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The Hungry Ghosts
Random House Digital, Inc. |
April 2, 2013 |
384 pages
In Buddhist myth, the dead may be reborn as "hungry ghosts"—spirits with stomach so large they can never be full—if they have desired too much during their lives. It is the duty of the living relatives to free those doomed to this fate by doing kind deeds and creating good karma.
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Down the Up Escalator
Random House Digital, Inc. |
April 2, 2013 |
288 pages
"An intimate look at the lives of Americans who have been affected, in very different ways, by the 2008 Recession"--
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Vegetable Literacy
Random House Digital, Inc. |
March 12, 2013 |
416 pages
A leading authority on vegetarian cooking reveals shared characteristics that enable vegetables in the same family to be used interchangeably to complement other flavors, providing 150 classic and simple recipes including Tomato Soup with Cilantro and Saffron Rice and Savory Buckwheat Crepes with... More Info
$35.00
The Longevity Kitchen
Random House Digital, Inc. |
February 26, 2013 |
256 pages
A volume of 125 whole-food recipes designed to combat and prevent a range of chronic diseases from inflammation and heart disease to high blood pressure and diabetes cites the potential health-bolstering roles of "superfood" ingredients while offering nutritional remedies for common symptoms and... More Info
The Beautiful Edible Garden
Random House Digital, Inc. |
February 26, 2013 |
220 pages
Two landscape designers and edible gardening teachers explain how to design a garden that will grow organic fruits and vegetables in an aesthetically pleasing way that will look nice year-round. Original. 10,000 first printing.
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Don't Tell the Newfoundlanders
Random House Digital, Inc. |
November 20, 2012 |
314 pages
The true story, drawn from official documents and hours of personal interviews, of how Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation and became Canada's tenth province in 1949. A rich cast of characters--hailing from Britain, America, Canada and Newfoundland--battle it out for the prize of the... More Info
Teaching
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 23, 2012 |
268 pages
Gerry Dee is a rising comic star whose humour has been compared to Bill Cosby's. He spent ten years working as a teacher and survived (barely) to tell his tales. Told from the honest point-of-view of a not-so-good, often-very-bad public school teacher--the kind who teaches hungover (and lies about... More Info
$27.50
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Random House Digital, Inc. |
February 7, 2012 |
256 pages
A first book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist profiles everyday life in the settlement of Annawadi as experienced by a Muslim teen, an ambitious rural mother of a prospective female college student and a young scrap metal thief, in an account that illuminates how their efforts to build better... More Info
$31.00
True Refuge
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 22, 2013 |
320 pages
The award-winning author of Radical Acceptance presents an accessible guide to tapping inner resources to promote peace and acceptance in the face of difficult life challenges, building on the three traditional Buddhist pathways to freedom while offering meditation guidelines and illustrative... More Info
Northern Light
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 6, 2011 |
400 pages
NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST 2011 – Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction Roy MacGregor's lifelong fascination with Tom Thomson first led him to write Canoe Lake, a novel inspired by a distant relative's affair with one of Canada's greatest painters. Now, MacGregor breaks new ground, re-examining the... More Info
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The Greentail Mouse
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 8, 2013 |
32 pages
Originally published in 1973, an offbeat fable about the city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city is a reassuring tale about being yourself.
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The Princess and the Pea
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 8, 2013 |
24 pages
The famous fairy tale The Princess and the Pea is retold in this all-new Little Golden Book--destined to be an instant classic!
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The Little Golden Book of Jokes and Riddles
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 8, 2013 |
24 pages
Here's the first joke book every little kid should have! Chock-full of riddles, limericks, jokes, and funny, colorful pictures, The Little Golden Book of Jokes and Riddles will keep 2-5 year-olds laughing.
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$27.95
Weight Loss for People Who Feel Too Much
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 1, 2013 |
301 pages
A life coach and intuitive counselor presents a weight loss program for sensitive people, demonstrating how to manage empathy overload and deal with challenging situations that trigger disordered eating.
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$29.95
Meatless
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 8, 2013 |
384 pages
Accompanied by full-color photographs, this guide to vegetarian cooking, featuring an overview of items that build flavors and add protein, presents a vast array of delicious recipes, including burgers, sandwiches, tacos, pizzas and more, that will please vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.... More Info
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I Haiku You
Random House Digital, Inc. |
December 26, 2012 |
32 pages
A gift-appropriate collection of haikus by the creator of Haiku Baby follows a Valentine's Day theme and combines a gentle introduction to the poetic form with endearing cartoon-style illustrations.
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I Curse the River of Time
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 30, 2011 |
240 pages
“How impossible it was to grasp that in the end something as fine as this could be ground into dust” (p. 213). I Curse the River of Time, the new novel from the winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award forOut Stealing Horses, is a mesmerizingly beautiful book about love, regret,... More Info
Four Strong Winds
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 4, 2012 |
330 pages
Their classic "Four Strong Winds" is widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time. Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell count among their admirers. Their music, including hits like "You Were On My Mind" and "Someday Soon," has been recorded by... More Info
Open City: A Novel
Random House Digital, Inc. |
January 17, 2012 |
259 pages
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.
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In the Garden of Beasts
Random House Digital, Inc. |
May 22, 2013 |
448 pages
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany William E. Dodd to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo... More Info
$23.00
Nation Maker
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 21, 2012 |
728 pages
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER An exciting story, passionately told and rich in detail, this major biography is the second volume of the bestselling, award-winningJohn A: The Man Who Made Us, by well-known journalist and highly respected author Richard Gwyn. John A. Macdonald, Canada's first and most... More Info
$22.95
Fight The Right
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 2, 2012 |
277 pages
Everywhere you look, these days, Conservatives are winning elections. No matter where you look, the story is the same: white, angry men on the Right are winning power. The Left, meanwhile, is divided and dispirited, and rapidly losing ground. Fight the Right is a handbook on how to survive the... More Info
$32.00
A World Elsewhere
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 9, 2011 |
320 pages
Beloved author Wayne Johnston returns to the territory of his #1 national bestseller The Colony of Unrequited Dreamswith this sweeping tale of ambition, remorse and hope. A World Elsewherehas all the hallmarks of Wayne Johnston's most beloved and acclaimed novels: outsiders yearning for acceptance,... More Info
Disaster Was My God
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 7, 2012 |
360 pages
A story inspired by the scandalous life of the late-19th-century proto-punk poet traces his explosive entry into the Paris literary scene, his passionate affair with an older married poet who shot him when he tried to end the relationship and his later prosperity as a trader and arms dealer. By the... More Info
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The Red Lemon
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 7, 2012 |
32 pages
Farmer McPhee's yellow lemons are ready to be picked and made into lemonade, pies, and muffins, but when a red lemon is found in the crop and discarded, it eventually yields some surprises.
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Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack
Random House Digital, Inc. |
December 11, 2012 |
320 pages
When Justice Jack, a self-appointed superhero, begins trying to track down the missing Mrs. Wedgewod and some stolen cash, the older folks in Santa Martina are delighted but Sammy knows it will be up to her to really solve the mystery.
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Where's Ellie?
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 28, 2012 |
18 pages
Young readers are invited to identify different objects as they search in nature for Ellie the elephant. On board pages.
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Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 7, 2012 |
40 pages
Velma starts first grade in the shadow of her memorable older sisters, and while her newfound interest in butterflies helps her to stand out, it also leads to an interesting complication.
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Q & A A Day for Kids
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 25, 2012 |
368 pages
A journal for parents and children ages roughly four to ten (although age range is flexible) to share the evolution of thoughts, feelings, and dreams over the years. Also great for kids who want to keep a time capsule of their own whimsical thoughts and serious ideas about the world. Inspired by... More Info
Dirt Candy - A Cookbook
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 21, 2012 |
224 pages
Presents recipes for vegetarian appetizers, sauces, entrees, and desserts, that are featured at the author's New York City restaurant, and include such dishes as sound-ground grits, cauliflower and waffles, and caramel popcorn pudding.
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Wild About You!
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 7, 2012 |
40 pages
Joining the new baby animals at the zoo are the much-loved pengaroo and the pandacat.
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Big Girl Panties
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 11, 2012 |
24 pages
Follows a young girl as she celebrates wearing underwear instead of diapers.
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Sierra Club 2013 Engagement Calendar
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 15, 2012 |
128 pages
The most popular nature calendar ever published, this Sierra Club classic features "wire-o" binding, a week-by-week format, and 55 full-color images by some of America's leading nature photographers.
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$31.00
Fox Tracks
Random House Digital, Inc. |
November 20, 2012 |
320 pages
A latest installment in the best-selling series that includes Hounded to Death finds Sister Jane Arnold Foxhunting tracking clues during an outbreak of crimes related to the world of competitive hunting and the tobacco industry. 30,000 first printing.
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Mason Dixon: Fourth-Grade Disasters
Random House Digital, Inc. |
November 13, 2012 |
176 pages
Here's the second entry in Claudia Mills's charming middle-grade series, that finds the lovably sardonic title character starting the fourth grade, which he's dreading because everyone in fourth grade is expected to join the school choir. And sing. In front of everyone. Mason can't think of many... More Info
Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 25, 2012 |
40 pages
Police detective Binky investigates the theft of a golden goose, the poisoning of Snow White, Humpty Dumpty's so-called accident and other fairy tale crimes.
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Ready for Pumpkins
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 28, 2012 |
40 pages
"A classroom guinea pig learns about gardening by growing his own pumpkin"--
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$34.00
Glittering Images
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 16, 2012 |
202 pages
The author of Sexual Personae presents a chronological tour of major themes in Western art as reflected by more than two dozen seminal images that use such mediums as paint, sculpture, architecture, performance art and digital art, from an Egyptian tomb and Titian's "Venus With a Mirror" to Jackson... More Info
The Chicken Problem
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 25, 2012 |
32 pages
Full of humor, refreshingly original characters, and math problems that young readers will be clamoring to help solve, The Chicken Problem is an ideal addition to the home or classroom. Left-brained Peg and her right-brained pal, Cat, are enjoying a picnic on the farm with Pig. However, when... More Info
Turing's Cathedral
Random House Digital, Inc. |
March 6, 2012 |
432 pages
Documents the innovations of a group of eccentric geniuses who developed computer code in the mid-20th century as part of mathematician Alan Turin's theoretical universal machine idea, exploring how their ideas led to such developments as digital television, modern genetics and the hydrogen bomb.
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The New Kid
Random House Digital, Inc. |
December 11, 2012 |
288 pages
Moving to a new town in Northern California, Carson endures a series of mishaps that compromise his efforts to fit in and is challenged to make a new friend to invite to his birthday party. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Like Jake and Me.
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Pie in the Sky
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 11, 2012 |
257 pages
Abby Lovitt is put in charge of training the expensive, haughty horse Pie in the Sky when his owner refuses to, and while trying to work with the stallion, she must also deal with the new challenges, both good and bad, that come along with being a high school freshman in 1970s Northern California.... More Info
$18.99
Pigs in Pajamas
Random House Digital, Inc. |
December 11, 2012 |
32 pages
Illustrations and alliterative rhyming text welcome the reader to a slumber party hosted by Penelope Pig.
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Super
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 25, 2012 |
298 pages
In the sequel to Powerless, the superpowered kids of Noble's Green are once again threatened by an unknown force that may be trying to steal their powers.
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The Wondrous Journals of Dr. Wendell Wellington Wiggins
Random House Digital, Inc. |
August 7, 2012 |
243 pages
Presents the journal of a paleozoologist who departed England in 1850 on a journey around the world seeking to learn the ways and fates of the most ancient creatures, accompanied by a strange pet, Gibear, and with the chiding voice of his mother often inhis ear.
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Railroad Hank
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 25, 2012 |
40 pages
On his way to visit Granny Bett, who is feeling blue, Railroad Hank stops at the farms of several friends who each offer up something to cheer Granny Bett, until at last, Railroad Hank winds up with a trainload of crazy cargo!
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Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 9, 2012 |
48 pages
Recounts the true story of an African grey parrot who was the subject of a devoted graduate student's scientific experiment on animal intelligence and who astonished everyone with its ability to add, understand concepts and speak hundreds of words. By the author of Aliens for Breakfast.
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Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 11, 2012 |
32 pages
A child relates how her family celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah, enjoying the rich traditions of both religions.
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I Have a Dream
Random House Digital, Inc. |
October 9, 2012 |
40 pages
Presents the text of the famous speech given on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. by Martin Luther King, Jr., complemented by paintings illustrating the ideals the civil rights leader described.
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Lemonade in Winter
Random House Digital, Inc. |
September 11, 2012 |
40 pages
Pauline and her brother John-John set up a stand to sell lemonade, limeade and lemon-limeade on a cold, wintry day, then try to attract customers as Pauline adds up their earnings using simple math concepts.
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