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Donna recommends FETCH, a graphic memoir

FETCH: HOW A BAD DOG BROUGHT ME HOME 

 

By Nicole J. Georges

 

A must-have for anybody who has ever loved a “difficult” dog.

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Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home (Paperback)

By Nicole J. Georges
$17.95
ISBN: 9780544577831
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Mariner Books - July 18th, 2017

GGP on Good Morning America!

Thank you so much to Becky Worley for the shout-out to GGP on Good Morning America's Small Business Saturday segment on November 24th!

It matters where you shop! Shop local, shop small!

BECOMING: a video review from Milan and Max

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Becoming (Hardcover)

By Michelle Obama
$32.50
ISBN: 9781524763138
Availability: Backordered
Published: Crown - November 13th, 2018

GGP Bestsellers - November 2018

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Becoming (Hardcover)

By Michelle Obama
$32.50
ISBN: 9781524763138
Availability: Backordered
Published: Crown - November 13th, 2018
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Horse Meets Dog (Hardcover)

By Elliott Kalan, Tim Miller (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062791108
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Balzer + Bray - October 30th, 2018
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel (Paperback)

By Taylor Jenkins Reid
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501161933
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Washington Square Press - May 29th, 2018
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Reach Higher: An Inspiring Photo Celebration of First Lady Michelle Obama (Hardcover)

By Amanda Lucidon
$19.99
ISBN: 9780525644002
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - October 23rd, 2018
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Whose Boat Is This Boat?: Comments That Don't Help in the Aftermath of a Hurricane (Hardcover)

By The Staff of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
$14.99
ISBN: 9781982121082
Availability: Backordered
Published: Simon & Schuster - November 6th, 2018
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope (Hardcover)

By Anne Lamott
$20.00
ISBN: 9780525537441
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Riverhead Books - October 16th, 2018
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13: Meltdown (Hardcover)

By Jeff Kinney
$13.95
ISBN: 9781419727436
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Harry N. Abrams - October 30th, 2018
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There There: A novel (Hardcover)

By Tommy Orange
$25.95
ISBN: 9780525520375
Availability: Backordered
Published: Knopf - June 5th, 2018
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Unsheltered: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$29.99
ISBN: 9780062684561
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Harper - October 16th, 2018
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Louisiana's Way Home (Hardcover)

By Kate DiCamillo
$16.99
ISBN: 9780763694630
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Candlewick - October 2nd, 2018

Horse Meets Dog Tour

Elliott Kalan (@ElliottKalan) and Tim Miller (@TM_Illustration), author and illustrator of #HorseMeetsDog, visited A Great Good Place for Books and three Oakland schools on November 8. What a fun book by fun people!

The Great Good Friends Membership Program

GGP is continuing its Great Good Friends membership program, and you are invited to join.

We cannot tell you how much GGP appreciates all the ways you've supported A Great Good Place for Books over the years and thank you for letting us be a part of your lives. With your continued Friendship and support, we will survive and thrive well into the next decade!

Please see the individual membership pages for more info and to sign up:

Family Friends

Membership: Family Friends

$125.00
SKU: Member03-Family

Membership: Individual Friend

$75.00
SKU: Member02-Individual

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