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Albom, Mitch Tuesday's With Morrie
Random House 076790592X / 9780767905923 Paperback NEW ~ USED COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE IN STORE. GRADE 9
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live. "Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world. "From the Hardcover edition.
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Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Random House 0345514408 / 9780345514400 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available. GRADE 10
Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.
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Bryson, Bill Walk in the Woods:Rediscovering the Appalachian Trail
Random House 0307279464 / 9780307279460 Paperback NEW ~ USED COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE GRADE 11
With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey along the Appalachian Trail in this "New York Times" bestseller, available in mass market for the first time.
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Coronella, Steve This Thought's on Me
iUniverse 1440169004 / 9781440169007 Trade Paperback New Best Wishes, Steve Coronella
Autographed by the author. A Boston guy reflects on leaving the Hub, becoming a Dub and other topics. Medford's Steve Coronella's collection of essays will have you nodding and saying "Yep, I remember that!" When Steve Coronella moved to Ireland in the early 1990s, he thought he knew what to expect - double-digit unemployment, a pub on every corner and weather only a duck could love. In his entertaining memoir This Thought's On Me, Coronella shares a humorous and insightful collection of anecdotes about his new life in Dublin and the Boston upbringing he left behind. Soon after Coronella arrives, the Celtic Tiger economy springs to life. Ireland is suddenly importing workers rather than shipping people out. And as the money and the good times flow, a profound self-contentment causes the Irish to forget - almost - the hard decades that preceded the boom. Coronella discovers that this is an ideal setting for a writer with a fresh outlook and an interesting turn of phrase. In his dispatches home - which have appeared previously in the Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and Cape Cod Times - Coronella brings his dual identity to life in such wide-ranging and revealing essays as "Why Europe Doesn't Get Patriotism," "No Blarney, I'm Raising A Dub!" and "The Summer Of My Irish Commune." These thoughtful reflections from a misplaced American provide an intriguing and witty glimpse into what life is really like on the Emerald Isle. About the Author Steve Coronella's insightful column-At Home Abroad-appears regularly in thirty Boston area newspapers. His work has also been featured in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, the Christian Science Monitor, and the Cape Cod Times. His op-ed pieces for the Irish Times have appeared on several prestigious European web sites.
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Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small
MacMillan 0312965788 / 9780312965785 Paperback NEW ~USED copies may be available. GRADE 7
Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world's best-loved animal doctor. For over 25 years, since "All Creatures Great and Small" was first published, readers have delighted to the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human.
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Hogan, Laura I Laura, The Story of a Kansas Family
Ammons 978082761144 Trade Paperback New
This is the autobiography of Laura Schmid Hogan. It tells the story of her family of 17, growing up in eastern Kansas in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. It graphically details American farm life before modern conveniences and during the dustbowl of the depression.
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Krakauer, Jon Into the Wild
Random House 0307387178 / 9780307387172 Paperback NEW ~ used copies may be available. GRADE 11
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhikes to Alaska and walks alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body is found by a moose hunter. How Chris McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of "Into the Wild."
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Lewis, Michael Blind Side
Ingram 039333838X / 9780393338386 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available. grade 11
"The Blind Side" tells the inspirational story of Michael Oher, a homeless black teen who, with the help of his new family, coaches, and tutors, becomes a star football player and first-round NFL draft pick.
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MacDonald, Michael Patrick All Souls;A Family Story from Southie
Random House 0807072133 / 9780807072134 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available.
A breakaway bestseller since its first printing, "All Souls" takes readers deep into MacDonalds Southie, the proudly insular neighborhood with the highest concentration of white poverty in America. MacDonald tells his family story here with gritty but moving honesty.
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McBride, James Color of Water, The
Penguin 159448192X / 9781594481925 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available.
With a new Introduction to this touching homage to his mother, the author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her heritage, moved to Harlem, and married a black man.
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Mortensen, Greg Three Cups of Tea
Penguin 0143038257 / 9780143038252 Paperback NEW ~USED copies may be available. GRADE 12
The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools--especially for girls--that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson's quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, "Three Cups of Tea" combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.
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Pausch, Randy Last Lecture
Harper 1401323251 / 9781401323257 Hard Cover NEW ~ USED copies may be available.
Based on the extraordinary final lecture by Carnegie Mellon University professor Pausch, given after he discovered he had pancreatic cancer, this moving book goes beyond the now-famous lecture to inspire readers to live each day with purpose and joy.
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Roy, Travis Eleven Seconds
Hachette 0446521884 / 9780446521888 Hard cover only NEW ~ USED copies may be available. grade 10
In this heartfelt testament to the power of love and the strength of the human spirit, Travis Roy, who suffered a devastating injury eleven seconds into his first college hockey game, reveals how he has managed to cope after the accident and, with the help of family and friends, overcome tremendous barriers to begin a new life. of photos.
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Rubin, Gretchen The Happiness Project
Harper 2011 006158326X / 9780061583261 Trade Paperback New
A #1 "New York Times" bestseller, this relatable, inspiring project is the result of the author's 12-month adventure in becoming a happier person. Written with a wicked sense of humor and sharp insight, her story will inspire readers to embrace the pleasure in their lives and remind them how to have fun.
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Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Hachette 0316776963 / 9780316776967 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available
A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of "Naked", presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. A number one national bestseller now in paperback.
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Walls, Jeanette Glass Castle
Simon & Schuster 074324754X / 9780743247542 Paperback NEW ~ USED copies may be available. GRADE 11
In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family.
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