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The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
Kao Kalia Yang · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in AmericaIn the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing or drawing... |
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Little Loom Weaving: Quick and Clever Projects for Creating Adorable Stuff
ANDREIA GOMES · Ulysses Press
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Creative new patterns and projects combine with classic techniques and 150 step-by-step photos for a trendy take on hand woven clothing and craftsThe timeless art of crafting on a loom is enjoying a renaissance of new ideas and innovative applications. This book teaches you the easiest... |
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How to Roast Everything: A Game-Changing Guide to Building Flavor in Meat, Vegetables, and More
AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN. · America's Test Kitchen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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With over 175 foolproof recipes covering everything from simple roast chicken and pork loin to top sirloin roast, rack of lamb, and lobster, this authoritative volume offers a master class in the timeless art and science of roasting.Roast: It's at once a verb and a noun, a technique and a cut of meat,... |
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Careers in the Arts: Fine, Performing, & Visual
MICHAEL SHALLY-JENSEN · Salem Pr
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
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This ongoing series serves as a stepping stone in understanding specific careers and provides a wealth of information on the education and training needed within each profession along with a look towards the future of the field with an informative employment outlook. Whether it be music,... |
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The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Elizabeth Tasker · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years ago, the search for planets--and life--outside the solar system was a job restricted to science fiction writers. It is now one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy, with thousands of these "exoplanets" discovered so far. The detection of these worlds... |
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Half Baked Harvest Cookbook: Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains
Tieghan Gerard · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Whether you need to get dinner on the table for your family tonight or are planning your next get-together with friends, Half Baked Harvest Cookbook has your new favorite recipe.Tieghan Gerard grew up in the Colorado mountains as one of seven children. When her dad took too long to make... |
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers
Tony Kirkham · Timber Press
Pages: 404
Format: Print book
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A master class on pruning Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must have... |
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I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
Maggie O'Farrell · Knopf
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary memoir--told entirely in near-death experiences--from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking.We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie... |
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Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
Lynne Cox · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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From inspired and inspiring open-water swimmer and supreme athlete, able to endure cold water temperatures that would kill others, author of Swimming to Antarctica ("Riveting" - Sports Illustrated) and Grayson ("Moving, mystical" - People) - a powerful book about... |
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Paul McCartney: The Life
Philip Norman · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 853
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost... |
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Frommer's Paris day by day
Anna E Brooke · Frommermedia Llc
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Frommer's books aren't written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We employ the best local experts to author our guides, like longtime Paris resident Anna E. Brooke. In this innovative, easy-to-carry, itinerary-based... |
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Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs
Robert Kanigel · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day. Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking... |
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