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Subject: Highlight Your Non-Fiction Books (not textbooks or cookbooks)
Date Posted: 5/2/2008 2:22 PM ET
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Highlight the non-fiction books on your bookshelf that aren't textbooks or cookbooks.  We already have a thread for cookbooks, and maybe we can do a separate highlight thread later this month or next month for textbooks when schools let out for the summer.

Never Call Retreat  ::  Bruce Catton

Aromatherapy: A basic guide  ::  Clare Walters

The Sims: Hot Date: Prima's Official Strategy Guide

Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing  ::  Leonard G. Lane  

Without Pity : Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers  ::  Ann Rule

More Stories for the Heart : The Second Collection  ::  Alice Gray

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  ::  Frederick Douglass

Bitter Harvest : A Woman's Fury, A Mother's Sacrifice  ::  Ann Rule

Urge to Kill: How Police Take Homicide from Case to Court  ::  Martin Edwards

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)  ::  Alex Haley, Malcolm X



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The links DO NOT go to my shelf.  I am also running a special for MAY - resort my shelf to start with the oldest -- any books posted pre-APR/2007 -- order 1 get any other 2 books from the shelf FREE

So Far :: Kelsey Grammer Posted: 6/25/2006 4:12 PM ET

Time Present, Time Past : A Memoir :: Bill Bradley Posted: 7/7/2006 5:38 PM ET

Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution :: Robert C. Atkins Posted: 9/6/2006 7:57 PM ET

Cosell :: Howard Cosell Posted: 10/30/2006 1:07 PM ET

Care & Keeping of Customers: A Treasury of Facts, Tips & Proven Techniques for Keeping Your Customers Coming Back :: Roy Lantz, Editor
Posted: 2/14/2007 11:26 AM ET

TIME FLIES :: BILL COSBY Posted: 8/30/2007 6:45 PM ET

Madonna Revealed/the Unauthorized Biography :: Douglas Thompson
Posted: 8/31/2007 8:38 PM ET

The Carbohydrate Addict's Carbohydrate Counter :: Rachael F. Heller, Richard F. Heller
Posted: 9/10/2007 9:53 PM ET

The Cholesterol Counter : 6th Edition :: Annette B. Natow, Jo-Ann Heslin
Posted: 11/26/2007 12:55 PM ET

Jacqueline Bouvier: An Intimate Memoir :: John H. Davis Posted: 5/2/2008 5:27 PM ET

More Zingers from the Hollywood Squares Posted: 5/2/2008 5:36 PM ET

Hoyles Rules of Games :: Albert H. Morehead Posted: 5/2/2008 5:53 PM ET

Strikingitrich.com : Profiles of 23 Incredibly Successful Websites You've Probably Never Heard Of :: Jaclyn Easton, Jeff Bezos Posted: 5/2/2008 6:07 PM ET

Biting the Apple : Women Getting Wise About Love :: Judith Sills
Posted: 5/2/2008 6:08 PM ET

 



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How to Buy a Home Without Getting Hammered
 http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9781885539359-How+to+Buy+a+Home+Without+Getting+Hammered

Take Care of Yourself The Complete Illustrated Guilde to Medical Selfcare  http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780201489897-Take+Care+of+Yourself+The+Complete+Illustrated+Guide+to+Medical+SelfCare

Touchpoints Your Childs Emotional and Behavioral Development  http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780201093803-Touchpoints+Your+Childs+Emotional+and+Behavioral+Development

Diryt Jokes and Beer Stories of the Unrefined (Drew Carey)  http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780786863518-Dirty+Jokes+and+Beer+Stories+of+the+Unrefined



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Answers to the Cultist at Your Door :: Robert Passantino

Archery (Wm.C. Brown sports and fitness series) :: Wayne C McKinney

The Beanie Baby Handbook (1998 Edition) :: Les Fox, Sue Fox

Beyond Race and Gender: Unleashing the Power of Your Total Work Force by Managing Diversity :: R. Roosevelt Jr. Thomas

The Big Black Book :: Boardroom Classics

The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story Meaning of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus His Family :: Hershel Shanks, Ben Witherington III

The Complete Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to Government-Sponsored Alien Coverups

Dark Secrets of the New Age :: Texe W. Marrs, Texe Marrs

Demons in the World Today: A Study of Occultism in the Light of God's Word :: Merrill F. Unger

The Everything Casino Gambling Book: Feel Confident, Have Fun, and Win Big! :: Meg Elaine Schneider

Fashioned for Intimacy: Reconciling Men and Women to God's Original Design :: Jane Hansen, Marie Powers

The Global Myths : Exploring Primitive, Pagan, Sacred, and Scientific Mythologies (Meridian S.) :: Alexander Eliot

The Handy Religion Answer Book :: John Renard

The Jesus Conspiracy: The Turin Shroud and the Truth About the Resurrection :: Elmar R. Gruber, Holger Kersten,

LATE BLOOMERS :: Carol Colman

The Nautilus Bodybuilding Book :: Ellington Darden

Panati's Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things :: Charles Panati

Radical Discipleship :: Stephen A Bly

Safety & Seamanship :: John Chamier

Something to Someone :: Javan

Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive :: Harvey MacKay

The True Life of Jesus of Nazareth :: Alexander Smyth

Turmoil in the Toy Box I :: Phil Phillips

 

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I'll do a 2 for 1 on anything here if a hardcover is included or a 3 for 1 if all are paperbacks...

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Blackberry Winter by Margaret Mead

Charles James Fox by John Derry

Daily Prayers by F. B. Meyer

Fatima Priest by Francis Alban

First Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer by Noel Perrin

Five Patients by Michael Crichton

Guiness Book of Sports Records

How to Raise an MVP by Ambrose Robinson

Illustrated Story of Crime by Edgar Lustgarten

Literary Landscapes of the British Isles by David Daiches

Old Enough to Know by Michael W. Smith

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I have this history book in great condition:

Mysteries of the Past by Lionel Casson, et al

ISBN: 95579
Publisher: American Heritage
Publication Date: 1977
Pages: 319
Book Type: Paperback

Book Description:

This is a large format History book (ancient history) with chapter headings as follows:
Who first crossed the oceans?
Who raised the megaliths?
Where did Homer's heroes come from?
What caused the sudden rise of modern man?
Who were the mound builders?
Why did the ancients not develop machinery?
Where did ancient traders sail?
China and the west: which was first?
How did human races originate?
How has climate affected history?
Who were the Indo-Europeans?
What caused the collapse of the Maya?

Other topics include: Stonehenge, Easter Island Statues, Britain's Chalk Giants and more.

Fully illustrated in color and black and white plus an index.