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When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano
Donald R. Prothero · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolutionSome 73,000 years ago, the huge dome of Mount Toba, in today's Sumatra, Indonesia, began to rumble.... |
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Hair-Raising Hairstyles That Make a Statement
Rebecca Rissman · Compass Point Books
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding
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Do you want to get your hairstyle noticed? Need a little inspiration? From fancy fishtail braids to edgy glitter fades, you'll find an extreme 'do to suit your style. |
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
Haben Girma · Twelve
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit." -- O Magazine
"A profoundly important memoir." -- The Times
** As featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, and on The TODAY Show ** A New... |
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Please Enjoy Your Happiness
Paul Brinkley-Rogers · Touchstone
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover
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"The most romantic memoir you're likely to read in a lifetime." - Elin Hilderbrand, New York Times bestselling author of Here's to Us
An evocative memoir. A beautiful journey to half a century and half a world away. An ageless love story.
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite · Anchor
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE
Korede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead,... |
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The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, on the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS
Nada Bakos · Little
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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The story of a young woman from Montana who joined the CIA and worked her way up through the ranks to the frontline of the fight against Islamic extremists. In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity... |
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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
Christian Davenport · PublicAffairs
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier
The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring... |
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson · Doubleday
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
Bill Bryson... |
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Martha Stewart's Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines
Martha Stewart · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate guide to getting your life in order - with hundreds of practical and empowering ideas, projects, and tips - from America's most trusted lifestyle authority
Trust Martha to help you master all things organizing - sorting, purging, tidying, and simplifying your life - with... |
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PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook 2017
PDR Staff · PDR Network
Pages: 1500
Format: Print book
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Nurses are on the front line when it comes to safe medication use and counseling patients. The PDR® Nurse's Drug Handbook 2017 provides all nursing professionals, no matter what the clinical setting, with an accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible guide to the most commonly prescribed... |
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Big bad breakfast : the most important book of the day
John Currence · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 257
Format: Print book
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From the James Beard Award winner, Top Chef Masters contestant, and acclaimed author comes this fun, festive, and highly caffeinated ode to the joys and rituals of the Southern breakfast, with over 125 recipes inspired by the author's popular restaurant in Oxford, Mississippi.
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