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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann - Doubleday
Format: Book

On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left...

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Rocket Men: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football

John Eisenberg - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed sportswriter offers an inside look at the Black quarterbacks whose skill and grit transformed the NFL In Rocket Men, John Eisenberg offers the definitive history of Black quarterbacks in the NFL - men who shaped not only the history of football but the cause of civil rights...
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P.S.- We Made This: Super Fun Crafts That Grow Smarter Happier Kids!

ERICA DOMESEK - Abrams
Format: Paperback

From the creator of the popular website and Instagram @psimadethis comes a how-to craft and creativity book for parents and kids Erica Domesek is a social media star and the original queen of DIY. P.S. We Made This follows in the footsteps of her first two books, offering creative and colorful...
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Wildlife Anatomy: The Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals around the World

Julia Rothman - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Julia Rothman's series of Anatomy books (549,000 copies in print) are beloved by children and adults alike. In Wildlife Anatomy, Rothman captures the excitement and distinctive attributes of wild animals around the world. The book is packed with hundreds of her charming, original illustrations,...
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365 Days of Stitches: How to Create a Personal Embroidery Journal

Steph Arnold - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Embroider a motif each day and create a personal stitch journal to commemorate your year with this modern approach to the art of embroidery from expert embroidererSteph Arnold, founder of Oh Sew Bootiful. Commemorate everything from milestones to simple pleasures by hand-embroidering a symbolic...
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Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo

Dayton Duncan - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today - a moving and beautifully illustrated work of natural history. The American buffalo - our nation's official mammal - is an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of our most mythic...
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A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers

Russ Bengtson - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of the iconic shoes and superstars who have defined the sport for decades, A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers tells the story of hoops as only shoes can.. The ultimate book for both hoops fans and sneaker obsessives, A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers is an exciting...
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Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House

Alex Prud'homme - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A wonderfully entertaining, often surprising history of presidential taste, from the grim meals eaten by Washington and his starving troops at Valley Forge to Trump's fast-food burgers and Biden's ice cream - what they ate, why they ate it, and what it tells us about the state of the nation...
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Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World

Danna Staaf - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover

In the animal kingdom, surviving to adulthood is hardly child's play. Enter the perilous world of animal babies, where Mother Nature is at her most ingenious - and biologists keep finding fresh surprises.. It's time to pay attention to baby animals. From egg to tadpole, chick to fledgling,...
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Organic Beauty: An Illustrated Guide to Making Your Own Skincare

Maru Godas - Smith Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated guide to living organically.. Cottage-core, wellness, and sustainability collide with this playful, illustrated guide to organic skincare.. Learn what plants to use, how to collect and prepare them, and create your own masks, scrubs, balms, butter, hair lotions,...
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The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

David Von Drehle - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

One of our nation's most prominent writers finds the truth about how to live a long and happy life in the centenarian next door.. When a veteran Washington journalist moved to Kansas, he met a new neighbor who was more than a century old. Little did he know that he was beginning a long...
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A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through?

Kelly Weinersmith - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement. Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp....
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Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future

Gloria Dickie - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A global exploration of the eight remaining species of bears -- and the dangers they face.Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come...
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Sarah Ogilvie - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. The Oxford English Dictionary is one of mankind's greatest achievements, and yet, curiously, its creators are almost never considered. Who were the people behind this unprecedented...
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The Things We Make

Bill Hammack - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover

Discover the secret method used to build the world ... For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solve problems. Whether it's planting crops, building skyscrapers, developing photographs, or designing the first microchip, all creators follow the same steps to engineer progress....
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