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Orders of three or more, please. Can be combined with books from  unpostable booklist (some wl or arcs) .  thank you!  

(Nonsmoking home with dogs ;)

Men of the Otherworld - Kelley Armstrong (38 WL)

Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft (88 WL)

TroubleMaker 2 - Janet Evanovich (88 WL)

Drums of Autumn - Diana Gabaldon (2 WL) 

The Main Event - Shelley Laurenston (36 wl)

Real Men Last All Night - Lora Leigh, L Foster, C McCray, H Betts (9 WL)

Blame - Michelle Huneven (78 WL)

 



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I have the following books listed below. Priority given to whoever wants a set.  Turn off RCs when requesting.

SET 1: Gail Carriger Books

Souless by Gail Carriger (WL 153)

Blameless by Gail Carriger (WL 127)

Heartless by Gail Carriger (WL 174)...................TAKEN

 

SET 2 : Patricia Briggs

Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs (WL 0, none posted in system)

Raven's Strike by Patricia Briggs (WL 8)



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2 or more books, please check out my bookshelf too

   

Krishnamurti's Notebook :: J. Krishnamurtir

The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet to Your Own Unique Body Chemistry :: William Linz Wolcott, Trish Fahey

The People's Guide to Mexico (Peoples Guide to Mexico) :: Carl Franz

Jumping for Health : A Guide to Rebounding Aerobics :: Morton Walker

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace :: Leonard Mlodinow

Awareness Through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness :: Moshe Feldenkrais

Ancient Rome (Eyewitness Books (Knopf)) :: Simon James

A New Model of the Universe :: P D Ouspensky

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character :: Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark :: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies :: Jared Diamond

The Wealth of Nations :: Adam Smith

Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid :: Douglas Hofstadteru

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference :: Malcolm Gladwell

Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words :: Bill Bryson

The Athenian Murders :: Jose Carlos Somoza

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions :: Thomas S. Kuhn

Why Zebras Dont Get Ulcers: A Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping :: Robert M. Sapolsky

Collapse : How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed :: Jared Diamond

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience :: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Climbing Mount Improbable :: Richard Dawkins

The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design :: Richard Dawkins



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Just a reminder: When you are transferring your lists over from last month, update them by removing any books that are no longer wish listed at the time you are reposting the list.  

There was also a little confusion last month on what counts to be offered here as wish listed. A book is wish listed only when the ISBN you have has at least one wisher.  Alternate versions and books with no wishers/no copies available do not qualify unless they are being offered under the series/set exception.  Books that are not postable and ARCs cannot be listed out in the post here, even if part of a series or offered free. 



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I have the following to go -- orders of 2 or more please. Can be combined with my shelf or WL ARCs for trade list.  PM me if interested.

 

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb



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Orders of 2 or more - combining from my shelf perfectly fine too. 

Praire School by Avi - 12 wishers

In Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson - 10 wishers

Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes - 11 wishers 

American Adventures:  True Stories from America's Past by Morrie Greenberg - 14 wishers

Noah's Ark by Peter Spier - 1 wisher

Landmark History of the American People by Boorstin - 12 wishers

Usborne Internet Linked Book of Knowledge - 11 wishers

Eat Where You Life by Lou Bendrick - 22 wishers - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Eat-Where-Live-Lou-Bendrick/book/1594850747/

 

History of US Vol 7:  Reconstruction and Reform - Joy Hakim - ex-library - 7 wishers currently - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Reconstruction-Reform-History-Joy-Hakim/book/0195077571/

Freedom by Joy Hakim HC with DJ - 4 wishers currently - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Freedom-History-US-Joy-Hakim/book/0195157117/

The Heart of the World:  A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise - 4 wishers currently http://www.paperbackswap.com/Heart-World-Journey-Ian-Baker/book/0143036025/

No Time on My Hands - 5 wishers currently - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Time-Hands-Grace-Snyder/book/0803291647/

Wherever You Go,  There You Are - 21 wishers currently - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Wherever-Mindfulness-Meditation-Jon-Kabat-Zinn/book/1401307787/

Everyday Blessings - 21 wishers - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Everyday-Blessings-Inner-Work-Mindful/book/0786883146/

A Hidden Wholeness - 36 wishers - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Hidden-Wholeness-Journey-Parker-J-Palmer/book/0787971006/

Getting Things Done by David Allen - 396 wishers - http://www.paperbackswap.com/Getting-Things-Done-David-Allen/book/0142000280/

 


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Due to shipping costs, I prefer multiples; feel free to combine with my shelf. Please PM me with your choices!

Highlander for the Holidays by Janet Chapman (7 WL)

Hidden Summit by Robyn Carr (123 WL)

Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl (75 WL)

Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl (104 WL)

Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling (59 WL)

Silver Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (359 WL)

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Orders of 2 or more please. Can combine with my shelf. Please have all RCs OFF! My home is not smoke or pet free.

The Postmistress Author: Sarah Blake

Behemoth (Leviathan, Bk 2) Author: Scott Westerfeld

 



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 Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul : Your Personal, Portable Support Group with Stories of Healing, Hope, Love and Resilience (Chicken Soup for the Soul)  

by Various Authors.  1 wisher.  Paperback.  ISBN-10: 0757302033

Chicken Soup for the Soul: True Love: 101 Heartwarming and Humorous Stories about Dating, Romance, Love and Marriage

By various Authors.  1 wisher.  Paperback.   ISBN-10: 1935096435

Hugs from Heaven: Embraced by the Savior: Sayings, Scriptures, and Stories from the Bible Revealing God's Love (Hugs from Heaven)

by Caron Chandler Loveless.  1 wisher.  Hardcover.  ISBN-10: 1416534067

Fancy Pants (Only in Gooding!, Bk 1)

By Cathy Marie Hake.  24 wishers.  Paperback.   ISBN-10: 0764203177

Tears in a Bottle

By Sylvia Bambola.  1 wisher. Paperback.  ISBN-10: 1590525701

Evasions (The Oxford Chronicles)

By Melanie M. Jeschke.  2 wishers.  paperback.  ISBN-10: 0736916784

Light of Hope

By Robert Vaughan.  Hardcover.  ISBN-10: 0765309475

**Or I'd combine from any regular books on my list.  Thanks.

 

 



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Minimum of 3  (have them on your wishlist with "auto" on .   Most are historical fiction.  Or can be combined with others from my shelf. 

       I update after each request.

 

Company of Liars :: Karen Maitland
ISBN-13: 9780141031910 - ISBN-10: 0141031913  Members Wishing: 5

The King's Daughter :: Sandra Worth
ISBN-13: 9780425221440 - ISBN-10: 042522144X Members Wishing: 3

Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey :: Alison Weir
ISBN-13: 9780345494856 - ISBN-10: 0345494857  Members Wishing: 2

The Secret Eleanor :: Cecelia Holland
ISBN-13: 9780425234501 - ISBN-10: 0425234509  Members Wishing: 22

Sphinx's Princess :: Esther M. Friesner
ISBN-13: 9780375856556 - ISBN-10: 0375856552  Members Wishing: 13

The Stone Boudoir: Travels through the Hidden Villages of Sicily :: Teri Maggio, Theresa Maggio
ISBN-13: 9780738208008 - ISBN-10: 0738208000  Members Wishing: 1

Eagle In The Snow : A Novel of General Maximus and Rome's Last Stand :: Wallace Breem
ISBN-13: 9781590710203 - ISBN-10: 1590710207  Members Wishing: 10

Head in the Clouds :: Karen Witemeyer
ISBN-13: 9780764207563 - ISBN-10: 0764207563  Members Wishing: 73

Thanks,   

Trish

 



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 Done



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Howdy wishlisters! Just added these two to my great list on page 1 (lots of fantasy/scifi, fiction, and memoirs!)

Lips Unsealed, Belinda Carlisle

Strange Nervous Laughter, Bridget McNulty

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Orders of 2 or more please. You may combine with my shelf if preferred.  Please send me a personal PM if interested, not just a post here. Thanks!

(sorry no links, I just changed from a PC to a iMac & am still figuring it all out)

 

The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg  ISBN# 0310250749 Paperback  on 1 WL

Descending Into Greatness by Bill Hybels  ISBN# 0310544718  Paperback  on 4 WLs

Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend  ISBN# 0310585902  Hardback  on 6 WLs

Flipping the Switch by John G. Miller  ISBN# 0399152954  Hardback  on 26 WLs

Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson  ISBN# 0618785914  Paperback  on 34 WLs

The Beginner's Bible Book of Devotions: My Time With God by Catherine DeVries  ISBN# 0310714818  Hardback  on 1 WL

The 4:8 Principle by Tommy Newberry ISBN# 1414313047 on 9 WLs

The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo  ISBN# 1879737280  on 18 WLs



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Just added a couple more to my post above

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Available in orders of 2 or more (3 OR MORE IF HB INCLUDED). Can be combined with my eclectic shelf. Shipping money is very tight right now . MANY of these are in new condition

THESE CAN BE COMBINED WITH MY ZERO COPIES IN SYSTEM LIST
Wicked Game (WVMP Radio, Bk 1) :: Jeri Smith-Ready WL 1
Kris Longknife: Intrepid (Kris Longknife, Bk 6) :: Mike Shepherd WL 7
Kris Longknife: Audacious (Kris Longknife, Bk 5) :: Mike Shepherd (wl 6)
Nevermore (Supernatural)
:: Keith R. A. DeCandido (wl 15)
A Witch's Beauty (Daughters of Arianne, Bk 2) :: Joey W. Hill (wl 3) NEW
Ratha and Thistle-Chaser: The Third Book of the Named
:: Clare Bell (wl 1) NEW
Dark of the Moon (Dark Guardian, Bk 3) :: Rachel Hawthorne (wl 21)
Ninth Witness (A. D. Chronicles) :: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene (wl 43)
 
What a Dragon Should Know (Dragon Kin, Bk 3) :: G. A. Aiken (wl 68)
Surrender to Darkness (Soul Gatherer, Bk 3)
:: Annette McCleave (wl 9)
Outlander (Outlander, Bk 1)
:: Diana Gabaldon (wl 5) this is the large size paperback
Double Cross (Taylor Pasbury, Bk 2) :: James David Jordan WL 2
Starlit :: Lisa Rinna (wl 15)
Dark Lady's Chosen :: Gail Z. Martin (wl 5)
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, Bk 5) :: Charlaine Harris (wl 1) like new larger size pb
Stakes & Stilettos (Immortality Bites, Bk 4) :: Michelle Rowen (wl 7)
Sex and the Single Earl :: Vanessa Kelly (wl 1)
Goddess of the Sea (Goddess Summoning, Bk 1) :: P. C. Cast (wl 1)
 



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I would like to keep this set together please

 

 

 

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TAKEN!!



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I smoke and have nearly two cats, so please remove any RCs regarding those before ordering. Thanks!

Orders of two or more, please. Books here may be combined with books from my shelf to complete an order. Please have the following on your wish list on Auto Request. All are paperback unless otherwise noted.

FICTION:

Escape From Hell!
Author: Hal Duncan
7 Wishers

Mean Streets
Author: Thomas E. Sniegoski, Kat Richardson, Simon R. Green, Jim Butcher
37 Wishers

Midnight Sins
Author: Lora Leigh
7 Wishers

The Eternal Husband and Other Stories
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
8 Wishers

Bone Gods (Black London, Bk 3)
Author: Caitlin Kittredge
58 Wishers

Lover Mine (Black Dagger Brotherhood, Bk 8)
Author: J. R. Ward
116 Wishers


Unleashed (Dog Days, Bk 3)
Author: John Levitt
23 Wishers

Demon Underground (Allay, Bk 2)
Author: S. L. Wright
6 Wishers

Magic in the Shadows (Allie Beckstrom, Bk 3)
Author: Devon Monk
42 Wishers


Blood Engines
Author: T. A. Pratt
4 Wishers

Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, Bk 1)
Author: China Mieville
38 Wishers

Ink (Book of All Hours, Bk 2)
Author: Hal Duncan
4 Wishers

City of Bones (Mortal Instruments, Bk 1)
Author: Cassandra Clare
26 Wishers

Ghouls, Ghouls, Ghouls (Ghost Hunter, Bk 5)
Author: Victoria Laurie
91Wishers

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Bk 10)
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
20 Wishers

The Agency 1: A Spy in the House
Author: Y.S. Lee
39 Wishers Hardcover

Pride and Passion
Author: Charlotte Featherstone
34 Wishers

Real Men Will
Author: Victoria Dahl
89 Wishers


NON FICTION:

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Author: Jared Diamond
19 Wishers


Radio On : A Listener's Diary
Author: Sarah Vowell
79 Wishers



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Pease order 2 or more (can be combined with books from my shelf) and have them on your wishlist on auto, RCs turned off.  Thanks!

 

Growing Girls
Author: Jeanne Marie Laskas
Award-winning author Jeanne Marie Laskas has charmed and delighted readers with her heartwarming and hilarious tales of life on Sweetwater Farm. Now she offers her most personal and most deeply felt memoir yet as she embarks on her greatest, most terrifying, most rewarding endeavor of all….

 
Though Maralys Wills' odyssey begins at Stanford University, it ends six children and three grandchildren later with the realization that a family is like an ever-moving river, sometimes flowing serenely, at times boiling over obstacles, yet never quite diverted, even by tragedy.  
 

 The Bill from My Father : A Memoir by Bernard Cooper

Bernard Cooper's new memoir is searing, soulful, and filled with uncommon psychological nuance and laugh-out-loud humor. Like Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, Cooper's account of growing up and coming to terms with a bewildering father is a triumph of contemporary autobiography.Edward Cooper is a...

 My Journey with Farrah : A Story of Life, Love, and Friendship (Larger Print) by Alan...

Alana Stewart and Farrah Fawcett went through it all together. Friends for thirty years, they were an essential part of each other's lives since first meeting at a dinner party in the 1970s. During that time, they supported each other through the trials of Hollywood life while also raising...

 

The Olive Harvest : A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil in the South of France by Ca...

 
 
Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World by Seth Stevenson
An eye-opening and fascinating journey from an acclaimed travel writer who circled the globe without ever leaving the ground. In this age of globalism and high-speed travel, Seth Stevenson, the witty, thoughtful Slate travel columnist, takes us back to a time when travel meant putting one foot...  more
 
From the author of The Prisoner's Wife, a poetic, passionate, and powerful memoir about the hard realities of single motherhood When Asha Bandele, a young poet, fell in love with a prisoner serving a twenty-to-life sentence and became pregnant with his daughter, she had reason to hope they... 
 
 

 The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History by Robert Darnt...

When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomime some twenty times? Why in the... 

 The Urban Hermit: A Memoir by Sam MacDonald

 His diet plan wouldn't make it on Oprah, his lifestyle change wouldn’t be touted by Dr. Phil, and Alan Greenspan wouldn’t touch his financial solvency plan with a 10-foot pole. But for MacDonald, the need to retire a mountain of debt and lose a massive amount of weight were...  more

Rolling Away: My Agony with Ecstasy by Lynn Marie Smith

Smith's memoir is a must-read for anyone who views drugs as glamorous--her descriptions of bad trips are very vivid and frightening, and the effort she made to turn her life around is admirable.
 

Beloved Vampire - Vampire Queen, Bk 4
Author: Joey W. Hill
Escaping the depraved servitude of a vampire master she killed, Jessica has found her way, with three nomadic guides, to the sun-baked desolation of the Sahara -- only to slowly perish.  Then she hears the tale of Farida, an enigmatic beauty lost as well to the Sahara three centuries ago, whose ancient desire for the legendary vampire Lord Mason is stirring the same desires in Jessica.  But the more Jessica's fatal curiosity reveals of Farida, the closer she gets to Lord Mason's irresistible and forbidden secret. 

 

What Time Is the Midnight Buffet How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Our Cruise
Author: chesterh
Why do people take cruises? What do people do on a big boat in the middle of nowhere? Is cruising just a slow ride to shopping malls in exotic places? Is there romance and adventure on the high seas? Most importantly, what time is the midnight buffet? Kris and “Chester”, an unassuming couple from New Hampshire, find the answers to these questions and more on their 25th anniversary cruise. The story of their first-ever voyage became a runaway hit on CruiseCritic.com. Why? Let the “cruisecritics” tell you… “…This one has it all: travel tips, sentimental moments, action, gripping suspense, hilarity (hysteria?), sad goodbyes, unlikely plot turns, foreshadowing…even a pronunciation guide…”—Kraley “…To those who read and admire Bill Bryson as a travelogue writer, a new star is born. Chesterh is THE business!! Wit, humor, information…every sentence riveting…”—Venezia98 “I laughed, I cried, I called my travel agent.”—Bill “…What a wealth of information for first-time cruisers and wonderful reading for those of us already addicted…”—Bar10der421 “…I laughed out loud so often a neighbour looked over the wall to see what was happening (sat in the garden with my G&T).”—Susancy (UK) Bon Voyage

 

The Chase for Beauty
Author: Robert Mendelson
Dr. Dennis Hurwitz's chase for beauty hasn't merely been in the operating room. It has been in the plastic surgeon's own backyard. As a father, he was confronted with unimaginable ugliness when, on October 27, 1989, he stepped out his backdoor and into what is every loving parent's most horrific nightmare. Heroically, he somehow found beauty again. But a decade later, after he tried to achieve one of his miraculous surgical outcomes for a young deformed patient, he was drawn into another abyss of ugliness. The "Chase for Beauty" is about much more than Dennis Hurwitz, the plastic surgeon. It's about a man who never gave up his personal or professional chase for beauty in a world that could be so ugly.

 

The Hunger A Story of Food Desire and Ambition

Author: John Delucie

A page-turning memoir from the chef of The Waverly Inn, New York City's vaunted celebrity gathering spot. — The Hunger is an insider's romp through the crazy life of the restaurant business, told by a journeyman chef who fought his way to the top. Trapped in a dead-end job, John DeLucie called it quits and invested his meager savings in a ten-week cooking class. Upon completion, armed with no professional experience and the barest of basic skills, he walked into the renowned gourmet shop Dean & DeLuca and asked for a job. The next day he found himself chopping forty pounds of onions in the prep-kitchen basement. A glamorous new chapter had begun. DeLucie worked his way up the bumpy NYC food chain, from executive chef at La Bottega to Nick & Toni's in East Hampton, eventually finding his way to The Waverly Inn, which he opened with publishing magnate Graydon Carter and several partners. It was here that John married his mastery of simple but unique flavors with Carter's A+ list of glitterati to create downtown's hottest eatery.

The Hunger tracks John though the pitfalls of cooking for a living, as well as the roller-coaster ride that became his personal life. Woven into the grit are the stories behind some of DeLucie's signature recipes, including New York's "Best High-End Burger" and the now famous truffled mac and cheese. Here is John's tale about food, desire, and appetite -- and how one person overcame all odds to make it in the fiercely competitive world of food.


 



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Please order a minimnum of two books; orders may be combined with books from my shelf.
Also please have the WL book on Auto Request, and RC's turned off.  There is no smoking or pets in my home.

The Drop (Michael Connelly    TAKEN
Hardcover
345 wishers

The Sixth Man (Sean King / Michelle Maxwell, Bk 5) - David Baldacci
Paperback
16 wishers

 

 



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