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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

Peter C. Brown · Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like...
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The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity

Lee Strobel · Zondervan
Format: Print book

Was God telling the truth when he said, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart"? In his #1 bestseller The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel examined the claims of Christ, reaching the hard-won verdict that Jesus is God's unique son. In The Case for Faith,...
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One-Hour Cheese: Ricotta, Mozzarella, Chèvre, Paneer--Even Burrata. Fresh and Simple Cheeses You Can Make in an Hour or Less!

Claudia Lucero · Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

It’s a DIY cook’s dream come true: It’s pizza night, and you’ve made not only the crust and sauce but the mozzarella, too. Or you're whipping up quesadillas for a snack, using your homemade Triple Pepper Hack. Or the dinner party's in high gear and out comes...
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Duke of Sin

Elizabeth Hoyt · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A MAN OF SINDevastatingly handsome. Vain. Unscrupulous. Valentine Napier, the Duke of Montgomery, is the man London whispers about in boudoirs and back alleys. A notorious rake and blackmailer, Montgomery has returned from exile, intent on seeking revenge on those who have wronged him....
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101 Kids Activities That Are the Bestest, Funnest Ever!: The Entertainment Solution for Parents, Relatives & Babysitters!

Holly Homer · Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Never again will you hear the all too common call of, I'm bored! with this kid pleaser for many ages. Whether your kid is 3, 5 or 12 years old it's hard to keep them entertained all day, or even for a few hours. But now, when they ask to watch television because they're bored,...
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The Pound a Day Diet: Lose Up to 5 Pounds in 5 Days by Eating the Foods You Love

Rocco DiSpirito · Grand Central Life & Style, 2014.
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

THE POUND A DAY DIET is an accelerated program designed to help dieters lose up to five pounds every five days--without frustrating plateaus--while enjoying all their favorite foods. It rewrites every carb/fat/calorie rule in the book! This delicious, easy-to-use, plan is specifically formulated...
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Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius

Donald Norris · McGraw Hill Education
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

A dozen fiendishly fun projects for the Raspberry Pi! This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to create all kinds of entertaining and practical projects with Raspberry Pi operating system and programming environment. In Raspberry Pi Projects for the Evil Genius, you'll learn how to build...
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A Dog's Way Home

W BRUCE CAMERON · Forge Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From W. Bruce Cameron, the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's Purpose, which is now a major motion picture!Lucas Ray is shocked when an adorable puppy jumps out of an abandoned building and into his arms. Though the apartment he shares with his mother,...
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Ash & Ice

The Kills
Format: Audio CD

Over their almost decade-and-a-half career, The Kills have released four records. Each one a restless, reckless enigmatic art statement that bristled with tension, anxiety, sex, unstudied cool and winking ennui, yet not one of them sounded like the previous one. Ash & Ice is the follow...
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The Pursuit: A Fox and O'Hare Novel

Janet Evanovich · Random House Large Print
Pages: 337
Format: Large print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, writer for the Monk television show, team up once again in their rollicking, New York Times bestselling Fox and O'Hare series!Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives...
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The Time of My Life: A Righteous Brother's Memoir

Bill Medley · Da Capo
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover

Bill Medley's indelible baritone adorns some of the biggest hits of the twentieth century - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration," "Rock and Roll Heaven" - and is prominent on the soundtrack of an entire generation....
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Daughters of the Bride

Susan Mallery · HQN Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

With Joy, Love and a Little Trepidation, Courtney, Sienna and Rachel Invite You to the Most Emotional Wedding of the Year ... Their Mother's Courtney ~ The Misfit ~ As the awkward one, Courtney Watson may not be as together as her sisters, but she excels at one thing - keeping secrets,...
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Top Secret Twenty-One

Janet Evanovich · Random House Inc
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCatch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she'll pull it all off: top secret. Trenton, New Jersey's favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars...
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The Wicked Duke: Wicked Trilogy

Madeline Hunter · Jove Books
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Third in the roguishly intriguing series by the New York Times bestselling author of Tall, Dark, and Wicked and His Wicked Reputation... She appeals to his wicked inclinations, but he never expects she might snare his heart.... Suspected of his brother's murder, Lancelot Hemingford,...
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The Leavers: A Novel

Lisa Ko · Algonquin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"There was a time I would have called Lisa Ko's novel beautifully written, ambitious, and moving, and all of that is true, but it's more than that now: if you want to understand a forgotten and essential part of the world we live in, The Leavers is required reading." - Ann Patchett,  author...
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