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The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life

HANA SCHANK · Viking
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A big idea self-help book about the decisions that shape women's lives, in the vein of Designing Your LifeWhat happens to women's ambition in the years after college? The essays which were the catalyst for this book began as a series for the Atlantic, a project between two friends who had attended...
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A Truck Full of Money

Tracy Kidder · Random House Publishing Group
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture." - Charles Duhigg Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy - the bestselling author of Mountains Beyond Mountains gives us the inspiring story of Paul English,...
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Building Small: Sustainable Designs for Tiny Houses & Backyard Buildings

David Stiles · Popular Woodworking Books
Pages: 207
Format: Paperback

Live large by building small! Do you daydream about downsizing your living space? Or perhaps you long for a more eco-friendly and sustainable way of life. The tiny house movement continues to gain popularity as more and more people look to simplify their lives and reconnect with nature.Building...
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2015 U.S. Coin Digest: The Complete Guide to Current Market Values

David C. Harper · Krause Publications; Thirteenth Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Discover what the professionals know with the 2015 U.S. Coin Digest, the most complete and comprehensive color guide to all United States coin issues on the market. Compiled by people who make their living buying and selling U.S. coins, the newest edition of U.S. Coin Digest is filled with...
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The Holistic Cat: A Complete Guide to Natural Health Care

Holly Mash · Crowood Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

An ideal resource for anyone interested in learning about the holistic approach to feline health, this guide is particularly useful for cat owners, veterinarians, and other pet professionals This is a comprehensive guide to natural health care for your cat. It explores the complementary...
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Expect Great Things: The Life and Search of Henry David Thoreau

Kevin T Dann · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth in 2017, this thrilling, meticulous biography by naturalist and historian Kevin Dann fills a gap in our understanding of one modern history's most important spiritual visionaries by capturing the full arc of Thoreau's life as a mystic,...
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First Time Knitting: The Absolute Beginner's Guide: Learn By Doing - Step-by-Step Basics + 9 Projects

Carri Hammett · Creative Publishing int'l
Format: Book

Learning how to knit has never been simpler! Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to knit. Filled with detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic knitting techniques...
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How to Make Jewellery: Easy Techniques and Over 25 Great Projects

Mary Helt · Collins & Brown
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Looking for that perfect piece of jewelry? Create it yourself, with this sparkling collection of projects! With more than 25 custom-made designs, all using beginner-friendly techniques, this is your guide to making beautiful, unique bling. Whether you'd like a vintage bead bracelet...
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Mustang: Ford's Legendary Muscle Car

Peter Henshaw · Chartwell Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

After more than 46 years Mustang has survived and flourished by staying true to its roots. If one looks at a 2011 Mustang alongside a 1964 1/2 model, there is no doubt of the car's lineage. It is this focus that keeps the car going from strength to strength in terms of appeal, style,...
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The Game before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL

Jackson Michael · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover

The Game before the Money recounts the National Football League's story and the evolution of America's most popular sport in the vivid words of men who built the NFL. This unprecedented look at football history from the players' perspective combines the stories of icons such...
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Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man

LYNN VINCENT · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

For the first time, thanks to years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II - and the fifty-year...
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Cold Weather Crochet: 21 Cozy Garments, Accessories, and Afghans to Keep You Warm

Marly Bird · Interweave Press
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

Cold-weather accessories for year-round crocheting!As holidays and special events draw near, we pick up our crochet hooks and yarn and settle in to make projects to gift to friends and family. In Cold Weather Crochet, well-loved designer Marly Bird has created a diverse and eye-catching...
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All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power

Nomi Prins · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 521
Format: Print book

Who rules America?All the Presidents' Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents'...
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Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940

John Kelly · Scribner, 2015.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A remarkably vivid account of a key moment in Western history: The critical six months in 1940 when Winston Churchill debated whether the British would fight Hitler.London in April, 1940, was a place of great fear and conflict. Everyone was on edge; civilization itself seemed imperiled....
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This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information

Kyle Cassidy · Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In 2014, author and photographer Kyle Cassidy published a photo essay on Slate.com called "This is What A Librarian Looks Like," a montage of portraits and a tribute to librarians. Since then, Cassidy has made it his mission to remind us of how essential librarians and libraries...
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