North Adams, MA: Storey Books, 2007 NEW - This fun and engaging book helps everyone garden wherever you have dirt. Be it your yard, an urban balcony or anywhere else, you can discover the pleasure of getting down and dirty. Ellen Zachos' 43 no-experience-required projects inspire you to dig in, have fun, and help things grow. Isn't it about time to think about bringing a little more green into your world? And we don't mean recycling! 248 pages, beautifully illustrated in full color, this book in... more information

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New York: Hyperion Books, 2008 A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question. When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave - "Really ... more information

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Rutland, VT: Tuttle Pub, 1993 Zen ABC is as thought-provoking as it is beautiful to read and regard. Its compilation of classical haiku, koans, and contemporary poems create an evocative language which can serve as your family's first exploration into the rich history and spirituality that is Zen. The illustrators are mother and daughter. Zen ABC is the result of their combined artistry, using Amy's colorful, painted collages and Jessie's fine pen and ink techniques for their borders, creating a... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1956 Harry didn't like to have baths, so one day he took the scrub brush outside and buried it. He then proceeded to have so much fun, and get so dirty, that no one recognized him. He came home when he was hungry but his family wouldn't let him in, even though he did all his best tricks. They thought he was a stray. Corners bumped, bottom edges lightly worn. Front board is somewhat soiled. All pages are clean/ no tears. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" ta... more information

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New York, NY: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006 This wonderful four-volume set covers almost everything you could want to know about children's books. As with all encyclopedias it is in alphabetical order and includes first a list of entries. These short writings include information on authors (including a list of books written), book titles, and essays on book topics (ABC, Elves, Fantasy, Comics and so forth), and bibliographies with some of the entries. Each entry includes the contributor's name. Volume 4 ... more information

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New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, 2002 This book was a winner of the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Jewish-Christian Relations. "What did Pope Pius XII, his advisors, and his assistants at the Vatican do to help the Jews of Italy during World War II? This meticulously researched and balanced book finds that, despite the persistent myth that the pope worked from behind the scenes to help the Jews, he and those around him actually did very little." "An authoritative, balanced and, in the end... more information

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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2000 Writing with psychological and spiritual insight, is the story of Zukav's own personal evolution. He writes openly and intimately about periods of his life when he felt jealousy, competitiveness, fear, anger, and all the other emotions we encounter, and about how his understanding of these emotions changed with his awakening concsiousness and recognition.of a Universe that is alive and compassionate. This book is filled with true stories that sho... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1997 WINNER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY'S ROSENTHAL FOUNDATION AWARD George Mahoney is a designer of refrigerators and a real middle-of-the-road kind of guy. Even his wife describes him as "passive-passive." What changes him is the arrival of a new office mate, the youthful Niagara Spense. A six-foot, near-sighted scientist, whose personality more than makes up for her fashion sense, Niagara seeps into George's life and makes the unthinka... more information

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Milkweed Editions, 2000 Known for beautifully observed and illustrated books about the rivers, deserts and mountains of the West, Ann Haymond Zwinger here focuses on the guiding principle of her life as a naturalist. Even as she writes, she "looks" with a notebook and pencil, believing that "to know the world intimately is the beginning of caring." The author moves from details to the larger patterns that link them to the entire world, finding in the filam... more information

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