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Arts

Visual arts, architecture, dance, theater, photography. Books on art history and criticism; ballet and Broadway shows; how to draw, paint, etc.; large-format books on particular artists or periods. We have many lovely books at attractive prices in the Better Books section. See also: Movies, Music.
Biography/Memoir

Biographies and memoirs from the famous and infamous to the not so famous. Also see: Movies, Music, Sports.
Business/ Legal/ Finance

Books on business management for large and small businesses, both theoretical and practical; personal financial and time management; setting up and running a small business; legal matters.
Children' Books

We alweays have an overflowing selection of children's books , along with puzzles and games, and they've been further categorized to make them easier to find. We also have a very nice assortment of specially priced children’s books in Better Books. Also includes Young Adults
Education

Books about schools and homeschooling; educational philosophy; educational techniques; resource books for teachers, parents, and students. Also see: Children's Books, Parenting, Reference.

Essays, Commentary, Criticism

A sort of catch-all category for books that don't fit anywhere else. Formal essays, literary criticism (for instance, books about John Donne's poetry or early American novels).
We have an unusually large collection this fall.
Also see Classics and History.
Foreign Languages

In addition to the usual collection of Spanish, French, and German books (everything from classics to trashy novels), we have more than a shelf of Russian ones (or at least books in Cyrillic script) and a good-sized collection of books in Chinese; many of these are on English for Chinese speakers or on computer programming. Want to learn Japanese, Hungarian, spoken Vietnamese, conversational Navajo, or British English? Need a dictionary for conversational Navajo or Tagalog? We have the books.
Health & Medicine

All aspects of health and medicine including general home medical reference books, books on specific diseases, nutrition, and alternative therapies. Also see Sports & Fitness, Diet & Weight Management, Psychology, and Parenting.

History & Politics

This category also includes politics and economics.

"How-To"

Books to help you plan your wedding, build a fishpond, clean anything, repair that old vase, fix your car, change your personal look. Lots of titles on knitting, sewing, needlework. And more!
Also see Arts, Business, Cooking, Gardening, Music, Pets, Sports and Fitness.
Media

  • Videotapes, CDs, DVDs, books-on-tape, LPs, video games
Movies

Everything movie-related: history, criticism, scripts, star biographies and more.
Music

From Puccini to punk, we have books on all types of music! Classical and popular musical scores, books on how to play instruments, music history and criticism. Also biographies of musicians.
See the page of large format scores currently available.
Mystery

From current bestsellers to Golden Age classics to hard-to-find out-of-print titles, we've got lots and lots of mysteries.
We have added shelving for our hardbound mysteries to make browsing easier.
Pregnancy/ Parenting

From conception to dealing with teenagers, books on all phases of raising a family. Also see Education.
Philosophy

Once again, we have quite a lot of new philosophy books this sale. Also see Religion.
Poetry & Plays

We have an unusually large collection this fall.
Psychology and Self-Help

There are two bookcases of psychology and self-help books. You can find everything from the more scholarly psycholgy texts to the latest best-selling self help manuals. Also see Health, Inspirational, and Parenting.

Reference

Our reference section includes dictionaries, books on words, books on writing, books of facts, career guides and Test Prep books (GRE, SAT, GMAT, LSAT, etc.)
Additionally, we have several complete encyclopedia sets for very reasonable prices.
Religion

We have a large and varied selection, with an especially large collection of books on Roman Catholicism. See also: Philosopy, Inspirational
Science Fiction/Fantasy

A knowledgeable Friend has helped improve our selection. We have also added a lot of shelving to make browsing easier.

Short Stories

We have an unusually large selection of short story collections this fall.

Sports and Fitness

Books about particular sports and teams; biographies of sports figures; books on rules, techniques, and strategies; running and working out (including yoga); extreme sports and adventure tales; fishing; sailing; local rock-climbing sites. Also see Health, and Travel.

Travel and Geography

Guidebooks, atlases, books about living in foreign countries. Almost all our guidebooks are recent, but we do have a few that will let you travel in time as well as space—back to the 1920s, or the 1970s.

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Last Updated: August 24, 2007