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Away with Words: An Irreverent Tour Through the World of Pun Competitions
Joe Berkowitz · Harper Perennial
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Fast Company reporter Joe Berkowitz investigates the bizarre and hilarious world of pun competitions from the Punderdome 3000 in Brooklyn to the World competition in Austin.When Joe Berkowitz witnessed his first Punderdome competition, it felt wrong in the best way. Something impossible... |
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
MITCH PRINSTEIN · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your... |
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
Nicholas Reynolds · William Morrow
Pages: 357
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "riveting"* international cloak-and-dagger epic, here is the stunning untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life -- including his role as a Soviet agent code-named "Argo" -- that fueled his art and his undoing.In 2010, while... |
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The Hero's Closet: Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming
Gillian Conahan · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Cosplayers rejoice! The Hero's Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes This essential handbook offers detailed, step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing... |
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The Polygamist's Daughter: A Memoir
Anna LeBaron · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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"My father had more than fifty children."So begins the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. With her father wanted by the FBI for killing anyone who tried to leave his cult -- a radical branch of Mormonism -- Anna and her siblings... |
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The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats
ALLEN GINSBERG · GROVE
Pages: 496
Format: Print book
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In the summer of 1977, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. This was twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road. Through the creation of this course,... |
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The Unmumsy Mum: The Hilarious Highs and Emotional Lows of Motherhood
Sarah Turner · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Creator of the popular blog "The Unmumsy Mum," Sarah Turner offers an uncensored account of her early years of parenting.Sarah Turner's first few months of parenting were tough. On the darkest of sleep-deprived days, when the baby would not settle and she was irritable and the house... |
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Gosnell: The Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
Ann Mcelhinney · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Gosnell is the untold story of America's most prolific serial killer.In 2013 Dr Kermit Gosnell was convicted of killing four people, including three babies, but is thought to have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands more in a 30-year killing spree.ABC News correspondent Terry Moran described... |
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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Kory Stamper · Pantheon Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Brimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made - a must read for word mavens. While most of us might take dictionaries for granted, the process of writing them is in fact as lively and dynamic as language itself. With sharp wit and irreverence,... |
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Dig If You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
Ben Greenman · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A unique and kaleidoscopic look into the life, legacy, and electricity of the pop legend Prince and his wideranging impact on our cultureBen Greenman, New York Times bestselling author, contributing writer to the New Yorker, and owner of thousands of recordings of Prince and Prince-related... |
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A Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand
JIM HARRISON · GROVE
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"[A] culinary combo plate of Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, Julian Schnabel, and Sam Peckinpah . . . Harrison writes with enough force to make your knees buckle and with infectious zeal that makes you turn the pages hungry for more . . . Jim Harrison has staked out a distinctive... |
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The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible
Sarah Ruden · Pantheon Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A dazzling reconsideration of the language and translation of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, from the acclaimed scholar and translator of classical literature ("The best translation of The Aeneid, certainly the best of our time" - Ursula Le Guin; "The first translation... |
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Perfect Strangers: Friendship, Strength, and Recovery After Boston's Worst Day
Roseann Sdoia · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A moving portrait of four lives that came together in a moment, proving that being in the wrong place at the worst time can lead to unexpectedly beautiful thingsAs Roseann Sdoia waited to watch her friend cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, she had no idea her life was about... |
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Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body.
Jessamyn Stanley · Workman
Pages: 232
Format: Print book
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From the unforgettable teacher Jessamyn Stanley comes Every Body Yoga, a book that breaks all the stereotypes. It's a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we. It's a book for readers already... |
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The Swimming Holes of Texas
Julie Wernersbach · University of Texas Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Nothing beats a natural swimming hole for cooling off on a scorching summer day in Texas. Cold, clear spring water, big old shade trees, and a quiet stretch of beach or lawn offer the perfect excuse to pack a cooler and head out with family and friends to the nearest natural oasis. Whether... |
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Letters to a Young Muslim
Omar Saif Ghobash · Picador
Pages: 244
Format: Print book
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From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century.In a series of personal letters to his son, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a short and highly readable manifesto that tackles our current... |
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Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before
Ken Ilgunas · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Now that President Donald Trump has revived the Keystone XL pipeline that was rejected by former President Obama, Trespassing Across America is the book to help us understand the kaleidoscopic significance of the project. Told with sincerity, humor, and wit, Ilgunas's story is both a fascinating... |
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition
Robin Romm · Liveright Publishing Corp
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Urgently exploring a contentious, long-ignored paradox that confronts modern women, this anthology breaks the last feminist taboo once and for all. Even as major figures like Sheryl Sandberg and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition"... |
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Always By My Side: Life Lessons from Millie and All the Dogs I've Loved
Edward Grinnan · Howard Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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The editor-in-chief of Guideposts magazine shares the heartwarming story of Millie, his beloved golden retriever, and how she taught him to be a more compassionate person, deepened his faith, and inspired him on his long-term path of recovery from addiction.From the moment his new golden... |
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No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
Ron Powers · Hachette Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam... |
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Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions
James E Ryan · HarperOne
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Joining the ranks of Tina Seelig's What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, Clayton Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life, Mary Karr's Now Go Out There, and George Saunders' Congratulations, By the Way comes an insightful guide that reveals the secret to pursuing a rich, fulfilling life:... |
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