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How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time
Will McCallum · Penguin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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An accessible guide to the changes we can all make - small and large - to rid our lives of disposable plastic and clean up the world's oceans It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to fully biodegrade, and there are around 12.7 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year. At our current... |
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Gretchen McCulloch · Riverhead Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured... |
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150 Best Tiny Space Ideas
Francesc Zamora · Harper Design
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the latest innovations in tiny space design in this lush compendium in the 150 Best series, showcasing 150 full-color profiles.As the price of large residences have become increasingly out of reach for many people, aspiring home owners have begun to think smaller. 150 Best Tiny... |
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The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation
Sheri Salata · Harper Wave
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Thursday morning.One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old - a full-blown catastrophe."What happens when you realize you've had the career of your dreams, but you don't have the life of your dreams? This was the stark reality facing... |
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Gardener's Guide to Compact Plants: Edibles and Ornamentals for Small-Space Gardening
Jessica Walliser · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Covering a broad array of landscape plants, including edibles, flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, evergreens, and perennials, horticulturist Jessica Walliser takes a deep dive into the emerging category of compact plants. Whether short, narrow, columnar, or dwarf, this new and exciting... |
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Jennifer Pastiloff · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An inspirational memoir about how Jennifer Pastiloff's years of waitressing taught her to seek out unexpected beauty, how hearing loss taught her to listen fiercely, how being vulnerable allowed her to find love, and how imperfections can lead to a life full of wild happiness. Centered... |
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The Peach Truck Cookbook: 100 Delicious Recipes for All Things Peach
Stephen K. Rose · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A warm and stylish Southern cookbook, from the owners of the beloved Nashville-based The Peach Truck, celebrating all things peach in 100 fresh and flavorful recipes.When Stephen and Jessica Rose settled in Nashville, they fell in love with their new city. Their only reservation: Where... |
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A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
Ben Folds · Ballantine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the genre-defying icon Ben Folds comes a memoir that is as nuanced, witty, and relatable as his cult-classic songs. Ben Folds is a celebrated American singer-songwriter, beloved for songs such as "Brick," "You Don't Know Me," "Rockin' the Suburbs," and "The... |
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Bish Bash Bosh!: Your Favorites * All Plants
Ian Theasby · William Morrow Cookbooks
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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BOSH! became widely successful as the biggest and fastest-growing plant-based food channel on the web, reaching over 25 million people a month. Their mission to eat more plant-based foods went mainstream with the publication of their first book, BOSH!, which introduced readers to their... |
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Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket
Fraser MacDonald · PublicAffairs
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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The long-buried truth about the dawn of the Space Age: lies, spies, socialism, and sex magickLos Angeles, 1930s: Everyone knows that rockets are just toys, the stuff of cranks and pulp magazines. Nevertheless, an earnest engineering student named Frank Malina sets out to prove the doubters... |
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Raising a Screen-Smart Kid: Embrace the Good and Avoid the Bad in the Digital Age
Julianna Miner · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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For parents who didn't grow up with smartphones but can't let go of them now, expert advice on raising kids in our constantly connected worldMost kids get their first smartphone at the same time that they're experiencing major developmental changes. Making mistakes has always been a part... |
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Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home
Matthew Kepnes · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Part travel memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. "Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding... |
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Neurofitness: A Brain Surgeon's Secrets to Boost Performance and Unleash Creativity
Rahul · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the operating room, where he performs some of the riskiest surgeries around, to the lab, where he is working on growing skin cells and injecting them into the brain to replace worn out neural tissue, Dr. Rahul Jandial is on the cutting edge of the latest advancements in neuroscience.... |
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The Ecology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
DK · DK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Explore ecology in this accessible introduction to how the natural world works and how we have started to understand the environment, ecosystems, and climate change.Using a bold, graphic-led approach, The Ecology Book explores and explains over 85 of the key ideas, movements, and acts that... |
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All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey
Betsy Mason · National Geographic
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Created for map lovers by map lovers, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. In this visually stunning book, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller--authors of the National Geographic... |
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Tea-Vitalize: Cold-Brew Teas and Herbal Infusions to Refresh and Rejuvenate
Mimi Kirk · Countryman Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Delicious teas to keep you hydrated and feeling young Black, green, white, and oolong teas, as well as herbal infusions, have numerous health benefits, starting with hydration. Infused with fresh, vitamin- rich fruits, they become a fun and delicious way to increase your liquid consumption... |
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The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
Amanda Little · Harmony
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In this fascinating look at the race to secure the global food supply, environmental journalist and professor Amanda Little tells the defining story of the sustainable food revolution as she weaves together stories from the world's most creative and controversial innovators on the front... |
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
Gordon L. Dillow · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Combining history, pop science, and in-depth reporting, a fascinating account of asteroids that hit Earth long ago, and those streaming toward us now, as well as how we are preparing against asteroid-caused catastrophe.One of these days, warns Gordon Dillow, the Earth will be hit by a comet... |
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Helping the Good Do Better: How a White Hat Lobbyist Advocates for Social Change
Thomas Sheridan · Twelve
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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How to effect positive social change by the top progressive white hat lobbyist in Washington.HELPING THE GOOD DO BETTER pulls back the curtain on the corridors of power in Washington to reveal how social change really happens. This book offers lessons from the trenches on how some of this... |
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Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
Cecelia Watson · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing... |
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Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption
Ed Levine · Portfolio
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the TableOriginal recipes by J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks of BraveTartJames... |
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Deer-Resistant Design: Fence-free Gardens that Thrive Despite the Deer
Karen Chapman · Timber Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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"Fear deer no more! The best source I've seen on the topic!" - Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars' worth of plants.... |
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Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943
John C. McManus · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing, epic history of the US Army in the Pacific War, from the acclaimed author of The Dead and Those About to Die"This eloquent and powerful narrative is military history written the way it should be." - James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian "Out... |
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Kawaii Sweet World Cookbook: 75 Yummy Recipes for Baking That's
Rachel Fong · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From YouTube star Rachel Fong, Kawaii Sweet World is the definitive guide to baking in the vibrant, Kawaii-style ("cute" in Japanese) , featuring 75 brand new, easy-to-follow recipes for totally original and delicious cakes, candies, cookies, cupcakes, and more.Since starting... |
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The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives
Brian Lamb · PublicAffairs
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership. Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their... |
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