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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy

By: Reit, Seymour

Price: $2.99

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers: August 2001

Seller ID: 95355

ISBN: 0152164278

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In 1861, when war erupted between the States, President Lincoln made an impassioned plea for volunteers. Determined not to remain on the sidelines, Emma Edmonds cropped her hair, donned men's clothing, and enlisted in the Union Army. Posing in turn as a slave, peddler, washerwoman, and fop, Emma became a cunning master of disguise, risking discovery and death at every turn behind Confederate lines.

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The Queen of Water

By: Resau, Laura,Farinango, Maria Virginia

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Ember: March 2012

Seller ID: 94118

ISBN: 0375859632

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

An ALA Amelia Bloomer Selection
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book

Born in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of ind genas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to be called a longa tonta--stupid Indian--by members of the ruling class of mestizos, or Spanish descendants. When seven-year-old Virginia is taken from her village to be a servant to a mestizo couple, she has no idea what the future holds.
In this poignant novel based on a true story, accl...
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Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations

By: Reynolds, Garr

Price: $5.99

Publisher: New Riders: December 2009

Seller ID: 94383

ISBN: 0321668790

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In his internationally acclaimed, best-selling book Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery, presentation master Garr Reynolds gave readers the framework for planning, putting together, and delivering successful presentations. Now, he takes us further into the design realm and shows how we can apply time-honored design principles to presentation layouts.

Throughout Presentation Zen Design, Garr shares his lessons on designing effective presentations that contain text, graphs, color, images, and video. After establishing guidelines for each of the ...
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Massachusetts Impressions (Impressions (Farcountry Press))

By: Rezendes, photography by Paul

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Farcountry Press: August 2009

Seller ID: 93952

ISBN: 1560374950

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Ralph Ellison: Author of Invisible Man (World Writers)

By: Rhynes, Martha E.

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub: January 2006

Seller ID: 90988

ISBN: 1931798699

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used - Acceptable

A young adult biography of novelist Ralph Ellison
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Ruby Bridges (Rookie Biographies)

By: Ribke, Simone T.

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Children's Press: February 2015

Seller ID: 91572

ISBN: 0531205916

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used - Good

Meet Ruby Bridges

Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest r
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The Complete Book of Dog Breeding

By: Rice D.V.M., Dan

Price: $4.99

Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing: November 2008

Seller ID: 83260

ISBN: 0764138871

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A veterinarian with many years of canine practice experience offers guidance to novice and professional dog breeders, emphasizing the responsibilities of reputable breeders to their dogs and to the buyers of the puppies they produce. Topics covered include: the choosing, health, quality, and conditioning of brood stock; practical DNA use, and Canine Health Information Center (CHIC) surveys and data storage to scientifically improve the selection of healthy brood stock and puppies; potential breeding problems; artificial insemination; pregnancy and its duration; embryonic and fetal activity; pr...
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Life

By: Richards, Keith,Fox, James

Price: $5.25

Publisher: Back Bay Books: May 2011

Seller ID: 56354

ISBN: 031603441X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards.

With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.

Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his endurin...
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The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in the 19th Century France

By: Richardson, Joanna

Price: $3.89

Publisher: Phoenix Books: January 2000

Seller ID: 83494

ISBN: 1898799687

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rigby Literacy by Design: Leveled Reader Grade 5 Creature Features

By: RIGBY,

Price: $3.29

Publisher: RIGBY: January 2007

Seller ID: 94396

ISBN: 141893965X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Rigby Literacy by Design: Leveled Reader Grade 5 Hows the Weather?

By: RIGBY,

Price: $3.49

Publisher: RIGBY: January 2007

Seller ID: 93326

ISBN: 141893948X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

By: Riggs, Nina

Price: $5.25

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: June 2017

Seller ID: 57233

ISBN: 1501169351

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***

Best Books of 2017 Selection by * The Washington Post * O Magazine * NPR * Bitch * Medium *

"Stunning...heartrending...this year's When Breath Becomes Air." --Nora Krug, The Washington Post

"Beautiful and haunting." --Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY

"Deeply affecting...simultaneously heartbreaking and funny." --People (Book of the Week)

"Vivid, immediate." --Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe

Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews...
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Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rilke, Rainer Maria

Price: $3.29

Publisher: Vintage: October 1986

Seller ID: 120324

ISBN: 0394741048

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The ten letters collected here are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of our century. Written when Rainer Maria Rilke was himself still a young man with most of his greatest work before him, they are addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his work, asking for advice about becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of readers for what Stephen Mitchell calls the "vibrant and deeply felt experience of life" that informs them.
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Keep Smiling Through Rev Pa

By: Rinaldi, Ann

Price: $2.99

Publisher: Sandpiper: March 2005

Seller ID: 98258

ISBN: 0152053999

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A ten-year-old girl growing up during World War II learns the painful lesson that doing what's right is not always easy.
Includes a reader's guide.

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My Heart is on the Ground: the Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880

By: Rinaldi, Ann

Price: $4.39

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: April 1999

Seller ID: 75256

ISBN: 0590149229

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Acclaimed historical novelist Ann Rinaldi makes her Dear America debut with the diary of a Sioux girl who is sent to a government-run boarding school to learn the white man's customs and language.
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Leonardo Da Vinci. A Biography By Elizabeth Ripley.

By: Ripley, Elizabeth

Price: $2.99

Publisher: Henry Z. Walck, INC: January 1952

Seller ID: 108344

ISBN: B000JINEXS

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

By: Roach, Mary

Price: $3.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: May 2004

Seller ID: 116348

ISBN: 0393324826

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers--some willingly, some unwittingly--have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.
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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

By: Roach, Mary

Price: $5.49

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.: March 2008

Seller ID: 105405

ISBN: 0393064646

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The study of sexual physiology what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratories, brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic. Mary Roach, the funniest science writer in the country (Burkhard Bilger of The New Yorker), devoted the past two years to stepping behind those doors. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal or...
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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

By: Robbins, Jennifer Niederst

Price: $5.99

Publisher: O'Reilly Media: June 2007

Seller ID: 94382

ISBN: 0596527527

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Everything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web.This thoroughly revised edition teaches you how to build web sites according to modern design practices and professional standards. Learning Web Design explains: How to create a simple (X)HTML page, how to add links and imagesEverything you n...
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Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer

By: Roberts, David

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Broadway Books: July 2011

Seller ID: 57633

ISBN: 030759176X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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Category: Non-Fiction