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BLACK TUDORS : african lives in renaissance england
- Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardcover
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Seeking to overturn the common assumption that there were no black communities in Britain before Caribbean immigration after the Second World War." -- The New Yorker "Highly readable yet intensively researched... lively prose and fascinating microhistories, [BLACK TUDORS]... |
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Wilkie Collins: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd - Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Wilkie Collins, author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White, two early masterpieces of mystery and detection. Short and oddly built, with a head too big for his body, extremely nearsighted, unable to stay still, dressed in colorful... |
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Ashlee Vance - Ecco
Format: Paperback
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New York Times and International Bestseller Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and AmazonMore than 1 million copies sold In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary... |
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J. M. W. Turner: Painting Set Free
David Blayney Brown - J. Paul Getty Museum; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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When the prolific British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner 17751851 died at the age of 76, his contemporaries held a generally negative view of his recent work, describing it as indulgent, eccentric, and even repulsive. But over the past century, a number of curators and critics have... |
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The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
Christie Watson - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover
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A moving, lyrical, beautifully-written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down... |
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Making Winter: A Hygge-Inspired Guide to Surviving the Winter Months
EMMA MITCHELL - Lark Crafts
Format: Hardcover
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Banish those cold-weather blues and embrace winter with the power of crafts and the Danish practice of hygge! Want to survive those dark and freezing winter months? The Danish do it with hygge - a concept that's all about coziness, simple pleasures, and the company of loved... |
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Turned Toys: 12 Fun Projects to Create for Children
Mark Baker - The Taunton Press
Format: Print book
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If you have woodturning experience, now you can create something truly special for family and friends. These beautiful hand-crafted toys are as enjoyable to make as they are to play with. Clear step-by-step instructions, detailed photographs, and easy-to-follow diagrams start with simple... |
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Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty
Will Beemer - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book
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The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-color photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step instructions,... |
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The Red Bandanna
Tom Rinaldi - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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A New York Times bestsellerWhat would you do in the last hour of your life? The story of Welles Crowther, whose actions on 9/11 offer a lasting lesson on character, calling and courage One Sunday morning before church, when Welles Crowther was a young boy, his father... |
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Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family
Kathy Mckeon - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny - and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady.In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen years old and newly arrived from... |
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Bit Rot: stories essays
Douglas Coupland - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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A thought-provoking, binge-worthy new collection of essays, stories, and musings from Douglas Coupland, Bit Rot explores the different ways in which twentieth-century notions of the future are being shredded, and it is a literary gem of the digital age."Bit rot" is a term used... |
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The Chaos of Empire: The British Raj and the Conquest of India
Jon Wilson - Public Affairs
Format: Print book
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"Jon Wilson visits often ignored arenas of British-Indian contact to mount a devastating critique of British rule. The exercise of sovereignty . . . was deemed sufficient unto itself. Policy-making was chaotic and implementation uneven. . . . The only constant was violence. This is a brave... |
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The Sirtfood Diet
AIDAN GOGGINS - North Star Way
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the international diet sensation that will help you lose seven pounds in seven days while experiencing lasting energy and eating all the foods you love.Over the past few years, fasting has become a popular diet option. Studies show that fasting - whether through moderate calorie... |
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The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Misrables
David Bellos - Farrar
Format: Print book
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The definitive biography of the world's most popular novelPutting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information... |
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The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love
Michael Lemonick - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking... |
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In Search of Pharrell Williams
Paul Lester - Overlook Press
Format: Paperback
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A groundbreaking biography of rapper and producer Pharrell Williams. Pharrell Williams is one of the biggest names on today's top 40 charts. He's won eleven Grammys (and immeasurable attention for his Grammys fashion choices) , been nominated for an Oscar, and is about to begin... |
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Slow Cooker Family Favorites: Classic Meals You'll Want to Share
Maggie Shi - Countryman Press
Format: Print book
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Old school favorites -- snacks, sides, mains, sweets, and more -- adapted for the slow cooker Slow cooker food conjures images of meat and potatoes -- using a different sauce every day doesn't hide the fact that it's pot roast again. But who has time for incredibly complex recipes... |
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Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home
D'anne Burwell - FocusUp Books
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2015 USA BEST BOOK AWARD in the category of Health: Addiction & Recovery.D'Anne Burwell's smart, athletic son--raised in a loving and prosperous home--begins abusing OxyContin as a teenager, and within a year drops out of college, walks out of rehab, and lands... |
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Live Fast Die Hot
Jenny Mollen - Doubleday
Format: Print book
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By the New York Times bestselling author, an outrageous collection of personal essays about adulthood, responsibility, and other potential disasters Jenny Mollen is a writer and actress living in New York. Until two years ago, her lifewas exciting, sexy, a little eccentric, and one hundred... |
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The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
David George Haskell - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees "At once lyrical and informative, filled with beauty." - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth ExtinctionDavid Haskell's award-winning The Forest... |
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Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less
Tiffany Dufu - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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A bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement who shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child,... |
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World In My Eyes: The Autobiography
Richard Blade - Indigo River Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Richard Blade's autobiography is much more than a spotlight on any one decade. Instead, he gives you a jaw-dropping, uncensored insider's look into the world of music, movies, and television and its biggest stars, starting in the sixties and continuing through to the new century.... |
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Obama: An Oral History
Brian Abrams - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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The first ever comprehensive oral history of President Obama's administration and the complex political machine that created and powered a landmark American presidency.In this candid oral history of a presidential tenure, author Brian Abrams reveals the behind-the-scenes stories that illuminate... |
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Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
JEFF GOINS - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the marketplace. For centuries, the myth of the starving artist has dominated our culture,... |
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Appetites: A Cookbook
Anthony Bourdain - Ecco
Format: Print book
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Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he's cooking, it's for family... |
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Digital Literacy For Dummies
Faithe Wempen - John Wiley & Sons
Format: eBook
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Develop and implement essential computer technology - with confidence Do you want to develop an understanding of technology to enhance your education, career, or personal life, but feel inhibited by your digital literacy? Fear not! Written in plain English and absent of undecipherable... |
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Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook
JAMIE OLIVER - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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Jamie Oliver's Christmas Cookbook is packed with all the classics you need for the big day and beyond, as well as loads of delicious recipes for edible gifts, party food, and new ways to love those leftovers.It's everything you need for the best Christmas ever.Inside you'll find... |
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Obsessed with Star Wars: Test Your Knowledge of a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Benjamin Harper - Chronicle Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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In what detention block was Princess Leia held What was the diameter of the Death Star Who retrieved C-3P0's head in the Battle of Geonosis These questions and more will challenge even the most die-hard Star Wars fans. Now available in paperback, this bestselling trivia book of 2,500... |
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A Colony in a Nation
Chris Hayes - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning news anchor Chris Hayes argues that there are really two Americas: a Colony and a Nation.America likes to tell itself that it inhabits a postracial world, yet nearly every empirical measure -- wealth, unemployment, incarceration,... |
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The Art of the Wasted Day
PATRICIA HAMPL - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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"A sharp and unconventional book - a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history's champion day-dreamers." - Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air"A spirited inquiry into the lost value of leisure and daydreamThe Art of the Wasted Day is a picaresque... |
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Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers
Annette Goliti Gutierrez - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Hand-made style for outdoor living Outdoor style often comes at a high price, but it doesn't have to. This lushly designed guide empowers you to create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric.... |
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Leathercraft: Inspirational Projects for You and Your Home
GMC Editors - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd.
Format: Print book
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Learn how to make lovely leather projects with a professional finish. This exciting new book features fabulous handcrafted items for your wardrobe and your home. Most of the projects are suitable for those new to leatherwork, and those who have some experience of the craft will be inspired... |
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Flneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Lauren Elkin - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Best Books of the Month (March 2017) The New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceFinancial Times, New Statesman and The Guardian Best Books of 2016The flneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals... |
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals
SY MONTGOMERY - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species... |
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Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants
Stefani Bittner - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book
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Harvest is a beautifully photographed guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, and more.Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful... |
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The Career Code: Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career
Hillary Kerr - Abrams Image
Format: Print book
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The co-founders of the hugely successful Who What Wear empire share their best career advice for smart, stylish, self-starting women of all professional levels. In The Career Code, the third book in the smash-hit Who What Wear series, fashion and digital entrepreneurs Katherine... |
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The Best of Cooking with Beer
Sara Dumford - Unfiltered Media Group Ll
Format: Print book
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With over one hundred exciting, inspiring recipes for cooking with beer and fantastic photography, this book will be a collector's dream. Featuring favorite recipes from Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine and our annual Cooking with Beer special issues, this book provides a unique collection... |
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Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
David J Silverman - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format: Print book
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The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America's indigenous peoples -- a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks... |
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Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time
Steve Jenkins - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FARUnlikely pig owners Steve and Derek got a whole lot more than they bargained for when the designer micro piglet they adopted turned out to be a full-sized 600-pound sow In the bestselling tradition of pet memoirs such as Oogy,... |
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150 Best Interior Design Ideas
none - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover
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An in-depth review of the latest trends in residential interior designs from internationally renowned architects and designers, showcasing 150 full-color profiles and 500 pages of color photos - an outstanding addition to the popular 150 Best series.In 150 Best Interior Design Ideas you'll... |
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The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived: A True Story of My Family
Tom Shroder - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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A veteran of the Washington Post and Miami Herald among others, Shroder has made a career of investigative journalism and human-interest stories, from interviewing South American children who claim to have memories of past lives for his book Old Souls, to a former Marine suffering from... |
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Easy Fair Isle Knitting: 26 Projects with a Modern Twist
Martin Storey - Trafalgar Square Pub
Format: Print book
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This collection of easy Fair Isle knits from renowned knitwear designer Martin Storey has 26 designs for you, your home; and your friends and family, all of which use only two colors in a row. Well within the grasp of even a novice Fair Isle knitter. Martin has included a range of softly... |
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Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius
Laurence Bergreen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The definitive biography of the impoverished child, abandoned by his parents, who became the famous writer, notorious libertine, and self-invented genius whose name still resonates today: Giacomo Casanova.Today, "Casanova" is a synonym for "great lover," yet the real... |
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The Skin Above My Knee
Marcia Butler - Little
Format: Print book
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The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline... |
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Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know
Jonathan P. Caulkins - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Should we legalize marijuana If we legalize, what in particular should be legal Just possessing marijuana and growing your own Selling and advertising If selling becomes legal, who gets to sell Corporations Co-ops The government What regulations should apply How high should taxes be Different... |
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Taste of Persia: A Cook's Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan
Naomi Duguid - Artisan
Format: Print book
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Though the countries in the Persian culinary region are home to diverse religions, cultures, languages, and politics, they are linked by beguiling food traditions and a love for the fresh and the tart. Color and spark come from ripe red pomegranates, golden saffron threads, and the fresh... |
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The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea
Chris Jericho - Gotham; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author, wrestler, metal rocker, and over-the-top media personality shares his latest wild and hilarious adventuresWorld Wrestling Entertainment has named Chris Jericho as one of the top ten wrestlersand one of the top five talkersof all time. Certainly, the past... |
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I'm Fine...And Other Lies
WHITNEY CUMMINGS - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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Well, well, well. Look at you, ogling my book page. . . . I presume if you're reading this it means you either need more encouragement to buy it, you're very bored in an airport, or we used to date and you're trying to figure out if you should sue me or not. Here are all the stories... |
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A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House
Gil Schafer, III. - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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For award-winning architect Gil Schafer, the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate the small moments of life - houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and anchored in a distinct sense of place. Essentially, Schafer believes a house is truly successful when the people... |
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Awkward: The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome
Ty Tashiro - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward - and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success.As humans, we all need to belong.... |
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The Costume Making Guide: Creating Armor and Props for Cosplay
Svetlana Quindt - Impact
Format: Print book
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Bring your cosplay dreams to life with your own two hands! The Best Cosplay Tutorial Guide Ever! Get ready to impress ordinary mortals with your superhuman costume-making skills. You can do it no matter what your experience level with this, the first full step-by-step technique book on cosplay--with... |
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The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact
CHIP HEATH - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us - and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable... |
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The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football
S C Gwynne - Scribner
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling, award-winning historian S.C. Gwynne tells the incredible story of how Hal Mumme and Mike Leach - two unknown coaches who revolutionized American football in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s - changed the way the game is played at every level, from high school... |
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Joy DeGruy Leary - Joy Degruy Publications Inc
Format: Paperback
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In the 16th century, the beginning of African enslavement in the Americas until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment and emancipation in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological,... |
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StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work
Marcus Buckingham - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Groundbreaking Strengths Assessment from the Leader of the Strengths Revolution. In the years since the publication of First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover Your Strengths, millions have come to the simple but powerful realization that to get the most out of people, you must... |
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Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
John Nixon - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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Set for release on the 10th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution, a riveting, revealing and newsmaking account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history,... |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Kim Phillips-Fein - Metropolitan Books
Format: Print book
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An epic and riveting history of New York City on the edge of disaster--and an anatomy of the politics of austerity that continues to shape the world todayWhen the news broke in 1975 that New York City was on the brink of fiscal collapse, few believed it was possible: how could the capital... |
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Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know
Kristen A Feemster - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Immunization is regarded by many as one of the greatest advances in modern civilization. The widespread use of vaccines has led to increases in life expectancy, reductions in the occurrence of childhood diseases, and is generally credited with saving millions of lives annually. But since... |
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Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power
Neal Gabler - Yale University Press 2016.
Format: Print book
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Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her generation" by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is "one of the natural wonders of the age." Streisand scaled the heights of entertainment - from a popular vocalist... |
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Simple Fare: Spring and Summer
KAREN MORDECHAI - Abrams
Format: Paperback
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Simple Fare: Spring/Summer is a beautifully illustrated cookbook featuring seasonal, market-driven fare that encourages readers to cook simply and intuitively.Karen Mordechai of the acclaimed Brooklyn-based food community Sunday Suppers shares her meals for cooking at home and her studio.... |
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The Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from the Feminist Revolutions
Rebecca Solnit - Haymarket Books
Format: Print book
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Praise for Men Explain Things to Me:"It's a fraught time to be female in America (or should I say fraught-er) , and Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me is the most clarifying, soothing, and socially aware document I've read on the topic this year." - Lena Dunham,... |
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Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
Harold Schechter - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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In the pantheon of serial killers, Belle Gunness stands alone. She was the rarest of female psychopaths, a woman who engaged in wholesale slaughter, partly out of greed but mostly for the sheer joy of it. Between 1902 and 1908, she lured a succession of unsuspecting victims to her Indiana... |
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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer - Gallery Books
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times Bestseller "Amy Schumer's book will make you love her even more. For a comedian of unbridled (and generally hilarious) causticity, Schumer has written a probing, confessional, unguarded, and, yes, majorly humanizing non-memoir, a book that trades less on sarcasm,... |
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Small Victories: Recipes, Advice Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs
Julia Turshen - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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"I can't wait to cook my way through this amazing new book," Ina Garten writes in the foreword to this cookbook of more than 400 recipes and variations from Julia Turshen, writer, go-to recipe developer, co-author for best-selling cookbooks such as Gwyneth Paltrow's It's All Good,... |
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Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
Loudon Wainwright, III - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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Loudon Wainwright III, the son of esteemed Life magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr., is the patriarch of one of America's great musical families. He is the former husband of Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, and father of Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright... |
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Age of Anger: A History of the Present
Pankaj Mishra - Farrar
Format: Print book
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One of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisisHow can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful... |
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Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by their Trace Fossils
Anthony J. Martin - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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CSI meets Jurassic Park in a fascinating, revelatory look at dinosaurs and their world through the million-year-old clues they left behind What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a165-million year history... |
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So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
David Browne - Da Capo Press
Format: eBook
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The Grateful Dead’s long, strange trip has been the subject of countless books—but none like So Many Roads. Drawing on new interviews with surviving members and people in their inner circle along with previously unknown details gleaned from the group’s extensive archives,... |
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Obama: The Call of History
PETER BAKER - New York Times/Callaway
Format: Print book
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Peter Baker's authoritative history of the Obama presidency is the first complete account that will stand the test of time. Baker takes the measure of Obama's achievements and disappointments in office and brings into focus the real legacy of the man who, as he described himself, "doesn't... |
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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition
Paul Scherz - Mcgraw-Hill Education, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A Fully-Updated, No-Nonsense Guide to ElectronicsAdvance your electronics knowledge and gain the skills necessary to develop and construct your own functioning gadgets. Written by a pair of experienced engineers and dedicated hobbyists, Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition,... |
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback
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WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION In Evicted, Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as "wrenching and revelatory" (The... |
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Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
James Q. Whitman - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American... |
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Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
Mitchell Duneier - Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015.
Format: Print book
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On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto -- a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck.In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto... |
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The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss
Sandra Marinella - New World Library
Format: Paperback
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A practical and inspiring guide to transformational personal storytelling, The Story You Need to Tell is the product of Sandra Marinella's pioneering work with veterans and cancer patients, her years of teaching writing, and her research into its profound healing properties. Riveting... |
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Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.
DANIELLE ALLEN - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy.In a shattering work that shifts between a woman's private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar's fierce critique of the American prison... |
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Do Your Om Thing: Bending Yoga Tradition to Fit Your Modern Life
Rebecca Pacheco - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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From an acclaimed master yoga teacher and creator of one of the most popular yoga blogs on the Internet comes a contemporary guide to the full mind-body practice, combining intention and enlightenment with athleticism and physicality.While the practice of yoga encourages fitness, its benefits... |
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Etsy Excellence: The Simple Guide to Creating a Thriving Etsy Business
Tycho Press - Tycho Press
Format: Print book
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The Ambitious Crafters Guide to a Profitable Etsy Shop More than a marketplace, Etsy is a community--and being an active, informed member can lead to lucrative results. This book provides actionable steps to help shop owners engage the Etsy community in authentic ways that attract buyers... |
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There Is No F*cking Secret: Letters From a Badass Bitch
KELLY OSBOURNE - PUTNAM
Format: Print book
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People ask Kelly Osbourne all the time: "What's your secret?" Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective isn't hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight: from growing up completely exposed to the heavy... |
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Obratnyy adres
Aleksandr Genis - AST
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Novaia kniga Aleksandra Genisa ne pokhozha na predydushchie. Literatury v nei menshe, zhizni bolshe, no iumora stolko zhe. ©Obratnyi adres© " eto odisseia po arkhipelagu pamiati. Na kazhdom ostrove (Lugansk, Kiev, Riazan, Riga, Parizh, Niu-Iork i vsia Russkaia Amerika) nas zhdut... |
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Eat Right 4 Your Type
Peter D'Adamo - New American Library
Format: Print book
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DIET PHENOMENONIf you've ever suspected that not everyone should eat the same thing or do the same exercise, you're right. In fact, what foods we absorb well and how our bodies handle stress differ with each blood type. Your blood type reflects your... |
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Master the PSAT/NMSQT
PETERSON'S. - Peterson's
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Peterson's? Master the PSAT/NMSQT? provides complete test preparation for the newly redesigned PSAT/NMSQT and PSAT 10 exams, both aligned to the redesigned SAT?. PSAT/NMSQT scores not only enable students to see how they might do on the SAT, but they also give students a chance to qualify... |
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Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive
Bradley R Staats - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Keep learning, or risk becoming irrelevant.It's a truism in today's economy: the only constant is change. Technological automation is making jobs less routine and more cognitively challenging. Globalization means you're competing with workers around the world. Simultaneously, the internet... |
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A New Day One: Trauma, Grace, and a Young Man's Journey from Foster Care to Yale
Rodney Walker - Advantage Media Group
Format: Paperback
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Every day is a new opportunity toA N E W DAY ONE W A L K E Rget it right.No one can go back and make a new beginning, but anyone canstart today and make a new ending. Growing up on the South Sideof Chicago, Rodney faced incredible hardships in the foster caresystem and coping with family... |
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The Case for Impeachment
ALLAN J LICHTMAN - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year." - The Hill"It is still striking to see the full argument unfold and realize that you don't have to be a zealot to imagine some version of it happening ... Lies. Abuse of power. Treason.... |
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American Girl Cooking: Recipes for Delicious Snacks, Meals & More
Williams-Sonoma - Weldon Owen
Format: Print book
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The second book from Williams-Sonoma and American Girl, American Girl Cooking, is packed with great recipes fit for any occasion! Learn how to whip up tasty treats for movie nights, picnics, fiestas, family dinners, and more! Filled with delicious snacks, soups and salads, main dishes,... |
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Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the First Rabbis Had to Say About You-Know-What
Maggie Anton - Banot Pr
Format: Print book
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Amusing. Seductive. Stimulating. We're talking about the Talmud? That's right. Take fifty actual Talmudic discussions, mix in pithy sayings (appropriate and inappropriate) by luminaries from Mae West and Amy Schumer to George Washington and Gandhi, add a few cartoons, and voila... |
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Love, Lashes, and Lipstick: My Secrets for a Gorgeous, Happy Life
Mally Roncal - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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From A-list celebrity makeup artist and Mally Beauty founder Mally Roncal comes an inspirational guide to living a gorgeous life inside and out, with step-by-step beauty lessons and personal stories about how inner strength, a positive outlook, and plenty of mascara can empower and uplift... |
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Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science
Peter Watson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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A brilliant history of science over the past 150 years that offers a powerful new argument - that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths.Convergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. Various scientific disciplines,... |
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Logical Family: A Memoir
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers." - Neil Gaiman"I fell in love with Maupin's effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family... |
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The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason
Ali A Rizvi - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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In much of the Muslim world, religion is the central foundation upon which family, community, morality, and identity are built. The inextricable embedment of religion in Muslim culture has forced a new generation of non-believing Muslims to face the heavy costs of abandoning their parents'... |
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The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book
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In the humane tradition of Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers comes a searing account of the international refugee crisis. Intrepid and empathetic, Patrick Kingsley has traveled through seventeen countries to bear witness to the largest forced migration since the end of World... |
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Africa 2015-2016
Francis Wiafe-Amoako - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Fiftieth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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The World Today Series: Africa provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends. Each country is examined through the following sections: Basic... |
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Why We Work
Barry Schwartz - Simon & Schuster/ Ted
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening, groundbreaking tour of the purpose of work in our lives, showing how work operates in our culture and how you can find your own path to happiness in the workplace.Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising,... |
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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces
Michelle Slatalla - Artisan
Format: Print book
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Our homes' outdoor spaces can - and should - be as welcoming and carefully considered as our living rooms; when treated as extensions of our homes, these spaces enrich our lives immeasurably. That was the guiding principle when, under the direction of editor in chief Michelle Slatalla (whose... |
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Hollywood at Play: The Lives of the Stars Between Takes
Stephen X Sylvester - Lyons Press
Format: Print book
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Fans from around the world continue to be fascinated by classic-era Hollywood (1925-1960) and its larger-than-life stars. Nostalgia for this simpler, more glamorous time offers a safe and temporary escape from our complex lives. The authors capture this era with in Hollywood at Play, featuring... |
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There's a Mystery There: The Primal Vision of Maurice Sendak
Jonathan Cott - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary, path-breaking, and penetrating book on the life and work and creative inspirations of the great children's book genius Maurice Sendak, who since his death in 2012 has only grown in his stature and recognition as a major American artist, period. Polymath and master interviewer... |
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Fix My Knee: A Guide to Preventing and Healing from Injury and Strain
George Demirakos - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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In 2015, there were roughly 10.4 million patient visits to doctors' offices because of common knee injuries such as fractures, dislocations, sprains, and ligament tears. It is one of the most common problems affecting the muscles and joints of the body after back and neck pain, and is the most... |
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Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
Steven Pressfield - Black Irish Entertainment
Format: Paperback
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The follow-up to his bestseller The War of Art, Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice. "You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind." --Steven Pressfield TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT'S... |
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The Signals Are Talking
Amy Webb - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Amy Webb is a noted futurist who combines curiosity, skepticism, colorful storytelling, and deeply reported, real-world analysis in this essential book for understanding the future. The Signals Are Talking reveals a systemic way of evaluating new ideas bubbling up on the horizon - distinguishing... |
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Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism
Nancy Wang Yuen - Rutgers University Press
Format: Print book
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When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability,... |
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Superfandom: How Our Obsessions are Changing How We Buy and Who We Are
Zoe Fraade-Blanar - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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As fandom sheds its longtime stigmas of geekiness and hysteria, fans are demanding more from the celebrities and brands they love. Digital tools have given organizations from traditional businesses to tech startups direct, real-time access to their most devoted consumers, and it s easy... |
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Blockchain For Dummies
Tiana Laurence - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, the revolutionary 'virtual currency' that's changing the way people do business. While Bitcoin has enjoyed some well-deserved hype, Blockchain may be Bitcoin's... |
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Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables
Joshua McFadden - Artisan
Format: Hardcover
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"Never before have I seen so many fascinating, delicious, easy recipes in one book. . . . [Six Seasons is] about as close to a perfect cookbook as I have seen . . . a book beginner and seasoned cooks alike will reach for repeatedly." - Lucky PeachThe debut cookbook... |
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Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
Gary Krist - Crown; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans'... |
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The shipwrecked mind : on political reaction
Mark Lilla - New York Review Books
Format: Paperback
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We don't understand the reactionary mind. As a result, argues Mark Lilla in this timely book, the ideas and passions that shape today's political dramas are unintelligible to us. The reactionary is anything but a conservative. He is as radical and modern a figure as the revolutionary, someone... |
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Genuine Value : The John Deere Journey
John Gerstner - Deere & Co
Format: Hardcover
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Genuine Value: The John Deere Journey plows a contemporary furrow through the heritage of one of Americas oldest and most respected corporations. The book pairs a collection of rare photos with statements illuminating the companys four sustaining values -- quality, innovation, integrity,... |
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What Comes Next and How to Like It: A Memoir
Abigail Thomas - Scribner
Format: Print book
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In her bestselling and beloved memoir A Three Dog Life, Abigail Thomas wrote about the tragic loss of her husband. In What Comes Next and How to Like It, she writes about aging, family, creativity, tragedy, friendship, and the richness of life. And it is exhilarating.What... |
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Broadcasting Happiness: The Science of Igniting and Sustaining Positive Change
Michelle Gielan - Benbella Books
Format: Hardcover
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We are all broadcasters. And the messages we choose to broadcast predict our success.All of us constantly broadcast information to others, even when we don't say a word. Sales professionals broadcast to potential clients in a way that wins new business. Managers broadcast to their teams... |
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Healing Arthritis: Your 3-Step Guide to Conquering Arthritis Naturally
Susan Blum - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the bestselling The Immune System Recovery Plan shares her science-based, drug-free treatment plan for the almost fifty million people who suffer from arthritis: an amazing 3-step guide to eliminate the disease naturally.Arthritis is the most common cause of disability... |
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir
WENDY MITCHELL - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer's disease." - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends... |
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Drunks: An American History
Christopher M Finan - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present dayToday, millions of Americans are struggling with alcoholism, but millions are also in long-term recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous and a growing number of recovery organizations are providing... |
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Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World
Matthieu Ricard - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook
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The author of the international best seller Happiness makes a passionate case for altruism - and why we need it now more than ever.In Happiness, Matthieu Ricard demonstrated that true happiness is not tied to fleeting moments or sensations, but is an enduring state of soul rooted in mindfulness... |
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Blast the Sugar Out!: Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, Live Better
IAN K M D SMITH - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Do you want to lose weight?In BLAST the Sugar Out!, Ian K. Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shred Power Cleanse, will guide you to eat well -- and frequently -- while controlling carbohydrates and dropping pounds to get to goal. You will lose weight... |
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Pema ChoÌdroÌn - Shambhala
Format: Print book
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Pema Chodron's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library.... |
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Astronomy For Dummies
STEPHEN P MARAN - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Your updated guide to exploring the night sky Do you know the difference between a red giant and a white dwarf? From asteroids to black holes, this easy-to-understand guide takes you on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring updated star maps, charts, and an insert with gorgeous full-color... |
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The House of Owls
Tony Angell - Yale Univ Press
Format: Print book
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Tony Angell, master artist and naturalist, offers an intimate account of owls he has observed, admired, and depicted for decades For a quarter century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting... |
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Comfort and Joy: Cooking for Two
Christina Lane - The Countryman Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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More desserts for two -- plus brunch, lunch and dinner -- easily adjusted should unexpected guests drop by!Just off the success of Dessert for Two, author Christina Lane is back with a gorgeous full-color cookbook filled with delicious meals for every hours of the day. Her signature friendly... |
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The Road to Ruin: The Global Elites' Secret Plan for the Next Financial Crisis
James Rickards - Portfolio Penguin
Format: Print book
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The bestselling author of The Death of Money on how investors can prepare for the next financial panic - and why it's coming sooner than you think. The global economy has made what seems like an incredible comeback after the financial crisis of 2008. Yet this comeback is artificial.... |
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Timeless Journeys: Travels to the World's Legendary Places
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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From Machu Picchu to the Pyramids of Giza and beyond, this travel-lover's delight takes readers on a breathtaking visual journey to the world's most historic wonderlands. Pack your bags for an extraordinary adventure with National Geographic to the places that have captivated our imaginations... |
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LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide
Philip Wilkinson - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Created in close collaboration with The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker, LEGO® Architecture visionary, LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide takes a deep look at the artists, builders, and inspiration behind the LEGO Architecture series. Beautifully illustrated and annotated, this visual... |
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World
Abigail Tucker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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A lively adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture in search of how cats conquered the world, the Internet, and our hearts.House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed... |
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You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships
DEBORAH TANNEN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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This warm, wise exploration of female friendship from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don't Understand will help women lean into these powerful relationships.A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Best friend, old friend, good friend, bff, college roommate,... |
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The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
Douglas Murray - Bloomsbury Continuum
Format: Hardcover
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The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable... |
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One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Lives
Bernd Heinrich - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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The acclaimed scientist's encounters with individual wild birds, yielding "marvelous, mind-altering" (Los Angeles Times) insights and discoveries In his modern classics One Man's Owl and Mind of the Raven, Bernd Heinrich has written memorably about his relationships... |
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Toni Tennille: A Memoir
Toni Tennille - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Print book
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Since bursting onto the scene in the mid '70s, the pop duo Captain and Tennille have long defined the sparkling, optimistic idea of everlasting love, both in their music and through their image as a happy and, seemingly, unbreakable couple. They were an irresistible pair to millions of fans... |
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My iPhone for Seniors
Brad Miser - Que
Format: Print book
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This new edition of the best-selling My iPhone for Seniors book helps you quickly get started with Apple s newest operating system and use its features to look up information and perform day-to-day activities from anywhere, any time. Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone photos... |
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Win at Losing: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead to Our Greatest Gains
Sam Weinman - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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An engaging, inspiring exploration of the surprising value of setbacks - and how we can use them to succeed As an award-winning sports journalist, Sam Weinman has long studied the ripple effects of losing. But as a father of two competitive boys, he struggled to convince them that failing... |
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Office 2016 at Work For Dummies
Faithe Wempen - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Get more productive using the new features in Microsoft Office 2016! It may seem like an eternity since your IT department upgraded you to the latest version of Microsoft Office. Prepare yourself, because Office 2016 is packed with updated features and new ways to increase your productivity... |
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VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow's Leaders
Cristal Glangchai - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From an engineer and entrepreneur, a conversation-changing parenting book about how to engage young women in science, technology, engineering, and math, filled with practical advice for both parents and educators. As the female CEO of a tech startup, Dr. Cristal Glangchai was outnumbered... |
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Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table
LANGDON COOK - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food: salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild - thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant... |
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron.... |
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Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech
HEATHER CABOT - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the women who haven't asked for permission from Silicon Valley to chase their dreams. They are going for it -- building the next generation of tech start-ups, investing in each other's ventures, crushing male hacker stereotypes and rallying women and girls everywhere to join the digital... |
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Bannon: Always the Rebel
Keith Koffler - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding ousted White House advisor and Breitbart CEO Steve Bannon, whose nationalist populist agenda and firebrand style drove President Donald Trump to his stunning electoral victory. Koffler traces Bannon's wild and distinctly... |
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Insider Brooklyn: A Curated Guide to New York City's Most Stylish Borough
Rachel Felder - Harperdesign
Format: Print book
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A trend and shopping expert and fourth-generation New Yorker's chic, full-color guide to the best boutiques, shopping routes, restaurants, cafes, and bars in New York City's "It" borough, highlighting more than 200 favorite destinations and shops for both style-oriented travelers... |
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Take This Man: A Memoir
Brando Skyhorse - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 One of NBC Newss 10 Best Latino Books of 2014 From PENHemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boys turbulent childhood growing... |
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Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own
Kate Bolick - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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"A single woman considers her life, the life of the bold single ladies who have gone before her, and the long arc of slowly changing attitudes towards women"-- |
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The Complete Guide to Raising Chickens: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply
Tara Layman Williams - Atlantic Publishing Group
Format: Print book
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In this book, you will learn how chickens are raised on a small farm, from hatching to egg cultivation, and ultimately slaughter. A 16-page color insert showcases different breeds as well as general chicken photos. With more than 200 breeds, you will learn which kind is right for you, and how to purchase... |
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Feeling Jewish: (A Book for Just About Anyone)
Devorah Baum - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this sparkling debut, a young critic offers an original, passionate, and erudite account of what it means to feel Jewish - even when youre not.. Self-hatred. Guilt. Resentment. Paranoia. Hysteria. Overbearing Mother-Love. In this witty, insightful, and poignant book, Devorah Baum delves... |
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The Hero's Body: A Memoir
William Giraldi - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Print book
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A memoir of motorcycles and muscles, of obsession and grief, and of a young man who learned how to stay alive through literature. At just forty-seven years old, William Giraldi's father was killed in a horrific motorcycle crash while racing on a country road. This tragedy, which forever... |
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Love and other ways of dying : essays
Michael Paterniti - Dial Press
Format: eBook : Document : English
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In this moving, lyrical, and ultimately uplifting collection of essays, Michael Paterniti turns a keen eye on the full range of human experience, introducing us to an unforgettable cast of everyday people. Michael Paterniti is one of the most original and empathic storytellers working... |
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Woolly Woofers: Over 20 Knitwear Designs for Dogs of All Shapes and Sizes
Debbie Bliss - Lark Crafts
Format: Print book
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Knittings gone to the dogsand its absolutely adorable! Theres something for pups of all shapes and sizesand for every occasionin this collection of 22 whimsical knitwear patterns, all created by design sensation Debbie Bliss. The fun selection includes a classic cabled Aran pullover to keep... |
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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch That Changed My Life
Rick Ankiel - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch - not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition... |
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Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves
Kat Kinsman - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Joining the ranks of such acclaimed accounts as Manic, Brain on Fire, and Monkey Mind, a deeply personal, funny, and sometimes painful look at anxiety and its impact from writer and commentator Kat Kinsman.Feeling anxious? Can't sleep because your brain won't stop recycling thoughts? Unable... |
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Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper
Nicholas Irving - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary special operations sniper and best-selling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful audiobook on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irvings 10 most significant kills - none of which... |
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The South's Best Butts: Pitmaster Secrets for Southern Barbecue Perfection
Matt Moore - Oxmoor House
Format: Print book
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In The South's Best Butts, food writer and Southern gentleman, Matt Moore, waves away clouds of smoke to give barbecue-lovers a sneak peek into the kitchens and smokehouses of a handful of the Barbecue Belt's most revered pitmasters. He uncovers their tried-and-true techniques gleaned over... |
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Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
Bob Berman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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How much do you know about the radiation all around you?Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see,... |
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A Stitch of Time: The Year a Brain Injury Changed My Language and Life
Lauren Marks - Simon and Schuster
Format: Print book
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For fans of Brain on Fire and My Stroke of Insight, an incredible first-person account of one woman's journey to regaining her language and identity after a brain aneurysm affects her ability to communicate.Lauren Marks was twenty-seven, touring a show in Scotland with her friends,... |
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Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from An Unlikely Life on a Farm
Molly Yeh - Rodale Books
Format: Print book
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In 2013, food blogger and classical musician Molly Yeh left Brooklyn to live on a farm on the North Dakota-Minnesota border, where her fianc was a fifth-generation Norwegian-American sugar beet farmer. Like her award-winning blog My Name is Yeh, Molly on the Range chronicles her life... |
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Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
Jen Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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Life is messy for each of us. But Jen Hatmaker reminds us that its okay to admit that were all in the same boat. Join New York Times bestselling author and honorary big sister Jen as she shares hilarious tales, shameless honesty, and unconditional hope for the woman whos forgotten her moxie.We... |
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