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Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 3: The Complete and Authoritative Edition

Mark Twain · University of California Press
Pages: 792
Format: Hardcover

The surprising final chapter of a great American life. When the first volume of Mark Twain's uncensored Autobiography was published in 2010, it was hailed as an essential addition to the shelf of his works and a crucial document for our understanding of the great humorist's life...
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Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: A Novel

ALISON WEIR · Ballantine Books
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author and historian Alison Weir continues her epic Six Tudor Queens series with this third captivating novel, which brings to life Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's most cherished bride and mother of his only legitimate male heir. Ever since she was a child,...
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

Roz Chast · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover

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Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

Steven D Levitt · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have...
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Pogue's Basics: Essential Tips and Shortcuts

David Pogue · St Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

New York Times BestsellerDid you know that can you scroll a Web page just by tapping the space bar? How do you recover photos you've deleted by accident? What can you do if your cell phone's battery is dead by dinnertime each day? When it comes to technology, there's no driver's ed class...
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A Sinful Calling

Kimberla Lawson Roby · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

Dillon hadn't been called by anyone. He'd called himself and he wasn't ashamed of it. But no good can come from . . . A SINFUL CALLINGTwo years ago, to everyone's surprise, Dillon Whitfield Black, the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black, boldly moved back home, married a woman named Raven,...
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How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Louise Penny · Minotaur Books
Pages: 405
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times Bestseller"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." -- Leonard CohenChristmas is approaching, and in Québec it's a time of dazzling snowfalls, bright lights, and gatherings with friends in front of blazing hearths. But shadows...
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Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being

Christiane Northrup M.D. · Hay House
Pages: 386
Format: Print book

Though we talk about wanting to "age gracefully, " the truth is that when it comes to getting older, we're programmed to dread an inevitable decline: in our health, our looks, our sexual relationships, even the pleasure we take in living life. But as Christiane Northrup, M. D. , shows...
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Snow Like Ashes

Sara Raasch · Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 422
Format: Hardcover

A striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self - perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic...
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My Drunk Kitchen: A Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Going with Your Gut

Hannah Hart · Dey Street Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

One day, sad cubicle dweller and otherwise bored New York transplant Hannah Hart decided, as a joke, to make a fake cooking show for her friend back in California. She turned on the camera, pulled out some bread and cheese, and then, as one does, started drinking. (Doesn't everyone...
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Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career

Carla A Harris · Hudson Street Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The Wall Street powerhouse and author of Expect to Win offers a new way to conceptualize career strategies and gives us proven tools for successful changeWhether we're starting out, striving toward a promotion, or looking for a new opportunity, the working world isn't what it used...
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Jean Haines' World of Watercolour

Jean Haines · Search Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Step into Jean Haines' distinctive, exciting world of watercolour with this, the ultimate guide to her influences, style and work. Jean's loose, expressive paintings are filled with colour and personality, and embrace a range of subjects that includes flowers, animals, people and places,...
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Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck

Jon Acuff · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

It took me sixteen years to write this book. That breaks down to a brisk twelve words per day. But it wasn't the writing that took so long. . . . It was the working.I had to work at big companies and small companies. I had to get hired and fired several times. I had to find my dream...
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Hope to Die

James Patterson · Little Brown & Co
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what...
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Michael Vey 4: Hunt for Jade Dragon

Richard Paul Evans · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

Michael and his friends must rescue a child prodigy as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fourth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series!Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan head to China in search of a girl who may have discovered why Michael...
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