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Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure

Jason Fry · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Luke Skywalker returns for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story finds Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2 stranded on a mysterious planet, and explores a dangerous duel between Luke...
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I feel like going on : life, game, and glory

Ray Lewis · Touchstone, 2015.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

Ray Lewis, legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm that threatened to ruin his NFL career, and the devastating...
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The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy

Lewis Howes · Rodale
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister's couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches'...
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Thor Volume 1: Goddess of Thunder

Jason Aaron · Marvel Comics
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover

Mjolnir lies on the moon, unable to be lifted! Something dark has befallen the God of Thunder, leaving him unworthy for the first time ever! But when Frost Giants invade Earth, the hammer will be lifted - and a mysterious woman will be transformed into an all-new version of the mighty Thor!...
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NOPI: The Cookbook

Yotam Ottolenghi · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A cookbook from acclaimed London restaurant Nopi, by powerhouse author Yotam Ottolenghi and Nopi head chef Ramael Scully. Pandan leaves meet pomegranate seeds, star anise meets sumac, and miso meets molasses in this collection of 120 new recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's restaurant.In...
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The Wright Brothers

David G McCullough · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestseller Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright.On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown...
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Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi

Kevin Hearne · Del Rey
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . A thrilling new adventure set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, and - for the first time ever - written entirely from Luke Skywalker's first-person point of view.Luke Skywalker's game-changing destruction...
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First Bite: How We Learn to Eat

Bee Wilson · Basic Books
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a "portion" is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables - or not. But how does this education happen? What...
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary

Pablo Hidalgo · DK Publishing
Pages: 79
Format: Print book

The definitive guide to the characters, droids, aliens, and creatures of Star Wars: The Force Awakensâ„¢. Beautiful photography and clear, authoritative text by Lucasfilm insider Pablo Hidalgo names and explains all the details of costumes, weapons, and accessories. Includes three exclusive,...
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But You Did Not Come Back: A Memoir

Marceline Loridan · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 100
Format: Print book

"You might come back, because you're young, but I will not come back." - Marceline Loridan's father to her, 1944A runaway bestseller in France, But You Did Not Come Back has already been the subject of a French media storm and hailed as an important new addition to the library...
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