Audio Visual
DVD's, videotapes, record albums, CD's, audio books and other non-print media in
all entertainment areas; large print editions of books and other large-print
reading materials. (All category-specific AV materials are found in the
appropriate category.)
Biography
Autobiographies and biographies; biographical dictionaries; presidential
& first ladies biographies; some biographical novels. (Some
biographies are found Religion & Philosophy and in Sports &
Transportation. High school and college yearbooks are found in the
Treasures Category.)
Business and Career Planning
Small business; home-based business; entrepreneurship; biographies of
business leaders; corporations; management; leadership; labor issues;
negotiation; sales and marketing; advertising; real estate; investments;
economics; finance; taxes; accounting; Roberts Rules of Order;
public speaking; writing and publishing; college guides;
test preparation and learning aids; journalism, radio and television;
miscellaneous business-related nonfiction.
Children's
All books for children, preschool through young adult (teen) fiction;
children's paperbacks and trade paperbacks; coloring, activity &
craft books; children's games, puzzles, toys & stuffed animals;
comic books & graphic novels; children's Bibles and religious books;
Scouting manuals; children's music books; Teaching Tools, Text &
Workbooks for Grades 1 to 8; Classic & Collectable children's books;
children's cookbooks. (Highly collectible as well as fragile children's
books are found in the Rare and Unusual category; Foreign Language
children's books in Foreign Language; adult comics & adult graphic
novels in Humor.)
Classics
Mythology: folklore; Required reading; classic authors; Shakespeare;
anthologies; essays by classic authors; essays about literature; Cliff
Notes. (Poetry and drama are found in Fine Arts; philosophy is
found in Religion.)
Computers
All computer books including computer texts; software and disks; computer
games (including console games like PlayStation and X-Box); operating
systems; computer science; office applications (word processing, spreadsheets,
and databases); Internet and Web browsers; programming languages.
(Books about using computers in business are found in Business.)
Cookbooks
Hardcover and guild cookbooks; magazines; recipe pamphlets; cookbook sets;
partial sets; Weight Watchers; healthy foods cookbooks; international
cookbooks; celebrity cookbooks; books on wine.
Dictionaries
All types of dictionaries including medical, legal, slang, etc.; thesaurus;
books of quotations; word usage books; one volume encyclopedia; trivia;
books of lists; recent Guinness Book of Records; recent almanacs;(foreign
language dictionaries will be found in Foreign Language; crossword puzzle
dictionaries will be found in Sports; Taber's and Black's Law will be
found in Text.)
Fiction
Newer fiction (hardbacks and trade paperbacks) published from 2000 to 2009;
Good Read Fiction published from 1961 to 1999 all $1; recent Reader's
Digest Condensed fiction; biographical novels; Gothic novels; Christmas
fiction; collections of short stories; special sections on Oprah's Book
Club and on ethnic authors. (Suspense, science fiction and fantasy are
found in Suspense; classic authors are found in Classics; some biographical
novels are found in Biography; some religious novels are found in Religion;
western authors are found in The West.)
Fine Arts
Art; architecture (including texts); entertainment; circus, TV, radio;
music (including texts); poetry; photography; theater; "how to" art
and photography books; sheet music; art magazines; music magazines; film
and theater magazines; recent Architectural Digest and other architectural
magazines. (Hymnals are found in Religion.)
Foreign Language
All books completely or partially written in any foreign language including
texts, dictionaries, travel books, children's books); sign language; Braille.
(Books on hearing loss are found in Health and Fitness.)
Health & Fitness
Natural and alternative health care, massage, aromatherapy, herbal, Eastern,
chiropractic, homeopathic, yoga, etc.; fighting diseases; all health care topics
for nonprofessionals (heart disease, cancer, pain, blindness etc.); medical
history and true life adventures of healthcare professionals, patients,
families; health care guides; drugs; home health; grooming & beauty;
emergency & first aid; pain and stress management for nonprofessionals.
Age related health issues; looking younger; exercise, diet, memory, etc.
Fitness; Exercise; Recovery from addictions (alcohol, food, drugs, etc.
includes all 12 step programs); Sex ("how to"), Kinsey and other studies
on sexual behavior); women's wellness (pregnancy, fertility, childbirth,
menopause); men's health; and nonprofessional material on mental health.
(Medical texts, nursing texts, PDR's and Merck Manuals are found in Text;
medical dictionaries are found in Dictionaries. GLBT issues are found
in Relationships.)
History, War and Politics
World history, ancient cities and lost worlds; Western Civilization;
American history; histories of states and towns; genealogy; political
theory; spies; historic disasters (Titanic, etc); Wars (WWI, WWII, Korea,
Viet Nam, Civil War, etc.) American politics, including political biographies;
government issues; magazines including history, civil war, and genealogy-related.
(Historical novels are found in Fiction and the Treasures category; Presidential
biographies are found in Biography; Yearbooks are found in the Treasures category;
Sociology is found in People and Relationships.)
House and Garden, Crafts and Hobbies
Interior decoration; home entertaining; household hints; etiquette; wedding
planning; recent Consumer Reports; All crafts and hobbies including:
pottery, weaving, stained glass, calligraphy, scrap-booking, rubber stamping,
dolls and doll houses, coin/stamp collecting, model trains and planes, gems
and minerals, jewelry making, needlework, sewing, quilting; antiques;
electrical wiring; plumbing; home remodeling; home repairs; wood working;
gardening and houseplants; decorating; Architectural Digest; sewing, crafts
and hobbies magazines.
Humor
Humorous works of fiction and non-fiction of classic and recently published
authors including: paperbacks, magazines, comic books, Comic Strip books;
and adult graphic novels. (Children's comics and children's graphic novels
are found in Children's.)
Large Print and Books on Tape
Can be found in the Audio Visual category.
Paperbacks
Mass market (standard size) paperback fiction including suspense, mystery,
science fiction, romance, serial romance, ethnic, romantic suspense. There are sets
of books by some widely read authors in these categories.
Rare and unusual
This separate, limited access area is found in the northwest corner of the Exhibit Hall.
Books from all categories which are unusual or hard to find; autographed
books; unique or fragile books; some limited editions; some leather bound;
some very old.
Check back in the fall for a sampling of unique and unusual books to be
offered at the sale.
Relationships, Self-help and Ethnic Studies
Self help books and tapes; popular psychology; popular psychologists such
as Freud, Jung, & Adler; relationships; dating, friendships, marriage,
erotica, divorce; parenting, step-parenting, grand-parenting; mid-life and
aging social issues; adult children and their parents; loss of love; grief
and coping; American culture and society, ethnic studies; women's studies;
men's studies; gay, lesbian and bisexual studies; Chicken Soup for the Soul.
(Books on addictions, 12 step programs, childbirth, and pregnancy are found
in Health and Fitness.)
Religion and Philosophy
Books on all religions; histories of religion, biographies of religious
figures; Bibles and bible-related books, all Judaica; Eastern thought,
metaphysics; philosophy; new age; parapsychology; astrology; tarot; alchemy;
dreams; angels; occult; palmistry; WICCA, divination, channeling, past lives;
Masonic fraternal groups; hymnals; Christmas stories; novels with a religious
story line.
Science and Nature
Books on space; astronomy; meteorology; anthropology; plants, birds, animals;
natural history including ecology; geology; biology including genetics;
wildlife; agriculture including animal husbandry and livestock; pets; non-text
math; chemistry; technical; surveying; calculators; machines and tools;
veterinary medicine.
Sets
This separate, limited access area is found in the northwest corner of the Exhibit Hall.
Encyclopedias and complete sets of books and odd volumes from all categories
including Time-Life series, Harvard Classics, Great Books series; home
repairs, decorating, gardening, history, crafts, literature, numbered
children's sets; dated encyclopedia yearbooks; legal sets; No Reader's
Digest Condensed Books. Sets range from 2-volume sets to sets of 50+ volumes.
Sports and Transportation
Books and magazines about all sports: golf and other ball sports, archery;
camping; RV's; boating; fishing and hunting; physical activities: hiking,
biking, weightlifting, martial arts; aviation and pilot training;
auto-related, including auto repair; motorcycles; boats; trains; auto
racing; All card and board games; puzzles; crossword puzzle books and
dictionaries; magic; gambling; Arizona Gun Owners Manual; stories about
sports figures. (Books on crafts and hobbies are found in House and
Garden; all books on animals are found in Science and Nature, fitness
and exercise can be found in Health and Fitness, all computer games can
be found in Computers.)
Suspense & Science Fiction
Hardback and trade paperback mysteries; suspense; detective stories;
thrillers & espionage; science fiction; fantasy; witches; vampires;
ghosts; supernatural; outer space; UFO's; Bermuda Triangle; true crime;
true spy stories; science fiction magazines. (Gothic novels and
Andrew Greeley are found in Fiction; Tony Hillerman is found in The West.)
Text
High school and college texts on all subjects; both current texts and
texts of scholarly importance; business texts; medical, nursing and
allied health texts; Merck manuals, PDR's, anatomy; psychiatry; clinical
psychology and counseling; social work; anthropology, philosophy, law,
legal casebooks; Schaum's Outline series; engineering and technical
texts; science, literature, mathematics, books on teaching and
education. (Real estate and taxes are found in Business; computer
texts are in Computers; music, architecture and art texts are in Fine
Arts; foreign language texts are in Foreign Language. Medical and legal
dictionaries are found in Text and in Dictionaries.)
Travel
Travel guides; tour books; sightseeing guides (Frommers, Zagat, Baedeker,
Michelin, Lonely Planet and Rick Steves); bed and breakfast guides; travel
videos; adventure travel and true adventure stories; Time-Life and National
Geographic series; atlases; coffee table books about travel and
different countries.
Treasures
Fiction published 1961 and earlier including late 19th century and early
20th century; vintage nonfiction and texts; high school and college
yearbooks; small gift books; books about books; collectibles such as
magazines, blank journals, calendars, greeting cards, bookmarks,
ephemera, pictures and other interesting items.
The West
Western fiction, poetry, tales and stories; Western essays, biographies,
journals, diaries and other non-fiction; all books about Native peoples
of the Americas; Arizona government and business; western national parks,
nature books; Arizona Highways; frontier life; mining; western animals
and plants; the Western United States, Mexico, Central and South America.
