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What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician's Guide to Rebuilding America's Communities—One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time

by Dar Williams

Published: 2017-09-05

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A beloved folk singer presents an impassioned account of the fall and rise of the small American towns she cherishesDubbed by the New Yorker as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters," Dar Williams has made her career not in stadiums, but touring America's small towns. She has play...

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It's Okay to Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too)

by Nora McInerny Purmort

Published: 2017-04-04

Paperback: 304 pages

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER“Thank you for the perfect blend of nostalgia-drenched humor, wit, and heartbreak, Nora.” — Mandy Moorecomedy = tragedy time/roséTwenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey “boyfriend” until she met Aaron—a charismatic art ...

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Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

by Adam Hochschild

Published: 2016-03-29

Hardcover: 464 pages

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From the acclaimed, best-selling author Adam Hochschild, a sweeping history of the Spanish Civil War, told through a dozen characters, including Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell: a tale of idealism, heartbreaking suffering, and a noble cause that failed For three crucial years in the 19...

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Among the Branded

by Linda Smolkin

Published: 2017-04-28

Paperback: 264 pages

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This is a beautiful and fascinating novel that will keep readers hooked." San Francisco Book ReviewWhat if a 70-year-old letter from World War II changed the course of your life?While attending Valor of the ’40s, art director Stephanie Britain stumbles upon a flea market selling letters ...

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Each Vagabond By Name

by Margo Orlando Littell

Published: 2016-05-06

Paperback: 256 pages

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WINNER: Gold Medal, IPPY Awards 2017, Best Regional Fiction When a group of traveling people descends on the sleepy town of Shelk, Pennsylvania, Zaccariah Ramsy, owner of the local bar, finds himself drawn into their world after a hungry man turns up on his doorstep. Meanw...

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Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama

Published: 2017-10-24

Hardcover: 128 pages

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A collection of essays celebrating the influential former first lady, by an array of acclaimed contributors and with a foreword by Lena Dunham Michelle Obama’s legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama’s equal partner ...

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Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4)

by Barbara Park

Published: 2001-05-29

Paperback: 0 pages

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Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 60 million copies in print and now with a bright new look for a new generation!Laugh yourself si...

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Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours

by Ben Falcone

Published: 2017-05-16

Hardcover: 240 pages

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A funny and intimate look at fatherhood from the actor and writer/director of The Boss and Tammy that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad and how his experiences raising two daughters with his wife, Melissa McCarthy, who also penned the Foreword, are shaped by his own child...

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King of the Lags: Story of Charles Peace

by David Ward

Published: 1989-05-25

Paperback: 176 pages

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Green Days by the River (Caribbean Writers Series)

by Michael Anthony

Published: 2000-09-27

Paperback: 198 pages

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Another perceptive novel about a boy on the edge of adult responsibilities. It is the story of Shellie, a Trinidadian boy who moves to a new village and there meets two girls. He is charmed by Rosalie but he is attracted to the more cheerful and accessible Joan. Introduction by Gareth Griffiths.