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Glamorous by George: The Key to Creating Movie Star Style

George Kotsiopoulos · Abrams Image, 2014.
Pages: 175
Format: Print book

With the advent of inexpensive but beautifully designed clothing available nationwide, elegance is within everyone's reach. And George Kotsiopoulos - the breakout star of TV's Fashion Police - will show you the way. Glamorous by George offers easy-to-achieve tips for looking like...
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The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway

Doug Most · St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the late nineteenth century, as cities like Boston and New York grew more congested, the streets became clogged with plodding, horse-drawn carts. When the great blizzard of 1888 crippled the entire northeast, a solution had to be found. Two brothers from one of the nation's great...
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Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself

Mark Epstein · Penguin Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Mark Epstein presents a how-to guide rooted in two traditions, Buddhism and Western psychotherapy, devoted to maximizing the human potential for living a better lifeOur ego, and its accompanying sense of nagging self-doubt as we work to be bigger, better,...
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Frommer's Hawaii 2016

Martha Cheng · FrommerMedia; Tenth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Each one of the six main Hawaiian Islands is covered by the experienced authors of this always-popular guidebook to America's paradise in the Pacific. The book consists of bold opinions, colorfully expressed, by independent, locally-based journalists who are given carte blanche by Frommer's...
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Trans/Portraits: Voices from Transgender Communities

Jackson Wright Shultz · Dartmouth
Format: Print book

Although transgender people are increasingly represented in academic studies and popular culture, they rarely have the opportunity to add their own voices to the conversation. In this remarkable book, Jackson Shultz records the stories of more than thirty Americans who identify as transgender....
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Poems from the Pond

Peggy Freydberg · Hybrid Nation; Second edition
Format: Hardcover

Peggy Freydberg is proof positive that creativity has no age limit! Just when most people are winding way down, Peggy began writing a lifetimes worth of poems at age 90! Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks describes Peggys poetry as having a stunning intensity and searing emotional...
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Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies

Tom Fitton · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Corruption Chronicles comes a devastating expose of the scandals of Obama's second term. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton reveals what the largest watchdog agency in America has uncovered in its battles against Obama secrecy.Clean House...
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Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide

Michael B Oren · Random House
Pages: 412
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERMichael B. Oren's memoir of his time as Israel's ambassador to the United States - a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East - provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between...
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Rick Steves Florence & Tuscany 2015

Rick Steves · Avalon Travel Publishing; 2015 Edition edition
Format: Book

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Florence and Tuscany.With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll discover the geographic heart of Italy. Take the Renaissance Walk and tour the Uffizi Gallery to learn how Florence taught...
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The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

Steven R Gundry · Harper Wave
Pages: 399
Format: Hardcover

"Dr. Gundry is a true trailblazer, always at the forefront of scientific knowledge. The Plant Paradox shows the world what pioneer thinking is about and is a must-read book for anyone interested in being as healthy as nature has designed them to be." - Alejandro Junger MD, New York...
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

James Jr Forman · Farrar
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In recent years, America's criminal justice system has become the subject of an increasingly urgent debate. Critics have assailed the rise of mass incarceration, emphasizing its disproportionate impact on people of color. As James Forman, Jr., points out, however, the war on crime that...
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

DIANE ACKERMAN · W W NORTON
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

The movie The Zookeeper's Wife, based on the New York Times bestselling book, opens March 2017.In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabiński (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh) , have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing...
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Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America

Linda Tirado · Putnam
Pages: 195
Format: Book

One of the Best 5 Books of 2014 - Esquire"I've been waiting for this book for a long time. Well, not this book, because I never imagined that the book I was waiting for would be so devastatingly smart and funny, so consistently entertaining and unflinchingly on target. In fact, I would...
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future

Steve Case · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 221
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER One of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs - a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life and orchestrated the largest merger in the history of business - shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly...
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Insight Guides: South Africa

Insight Guides · Insight Guides; 6 edition
Format: Print book

South Africa is a land of exceptional natural beauty and cultural variety, a rainbow nation packed with important historical landmarks, myriad activities, and unsurpassable wildlife. The new edition of Insight Guide South Africa provides both inspiration and practical guidance for a visit,...
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