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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, those two names conjure up wonderful memories for most adults. A. A. Milne was the English author who brought them to life for countless children. Before his success with Winnie the Pooh Milne was a noted playwright. Milne wrote extensively for the magazine Punch. The Sunny Side is a collection of essays, poems and short stories published in Punch between 1912 and 1920.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, those two names conjure up wonderful memories for most adults. A. A. Milne was the English author who brought them to life for countless children. Before his success with Winnie the Pooh Milne was a noted playwright. Milne wrote extensively for the magazine Punch. The Sunny Side is a collection of essays, poems and short stories published in Punch between 1912 and 1920.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A trio of high school outcasts--Paul, Big, and Small--face the complicated world of predators and prey in high school and come to realize that overcoming life's challenges will take more than perseverance. Paul Adams is the shortest kid at his high school, and the school bullies relentlessly pick on him. He's become an expert at avoiding the predatory students and spends the entire day wishing school would end so he can escape to his favorite sport of rock-climbing. This is the only place where he feels in control, competent, and free, despite the inherent fear. In English class, he's teamed up on a writing project with two kids who make him nervous because they tower over him. Paul's rabbit-on-the-run mind goes to work, thinking of ways to escape any inevitable beat-downs. Lily Small is athletic, attractive, and, despite her last name, is actually very tall. Another kid, who looks almost like a grown man, introduces himself with a long Polynesian name, but says everyone calls him Big, and he seems to like the nickname As they get to know each other--Paul, Big, and Small--discover they have a lot in common as outsiders in their high school. Lily, in addition to being very tall, is one of the few black students in school and the adopted child of a white family, so she has felt the subtly of casual racism and sometimes feels out of place. Rock climbing helps her handle the stresses in her life. Big is proud of his Polynesian heritage, his large family, and his large stature, and he embraces his uniqueness. Because of his size, he has the power to pummel any adversary, but he tells Paul that his secret weapon is actually the nice way he treats people. As the trio's friendship forms, their unique personalities are no longer those of misfits, but complement each other. Paul is timid in school, but a dreamer and aspirational as a rock climber, hoping to one day complete the most difficult and highest wall climb at the gym. Lily is grounded and practical, both in school and as a climber. Big is open-hearted, supportive, calm, and wise--a Yoda-like mentor for the group. Paul and Lily decide to enter a local competition for climbers, but their plans are abruptly halted by Lily's diagnosis of leukemia. Paul is terrified of what lies ahead in Lily's medical treatment, knowing what happened to his mother who died of cancer a few short years before. He retreats back to rabbit mode and can't even visit her in the hospital. But Lily really wants Paul to go ahead with the competition and advises him to team up with Conor, the student who bullies Paul the most. Reluctantly, Paul agrees to move ahead with Lily's wish, knowing that Conor is a strong climber and their best chance at winning. Paul goes to Conor's house to try to break the ice, but overhears a conversation Conor has with his father, which reveals a secret about his family: his mother is struggling with severe mental illness, and Conor's beleaguered father has no time to parent and sees Conor more as an additional caretaker, rather than a teenager with his own struggles, often directed as rage towards others. While Paul is used to dealing with every bully's rage, experiencing humiliation, and accepting that as his fate, he experiences a life-transforming change of heart when he sees how an endless cycle of bullying can lead to gun violence--a tragic event that happens outside of school. Pulling together things he's learned from Big, his dad, and Lily, and fueled by a new sense of empathy, Paul is transformed by tragedy from a timid rabbit to a rock that will stand his ground. He vows that bullying in his school HAS GOT TO STOP and he, and other students, must not be predators or bystanders, but part of the solution. Paul, Big, and Small is about the turbulent, emotional lives of young adults who are struggling with life's challenges openly and sometimes in secret. They learn to overcome them by speaking the hard truths, learning from the unique gifts of others, adapting to inevitable changes, and finding power beyond perseverance.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. From the bestselling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a big-hearted memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an extremely unconventional mother. "Extraordinary . An audacious, boundary-shattering work." --Los Angeles Times Glen David Gold's earliest memories are of a childhood in which he had everything he could possibly want. But when his father's fortune disappeared and his parents divorced, Gold fell out of his well-curated Southern California life. He was now growing up by the side of his increasingly erratic mother, among con men and get-rich schemes in '70s San Francisco. Gold brings all his gifts as a novelist to a kaleidoscope of his most formative experiences: his salvation at boarding school; his dream job at an independent bookstore; a punk rock riot; a romance with a femme fatale; the start of his writing career; and his estrangement from his mother, who moved in with her soul mate, a man who threatened to kill her. By turns heartbreaking and disarmingly funny, I Will Be Complete is one son's journey, a series of love stories layered into a search for autonomy, and, ultimately, a way of letting go.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A dazzling debut, a gripping, panoramic novel of magic and science, love and death set in 1920s America.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, those two names conjure up wonderful memories for most adults. A. A. Milne was the English author who brought them to life for countless children. Before his success with Winnie the Pooh Milne was a noted playwright. Milne wrote extensively for the magazine Punch. The Sunny Side is a collection of essays, poems and short stories published in Punch between 1912 and 1920.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, those two names conjure up wonderful memories for most adults. A. A. Milne was the English author who brought them to life for countless children. Before his success with Winnie the Pooh Milne was a noted playwright. Milne wrote extensively for the magazine Punch. The Sunny Side is a collection of essays, poems and short stories published in Punch between 1912 and 1920.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, those two names conjure up wonderful memories for most adults. A. A. Milne was the English author who brought them to life for countless children. Before his success with Winnie the Pooh Milne was a noted playwright. Milne wrote extensively for the magazine Punch. The Sunny Side is a collection of essays, poems and short stories published in Punch between 1912 and 1920.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars 1920s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical and sometimes dangerous world, where illusion is everything.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.