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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

Ross Perlin - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

From the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible history of the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planetHalf...
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The 12-Week MBA: Learn the Skills You Need to Lead in Business Today

Bjorn Billhardt - Hachette Go
Format: Hardcover

Based on award-winning leadership development programs experienced by over 100,000 professionals at Fortune Global 500 companies, The 12-Week MBA offers practical tips for aspiring business leaders while making an impassioned case for a new approach to management education. Getting an MBA takes...
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The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden

Kim Flottum - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

Enjoy the time-honored tradition of beekeeping in your own backyard or urban rooftop with this accessible resource for beekeepers of all skill levels, now in its 5th edition.. More than a guide to beekeeping, The Backyard Beekeeper features expert advice for: Setting up and caring for your...
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Taming the Octopus: The Long Battle for the Soul of the Corporation

Kyle Edward Williams - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism.Recent controversies around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and "woke capital" evoke an old idea: the Progressive Era vision of a socially responsible corporation....
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In Levittown's Shadow: Poverty in America's Wealthiest Postwar Suburb (Historical Studies of Urban America)

Tim Keogh - University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback

Named one of the 20 best nonfiction books of 2023 by Publishers Weekly! There is a familiar narrative about American suburbs: after 1945, white residents left cities for leafy, affluent subdivisions and the prosperity they seemed to embody. In Levittown's Shadow tells us there's...
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Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

Shannon Reed - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize Semifinalist. We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass...
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The Best Train Journeys in the World

Franco Tanel - Shelter Harbor Press
Format: Hardcover

Here are more than 40 of the best train journeys in the world that will appeal to railroad enthusiasts as well as armchair travelers! These journeys include: Fascinating destinations and routes Tourist lines as well as commuter trains Luxury travel with five-star hotel services Train travel...
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2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed

Eric Klinenberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg. "A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through...
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A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life

Brian Grazer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer has written a brilliantly entertaining and eye-opening exploration of curiosity and the life-changing effects it can have on every person's life.. From Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer, New York...
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Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time

Robert Downey Jr - Blackstone Publishing Inc
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLERA Publishers Weekly Pick #1 New Release Barnes & Noble PickIn Cool Food, celebrated actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. and New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen team up to discover how we can erase our carbon footprints--one...
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