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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
Anna Quindlen · Random House Pages: 176 Format: Hardcover
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A bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling authorIt's a little challenging to suss out why exactly it can be so magical. . . . All I know is: The hand. The little... |
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Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Mary Norris · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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The beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea.In her New York Times best-selling Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation, and punctiliousness over three decades in The New Yorker's... |
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Hallie Rubenhold · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper. Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge,... |
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The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
Maggie Aderin-Pocock · Abrams Image Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname "Lunatic" because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide... |
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The Heartland: An American History
Kristin L. Hoganson · Penguin Press Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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A history of a quintessentially American place - the rural and small town heartland -- that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world.When Kristin L. Hoganson arrived in Champaign, Illinois, after teaching at Harvard, studying at Yale, and living in the D.C. metro area... |
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