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New York: Channel Press, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. In this broadly based analysis of the Christan funeral, Dr. Jackson explains its significance, meaning, and function. An illuminating study of its history is given along with a probing evaluation of the demands and expectations placed upon it by modern society. The Christian funeral is seen as an effective vehicle for encouraging emotional stability, realistic self-appraisal, and spiritual insight on the part of all concerned. Inclu... more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing, 1983. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Tenggren. #201-54.This story is about an elephant who loved to dance, but every time a foot came down it shook the entire jungle. When he kicked, he knocked over a tree or a bush. A parrot, and then all of the other jungle animals he met, made fun of him because he was so baggy and saggy. The binding and pages are clean and bright. There are no marks or tears on the pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Racine: Western Publishing, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarry, Richard. Each story or rhyme is dated starting with The Three Little Pigs on January 1. Wonderfully illustrated by Richard Scarry, this book provides a whole year of reading for your child. Brief, charming tales and poems by the late Kathryn Jackson are just the right length for sleepy youngsters to hear at bedtime. Includes hundreds of pictures that add to this fun-filled book's gentle, special feeling. 236 pages with index. One corner i... more information

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Groundwood Books, 1997. No Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Fitzgerald, Joanne. Ages 3 - 6. Jacob has done what every child loves to do - enter the contest on the back of a cereal box. And sure enough, there is a little pioneer log cabin waiting for him ont he kitchent table when he gets home from school. But when he lifts off the roof, he's a bit surprised to find four little girl dolls lying in four little beds. He is even more surprised when his parents say good-night and fo... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atheneum, 1990. 2nd Printing. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Fine. A boy's search for an explanation to a persistent dream leads him to a Anasazi cliff village, 700 years ago, where a lovely young Indian girl needs his help to ensure the survival of her people. 211 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Company, 2001. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Smith, Doug (woodcut on jacket). In a series of seven moving short stories based on her experiences as a private investigator, Kelly James draws us into the mystery that is Africa.She navigates among warring political factions, poachers, tribesmen, witchdoctors, prostitutes, the poverty stricken, and the sick. She exposes us to a world where truth is ephemeral, where compassion, though frail, ... more information

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Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1940. Near Fine/No Jacket. Binding has only one spot on the back.The lettering is gilded but somewhat faded. The page tops are dyed the same color as the book, a sort of dark blue. This biography of Andrew Jackson follows him from his childhood, to marriage, through wars. He also had numerous wards for which he paid for college. There are numerous paintings, drawings and photographs included. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: SchirmerTrade Books, 2002. No Edition. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. Photographs. The definitive and authorized biography of one of the greatest literary humorists of all time, first published in 1974, is now printed in a revised, updated edition. Lavishly illustrated, this biography is the first book to trace Wodehouse's career from his first magazine contribution in 1901 through the show-business years to his one hundred books that have given so much pleasure to readers f... more information

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New York: Random House, 1959. Ninth Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Robinson Jeffers has dominated American poetry as the leading exponent of rugged native poetry. Each of his books has added to his stature as a poet. Mr. Jeffers, with the help of Mrs. Una Jeffers, has chosen for this volume one hundred and twenty-five of his most significant poems, including such long narrative works as Roan Stallion, Tamar, The Tower Beyond Tragedy, Descent to the Dead, and the best of his shorter lyrical writings... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Story of a reporter, set in 1935 Texas; she comes home w/new husband to take over dad's newspaper business. While she's out finding stories she uncovers the "Texas Murder Machine." The discovery and a personal tragedy leads her to strip bare the secrets of her hometown. 396 pages. Jacket is protected by a plastic that is fine in the front but scratched on the back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"... more information

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Garden Ciy, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. This book discusses the necessity of the church, several parts of the bible and how the church relates to them, and the future of the church. The red cloth binding is fine, no wear but has the remnants of a label wrapped around the front, spine, and back.188 pages, all fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/Near Fine. Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred - once thought dead - is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care. A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes Jenkins, but it is still possible to make hostile and vituperative public ... more information

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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Utah Pr, 1998. Unknown. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. Photographs and Maps. Includes a foreword by Don D. Fowler. Before Lake Powell there was Glen Canyon. For more that 1,300 years the canyon was home for generations of a prehistoric people now known as the Anasazi. As work began on the Glen Canyon Dam in 1957, so did a massive five-year operation to inventory the archaeology, geology, history and ecology of the canyon and its tributaries before they were submerged beneath... more information

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New York: Harcourt, 2002. First American Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Awarded Denmark's Golden Laurels for Best Book of the Year. "When Carsten Jensen set out by train from Denmark on a journey to the East, he expected to find lands of rich history and culture, and people undergoing radical change at the end of the twentieth century. In this illuminating narrative of his travels, there is this and much, much more. He examines the reverberations of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, always a... more information

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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Photographs. Using material newly obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Fred Jerome weaves information from Einstein's almost two-thousand-page FBI file with the history of the period to create a spy-story-like narrative that also explores Einstein's political dimension. From the moment Albert Einstein arrived in the United States in 1933, until his death in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, assis... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Jobling, Curtis. For ages 4 - 8. Dr. Frankenstein names his new creation Nine - not because cats have "nine lives," but because that's how many cats it takes to make him. However, Nine isn't terribly popular at the castle, and he's lonely. So the doctor creates a companion who turns out to be more than Frankenstein's cat bargained for. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid! The story is very funn... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The last thing young Cassie Andreas saw was an organized team ruthlessly murder her nanny and the Secret Service agents on duty to protect her. And to free Cassie from the terrors in her own mind, Melissa and Jessica Riley must risk their own safety and sanity and place their trust in a mysterious, charismatic man. But does he really want to help? Or is his show of concern all a treacherous charade? The binding has a... more information

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Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Books, Inc., 1954. No Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Various. This is a children's text book just brimming over with wonderful works by well-known authors. Short stories, poetry, and a glossary of the more unusual words are all included. The pages are bright, and all illustrated. 360 pages, with 8 sections of reading. There is a light erasure mark on the front front endpaper, and the back free endpaper is missing. There is moderate wear to the corners and sp... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Picador USA, 2006. First Trade Paper Edition. Soft Cover. New/No Jacket. This lady pulls no punches. An entertaining look at an activist who insists on living life her way, disability or no; strongly recommended." - Library Journal. Harriet McBryde Johnson's witty and highly unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends with a bold and unsentimental sermon on pleasure. Born with a neuromuscular disease, Johnson has never been able to walk, dre... more information

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Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. The Clinton Years - they were the best of times - and the worst. A time of unprecedented wealth, of breathtaking progress in technology, the world-changing internet, and the genome with the medical miracles it promised. Set against these triumphs was another America dominated by all-news TV and the gossip journalism of the Internet, driven by celebrity culture, lacking civility, racially divided, and presi... more information

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