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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Tolentino, Jia · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A breakout writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture with verve, deftness, and intellectual ferocity - for readers who've wondered what Susan Sontag would have been like if she had brain damage from the internet."A whip-smart, challenging...
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What We Knew in the Night: Reawakening the Heart of Witchcraft

Grimassi, Raven · Weiser Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Explores the roots of witchcraft while providing an integrated magical system to serve the modern witchRaven Grimassi is among the pioneering authors of the modern witchcraft renaissance. In What We Knew in the Night, he presents a cohesive and complete system of witchcraft based on traditional...
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How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History

Dow, Elizabeth H. · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover

How to Weed Your Attic: Getting Rid of Junk without Destroying History provides answers to the question: when someone dies or it's time to move --- or just clean out the attic, garage, or basement, what papers and other things should we save for the sake of history and what can we safely...
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Be the Hero of Your Life: How to Get Unstuck, Move Forward and Live Your True Authentic Life

MacMillan, J. Scott · Balboa Pr
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover

In the summer of 2001, I was in the shower when I suddenly heard a voice in my head say "This is no way to live life-you must be doing something wrong." Life had just spiraled out of control. Here, I was living in a beautiful house in a great city with a wife, two healthy children...
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The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education

Ainsley Arment · HarperOne
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau - "All good...
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

Randall Munroe · Riverhead Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "How To will make you laugh as you learn ... With How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight edification,...
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Guinness World Records 2020

Guinness World Records · Guinness World Records
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Fully revised and updated, the record-breaking compendium of superlatives is back and bursting with facts, figures and incredible stories - each one selected to inspire you to learn about the fascinating world we live in ... and to break records of your own.In a series of 11 fact-packed...
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

MalcolmGladwell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain...
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College Admissions Cracked: Saving Your Kid

Shulman, Jill Margaret · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

How to help your kid navigate the college admissions process -- from scheduling standardized tests to writing essays -- month by month, girlfriend's-guide style.So, your child is a high school junior. You've heard other parents with kids older than yours whisper the word "college"...
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The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep

Leschziner, Guy · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A renowned neurologist shares the true stories of people unable to get a good night's rest in The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep, a fascinating exploration of the symptoms and syndromes behind sleep disorders.For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients,...
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