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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

JOANNA GAINES · Harper Design
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In her design book, Homebody: A Guide To Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. This comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and your instincts,...
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

JONATHAN HAIDT · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracyThe generation now coming of age has been taught three Great Untruths: their feelings are always right; they should avoid pain...
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Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts,...
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I Never Knew That About New York

Christopher Winn · Plume
Format: Paperback

A treasure trove of fascinating trivia about the city that never sleepsDid you know: Grand Central Terminal is the largest railway station in the world.Columbus Circle is the point from which all official distances to and from New York are measuredWhen Queen Elizabeth II visited Trinity...
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

Beverly Daniel Tatum · Basic Books
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel...
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Harry: Life, Loss, and Love

Katie Nicholl · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In anticipation of the upcoming royal wedding comes a new in-depth biography of Prince Harry, from royal expert Katie Nicholl--journalist, broadcaster, and author of the bestselling William and Harry and Kate.From his earliest public appearances as a mischievous redheaded toddler, Prince...
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I'm Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 320

A memoir from beloved and outspoken first baseman and broadcaster Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez revolutionized how first base was played, partied hard, and played harder than anyone as a champion New York Met in the '80s, and even had a star turn appearing as himself on an episode of Seinfeld....
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Saving My Assassin

Virginia Prodan · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Strong women who stand up for justice in the face of deadly opposition have been featured recently in the international media--from the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner boldly standing up for the educational rights of Pakistani girls, to an Iranian professor whose secret book club defied...
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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Mary Roach · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 285
Format: Print book

A New York Times / National Bestseller "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.Grunt tackles the science behind...
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds

Michael Lewis · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways...
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Natural Wonders of the World

Smithsonian Institution. · DK
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover

Discover Earth's most beautiful and fascinating natural landmarks. From the spectacular granite domes of Yosemite to the reefs of the Bahama Banks and the ice sheets of the Antarctic, this is an unparalleled survey of the world's natural treasures.From the Rocky Mountains to the Great barrier...
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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

PHOEBE ROBINSON · Plume
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens, Phoebe Robinson, comes a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and a world that seems to always be a self-starting Dumpster fire.Wouldn't it be great if life came with instructions? Of course,...
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Activating Happiness: A Jump-Start Guide to Overcoming Low Motivation, Depression, or Just Feeling Stuck

RACHEL HERSHENBERG · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

It's not just big choices that can radically change our lives - sometimes it's the small ones. Activating Happiness offers powerful, evidence-based strategies to help you conquer low motivation, nix negative moods, and defeat depression by actively making positive choices in small, everyday...
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We Love Kale: Fresh and Healthy Inspiring Recipes

Kristen Beddard · Taunton Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Home cooks continue to look for healthy options to serve their families and superfoods like kale have been at the top of the list for the last few years. What some thought was a novelty has now become part of our food culture, as the demand for healthful food continues to be strong. Once...
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