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The Old-Time Saloon: Not Wet - Not Dry, Just History
George Ade · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Fancy a tipple? Then pull up a stool, raise a glass, and dip into this delightful paean to the grand old saloon days of yore. Written by Chicago-based journalist, playwright, and all-round wit George Ade in the waning years of Prohibition, The Old-Time Saloon is both a work of propaganda... |
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Complete Do-It-Yourself: An Essential Guide To Painting, Papering, Tiling, Flooring, Woodwork, Shelves And Storage, Home Repairs, Home Insulation, Outdoor Projects And Outdoor Repairs
John McGowan · Lorenz Books
Format: Hardcover
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Expert advice on essential home decoration and maintenance, both indoors and out. With clear step-by-step advice on repairs, carpentry, flooring, brickwork, roofing, fences, walls and paths, painting, papering, tiling, and many other jobs around the home, with 2400 photographs to show what... |
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Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
EMMA BYRNE · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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An irreverent and impeccably researched defense of our dirtiest words.We're often told that swearing is outrageous or even offensive, that it's a sign of a stunted vocabulary or a limited intellect. Dictionaries have traditionally omitted it and parents forbid it. But the latest research... |
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The Art of Mingling: Fun and Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room
Jeanne Martinet · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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Fully revised and updated-with Jeanne Martinet's trademark wit and practicality, The Art of Mingling hands you the keys to feeling at ease in any social situation Does the idea of going to a large party make your mouth go dry? Are you more comfortable on Facebook than face-to-face?... |
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Who Discovered America?: The Untold History of the Peopling of the Americas
Gavin Menzies · William Morrow; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Greatly expanding on his blockbuster 1421, distinguished historian Gavin Menzies uncovers the complete untold history of how mankind came to the Americas—offering new revelations and a radical rethinking of the accepted historical record in Who Discovered America?The iconoclastic... |
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We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Anchor Books
Pages: 52
Format: Print book
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The highly acclaimed, provocative New York Times bestseller - a personal, eloquently-argued essay, adapted from the much-admired TEDx talk of the same name - from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah. Here she offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first... |
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Jujitsu Rabbi and the Godless Blonde: A True Story
Rebecca Dana · Putnam Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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The ultimate fish-out-of-water tale . . . A child who never quite fit in, Rebecca Dana worshipped at the altar of Truman Capote and Nora Ephron, dreaming of one day ditching Pittsburgh and moving to New York, her Jerusalem. After graduating from college, she made her way to the city... |
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Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game
John Sexton · Gotham; 2.5.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A love letter to Americas most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it revealsFor more than a decade, New York University President John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular course at NYU. Using some of the great... |
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The Hero's Body: A Memoir
William Giraldi · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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A memoir of motorcycles and muscles, of obsession and grief, and of a young man who learned how to stay alive through literature. At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever... |
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Dorie's Cookies
Dorie Greenspan · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 517
Format: Hardcover
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James Beard Award-winner for Best Baking and Dessert Book 2017 All-new collection from a "revered icon" and "culinary guru" (New York Times) . Over the course of her baking career, Dorie Greenspan has created more than 300 cookie recipes. Yet she has never written... |
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The 1936-1937 Great Lakes Exposition
Brad Schwartz · Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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The Great Lakes Exposition was held in Cleveland during the summers of 1936 and 1937, drawing seven million visitors over its two-year run. The exposition was intended to observe the city's centennial anniversary and to celebrate the Great Lakes Region. It was also hoped that it would... |
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The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
Michael Eric Dyson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from "one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today" (Vanity Fair) . Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have... |
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