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The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

DAVID L MEARNS · Pegasus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure. David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood...
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Everyday Millionaires: How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth?and How You Can Too

Chris Hogan · Ramsey Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Everywhere we turn, we hear negative financial news - that the American Dream is dead or that the little man can't get ahead. Our culture feeds us the lie that it's impossible to become a millionaire in America today, but it's time you heard the truth. In his newest book, Everyday Millionaires:...
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Am I Dying?!: A Complete Guide to Your Symptoms--and What to Do Next

Christopher Kelly M.D. · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive, light-hearted resource for the hypochondriac in all of us, from two Columbia University cardiologists who review dozens of symptoms and offer advice on when to chill out, make a doctor's appointment, or go to the hospital.Cardiologists at Columbia University Medical Center,...
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The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

Joshua Becker · WaterBrook
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.One of today's most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments, showing...
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This Is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow

DAVID ARIOSTO · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An exploration of Cuba's Cold War mindset and a people in the throes of transition, with tales of run-ins with spies, secret backrooms, and empty grocery shelvesFidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump is in the White House. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never been more uncertain....
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Cook90: The 30-Day Plan for Faster, Healthier, Happier Meals

DAVID TAMARKIN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

This is the #cook90 mantra: "Every day this month, I will cook almost everything I eat: every breakfast, every lunch, every dinner. I will not go to restaurants. I will not order delivery. I will not eat anything that has been pre-prepared, or even partially preprepared."Over...
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Dani Shapiro · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed and beloved author of Hourglass now gives us a new memoir about identity, paternity, and family secrets--a real-time exploration of the staggering discovery she recently made about her father, and her struggle to piece together the hidden story of her own life.What makes us who we are?...
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King of the Dinosaur Hunters: The Life of John Bell Hatcher and the Discoveries that Shaped Paleontology

Lowell Dingus · Pegasus Books
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

The story of the extraordinary adventures behind the man who has discovered some of the amazing wonders of natural history.Every year millions of museum visitors marvel at the skeletons of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures discovered by John Bell Hatcher. The life of the "King...
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All Black Cats are Not Alike

Amy Goldwasser · Chronicle Books
Pages: 116
Format: Print book

Every cat owner knows that no two cats are alike. This pitch-perfect illustrated book proves this simple fact by diving whiskers first into the unique personality, charisma, and character of 50 real all-black cats. From Alfie, who "has no tolerance for wet humans or being ignored,"...
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Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

Edith Hall · Penguin Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence...
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Joy Enough: A Memoir

Sarah McColl · Liveright
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

From a bracing new voice comes this life-affirming memoir of a daughter making and remaking her life in her mother's image.Sifting gingerly through memories of her late mother, brilliant newcomer Sarah McColl has penned an indelible tribute to the joy and pain of loving well. Even as her own marriage...
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The Clean Plate: Eat, Reset, Heal

GWYNETH PALTROW · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Delicious food can heal the body. Reset and rebalance with clean recipes that are flexible and easy for busy weeknight meals or lunches on the go, and healthy enough for more intensive, doctor-supported cleanses. Gwyneth Paltrow gets the power of simple, quality food. Her recipes focus...
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Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

Dean Ornish · Ballantine Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease - as well as prevent and reduce symptoms - from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine. Forty years of peer-reviewed research has proven...
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You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right: How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World

Robert J. Brown · Convergent Books
Pages: 240
Format: Book

An unforgettable account of a quietly remarkable life, Robert Brown's memoir takes readers behind the scenes of pivotal moments from the 20th century, where the lessons he learned at his grandmother's knee helped him shape America as we know it today. Called "a world-class...

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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

KAMALA HARRIS · Penguin Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.

Senator Kamala Harris's commitment to speaking...
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