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The Red Rooster Cookbook: The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem

Marcus Samuelsson · A Rux Martin Book
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson's iconic Harlem restaurant. When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant....
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Hag-Seed

Margaret Atwood · Hogarth Shakespeare
Pages: 301
Format: Print book

William Shakespeare's The Tempest retold as Hag-Seed Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional...
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Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse , and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide

Josh Katz · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

From the creator of the New York Times dialect quiz that ignited conversations about how and why we say the words we say, a stunning and delightful exploration of American language Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can reveal where you grew up? In December 2013,...
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The Case Against Sugar

Gary Taubes · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent...
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Moo

Sharon Creech · Harpercollins
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. This uplifting tale reminds us that if we're open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Following one family's momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected...
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The Power of Off: The Mindful Way to Stay Sane in a Virtual World

Nancy Colier · Sounds True
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Have you ever caught yourself checking your smartphone while you're behind the wheel - even though you know it's dangerous? Does your text alert chime make you interrupt a conversation with a person sitting right in front of you? "The compulsion to constantly check our devices plays...
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El Paso: A Novel

Winston Groom · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 477
Format: eBook

Three decades after the first publication of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom returns to fiction with this sweeping American epic.Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, best-selling author Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten...
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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

Amor Towles · Viking
Pages: 462
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller"The same gorgeous, layered richness that marked Towles' debut, Rules of Civility, shapes [A Gentleman in Moscow]" - Entertainment Weekly "Elegant ... as lavishly filigreed as a Fabergé egg" - O, the Oprah Magazine He can't leave his hotel....
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Victoria: A Novel

Daisy Goodwin · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"They think I am still a little girl who is not capable of being a Queen." Lord Melbourne turned to look at Victoria. "They are mistaken. I have not known you long, but I observe in you a natural dignity that cannot be learnt. To me, ma'am, you are every inch a Queen."In...
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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter

David Sax · PublicAffairs
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses...
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American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus

Lisa Wade · W W Norton
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A revelatory account of the new culture of sex that has come to dominate the American college experience.The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Rising above misinformation and moralizing, Lisa Wade offers...
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Chair Yoga: Sit, Stretch, and Strengthen Your Way to a Happier, Healthier You

Kristin McGee · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee comes this fun, accessible guide to 100 yoga poses and exercises that can be done in your chair and take just minutes a day. For the majority of Americans living a sedentary lifestyle (from the card-carrying couch potatoes to the 86% of American...
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