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The Art of Fiction
John Casey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 244
Format: eBook
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James Salter's exalted place in American letters is based largely on the intense admiration of other writers, but his work resonates far beyond the realm of fellow craftsmen, addressing themes--youth, war, erotic love, marriage, life abroad, friendship--that speak to us all.Following... |
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Ask the Question: Why We Must Demand Religious Clarity from Our Presidential Candidates
Stephen Mansfield · Baker Books, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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For most of American history, the conventional wisdom was that religion was too private a matter to ask a political candidate about. But in a political landscape in which we will see Muslims, atheists, Mormons, Buddhists, and Christians of all stripes running for high office, we cannot... |
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Convenient Suspect: A Double Murder, a Flawed Investigation, and the Railroading of an Innocent Woman
Tammy Mal · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. Four months later, when their bodies were found in a lonely patch of woods, the police would launch a three-year investigation leading to the arrest... |
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Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter
DAN ARIELY · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Blending humor and behavioral economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better... |
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Magnetic City: A Walking Companion to New York
Justin Davidson · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 256
Format: eBook
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From New York magazine's architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City - a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution... |
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The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs
John F Cogan · Stanford University Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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Federal entitlement programs are strewn throughout the pages of U.S. history, springing from the noble purpose of assisting people who are destitute through no fault of their own. Yet as federal entitlement programs have grown, so too have their inefficiency and their cost. Neither tax revenues... |
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Laugh It Up!: Embrace Freedom and Experience Defiant Joy
Candace Payne · Zondervan
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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The world knows Candace Payne as "Chewbacca Mom," the wife and mother of two from Dallas who captured the hearts of nearly 200 million people around the world with nothing but a toy Chewbacca mask, a smart phone, and infectious laughter.Candace's viral moment of simple joy became... |
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Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
William Rosen · Viking
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma.As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less... |
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Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail
Debbie Clarke Moderow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 262
Format: Print book
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A captivating memoir of one woman's attempt to finish the Iditarod, led by her team of spunky huskies with whom she shares a fascinating and inextricable bond At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Moderow was not your average musher in the Iditarod, but that's where she found... |
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Idiot's Guides: Tiny House Designing, Building, & Living
ALPHA. · Alpha
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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Do you have what it takes to live tiny? Take the first step to achieving the dream of designing, building, and living in a tiny house (typically between 100-400 square feet) . Idiot's Guides: Tiny House Designing, Building, and Living is the one-stop guide into this innovative concept... |
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My Two Souths: Blending the Flavors of India into a Southern Kitchen
Asha Gomez · Running Press Book Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"My Two Souths" takes readers on a culinary journey with Chef Asha Gomez, from her small village in southern India to her celebrated restaurants in Atlanta, and into her kitchen to share singular recipes that will enliven the tables of home cooks everywhere. In this cookbook debut,... |
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Lonely Planet Germany
Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet
Pages: 816
Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Germany is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. See storybook castles arise from the Bavarian forest, raise a stein to an oompah band... |
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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Carlo Rovelli · Riverhead Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they're calling the next Stephen Hawking." - The Times MagazineFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.What are the elementary ingredients... |
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
Jesse Eisinger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing... |
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