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Lonely Planet Make My Day Kuala Lumpur

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 40
Format: Spiral-bound

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Make My Day Kuala Lumpur is a unique guide that allows you to effortlessly plan your perfect day. Flip through the sections and mix and match your itinerary for morning, afternoon and evening. Start the day at Merdeka...
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The Last Wild Men of Borneo: A True Story of Death and Treasure

Carl Hoffman · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary "Wild Men of Borneo." One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization - or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times...
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Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted

Laura Caldwell · Liveright
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Recalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of America's best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions.Wrongful convictions, long regarded as statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, now appear with frightening regularity....
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Embroider Your Life: Simple Techniques & 150 Stylish Motifs to Embellish Your World

Nathalie Mornu · DK
Pages: 124
Format: Print Length

With 150 motifs designed by 20 of today's most popular embroidery artists selected from Instagram and Etsy, learn the simplest embroidery stitches and techniques, and see the diverse ways the motifs can be used.Explore color, stitch variations, fabric grounds, thread types, scale, fills,...
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

Lisa Feldman Barrett · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mindEmotions feel automatic to us; that's why scientists have long assumed that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today,...
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7 Lessons from Heaven: How Dying Taught Me to Live a Joy-Filled Life

MARY C M D NEAL · Convergent Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

In this inspired follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and powerful insights about how the reality of heaven can make each day magnificent. Dr. Mary Neal's unforgettable account of a 1999 kayaking accident...
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Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · Open Road Integrated Media
Format:  eBook : Document : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats

A harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American historyBorn a free man in New York, Solomon Northup was abducted in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. After his rescue, he published...
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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific

Robert Leckie · Bantam Books
Format: Paperback

Here is one of the most riveting first-person accounts ever to come out of World War II. Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In Helmet for My Pillow we follow his odyssey, from basic training on Parris...
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Get Crocked Slow Cooker 5 Ingredient Favorites: Simple & Delicious Meals

Jenn Bare · Media Lab Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

No one has time to cook these days! The solution? These 200 recipes which offer convenience and comfort to anyone faced with a too-full life and hungry people to feed. With breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert options, all made with five ingredients or less, these recipes are quick to fix,...
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Beetles of Eastern North America

Arthur V. Evans · Princeton University Press
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback

Beetles of Eastern North America is a landmark book--the most comprehensive full-color guide to the remarkably diverse and beautiful beetles of the United States and Canada east of the Mississippi River. It is the first color-illustrated guide to cover 1,406 species in all 115 families...
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The Brothers Vonnegut: Science and Fiction in the House of Magic

Ginger Strand · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Worlds collide in this true story of weather control in the Cold War era and the making of Kurt VonnegutIn the mid-1950s, Kurt Vonnegut takes a job in the PR department at General Electric in Schenectady, where his older brother, Bernard, is a leading scientist in its research lab -- or "House...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Croatia

Inc Dorling Kindersley · Dk Publishing
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

Explore miles of beaches, clear water, and beautiful castles used on popular television shows in Croatia. See history, art, and more in this special city.Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Croatia. * Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance....
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If They Come for Us: Poems

FATIMAH ASGHAR · One World
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls captures her experience as a Pakistani Muslim woman in contemporary America, while exploring identity, violence, and healing. an aunt teaches me how to tell an edible flower from a poisonous one. just in case, I hear her say,...
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DEWALT Wiring Quick Check

Christopher Prince · Delmar/Cengage Learning
Pages: 38
Format: Print book

Understanding electrical formulas is one of the most important tasks facing today's electricians. Accurate calculations make for proper code compliance and safe installations. That's why the DEWALT Wiring Quick Check: Extreme Duty Edition will prove to be a valuable resource in the toolboxes...
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