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Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

BETH MACY · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Factory Man comes the only book to fully chart the opioid crisis in America-an unforgettable portrait of the families and first responders on the front lines.In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus...
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History

KEITH O'BRIEN · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s - and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi‑day events, and cities...
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Okay Fine Whatever The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things

· Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

The "hilarious and poignant" story of one chronically anxious woman's quest to become braver by seeking out the kinds of experiences she's spent her life avoiding. (Cheryl Strayed) For most of her life (and even during her years as the host of a popular radio show) , Courtenay...
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One-Day Room Makeovers: How to Get the Designer Look for Less with Three Easy Steps

MARLA MERIDITH · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

By painting the walls, rearranging key pieces of furniture and adding new decorative accessories to complete the style, your boring living room will beautifully come to life at practically no cost. No need to bust down walls or buy a whole new living room set. Martin Amado is a home designer...
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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago

MAX ALLAN COLLINS · William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

At last, the definitive account of the battle for Chicago: Legendary novelist Max Allan Collins and acclaimed rising historian A. Brad Schwartz combine talents in this groundbreaking dual biography of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the upright Prohibition...
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50 Ways to Get a Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms

Dev Aujla · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A new personalized way to find the perfect job - while staying calm during the process. You are so much more than a resume or job application, but how can you communicate that to your potential employer? You need to learn to ask the right questions, stop using job sites, and start doing...
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The Younger Next Year Back Book: The Whole-Body Plan to Conquer Back Pain Forever

Chris Crowley · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

At some point in their lives, 80% of Americans will seek expert help for back pain. It's an epidemic, with a cost to society in medical expenses and lost productivity that is steeper than heart disease. But remember the 80% figure - that's the astonishing cure rate at Dr. Jeremy James's...
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American Cookie: The Snaps, Drops, Jumbles, Tea Cakes, Bars & Brownies That We Have Loved for Generations

ANNE BYRN · Rodale Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

From the beloved author of the bestselling Cake Mix Doctor series and American Cake comes a delicious tour of America's favorite treats, cookies, and candies. Each of America's little bites -- cookies, candies, wafers, brittles -- tells a big story, and each speaks volumes about what was going...
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Engineering for Cats: Improve the Life of Your Pet Through 10 Ingenious Projects

MAC DELANEY · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

There may be 100 million pet cats in this country, but who says that means they're domesticated? Sure, they clean themselves, use a litter box, and hunt rodents, but cats are also territorial beasts who think furniture is meant for claw sharpening, and that running water is always better...
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Practical Meditation: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide

DK. · DK
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Learn on-the-go meditation techniques to improve your concentration and memory and enhance your self-esteem, using this unique visual guide.Follow the clear, step-by-step instructions anytime, anywhere--at home, on the beach, or on a business trip. Practice meditations sitting on a simple,...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Stephen Brusatte · William Morrow
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Sapiens, Your Inner Fish, The Sixth Extinction, and I Contain Multitudes, a sweeping narrative scientific history - the only one of its kind - that tells the epic story of the dinosaurs, examining their origins, their habitats, their extinction, and their living legacy, from...
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More Together Than Alone: Discovering the Power and Spirit of Community in Our Lives and in the World

Mark Nepo · Atria Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestselling author and popular spiritual teacher presents a poignant and timely meditation on the importance of community, and demonstrates how we live more enriching lives by cultivating connectedness.At once a moving meditation and an empowering guide, More Together...
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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

ADAM TOOZE · Viking
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial...
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Organize Every Room: The Real Simple Method for a Well-Ordered Home

The Editors of Real Simple · Oxmoor House
Pages: 272
Format: Flexibound

Rein in the chaos and regain control of your space. Whether you live in a small space or a large one, Real Simple has the best why-didn't-I-think-of-that advice for creating - and keeping - an easy, stylish, organized home. This practical and inspiring handbook covers everything from how to pare...
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The Great American Read: The Book of Books

PBS · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels? PBS will launch The Great American Read series with...
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The Husband Hunters: American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy

Anne De Courcy · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A deliciously told group biography of the young, rich, American heiresses who married into the impoverished British aristocracy at the turn of the twentieth century - The real women who inspired Downton AbbeyTowards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth,...
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In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty

Mark Ribowsky · Liveright
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The story of America's most sacred and carefully constructed football dynasty is revealed in this unflinching family portrait.For generations, American athletes have enjoyed the ever-escalating celebrity lavished upon them when they combine on-the-field talent with off-the field charisma,...
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Who Knew? 10,001 Household Solutions: Money-Saving Tips, DIY Cleaners, Kitchen Secrets, and Other Easy Answers to Everyday Problems

Bruce Lubin · Castle Point Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A big new book on household solutions from the 5-million-copy-selling Who Knew? brand!Whether you're cleaning house, cooking a meal, improving your appearance, or fighting a cold, this indispensable guide will help you with natural and simple solutions to your daily tasks requiring only...
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The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art

Peter Lamont · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Two renowned historians of stage magic team up to produce this definitive, engaging history of stage magic, from Ancient Egypt to David Copperfield.This is the story of how conjurors managed to survive in a world of modern wonders. It is a history of unbelievable tales. Behind the tall...
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Sew Creative: 13 Projects to Make Your Own • Tons of Techniques

Jennifer Pol Colin · C&T Publishing / FunStitch Studio
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Get kids excited about sewing with projects they will actually want to make, such as a critter coin pouch, chalkboard backpack, mermaid tail blanket, glow-in-the-dark light bulb, traveler neck pillow, and more! Each of the 13 projects includes an element of fantasy and can easily be customized...
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How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving

K J Dell'Antonia · Avery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An encouraging guide to helping parents find more happiness in their day-to-day family life, from the former lead editor of the New York Times Motherlode blog.In all the writing and reporting KJ Dell'Antonia has done on families over the years, one topic keeps coming up again and again:...
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100 Days of Real Food: On a Budget: Simple Tips and Tasty Recipes to Help You Cut Out Processed Food Without Breaking the Bank

LISA LEAKE · William Morrow Cookbooks
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The author of the phenomenal bestselling 100 Days of Real Food series addresses the most common concern of her readers - how to cut out processed food on a tight budget - in this full-color cookbook with shopping lists and prices for each recipe.Millions of American families are discovering...
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Where Did You Get This Number?: A Pollster's Guide to Making Sense of the World

Anthony Salvanto · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

CBS News' Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto takes you behind the scenes of polling to show you how to think about who we are and where we're headed as a nation.As Elections and Surveys Director for CBS News, it's Anthony Salvanto's job to understand you - what you think and how you vote....
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Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear

KIM BROOKS · Flatiron Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Part memoir, part history, part documentary, part impassioned manifesto...it might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read." -- Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World"A beautifully told,...
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