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My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir

Chris Offutt · Atria Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

After inheriting 400 novels of pornography written by his father in the 1970s and '80s, critically acclaimed author Chris Offutt sets out to make sense of a complicated father-son relationship in this carefully observed, beautifully written memoir.

"Clearing Dad's office felt...
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Work Wife: The Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses

Erica Cerulo · Ballantine Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Get inspired by the women who discovered that working with your best friend can be the secret to professional success - and maybe even the future of business - from the co-founders of the website Of a Kind.

When Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur met in college in 2002, they bonded instantly....
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Forgiven: The Amish School Shooting, a Mother's Love, and a Story of Remarkable Grace

Terri Roberts · Bethany House Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Mother of Amish Schoolhouse Shooter Gives Message of Hope and HealingWho would have believed all the beauty God would create over the nine years since that awful day. On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered an Amish one-room schoolhouse, shooting ten girls, killing five, then finally taking...
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Get Unstuck, Be Unstoppable: Step into the Amazing Life God Imagined for You

Valorie Burton · Harvest House Publishers
Format: Print book

You're stuck. You thought you were on the path to your dream job, but you've been in the same cubicle for four years. You thought you'd found the right person, but you're starting to understand the relationship was never anything but a dead end. You hopped on the scale...
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion

Missy Franklin · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making...
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The time Mom met Hitler, Frost came to dinner, and I heard the greatest story ever told : a memoir

Dikkon Eberhart · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 303
Format:  eBook : Document : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats

He was predestined for literary greatness. If only his father hadn't used up all the words. As the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Eberhart, Dikkon Eberhart grew up surrounded by literary giants. Dinner guests included, among others, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg,...
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The Novel Cure: From Abandonment to Zestlessness: 751 Books to Cure What Ails You

Ella Berthoud · Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Guardian UKAn exuberant pageant of literary fiction and a celebration of the possibilities of the novel.A novel is a story transmitted from the novelist to the reader. It offers distraction, entertainment, and an opportunity to unwind or focus. But it can also be something more powerful—a...
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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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Coping with Critical, Demanding, and Dysfunctional Parents: Powerful Strategies to Help Adult Children Maintain Boundaries and Stay Sane

David M. Allen · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Do you have a parent who is invalidating, critical, demanding, or hateful? In this important and much-needed guide, you'll learn how to set boundaries; uncover the hidden motives behind your parent's behavior; put a stop to repetitive, hurtful interactions; and foster healthier relationships....

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The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789

Edward Larson · William Morrow; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson recovers a crucially important—yet almost always overlooked—chapter of George Washingtons life, revealing how Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first...
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The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter

Susan Pinker · Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

In her surprising, entertaining, and persuasive new book, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience, and longevity. From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face-to-face...
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Beginning Acrylic: Tips & techniques for learning to paint in acrylic

Susette Billedeaux Gertsch · Walter Foster Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

From the first brushstroke to the finishing touch, let the Portfolio series guide you as you begin your artistic journey in acrylic painting.Beginning Acrylic teaches aspiring artists everything they need to know to get started painting in acrylic. From choosing the right paper, brushes,...
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The Overnight Diet: The Proven Plan for Fast, Permanent Weight Loss

Frances Sharpe · Grand Central Life & Style; 1 edition
Format: Print book

THE OVERNIGHT DIET is the world's first medically proven diet to produce instant, lasting results. You will lose up to 2 pounds the first night, 9 pounds the first week, and continue your weight loss. Now Caroline Apovian MD., leading expert and authority on nutrition and weight management,...
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American Cookie: The Snaps, Drops, Jumbles, Tea Cakes, Bars & Brownies That We Have Loved for Generations

ANNE BYRN · Rodale Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

From the beloved author of the bestselling Cake Mix Doctor series and American Cake comes a delicious tour of America's favorite treats, cookies, and candies.

Each of America's little bites -- cookies, candies, wafers, brittles -- tells a big story, and each speaks volumes...

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Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives

Hoda Kotb · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and beloved Today show co-anchor tells the incredible stories of people who, when faced with impossibly challenging or tragic life situations, persevere—and even thrive—and asks, What if you, facing a game-changing event or decision right now, could...
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