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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Based on a series of viral videos that have attracted more than six million viewings, this visually appealing book gives readers - be they global warming activists, middle-class mothers or football fans - a way to decide on the best course of action by simply asking them to consider what the worst is that could happen. Not just another change your light bulb' book, this intriguing and provocative guide is the first to help readers make sense of the many contradictory statements about global climate change.'.…

Condition: Good. To Tarn Desmond family is everything. So when powerful tycoon Caspar Brandon all but destroys her sweet sister, Tarn is determined to make this notorious playboy pay. Caz is intrigued by the pure beauty of the new girl in his office--no one has ever said no to him before, and if anything that's just doubled his ruthless desire for her! As Tarn sinks deeper into her deception, her resolve falters under Caz's sensual onslaught. She hadn't banked on revenge costing her the ultimate price: her heart.and her body.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Based on a series of viral videos that have attracted more than six million viewings, this visually appealing book gives readers - be they global warming activists, middle-class mothers or football fans - a way to decide on the best course of action by simply asking them to consider what the worst is that could happen. Not just another change your light bulb' book, this intriguing and provocative guide is the first to help readers make sense of the many contradictory statements about global climate change.'.…

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Condition: Good. "A rich memoir . . . a woman of sensitivity, forthrightness, warmth, and talent."-Booklist To become a writer, she chose loneliness. To write a bestseller, she embraced a rugged land. Deceptively simple in style, stunning in its implications, this gem of an autobiography carries readers back to the beginning of the century when Margaret Craven-one a handful of women at Stanford and a groundbreaking woman journalist-made the audacious decision not to work for a living, but to work as a writer. Here Margaret Craven brings vividly to life an idyllic childhood which suddenly vanishes; advice from a red-robed Gertrude Stein propped up in bed; a nearly tragic battle with blindness; and a fateful trip to a magnificently wild Pacific Northwest, a town called Kingcome . . . and her emergence, at sixty-nine, as a women who realized a dream. Praise for Again Calls the Owl "A writer of compassion, humor, spirit, and persistence."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Readers will find in this small memoir courage, joy, inspiration."-Library Journal "An unabashed joy for living."-Santa Barbara News-Press.…

Condition: Fair. "A rich memoir . . . a woman of sensitivity, forthrightness, warmth, and talent."-Booklist To become a writer, she chose loneliness. To write a bestseller, she embraced a rugged land. Deceptively simple in style, stunning in its implications, this gem of an autobiography carries readers back to the beginning of the century when Margaret Craven-one a handful of women at Stanford and a groundbreaking woman journalist-made the audacious decision not to work for a living, but to work as a writer. Here Margaret Craven brings vividly to life an idyllic childhood which suddenly vanishes; advice from a red-robed Gertrude Stein propped up in bed; a nearly tragic battle with blindness; and a fateful trip to a magnificently wild Pacific Northwest, a town called Kingcome . . . and her emergence, at sixty-nine, as a women who realized a dream. Praise for Again Calls the Owl "A writer of compassion, humor, spirit, and persistence."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Readers will find in this small memoir courage, joy, inspiration."-Library Journal "An unabashed joy for living."-Santa Barbara News-Press.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Leininger family settled deep within America's new frontier in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, but a sudden Indian raid changed their lives forever. This story retells the heroic and daring escape of Barbara Leininger and the touching reunion with her sister, Regina, after seven years. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. This study guide includes chapter overviews, critical thinking case studies, and comprehension exercises with true/false and fill-in-the-blank questions.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The orphan Nicholas learns of three girls being sold into slavery by their father. Inspired by Jesus, Nicholas sneaks over at night and throws a bag of gold for dowries through their window. It lands in a stocking. One daughter is wed, but the father keeps wasting gold until Nicholas is down to his last bag of gold. What should he do? Can he save the girl and keep his giving a secret? Almost two thousand years later, St. Nicholas still comes secretly at night, putting surprises in children's stockings. Lon Eric Craven (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The orphan Nicholas learns of three girls being sold into slavery by their father. Inspired by Jesus, Nicholas sneaks over at night and throws a bag of gold for dowries through their window. It lands in a stocking. One daughter is wed, but the father keeps wasting gold until Nicholas is down to his last bag of gold. What should he do? Can he save the girl and keep his giving a secret? Almost two thousand years later, St. Nicholas still comes secretly at night, putting surprises in children's stockings. Lon Eric Craven (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The Leininger family settled deep within America's new frontier in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania, but a sudden Indian raid changed their lives forever. This story retells the heroic and daring escape of Barbara Leininger and the touching reunion with her sister, Regina, after seven years. …

Condition: Very Good. OVER TWO MILLION COPIES IN PRINT * An "entrancing" (The New York Times) story of a young priest who discovers life's ultimate truths among the Native Americans of the Northwest "A magnificently moving novel of a man's return to the wellsprings of life and love . . . Marvelous!"--Time "Rare and beautiful . . . you will never be the same again."--Seattle Times Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers left on earth after the great flood. The Native Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place of such incredible natural richness that hunting and fishing remain primary food sources. But the old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaced by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism. Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and alienated from its heritage. And now, coming upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of discovery that can teach him--and us--about life, death, and the transforming power of love. …

Condition: Good. OVER TWO MILLION COPIES IN PRINT * An "entrancing" (The New York Times) story of a young priest who discovers life's ultimate truths among the Native Americans of the Northwest "A magnificently moving novel of a man's return to the wellsprings of life and love . . . Marvelous!"--Time "Rare and beautiful . . . you will never be the same again."--Seattle Times Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers left on earth after the great flood. The Native Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place of such incredible natural richness that hunting and fishing remain primary food sources. But the old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaced by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism. Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and alienated from its heritage. And now, coming upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of discovery that can teach him--and us--about life, death, and the transforming power of love. …

Condition: Fair. OVER TWO MILLION COPIES IN PRINT * An "entrancing" (The New York Times) story of a young priest who discovers life's ultimate truths among the Native Americans of the Northwest "A magnificently moving novel of a man's return to the wellsprings of life and love . . . Marvelous!"--Time "Rare and beautiful . . . you will never be the same again."--Seattle Times Amid the grandeur of the remote Pacific Northwest stands Kingcome, a village so ancient that, according to Kwakiutl myth, it was founded by the two brothers left on earth after the great flood. The Native Americans who still live there call it Quee, a place of such incredible natural richness that hunting and fishing remain primary food sources. But the old culture of totems and potlatch is being replaced by a new culture of prefab housing and alcoholism. Kingcome's younger generation is disenchanted and alienated from its heritage. And now, coming upriver is a young vicar, Mark Brian, on a journey of discovery that can teach him--and us--about life, death, and the transforming power of love. …

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