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The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia
David Stuart MacLean · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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"Brilliant and painful and hilarious." - Antonya Nelson On October 17, 2002, David MacLean "woke up" on a train platform in India with no idea who he was or why he was there. No money. No passport. No identity. Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then... |
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Salmagundi: A Celebration of Salads from Around the World
Sally Butcher · Interlink Pub Group
Format: Hardcover
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FRESH * SEASONAL * HOT * COLD * RAW * DELICIOUSSalmagundi is a 17th century English expression denoting a salad dish comprising, well... everything. The nearest modern equivalent is Fiambre, a Guatemalan salad containing in excess of twenty ingredients. This comprehensive new book from... |
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Coming Ashore: A Memoir
Catherine Gildiner · ECW Press
Pages: 396
Format: Paperback
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Picking up her story in the late '60s at age 21, Cathy Gildiner whisks the reader through five years and three countries, beginning when she is a poetry student at Oxford. Her education extended beyond the classroom to London's swinging Carnaby Street, the mountains of Wales, and a posh... |
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Rick Steves France 2017
Rick Steves · Avalon Travel
Pages: 1245
Format: Print book
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in France.With this guide, you'll explore sleepy villages, romantic hill towns, and cosmopolitan cities, including Paris, Avignon, and Nice. Climb the Eiffel Tower, wander world-renowned museums, and dine... |
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The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties
Carol Berkin · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The real story of how the Bill of Rights came to be: a concise, vivid history of political strategy, big egos, and partisan interest that set the terms of the ongoing contest between the federal government and the states.Revered today for articulating America's founding principles,... |
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Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers
Suze Yalof Schwartz · Harmony
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover
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A modernized approach to meditation will appeal to anyone, even if - especially if - you believe you have no time, you can't sit still, or that "it's just not you."Whether you're a Fortune 500 CEO or someone bogged down with a never-ending to-do list, the proven secret to being... |
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Moon Nashville
Margaret Littman · Avalon Travel Publishing
Pages: 292
Format: Print book
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Moon Nashville gives you the tools to make your own choices, with:Insider tips on the best spots to eat, drink, sleep, shop, and explore, marked with a Moon symbol, including the Best Place to See Elvis; the Most Theatrical Dining Experience; the Most Inventive Brewery; the Best Live Radio... |
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Making Chocolate: From Bean to Bar to S'more
Todd Masonis · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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One of the country's most celebrated craft chocolate makers explains how to make chocolate from scratch in your own kitchen. From sourcing beans to the mechanics and machinery of making bars, this is the first ever guide to making chocolate from start to finish, with 30 recipes for desserts... |
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A Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light
David Downie · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful... |
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Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
David J. Skal · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking biography reveals the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula and traces the psychosexual contours of late Victorian society.First published in 1897, Dracula has had a long and multifaceted afterlife -- one rivaling even its immortal creation; yet Bram Stoker has remained... |
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