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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

Frances E. Jensen · Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerDrawing on her research knowledge and clinical experience, internationally respected neurologist - and mother of two boys - Frances E. Jensen, M.D., offers a revolutionary look at the science of the adolescent brain, providing remarkable insights that translate...
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A Work in Progress: A Memoir

Connor Franta · Atria/Keywords Press; annotated edition edition
Format: Print book

In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation - so far. Here, Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom;...
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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry: A Novel

Fredrik Backman · Atria Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales.Elsa is seven years...
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Green Room

Anton Yelchin · LIONSGATE

A down-on-their-luck punk band accept an offer to play a rural Oregon club before calling their failing tour quits. When they arrive at the venue, they're troubled by the large neo-Nazi presence, but go through with their set regardless. They retreat to the backstage room afterward, only...
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Brush Back

Sara Paretsky · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 459
Format: Hardcover

Chicago's V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky. No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she'd be happy to avoid. High on that...
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Killing and Dying

Adrian Tomine · Drawn & Quarterly
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Included on Best of 2015 lists from Washington Post and Publishers Weekly! A New York Times bestseller!"As a serious cartoonist, one secretly hopes to create "That Book": a book that can be passed to a literary-minded person who doesn't normally read comics; one that...
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The Big Book of Building: Everything Minecraft®™ Imagine it… Create it… Build it

Triumph Books · Triumph Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Brought to you by the authors and editors that created the Minecrafter and Minecrafter 2.0 Advanced guide books, The Big Book of Building features more of everything - more mods, more mining, more mobs, and more Minecraft! Up to date for the 2014 holiday season, The Big Book of Building...
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Augustine: Conversions to Confessions

Robin Lane Fox · Basic Books
Pages: 657
Format: Print book

Saint Augustine is one of the most influential figures in all of Christianity, yet his path to sainthood was by no means assured. Born in AD 354 to a pagan father and a Christian mother, Augustine spent the first thirty years of his life struggling to understand the nature of God and his world....
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St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street

Ada Calhoun · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant narrative history of three hallowed Manhattan blocks -- the epicenter of American cool.St. Marks Place in New York City has spawned countless artistic and political movements. Here Frank O'Hara caroused, Emma Goldman plotted, and the Velvet Underground wailed. But every generation...
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But Enough About Me: A Memoir

Burt Reynolds · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 302
Format: Print book

Scandalous, sentimental, frank, and sincere - the ultimate inside account of a television and film icon.Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom,...
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Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure

Greg Rucka · Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 183
Format: Print book

Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee team-up 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 follows everyone's favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the Millennium Falcon on a top-secret...
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Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life

Harold S Kushner · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 171
Format: Print book

From the beloved author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, deeply moving and illuminating reflections on what it means to live a good life. As a congregational rabbi for half a century and the best-selling author of twelve books on faith, ethics, and how to apply the timeless wisdom...
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The Prime Minister's Secret Agent

Susan Elia MacNeal · Random House Publishing Group
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry comes a gripping mystery featuring intrepid spy and code breaker Maggie Hope. This time, the fallout of a deadly plot comes straight to her own front door. World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie...
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DIY, Dammit!: A Practical Guide to Curse-Free Crafting

Joselyn Hughes · HarperOne
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

Doing it yourself always seems so simple. Only 3 steps! Just 5 supplies! Less than 30 minutes! Yeah right.The truth is, craftin' ain't easy. But it also doesn't have to be an exasperating lesson in your own clumsiness.Joselyn Hughes knows the struggle. She's lived it. And now, with DIY,...
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The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out

Dr. Robynne Chutkan M.D. · Avery
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

The author of Gutbliss and one of today's preeminent gastroenterologists distills the latest research on the microbiome into a practical program for boosting overall health. Michael Pollan's widely discussed New York Times article, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs,"...
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