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Bicycling the Blue Ridge: A Guide to the Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway

Elizabeth Skinner · Menasha Ridge Press; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Book

There is no ribbon of highway more ideal for cycling than the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway – they both entice the senses and physically challenge the body. This new edition continues as the definitive guide to a cyclist’s dream road, offering completely updated information...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2015

Bob Sehlinger · Unofficial Guides
Format: Book

The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland by Bob Sehlinger Seth Kubersky makes Disneyland one of the most accessible theme parks in the world. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes the guesswork out of the readers vacation. Whether they are at Disneyland for a day or a week,...
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Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness

Al Cambronne · Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

In 1942 America fell in love with Bambi. But now, that love-affair has turned sour.  Behind the unassuming grace and majesty of America’s whitetail deer is the laundry list of human health, social, and ecological problems that they cause. They destroy crops, threaten motorists,...
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A Child of Christian Blood: Murder and Conspiracy in Tsarist Russia: The Beilis Blood Libel

Alex Beam · Schocken
Format: Kindle Edition

Library Journal02/15/2014 Relying on a previously top secret and unexplored trove of documents, Levin (producer, Good Morning America) tells the fascinating and disturbing story of a Jewish man falsely accused of murdering a boy in Kiev in 1911. The trial of Mendel Beilis was less a legal...
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Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand · Random House
Pages: 473
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year awardOn a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces...
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Quicken 2014 For Dummies

Stephen L. Nelson · For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

The classic guide to the market-leading personal finance software returns, updated and revised throughout!In the latest edition of this perennial bestseller, financial expert Stephen Nelson shows you how to take control of your finances and get them in order quickly with Quicken 2014, the number...
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Classic baseball stories

Jeff Silverman · Lyons Press
Format:  eBook : Document : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats

Before multimillion-dollar salaries, luxury boxes, and player strikes became synonymous with professional sports, there existed the belief in playing simply for the love of the game. Nothing captures that spirit better than these twenty classic pieces about America's favorite pastime....
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Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor

Clinton Romesha · Dutton Books
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the fourteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of "Black Hawk Down "by Mark Bowden and "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. "'It doesn't get better. ' To us, that...
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Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide to Living with the Challenges Associated with Post Concussion Syndrome and Brain Trauma

Diane Roberts Stoler · Avery; 1 edition
Format: Book

Endorsed by the leading professional experts in the field of brain injury, Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, is a must-have guide for managing life in the aftermath of concussion. Often presenting itself after a head trauma, concussion-- or mild traumatic brain injury...
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The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914

Margaret MacMillan · Random House
Pages: 739
Format: Hardcover

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Home alone and happy!: Essential life skills for preventing separation anxiety in dogs and puppies

Kate Mallatratt · Hubble & Hattie
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Why do owners wait until their dog becomes anxious when alone at home, before investing time in teaching him how to become comfortable alone? Owners often assume that their dog will sleep, yet many dogs suffer from anxiety and stress when left alone - and some owners only discover this...
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The Most Important Year: Pre-Kindergarten and the Future of Our Children

Suzanne M Bouffard · Avery
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it? Cutting-edge...
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Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies

DAN GOOKIN · For Dummies
Pages: 504
Format: Paperback

Stop being a prisoner to your PC! Need a PC problem fixed in a pinch? Presto! Troubleshooting & Maintaining Your PC All-in-One For Dummies offers 5 books in 1 and takes the pain out of wading through those incomprehensible manuals, or waiting for a high-priced geek to show up days or weeks...
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Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other

CRAIG GROSSI · William Morrow
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel America together, "spreading the message of stubborn positivity."In 2010, Sergeant Craig Grossi was doing intelligence work for Marine...
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