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Bollywood Kitchen: Home-Cooked Indian Meals Paired with Unforgettable Bollywood Films

Sri Rao · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

You're invited to a party where the food and entertainment are both in Technicolor. It's "dinner and a movie" in this vibrant, beautifully photographed tour of Indian food and films. Indian cuisine and Indian cinema (known as Bollywood) share much in common - bold colors...
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The Steampunk User's Manual: An Illustrated Practical and Whimsical Guide to Creating Retro-futurist Dreams

Jeff VanderMeer · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover

Steampunk, the retro-futuristic cultural movement, has become a substantial and permanent genre in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. A large part of its appeal is that, at its core, Steampunk is about doing it yourself: building on the past while also innovating and creating something...
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Bomb: The Author Interviews

BOMB Magazine · Soho Press
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on 30 years of BOMB Magazine, this anthology of interviews brings together some of the greatest figures of world literature for a brilliant and unforgettable collection of sharp, insightful and intimate author conversations.   Here we have a conversation with Jonathan Franzen,...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Seville & Andalucía

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

With superb photography, illustrations, and maps, this easy-to-use travel guide leads you to the best things in Seville and Andalucía.From beautiful palaces such as Seville's Real Alcázar and the magical Alhambra in Granada, splendid religious edifices such as the Mezquita in Córdoba,...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Curvy & Confident: 101 Stories about Loving Yourself and Your Body

Amy Newmark · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Barbie comes in a curvy model now, Sports Illustrated features full-size swimsuit models, and fashion designers are focusing more on curvy women. There's a healthy conversation going on now about body image and self-esteem, and Chicken Soup for the Soul is part of it, with this collection...
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Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing - Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth

W. Chan Kim · Hachette Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is the essential follow up to Blue Ocean Strategy, the classic and 3.6 million copy global bestseller by world-renowned professors Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. Drawing on more than a decade of new work, Kim and Mauborgne show you how to move beyond competing, inspire...
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The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

Kyle Harper · Princeton University Press
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman EmpireHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that...
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Dinner Made Simple: 35 Everyday Ingredients, 350 Easy Recipes

Real Simple · Oxmoor House
Pages: 351
Format: Print book

Think you'll never win at weeknight cooking? Think again. Your favorite ingredients are deliciously reimagined in Real Simple's latest cookbook that shows you how to spin 35 family staples into hundreds of hassle-free dishes. Organized from apples to zucchini, Dinner Made Simple...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Switzerland

DK. · DK Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Ski the Alps, explore the idyllic countryside, and take in the alpine scenery when you travel to Switzerland. See history, art, and more in this unique and vibrant country.From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to standout scenic sites and walks, our insider tips are sure to make your trip...
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Michelin Guide San Francisco 2015

Michelin · Michelin Travel & Lifestyle; 9th Edition edition
Format: Book

More than 500 Michelin-recommended restaurants in the San Francisco area, covering San Francisco proper, and from Sonoma County to the South Bay, representing 40 different cuisines.
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Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

Rachel Simmons · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being....
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What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

Benjamin K Bergen · Basic Books
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover

It may be starred, beeped, and censored--yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks,...
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Darwin's Fossils: The Collection That Shaped the Theory of Evolution

ADAM LISTER · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution.Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific...
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