The Blue Notebook


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BONUS: This edition contains a The Blue Notebook discussion guide and an excerpt from James A. Levine's Bingo's Run. An unforgettable, deeply affecting debut novel, The Blue Notebook tells the story of Batuk, a precocious fifteen-year-old girl from rural India who is sold into sexual slavery by her father. As she navigates the grim realities of Mumbai’s Common Street, Batuk manages to put pen to paper, recording her private thoughts and writing fantastic tales that help her transcend her daily existence. Beautifully crafted, surprisingly hopeful, and filled with both tragedy and humor, The Blue Notebook shows how even in the most difficult situations, people use storytelling to make sense of and give meaning to their lives.




Blue Nights


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean Richly textured with memories from her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion is an intensely personal and moving account of her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness and growing old. As she reflects on her daughter’s life and on her role as a parent, Didion grapples with the candid questions that all parents face, and contemplates her age, something she finds hard to acknowledge, much less accept. Blue Nights—the long, light evening hours that signal the summer solstice, “the opposite of the dying of the brightness, but also its warning”—like The Year of Magical Thinking before it, is an iconic book of incisive and electric honesty, haunting and profound.




Planet Earth Is Blue


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"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me A heartrending and hopeful debut novel about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos, Mockingbird, and The Thing About Jellyfish. Twelve-year-old Nova is eagerly awaiting the launch of the space shuttle Challenger--it's the first time a teacher is going into space, and kids across America will watch the event on live TV in their classrooms. Nova and her big sister, Bridget, share a love of astronomy and the space program. They planned to watch the launch together. But Bridget has disappeared, and Nova is in a new foster home. While foster families and teachers dismiss Nova as severely autistic and nonverbal, Bridget understands how intelligent and special Nova is, and all that she can't express. As the liftoff draws closer, Nova's new foster family and teachers begin to see her potential, and for the first time, she is making friends without Bridget. But every day, she's counting down to the launch, and to the moment when she'll see Bridget again. Because Bridget said, "No matter what, I'll be there. I promise."




The Blue Jay's Dance


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A novelist writes of her experiences during a 12 month period through pregnancy, new motherhood, and return to writing.




The Blue Octavo Notebooks


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Originally published in Dearest father: stories and other writings. Schocken Books, 1954.




The Indigo Notebook


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An exciting new series from the acclaimed author of Red Glass. Zeeta's life with her free-spirited mother, Layla, is anything but normal. Every year Layla picks another country she wants to live in. This summer they’re in Ecuador, and Zeeta is determined to convince her mother to settle down. Zeeta makes friends with vendors at the town market and begs them to think of upstanding, “normal” men to set up with Layla. There, Zeeta meets Wendell. She learns that he was born nearby, but adopted by an American family. His one wish is to find his birth parents, and Zeeta agrees to help him. But when Wendell’s biological father turns out to be involved in something very dangerous, Zeeta wonders whether she’ll ever get the chance to tell her mom how she really feels—or to enjoy her deepening feelings for Wendell. Praise for Red Glass: *“A captivating read.”—School Library Journal, Starred




The Theosophist


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Four Walls


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Mercury cannot talk, and unfortunately, its having an effect on her everyday life. When her best friend, Eden, is having an existential crisis, Mercury is unable to console her. Her rivaling co-captains hate each other for reasons only Mercury can fathom. Mercury finds herself in the middle of her friends secrets. Surprisingly, Mercurys inability to speak isnt affecting her love life. She finally confronts her sexuality and forgets everything else as she lives in the moment. These completely different girls have one thing in commontheyre all trapped.




My Brain Has Too Many Tabs Open: Lined Notebook


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This is a blank, lined journal that makes a perfect gag gift for friends, family and Coworkers, male or female. Other features of this notebook include: 120 pages 6x9 inches Excellent and thick binding Sleek, matte-finished cover for a professional look This diary is a convenient and perfect size to carry anywhere for writing, journaling and note taking. If you would like an unlined journal, please take a look at our other products for great gift ideas.




Moments


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Life is full of moments—how do you fill them? It is all too easy to find our time filled with the day-to-day activities of life, but how often are we able to be still with our thoughts and carve out opportunities for the most important moments we have—our moments with God? Moments: Mother to Daughter, Friend to Friend—Together in Scripture at the Table of God’s Presence invites mothers, daughters, and friends to spend intentional moments of their lives sharing time in scripture with an open heart and Bible. Author Danielle Opitz gives encouraging, insightful messages with each intimate study, providing a relevant resource for anyone wanting to grow in a relationship with God and better understand His Word. She offers the STILL scripture study method— Search, Takeaway, Inquire, Listen and Live—to guide women of all ages in taking these first steps into the meaningful experience of Bible study. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10 Being present with God’s living Word can offer us enormous and rich insights— so grab your Bible and pull up a chair to the table. Invite a friend, mother, or daughter to join you. The conversation may get personal at times, but you will experience a real and genuine love as you come to know yourself, your loved ones and God in the ways that matter most.