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Mid-Century Modern Furniture: Shop Drawings & Techniques for Making 29 Projects
Michael Crow · Popular Woodworking Books
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Minimalist design--maximum style!In the middle of the last century, a new generation of designers sought to render furniture to its most essential forms. In doing so, they created timeless designs that defined Mid-Century Modern Style. From the sleek geometric lines of Bauhaus-inspired... |
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National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear
David Rothkopf · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover |
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In the wake of 911, America and its people have experienced a sense of vulnerability unprecedented in the nations recent history. Buffeted by challenges from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the financial crisis, from Washington dysfunction to the rise of China and the dawn of the era of cyber... |
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The Voyeur's Motel
Gay Talese · Grove Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover |
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On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor's Wife, Gay Talese received an anonymous letter from a man in Colorado. "Since learning of your long awaited study of coast-to-coast sex in America," the letter began, "I feel I have... |
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The Most Perfect Thing: Inside
Tim Birkhead · Bloomsbury
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead opens this gripping story as a female guillemot chick hatches, already carrying her full quota of tiny eggs within her undeveloped ovary. As she grows into adulthood, only a few of her eggs mature, are released into the oviduct, and are fertilized by sperm... |
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Get Started in Piano with Audio CD: A Teach Yourself Guide
Gillian Shepheard · McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Print book |
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A simple hands-on approach to learn piano Get Started in Piano uses a simple, hands-on approach, which is very accessible and ideal for beginners. It focuses on actually learning the instrument rather than a theoretical approach. Throughout the book there are practical exercises that are accompanied... |
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Successful Library Fundraising: Best Practices
M. Sandra Wood · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover |
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Obtaining the funding to maintain and grow library services and resources has always been a challenge. Successful Library Fundraising Best Practices brings together a wealth of information from public, academic, special, and school libraries who share their successful approaches to raising... |
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Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film
Patton Oswalt · Scribner
Pages: 222
Format: Print book |
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New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late '90s while obsessively watching classic films at the legendary New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.Between 1995 and 1999, Patton Oswalt... |
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Asset Allocation DeMystified: A Self-Teaching Guide
Paul Lim · McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition |
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Get in the mix with smart asset allocation How you combine your different assets can be more important than the actual assets you invest in. This easy-to-understand guide shows you how to balance risk vs. reward using various mixes of stocks, bonds, real estate, foreign currency, derivatives,... |
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