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I Hate Everyone, Except You

Clinton Kelly · Gallery Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Bestselling author and television host Clinton Kelly pens a hilariously candid, deliciously snarky collection of essays about his journey from awkward kid to slightly-less-awkward adult.Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate...
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Lessons from Tara: Life Advice from the World's Most Brilliant Dog

David Rosenfelt · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 227
Format: Print book

David Rosenfelt's loyal readers of the Andy Carpenter series are familiar with Tara, the golden retriever sidekick. Many also got to know Tara from Dogtripping, David's nonfiction book about becoming a slightly nutty dog rescuer and the dog that started it all. Here, finally, is a book...
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Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

Melanie Shankle · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback

"There is really no better indicator you're a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened."This...
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The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They've Seen, Done or Failed to Do in War

Kevin Sites · Harper Perennial; Original edition
Format: Paperback

What is it like to kill? What is it like to be under fire? How do you know what's right? What can you never forget?In The Things They Cannot Say, award-winning journalist and author Kevin Sites asks these difficult questions of eleven soldiers and marines, who - by sharing the truth...
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I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short · Harpercollins
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."Martin Short takes you on a rich, hilarious,...
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Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing

Victoria Sweet · Riverhead Books
Pages: 289
Format: Hardcover

A radical new understanding of how medicine is best practiced, from the award-winning author of God's Hotel Over the years that Victoria Sweet has been a physician, "healthcare" has replaced medicine, "providers" look at their laptops more than at their patients, and costs...
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The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II

Robert P Watson · Da Capo Press
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Later, during the war,...
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Poetry and Power: John F. Kennedy's Vision for America

STEPHEN KENNEDY SMITH · Harper
Pages: 493
Format: Hardcover

Published in commemoration of the centennial of President John F. Kennedy's birth, here is the definitive compendium of JFK's most important and brilliant speeches, accompanied by commentary and reflections by leading American and international figures - including Senator Elizabeth Warren,...
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The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910

Esther Crain · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The drama, expansion, mansions and wealth of New York City's transformative Gilded Age era, from 1870 to 1910, captured in a magnificently illustrated hardcover.
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Easy Birdhouses & Feeders: Simple Projects to Attract & Retain the Birds You Want

Michael Berger · Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

"Discover tested, reliable (and easy) plans for building houses and feeders that attract the most popular backyard birds in North America. DIY birdhouses and feeders are inexpensive and relatively easy to make, even if you don't own a shop's worth of tools or you have very...
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Heartland: The Plains and the Prairie

David Plowden · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The great Midwestern landscape is celebrated by the noted photographer in magnificent reproductions of his work. Walt Whitman celebrated the American plains thus While I know the standard claim is that Yosemite, Niagara Falls, the upper Yellowstone and the like afford the greatest natural...
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Fairy Gardening 101: How to Design, Plant, Grow, and Create Over 25 Miniature Gardens

Fiona McDonald · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Release your inner child and step into the fairy world by creating your own enchanted garden no matter how much space you have Fairy gardens are increasing in popularity and Fairy Gardening provides you with all the information necessary to design plant and care for your very own miniature...
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How to Be Alone

Sara Maitland · Picador
Format: Book

IN THIS AGE OF CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY, LEARN HOW TO ENJOY SOLITUDE AND FIND HAPPINESS WITHOUT OTHERS.Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude being alone is antisocial and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal freedom, and individualism are more highly...
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In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis

Casey Schwartz · Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

"Everywhere I looked it seemed that we were being defined by what our brains were doing . . . Everywhere, there were hucksters and geniuses, all trying to colonize the new world of the brain." "I'd never been a science person," Casey Schwartz declares at the beginning...
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Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science

James A Mahaffey · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The latest investigation from acclaimed nuclear engineer and author James Mahaffey unearths forgotten nuclear endeavors throughout history that were sometimes hair-brained, often risky, and always fascinating. Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent,...
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