SOLD!! Beyond the Body Farm Audio Book

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Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murder, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science [Abridged]

by Dr. Bill Bass (Author), Jon Jefferson (Author), Tom McKeon (Narrator)

Book description from Amazon.com: "A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Dr. Bill Bass created the world's first laboratory dedicated to the study of human decomposition. Bill Bass' research at "the Body Farm" has revolutionized forensic science, helping police crack cold cases and pinpoint time since death. In this riveting book, the bone sleuth explores the rise of modern forensic science, using cases from his career to take readers into the real world of "CSI".
Some of Bill Bass' cases rely on the simplest of tools and techniques, while other cases hinge on sophisticated techniques Dr. Bass could not have imagined when he began his career: using computer data and video image processing to help identify murder victims; harnessing scanning electron microscopy to detect trace elements in knife wounds; and extracting DNA from a long-buried corpse, only to find that the female murder victim may have been mistakenly identified a quarter-century before.
Witty and engaging, Bass dissects the methods used by homicide investigators every day, leading listeners on an extraordinary journey into the high-tech science that it takes to crack a case.

Playing time: 6 hours 16 minutes on 5 CDs. Abridged. Condition: Like new. This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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SOLD!! Finger's Breadth - Autographed

M. Christian, an acknowledged master of erotica, editor of 25 anthologies and author of multiple novels and short story collections is donating a personally autographed copy of his latest novel, Finger's Breadth.

An erotic thriller, this dark emotional thriller that reviewers say "will take the reader on a scary but enlightening ride through the twisted labyrinth of the human psyche" and will "get under your skin and send chills to your bones in both a terrifying and arousing kind of way."

Look at your hand: four fingers and a thumb, right? But what if you woke one morning and rather than four fingers and a thumb you are ... short? How would you feel? What would you do? What would you become?

The city is terrified: a mysterious figure is haunting the streets of near-future San Francisco, drugging and amputating the fingertips of queer men. But what's worse … this terror or that it can, so easily, turn any of us into something even more horrific?

Erotic. Nightmarish. Fascinating. Disturbing. Intriguing. Haunting. You have never read a book like Finger's Breadth. You will never look your fingers -- or the people all around you -- the same way again.

Paperback. New. M. Christian will sign it personally for the winner. (ebook is available if preferred.)

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SOLD!! Points of View Anthology

Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories, edited by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny [Revised and updated edition]

Since its original publication in 1966, this volume has attained classic status. Now its contents have been updated and its cultural framework enlarged by the original editors. Many of the 44 stories come from a new writing generation with a contemporary consciousness, and this brilliant blending of masters of the past and the brightest talents of the present achieves the goal of making a great collection even greater. Adds twenty-nine new authors to the collection of short stories that includes "A Voice From the Wall" by Amy Tan, "Strong Horse Tea" by Alice Walker, "Uglypuss" by Margaret Atwood, and "The Bridle" by Raymond Carver. Other contributors include Tillie Olsen, Truman Capote, Ralph Ellison, John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, James Baldwin, Shirley Jackson, John Cheever, Grace Paley, Eudora Welty, Dorothy Parker, and others.

A timeless text for writers to understand multiple and complex points of view, including interior monologue, letter narration,subjective narration, detached autobiography, memoir or observer narration, anonymous narration -- single character point of view, anonymous narration -- double character POV, anonymous narration -- multiple character POV.

Paperback, 600 pages. Condition: Like new.

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SOLD! Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh

Amazon review: Anger can be one of the most frustrating emotions, carrying us headlong away from ourselves and depositing us into separation and dismay. Vietnamese monk and world teacher Thich Nhat Hanh tackles this most difficult of emotions in Anger. A master at putting complex ideas into simple, colorful packages, Nhat Hanh tells us that, fundamentally, to be angry is to suffer, and that it is our responsibility to alleviate our own suffering. The way to do this is not to fight our emotions or to "let it all out" but to transform ourselves through mindfulness. Emphasizing our basic interdependence, he teaches us how to help others through deep listening and how to water the positive seeds in those around us while starving the negative seeds. Serious though lighthearted, Anger is a handbook not only for transforming anger but for living each moment beautifully.

Hardcover, 227 pages. Condition: Excellent (very slight ware on jacket). This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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SOLD!! The Help Audio Book

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Audio book of Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel, The Help.

Unabridged CDs • 14 CDs, 17 hours

Publishers Weekly, Starred Review: "Four peerless actors render an array of sharply defined black and white characters in the nascent years of the civil rights movement. They each handle a variety of Southern accents with aplomb and draw out the daily humiliation and pain the maids are subject to, as well as their abiding affection for their white charges. The actors handle the narration and dialogue so well that no character is ever stereotyped, the humor is always delightful, and the listener is led through the multilayered stories of maids and mistresses. The novel is a superb intertwining of personal and political history in Jackson, Miss., in the early 1960s, but this reading gives it a deeper and fuller power."

Condition: Used, very good. This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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SOLD!! A Short History of Nearly Everything - Audio Book

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Audio book of A Short History of Nearly Everything, read by the author, scientist Bill Bryson.

Abridged, 5 CDs, 6 hours

Amazon book description: "One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer. Now, in his biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand -- and, if possible, answer -- the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselves. Taking as territory everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization, Bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being us. To that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps. He has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful minds. A Short History of Nearly Everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only Bill Bryson can render it. Science has never been more involving or entertaining.

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SOLD!! Taking on the System

Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, Founder of the Daily Kos.

Hardcover. 275 pages. Condition: New, never opened, from smoke-free, fragrance-free, cat-free environment.

Publisher's Weekly: Starred Review. In this primer for activists in the digital age, Zúniga, founder of the influential lefty blog DailyKos, argues that if activists harness new technology such as blogs, podcasting and YouTube, they can bypass the old-world gatekeepers to communicate to the masses in order to bring about political change. Tidily organized into pithy directives, including mobilizing, reinventing the street protest and feeding the backlash, this informative and entertaining book—inspired by Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals—moves easily among the current campaign cycle, pop culture phenomena such as Stephen Colbert and the successes and failures of the progressive movement in America. Zúniga's pragmatic, inclusive tone takes the edge off his sometimes didactic insistence that there's no reason anyone should whine or complain that they are being shut out of the system. It should be noted, however, that the book is targeted directly to other liberals and wastes no time with conciliatory measures toward the right. Anyone in his camp, however, will be rewarded by the read.

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SOLD!! NVC Companion Workbook

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Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook:  

A Practical Guide for Individual, Group or Classroom Study by Lucy Leu

Learning Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has often been equated with learning a whole new language. The NVC Companion Workbook helps you put these powerful, effective communication skills into practice with chapter-by-chapter study of Rosenberg's cornerstone text, NVC: A Language of Life.

Create a safe, supportive group learning or practice environment that nurtures the needs of each participant. Find a wealth of activities, exercises and facilitator suggestions to refine and practice this powerful communication process.

Whether you're learning on your own, in a group or in a classroom, the NVC Companion Workbook will serve as an exceptional resource.

An exceptional resource for:

• Individuals — All learning levels will benefit, as the NVC Companion Workbook guides you through self-directed study.
• Group Practice — Find guidance for getting started, group process suggestions, customizable activities, and ideas for handling common group challenges.
• Teachers — Find everything you need to develop your own NVC course or augment any existing curriculum, including an extensive reference and resource section.

Lucy Leu is the former board president of the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC), and editor of the best selling Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Currently, she heads the Freedom Project, bringing NVC training to prison inmates to support their reintegration into society.

Paperback. New. 224 pages. 2003. From fragrance-free, smoke-free, pet-free environment.

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SOLD!! Telling Tales

Telling Tales, edited by Nadine Gordimer

Booklist Review: The 21 stellar writers in this international short-story collection include five Nobel winners. All the stories were chosen by the writers themselves and contributed without any fee, and all profits go to fight HIV-AIDS in southern Africa. The stories are not about AIDS, but several are about war and about dying. In Njabulo Ndbele's "Death of a Son," parents fight to get their child's body from the apartheid police. "The Ultimate Safari," by Gordimer, who edited the anthology, is a searing, unforgettable account of a desperate refugee child hiding from the fancy tourists in a famous game park. In contrast, Woody Allen has contributed his hilarious New Yorker piece lampooning the financier whose kid was turned down by a prestigious Manhattan preschool. There are also fine stories by Margaret Atwood, Hanef Kureishi, Arthur Miller, Salman Rushdie, and more.

Also includes stories by Nadine Gordimer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Susan Sontag, and John Updike, among others.

Paperback, 320 pages. Condition: Like new. This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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SOLD!! Taking Charge of Your Health

Taking Charge of Your Health: Understanding the System Could Save Your Life by Alice Hodge and Mary Lonergan.

Customer review:

I just wish I had had this book when my mother was fighting cancer. It's a winner.
Concise, well written, and packed with valuable information and suggestions on understanding and managing one's interaction with the medical world, this book makes a great gift for someone facing a health challenge - or for yourself. You or your friend will certainly find this book more useful than a potted plant or a hot casserole.

I am not facing a health challenge, but found this book interesting, informative, and good advance prepartation for any future health challenge to me or members of my family. One tip, alone, is worth the price of the book - if a doctor tells you unpleasant news, ask him to put it in writing. So often, when one gets home and tries to repeat the dignosis and options to family, one forgets important facts or has misunderstood what the doctor said.

The book is full of incredibly useful information, charts, and examples. If you or a loved one are seriously ill, it will become your Bible. I am so impressed by this book that I plan to send it to my friends and family as a Christmas gift this year.

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Paperback, large print, 179 pages. Condition: Like new. This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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Wheelchair Rider's Guide to Coastal Calif.

A Wheelchair Rider's Guide: San Francisco Bay and the Nearby Coast, by Bonnie Lewkowicz.

A guide to more than a hundred beautiful and interesting sites along the California coast and on San Francisco Bay between Point Reyes and Santa Cruz, that are accessible to wheelchair riders and others with limited mobility.

About the author: Bonnie Lewkowicz has worked in the field of accessible recreation and travel for more than 30 years. After a spinal cord injury, her personal experience with the lack of recreational opportunities for wheelchair riders motivated her to pursue a career in recreation therapy. She is founder and director of Access Northern California, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing adventure opportunities for people with physical disabilities. In addition to writing A Wheelchair Rider's Guide: San Francisco Bay and the Nearby Coast, her travel articles have appeared in Emerging Horizons, Bay Nature, the Sierra Club newsletter, and other publications. As someone who likes to push boundaries, she is also a cofounder of AXIS Dance Company, an acclaimed and innovative professional dance company of dancers with and without disabilities.

Paperback. Condition: Like new. Published by the California Coastal Conservancy, 2006. This item comes from a smoke-free, fragrance-free, pet-free environment.

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Perfect Weight America

Perfect Weight America: Change Your Diet. Change Your Life, by Jordan Rubin, author of the best-seller, The Maker's Diet.

For Rubin fans who want a fully detailed eating plan.

Hardcover: 368 pages. Condition: New.

From Publisher's Weekly: Rubin (The Maker's Diet) and host of the Christian-based television show Extraordinary Health offers this fairly complicated 16-week diet plan that is heavy on his Garden of Life company's products and general enough for non-Christian readers. Many of the ideas are familiar to health aficionados: the benefits of filtered water and organic, locally grown, in-season fruits and vegetables; the value of high-fiber and high protein foods; warnings against refined carbohydrates, trans fats, artificial sweeteners, diet drinks and—more oddly—microwave ovens. Rubin, founder of the Biblical Health Institute, also offers a Healing Codes exercise involving breathing and meditation to reduce stress and a suggested workout program, which focuses on short, intense bouts of exercise. Eight pages of testimonials, 33 pages of recipes (most include his products) and a 66-page detailed meal-by-meal eating plan round out the text. A Web site, www.PerfectWeightAmerica.com, promises to help readers access more diet tools.

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