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Paperback. Condition: Good. BACK IN PRINT! "A rollicking good read that, as the Irish say, would make a dead man laugh." --Philadelphia Inquirer Malachy McCourt was already famous as an actor, saloon-keeper, and late-night television personality when Angela's Ashes was published. Brother Frank's book introduced the incorrigible, indomitable young Malachy to a worldwide audience that was charmed, and clamored for more. Frank's book was a hard act to follow, but Malachy's delightful memoir, which picked up where Angela's Ashes left off, won critical acclaim and commercial success. Born in Brooklyn, and raised in the lanes of Limerick, Malachy returned to New York in 1952, at age 20. After stints in the Air Force and as a longshoreman, he parlayed his gifts of gab and conviviality into an ownership position at Malachy's--the first singles' bar--located around the corner from the Barbizon Hotel for young women, whose glamorous residents frequently repaired to Malachy's for a tipple and flirt. Malachy's madcap, manic life ricocheted from higher highs to lower lows as he tried selling Bibles at the beach on Fire Island and smuggling gold in Zurich. He entertained a voracious public on the stage as a member of the Irish Players and was a semi-regular on the Tonight Show with Jack Paar. In these years, he was almost always drunk, almost always chasing (or being chased) by women. His gifts for language and storytelling are so well honed that when you read A Monk Swimming, "You'll laugh uncontrollably . . . You're in the grip of a master raconteur" (Houston Chronicle). Now the last of the McCourts of Limerick, Malachy reflects on the tumultuous events of the twenty-five years since he wrote A MONK SWIMMING in his Afterword. "Read it and weep: they don't make lives like this anymore." -The Irish Voice.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The town of Moab is a fascinating place with a fascinating history--there is no place like it. Author Tom McCourt gathers the reader 'round the campfire to spin the true tale of Moab from the town's humble, sometimes violent, beginnings to its rise as the nation's Mecca of outdoor recreation. Discover secrets like: * The naming of Moab and what it may or may not mean (depending on who tells the story). * Old legends retold, and don't be surprised if you encounter the Moki Scream and the Ghost Wolf while camping around Moab! * How the Uranium Boom began, who was crowned Moab's Uranium Queen, and how the Uranium King figured out how to watch Leave it to Beaver at 10,000 feet. * The magical properties of Moab's water--from binding a couple in matrimony to granting dancing skills and sparking history-making movements. Anyone who has fallen in love with this one-of-a-kind town will appreciate the historical gems collected in this easy-to-read, entertaining book.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A vividly illustrated bedtime story that shows how the unconditional love of a mother can be tested through the relentless questions of her little boy."But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?"Mothers love their children and this unconditional love is truly tested in I LOVE YOU, STINKY FACE. Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore beautifully weave a reassuring tale of the love and affection of a parent. The imaginative son turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature and much, much more before being satisfied with the fact that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved and nothing will change that. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A vividly illustrated bedtime story that shows how the unconditional love of a mother can be tested through the relentless questions of her little boy."But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?"Mothers love their children and this unconditional love is truly tested in I LOVE YOU, STINKY FACE. Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore beautifully weave a reassuring tale of the love and affection of a parent. The imaginative son turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature and much, much more before being satisfied with the fact that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved and nothing will change that. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. I Miss You Stinky Face is now a board book!Like many little kids, Stinky Face worries when his Mama is away. But Mama tells her son that nothing can keep them apart and that she'll be flying home to see him tomorrow. When Stinky Face asks what will happen if the plane forgets how to fly, she tells him she'll hop in a hot-air balloon. And if that hot-air balloon runs out of air and has to land in the desert, she'll ride a camel home to see him.And on and on it goes, as the boy imagines Mama braving hungry sharks, terrible pirates, spaceships lost in time, and much more to get home to her son. In the end, mother and son reveal how much they miss each other and how they can't wait to be together again! Kids will laugh at all the fun situations and wild exaggerations and will be reassured by the endearing message about the undying love of a mother. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. I Miss You Stinky Face is now a board book!Like many little kids, Stinky Face worries when his Mama is away. But Mama tells her son that nothing can keep them apart and that she'll be flying home to see him tomorrow. When Stinky Face asks what will happen if the plane forgets how to fly, she tells him she'll hop in a hot-air balloon. And if that hot-air balloon runs out of air and has to land in the desert, she'll ride a camel home to see him.And on and on it goes, as the boy imagines Mama braving hungry sharks, terrible pirates, spaceships lost in time, and much more to get home to her son. In the end, mother and son reveal how much they miss each other and how they can't wait to be together again! Kids will laugh at all the fun situations and wild exaggerations and will be reassured by the endearing message about the undying love of a mother. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The inspiration for the Emmy-nominated film and its companion Angela's Christmas Wish, now streaming on Netflix Pulitzer Prize recipient Frank McCourt shares the story of his mother's childhood Christmas in this tender and heartwarming picture book, previously published as Angela and the Baby Jesus. Angela is six-years-old and worries for the baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's church in Limerick. December nights are damp and cold, and the church is dark at night. How can the baby Jesus' mother leave him in the manger without even a blanket to cover him? The baby Jesus surely needs Angela's help, even if she is not allowed to go on the altar, especially by herself. Filled with the characters, incident, and detail that have made Frank McCourt internationally renowned and beloved, Angela's Christmas is a timeless story of real life--in all of its joy, innocence, and incongruity. A story for all generations to enjoy and cherish. Colon, Raul (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The inspiration for the Emmy-nominated film and its companion Angela's Christmas Wish, now streaming on Netflix Pulitzer Prize recipient Frank McCourt shares the story of his mother's childhood Christmas in this tender and heartwarming picture book, previously published as Angela and the Baby Jesus. Angela is six-years-old and worries for the baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's church in Limerick. December nights are damp and cold, and the church is dark at night. How can the baby Jesus' mother leave him in the manger without even a blanket to cover him? The baby Jesus surely needs Angela's help, even if she is not allowed to go on the altar, especially by herself. Filled with the characters, incident, and detail that have made Frank McCourt internationally renowned and beloved, Angela's Christmas is a timeless story of real life--in all of its joy, innocence, and incongruity. A story for all generations to enjoy and cherish. Colon, Raul (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The inspiration for the Emmy-nominated film and its companion Angela's Christmas Wish, now streaming on Netflix Pulitzer Prize recipient Frank McCourt shares the story of his mother's childhood Christmas in this tender and heartwarming picture book, previously published as Angela and the Baby Jesus. Angela is six-years-old and worries for the baby Jesus on the altar of St. Joseph's church in Limerick. December nights are damp and cold, and the church is dark at night. How can the baby Jesus' mother leave him in the manger without even a blanket to cover him? The baby Jesus surely needs Angela's help, even if she is not allowed to go on the altar, especially by herself. Filled with the characters, incident, and detail that have made Frank McCourt internationally renowned and beloved, Angela's Christmas is a timeless story of real life--in all of its joy, innocence, and incongruity. A story for all generations to enjoy and cherish. Colon, Raul (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This sweet bedtime story shows that a mother's love is unconditional no matter how stinky or slimy her little one might get! The first installment of the beloved Stinky Face series! But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face? A little boy turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature, and much, much more before being satisfied with the fact that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved unconditionally and nothing will change that. An imaginative bedtime story that is sure to reassure little ones that they are always loved no matter what. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. This sweet bedtime story shows that a mother's love is unconditional no matter how stinky or slimy her little one might get! The first installment of the beloved Stinky Face series! But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face? A little boy turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature, and much, much more before being satisfied with the fact that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved unconditionally and nothing will change that. An imaginative bedtime story that is sure to reassure little ones that they are always loved no matter what. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Angela's Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic. When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy -- exasperating, irresponsible and beguiling-- does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father's tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies. Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank's survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig's head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbors--yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Angela's Ashes, imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion, is a glorious book that bears all the marks of a classic. When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy -- exasperating, irresponsible and beguiling-- does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father's tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies. Perhaps it is story that accounts for Frank's survival. Wearing rags for diapers, begging a pig's head for Christmas dinner and gathering coal from the roadside to light a fire, Frank endures poverty, near-starvation and the casual cruelty of relatives and neighbors--yet lives to tell his tale with eloquence, exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.…

Board book. Condition: As New. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

Board book. Condition: As New. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: As New. Colon, Raul (illustrator).

Board book. Condition: Very Good. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

Board book. Condition: Very Good. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

Board book. Condition: Very Good. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Colon, Raul (illustrator).

board_book. Condition: Very Good. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author of Angela's Ashes comes a magnificently appealing memoir about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career in New York City public high schools shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption--and literary fame--is an exhilarating adventure.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, mega-bestselling author of Angela's Ashes comes a magnificently appealing memoir about teaching and about how one great storyteller found his voice. Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career in New York City public high schools shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and compelling honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faced in the classroom. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he worked to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption--and literary fame--is an exhilarating adventure.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. It's time to go to kindergarten, but Stinky Face has a question . . . But, Mama, what if the sink in my classroom pours grape juice instead of water? As the situations grow stranger, Stinky Face's mama always has just the right answer to make him feel better. With Lisa McCourt's zany ideas and Cyd Moore's motion-filled illustrations, this reader is sure to make every worried kindergartner-to-be a little less nervous. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A Christmas favorite, now in board book!"What if Santa's lips get chapped?" Stinky Face asks. "What if the sack of toys starts to rip?"As always, Mama lovingly addresses each and every one of her child's concerns. Of course, Stinky Face leaves Santa lip balm and duct tape . . . just in case. Moore, Cyd (illustrator).…