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Flavor Bombs: The Umami Ingredients That Make Taste Explode

ADAM FLEISCHMAN · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The founder of the national empires Umami Burger and 800 Degrees Pizza shows how to detonate flavor in beloved dishes using ordinary ingredients high in umami Why does everyone love burgers and pizza? When Adam Fleischman investigated, he discovered what they - and many other ultra-flavorful...
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Thus Spoke the Plant: A Remarkable Journey of Groundbreaking Scientific Discoveries and Personal Encounters with Plants

Monica Gagliano · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

An accessible and compelling story of a scientist's discovery of plant communication and how it influenced her research and changed her life.In this "phytobiography"--a collection of stories written in partnership with a plant--research scientist, Monica Gagliano, reveals...
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Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition

Sam Goldstein PhD · The Guilford Press
Pages: 494
Format: Hardcover

This authoritative resource, now thoroughly revised for DSM-5, has set the standard for the comprehensive assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) . Leading experts demonstrate how to craft a scientifically grounded profile of each child's strengths and difficulties, make a formal...
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Work Without Walls: An Executive's Guide to Attention Management, Productivity, and the Future of Work

Maura Nevel Thomas · Burget Ave Press
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

The Key to Success in the Knowledge Economy is Quality Employee ExperienceExecutives must protect knowledge workers (and themselves!) from stress and burn-out. How can you and your team be creative when exhaustion and frustration from 24/7 communications, changing priorities, and constant...
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Allied Armor in Normandy

Yves Buffetaut · Casemate
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Tanks were the beasts of the Second World War, machines designed to destroy anything and anyone in their path. Throughout the summer of 1944, the Allied forces readily employed tanks and armored vehicles to gain ground in the bloody campaign of Normandy. Heavily armed, they provided a kind...
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Atlas of Empires: The World's Great Powers from Ancient Times to Today

Peter Davidson · Lumina Media
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Atlas of Empires tells the story of how and why the great empires of history came into being, operated and ultimately declined, and discusses the future of the empire in today's globalized world. Featuring 60 beautiful and detailed maps of the empires' territories at different stages...
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Lightly: How to Live a Simple, Serene, and Stress-free Life

Francine Jay · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Do you ever feel like life is weighing you down? Like the stuff in your home, the to-dos in your schedule, the worries in your heart are too much? Make "lightly" your mantra, one lovely little word to live by, and transform your life.There's no shortage of decluttering books on the market,...
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Better Homes and Gardens Flea Market Style: Fresh Ideas for Your Vintage Finds

Samantha Thorpe · Better Homes and Gardens Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The Indispensible Guide to Scoring, Using, Collecting, and Displaying Vintage Flea Market Finds Flea markets, Craigslist, and even a neighbor's curb can yield vintage treasures that make a house sparkle. But knowing what to do with those pieces can be intimidating. This innovative book...
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The Unstoppable Ruth Bader Ginsburg: American Icon

Antonia Felix · Sterling
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

On the 25th anniversary of her appointment to the Supreme Court, this unofficial pictorial retrospective celebrates and honors the barrier-breaking achievements of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - the "Notorious RBG." Featuring a foreword by Mimi Leder, award-winning filmmaker and director...
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At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life

Samuel Harrington · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population.Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system,...
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Handmade Glamping: Add a touch of glamour to your camping trip with these 35 gorgeous craft projects

CHARLOTTE LIDDLE · CICO Books
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Decorate your tent, tipi, motorhome, or camper van with any of the 35 stunning projects in Handmade Glamping. Using a variety of crafting techniques including knitting, crochet, quilting, embroidery, patchwork, and appliqué, Charlotte Liddle and Lucy Hopping have created a wonderful...
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Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment

Todd Rose · HarperOne
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For generations, we've been stuck with a cookie-cutter mold for success that requires us to be the same as everyone else, only better. This "standard formula" works for some people but leaves most of us feeling disengaged and frustrated. As much as we might dislike the standard...
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Doubleweave Revised & Expanded

Jennifer Moore · Interweave
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Conventional shaft loom weaving constricts the weaver into making only a single layer of fabric that is no wider than the loom. Increase your loom's capabilities with Doubleweave Revised & Expanded! In this comprehensive guide to doubleweave, master-weaver Jennifer Moore revisits...
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Cluck: A Book of Happiness for Chicken Lovers

Freya Haanen · Exisle Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Any chicken owner will know that there's more to these endearing, quirky, clever characters than the eggs they produce. Cluck is a celebration of hens, roosters and chicks, combining high-quality photography with inspirational and amusing quotes to create the perfect gift for chicken...
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Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing

Stephanie Stokes Oliver (Editor) · Atria / 37 INK
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Spanning over 250 years of history, Black Ink traces black literature in America from Frederick Douglass to Ta-Nehisi Coates in this masterful collection of twenty-five illustrious and moving essays on the power of the written word.Throughout American history black people are the only group...
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