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Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace
Worry-Free Living: Trading Anxiety for Peace

Joyce Meyer · Faith Words
Pages: 138
Format: Print book

In this compact adaptation of "Be Anxious for Nothing, " #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Joyce Meyer shows readers how to rid themselves of worry and fear by drawing on the peace of God. Difficult times are part of living in this world. However, God has provided...
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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,...
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Chasing the Red Queen: The Evolutionary Race Between Agricultural Pests and Poisons
Chasing the Red Queen: The Evolutionary Race Between Agricultural Pests and Poisons

Dr. Andy Dyer · Island Press; 3rd Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the race to feed the world’s seven billion people, we are at a standstill. Over the past century, we have developed increasingly potent and sophisticated pesticides, yet in 2014, the average percentage of U.S. crops lost to agricultural pests was no less than in 1944. To use a metaphor...
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Frommer's EasyGuide to Las Vegas 2017
Frommer's EasyGuide to Las Vegas 2017

Grace Bascos · Frommermedia Llc
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

It's not easy to keep up with the changes in "Sin City". That's why this guide is updated yearly by a savvy local who has the right sort of sense of humor for this city. Grace Bascos has devoted many years to chronicling this evolution in Vegas and seeking to capture its essence....
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Taking on Theodore Roosevelt: How One Senator Defied the President on Brownsville and Shook American Politics
Taking on Theodore Roosevelt: How One Senator Defied the President on Brownsville and Shook American Politics

Harry Lembeck · Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover

In August 1906, black soldiers stationed in Brownsville, Texas, were accused of going on a lawless rampage in which shots were fired, one man was killed, and another wounded. Because the perpetrators could never be positively identified, President Theodore Roosevelt took the highly unusual...
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Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War
Lincoln's Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War

Todd Brewster · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant, authoritative, and riveting account of the most critical six months in Abraham Lincolns presidency, when he penned the Emancipation Proclamation and changed the course of the Civil War. On July 12, 1862, Abraham Lincoln spoke for the first time of his intention to free the slaves....
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Mason Jar Nation: The Jars that Changed America and 50 Clever Ways to Use Them Today
Mason Jar Nation: The Jars that Changed America and 50 Clever Ways to Use Them Today

JoAnn Moser · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Learn how to make more than 50 Mason jar projects, including luminaries, planters, and upcycled art, in this eagerly anticipated book for DIYers!Mason Jar Nation begins by exploring the Mason jar's impact on America since its 1858 patent. Prior to the jar's invention, settlers had no reliable...
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The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

Michael Booth · Picador Usa
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUMEJournalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view...
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End the Insomnia Struggle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep
End the Insomnia Struggle: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Get to Sleep and Stay Asleep

Colleen Ehrnstrom PhD ABPP · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 221
Format: Print book

Insomnia is all too common in our modern culture, and can be devastating to your mental and physical health. Packed with research-based strategies and practical tools, this fully customizable book will show anyone who suffers with insomnia how to get a good night's sleep - night after night...
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Ultimate Cross Stitch Projects: Colorful and Inspiring Designs from Maria Diaz
Ultimate Cross Stitch Projects: Colorful and Inspiring Designs from Maria Diaz

Maria Diaz · Design Originals
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

This gorgeous sourcebook of cross stitch projects offers some of the most dazzling, beautiful and treasured designs from uniquely talented needlecraft designer Maria Diaz. Maria's designs and projects are perfect for creating handmade gifts for family and friends. Her large-scale original...
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The Quilter's Practical Guide to Color: Includes 10 Skill-Building Projects
The Quilter's Practical Guide to Color: Includes 10 Skill-Building Projects

Becky Goldsmith · C&T Publishing
Format: Print book

Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O' Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray...
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You're Made for a God-Sized Dream: Opening the Door to All God Has for You
You're Made for a God-Sized Dream: Opening the Door to All God Has for You

Holley Gerth · Revell
Format: Print book

If you have a desire in your heart that just won't disappear...If you don't want to let fear get the best of you...If you're not sure what to do...Help is on the way. We all long to live with more purpose, passion, and joy. Yet in the middle of our hectic lives, the God-sized...
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How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft
How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft

Edward Jay Epst · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking exposé that convincingly challenges the popular image of Edward Snowden as hacker turned avenging angel, while revealing how vulnerable our national security systems have become--as exciting as any political thriller, and far more important. After details of American...
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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

Martin J Blaser · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 273
Format: Book

A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the field's leading expert Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing...
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A History of Life in 100 Fossils
A History of Life in 100 Fossils

Aaron O'Dea · Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover

A History of Life in 100 Fossils showcases 100 key fossils that together illustrate the evolution of life on earth. Iconic specimens have been selected from the renowned collections of the two premier natural history museums in the world, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and the Natural...
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