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Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist

Tim Federle · Running Press
Format: Hardcover

December 2013 Goodreads Choice Award Food CookbooksDecember 2013 Entertainment Weekly Great Gifts for Book LoversDecember 2013 BookPage Best of 2013October 2014 Clue on JeopardyCongrats. You fought through War and Peace, burned through Fahrenheit 451, and sailed through Moby-Dick. All right,...
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The Apartment: A Novel

Danielle Steel · Random House Large Print
Pages: 400
Format: Large print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This vibrant, tender, and moving tale pulses with the excitement of New York City, as Danielle Steel explores twists of fate, and the way that sometimes, in special places, friends can be the family we need most.They come together by chance in the heart of New York...
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Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler · Grand Central Publishing; Updated edition
Format: Paperback

When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a night of fire and death Lauren Olamina, a minister's young daughter, loses her family and home and ventures out into the unprotected American landscape. But what begins...
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Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being

Christiane Northrup M.D. · Hay House
Pages: 386
Format: Print book

Though we talk about wanting to "age gracefully, " the truth is that when it comes to getting older, we're programmed to dread an inevitable decline: in our health, our looks, our sexual relationships, even the pleasure we take in living life. But as Christiane Northrup, M. D. , shows...
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides · Random House Inc
Pages: 454
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded AgeIn the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress...
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Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours

Trisha Yearwood · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

She's adored by fans as one of country music's top stars, but among family and friends, Trisha Yearwood is best known for another talent: cooking. From her humble roots in Georgia to her triumphant recording years in Nashville and a fulfilling married life with husband Garth Brooks in Oklahoma,...
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Pond

Claire-Louise Bennett · Riverhead Books
Pages: 195
Format: Print book

Shortlisted for the 2016 International Dylan Thomas Prize Named one of The Millions' Most Anticpated Books of 2016"A sharp, funny, and eccentric debut ... Pond makes the case for Bennett as an innovative writer of real talent. ... [It]reminds us that small things have great depths."-New...
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Eight Hundred Grapes: A Novel

Laura Dave · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Named "Best Book of the Summer" by Glamour * Marie Claire * US Weekly * Good Housekeeping * Cosmopolitan * Elle Magazine * Wine Enthusiast * Health Magazine * Metro New York * InStyle* Pop Sugar * CBS Local * BookTrib * AV Club * and as the #1 Library Reads Pick * There are secrets...
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Slow Cooker Revolution

America's Test Kitchen · Boston Common Press; unknown edition
Format: Paperback

Who doesn't like the idea of throwing ingredients into a slow cooker and coming back hours later to a finished meal? Too bad most slow cooker recipes deliver mediocre results you'd rather forget than fix again. A team of ten test cooks at America's Test Kitchen spent a year...
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Organic Chemistry I For Dummies

Arthur Winter · For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

The easy way to take the confusion out of organic chemistry Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. Organic Chemistry I For Dummies takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace. This fun, easy-to-understand guide...
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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania

Erik Larson · Random House Large Print
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,...
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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

Peter Thiel · Crown Business; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIf you want to build a better future, you must believe in secrets.The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find...
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The Flame Bearer LP

Bernard Cornwell · HarperLuxe
Pages: 480
Format: Large print book

The next installment of Bernard Cornwell's bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, "like Game of Thrones, but real" (Observer, London) - the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit television series coming to Netflix in Fall 2016.From the day it was stolen...
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City of Stairs

Robert Jackson Bennett · Broadway Books
Format: Kindle Edition

An atmospheric and intrigue-filled novel of dead gods buried histories and a mysterious protean city--from one of Americas most acclaimed young fantasy writers The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world enslaving and brutalizing millionsmdashuntil its divine...
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Tom Clancy Duty and Honor

Grant Blackwood · Random House Large Print
Pages: 496
Format: Large print book

Even though he's on forced leave from the clandestine intelligence group known as The Campus, Jack Ryan, Jr., still finds himself caught in the crosshairs after an attempt on his life is thwarted when he turns the tables on his would-be dispatcher. Convinced that the attack is linked to his recent...
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