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Becoming a Londoner: A Diary
David Plante · Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book
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“Nikos and I live together as lovers, as everyone knows, and we seem to be accepted because it’s known that we are lovers. In fact, we are, according to the law, criminals in our making love with each other, but it is as if the laws don’t apply. It is as if all the conventions... |
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Older Americans Information Directory 2013/2014
Richard Gottlieb · Grey House Pub; 9 edition
Format: Print book
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This Second Edition, completely updated for 1999/2000, is a comprehensive guide to resources for and about Older Americans, detailing National and State Organizations, Government Agencies, Health, Research Centers, Libraries and Information Centers, Legal Resources, Discount Travel Information... |
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The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball's Golden Age
SRIDHAR PAPPU · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series contests ever, with the Detroit Tigers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals in Game Seven of the World Series. In 1968, two remarkable pitchers... |
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D-day : minute by minute
Jonathan Mayo · Marble Arch Press
Format: Paperback
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Told in a purely chronological style, this fascinating account vividly details the authentic stories of regular people caught up in the historical events of D-Day.June 6, 1944 was a truly historic day, but it was also a day where ordinary people found themselves in extraordinary situations...... |
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Your Child's Teeth: A Complete Guide for Parents
Evelina Weidman Sterling · Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Children’s dental health involves much more than a toothbrush. Dental disease is the number one chronic childhood illness, and avoiding dental disease means paying scrupulous attention to our children’s teeth.In Your Child’s Teeth, health writers Evelina Weidman Sterling... |
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I don't know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance
Leah Hager Cohen · Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Print book
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A short, concise book in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is I dont know.In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving... |
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The Closer
Mariano Rivera · Little Brown & Co.
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball.Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Panamanian fisherman. When first scouted... |
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged
DK PUBLISHING. · DK
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance.Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular... |
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
Mike Wallace · Oxford University Press
Pages: 1200
Format: Hardcover
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In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York on a whole new scale, moving... |
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