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133.5 PAR Julia & Derek Parker.
Astrology
150 BLA Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee.
The body has a mind of its own : new discoveries about how the mind-body connection helps us master the world
154 MOS Robert Moss.
The three "only" things : tapping the power of dreams, coincidence, and imagination
158.1 O'S editors of The Oprah Magazine
O's guide to life : the best of O, the Oprah magazine : wisdom, wit, advice, interviews, and inspiration.
158.2 KLA Bill Klatte and Kate Thompson.
It's so hard to love you : staying sane when your loved one is manipulative, needy, dishonest, or addicted
200 CHI Joan D. Chittister.
Welcome to the wisdom of the world and its meaning for you
221.6 KUG James Kugel.
How to read the Bible : a guide to scripture, then and now
221.67 CLI Eric H. Cline.
From Eden to exile : unraveling mysteries of the Bible
223.2077 BIB Robert Alter.
The book of Psalms : a translation with commentary
248.4 MEY Joyce Meyer.
I dare you : embrace life with passion
248.8 ROS John Rosemond.
Parenting by the book : biblical wisdom for raising your child
269 GIB Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.
The preacher and the presidents : Billy Graham in the White House
271.97 TER edited and with commentary by Brian Kolodiejchuk.
Mother Teresa : come be my light : the private writings of the "Saint of Calcutta"
280.409 MCG Alister E. McGrath.
Christianity's dangerous idea : the origin and transformation of Protestantism-- from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first
294.3 KAR composed by Padmasambhava ; revealed by Terton Karma Lingpa ; translated by Gyurme Dorje ; edited by Graham 
The Tibetan book of the dead  : the great liberation by hearing in the intermediate states [Tibetan title]Coleman with Thupten Jinpa ;  introductory commentary by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
299.5 DYE Wayne W. Dyer.
Change your thoughts, change your life : living the wisdom of the Tao
302.23 GUE Lisa Guernsey.
Into the minds of babes : how screen time affects children from birth to age five
306.4 KRE Anne Kreamer.
Going gray : what I learned about beauty, sex, work, motherhood, authenticity, and everything else that really matters
306.874 JAM Wendell Jamieson.
Father knows less, or, Can I cook my sister? : one dad's quest to answer his son's most baffling questions
320.973 CHA Jonathan Chait.
The big con : the true story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics
322 CHU Forrest Church.
So help me God : the founding fathers and the first great battle over church and state
324.973 LAR Edward J. Larson.
A magnificent catastrophe : the tumultuous election of 1800 : America's first presidential campaign
324.9764 FRI Kinky Friedman.
You can lead a politician to water, but you can't make him think : ten commandments for Texas politics
331.5 FRE Marc Freedman
Encore : finding work that matters in the second half of life
332.024 RAM Dave Ramsey.
The total money makeover : a proven plan for financial fitness
332.601 ZWE Jason Zweig.
Your money and your brain : how the new science of neuroeconomics can help make you rich
333.72 NOR Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.
Break through the death of environmentalism and the politics of possibility
342.73 BRA  Ilona Bray ; updated by Carl Falstrom.
U.S. immigration made easy
347.73 TOO Jeffrey Toobin.
The nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme Court
349.7301 FRE Adam Freedman.
The party of the first part : the curious world of legalese
355 KAP Robert D. Kaplan.
Hog pilots, blue water grunts : the American military in the air, at sea, and on the ground
362.1097 BRO Shannon Brownlee.
Overtreated : why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer
364.1 GOL The Goldman family.
If I did it : confessions of the killer
364.152 SPA Linda Spalding.
Who named the knife : a book of murder and memory
364.21 BAS Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Beyond the body farm : a legendary bone detective explores murders, mysteries, and the revolution in forensic science
394.26 CHR
Christmas with Southern living, 2007.
394.26 GOO content and artwork by Gooseberry Patch Company.
Gooseberry Patch Christmas. Book 9
493.1 RAY John Ray.
The Rosetta Stone and the rebirth of ancient Egypt
520 SCH Fred Schaaf.
The 50 best sights in astronomy and how to see them : observing eclipses, bright comets, meteor showers, and other celestial wonders
551.509 WAL Gabrielle Walker.
An ocean of air : why the wind blows and other mysteries of the atmosphere
612 ACK Jennifer Ackerman.
Sex sleep eat drink dream : a day in the life of your body
613.1 FUL Jill Fullerton-Smith
The truth about food : what you eat can change your life
613.2 LIP Mark Liponis.
Ultralongevity : the seven-step program for a younger, healthier you
613.2 ZIN David Zinczenko ; with Ted Spiker.
The abs diet ultimate nutrition handbook : your reference guide to thousands of foods and how each one shapes your body
613.25 GRE the Biggest Loser experts and cast, with Maggie Greenwood-Robinson.
The Biggest Loser fitness program : fast, safe, and effective workouts to target and tone your trouble spots-adapted from NBC's hit show!
613.263 TAU Gary Taubes.
Good calories, bad calories : challenging the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease
615.321 CHE Andrew Chevallier
Herbal remedies
616.85 BAE Richard K. Baer.
Switching time
618.92 CLI Foster W. Cline and Lisa C. Greene.
Parenting children with health issues : essential tools, tips, and tactics for raising kids with chronic illness, medical conditions & special healthcare needs
624.068 KUE Entrepreneur Press and Gregg Kuehn.
Start your own construction and contracting business
629.4 BRZ Matthew Brzezinski.
Red moon rising : Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age
629.43 D'AN Michael D'Antonio.
A ball, a dog, and a monkey : 1957, the space race begins
635 MCH Peter McHoy, Stephanie Donaldson.
The complete practical guide to small gardens
635.9 CAR Susan Carter, Carrie Becker, Bob Lilly
Perennials : the gardener's reference
636.7 ELD Debra M. Eldredge... [et al.].
Dog owner's home veterinary handbook
636.7 FRO Shelley Frost and Katerina Lorenzatos Makris.
Your adopted dog : everything you need to know about rescuing and caring for a best friend in need
636.7 GRO John Grogan.
Bad dogs have more fun : selected writings on animals, family and life
641.357 HER edited by Katherine K. Schlosser.
The Herb Society of America's essential guide to growing and cooking with herbs
641.5 HEN Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann.
Not your mother's slow cooker recipes for entertaining
641.5 MAR by the editors of Martha Stewart Living.
The Martha Stewart living cookbook : the original classics
641.5973 BES by the editors at America's Test Kitchen.
The best of America's test kitchen 2008 : the year's best recipes, equipment reviews, and tastings
641.5973 WAX Jonathan Waxman, with Tom Steele
A great American cook : recipes from the home kitchen of one of our most influential chefs
641.8 PIL Pillsbury editors.
Pillsbury bake-off winners : 100 top recipes from the 42nd Pillsbury bake-off contest
641.8 PIN Patty Pinner.
Sweety pies : an uncommon collection of womanish observations, with pie
641.86 PIL Pillsbury editors.
Pillsbury best of the bake-off desserts.
643.708 NO editors of Creative Homeowner
No-fear home improvement.
646.2 SEW edited by Barbara Weiland.
Sew it for Christmas
646.21 COM edited by Linda Neubauer.
The complete photo guide to window treatments : do-it-yourself draperies, curtains, valances, swags, and shades
646.34 GAR Nina Garcia
The little black book of style
646.72 CAR Carmindy.
The 5-minute face : the quick and easy makeup guide for every woman
649.1 RUN Hal Edward Runkel.
Screamfree parenting : raising your kids by keeping your cool
649.122 FIE Denise Fields and Ari Brown.
Baby 411 : clear answers & smart advice for your baby's first year
649.154 LAW Frank Lawlis.
Mending the broken bond : the 90-day answer to developing a loving relationship with your child
649.64 BRO Robert Brooks & Sam Goldstein.
Raising a self-disciplined child : help your child become more responsible, confident, and resilient
650.1 CIT James M. Citrin.
The dynamic path : access the secrets of champions to achieve greatness through mental toughness, inspired leadership and personal tranformation
650.1 LOE Jim Loehr.
The power of story : rewrite your destiny in business and in life
650.1 STO Dawna Stone ; with Matt Dieter.
Winning nice : how to succeed in business and life without waging war
658.4 CAM Jim Camp.
No : the only negotiating system you need for work and home
683.4 RAM Ken Ramage.
Gun digest handbook of collectible American guns
684.08 HAN edited by David Thiel.
Hand tool essentials : refine your power tool projects with  hand tool  techniques
684.08 TOL Jim Tolpin.
Measure twice, cut once 
694.6 BAR Neal Barrett.
Ultimate guide to crown molding : plan, design, install
698.1 FRE Tobias Freccia.
Paint effects for a timeless home : achieving classic, rustic and romantic style with paint effects
736.9 SCH Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell.
How to carve pumpkins for great results
738.15 HAU Priscilla Hauser.
The complete guide to painting on porcelain and ceramic
741.235 FLA Alan Flattmann.
The art of pastel painting
745.592 HOB Cyril Hobbins.
Traditional wooden toys : their history and how to make them
745.594 FRE Kathleen Ann Frey.
Elegant wire jewelry : contemporary designs & creative techniques
745.594 NAR Tom Nardone.
Extreme pumpkins : 20 slash-and-burn jack-o'-lantern designs
745.6 HO Yat-Ming Cathy Ho.
The Chinese calligraphy bible : the essential illustrated guide to over 300 beautiful characters
745.6 YUE Rebecca Yue.
Chinese calligraphy made easy : a structured course in creating beautiful brush lettering
746 WOR Jocelyn Worrall
Simple gifts to stitch : 30 elegant and easy projects
746.4 BEA Sarah Beaman.
Decorative sewing : embellish almost anything with appliqué, beading, cross-stitch, and more
746.92 NEW Tim Newark
Camouflage : now you see me, now you don't
751.49 TSE Terrence Tse.
Sponge painting : fast & fun techniques for creating beautiful art
775 FOR John Kim
40 digital photography techniques.
775 MEL Steve Meltzer.
Photographing arts, crafts & collectibles : take great digital photos for portfolios, documentation, or selling on the web
790.1922 CON Bobbi Conner
Unplugged play : no batteries, no plugs, pure fun
796.332 DEN Jim Dent.
Twelve mighty orphans : the inspiring true story of the Mighty Mites who ruled Texas football
796.357 BEC edited by Rich Klein & Brian Fleischer ; with the staff of Beckett Baseball.
Beckett baseball card price guide.|nNumber 29
799.2765 ROB Bob Robb.
Elk! : proven strategies for elk hunting success
808.82 BES edited by Glenn Young.
The best American short plays, 2001-2002
808.82 BES edited by Jeffrey Eric Jenkins.
Best plays theater yearbook, 2005-2006
811.6 BES Heather McHugh, editor
The best American poetry, 2007
814.54 FUL Robert Fulghum.
What on earth have I done? : stories, observations, and affirmations
818.5402 BAR Dave Barry.
Dave Barry's history of the millennium (so far)
818.602 BEH Joy Behar and friends.
When you need a lift : (but don't want to eat chocolate, pay a shrink, or drink a bottle of gin)
823.7 SUL Margaret C. Sullivan
The Jane Austen handbook : a sensible yet elegant guide to her world
894 PAM Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Maureen Freely.
Other colors : essays and a story
909.7 WIN Jay Winik.
The great upheaval : America and the birth of the modern world, 1788-1800
92 ALD Alan Alda.
Things I overheard while talking to myself
92 BEL Jordan Belfort.
The wolf of Wall Street
92 BET Jerome Bettis and Gene Wojciechowski.
The Bus : my life in and out of a helmut
92 BRU Tedy Bruschi with Michael Holley.
Never give up : my stroke, my recovery, and my return to the NFL
92 CLA Wesley K. Clark ; with Tom Carhart.
A time to lead : for duty, honor, and country
92 GRE Alan Greenspan.
The age of turbulence : adventures in a new world
92 JAC Donald A. Davis.
Stonewall Jackson
92 LOC John Clayton.
The cowboy girl : the life of Caroline Lockhart
92 MCC  Jenny McCarthy.
Louder than words : a mother's journey in healing autism
92 MCC Robin Roberts.
Anne McCaffrey : a life with dragons
92 RIC Glenn Kessler.
The confidante : Condoleezza Rice and the creation of the Bush legacy
92 ROB John Elder Robison.
Look me in the eye : my life with Asperger's
92 SIL Amy Silverstein.
Sick girl
92 SIL Charles van Onselen.
The fox and the flies : the secret life of a grotesque master criminal
920 BOY Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor.
Wonderful tonight : George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and me
920 DAN Edwidge Danticat.
Brother, I'm dying
929.9 KEI Kevin Keim & Peter Keim.
A grand old flag
940.53 ACK Diane Ackerman.
The zookeeper's wife : a war story
940.53 DAV Norman Davies.
No simple victory : World War II in Europe 1939-1945
940.53 WAG edited by David M. Kennedy ; Margaret E. Wagner, Linda Barrett Osborne, Susan Reyburn and staff of the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress World War II companion
940.53 WAR Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns.
The war : an intimate history, 1941-1945
940.54 ATK Rick Atkinson.
The day of battle : the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944
940.54 CAM James Campbell.
The Ghost Mountain boys : their epic march and the terrifying battle for New Guinea, the forgotten war of the South Pacific
940.54 HEI Judith M. Heimann.
The airmen and the headhunters : a true story of lost soldiers, heroic tribesmen and the unlikeliest rescue of World War II
940.54 NAG Andrew Nagorski.
The greatest battle : Stalin, Hitler, and the desperate struggle for Moscow that changed the course of World War II
942.009 WAL Maureen Waller.
Sovereign ladies : the six reigning queens of England
947.08 WEL Frances Welch.
A Romanov fantasy : life at the court of Anna Anderson
951.904 HAL David Halberstam.
The coldest winter : America and the Korean War
956.7044 BEL David Bellavia with John Bruning.
House to house : an epic of urban warfare
973.4 GAI James R. Gaines.
For liberty and glory : Washington, Lafayette, and their revolutions
973.5 BUR Orville Vernon Burton.
The age of Lincoln
973.931 SEP Rodney P. Carlisle, general editor.
September 11, 2001
976.4063 AND John Anderson.
Follow the money : How George W. Bush And the Texas Republicans hog-tied America
SW 92 WIL Mike Cochran.
Claytie : the roller-coaster life of a Texas Wildcatter
SW 978.9 BYE Joe Byers ; [edited by] Peter Mladinic, Joe Byers.
The grandma Hobbs affair : remembering the love affair between a little old lady and her city
SW 978.9 LOV edited by Peter Mladinic and Joe Byers.
Love, death, and the plains : historical narratives of Lea County
YA 320.973 DUN John M. Dunn.
The Constitution and founding of America
YA 355.8 SUL Ed Sullivan.
The ultimate weapon : the race to develop the atomic bomb
YA 362.196 BUS Jenna Bush & Mia Baxter.
Ana's story : a journey of hope
YA 616.85 IRW Cait Irwin with Dwight L. Evans and Linda Wasmer Andrews.
Monochrome days : a firsthand account of one teenager's experience with depression