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The Southern Living Party Cookbook: A Modern Guide to Gathering

Elizabeth Heiskell · Southern Living
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

This new essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion, offering a fresh lineup of menus and ideas from Oxford, Mississippi's go-to caterer for every celebratory scenario life serves up. In this update to the best-selling book of our mothers' and grandmothers' era, Elizabeth's...
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Rollergirls: The Story of Flat Track Derby

Felicia Graham · Trinity University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Flat track roller derby is one of the country's fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world.Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game,...
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The Dogs of Avalon: The Race to Save Animals in Peril

Laura Schenone · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

After adopting an Irish sight hound, Laura Schenone discovers a remarkable and little-known fight to gain justice for dogs and for all animals.Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful, astonishing creatures, tens of thousands of them have...
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Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being

Henning Mankell · Vintage
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer. However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have...
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Healthy Liver: Keep Your Liver Healthy and Fatty Free

Cris Beer · Rockpool Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Your liver is one of the most important organs in your body and its role in your general well-being cannot be overlooked. A healthy liver performs an amazing 500 different functions, including breaking down fat, extracting vitamins, storing energy and fighting infection. Yet, due to our modern...
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Turnstile Burlesque

John Greiner · Crisis Chronicles Press
Pages: 36
Format: Paperback

A stunning collection of 25 poems by John Greiner of Queens, New York, published in June 2017 by Crisis Chronicles Press. "The first thing you'll notice when reading John Greiner is that his work changes like a spider web. The pieces in Turnstile Burlesque show a writer at the peak...
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Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart

Rachel Botsman · PublicAffairs
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

If you can't trust those in charge, who can you trust?From government to business, banks to media, trust in institutions is at an all-time low. But this isn't the age of distrust--far from it. In this revolutionary book, world-renowned trust expert Rachel Botsman reveals that we are at the tipping...
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Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness: How To Stay Sane, Calm the Chaos, and Live One Step Ahead of Your Most Inconvenient Symptoms

Ilana Jacqueline · New Harbinger Pubns Inc
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline writes poignantly about living with two debilitating autoimmune diseases and presents advice and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness.Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated, out of step,...
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All New Fabric Savvy: How to Choose & Use Fabrics

Sandra Betzina · Taunton Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The essential guide for every sewer just got better! All New Fabric Savvy is updated to include detailed information on 107 different fabrics; must-know information on determining fabric content, working with knits, working with different types of interfacing, removing stains, and choosing...
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Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology

Isaac Sacolick · AMACOM
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Every organization has a plan for updating products, technologies, and business processes. But that?s not enough anymore. With disruptive startups outperforming industry stalwarts, executives everywhere are pushing greater growth and innovation. Staying competitive demands a complete digital...
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Day of the Dead: 20 Creative Projects to Make For Your Party or Celebration

SUSIE HODGE · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Celebrate The Day of the Dead with 20 Fun Projects!The growing popularity of Dia de los Muertos - The Day of the Dead - can be seen in the increased number of festivals, music concerts, art fairs, altar nights, arts-and-crafts events, costume contests, and candlelit processions (including...
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Everything Is Negotiable: The 5 Tactics to Get What You Want in Life, Love, and Work

Meg Myers Morgan · Seal Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Surprising ways women leave opportunities for happiness on the table, and how to negotiate better terms in life, love, and work. Dr. Meg Myers Morgan, an expert in personal and professional negotiations, deconstructs our preconceived notions about adulthood, parenthood, and career paths...
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Beehive Alchemy: Projects and recipes using honey, beeswax, propolis, and pollen to make your own soap, candles, creams, salves, and more

Petra Ahnert · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Flexibound

From crayons to cough drops, cookies to candles, Beehive Alchemy offers a comprehensive introduction to incorporating the miracle of bees into everyday life.Beehive Alchemy is a continuation of Petra Ahnert's best-selling Beeswax Alchemy. With this new book, beekeepers (and bee lovers)...
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Botanical Sketchbooks

Helen Bynum · Princeton Architectural Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Recording the world of plant and animal life and documenting the strange beauty of the natural world have been human passions ever since the first cave paintings. While there are many histories of botanical art featuring beautiful paintings and finished drawings, the artists' preparatory...
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The Museum of Broken Relationships

OLINKA VITICA · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"This menagerie of heart-felt creations like the wedding dress in a jar or love-letter piñata will hit you with unexpected emotions and leave your heart feeling full and connected."-- Frank Warren, New York Times bestselling author of the PostSecret seriesA postcard from a childhood...
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