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The definitive, career-spanning collection of writing from Anthony Bourdain, assembled for the first time in book formAnthony Bourdain represented many things to many people--and he had many sides. But no part of his identity was more important to him, and more long-lasting, than that...

Professor Carroll Quigley presents crucial "keys" without which 20th century political, economic, and military events can never be fully understood. The reader will see that this applies to events past-present-and future. "The Rhodes Scholarships, established by the terms of Cecil Rhode's seventh will, are...

Without Mama, life in the log house at the forest's edge can be lonely for a little girl. But there's Papa for company, and the two mules, Bartholomew and Thaddeus Frisco, and the big old dog that mysteriously showed up at the end of...

UNFURLING Slowly, quietly, something has begun. The whispers in the darkest shadows grow louder. The Church Coalition, with the aid of the Seven Shields (the great houses of alchemy), begin investigating the rumors of a red dragon. It's then that the children of House...

KEEPING SECRETS Many different students from different backgrounds attend the fantastical institution of higher learning known as "The College." They are the nameless, faceless strangers sitting in the next seat, or living in the next dorm room. As Chise begins to come out of...

Have you ever wondered what happens during a swipe of a credit card? Every major tech company will become a payments company. Yet, not many people understand how payment systems in the US work. Those that do "get it" are unlocking multi-billion dollar opportunities....

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of...

Could an unlikely pair make the perfect team? When Amish widow Hannah Esch agrees to play chaperone to a group of teenagers from different communities, the last thing she expects is to be working with Samuel Miller. She hasn't forgotten how he'd objected to...

From New York Times bestselling author Marta PerryCould an unlikely pairmake the perfect team?When Amish widow Hannah Esch agrees to play chaperone to a group of teenagers from different communities, the last thing she expects is to be working with Samuel Miller. She hasn't...

Author: Wanda E. Brunstetter,Richelle BrunstetterPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 10/29/2025Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.75h x 5.80w x 1.00dISBN: 9781420527100

In the fifth and final novel in the Five Crowns of Okrith romantasy series from bestselling author A.K. Mulford, a young fae warrior is hellbent on winning the Eastern Court crown, but when her fated lover--and hated nemesis--Ersan enters the trials she struggles to...

A revolutionary, proven program for reversing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline from award winning neurologists and codirectors of the Brain Health and Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical CenterOver 47 million people are currently living with Alzheimer's disease worldwide....

Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street CollegeWhy was reading so hard?When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." Adam would rather color or mold clay. In first grade,...

When a fierce wind threatens to blow all the little letters out of the alphabet tree, they must band together in words--and then sentences--to create a message that's even stronger than the wind: peace on earth. With their newfound knowledge, there's nothing the letters...

New York Times bestselling author and civil rights lawyer Qian Julie Wang introduces the highly controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, which have been used to justify the curtailing of basic freedoms from the Revolutionary Era through the present day. In the summer of 1798,...

Author: Kate QuinnPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 06/21/2017Pages: 715Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.60lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.40dISBN: 9781432839406Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.9Point Value: 23Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 196198 / Alice Network

"A wonderful, heartwarming read." -- Ruth Hogan, author of Keeper of Lost ThingsFrom the USA Today bestselling author of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett comes a heartwarming story of found family, love, and making connections through books set against the bombing of London...

November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes--only to be met by loincloth-wearing natives silently materializing out of the mountainous jungle....

A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from...

Tomás Halík provides a poignant reflection on Christianity's crisis of faith while offering a vision of the self-reflection, love, and growth necessary for the church to overcome and build a deeper and more mature faith.In a world transformed by secularization and globalization, torn by...