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Backwoods Witchcraft: Conjure & Folk Magic from Appalachia
Jake Richards · Weiser Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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In Backwoods Witchcraft, Jake Richards offers up a folksy stew of family stories, lore, omens, rituals, and conjure crafts that he learned from his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his grandfather, a Baptist minister who Jake remembers could "rid someone of a fever with an egg or stop... |
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
Cal Newport · Portfolio
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The key to living well in a high tech world is to spend much less time using technology.Georgetown computer scientist Cal Newport's Deep Work sparked a movement around the idea that unbroken concentration produces far more value than the electronic busyness that defines the modern work... |
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The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose
Chris Wilson · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring, instructive, and ultimately triumphant memoir of a man who used hard work and a Master Plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance.Growing up in a tough Washington, D.C., neighborhood, Chris Wilson was so afraid for his life he wouldn't leave the house without a gun.... |
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Navy SEALs: The Combat History of the Deadliest Warriors on the Planet
Don Mann · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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In a world where acts of terror have become all too commonplace, America has turned to the elite warriors of special operations to lead the fight and hunt down those whose very ideology is one of hate for everything our nation stands for. Among those units one stands apart from the rest,... |
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The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language
Peter Martin · Princeton University Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would... |
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Sad Animal Babies
Brooke Barker · Abrams Image
Pages: 192
Format: Print Length
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No one ever said it was easy being young, and it's especially true if you're a little creature out in the jungles, forests, deserts, and oceans of the big, bad world. Following on the success of her Instagram feed and first book, Sad Animal Facts, Brooke Barker continues her examination... |
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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
David K. Randall · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.For Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King, surviving in San Francisco meant a life in the shadows. His passing on March 6, 1900, would have been unremarkable if a city health officer hadn't... |
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Grow Your Own Herbs: The 40 Best Culinary Varieties for Home Gardens
Susan Belsinger · Timber Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Nothing tastes better than herbs harvested fresh from the garden!Grow Your Own Herbs shares everything you need to know to grow the forty most important culinary herbs. You'll learn basic gardening information, including details on soil, watering, and potting. Profiles of 40 herbs - including... |
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Icing on the Cake: Baking and Decorating Simple, Stunning Desserts at Home
Tessa Huff · Abrams
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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As a follow-up to Layered, Tessa Huff returns with Icing on the Cake to dive deeper into dessert decoration and the presentation of layer cakes and other showstopping treats. Providing the confidence home bakers need to get creative, Icing on the Cake guides readers from cake pan to presentation... |
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Woodworking: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Skills, Techniques, and Projects
Tom Carpenter · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Get the expert guidance you need to become a master woodworker!Two books in one - both a skills-building book and a woodworking project book.41 complete projects for building home furnishingsOver 1,000 photos, illustrations, and easy-to-follow diagramsEssential information on choosing wood,... |
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Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation
Jon Meacham · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of America and the music that inspired people and illuminated eras, from the Revolutionary War to the present, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and Grammy winner Tim McGraw. From "The Star Spangled Banner" to "Born in the U.S.A.," Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw... |
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Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, with Baseball on the Brink
Kevin Cook · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point of a new era in baseball historyIt was a Thursday at Chicago's Wrigley Field, mostly sunny with the wind blowing out. Nobody expected... |
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Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems
Campbell McGrath · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A major new collection from one of our best loved, most celebrated, and most original poets Deeply personal but also expansive in its imaginative scope, Nouns & Verbs brings together thirty-five years of writing from Campbell McGrath, one of America's most highly lauded poets. Offering... |
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An Italian Love Story: Surprise and Joy on the Amalfi Coast
James Ernest Shaw · Campagna
Pages: 562
Format: Paperback
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"An Italian Love Story" is simply one of the best reads and true love stories you'll ever read!" ~ Jane Jones "Steve, this is the book I was telling you about! SO good!" ~ Janet M "Extremely talented writer!!" ~ Debra Whaley "A Journey of the Heart.... |
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Fury from the North: North Korean Air Force in the Korean War, 1950-1953
DOUGLAS C DILDY · Helion and Company
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
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It was almost exactly 15.00 hours local time, on 25 June 1950, when nine Yakovlev Yak-9P fighters of the North Korea's 'Korean People's Air Force' (KPAF) simultaneously attacked Seoul International Airport and the Kimpo Airfield outside Seoul, the capitol of South Korea.... |
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Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
Bill Geist · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that author... |
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