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Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off

Richard Stim · Nolo
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

Want to use copyrighted material? Better get permission first. If you plan to use any copyrighted material for your own purposes, you need to get permission first from the owners of that work. If you don't, you could find yourself slapped with an expensive and time-consuming lawsuit....
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Hair Hacks: Your Tresses Troubles Solved!

Mary Boone · Capstone Press
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Does your hair have a mind of its own? Frizz, fly-aways, and split ends be gone! Get the easy hair hacks you need to make every day a good hair day.
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Table Manners: How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother

Jeremiah Tower · Farrar
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world's most acclaimed chefs and restaurateursTable Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner...
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Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks

William Novak · Touchstone Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the co-creator of the celebrated Big Book of Jewish Humor comes a laugh-out-loud collection of jokes about growing older that makes fun of memory loss, marriages, medicine, sex, the afterlife, and much more, making this the perfect gift for almost anyone who was born before you were.Growing...
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The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution

Sam Willis · W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

A fascinating naval perspective on one of the greatest of all historical conundrums: How did thirteen isolated colonies, which in 1775 began a war with Britain without a navy or an army, win their independence from the greatest naval and military power on earth?The American Revolution involved...
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Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

DANIEL BOLGER · Da Capo Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The gritty and engaging story of two brothers--Chuck and Tom Hagel--who went to war in Vietnam, fought in the same unit, and saved each other's life. One supported the war, the other detested it, but they fought it together.1968. America was divided. Flag-draped caskets came home by the thousands....
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Grant

RON CHERNOW · Penguin Press
Pages: 1104
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman,...
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Start a Successful Business: Expert Advice to Take Your Startup from Idea to Empire

Colleen DeBaise · AMACOM
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Let Inc. help launch your dreams. Makers, doers, and dreamers--for decades they have turned to Inc. for help in getting their businesses off the ground. The publication's keen advice clarifies the process, while startup stories fuel aspirations and spark action. Warby Parker shook...
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Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History

Sam Maggs · Quirk Books
Pages: 238
Format: Print book

A fun and feminist look at forgotten women in science, technology, and beyond, from the bestselling author of THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY You may think you know women's history pretty well. But have you ever heard of. . . · Alice Ball, the chemist who developed an effective treatment...
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George lucas : a life

Brian Jay Jones · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 560
Format: Print book

The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George LucasOn May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George...
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When God Happens: True Stories of Modern Day Miracles

Angela Elwell Hunt · Regnery Faith
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

In this collection of stories about real life miracles told by those involved, God reveals Himself as the Almighty of the Bible who refuses to be bound by natural law or human reasoning. Authors Bill Myers and Angela Hunt have selected stories providing encouragement to Believers and food...
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Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America

Tim Wise · City Lights Books
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

"Tim Wise is one of the great public moralists in America today. In his bracing new book, Under the Affluence, he brilliantly engages the roots and ramifications of radical inequality in our nation, carefully detailing the heartless war against the poor and the swooning addiction to the rich...
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Your Home, Your Style: How to Find Your Look & Create Rooms You Love

DONNA GARLOUGH · Rizzoli
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The first book from the style director for the popular home decor site Joss & Main is a lively, chic road map to finding and implementing your style at home. In this age of Instagram and Pinterest, there is no shortage of decorating inspiration. Then why is it so hard to make the leap...
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The Four Seasons of Pasta

Nancy Harmon Jenkins · Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pages: 314
Format: Print book

Acclaimed food writer Nancy Jenkins, teams up with her master chef daughter Sara with a unique around-the-seasons cookbook devoted to simple, everyday pasta recipes There are few ingredients in a cook's pantry that beat out pasta - for tastiness, for ease of preparation, for versatility,...
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups

DANIEL COYLE · Bantam
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Talent Code comes a book that unlocks the secrets of highly successful groups and provides tomorrow's leaders with the tools to build a cohesive, motivated culture. Where does great culture come from? How do you build and sustain it in your...
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