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Convenient Suspect: A Double Murder, a Flawed Investigation, and the Railroading of an Innocent Woman

Tammy Mal · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. Four months later, when their bodies were found in a lonely patch of woods, the police would launch a three-year investigation leading to the arrest...
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Psychotherapy East & West

Alan Watts · New World Library
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism,...
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Cumberland Township and Carmichaels

Shelley McMinn Anderson · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Cumberland Township, located in the northeastern portion of Greene County, was one of Pennsylvania's original townships. The history of this area shows that settlers were here prior to 1760. The settlement known as Old Town was founded in 1767. In 1796, Carmichaels was named in honor...
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Interiors Now!

TASCHEN. · TASCHEN
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Come On In! A tour of contemporary home decor around the worldWith an inspirational richness and diversity of styles, these homes, residences, hideaways, and studios will astound and astonish, no matter the taste; be it rustic country cottage, New York-style loft, or bohemian bungalow....
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American Arcadia: California and the Classical Tradition

Peter J. Holliday · Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and engaging exploration of California's debt to the ancient worldDiscussing the influence of the classics on America is nothing new; indeed, classical antiquity could be considered second only to Christianity as a force in modeling America's national identity. What has never...
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You Are Here: Art After the Internet

Omar Kholeif · HOME and Space
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback

You Are Here: Art After the Internet is the first major publication to critically explore both the effects and affects that the Internet has had on contemporary artistic practices. Responding to an era that has increasingly chosen to dub itself as 'post-internet', this collective...
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Baby Proof: Mocktails for the Mom-to-Be

Nicole Nared-Washington · Countryman Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

What to drink when you're expecting.When blogger Nicole Nared-Washington got pregnant, she knew she was going to miss Bellinis with her girlfriends and a glass of wine with dinner -- and then she realized she this was an opportunity to stay social and fun without the booze. In Baby...
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Novak Djokovic and the Rise of Serbia: The Sporting Statesman

Chris Bowers · John Blake
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A revised and updated edition of the biography of one of the greatest living tennis players, and his relationship with his homeland of Serbia Novak Djokovic is not just one of the world's great tennis players - he is a de facto ambassador for his country, Serbia. It is no easy task,...
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The Synoptic Problem: Four Views

Stanley E Porter · Baker Academic
Pages: 208

Leading Scholars Debate a Key New Testament TopicThe relationship between Matthew, Mark, and Luke is one of the most contested topics in Gospel studies. How do we account for the close similarities--and differences--in the Synoptic Gospels? In the last few decades, the standard answers...
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It's Up to the Women

Eleanor Roosevelt · Nation Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Written at the height of the Great Depression, It's Up to the Women is Eleanor Roosevelt's advice to women of all ages on every aspect of life. During a time of extreme hardship, she called on women particularly to do their part-cutting costs where needed, spending reasonably, and taking...
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The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

PARKER J PALMER · Jossey-Bass
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

As Parker Palmer says in the introduction to the 10th Anniversary Edition, "This book is for teachers who have good days and bad - and whose bad days bring the suffering that comes only from something one loves. It is for teachers who refuse to harden their hearts, because they love...
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Sick: A Memoir

POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR · Harper Perennial
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible, an honest, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction, and the myth of full recovery that details author Porochista Khakpour's struggles with late-stage Lyme disease.For as long as writer Porochista Khakpour...
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Opulent Oceans: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library

Melanie L.J. Stiassny · Sterling Signature; Clamshell Box with Book & Art Prints edition
Format: Book

Without our oceans, which cover almost 72 percent of our planet, Earth simply could not exist—or humanity survive. Join author Melanie Stiassny from the American Museum of Natural History on an epic, oceanic journey. These fascinating essays, taken from the museum's Rare Book...
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The Rise of Yeast: How the Sugar Fungus Shaped Civilization

Nicholas P Money · Oxford University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The great Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley once wrote, "I know of no familiar substance forming part of our every-day knowledge and experience, the examination of which, with a little care, tends to open up such very considerable issues as does yeast." Huxley was right. Beneath...
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