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Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist (21st Century Essays)

Marlena Williams - Mad Creek Books
Format: Paperback

Never watch The Exorcist, Marlena Williams's mother told her, just as she'd been told by her own mother as a Catholic teen in rural Oregon when the horror classic premiered. And like her mother, Mary, Williams watched it anyway. An inheritance passed from mother to daughter, The Exorcist...
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Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition

RDN Evelyn Tribole, MS - St. Martin's Essentials; 4th edition
Format: Paperback

Make peace with food.Free yourself from chronic dieting forever.Rediscover the pleasures of eating.The go-to resource--now fully revised and updated--for building a healthy body image and making peace with food, once and for all. . When it was first published, Intuitive Eating was revolutionary...
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The Dog Encyclopedia: The Definitive Visual Guide

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

This complete catalog of all things canine is essential reading for dog lovers everywhere. . From Beethoven to Toto, dogs have a special relationship with humans and are forever known as man's best friend.?? The enduring loyalty and companionship of our four-legged friends is celebrated...
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize Semifinalist. We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass...
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1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

Jami Attenberg - S&S/Simon Element
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Jami Attenberg's wildly popular literary movement #1000WordsofSummer, this writer's guide features encouraging essays on creativity, productivity, and writing from acclaimed authors including Roxane Gay, Lauren Groff, Celeste Ng, Meg Wolitzer, and Carmen Maria Machado....
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Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

Nell Greenfieldboyce - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science and everyday life.In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine, and the control room of a particle...
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ROAR, Revised Edition: Match Your Food and Fitness to Your Unique Female Physiology for Optimum Performance, Great Health, and a Strong Body for Life

Stacy T. Sims PhD - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

The groundbreaking book that revolutionized exercise nutrition and performance for female athletes, now freshly updated. Women are not small men. Stop eating and training like one.. In ROAR, exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist Stacy T. Sims, PhD, teaches you everything you need...
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Practice Makes Perfect: Complete English All-in-One for ESL Learners, Premium Second Edition

Ed Swick - McGraw Hill
Format: Hardcover

All the skill-building English language practice you need to master ESL - with seven books in one value-packed volume - plus support from the McGraw Hill Language Lab appThe most effective way to learn any new language is to practice, practice, and practice. No other workbooks put as much...
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Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

Keith Boykin - Bold Type Books
Format: Hardcover

Some arguments about race refuse to go away. It's time, once and for all, to shatter them.The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism...
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What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate

Ellen Clegg - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a time. A must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities. Local news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation...
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