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The Trials of Nina McCall: Sex, Surveillance, and the Decades-Long Government Plan to Imprison "Promiscuous" Women

SCOTT W STERN · Beacon Press
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover

The nearly forgotten story of the American Plan, one of the largest and longest-lasting mass quarantines in American history, told through the lens of one young woman's story.In 1918, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Nina McCall was told to report to the local health officer to be examined...
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The Inner Life of Cats: The Science and Secrets of Our Mysterious Feline Companions

Thomas McNamee · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Our feline companions are much-loved but often mysterious. In The Inner Life of Cats, Thomas McNamee blends scientific reportage with engaging, illustrative anecdotes about his own beloved cat, Augusta, to explore and illuminate the secrets and enigmas of her kind. As it begins, The Inner...
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Instant Pot Miracle: From Gourmet to Everyday, 175 Must-Have Recipes

The Editors at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Tasting Table calls the Instant Pot "the hottest kitchen tool since George Foreman's pint-size grill" and everyone from Ruth Reichl to top food bloggers rave about its efficiency, convenience, and affordability. Now, with this licensed cookbook - one of the most comprehensive...
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Bathroom Upgrades

Editors of Fine Homebuilding · The Taunton Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

This completely new edition from the editors of Fine Homebuilding will provide all the advice you need to remodel a bathroom of any size or shape, on any budget. Our pros will take you through every step of the process from choosing the best materials for your bathroom and designing to get the most...
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Turner Classic Movies: Movie Night Menus: Dinner and Drink Recipes Inspired by the Films We Love

Tenaya Darlington · Running Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Who doesn't enjoy three of life's most enjoyable social activities - eating, drinking, and movie-watching? Movie Night Menus is a food-cocktail-and-film pairing guide inspired by the classics we love perfect for date night or to entertain in style. The book highlights thirty crowd-pleasing...
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Blending Families: Merging Households with Kids 8-18

Trevor Crow · Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
Pages: 190
Format: Print book

Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores step-parenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: California

DK Travel · DK Eyewitness Travel
Pages: 632
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: California will lead you straight to the best attractions California has to offer and provides the insider travel tips you need, whether you're making the most of the nightlife or exploring historic towns and museums. Fully illustrated, it covers all the major...
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How Jesus Became God: The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee

Bart D. Ehrman · HarperOne; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Bible expert Bart Ehrman reveals how Jesuss divinity became dogma in the first few centuries of the early church.The claim at the heart of the Christian faith is that Jesus of Nazareth was, and is, God. But this is not what the original disciples believed...
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The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance

Paul Strathern · Pegasus Books
Pages: 430
Format: Print book

A vivid, dramatic, and authoritative account of perhaps the most influential family in Italian history: the Medici.A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition. Against...
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Cracking the GRE with 4 Practice Tests, 2018 Edition: The Strategies, Practice, and Review You Need for the Score You Want

PRINCETON REVIEW. · Princeton Review
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. Get all the prep you need for a perfect score on the Quantitative and Verbal sections of the GRE with 4 full-length practice tests, thorough GRE topic reviews, and extra practice online. Techniques That Actually Work. * Powerful tactics to avoid traps...
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The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom

Michael Shermer · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Michael Shermer's exploration of science and morality that demonstrates how the scientific way of thinking has made people, and society as a whole, more moralFrom Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously...
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The Joy of Cookies: Cookie Monster's Guide to Life

Cookie Monster · Imprint
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In life, there is one thing we can all agree on: cookies.And there is no greater expert on this endless source of joy, warmth, and crumbs than Cookie Monster. In The Joy of Cookies, Cookie Monster offers deep thoughts on life, friendship, baking, and the love of cookies. He serves as our guide...
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The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

BENJAMIN CARTER HETT · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happenWhy did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf...
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Cast Iron Paleo: 101 One-Pan Recipes for Quick-and-Delicious Meals plus Hassle-free Cleanup

Pamela Ellgen · Ulysses Pr
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

Paleo cooking has never been easier than with this collection of quick cast iron skillet recipesDo you love the paleo diet but it's tough finding the time to whip up nutritionally complete paleo meals every night? Especially with the added clean up time! That's why making simple...
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