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Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West

John Boessenecker · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print

The true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives. The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded stagecoaches and trains...
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And Then We Danced: A Voyage Into the Groove

Henry Alford · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 447
Format: Large Print

Equal parts memoir and cultural history, from acclaimed comic stylist and professional hobbyist Henry Alford comes a hilarious journey through the world of dance that will inform, entertain and leave readers tapping their toes. When Henry Alford wrote about his experience with a Zumba class...
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Fish On, Fish Off

Stephen Sautner · Lyons Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Fish On, Fish Off is the angling version of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. Through a series of nearly 50 personal essays, the author explores what happens when the self-taught, DIY angler sets out to fish the world - and winds up stumbling into every possible pitfall and danger...
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Strengthen Your Back: Exercises to Build a Better Back and Improve Your Posture

DK · DK
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

DK's Strengthen Your Back provides easy-to-follow exercises that improve mobility, flexibility, core stability, and strength to help treat an existing condition or reduce chances of future injury. This handy guide is perfect for anyone who wants to take an active role in his or her health...
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French Country Cottage

Courtney Allison · Gibbs Smith
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A romantic interpretation of French country style in a California cottage. With beautiful photography and tale about a little forgotten house that could, Courtney shares the story of her renovation of a 1940's cottage in the California countryside. An abandoned vacation house, set in the center...
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild-Creating a Champion

Nintendo · Dark Horse Books
Format: Hardcover

This oversized hardcover is the ultimate companion to the award-winning video game The Legend of Zelda(TM) : Breath of the Wild and includes material from both of its DLC packsThis book features nearly fifty pages of sketches and official illustrations from Takumi Wada, two-hundred and ninety-six...
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

Keith O'Brien · Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s -- and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities...
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Cook with Amber: Fun, Fresh Recipes to Get You in the Kitchen

Amber Kelley · Running Press Kids
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Fifteen-year-old Amber Kelley is inspiring a whole new generation of eaters to get in the kitchen and have fun. She is the first winner of Food Network Star Kids, a member of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's Food Tube family, and the host of her own web series on Foodnetwork.com and YouTube....
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Wilder: Poems

Claire Wahmanholm · Milkweed Editions
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

"After the explosion: the longest night." In Wilder -- selected by Rick Barot as the winner of the 2018 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry -- Claire Wahmanholm maps an alien but unnervingly familiar world as it accelerates into cataclysm. Here refugees listen to relaxation...
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All About Cake

Christina Tosi · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the sugar-fueled, manically creative cake universe of Christina Tosi. It's a universe of ooey-gooey banana-chocolate-peanut butter cakes you make in a crockpot, of layer cakes that taste like Key lime pie, and the most baller birthday cake ever. From her home kitchen to the creations...
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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

SARAH SMARSH · Scribner
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest.During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling...
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The Old Farmer's Almanac 2019

Bill Cosby · Old Farmer's Almanac
Pages: 304
Format: Audiobook

It's another new year celebrating everything under the Sun, including the Moon, with The Old Farmer's Almanac, America's oldest continuously published periodical! Always timely, topical, and distinctively "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," the Almanac has been...
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Untitled Roger Daltrey Autobiography

Roger Daltrey · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who."It's taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths...
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Beastie Boys Book

Adam Horovitz · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members AD-ROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981,...
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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

Bradley Hope · Hachette Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The "extraordinary" (Financial Times) instant New York Times bestseller exposing how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others--a "must read" (BOOKLIST ) tale of finance run amok and "the heist of the century"...
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Never Grow Up

Jackie Chan · Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A candid, thrilling memoir from one of the most recognizable, influential, and beloved cinematic personalities in the world.Everyone knows Jackie Chan. Whether it's from Rush Hour, Shanghai Noon, The Karate Kid, or Kung Fu Panda, Jackie is admired by generations of moviegoers for his acrobatic...
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Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present

Jonathan L. Lee · Reaktion Books
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover

Located at the intersection of Asia and the Middle East, Afghanistan has been strategically important for thousands of years. Its ancient routes and strategic position between India, Inner Asia, China, Persia, and beyond has meant the region has been subject to frequent invasions, both...
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Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler

Peter Shinkle · Steerforth
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The Cold War, The Lavender Scare and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor.This page-turning narrative takes readers from top-secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary. Ike's Mystery Man shows...
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Enter the Kettlebell!: Strength Secret of the Soviet Supermen

PAVEL TSATSOULINE · Dragon Door Publications
Pages: 169
Format: Paperback

With Enter the Kettlebell! Pavel delivers a significant upgrade to his original landmark work, The Russian Kettlebell Challenge. Drawing on five years of developing and leading the world's first and premiere kettlebell instructor certification program, and after spending five years...
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Murder, Lies and Cover-ups

David Gardner · Center Point Pub
Pages: 500
Format: Large Print

These five deaths stopped the whole world in its tracks. We all famously recall where we were and what we were doing when JFK was assassinated, as well as the moments Elvis, Princess Diana, and Michael Jackson died. As for Marilyn Monroe, the candle flickered out long ago, but only now can the truth...
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