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Backroads & Byways of Ohio

MATT FORSTER · Countryman Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Tour the natural and historical spectacles of the Buckeye StateYou may be surprised by just how much history and culture you can experience in just one or two drives through Ohio. Expert travel author and photographer Matt Forster takes you to places you wouldn't guess existed in the Buckeye...
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The Seaside House: Living on the Water

Nick Voulgaris, III. · Rizzoli
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Irresistible interiors that capture the essence of seaside living. Everyone dreams of a house by the sea, and this book presents the best examples of homes for escaping to the serenity of the seaside. Beautifully photographed interiors, exteriors, gardens, and patios offer a peek into...
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The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark

TRAE CROWDER · Atria Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

The Liberal Rednecks--a Southern-based stand-up comedy group known for their scathing political satire--celebrate all that's good about Dixie while leading a progressive revolution toward a New South. The American South is home to some of the best music, cuisine, athletics, whiskey, and weather...
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Journey Through Trauma: A Trail Guide to the 5-Phase Cycle of Healing Repeated Trauma

GRETCHEN PH D SCHMELZER · Avery
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

For survivors of PTSD and repeated, relational trauma -- and the people who love them.Gretchen Schmelzer watched too many people quit during treatment for trauma recovery. They found it too difficult or too frightening or just decided that for them it was too late. But as a therapist and trauma...
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Is It All in Your Head?: True Stories of Imaginary Illness

Suzanne O'Sullivan · Other Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A neurologist's insightful and compassionate look into the misunderstood world of psychosomatic disorders, told through individual case histories It's happened to all of us: our cheeks flush red when we say the wrong thing, or our hearts skip a beat when a certain someone walks by. But few of us realize...
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The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery's Early Life

Karin Roffman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The first biography of an American masterThe Songs We Know Best, the first comprehensive biography of the early life of John Ashbery -- the winner of nearly every major American literary award -- reveals the unusual ways he drew on the details of his youth to populate the poems that made...
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The Taco Cleanse: The Tortilla-Based Diet Proven to Change Your Life

Wes Allison · The Experiment
Pages: 226
Format: eBook

Prevent or reverse taco deficiency. Get that fresh taco-y feeling with over 75 seriously tasty vegan recipes. Tired of the same old cleanse? Instead of feeling rejuvenated are you feeling depleted, anxious, and cranky? (Not to mention . . . hungry?) A group of vegan taco scientists in Austin,...
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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

MICHAEL SCOTT MOORE · Harper Wave
Pages: 451
Format: Hardcover

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates - a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration...
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory

Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance...
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Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight

Vanessa Potter · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) , a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home,...
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

Brantley Hargrove · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A tale of obsession and daring. A contest between humankind and nature's fiercest phenomenon. The saga of the greatest storm chaser who ever lived.At the turn of the twenty-first century, the tornado was one of the last true mysteries of the modern world. It was a monster that ravaged the American...
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Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang

Max Décharné · Pegasus Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

This rollercoaster ride through the colorful history of slang -- from highwaymen to hip-hop -- is a fresh and exciting take on the subject: entertaining and authoritative without being patronizing, out-of-touch or voyeuristic. Slang is the language of pop culture, low culture, street culture,...
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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

Adam Alter · Penguin Press
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity." - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling...
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Turned Boxes: 40 Inspiring Boxes by Expert Makers

GMC.

Turned Boxes is a must for all avid woodworkers. Packed with over 40 projects, there are designs to suit all levels of ability as well as taste---from simple boxes with an elegant lid to more intricate designs incorporating screw threads and exotic timbers - there are a wealth
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The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies

MICHAEL V HAYDEN · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work has never been harder or more importantIn the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence,...
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