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Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose

Melanne Verveer · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions...
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Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God

Will Durant · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Praised as a revelatory book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prizewinning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. The culmination of Will Durants sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions,...
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Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!

Nicholas Carlson · Twelve
Format: Hardcover

When Yahoo hired Google executive Mayer to be its CEO in 2012 employees rejoiced. They put posters on the walls throughout Yahoo's California headquarters. On them there was Mayer's face and one word: HOPE. But one year later, Mayer sat in front of those same employees in a huge...
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I'm Fine...And Other Lies

WHITNEY CUMMINGS · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Well, well, well. Look at you, ogling my book page. . . . I presume if you're reading this it means you either need more encouragement to buy it, you're very bored in an airport, or we used to date and you're trying to figure out if you should sue me or not. Here are all the stories...
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The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead

Brad Steiger · Visible Ink Press
Format: Book

Rampaging, driven, killing machines. Soulless and dead. Infected and infectious. Zombies. The epidemic of the living dead is stronger than ever in today's pop-culture, but long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life...
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The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night

Mark Bittman · Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

Following up on his bestselling diet plan, VB6, the incomparable Mark Bittman delivers a full cookbook of recipes designed to help you eat vegan every day before 6:00 p.m.--and deliciously all of the time. Whether you call it flexitarian, part-time veganism, or vegetable-centric, the plant-based,...
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One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare

Linda Robinson · PublicAffairs; First Edition edition
Format: Book

One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how - after a decade of intensive combat operations - special operations forces have become the go-to force for US military endeavors worldwide.Linda Robinson follows the evolution of special ops in Afghanistan, their longest deployment since Vietnam....
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The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince

Mayte Garcia · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAt the one-year anniversary of his death, legendary musician Prince's first wife shares a uniquely intimate, candid, and revelatory look inside the personal and professional life of one of the world's most beloved icons. In The Most Beautiful, a title inspired...
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The Mission Is Remission: Hope for Battling Cancer

Pat Williams · HCI; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

In the scoreboard of life, Pat Williams has achieved some impressive numbers: he's run 58 marathons, is the father of 19 children, and has lead 23 teams to the NBA playoffs, taking the Philadelphia 76ers and the Orlando Magic to the finals five times. In 2011, Pat added another statistic—he...
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The Imperfect Marriage: Help for Those Who Think It's Over

Darryl Strawberry · Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

A marriage guidebook for the not-so-perfect marriage—filled with extremely candid, practical, and biblically based principles—proven to make any relationship successful.Darryl and Tracy Strawberry admit they have “made every possible mistake you can make in marriage.”...
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The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger

Elizabeth H Blackburn · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 398
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging process and the health psychologist who has done original research into how specific lifestyle and psychological habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease...
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Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950-2000

Roderick Kiracofe · Stewart, Tabori and Chang; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Unconventional & Unexpected: American Quilts Below the Radar 1950–2000 is a stunning collection of approximately 150 eccentric and extraordinary quilts made predominantly by anonymous quilters in the US during the second half of the 20th century. Collected by renowned quilt authority...
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The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics

SALENA ZITO · Crown Forum
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Standout syndicated columnist and CNN contributor Salena Zito, with veteran Republican strategist Brad Todd, reports across five swing states and over 27,000 miles to answer the pressing question: Was Donald Trump's election a fluke or did it represent a fundamental shift in the electorate...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Time to Thrive: 101 Inspiring Stories about Growth, Wisdom, and Dreams

Amy Newmark · Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: Print book

These 101 amazing and inspiring stories about growth, wisdom, and dreams will show you how to thrive - a road map to living the best life you can make for yourself!It's your time to thrive - and these stories show you how! You'll learn how to take charge of your life, make time...
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Leathercraft: Inspirational Projects for You and Your Home

GMC Editors · Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd.
Pages: 119
Format: Print book

Learn how to make lovely leather projects with a professional finish. This exciting new book features fabulous handcrafted items for your wardrobe and your home. Most of the projects are suitable for those new to leatherwork, and those who have some experience of the craft will be inspired...
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