!Born to a wealthy family in Victorian London, Beatrix Potter never had many playmates. When she got lonely, she turned to the animals in her playroom: rabbits, mice, frogs, hedgehogs... even a snake! From an early age, she was a talented painter, and she published her art as a young woman. Her dream of becoming a children's book author, though, didn't come true until she was in her mid-thirties. After writing a letter about four little bun... + Read More
Series: To the SecretaryLeaked Embassy Cables and America's Foreign Policy DisconnectHardcoverMary Thompson-Jones9780393246582$35.95POLITICAL SCIENCE Jul 19, 2016
When the world awoke on November 28, 2010, and read the first of the 251,287 State Department cables made public by WikiLeaks, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini warned, “It will be the September 11th of world diplomacy.” The WikiLeaks scandal certainly stirred tempers around the world, but it was not the implosion that many leaders expected: rather, it shed a new spotlight on the work of the U.S. foreign service. In To the Secretary, Mary Thompson-Jones explores the most fascinating and overlooked of these cables to offer an unparalleled... + Read More
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Series: A Joe Pickett NovelFree FirePaperbackC. J. Box9780735211940$13.50FICTION Aug 02, 2016
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett hunts a mass murderer in Yellowstone in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box. Joe Pickett’s been hired to investigate one of the most cold-blooded mass killings in Wyoming history. Attorney Clay McCann admitted to slaughtering four campers in a back-country corner of Yellowstone National Park—a “free-fire” zone with no residents or jurisdiction. In this remote fifty-square-mile stretch a man can literally get away with murder. Now McCann’s a free man, and Pickett’s about to discover h... + Read More
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Series: Joe Pickett Novel, ABlood TrailPaperbackC. J. Box9780735211957$13.50FICTION Aug 02, 2016
It's elk season in the Rockies, but a different kind of hunter is stalking prey in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Joe Pickett series. Game wardens have found a man dead at a mountain camp—strung up, gutted, and flayed as if he were the elk he'd been hunting. Is the murder the work of a deranged anti-hunting activist or of a lone psychopath with a personal vendetta? Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is the man to track the murderer and stop him, before someone declares open season on humans...
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Series: Joe Pickett Novel, ANowhere to RunPaperbackC. J. Box9780735211971$13.50FICTION Aug 02, 2016
A mountain patrol leads Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett into a dangerous situation in this gripping novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box. It's Joe Pickett's last week as a temporary game warden in the mountain town of Baggs, Wyoming, but his conscience won't let him leave without checking out the strange reports coming from the wilderness: camps looted, tents slashed, elk butchered. What awaits him is like something out of an old campfire tale, except this story is all too real—and all too deadly.
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Series: KojikiPaperbackKeith Yatsuhashi9780857666154$10.99FICTION Aug 02, 2016
Every civilization has its myths. Only one is true.When eighteen year old Keiko Yamada’s father dies unexpectedly, he leaves behind a one way ticket to Japan, an unintelligible death poem about powerful Japanese spirits and their gigantic, beast-like Guardians, and the cryptic words: “Go to Japan in my place. Find the Gate. My camera will show you the way.”Alone and afraid, Keiko travels to Tokyo, determined to fulfil her father’s dying wish. There, beneath glittering neon signs, her father’s death poem comes to life. Ancient spirits spring fro... + Read More
Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous imprisoned super criminals, provide them the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them to defeat an enigmatic, unstoppable enemy.U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has gathered a group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose. Once they figure out they were chosen to fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die beating the odds, or decide it’s every man for himself?
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Series: The Late BloomerA Memoir of My BodyPaperbackKen Baker9780143130611$22.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 27, 2016
Soon to be a feature film, The Late Bloomer is the revealing, harrowing and often funny memoir of a celebrity journalist and former hotshot hockey player who discovers that he has been biochemically infused with a female hormone. On the surface, Ken Baker seemed a model man. He was a nationally ranked hockey goalie; a Hollywood correspondent for People; a guest-lister at celebrity parties; and girls came on to him. Inside, though, he didn't feel like the man he was supposed to be. Although attracted to women, Ken had little sex drive and thus e... + Read More
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Series: To Be or Not To BeA Chooseable-Path AdventurePaperbackRyan North9780735212190$27.00FICTION Sep 06, 2016
From the bestelling author of Romeo and/or Juliet and How to Invent Everything, the greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure! When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he gave the world just one possible storyline, drawn from a constellation of billions of alternate narratives. And now you can correct that horrible mistake! Play as Hamlet and avenge your father's death—with ruthless efficiency this time. Play as Ophelia and change the world with your scientific brilliance. Play as... + Read More
The perfect gift for Longmire fans: a boxed set of the first eleven mysteries in the New York Times bestselling Longmire Mystery series With the hit television series Longmire capturing millions of viewers and Craig Johnson’s last seven books hitting the New York Times bestseller list, Walt Longmire is a name on everyone’s lips and has earned his star. As Longmire devotees eagerly await the launch of the fifth season on Netflix, they can delve into the first eleven novels in the series and keep abreast of the latest goings-on in the world o... + Read More
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Series: Color Your Own Masterpiece30 Paintings from the Renaissance to ExpressionismHardcoverMarion Augustin9780789332677$24.95GAMES & ACTIVITIES Sep 13, 2016
A delightful coloring book for any age, offering a range of masterpiece paintings that any art enthusiast can bring to life. This beautiful book brings together thirty major works of art history, from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, to discover and make one’s own through the creative and meditative act of coloring. Each artwork is accompanied by fun and interesting facts that explain the style of each painter and his or her signature techniques and trace the artistic influences and the historical context of their work and time. Pain... + Read More
The ultimate Christmas gift for book lovers: a gorgeous collectible boxed set of the beloved hardcover Penguin Christmas Classics The six volumes in the Penguin Christmas Classics are not only our most beloved Christmas tales, they also have given us much of what we love about the holiday itself. Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol revived in Victorian England such Christmas hallmarks as the Christmas tree, holiday cards, and caroling. The Yuletide yarns of Anthony Trollope, brought together in Christmas at Thompson Hall and Other Christmas St... + Read More
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Series: WenjackPaperbackJoseph Boyden9780735233386$12.00FICTION Oct 18, 2016
Shortlisted for the 2017 OLSN Northern Lit AwardAn Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario Indian School, not realizing just how far away home is. Along the way he's followed by Manitous, spirits of the forest who comment on his plight, cajoling, taunting, and ultimately offering him a type of comfort on his difficult journey back to the place he was so brutally removed from. Written by Scotiabank Giller Prize–winning author Joseph Boyden and beautifully illustrated by acclaimed artist Kent Monkman, Wenjack is a powerful and poignant look int... + Read More
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Series: George Washington's Secret SixThe Spy Ring That Saved the American RevolutionPaperbackBrian Kilmeade9780143130604$13.50HISTORY Oct 18, 2016
When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied—thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. He realized that he couldn’t defeat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York.Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have offered fascinating portraits of these spies: a reserved Quaker merch... + Read More
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Series: Overcoming the Destructive Inner VoiceTrue Stories of Therapy and TransformationPaperbackRobert W. Firestone9781633882515$19.00PSYCHOLOGY Dec 06, 2016
Many people grapple with destructive thought processes or a "critical inner voice" that directs their behavior and, to varying degrees, limits their lives. Using deeply personal and very human stories based on his own clinical practice, noted psychologist Robert W. Firestone illustrates the struggles of his clients to give words to this "enemy within," and in the process overcome its damaging influence. These revealing and captivating stories offer glimpses into the uniquely human relationship that develops in the therapeutic encounter and demo... + Read More
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Series: Monster High Volume 1PaperbackTitan9781785853609$9.50JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9Jan 07, 2020
The first ever collection of the brand new official Monster High comics! Welcome to Monster High! In this ghoul-tastic collection of all new Monster High comics, meet the monsters and find out exactly what goes on at Monster High!Story Locale: High School, Modern,Series Overview: Be yourself. Be unique. Be a monster. Everyone is welcome at Monster High. From ghosts and werewolves to vampires and sea monsters - imperfections are scary-cool! In this fright-tastic collection of all-new Monster High comics, haunt the halls with your fangtastic favo... + Read More
A New York Times Best SellerMerging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education.Drawing on his own experience of feeling undervalued and invisible in classrooms as a young man of color and merging his experiences with more than a decade of teaching and researching in urban America, award-winning educator Christopher Emdin offers a new lens on an approach to teaching and learning in urban schools. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hoo... + Read More
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Series: Our Bodies, Our DataHow Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical RecordsHardcoverAdam Tanner9780807033340$38.95MEDICAL Jan 10, 2017
How the hidden trade in our sensitive medical information became a multibillion-dollar business, but has done little to improve our health-care outcomesHidden to consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade industry between our health-care providers, drug companies, and a complex web of middlemen. This great medical-data bazaar sells copies of the prescription you recently filled, your hospital records, insurance claims, blood-test results, and more, stripped of your name but possibly with identifiers such as... + Read More
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Series: Soul SerenadeRhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through VinylPaperbackRashod Ollison9780807088975$24.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jan 24, 2017
A coming-of-age memoir about a young boy in rural Arkansas who searches for himself and his distant father through soul musicGrowing up in rural Arkansas, young Rashod Ollison turned to music to make sense of his life. The dysfunction, sadness, and steely resilience of his family and neighbors was reflected in the R&B songs that played on 45s in smoky rooms.Steeped in the sounds, the smells, the salty language of rural Arkansas in the 1980s, Soul Serenade is the memoir of a pop music critic whose love for soul music was fostered by his father, ... + Read More
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Series: Like One of the FamilyPaperbackAlice Childress9780807050743$24.00FICTION Jan 24, 2017
A new edition of Alice Childress’s classic novel about African American domestic workers, featuring a foreword by Roxane GayFirst published in Paul Robeson’s newspaper, Freedom, and composed of a series of conversations between Mildred, a black domestic, and her friend Marge, Like One of the Family is a wry, incisive portrait of working women in Harlem in the 1950’s. Rippling with satire and humor, Mildred’s outspoken accounts vividly capture her white employers’ complacency and condescension—and their startled reactions to a maid who speaks he... + Read More
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Series: Five Dollars and a Pork Chop SandwichVote Buying and the Corruption of DemocracyPaperbackMary Frances Berry9780807061985$24.00POLITICAL SCIENCE Jan 24, 2017
A timely and nonpartisan book on voter manipulation and electoral corruption—and the importance of stimulating voter turnout and participationThough voting rights are fundamental to American democracy, felon disfranchisement, voter identification laws, and hard-to-access polling locations with limited hours are a few of the ways voter turnout is suppressed. These methods of voter suppression are pernicious, but in Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich, Dr. Mary Frances Berry focuses on forms of corruption including vote buying, vote hauling, th... + Read More
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Series: How to Be a MuslimAn American StoryPaperbackHaroon Moghul9780807020746$23.00BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jun 06, 2017
A young Muslim leader’s memoir of his struggles to forge an American Muslim identityHaroon Moghul was thrust into the spotlight after 9/11, becoming an undergraduate leader at New York University’s Islamic Center forced into appearances everywhere: on TV, before interfaith audiences, in print. Moghul was becoming a prominent voice for American Muslims even as he struggled with his relationship to Islam. In high school he was barely a believer and entirely convinced he was going to hell. He sometimes drank. He didn’t pray regularly. All he wante... + Read More
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