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Seeking Peace (Paperback)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781594484407Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Riverhead Trade, 04/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Seeking Peace
Comments:
Mary Pipher held our hands through the insanity of raising our teenage daughters. Here, she allows us to hold her hand as she shares with us her arduous journey from a personal meltdown in the midst of her successful career, back to the acceptance of her own flawed self.
Title: Seeking Peace
Comments:
Mary Pipher held our hands through the insanity of raising our teenage daughters. Here, she allows us to hold her hand as she shares with us her arduous journey from a personal meltdown in the midst of her successful career, back to the acceptance of her own flawed self.
Honest, sincere. She allows us readers to be her friend-in-need and she teaches as she goes.
Let the Great World Spin (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812973990Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 06/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Let the Great World Spin
Comments: Colum McCann throws us right out there on the streets of the Bronx (1970's) to meet-
a doubting monk, a mother/daughter hooker duo, a tightrope walker, a wife of a judge, an educated black woman from Missouri, a political refugee from Zacapa.
He never lets you pity them, never lets you draw a comfortable line between yourself & his characters; he nestles them right up close and forces you to make eye contact - conversation.
Read it slow - savor all the sights & sounds.
Could he have let us meet the cops, too?
Backing Into Forward: A Memoir (Hardcover)
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9780385531580Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Nan A. Talese, 03/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Backing Into Forward
Comments:
When I was young, forgotten, meek, the observer of all "the fun," I dreamed that someday I'd be famous - then they'd HAVE to notice. Funny, Jules Feiffer felt the same. He took his half-full glass of life and tried to fill it with all kinds of fame producing activities: comic strips, plays, novels, illustration - but his glass was always half full - now, in his 80's, he finds he hasn't really been filling his glass, he has been gulping it down - only to find that it has always been at least half full.
Title: Backing Into Forward
Comments:
When I was young, forgotten, meek, the observer of all "the fun," I dreamed that someday I'd be famous - then they'd HAVE to notice. Funny, Jules Feiffer felt the same. He took his half-full glass of life and tried to fill it with all kinds of fame producing activities: comic strips, plays, novels, illustration - but his glass was always half full - now, in his 80's, he finds he hasn't really been filling his glass, he has been gulping it down - only to find that it has always been at least half full.
A lot of New York City name dropping, if you like that sort of thing. The storytelling is fine, so fine. I do wish I could draw as well as he. P.S. you do not have to be famous to enjoy this book!
Older Than the Stars (Hardcover)
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781570917875Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Charlesbridge Publishing, 02/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Older than the Stars
Comments: Just as "The House That Jack Built" lets you peek into the home of Jack & see who lives with him - this book welcomes young children into the Universe - to learn about the smallnesses that make the vastness of our World.
A rhythmic book to grow a solid world view upon.
LMNO Peas (Hardcover)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781416991410Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Beach Lane Books, 04/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: LMNO Peas
Comments: A lively bunch of peas introduce themselves on their way through the alphabet.
Would I be a climber - up to the top of "C" - or a camper cradled in its curves - or a clown constructing balloon "C's"?
I'll have to think about it - WHO ARE YOU?
Enjoy this alphabet romp.
Seeking Peace (Paperback)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781594484407Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Riverhead Trade, 04/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Seeking peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
Comment: Mary Pipher held our hands through the insanity of raising our teenage daughters. Here, she allows us to hold her hand as she shares with us her arduous journey froma personal meltdown in the midst of her successful career, back to acceptance of her own flawed self.
Honest. Sincere.
She allows us, readers, to be her friend-in-need - teaching as she goes.
Say Hello! (Hardcover)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780399252303Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Juvenile, 04/01/2010
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Say Hello!
Comments: "The world is so FULL of a number of things..." not only are there SO many people from SO many places, but they use SO many different words to say, "HELLO!"
Rachel Isadora has created the colorful world of a young tot - full of colorful words to greet that busy world: Hola! Shalom! Bonjour! Ciao! Yo! Woof!
Stitches: A Memoir (Hardcover)
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780393068573Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 09/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Stitches: a memoir
Comments: Never read a graphic book before? Do try this one.
Artist, David Small tells a spare tale of growing up in Detroit, MI. He illustrates it in black & white lines & shadows that draw you in, push you away, pull you onward until you stand with him - making THAT decision.
Cool Cat (Hardcover)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781596434295Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Roaring Brook Press, 09/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Cool Cat
Comments: Color! What would our world be without color? Cool Cat begins painting her drab world - a bit of green - a swab of blue. Then a rabbit..and a mouse arrive. One by one the animals join Cat's project until their once junkyard is full of light & COLOR! A beautiful, quiet, wordless book.
El Juego del Ángel (Paperback)
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780307455376Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 05/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Comments:
Asi que te gustan las novelas de suspenso? Pruebate este...
Te reiras..
Contendras la respiracion...
Suspiraras aliviado...
Mientras te pierdes por las calles de la Barcelona de Ruiz Zafon.
pero cuidado, querido lector,
te estara tomando el pelo?
Que disfrutes del libro!
Genesis (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780393317732
Availability: Out of Print - Contact Us for a Quote
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 06/01/1998
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Memory of Fire: Genesis
Comments:
This is the first book in the Memory of Fire Trilogy - a history of the Americans from pre-history to the present day (1970's), with a primary focus on Central and South America. Jugo Cahvez gave this trilogy to Obama when they met in April of 2009.
Title: Memory of Fire: Genesis
Comments:
This is the first book in the Memory of Fire Trilogy - a history of the Americans from pre-history to the present day (1970's), with a primary focus on Central and South America. Jugo Cahvez gave this trilogy to Obama when they met in April of 2009.
Galeano takes the archetypical role of storyteller - beginning in Genesis with a folkloric voice and proceeding in short snapshots to describe how Europeans arrived and changed the lives and lands of the peoples of the Americas.
An eye-opener.
The Angel's Game (Hardcover)
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780385528702Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Doubleday, 06/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Angel's Game
Comments:
So, you like suspenseful mysteries - try just this one more - You will laugh, hold your breath, sigh in relief - as Ruiz Zafon whirls you through Barcelona. Now, dear reader, is he pulling your leg? Enjoy!
Title: Angel's Game
Comments:
So, you like suspenseful mysteries - try just this one more - You will laugh, hold your breath, sigh in relief - as Ruiz Zafon whirls you through Barcelona. Now, dear reader, is he pulling your leg? Enjoy!
Alphabeasties: And Other Amazing Types (Hardcover)
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781934706787Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Blue Apple Books, 07/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: alphabeasties
Comments: This is a fascinating primer of fonts.
Introduce your youngster to the POWER of BOLD, the slinkiness of Italics, as they meet zebras made entirely of Z's, bats made of flying b's, a sliky sheep of curling S's.
A book for all ages - to last for ages
A Mercy (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307276766Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 08/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: A Mercy
Comments:
It is a pleasure to puzzle out the story, the relationships & the beating heart of this masterpiece.
1690: Europeans are taking dominion over the North American continent. In an isolated corner of that huge wild space a young entrepreneur brings together: a requested European bride, a lone survivor of a native village wiped out by small pox, a grieving survivor of a slave ship disaster and a young slave girl taken in trade to pay back debt.
Title: A Mercy
Comments:
It is a pleasure to puzzle out the story, the relationships & the beating heart of this masterpiece.
1690: Europeans are taking dominion over the North American continent. In an isolated corner of that huge wild space a young entrepreneur brings together: a requested European bride, a lone survivor of a native village wiped out by small pox, a grieving survivor of a slave ship disaster and a young slave girl taken in trade to pay back debt.
Morality in the raw, etched into the American dream.
Out Stealing Horses (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780312427085Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 04/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Out Stealing Horses
Comments:
Off in the far north-eastern backwoods of Norway, Trond attempts to free his life from prying eyes. He can't escape from his own memories - though the ones he has allowed himself to remember and the ones that niggle at the cracks in his life story.
Sharp storytelling and beautiful language; a fine emotional story.
Title: Out Stealing Horses
Comments:
Off in the far north-eastern backwoods of Norway, Trond attempts to free his life from prying eyes. He can't escape from his own memories - though the ones he has allowed himself to remember and the ones that niggle at the cracks in his life story.
Sharp storytelling and beautiful language; a fine emotional story.
To Siberia (Paperback)
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ISBN-13: 9780312428990Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 09/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: To Siberia
Comments:
This is a sad story -
but
if you need a distraction from your own sorrows -
Title: To Siberia
Comments:
This is a sad story -
but
if you need a distraction from your own sorrows -
Petterson slips the pathos of a tragic life into our hearts with beautiful language and a character we can't help but love.
The Gecko and Sticky: The Greatest Power (Hardcover)
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780375843778Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 05/01/2009
Bookseller:
Lauren Comments: Join Dave & Sticky on their quest to foil the Evil - Damien Black. An edge of your chair suspenseful read full od amazing words (even some Spanish) and crazy twists & turns - that coffee making monkey - he's something else! - Would you like to meet him in your kitchen? Have fun. And, what do you think? - Invisibility or Gecko Power?
The Echo Maker (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780312426439Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Picador, 08/01/2007
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: The Echo Maker
Comments:
An amazingly thoughtful examination of the mind
Title: The Echo Maker
Comments:
An amazingly thoughtful examination of the mind
After Dark (Paperback)
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307278739Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 04/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: After Dark
Comments:
What do we see in the dark? Lights - that blind us beyond their periphery? - or do they focus our sight so we see more clearly?
Murakami - through the eyes of a night bird, sweeps us along to examine how Mari and Takahashi move through the darkness of one early morning - does the light illuminate?
Beautiful writing, acute perception!
Title: After Dark
Comments:
What do we see in the dark? Lights - that blind us beyond their periphery? - or do they focus our sight so we see more clearly?
Murakami - through the eyes of a night bird, sweeps us along to examine how Mari and Takahashi move through the darkness of one early morning - does the light illuminate?
Beautiful writing, acute perception!
A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories (Paperback)
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780393331615Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 04/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levo
Comments:
THE SHORT STORY LIVES!
Title: A Tranquil Star: Unpublished Stories of Primo Levo
Comments:
THE SHORT STORY LIVES!
Primo Levy has woven bits of life, bits of even fantasy together in a variety of forms.
Another late night, porch storyteller to sit back and enjoy - summer or no.
Strawberry Fields (Paperback)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143113553Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 05/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Strawberry Fields
Comments:
Marina Lewycka has done it again.
Title: Strawberry Fields
Comments:
Marina Lewycka has done it again.
Poignant yet full of the humor of life at the edge, this story of an immigrant crew brought into the strawberry fields of rural England to reap the harvest is a satisfying read.
Enjoy these youthful hopeful innocents as they cope with unsavory employers, deceptive agents, rule-enforcing officials and grueling work - is there time for a little love?
Divisadero (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307279323Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 04/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Divisadero
Comments:
OK - it has no linear plot
OK - it seems disjointed - patched together - a scrap of history here
a bit of reality there.
BUT - the writing is lovely
AND - as you read - keep in mind- Divisadero. It is a Spanish word that could mean "division" or just as well "a vision of what is far off and distant." In this way - you can follow Anna as she struggles to make it through the nights, waiting for a phone call from her sister.
Title: Divisadero
Comments:
OK - it has no linear plot
OK - it seems disjointed - patched together - a scrap of history here
a bit of reality there.
BUT - the writing is lovely
AND - as you read - keep in mind- Divisadero. It is a Spanish word that could mean "division" or just as well "a vision of what is far off and distant." In this way - you can follow Anna as she struggles to make it through the nights, waiting for a phone call from her sister.
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780385737470Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 09/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, & Some Other Things...
Comments: Do you have a moment.. a quick read moment?
Ready for a new way to look at the Ordinary.
Take a break & read these short stories - even the introduction by Lemony Snickett - is fun- quirky- just like a visit to - Mars. (have you been there?)
Bubble Trouble (Hardcover)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780547074214Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Clarion Books, 04/01/2009
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Bubble Trouble
Comments: Are your lips ready for this lip challenge? On your mark - GO!
Jump into this rolicking adventure-
Mabel accidentally sends her baby brother wafting through the ether - in a bubble...
The rhyme & rhythem are surefooted, the words so tantalizing - Enjoy!
A Spot of Bother (Paperback)
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307278869Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 08/01/2007
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: A Spot of Bother
Comments:
A bit of bother alright!
George has made a plan for retirement
Title: A Spot of Bother
Comments:
A bit of bother alright!
George has made a plan for retirement
Little Beauty (Hardcover)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780763639594Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Candlewick, 09/01/2008
Bookseller:Lauren
Comments: Need a hug? Need a friend? Sit down with this book and as many others who will fit on your lap - the words are exactly right - the art draws you in & there will be a smile att he end - AND HUGS!
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9780061344312Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Greenwillow Books, 08/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: The Trouble Begins at 8
Comments:
Ok, Sid Fleischman was once told he was "No Mark Twain"
Title: The Trouble Begins at 8
Comments:
Ok, Sid Fleischman was once told he was "No Mark Twain"
BUT
this is an excellent biography of - well it starts off as Sam Clemen's story - ends as Mark Twain's - of course!
The details of his life are summarized at the end.
The meat of his life - his wonderful sense of humor - fill these pages - what a feast!
The Man of Feeling (Paperback)
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780811216777Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 02/01/2007
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Man of Feeling
Comments:
"Her whole figure, deprived of its face, gave an impression of perfection fixity, completion, and acceptance as if there were no room in her for change, emendation or denial - like the days that are ended, like legends, like the liturgy of established religions..."
Title: Man of Feeling
Comments:
"Her whole figure, deprived of its face, gave an impression of perfection fixity, completion, and acceptance as if there were no room in her for change, emendation or denial - like the days that are ended, like legends, like the liturgy of established religions..."
To be loved - so deeply - in the reality of our dreams - the imagination of our lives.
An amazing story of love.
Wave (Hardcover)
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780811859240Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Chronicle Books, 04/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Wave
Comments: Simple & beautifully executed. Those gulls remind you of anyone? That blue ocean - gorgeous! That SPLASH is something else! If you can't go to the beach - sit back & enjoy the ocean from your chair.
Wabi Sabi (Hardcover)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780316118255Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 10/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: Wabi Sabi
Comments:
A cat goes out into the world- Oh, what a world!- so full of textures-
to discover-
what does her name mean - Wabi Sabi?
Do you know what Wabi sabi is?
Come discover the world of wabi Sabi.
An excellent blend of word and art for children of all ages (tall ones, too).
The View from Castle Rock (Paperback)
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781400077922Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Vintage, 01/01/2008
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: The View from Castle Rock
Comments:
Alice Munro draws a meandering genealogical story line from Ettrick, Scotland - a place of "no advantages" - to Ontario, Canada, keeping the strokes wide enough to include both those who can not resist the temptations of grandeur and those who cringe with apprehension at the sight and sound of it. For "self-dramatization got short shrift in our family... They called it calling attention to yourself."
Title: The View from Castle Rock
Comments:
Alice Munro draws a meandering genealogical story line from Ettrick, Scotland - a place of "no advantages" - to Ontario, Canada, keeping the strokes wide enough to include both those who can not resist the temptations of grandeur and those who cringe with apprehension at the sight and sound of it. For "self-dramatization got short shrift in our family... They called it calling attention to yourself."
Excellent storytelling - the essence of an impressionist painting - the details, the telling outlines.
The Game (Hardcover)
$11.99
ISBN-13: 9780142407189Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Firebird, 03/01/2007
Bookseller: Lauren
Title: The Game
Comments:
What kind of games do you play when you get together with your family?
Title: The Game
Comments:
What kind of games do you play when you get together with your family?
Do you have a treasure hunt out in the many-threaded mythosphere?
Join Haley as she meets her many cousins and learns how to play - The Game! Diana Wynne Jones has the most amazing imagination!