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New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers
the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold
Coast. When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her
mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat
on a three-year journey around the world. Now, ten years later,
he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on
the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest
concentration of wealth and power in America. In The Gate House, acclaimed author
Nelson Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North
Shore — a place where past, present, and future collides with
often unexpected results.
Grand Central Publishing.
Hardcover. $27.99 
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Marian Wright Edelman is a MacArthur Award recipient, a winner
of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian
Award, and numerous other awards, but she is most proud of her
35 years of day-to-day work at the Children's Defense Fund, which
she founded. In The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small,
this veteran activist for peace and justice offers a passionate
call to action. In several senses, this is a gift for our grandchildren.
Hyperion.
Hardcover. $19.95
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first
came to Muggle readers’ attention in the book known as Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger’s
new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning
edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J.
K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never
before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales.
But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and
love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry
Potter.
Scholastic, Inc.
Hardcover. $12.99
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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. 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
Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"—wasn't about dying.
It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling
the dreams of others, of seizing every moment. It was a summation
of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.
Hyperion Books.
Hardcover. $21.95
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An innovative entrepreneur, outspoken nonconformist, and groundbreaking
philanthropist, Ted Turner is truly a living legend, and now,
for the first time, he reveals his personal story. From his difficult
childhood to the successful launch of his media empire to the
catastrophic AOL/Time Warner deal, Turner spares no details or
feelings and takes the reader along on a wild and sometimes bumpy
ride.
Ted doesn't shrink from the darker and more intimate details
of his life. With his usual frankness, he discusses a childhood
of loneliness and the emotional impact of devastating
losses.
Grand Central Publishing.
Hardcover. $30.00
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Since Lincoln, no president has written his own words and
addressed his audience with equal and enduring effectiveness.
Fred Kaplan focuses on the elements that shaped Lincoln's mental
and imaginative world; how his writings molded his identity,
relationships, and career; and how they simultaneously generated
both the distinctive political figure he became and the public
discourse of the nation. This unique account of Lincoln's life
and career highlights the shortcomings of the modern presidency,
reminding us, through Lincoln's legacy and appreciation for
language, that the careful and honest use of words is a necessity
for successful democracy.
HarperCollins Publishers.
Hardcover. $27.95
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2008.
Amy's Bread is a New York institution—a
bakery that serves over 55,000 customers a month at its three
retail locations in Manhattan and also supplies bread to
more than 500 restaurants and stores. While Amy's is famous
for its bread, it's also renowned for its sweeter side. Now,
in this beautiful cookbook, Amy and her executive pastry
chef show home cooks how to re-create 71 of the bakery's
trademark goodies, from tasty breakfast fare such as Cherry
Cream Scones to delectable sweets like
Amy's famous "Pink
Cake." Illustrated throughout with gorgeous color photographs,
this cookbook is a must for Amy's fans and home bakers everywhere.
$34.95 Hardcover. 
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2008. The day we turn any age, we become contemporaries of everyone
who has ever been that age, and it becomes our business to know
that Bob Dylan wrote “Blowin’ in the Wind” when
he was twenty, Winston Churchill was fired from the Admiralty
when he was forty and took up painting, and Jane Austen died,
unmarried and mostly unknown, when she was forty-one. Knowing
who did what when provides the yardstick by which to measure
our own progress. A witty, ironic
collection of moments from famous lives organized by year of
age from infancy to death, A Book of Ages tells you who
is doing what, who is on top of the world, who is waiting for
his luck to change, who is saying unkind things about whom, who
is planning his revenge, and who is meeting for the first time.
Harmony. $19.95 Hardcover. |
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"Signal thanks to journalist Swift for this authoritative
biography of Charles Albert Bender, the early 20th-century pitcher
who managed to shine in both the big leagues and in life while
confronting poverty and racism. Swift sets aside the myths about
this most famous American Indian player while vividly describing
him in the context of the famed Carlisle Indian School, baseball's
Golden Age, Connie Mack and his Athletics, and the effects of
gambling and alcoholism on sports. For all interested in the
First Nations, quite apart from baseball."
Library Journal, starred review
Hardcover. $24.95
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Fairy tales are fairy tales, fish stories are fish stories and
the truth is the truth. It was not once upon a time, but in the
summer of 1955 that I was introduced to Norway, the Oslo Summer
School and Ulvik in Hardanger....Thus began a week of visiting
my relatives in Ulvik, a beginning to my own Norwegian saga and
a life-time adventure with the people, the language and the folk
tales of Norway. That week also brought into focus a recognition
of my own Norwegian heritage, both in Norway and America. All
of these stories began with stories I told my children, and retold
to adults and other children.
Paperback. $16.95
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Evangelical Lutheran Worship is designed to welcome
people to worship together. This book will help newcomers
and long-time members worship with all of their hearts
and minds. Although filled with content for use throughout
the year, Evangelical Lutheran Worship is easy to use at
any time. Through word and song this resource will help
us tell the good news of Jesus Christ in a new day.
Hardcover. $22.00
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A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage
of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked
in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive
young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception
of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular,
so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over
and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still,
visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In
another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.
Paperback. $12.95
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The Baseball Brothers is a children's book that tells the true
story of twelve brothers who played baseball together in the
1920s. Through working together on the farm and playing together
as a team, the brothers developed lifelong friendships. The book
is a tribute to baseball and a celebration of family. The story
recounts the brothers' most famous feats, including a game-saving
tackle at home plate and an unlikely victory over a tough opponent.
But the most important part of the tale is the enduring friendship
and familial bond that the brothers shared.
Hardcover. $12.95
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In forty-three brief essays from the life of a philosopher, Charles
Taliaferro guides us toward the heart of human being in all of
its absurdity and joy. Electrocuted by his coffee maker during
class, battling dragons on his rooftop, and accompanying his
father to the border between life and death, Taliaferro recommends
to us a life vulnerable to silliness, pain, and the depths of
love they create in us. Hilarious and sobering, Love, Love,
Love investigates what we need most to live humanely, humorously,
faithfully, and well.
Paperback. $14.95
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This cookbook serves to express the need for our generation to
work together on creating a better future. Conservative or liberal,
rich or poor, we all deserve access to healthy food. We hope
that this book will push people to make change in their own communities,
and reduce the amount of confusion that surrounds eating well.
We hope for a future where our children will not only know where
their food comes from, but will know how to grow food for themselves
and others. This future is not only possible but it is already
in the works. People all over the country are working to create
healthy food cultures, including right here in Northfield.
Paperback. $15.00
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This is a study guide on Chinua Achebe's famous novel, Things
Fall Apart. I decided to publish it after noting that an earlier
and shorter online version was popular among students and teachers
across the world.
Paperback. $7.50
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"LeBlanc’s second poetry chapbook, written as part
of Finishing Line Press’ New Women’s voices series,
is all about navigating. Navigating through shifting family
relationships, through reality and dream, myth and parable
and finally, through love. According to LeBlanc, the chapbook
came together while she was working on a longer project — a
full-length, 60-page poetry anthology."
- Northfield News
Paperback. $14.00
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Paperback. $5.00
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Joe Shaw '49, author of Dear Old Hill, joined the St.
Olaf faculty in 1957 and taught in the Department of Religion
until his retirement in the spring of 1991. Joe's interest in
St. Olaf history has continued from the writing of the Centennial
volume, History of St. Olaf College 1874-1974, to the
present.
Paperback. $8.95
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