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The Day of the Cajundome Mega-Shelter
Jeff T Hennessy · Acadian House Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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A 160-page book that describes how the Cajundome in Lafayette, La., evolved into the nation s first mega-shelter in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. With a population of over 7,000 at its peak, this facility became a model for the rest of the nation, with its own medical clinic, security... |
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The Vietnam War: An Intimate History
Geoffrey C Ward · Knopf
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.More than forty... |
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Training Young Distance Runners-3rd Edition
Larry Greene · Human Kinetics; 3 edition
Format: Book
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As the best-selling guide in the sport, Training Young Distance Runners has helped countless runners achieve their best times, avoid injuries, and improve their performance progressively from season to season. Updated, expanded, and enhanced, this new edition further solidifies its standing... |
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Explorer's Guide Sarasota, Sanibel Island, & Naples
Chelle Koster-Walton · W W Norton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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The trusted guide to Florida's premier Gulf Coast destinations -- now with a brand-new look! Whether Charlotte Harbor's wild shorelines and preserved estuaries, or Sarasota's historic culture sweetened by sugar magnates, travelers have an in-depth look on the environment, history,... |
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Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
Diane Keaton · Random House Inc
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself - no matter what anyone else thinks. Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring... |
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Diane von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped
Gioia Diliberto · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and controversial legends of late twentieth-century fashion, an iconic designer whose colorful creations, including the "wrap dress," captured the modern feminist spirit.The daughter of a Holocaust survivor and wife of an Austrian... |
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Trigonometry For Dummies
Mary Jane Sterling · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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A plain-English guide to the basics of trig Trigonometry deals with the relationship between the sides and angles of triangles...mostly right triangles. In practical use, trigonometry is a friend to astronomers who use triangulation to measure the distance between stars. Trig also has applications... |
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Rediscovering Americanism: And the Tyranny of Progressivism
Mark R. Levin · Threshold Editions
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin comes a searing plea for a return to America's most sacred values.In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders' warnings about the perils of overreach by the federal government and concludes that... |
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Southern Living 50 Years: A Celebration of People, Places, and Culture
The Editors of Southern Living Magazine · Oxmoor House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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For the last 50 years, Southern Living magazine has reported on and photographed what makes the South so very unique and how it has evolved; it's distinct regions, its music, its homes, its gardens, its food, and most importantly, its people. Now, to mark its Golden Anniversary, Southern... |
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His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Lelyveld · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, an intimate and hugely insightful account of Roosevelt's final months of life, when, despite a dire medical prognosis, he was determined to be re-elected, deal with Stalin, and bring the war to a successful conclusion. Franklin D. Roosevelt... |
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Origami Toys & Games
TOM BUTLER · ENSLOW PUBLISHERS
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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By following illustrated step-by-step instructions, children can create fun origami toys and games such as a zoomerang, a magic star that converts into a Frisbee, and a catapult and basketball hoop to share with their friends. A brief introduction explains the origins and significance of origami... |
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The Cast Iron Baking Book: More Than 175 Delicious Recipes for Your Cast-Iron Collection
Dominique Devito · Cider Mill Pr Book Pub Ll
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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The complete guide to baking delicious desserts, savory breads, and delectable treats with any cast-iron tool!Cookbook author Dominique DeVito presents a mouthwatering collection of over 200 recipes, perfect for cast-iron cooking tools. Whether a skillet, muffin tin, Dutch over, or baking... |
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Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, Bulletproof Shields, and More Defensive Devices to Fend Off the Invading Hordes
William Gurstelle · Chicago Review Press
Format: Print book
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Your home is your castle, but could it withstand an attack by Attila and the Huns, Ragnar and the Vikings, Alexander and the Greeks, Genghis Khan and the Mongols, or Tamerlane and the Tartars? Engineer William Gurstelle, author of the bestselling Backyard Ballistics, poses this fascinating... |
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The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to e-book
Roderick Cave · Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A study of books through history is a study of human history. In The History of the Book in 100 Books, the author explores 100 books that have played a critical role in the creation and expansion of books and all that they bring -- literacy, numeracy, expansion of knowledge, religion,... |
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Two Paths: America Divided or United
John Kasich · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Two paths.One choice -- the path that exploits anger, encourages resentment, turns fear into hatred and divides people. This path solves nothing, demeans our history, weakens our country and cheapens each of us. It has but one beneficiary and that is to the politician who speaks of it.The... |
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