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Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Web Development with Rails

Michael Hartl · Addison-Wesley Professional
Pages: 744
Format: Paperback

"Ruby on Rails™ Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a must-read for developers learning how to build Rails apps." - Peter Cooper, Editor of Ruby Inside Used by sites as diverse as Twitter, GitHub, Disney, and the Yellow Pages, Ruby on Rails is one of the most popular...
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As Night Falls: A Novel

Jenny Milchman · Ballantine Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Ruin Falls and Cover of Snow comes a breathless new novel of psychological suspense about a dark, twisted turn of events that could shatter a family - a read perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard.Sandy Tremont has always tried...
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Saplings, Switches, and Twigs

Sonja Klein · Ambush Publishing
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback

Non-fiction essays on life, travel, aging and a family history of German Texans until the present. Stories that will make you laugh, cry, and reflect, full of wit and wisdom. Well written by a first class story teller.
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Action movie kid

Daniel Hashimoto · Keywords Press, Atria books ; 2015.
Pages: 55
Format: Print book

Meet Action Movie Kid, whose adventures began on YouTube and continue in his first book, a thrilling tale of the heroic acts and daring deeds that fill his day and follow him to bedtime—and beyond! James may look like a regular boy, but in his imagination he is Action Movie Kid, defender...
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Always for the Underdog: Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War

Keagan LeJeune · University of North Texas Press
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover

Louisiana's Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Early in its history, the region developed a reputation as a harsh frontier where grit and tenacity became indispensable tools of survival. During the Louisiana...
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir

Sherman Alexie · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times BestsellerOne of the most anticipated books of 2017--Entertainment Weekly and Bustle A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True...
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I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections

Nora Ephron · Vintage
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding success of I Feel Bad About My Neck, taking a hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet)...
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Jenny Han · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

To All the Boys I've Loved Before is now a major motion picture that will be streaming on Netflix in Summer 2018! Lara Jean's love life gets complicated in this New York Times bestselling "lovely, lighthearted romance" (School Library Journal) from the bestselling author of The Summer...
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The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda

Devin McKinney · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Henry Fonda's performances in such well-known and acclaimed films as The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Lady Eve, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond, helped define "American" in the twentieth century. He worked with movie masters from Ford and Sturges to Hitchcock and Leone....
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The adventures of Charles Darwin : a story of the Beagle voyage

Peter Ward · Cambridge University Press
Pages: 96

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