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The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life
Sarah L. Kaufman · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning dance critic teaches us to appreciate -- and enact -- grace in every dimension, from the physical to the emotional.Grace has long been taught as essential to civilized living. The Three Graces -- goddesses of charm, beauty, and creativity -- exemplify ease and harmony... |
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Easy Soups from Scratch with Quick Breads to Match: 70 Recipes to Pair and Share
IVY MANNING · Chronicle Books Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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Nothing is more comforting at the end of the day than a hearty bowl of homemade soup accompanied by freshly baked bread, and this book shows home cooks how to do it in under an hour. Easy Soups from Scratch with Quick Breads to Match makes it simple to create delicious, nourishing soups... |
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Convenient Suspect: A Double Murder, a Flawed Investigation, and the Railroading of an Innocent Woman
Tammy Mal · Chicago Review Press Pages: 288 Format: Paperback
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On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. Four months later, when their bodies were found in a lonely patch of woods, the police would launch a three-year investigation leading to the arrest... |
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Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels
Marie D Jones · Visible Ink Press Pages: 368 Format: Paperback
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The devil goes by many names, and his tribe is legion. Throughout human history, we have been obsessed with the dark opposites of God and angels, light, and mercy. Whether it is our religious and sacred texts, folklore and myths of old, legends, fairy tales, novels, or the movies and television... |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 624 Format: Hardcover
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"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)... |
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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Gordon S Wood · Penguin Press Pages: 512 Format: Hardcover
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From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course.Thomas... |
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The Mitten Handbook: Knitting Recipes to Make Your Own
MARY SCOTT HUFF · Abrams Pages: 160 Format: Paperback
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For years, students have asked knitting instructor Mary Scott Huff for a book on their favorite topic - knitting mittens - but one that empowers them to create their own mittens their own way. This is that book. The Mitten Handbook is much more than an instruction book - it provides a list... |
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Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids--and How to Break the Trance
Nicholas Kardaras · St. Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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We've all seen them: kids hypnotically staring at glowing screens in restaurants, in playgrounds and in friend's houses -- and the numbers are growing. Like a virtual scourge, the illuminated glowing faces -- the Glow Kids -- are multiplying. But at what cost? Is this just a harmless indulgence... |
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A Woman's Guide to Living with Heart Disease
Carolyn Thomas · Johns Hopkins University Press Pages: 212 Format: Hardcover
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Yet most people are still unaware that heart disease is not just a man's problem. Carolyn Thomas, a heart attack survivor herself, is on a mission to educate women about their heart health. Based on her popular Heart Sisters... |
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything
ALY RAISMAN · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me"... |
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
Kurt Andersen · Random House Pages: 480 Format: Hardcover
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A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland to zealots of every stripe . . . to Donald Trump. In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, one of our sharpest... |
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The Bad Food Bible: How and Why to Eat Sinfully
AARON CARROLL · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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Physician and popular New York Times Upshot contributor Aaron Carroll mines the latest evidence to show that many "bad" ingredients actually aren't unhealthy, and in some cases are essential to our well-being. Advice about food can be confusing. There's usually only one thing... |
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Aging with Care: Your Guide to Hiring and Managing Caregivers at Home
Amanda Lambert · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Pages: 252 Format: Hardcover
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Finding the right fit to match aging adults with the best caregiver to assist them in their home can be fraught with challenge. In today's pressurized world, the process involves overstressed family members and a shortage of great caregivers. So many adult children are seeking a helping... |
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