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All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change

Michael T. Klare · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military.The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change -- still linked, for many people, with polar bears and coral...
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Where Do I Begin?: Stories from a Life Lived Out Loud

Duran, Elvis · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Elvis Duran, host of one of the nation's top morning shows and the voice millions of Americans wake up to, shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons all with his trademark heart, honesty, and plenty of humor. Elvis Duran's nationally syndicated radio program, Elvis...
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview

Bray, Ilona · NOLO
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to become a naturalized U.S. citizen For a green card holder, taking the next step to U.S. citizenship offers a host of benefits. But the application process itself can be long and confusing. With Becoming a U.S. Citizen, you can save months, or even years. Best of all,...
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Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity

Felicia Day · Gallery Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

An instant New York Times bestseller In Embrace Your Weird, New York Times bestselling author, producer, actress, TV writer, and award-winning web series creator, Felicia Day takes you on a journey to find, rekindle, or expand your creative passions. Including Felicia's personal stories...
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How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

Cairo, Alberto · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A leading data visualization expert explores the negative -- and positive -- influences that charts have on our perception of truth.We've all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don't understand what we're looking at? Social media has made charts,...
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A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis

Sam Roberts · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass,...
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Finding Your Voice: A Path to Recovery for Survivors of Abuse

Morgan, Mannette · Made For Success Publishing
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback

Finding Your Voice is a personal, comprehensive guide for survivors of abuse making the journey toward healing. Led by an author who has walked the path for more than three decades, readers will find encouragement and hope as they move step-by-step to a place of recovery.Part memoir, part...
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Going Over Home: A Search for Rural Justice in an Unsettled Land

ThompsonJr., Charles · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every...
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Thomas Jefferson's Education

Alan Taylor · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a brilliant, absorbing study of Thomas Jefferson's campaign to save Virginia through education.By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully written history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery....
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The Dog Log: An Accidental Memoir of Yapping Yorkies, Quarreling Neighbors, and the Unlikely Friendships That Saved My Life

Richard Lucas · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

The Dog Log, written as a daily notation to the sheriff's department, begins as a simple complaint about a barking dog, but it soon becomes a powerful self-exploration and confessional. It's a touching, hilarious, and cleverly sneaky memoir of a man in Los Angeles who rediscovers...
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