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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel Brown · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 404
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race.For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths...
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The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead · Doubleday
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia....
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The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook

Elana Amsterdam · Celestial Arts; 1 Original edition
Format: Paperback

The prevalence of celiac disease and gluten sensitivity among millions of adults and children has created the need for gluten-free recipes that are as nutritious and tasty as their traditional counterparts. Popular food blogger Elana Amsterdam offers ninety-nine family-friendly classics--from...
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The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House

Kate Andersen Brower · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight...
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Sunrise Point

Robyn Carr · Mira
Format: Kindle Edition

Former marine Tom Cavanaugh has come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his familys apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.Nothing like Nora Crane. So why cant he keep his eyes off the striking...
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs

Sally Mann · Little, Brown and Company, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 482
Format: Print book

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe New York Times, Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, NPR, Publishers Weekly, BookPage A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann. In this groundbreaking...
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The Closers

Michael Connelly · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book

He walked away from the job three years ago. But Harry Bosch cannot resist the call to join the elite OpenUnsolved Unit. His mission solve murders whose investigations were flawed, stalled, or abandoned to L.A.s tides of crime. With some people openly rooting for his failure, Harry catches...
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Leaving Time: A Novel

Jodi Picoult · Ballantine Books
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThroughout her blockbuster career, Jodi Picoult has seamlessly blended nuanced characters, riveting plots, and rich prose, brilliantly creating stories that "not only provoke the mind but touch the flawed souls in all of us" (The Boston Globe) . Now,...
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Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 11th edition

Henry M. III Robert · Da Capo Press; 11th Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Robert's Rules of Order is the book on parliamentary procedure for parliamentarians and anyone involved in an organization, association, club, or group and the authoritative guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings and assemblies. This newly revised edition is the only...
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Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success

John C. Maxwell · Thomas Nelson; 1 edition
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The major difference between achieving people and average people is their perception of and response to failure. John C. Maxwell takes a closer look at failure-and reveals that the secret of moving beyond failure is to use it as a lesson and a stepping-stone. He covers the top reasons people...
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Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting

Stu Campbell · Storey Publishing, LLC; 3rd edition
Format: Paperback

In 1975, Let it Rot! helped start the composting movement and taught gardeners everywhere how to recycle waste to create soil-nourishing compost. Contains advice for starting and maintaining a composting system, building bins, and using compost. Third Edition. 318,000 copies in print.
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The Alienist

Caleb Carr · Random House; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they...
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I'm Too Young To Be Seventy

Judith Viorst · Free Press
Pages: 78
Format: Print book

The beloved author of Forever Fifty and Suddenly Sixty tackles the ins and outs of becoming a septuagenarian with wry good humor. Fans of Viorst's funny, touching, and wise decades poems will love these verses filled with witty advice and reflections on marriage, milestones, and middle-aged...
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