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Paperback. Condition: Good. WHO DO WE BECOME when we've lost the things that defined us? When Linda Durham shuttered her internationally acclaimed art gallery after thirty-three years, she found herself navigating a sea of bewilderment. Risk-taking had long been the tour de force of her life. But had she failed, or had she succeeded? Change always comes at a price. Through delicious and dark, scintillating and salacious true tales of planned and accidental intersections with the exotic and quixotic, Durham pits her real self against her ideal self in a lifelong journey as serpentine as the Mobius strip her father made for her more than seven decades ago. On stage and off, Durham creates and is created by story. Raven spirit tattoos on both shoulders, wanderlust in her eyes, she danced in ceremony with tribal Kachin women, chanted "Free Gaza" from aboard the seized Audacity of Hope ship, was cured by a Voodoo priest in a Haitian cemetery, slogged through the tempestuous lands' end at Tierra del Fuego, and breathlessly summitted Kilimanjaro. Everywhere this around-the-world traveler wandered, she chased the ghosts of her own ignorance and arrogance, culled clarity from confusion, and dug herself out from the crushing numbness of defeat. Durham unabashedly pulls back the curtain on loves lost and found and on a life lived richly and openly amid fair fields and foreign wars, in places sacred and profane. Her incurable optimism gives inspiration and voice to the struggles of women worldwide, empowers those of us who feel derailed by a world out of control, and frees us to open the door to love.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. WHO DO WE BECOME when we've lost the things that defined us? When Linda Durham shuttered her internationally acclaimed art gallery after thirty-three years, she found herself navigating a sea of bewilderment. Risk-taking had long been the tour de force of her life. But had she failed, or had she succeeded? Change always comes at a price. Through delicious and dark, scintillating and salacious true tales of planned and accidental intersections with the exotic and quixotic, Durham pits her real self against her ideal self in a lifelong journey as serpentine as the Mobius strip her father made for her more than seven decades ago. On stage and off, Durham creates and is created by story. Raven spirit tattoos on both shoulders, wanderlust in her eyes, she danced in ceremony with tribal Kachin women, chanted "Free Gaza" from aboard the seized Audacity of Hope ship, was cured by a Voodoo priest in a Haitian cemetery, slogged through the tempestuous lands' end at Tierra del Fuego, and breathlessly summitted Kilimanjaro. Everywhere this around-the-world traveler wandered, she chased the ghosts of her own ignorance and arrogance, culled clarity from confusion, and dug herself out from the crushing numbness of defeat. Durham unabashedly pulls back the curtain on loves lost and found and on a life lived richly and openly amid fair fields and foreign wars, in places sacred and profane. Her incurable optimism gives inspiration and voice to the struggles of women worldwide, empowers those of us who feel derailed by a world out of control, and frees us to open the door to love. …

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Durham, Sarah C. (illustrator).

Condition: Very Good. Everyone knows that planning a wedding can be murder, but when top D.C. wedding planner Annabelle Archer finds an old nemesis hanging by a bridal veil in a hotel ballroom, she's shocked to discover that wedding planners can be murdered as well! Carolyn McCrabe was D.C.'s grande dame of wedding planning and made more than a few enemies in her day, but because many of the hotel staff saw Carolyn and Annabelle arguing only minutes before the aging diva's demise, Annabelle is immediately pegged as the prime suspect. Determined to shake the suspicion from their beloved colleague and friend, Annabelle's flirtatious assistant Kate, flamboyant caterer Richard, and the always-fabulous hairdresser Fern team up to investigate other suspects. But when another wedding planner is found murdered--strangled by a curling iron cord at an industry party--Annabelle realizes that she might not only be a suspect, but a crazed killer's next victim as well.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Enforcer of the Sons of Thunder Motorcycle Club, Mason Hackett, aka Rambo, has worked hard to carve a place of respect and trust within the group of men he calls brothers. Ellen Abrams a widow and mother to JD, a boy with autism, accepts a position as principal at Brookfield Alternative High School in Milwaukee. One night Mason's and Ellen's carefully crafted worlds collide. While attending a rally the Sons of Thunder are hosting, Mason becomes the target of club president, Spider Mullen's, and vice president, Mad Dog's wrath. Deliberately disregarding club protocol, Mason has invited Jack Nelson, the owner of Fortunate Sons' Auto dealership, to the rally without their permission. If the invitation puts Mason in the good graces of Jack Nelson, his punishment will be worth it. Jack is the only person who can free Mason from the monotony of mill work and offer him a life of easy cash and the thrill of a daring life style. After promising Spider and Mad Dog, he will take full responsibility for Jack's actions, and offering them a solemn apology, Mason escapes with only a single blow to the abdomen and orders to stand guard at the end of the road. A humbled Mason accepts the task, but not before finagling a ride on his motorcycle.On her way home from a colleague's cabin, Ellen's car breaks down and she finds herself stranded on a dark, lonely highway, with no cell reception. As night encroaches, horrific memories of the accident that killed her husband seven years ago, resurface. Finally a single headlight splits the darkness. When Mason Hackett rolls up behind her, and peers into the window of the car, his long, wind-swept hair, intense eyes, and formidable club colors escalate her fears. However, Mason's offer of help and his sincere regard of her safety, alleviate some of her distress. With no other alternatives available, Ellen agrees to ride back to the rally with him. While sitting behind Mason on his motorcycle, her thighs squeezing his, Ellen experiences a resurgence of sexual desire, she thought had died with her husband.At the rally, Ellen is introduced to a bizarre world where sexual promiscuity, violence, and drugs are taken for granted. She watches Mason's girlfriend, Desi Harrington, an exotic dancer, dance upon a flatbed trailer, while Mason serves as her dancing pole. She witnesses a card game between a drunken man and woman that leads to vicious knife fight between the woman's husband and her opponent. Yet despite the unrefined rawness of Mason's world, throughout the night Ellen continues to be infatuated with Mason and finds herself resentful of the fact he has a girlfriend.Mason too, can't stop watching Ellen and is surprised by how attracted he is to a woman so obviously not of his world. Their attraction does not go unnoticed by those around them. Dee Dee Mullen, Spider's wife, warns Mason that Ellen is not one of them and Desi's jealous nature is evident the moment he introduces the two of them. At the end of the night, Mad Dog offers Ellen a place to sleep in his tent, and Mason can't understand why he is so envious of his best friend.Days after the rally, the two of them meet once again and succumb to their passion. A relationship ensues that pits one world against the other. Mason meets JD, Ellen's ten-year-old son with autism and realizes in order to keep Ellen he must be a father figure to the boy. The task seems like a hopeless endeavor.At the same time, Jack Nelson hires Mason to be his hit man for his lucrative drug trade. Although Mason begins to make more money than he thought possible, his risky profession begins to topple his relationship with not only Ellen, but with the Sons of Thunder. One day Jack pays Mason to kill Mad Dog. A treacherous showdown is planned. In a twist of fate, Ellen becomes an unwitting pawn in their deadly scheme. Peterson, Miss Jayde (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Willie stops hugging his family because his friend Jojo thinks it's silly, but he soon realizes that he really misses his mom's and dad's hugs. "The colloquial text is accompanied by glistening full-page paintings [of an African-American family]." --K. Cummings, Pat (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Durham, Sarah C. (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Willie stops hugging his family because his friend Jojo thinks it's silly, but he soon realizes that he really misses his mom's and dad's hugs. "The colloquial text is accompanied by glistening full-page paintings [of an African-American family]." --K. Cummings, Pat (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. **Winner of the Agatha Award for Best First Novel ** Planning weddings can be murder. But stumbling across dead bodies usually isn't on the itinerary. Can a wedding planner use her skills to discover who's killing her clients? Society wedding planner Annabelle Archer is no stranger to wedding day stress, but a dead body at her latest fete takes the cake. When suspicion falls on her best friend and caterer Richard Gerard, she knows she must find the real culprit before his career is ruined along with her reputation for solving problems. But it's no easy feat since the slain mother-of-the-bride was the most hated socialite in the city. As Annabelle navigates DC's powerful social scene to unmask the culprit, there's no telling how many more victims the killer will claim or if Annabelle and her friends will be among them. Better Off Wed is the first book in the Annabelle Archer cozy mystery series. If you like charming characters, fast-paced comedy, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the wild world of weddings, then you'll love Laura Durham's Agatha award-winning mystery.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. David Anthony Durham has serious chops. I can't wait to read whatever he writes next.--George R. R. Martin David Anthony Durham's gripping Acacia Trilogy continues with an epic novel where loyalties are tested, new worlds are discovered, and battle lines are being drawn. A few years have passed since Queen Corinn has usurped control of the Known World--and she now rules with an iron fist. With plans to expand her empire, she sends her brother, Dariel, on an exploratory mission across the sea to The Other Lands. There, he discovers an alliance of tribes that have no interest in being ruled by Queen Corinn and the Akarans. In fact, Dariel's arrival ignites a firestorm that once more exposes The Known World to a massive invasion, one unlike anything they have yet faced . . .…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. This epic retelling of the legendary Carthaginian military leader's assault on the Roman empire begins in Ancient Spain, where Hannibal Barca sets out with tens of thousands of soldiers and 30 elephants. After conquering the Roman city of Saguntum, Hannibal wages his campaign through the outposts of the empire, shrewdly befriending peoples disillusioned by Rome and, with dazzling tactics, outwitting the opponents who believe the land route he has chosen is impossible. Yet Hannibal's armies must take brutal losses as they pass through the Pyrenees mountains, forge the Rhone river, and make a winter crossing of the Alps before descending to the great tests at Cannae and Rome itself. David Anthony Durham draws a brilliant and complex Hannibal out of the scant historical record-sharp, sure-footed, as nimble among rivals as on the battlefield, yet one who misses his family and longs to see his son grow to manhood. Whether portraying the deliberations of a general or the calculations of a common soldier, vast multilayered scenes of battle or moments of introspection when loss seems imminent, Durham brings history alive.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This epic retelling of the legendary Carthaginian military leader's assault on the Roman empire begins in Ancient Spain, where Hannibal Barca sets out with tens of thousands of soldiers and 30 elephants. After conquering the Roman city of Saguntum, Hannibal wages his campaign through the outposts of the empire, shrewdly befriending peoples disillusioned by Rome and, with dazzling tactics, outwitting the opponents who believe the land route he has chosen is impossible. Yet Hannibal's armies must take brutal losses as they pass through the Pyrenees mountains, forge the Rhone river, and make a winter crossing of the Alps before descending to the great tests at Cannae and Rome itself. David Anthony Durham draws a brilliant and complex Hannibal out of the scant historical record-sharp, sure-footed, as nimble among rivals as on the battlefield, yet one who misses his family and longs to see his son grow to manhood. Whether portraying the deliberations of a general or the calculations of a common soldier, vast multilayered scenes of battle or moments of introspection when loss seems imminent, Durham brings history alive.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. An unbelievably believable story about the afterlife, with documenting photographs from the former publisher of a major metropolitan newspaper. In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of cancer at age 56. The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she practiced her faith as she struggled with her loss. Soon she began encountering phenomena unlike anything she'd ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44, the exact time of Max's death. But then something startling happened that changed Heaphy Durham's life forever. A powdery handprint appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max's death. This launched Heaphy Durham on a journey that transformed her spiritually and altered her view of reality forever. She interviewed scientists and spiritual practitioners along the way, as she discovered that the veil between this world and the next is thin and it's love that bridges the two worlds.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. In the current economic climate, nonprofits need to focus on ways to stand out from the crowd, win charitable dollars, and survive the downturn. Effective, mission-focused communications can help organizations build strong identities, heightened reputations, and increased fundraising capability.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. "Engrossing historical fiction.A touching, thrilling heartbreak for any reader." --USA Today This stunning debut novel of epic historical fiction, set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet, follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born in the midst of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941 and immediately abandoned by their mother, a prima ballerina at the Kirov Ballet who would rather die than not dance. Taken in by their mother's best friend at the Kirov, the girls are raised to be dancers themselves. The Vaganova Ballet Academy--and the totalitarian Soviet regime--is the only world they know. In 1958, now seniors at the Vaganova at the height of the Cold War, all Maya and Natasha and their classmates want is to dance with the Kirov, and to join the company on its tour to America next year. But a new law from the Kremlin upends Maya and Natasha's lives: due to fears of defection, family members may no longer travel abroad together. The Kirov can only accept one of them. Maya, long accustomed to living in her sister's shadow, accepts her bitter fate, until a new dance partner inspires her to dream bigger and practice harder. For the first time--and at the cruelest possible moment--the intense sibling rivalry means the sisters are equally matched. And then one sister betrays the other, altering their lives forever and splitting them in two, though neither will stray far from the other's orbit. As one of the twins pursues her ballet career and experiences a world outside Russia for the first time, the other is cast in an epic film adaptation of War and Peace, produced and financed by the Soviet State. As the Cold War heats up, this unforgettable sister story sees Maya and Natasha confront their loyalties: to East versus West; to the government that saved them versus their dreams of freedom; and, always, to each other. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Leodan Akaran, ruler of the Known World, has inherited generations of apparent peace and prosperity, won ages ago by his ancestors. A widower of high intelligence, he presides over an empire called Acacia, after the idyllic island from which he rules. He dotes on his four children and hides from them the dark realities of traffic in drugs and human lives on which their prosperity depends. He hopes that he might change this, but powerful forces stand in his way. And then a deadly assassin sent from a race called the Mein, exiled long ago to an ice-locked stronghold in the frozen north, strikes at Leodan in the heart of Acacia while they unleash surprise attacks across the empire. On his deathbed, Leodan puts into play a plan to allow his children to escape, each to his separate destiny. And so his children begin a quest to avenge their father's death and restore the Acacian empire-this time on the basis of universal freedom.…

Hardback. Condition: Like New. "Engrossing historical fiction.A touching, thrilling heartbreak for any reader." --USA Today This stunning debut novel of epic historical fiction, set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet, follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born in the midst of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941 and immediately abandoned by their mother, a prima ballerina at the Kirov Ballet who would rather die than not dance. Taken in by their mother's best friend at the Kirov, the girls are raised to be dancers themselves. The Vaganova Ballet Academy--and the totalitarian Soviet regime--is the only world they know. In 1958, now seniors at the Vaganova at the height of the Cold War, all Maya and Natasha and their classmates want is to dance with the Kirov, and to join the company on its tour to America next year. But a new law from the Kremlin upends Maya and Natasha's lives: due to fears of defection, family members may no longer travel abroad together. The Kirov can only accept one of them. Maya, long accustomed to living in her sister's shadow, accepts her bitter fate, until a new dance partner inspires her to dream bigger and practice harder. For the first time--and at the cruelest possible moment--the intense sibling rivalry means the sisters are equally matched. And then one sister betrays the other, altering their lives forever and splitting them in two, though neither will stray far from the other's orbit. As one of the twins pursues her ballet career and experiences a world outside Russia for the first time, the other is cast in an epic film adaptation of War and Peace, produced and financed by the Soviet State. As the Cold War heats up, this unforgettable sister story sees Maya and Natasha confront their loyalties: to East versus West; to the government that saved them versus their dreams of freedom; and, always, to each other. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. "Engrossing historical fiction.A touching, thrilling heartbreak for any reader." --USA Today This stunning debut novel of epic historical fiction, set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet, follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born in the midst of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941 and immediately abandoned by their mother, a prima ballerina at the Kirov Ballet who would rather die than not dance. Taken in by their mother's best friend at the Kirov, the girls are raised to be dancers themselves. The Vaganova Ballet Academy--and the totalitarian Soviet regime--is the only world they know. In 1958, now seniors at the Vaganova at the height of the Cold War, all Maya and Natasha and their classmates want is to dance with the Kirov, and to join the company on its tour to America next year. But a new law from the Kremlin upends Maya and Natasha's lives: due to fears of defection, family members may no longer travel abroad together. The Kirov can only accept one of them. Maya, long accustomed to living in her sister's shadow, accepts her bitter fate, until a new dance partner inspires her to dream bigger and practice harder. For the first time--and at the cruelest possible moment--the intense sibling rivalry means the sisters are equally matched. And then one sister betrays the other, altering their lives forever and splitting them in two, though neither will stray far from the other's orbit. As one of the twins pursues her ballet career and experiences a world outside Russia for the first time, the other is cast in an epic film adaptation of War and Peace, produced and financed by the Soviet State. As the Cold War heats up, this unforgettable sister story sees Maya and Natasha confront their loyalties: to East versus West; to the government that saved them versus their dreams of freedom; and, always, to each other. …

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