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A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson · Broadway; 1 edition
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

Bill Bryson is one of the worlds most beloved and bestselling writers. In A Short History of Nearly Everything, he takes his ultimate journeyinto the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer. Its a dazzling quest, the intellectual odyssey of a lifetime,...
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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

Dr. Laura Markham · Perigee Books
Format: Paperback

A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kidsBased on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markhams approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message Fostering emotional connection with your child creates...
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The Cabinet of Curiosities: A Novel (Pendergast series Book 3)

Douglas Preston · Grand Central Publishing
Format: Kindle Edition

In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered.Inside are thirty-six bodies--all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun.Again.
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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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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Christopher McDougall · Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's...
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Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston · Ember
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops,...
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She's Come Undone

Wally Lamb · Pocket Books
Pages: 465
Format: Paperback

What We're Reading Now: "This is the perfect book for fat chicks everywhere! It contains some tearjerking moments but is beautifully written from a male perspective. " Stephanie Sink, Associate In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild...
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Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again

Traci Mann · Harper Wave
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A provocative expose of the dieting industry from one of the nation's leading researchers in self-control and the psychology of weight loss that offers proven strategies for sustainable weight loss.From her office in the University of Minnesota's Health and Eating Lab, professor...
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Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine · Graywolf Press
Pages: 169
Format: Paperback

* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE...
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A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry · Vintage
Pages: 151
Format: eBook

"Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about...
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The Gypsy Moth Summer

JULIA FIERRO · ST MARTIN'S PRESS
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2017!The Huffington Post: 2017 Book Preview: 33 Titles To Add To Your ShelfThe Week: 28 books to read in 2017The Millions: The Great 2017 Book PreviewNylon Magazine: 50 Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2017Read It Forward: 17 Books We're Excited...
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How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics

Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters Inc. · Al-Anon Family Groups
Pages: 388
Format: Print book

How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics
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The Alienist

Caleb Carr · Random House
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES"A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages." - Entertainment Weekly "Caleb Carr's rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern...
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Hypercaffium Spazzinate

Descendents
Format: CD

On their first album in 12 years, vocalist Milo Aukerman, drummer Bill Stevenson, guitarist Stephen Egerton, and bassist Karl Alvarez channel an energy just as raw and jittery as in their earliest days - a time when the band was driven by the equally mighty forces of "rejection, food,...
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The Pilgrimage

Paulo Coelho · HarperOne
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions - to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago....
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