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How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women

Sarah Cooper · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Ambitious women are scary. In this fast-paced business world, female leaders need to make sure they're not perceived as pushy, aggressive, or competent. In How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings, Sarah Cooper, author of the bestselling 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings,...
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Fox 8: A Story

George Saunders · Random House
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world - featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal.Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer...
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The Little Book of Goat Yoga: Poses and Wisdom to Inspire Your Practice

Lainey Morse · Running Press Adult
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Introducing the fun, furry fitness sensation: goat yoga!Lainey Morse didn't set out to start a fitness craze, but she got one when her yoga-instructor friend asked her if she could hold a yoga class on Lainey's farm. The appeal was immediately apparent, with word spreading quickly...
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Did You Just Eat That?: Two Scientists Explore Double-Dipping, the Five-Second Rule, and other Food Myths in the Lab

PAUL DAWSON · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Is the five-second rule legitimate? Are electric hand dryers really bacteria blowers? Am I spraying germs everywhere when I blow on my birthday cake? How gross is backwash?When it comes to food safety and germs, there are as many common questions as there are misconceptions. And yet there...
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A Year Lost, A Life Gained: Fighting Breast Cancer With Wit, Humor, Friends and a Perky Poodle

Suzanne Dalton · BookBaby
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

Suzanne Dalton has accomplished much in her life - she is an artist, writer, actor, web designer, and program manager. The one undertaking for which she did not sign up was breast cancer. In her new memoir, humor guides Suzanne through difficult decisions about treatments, surgeries, and reconstruction....
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I Think, Therefore I Draw: Understanding Philosophy Through Cartoons

Thomas Cathcart · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new exploration of philosophy through cartoons from the duo who brought you the New York Times bestselling Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar...Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klien have been thinking deep thoughts and writing jokes for decades, and now they are here to help us understand...
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An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

Helene Tursten · Soho Crime
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing...
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None of My Business

PJ O'Rourke · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

After decades covering war and disaster, bestselling author and acclaimed satirist P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet -- business, investment, finance, and the political chicanery behind them.Want to get rich overnight for free in 3 easy steps with no risk? Then don't...
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Watch Your Tongue: What Our Everyday Sayings and Idioms Figuratively Mean

MARK ABLEY · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Phrases, idioms, and clichés - why do we say the things we say? Watch Your Tongue explores weird and wonderful everyday sayings and what they reveal about us.Do you ever wonder why you shouldn't have a cow but you should seize a bull by its horns? Who has the better reputation in language...
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Beastie Boys Book

Adam Horovitz · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover

A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members AD-ROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981,...
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