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Little Brown and Company. As New with no dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0316690155 . Remainder; 16 oz.; 239 pages; 1st ED HC no DJ New w/remainder mark. Walking down their road one day, Marc Parent's son Casey spied a dead squirrel. This prompted a discussion about life and death, God and Heaven, after which Casey asked, Can we kick it? There is nobody like a child to look life's greatest mysteries square in the eye, and there is no writer like Marc Parent to translate their revelations to the rest of us. He tries to teach his sons how to win at his favorite board games, but learns instead the real joy of making up your own incoherent rules. He nurtures their compassion, they teach him about love and forgiveness in the face of anger. This is a book about the things we knew as children - about gratitude and playfulness, acceptance and love - but elude us as adults. .

HarperCollins Publishers. Fair in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0002008475 . 12 oz.; 173 pages; Unread HC w/DJ binding cracked from storage very clean reading copy. Siri Agrell didn’t mean to become a bad bridesmaid. It just kind of happened when this National Post columnist innocently asked— via a newspaper piece—if it was really necessary for the bride’s best and most loyal friends to endure 12 months of themed showers, endless fittings and the inevitable “taffeta terror” of coming face to face with the chosen dress. Agrell got her answer when she was promptly fired as a bridesmaid. But her friend’s loss is a win for the millions of women-in-waiting who, despite the fact that they love their brides, can’t quite believe what they’re being asked to swallow along with their champagne. .

Vanguard Press. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 1593154682 . 16 oz.; 247 pages; VG- HC w/DJ owner's name 1st end page o/w very clean/tight/bright condition. Bad Dogs Have More Fun is an unforgettable collection of more than seventy-five newspaper articles fromThe Philadelphia Inquirer written by former columnist John Grogan. Combining humor, wit, poignancy, and affection, these columns provide insight into the intriguing and wonderful world we live in. Whether it be writing about animals (from dogs to elephants to geese! ) , powerful and moving comments about his own and other families, trenchant comments on life? S foibles and farces, or his interviews and interactions with people who are memorable and unusual in their own right, John Grogan makes us laugh-he makes us cry-he makes us think. .

Ballantine Books. Good. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. 9 oz.; 351 pages; PB aged light spine lean owner's name 1st end page. "The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion."A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1965. After a brief stint in the Delta, Gwin was reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in An Khe. There, in the hotly contested Central Highlands, he served almost nine months as executive officer for Alpha Company, 2/7, fighting against crack NVA troops in some of the war's most horrific battles. .

NAL Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 0451225570 . Ex-Library; 21 oz.; 371 pages; Good++ Ex library HC in protected DJ library markings o/w very nice clean/tight condition. In 1993, after more people had fled Chicago for the suburbs than in any other city in America, Ed Zotti and his wife, Mary, chose not only to stay but to gamble their future fixing up a dilapidated Victorian home in a dicey neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. .

George Allen & Unwin. Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0876634307 . Ex-Library; 15 oz.; 176 pages; Ex library HC in protected DJ library markings very slight storage curve good clean/tight reading copy. Isaak Diqs recalls his life as a member of the nomadic Arab tribe on the Negev Desert in Palestine. .

Knopf. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0375413979 . 18 oz.; 222 pages; New HC w/DJ front cover faint water spot o/w new. When this memoirist's family moved from England to the Kalahari Desert in Africa, she embraced the splendor and violence of the natural landscape. But when family life turned violent in its own way, she turned to the landscape to help her face the emotional turmoil. .

Harper & Row. Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0060642599 . Ex-Library; 12 oz.; 131 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ library markings o/w good clean/tight condition. A report on mythic journeys byt he author of "To a Dancing God". .

Harcourt Brace. Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. 20 oz.; 263 pages; HC no DJ aged owner's name 1st end page. .

Puzzlebox Press. Good+. 2005. First Edition. Paperback. 0974378321 . Ex-Library; 16 oz.; 312 pages; Ex library unread? PB 1st ED Signed by Author library markings o/w nice clean/tight/bright condition. In a small Wisconsin town a 6-year-old is stricken with paralytic polio. Forty years later he finds his life in shambles. Seeking answers, he discovers a sleeping boy within...and a surprising enemy. A funny, sad, and at times wise story. Includes photos. ; Signed by Author .

Follett Pub. Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 24 oz.; 204 pages; Ex library HC no DJ Good+ library markings light shelf wear feels unread. .

Crown Publishers. Good in Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0517540037 . Ex-Library; 18 oz.; 218 pages; Ex library HC in protected DJ w/library markings o/w good clean/tight condition. In a literature rife with unforgettable Jewish mothers, no reader has ever met the likes of Dora Sloan. .

Banksiana Pub. Co.. Very Good. 0. Paperback. 0962786772 . 46 oz.; 379 pages; Unread PB Signed By Author Numbered 1st Edition light shelf wear/storage curve very nice clean/tight condition. In his latest work, Mert has combined his love of hunting, his interest in logging, and his desire to preserve the past. ; Signed by Author .

Forum. As New. 2001. First Thus. Paperback. 0761535810 . 24 Oz; 439 pages; PB Unread/Unmarked Stated 1st PB ED w/very slight shelf wear. Who is Osama bin Laden—the only terrorist leader ever to have declared a holy war against America? What drives him and those he leads to hate a West that helped enrich and arm them? Bin Laden's name has been linked to a number of incidents that have cost Americans their lives, including the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 and the destruction of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Now, he is linked to the recent catastrophic assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Here is a comprehensive account of the rise of bin Laden. More details/pics upon request. .

Harpercollins Publisher. Good. 2001. Paperback. 0060830565 . 8 oz.; 288 pages; PB cover wear aged good clean/tight condition. Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. .

Washington Square Press. Good. 1972. Paperback. 0671432680 . 7 oz.; 238 pages; PB aged some cover wear clean/solid reading copy. Black Elk Speaks, the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Black Elk’s searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth, conveyed by John G. Neihardt, have made this book a classic that crosses multiple genres. Whether appreciated as the poignant tale of a Lakota life, as a history of a Native nation, or as an enduring spiritual testament, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable. .

University of Wisconsin Press. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 1883755077 . Ex-Library; 22 oz.; 215 pages; Ex library HC in protected DJ Good+ feels unread w/library markings. A farmer with an extraordinary gift for language and a writer with the field still fresh on his boots, Justin Isherwood is irresistibly compelling. His writing is possessed by a poetry. As he moves effortlessly from the profound to the practical, he turns the ordinary experiences of farm life into a feast for your senses. .

Mcgraw Hill. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0712662057 . ; 35 oz.; 370 pages; 1 st ED HC no DJ cover soiling end pages sticker removal damage. In 1762 James Boswell, then twenty-two years old, left Edinburgh for London. The famous Journal he kept during the next nine months is an intimate account of his encounters with the high-life and the low-life in London. Frank and confessional as a personal portrait of the young Boswell, the Journal is also revealing as a vivid portrayal of life in eighteenth-century London. This new edition includes an introduction by Peter Ackroyd, which discusses Boswell's life and achievement. .

John C Winston. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. 29 oz.; 320 pages; HC no DJ VG- Aged nice clean/tight condition. Gift inscribed front end page dated 1928. More details/pics upon request. .

Square Fish. Very Good+. 1998. Paperback. 11 oz.; 160 pages; VG+ Unead PB slight shelf wear nice clean/tight/bright condition. Of the thousands of inventions filed each year since 1790 with the United States Patent Office, some have come from enterprising kids, and not just those who have grown up to be famous adult inventors. Here are the stories of twenty ingenious young Americans. Among them are Chester Greenwood, creator of ear muffs; Ralph Samuelson, originator of water-skiing; Vanessa Hess and her colored car wax; and Jerrald Spencer, whose electronic gizmo has made a line of toys so popular that over five million of them have been sold! .