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Pre-Owned Trooper: The Bobcat Who Came in from the Wild (Hardcover) 1510728228 9781510728226

Whenever middle-aged desert tour guide Forrest Bryant Johnson went out on his daily walks into the Mojave all was usually peaceful and serene. But one beautiful summer day in 1987 Forrest heard a cry of distress. Following the cries he came upon a... more

The Weather Changed, Summer Came and So on

Warsaw 1920: Lenin s Failed Conquest of Europe 9780007225521 Used / Pre-owned

The dramatic and little-known story of how in the summer of 1920 Lenin came within a hair s breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism to western Europe. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are... more

Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis (Paperback)

An updated and revised look at the truth behind America s housing and mortgage bubbles In the summer of 2007 the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average fifty lenders a month were going bust-and the people... more

Pre-Owned September 1918: War Plague and the World Series (Hardcover) 1621576205 9781621576204

One hundred years ago in September 1918 three things came to Boston: war plague and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American... more

Pre-Owned Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant (Hardcover) 039305117X 9780393051179

As a child in South Africa spending summers exploring the wild with his boyhood friends Lyall Watson came face to face with his first elephant. This entertaining and enchanting work (Washington Post Book World) chronicles how Watson s fascination grew... more

Pre-Owned The Outsider (Mass Market Paperback) 1551662876 9781551662879

Cameron Divine--The roguish research scientist came from light-years away on a mission. A flesh-and-blood woman changed everything. Summer Van Vorn--A simple folk healer. Sexy vulnerable she d been waiting all her life for the right man to come along.... more

Then we came to California; a biography of Sarah Summers Clarke written in the first person by Ralph LeRoy Milliken. 1938 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare Biblio�... more

Pre-Owned When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees. by Julie Summers (Hardcover) 1847377254 9781847377258

On 1 September 1939 Operation Pied Piper began. Its aim was to place the children of Britain s industrial cities beyond the reach of the Luftwaffe. The figures are breathtaking. One-and-a-half million children pregnant women and school teachers were... more

Pre-Owned Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America (Hardcover) 1538737825 9781538737828

An incisive definitive exploration of America s present-day racial reckoning examining the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd. For many the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020... more

Pre-Owned Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America (Hardcover 9781538737828) by Curtis Bunn Michael H Cottman Patrice Gaines

9781538737828. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 352. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. For many the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific eight minutes and 46 seconds when... more

Say Their Names : How Black Lives Came to Matter in America (Hardcover)

This definitive guide to America s present-day racial reckoning examines the forces that pushed our unjust system to its breaking point after the death of George Floyd. For many the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the... more

The Day He Came Back (Paperback)

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new standalone novel.It was the summer of my life.I d met the guy of my dreams.Unfortunately he was the son of my uppity employer-and very much off-limits.*An angsty second-chance romance... more

A Summer Adventure (Paperback)

A Summer Adventure chronicles when the author s father and uncle spent their summer working on a Wyoming cattle ranch in 1917. The book s foreword explains how this book came about and the various recollections that together made the story complete. It... more

Summer Pudding (Paperback)

There was silence. In it Janet heard the twittering of innumerable birds chatting as they settled down for the night. Some rooks cawed overhead. The baa of a sheep came from a distant field. London had been so noisy with its crashes at night and... more

Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor (Paperback)

Before there was Glee or American Idol there was Stagedoor Manor a theater camp in the Catskills where big-time Hollywood casting directors came to find the next generation of stars. It s where Natalie Portman Robert Downey Jr. Zach Braff Mandy Moore... more

Sports: Saratoga Race Course: The August Place to Be (Paperback)

In the early 1800s Saratoga Springs was mostly a tourist destination because of its natural mineral waters and their healing powers. But that changed in 1863 with the opening of the Saratoga Race Course. From then on summers in the Spa City came alive... more

American Indian Fairy Tales (Paperback)

This is a collection of Native American folklore retold for children and young adults. Young readers and listeners will love such charming authentic tales as Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind How the Summer Came The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds The... more

Religion and Politics: Tabernacle of Hate: Seduction Into Right-Wing Extremism Second Edition (Paperback)

In the summer of 1984 Noble came within seconds of committing what would have been the largest domestic terrorist act in U.S. history at that time. As one of the founders of the Covenant Sword and Arm of the Lord (CSA) a cult paramilitary group he... more

Religion and Politics: Tabernacle of Hate: Seduction Into Right-Wing Extremism Second Edition (Hardcover)

In the summer of 1984 Noble came within seconds of committing what would have been the largest domestic terrorist act in U.S. history at that time. As one of the founders of the Covenant Sword and Arm of the Lord (CSA) a cult paramilitary group he... more

Flush It and Go with the Flow (Paperback)

Educational professionals from the Huntsville Alabama area came together in a summer retreat to discuss ways to balance frustrations in our schools families and communities. We figured that everyone uses the restroom throughout the day so this symbolic... more

Free as a Bird: Children Bedtime Story Picture Book (Hardcover)

FREE AS A BIRD ************************* Over the mountains far far away Came a soft chirping as sweet as the day Birdie and his dad flew over the trees Enjoying the warm soft summer breeze. more

Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover)

This young white New Yorker came South with a camera and a keen eye for history. And he used these simple elegant gifts to capture the story of one of the most inspiring periods in America s twentieth century. -John Lewis US Congressman In the summer... more

Chain of Blame: How Wall Street Caused the Mortgage and Credit Crisis (Hardcover)

An updated and revised look at the truth behind America s housing and mortgage bubbles In the summer of 2007 the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average fifty lenders a month were going bust-and the people... more

Ragged Lady Part 1 (Paperback)

It was their first summer at Middlemount and the Landers did not know the roads. When they came to a place where they had a choice of two she said that now he must get out of the carry-all and ask at the house standing a little back in the edge of the pi more

Pre-Owned Second Child (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - Beware the second child. This lush secluded Maine seaside resort is the summer playground of the superrich but one hundred years ago something disturbed their play. Horror came to this village. And though no one knows it yet the horror has... more

Do You Realize? : A Story of Love and Grief and the Colours of Existence (Paperback)

The other day as I came out from the station I caught a glimpse of dark hair and for a second I thought it was you Mina. So begins this searingly honest account written by a psychotherapist who returns from her summer vacation to discover that one of... more

Pre-Owned The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas (Hardcover) 1250234107 9781250234100

Kimberly Willis Holt s The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby s life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver Toby s... more

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past (Hardcover)

A 2009 Sibert Honor Book In 1991 mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here... more

Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World (Paperback)

Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008 Russia asserted its military power to halt... more

Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World (Hardcover)

Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008 Russia asserted its military power to halt... more

A Painted House (Paperback)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Until that September of 1952 Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long hot summer of his seventh year two groups of migrant workers -- and two very dangerous men -- came through the... more

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Pre-Owned When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (Hardcover 9780805061161) by Kimberly Willis Holt

9780805061161. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 227. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 227 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town 13-year-old Toby and his... more

The Relatives Came (Hardcover)

The relatives station wagon: it smelled like a real car looked like a rainbow and was roomy enough for a crowd. Lucky! Because a big crowd in all shapes and sizes piled into that old wagon at four o clock one summer morning and piled out of it the next... more

Pre-Owned Uncle Cam: The Story of William Cameron Townsend Founder of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (Paperback) 0938978039 9780938978039

In the late 1980s John and Bonnie Nystrom came alongside Pastor Peter and several other men from Arop village & ; in Papua New Guinea to translate the Bible into the local language. Now while visiting another part of the country & ; just ten years... more

Bronx Is Burning (DVD)

In the summer of 1977 New York was a city in crisis. Paralyzed by a citywide blackout political strife and the Son of Sam killing spree the Big Apple was burning. Rising out of this troubled urban landscape to bring hope and inspiration came one of... more

Pre-Owned St. Louis Big League Ballparks (Paperback) 0738532657 9780738532653

Baseball came to St. Louis before the dawn of the major leagues. It was a gentleman s game a simple summer pastime and its popularity grew as the city evolved. Local amateur teams proliferated and interest in forming a team of professionals resulted in... more