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Jesus: An Illustrated Life

Jean-Pierre Isbouts · National Geographic Society
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Two thousand years after his death, Jesus of Nazareth remains one of history's most influential and fascinating figures. In this powerful, elegantly written, and expertly illustrated celebration, Jean-Pierre Isbouts brings readers into Jesus' life journey on a deeply human level,...
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Steering the Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

Ursula K. Le Guin · Mariner Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

A revised and updated guide to the essentials of a writer's craft, presented by a brilliant practitioner of the art
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War of two : Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the duel that stunned the nation

John Sedgwick · Berkley Books, 2015.
Pages: 455
Format: Print book

Examines the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting vice-president into a fugitive.
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The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades

Gail Boushey · Stenhouse Publishers
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher...
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The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League

Jeff Hobbs · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt, and riveting biography of the short life of a talented young African-American man who escapes the slums of Newark for Yale University only to succumb to the dangers of the streets - and of one's own nature - when he returns home.When author Jeff Hobbs arrived at Yale University,...
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A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction

Patrick J. Kennedy · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 422
Format: Print book

**A New York Times Bestseller**Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private...
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Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

A.G. Lafley · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback

This is A.G. Lafley's guidebook. Shouldn't it be yours as well?Winning CEO A.G. Lafley is now back at the helm of consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. If you want to know the strategy he'll use to restore P&G to its former dominance - read this book.Playing to Win,...
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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

Bruce Schneier · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

You are under surveillance right now.Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who's with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends....
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The Hands-On Home: A Seasonal Guide to Cooking, Preserving & Natural Homekeeping

Erica Strauss · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Create the DIY home you've always wanted with over 100 recipes, tips, and inspirational ideas from blogger Erica Strauss (Northwest Edible Life) . Covering everything from cooking, canning and preserving to making your own nontoxic home and personal care products, this fresh take...
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Dead Ice: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel

Laurell K. Hamilton · Berkley Books
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

Anita Blake has the highest kill count of any vampire executioner in the country. She's a U.S. Marshal who can raise zombies with the best of them. But ever since she and master vampire Jean-Claude went public with their engagement, all she is to anyone and everyone is Jean-Claude's...
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Preserving the Japanese Way: Traditions of Salting, Fermenting, and Pickling for the Modern Kitchen

Nancy Singleton Hachisu · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Preserving the Japanese Way introduces Japanese methods of salting, pickling, and fermenting that are approachable and easy to integrate into a Western cooking repertoire. Documentary-quality photo essays reveal the local Japanese communities that support these long-established preservation...
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They Don't Know

Jason Aldean
Format: Audio CD

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Sheet Pan Suppers: 120 Recipes for Simple, Surprising, Hands-Off Meals Straight from the Oven

Molly Gilbert · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 295
Format: Paperback

It's the one-pot meal reinvented, and what is sure to become every busy cook's new favorite way of getting dinner on the table. It's Sheet Pan Suppers - a breakthrough full-color cookbook with more than 120 recipes for complete meals, snacks, brunch, and even dessert, that require nothing...
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The Waking Fire: The Draconis Memoria

Anthony Ryan · Ace
Pages: 582
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Raven's Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for "fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire novels."* Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria...Throughout...
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Train: The Definitive Visual History

DK Publishing · DK
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Featuring amazing images of trains, virtual tours of engines, and profiles of key innovators, designers, and engineers, Train: The Definitive Visual History traces the history of the railroad and the role of trains, from the first steam engines to today's high speed bullet trains. Comprehensive...
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