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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Thomas Morris · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its grisly weirdness. A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered... |
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The Children of Jocasta
Natalie Haynes · Europa Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Thebes is a city in mourning, still reeling from a devastating attack of plague that invaded every home and left the survivors devastated and fearful. This is the Thebes that Jocasta has known her entire life, a city ruled by a king -- her husband-to-be.Jocasta struggles through this miserable... |
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GuRu
RuPaul · Dey Street Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the world's most famous shape-shifter RuPaul, whose sage outlook has created an unprecedented career for more than thirty-five years. GuRu is packed with more than 80 beautiful photographs that illustrate the concept... |
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite · Doubleday
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"My Sister, the Serial Killer is a gem, in the most accurate sense: small, hard, sharp, and polished to perfection."--Edgar Cantero, New York Times bestselling author of Meddling KidsSatire meets slasher in this short, darkly funny hand grenade of a novel about a Nigerian woman... |
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The Clincher: A Horseshoer Mystery
Lisa Preston · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Clinching is the technique used to bend a driven horseshoe nail to hold the shoe to a hoof. Rainy Dale is The Clincher, a twenty-something high school-dropout turned farrier (horseshoer) who is haunted by a secret she carries. Estranged from her California d-list actress momma and her ranch... |
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How to Leave: Quitting the City and Coping with a New Reality
Erin Clune · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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An uproarious memoir/tongue-in-cheek guide to leaving the cool city in which you "found" yourself and moving somewhere far more ordinary. So you escaped whatever humdrum little town you grew up in and moved to The Big City. Maybe it was New York. Maybe it was Seattle or Kansas... |
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Professor at Large: The Cornell Years
John Cleese · Cornell University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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And now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of ivy league professor at Cornell University. His almost twenty years as professor-at-large has led to many talks, essays, and lectures on campus. This collection... |
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