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100 Side Hustles: Unexpected Ideas for Making Extra Money Without Quitting Your Day Job

Chris Guillebeau · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents a full-color ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban...
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Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Values from Baseball's Iron Man

Cal Ripken Jr. · Harper
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.the 19-time All-Star, World-Series winning legend, American League MVP, and record holder who played 2,632 consecutive gamesoutlines eight rules for the game of baseball and life, drawn from the lessons he has learned on and off the field.Cal Ripken Jr. is a baseball...
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More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are

Elaine Welteroth · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In this part-manifesto, part-memoir, the revolutionary editor who infused social consciousness into the pages of Teen Vogue explores what it means to come into your own--on your own termsThroughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings...
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The Kennedy Heirs: John, Caroline, and the New Generation - A Legacy of Triumph and Tragedy

J. Randy Taraborrelli · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli comes The Kennedy Heirs, his most revealing Kennedy book yet.A unique burden was inherited by the children of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and his celebrated siblings, Senators Robert and Ted Kennedy. Raised in a world of enormous...
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir

Tan France · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France tells his origin...
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Financially Forward: How to Use Today's Digital Tools to Earn More, Save Better, and Spend Smarter

Alexa von Tobel · Currency
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Chief digital officer at Northwestern Mutual, founder/CEO of LearnVest, and New York Times bestelling author shows how to use the simple tools of the digital age to get more out of our money.We live in a new financial world. Our wallets--like every other aspect of our lives--have gone fully...
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Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age

Robert L. Stone · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A charismatic young president issued the historic Moon landing challenge. This book, which greatly expands the companion PBS series, tell the stories of the visionaries--based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material--who helped America win the space race with the first...
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Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic

Matt McCarthy · Avery
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling author shares this exhilarating story of cutting-edge science and the race against the clock to find new treatments in the fight against the antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as superbugs.Physician, researcher, and ethics professor Matt McCarthy is on the front...
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Let Me Not Be Mad: My Story of Unraveling Minds

A. K. Benjamin · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Dr. A. K. Benjamin's years working as a clinical neuropsychologist at a London hospital, this multilayered narrative interweaves Benjamin's own sometimes shocking personal experiences with those of his mentally disordered patients.What do doctors actually think about when you list...
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I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World

Jeanne Safer · All Points Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworker's mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to "defriending" the people once closest to you? Don't give up hope; Dr. Jeanne Safer...
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1000 Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently

Marc Chernoff · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling authors Marc and Angel Chernoff deliver instant inspiration and powerful advice for becoming our best selves.Millions of readers turn to Marc and Angel Chernoff for fresh, intimate insights for a fulfilled life. In this pithy and empowering guide, they collect...
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Plant Parenting: Easy Ways to Make More Houseplants, Vegetables, and Flowers

Leslie F. Halleck · Timber Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

"Everything a plant parent needs to take their plant collection - and plant knowledge - to the next level." - Maria Failla, founder, Bloom & Grow Radio podcast Do you have a passion for houseplants? A desire to grow more tomatoes? Do you want a garden bursting with colorful...
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The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel

Julie Satow · Twelve
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today's Billionaire Row. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px...
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How Psychology Works: The Facts Visually Explained

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Explore the human mind and understand the science behind how people think and act in a wide variety of everyday situations with this brand-new visual guide to applied psychology.Using straightforward definitions and clear, striking visuals, this book makes the workings of the brain easy...
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I Really Didn't Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life

Beth Evans · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Did you ever wish your best friend - the person you would trust with your innermost secrets, the person whose wisdom and comfort you seek in times of stress or self-doubt - could draw? Like Mindy Kaling meets Hyperbole and a Half, I Really Didn't Think This Through gets at the heart of what...
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The Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the World: Practical Advice and Everyday Actions for a More Sustainable, Humane, and Compassionate Planet

STEPHANIE FELDSTEIN · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"This book belongs on every animal lover's shelf -- and it's a particularly great gift for young people who are on fire to save animals but are unsure where to start. Hooray!!" -- Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig and The Soul of an OctopusThe Animal Lover's Guide to Changing...
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Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History

Lewis Dartnell · Basic Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times-bestselling author explains how the physical world shaped the history of our speciesWhen we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving...
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Best Roses, Herbs, and Edible Flowers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A quick-reference guide to roses, herbs, and edible flowers for gardeners with little experience and time.Roses represent love and beauty. Their colors and fragrance create the standard by which many other flowers are measured. Cultivated around the world for perfume, roses have a sweet...
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Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board

Vince Houghton · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The International Spy Museum's Historian takes us on a wild tour of missions and schemes that almost happened, but were ultimately deemed too dangerous, expensive, ahead of their time, or even certifiably insaneIn 1958, the U.S. Air Force nuked the moon as a show of military force. In 1967,...
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The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found

Violet Moller · Doubleday
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissance--an exciting debut history. The foundations...
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis

William Geroux · Viking
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort.On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy...
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Hangry: 5 Simple Steps to Balance Your Hormones and Restore Your Joy (Including a Customizable Paleo/Mediterranean Plan!)

Sarah Fragoso · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

HANGRY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE HORMONE BOOK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. Get ready to restore your joy, heal your hormones, and reset your metabolism in just four weeks.Sarah Fragoso, the bestselling author and creator of Everyday Paleo, and Dr. Brooke Kalanick, a leading expert in functional medicine...
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Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier

Mark Kram Jr. · Ecco
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society enduresHistory will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages, a trilogy of extraordinary fights...
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Every Day is Saturday: Recipes Strategies for Easy Cooking, Every Day of the Week

Sarah Copeland · Chronicle Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From beloved cookbook author and recipe developer Sarah Copeland, Every Day Is Saturday brims with inspiration. More than 100 beautiful recipes that make weeknight cooking a breeze, gorgeous food and lifestyle photography, and easy-to-follow tips for cooking delicious, healthful, sustaining...
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Making Peace with Imperfection: Discover Your Perfectionism Type, End the Cycle of Criticism, and Embrace Self-Acceptance

Elliot D. Cohen PhD · Impact
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Demanding perfection in everything you do can create a life of stress, worry, and overload. With this essential self-help guide, you'll learn to escape the perfectionism trap and cultivate unconditional self-acceptance in an imperfect world.Are you a perfectionist? Do you wear this title...
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