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Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin
David Ritz - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz.Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left... |
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1-2-3 Magic Teen: Communicate, Connect, and Guide Your Teen to Adulthood
Thomas Phelan - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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Help your teens grow into the very best versions of themselves!From rule-breaking and risk-taking to defensive communication and disrespect, parenting a teenager can feel like modern warfare--but it doesn't have to be that way. In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, internationally renowned parenting expert... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, and Seasonal Flower Arrangements
INGRID CAROZZI - HARRY N ABRAMS
Format: Print book
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Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements.... |
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Have a Happy Family by Friday: How to Improve Communication, Respect & Teamwork in 5 Days
Dr. Kevin Leman - Fleming H. Revell Company
Format: Paperback
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Every member of a family plays a vital role in the health and happiness of the household. Everyone is important, deserves to be treated with love and respect, and needs to know that when they make mistakes they will still be loved unconditionally. And when every member of the family is pulling... |
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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
Alan Stern - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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The up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons' mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players.On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small... |
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Chair Yoga: Sit, Stretch, and Strengthen Your Way to a Happier, Healthier You
Kristin McGee - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From celebrity yoga instructor Kristin McGee comes this fun, accessible guide to 100 yoga poses and exercises that can be done in your chair and take just minutes a day. For the majority of Americans living a sedentary lifestyle (from the card-carrying couch potatoes to the 86% of American... |
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Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten
Stephen Yafa - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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A Pollan-esque look at the truth about wheat: meal or menace? No topic in nutrition is more controversial than wheat. While mega-sellers like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly suggest that wheat may be the new asbestos, Stephen Yafa finds that it has been wrongly demonized. His revealing book... |
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Scalia: A Court of One
Bruce Allen Murphy - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative, deeply researched biography of the most controversial and outspoken Supreme Court justice of our time and how he chose to be "right" rather than influential.Antonin Scalia knew only success in the first fifty years of his life. His sterling academic and legal... |
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening... |
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Magills medical guide
Bryan C Auday - Salem Press
Format: eBook
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Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. |
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The Last of the President's Men
Bob Woodward - Simon & Schuster, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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"An intimate but disturbing portrayal of Nixon in the Oval Office." - The Washington Post Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President's Men.Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield,... |
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
Matt Richtel - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Matt Richtel, a brilliant, narrative-driven exploration of technologys vast influence on the human mind and society, dramatically-told through the lens of a tragic texting-while-driving car crash that claimed the lives of two rocket scientists in 2006.In... |
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A Dictionary of Physics
Jonathan Law - Oxford University Press; 7 edition
Format: Print book
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This is the most popular dictionary of physics available, and contains almost 4,000 entries covering all commonly encountered physics terms and concepts. It also defines many terms from the related fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and physical chemistry. With over 200 new entries and full... |
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How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi - One World
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a "groundbreaking" (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society... |
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The Pho Cookbook: Easy to Adventurous Recipes for Vietnam's Favorite Soup and Noodles
Andrea Quynhgiao Nguyen - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book
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With this comprehensive cookbook, Vietnam's most beloved, aromatic comfort food--the broth and noodle soup known as pho--is now within your reach. Author Andrea Nguyen first tasted pho in Vietnam as a child, sitting at a Saigon street stall with her parents. That experience sparked a lifelong... |
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Arabian Sands: The Great Classic of Desert Literature
Wilfred Thesiger - The Viking Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously... |
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The World of Ancient Rome
James W. Ermatinger - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover
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This study of Ancient Rome offers a fascinating glimpse of what Roman society was like -- from fashion, to food, to politics and recreation -- gathered from literary works, art, and archaeological remains.* Focuses on daily life rather than dates and wars, making for engaging content for all readers*... |
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Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary
ERNIE JR JOHNSON - BAKER Book House
Format: Print book
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Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come... |
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Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
Mark Puls - Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition
Format: Deckle Edge]
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Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark... |
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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD
Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book
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By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely... |
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
MICHAEL WOLFF - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside storyof the most controversial presidency of our timeThe first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous -- and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling... |
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Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England
Liza Picard - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The Middle Ages re-created through the cast of pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.Among the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court -- men and women who spent days... |
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Artist's Market 2018
Noel Rivera - North Light Books
Format: Paperback(Forty-third Edition)
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A successful art career at your fingertips Do you want to establish or expand a career for yourself in fine art, illustration, or design? Artist's Market 2018 is the must-have reference guide you need. Thousands of successful artists have relied on us to help develop their careers and navigate... |
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No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864
Richard Slotkin - Random House
Format: Print book
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In this richly researched and dramatic work of military history, eminent historian Richard Slotkin recounts one of the Civil War's most pivotal events: the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864. At first glance, the Union's plan seemed brilliant: A regiment of miners would burrow... |
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Pierogi: More Than a Book, Less Than a National Taste Guide
Aleksandr Slyadnev - Aleksandr Slyadnev
Format: Print book
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Ukrainian culture is an authentic mixture of ancient Greek traditions, gorgeous Eastern streams and strong Western accents. Either heydays or hard times - no matter - Ukrainian nation always keeps its features, spreading nevertheless an honorable attitude to all the rest.So it is no wonder... |
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Dinner Chez Moi: 50 French Secrets to Joyful Eating and Entertaining
ELIZABETH BARD - LITTLE
Format: Print book
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Tips, tricks and recipes to make your feasts and fetes more French, from the New York Times bestselling author of Lunch in Paris and Picnic in Provence When Elizabeth Bard, a New Yorker raised on Twizzlers and instant mac and cheese, fell for a handsome Frenchman and moved... |
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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress of knowledgeIn this groundbreaking book, award-winning physicist David Deutsch argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe - and that improving them is the basic regulating... |
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Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls
Carrie Goldberg - Plume
Format: Hardcover
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Nobody's Victim is an unflinching look at a hidden world most people don't know exists - one of stalking, blackmail, and sexual violence, online and off - and the incredible story of how one lawyer, determined to fight back, turned her own hell into a revolution. "We are all a moment... |
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Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
David Flink - William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book
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An innovative, comprehensive guide - the first of its kind - to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.In Thinking Differently,... |
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Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
SCOTT EYMAN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured all of life's twists and turns.Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest... |
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The Lives of the Surrealists
DESMOND MORRIS - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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Life histories of the Surrealists, known and unknown, by one of the last surviving members of the movement -- artist and best-selling author Desmond MorrisSurrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment... |
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Mathematics for Technical and Vocational Students: A Worktext
Richard C Spangler - Pearson
Format: Paperback
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This self-paced instruction guide serves as mathematics reference to understanding and solving problems in technical and trade vocations. It contains over 4000 exercises and 1300 word problems that illustrate principles in practical situations encountered in the labor market. This book... |
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301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions
Vicky Oliver - Sourcebooks
Format: Book
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"As valuable for the executive going into her umpteenth interview as for the college grad seeking his first real job." -Richard Zackson, Business Coach, Professional Coaching NetworkIn today's job market, how you perform in an interview can make or break your hiring possibilities.... |
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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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Weight Watchers Eat! Move! Play!: A Parent's Guidefor Raising Healthy, Happy Kids
Weight Watchers - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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The commonsense parent's guide to developing smart, healthy eating habits in their children Whether it's 24/7 snacking, daily fast-food runs, or nonstop video-game marathons, nowadays it's tougher than ever to get kids to eat right and move more. Yet it is possible to encourage nutritious... |
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Five-Plant Gardens: 52 Ways to Grow a Perennial Garden with Just Five Plants
Nancy J. Ondra - Workman Pub Co
Format: Paperback
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Selecting perennial plants can be overwhelming - there are hundreds of choices, and it's difficult to know when your plants will bloom, whether they'll thrive in sunny or shady spots, and which ones will look well together. In Five-Plant Gardens, Nancy Ondra eliminates the guesswork... |
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All This Could Be Yours
Jami Attenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew? "If I know why he is the way he is then... |
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How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
David France - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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The definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic - from the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary How to Survive a Plague. A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle,... |
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Whatever.
S J Goslee - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Print book
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It's like the apocalypse came, only instead of nuclear bombs and zombies, Mike gets school participation, gay thoughts, and mother-effin' cheerleaders.Junior year is about to start. Here's what Mike Tate knows:His friends are awesome and their crappy garage band is a great excuse... |
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All-Time Best Appetizers
Cook'S Illustrated. - Americas Test Kitchen
Format: Print book
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Hosting a party is overwhelming enough; let the experts at Cook's Illustrated reduce some of the strain with this perfectly curated selection of "only the best": the 75 best appetizer recipes ever to come out of the test kitchen. An innovative organization makes it simple to put together... |
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Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys
Noel Janis-Norton - Yellow Kite
Format: Paperback
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Simple strategies for bringing out the best in boys In Calmer Easier Happier Boys, parenting expert Noel Janis-Norton explains simple strategies for the unique challenges of raising motivated, cooperative and confident boys.Using the foolproof techniques Noel has developed over many years... |
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Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation
John Ferling - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Audiobook
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Bloomsbury presents Jefferson and Hamilton by John Ferling, read by Bo Foxworth.For fans of Ron Chernows Alexander Hamilton, the spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America.The decade of the 1790s... |
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Raising Cooperative Kids: Proven Practices for a Connected, Happy Family
Marion Forgatch - Conari Press
Format: Paperback
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What's the recipe for a happy family? A spirit of cooperation. Instilling a spirit of cooperation in children is the real secret to providing the gift of a happy childhood, being a "good" parent, and building the family you've always wanted.In Raising Cooperative Kids,... |
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John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
James Traub - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Format: Print book
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John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind - a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised party and compromise, yet dedicated himself to politics and government. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president at a historic turning... |
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort - Bantam
Format: Paperback
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Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBy day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife... |
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Corvette 50th Anniversary
Consumer Guide Auto Editors - Publications International Ltd
Format: Hardcover
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Provides the history of the Corvette after fifty years of production, offering information on changes in body style, engine specifications, and production. |
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Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painters' Eyes
Paul J Staiti - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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The images accompanying the founding of the United States--of honored Founders, dramatic battle scenes, and seminal moments--gave visual shape to Revolutionary events and symbolized an entirely new concept of leadership and government. Since then they have endured as indispensable icons,... |
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Strike!
Jeremy Brecher - PM Press; Exp Rev Up edition
Format: Paperback
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Since its original publication in 1972, no book has done as much as Jeremy Brechers Strike! to bring American labor history to a wide audience. Strike! narrates the dramatic story of repeated, massive, and sometimes violent revolts by ordinary working people in America and tells this exciting... |
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The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty
J Randy Taraborrelli - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with... |
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A Brief History of Video Games
Richard Stanton - Running Press Book Publishers
Format: Paperback
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This Brief History provides a unique look at the history and culture of video games, starting with the 1960s classics like Pong to modern favorites such as Grand Theft Auto V and Bioshock. Focusing on creative and scientific advances between 1962 and today, A Brief History of Video Games... |
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Undaunted: The Real Story of America's Servicewomen in Today's Military
Tanya Biank - NAL Caliber
Format: Book
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As she did so provocatively with military spouses in Army Wives, Tanya Biank gives us the inside story of women in today's military - their professional and personal challenges from the combat zone to the home front... Since 9/11, more than 240,000 women have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan... |
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Food Processor Perfection: 75 Amazing Ways to Use the Most Powerful Tool in Your Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen (Firm) - America's Test Kitchen
Format: Print book
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America's Test Kitchen unleashes the potential of what a food processor can do with an eye-opening collection of 75 kitchen-tested recipes to make your cooking easier, faster, and better. Your food processor is a powerful tool but is often relegated to only a handful of tasks. We have... |
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS. - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words. In the seven years since the previous edition... |
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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
Ellen Notbohm - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook
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A best seller gets even better! Every parent, teacher, social worker, therapist, and physician should have this succinct and informative audiobook in their back pocket. Framed with both humor and compassion, the book describes 10 characteristics that help illuminate - not define - children... |
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Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight
Henry Hemming - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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Maxwell Knight was a paradox. A jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast (he is the author of the definitive work on how to look after a gorilla) , he is seen today as one of MI5's greatest spymasters, a man who did more than any other to break up British fascism during the Second World War - in spite... |
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The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes the Mind
Michael S Gazzaniga - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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"The father of cognitive neuroscience" illuminates the past, present, and future of the mind-brain problemHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff" -- atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells -- create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem... |
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One Fish, Two Fish, Crawfish, Bluefish: The Smithsonian Sustainable Seafood Cookbook
Carole C Baldwin - Smithsonian Institution
Format: Book
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Earth's oceans were once thought to be inexhaustible sources of food, but we now know that they cannot sustain the demands we are placing on them. Overfishing has led to the depletion of once abundant fish and shellfish species. Yet seafood is a healthy and desirable choice in our diets.... |
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The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement
Andrew G Ferguson - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcement In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked... |
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1492: The Year the World Began
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto - HarperOne; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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1492: Not Simply the YearColumbus Sailed the Ocean Blue . . .In this extraordinary, sweeping history,Felipe Fernández-Armesto traces key elements of the modern worldback to that single fateful year when everything changed.
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Quilled Mandalas: 30 Paper Projects for Creativity and Relaxation
Alli Bartkowski - Lark
Format: Print book
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Two hot trends - paper quilling and mandala-themed crafting - come together in 30 new projects from the co-owner of the popular company, Quilled Creations. Alli Bartkowski explains the basic tools and techniques of quilling, from curling and crimping the paper to forming scrolls, strips,... |
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Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered
Dianne Hales - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous artistic subjects of all timeMona Lisa. A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors... |
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The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores
Steve Ettlinger - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback
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Learn aboutthe most essential tools and hardware needed for everyday home repair and improvement with The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores.From first-time homebuyers to frequent hardware store customers, anyone who owns or rents a home will benefit from knowing... |
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The Public Library: A Photographic Essay
Robert Dawson - Chronicle Books Llc
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeous visual celebration of America's public libraries including 150 photos, plus essays by Bill Moyers, Ann Patchett, Anne Lamott, Amy Tan, Barbara Kingsolver, and many more.Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to a public library: the unmistakable musty scent,... |
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J D Vance - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year." - The Economist "A riveting book."... |
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The History of the Book in 100 Books: The Complete Story, From Egypt to e-book
Roderick Cave - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A study of books through history is a study of human history. In The History of the Book in 100 Books, the author explores 100 books that have played a critical role in the creation and expansion of books and all that they bring -- literacy, numeracy, expansion of knowledge, religion,... |
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Mayo Clinic Guide to Fibromyalgia: Strategies to Take Back Your Life
Andy Abril M.D. - Mayo Clinic Press
Format: Paperback
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Fibromyalgia is a condition that's often misunderstood by the general public and doctors alike. This book aims to dispel myths about fibromyalgia and offers practical strategies that can help anyone living with this condition manage it successfully and return to a fulfilling and enjoyable... |
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The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
Michael Matthews - Waterbury Publications Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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INTRODUCING THE #1 BESTSELLING HEALTHY COOKBOOK WITH OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD!If you want to build a body you can be proud of without starving or depriving yourself of all the foods you actually like...then you want to read this book.What if I told you that just about everything magazines... |
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Mathematics for the Trades
Robert A. Carman - Prentice Hall
Format: Paperback
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This book focuses on the fundamental concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry needed by learners in technical trade programs. A wealth of exercises and applications, coded by trade area, include such trades as machine tool, plumbing, carpentry, electrician, auto mechanic,... |
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Magill's Medical Guide
Bryan C. Ph.D. Auday - EBSCO Publishing
Format: Book
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Since 1995, Magill's Medical Guide has had a reputation for providing general readers with the most authoritative yet accessible reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias and dictionaries for professionals and popular self-help guides. The Guide is a staple... |
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Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully
James J. Cramer - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover
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Tired of phony promises about getting rich quickly, promises that lead to reckless decisions (the stepping stones to the poor house) ? How about trying something different? How about going for lasting wealth - and doing it the cautious way? In Get Rich Carefully, Jim Cramer uses his thirty-five... |
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Journeys Home: Inspiring Stories, Plus Tips and Strategies to Find Your Family History
Andrew McCarthy - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, this compelling narrative combines intriguing tales of discovery with tips on how to begin your own explorations. Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy's featured story recounts his recent quest to uncover his family's... |
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
Ruchir Sharma - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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This pioneering work demystifies the drivers behind political, economic, and social change. Shaped by his twenty-five years traveling the world, and enlivened by encounters with villagers from Rio to Beijing, tycoons, and presidents, Ruchir Sharma's The Rise and Fall of Nations rethinks... |
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Nuclear Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Charles D. Ferguson - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Originally perceived as a cheap and plentiful source of power, the commercial use of nuclear energy has been controversial for decades. Worries about the dangers that nuclear plants and their radioactive waste posed to nearby communities grew over time, and plant construction in the United... |
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Unremarried Widow: A Memoir
Artis Henderson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In this powerful memoir, a young woman loses her husband twenty years after her own mother was widowed, and overcomes two generations of tragedy to discover that both hope and love endure. Artis Henderson was a free-spirited young woman with dreams of traveling the world and one day becoming... |
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The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity
Sally Kohn - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover
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At a moment when we are facing an epidemic of incivility and hate - with divisive political speech, online trolling, and hate crimes escalating - popular CNN commentator Sally Kohn sets out to discover why we hate and how can stop it. As a progressive commentator on Fox News and now CNN,... |
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Agatha Christie: A Mysterious life
LAURA THOMPSON - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the New York Times bestselling The Six now turns her formidable biographical skills to the greatest crime writer in the world, Agatha Christie. It has been one hundred years since Agatha Christie wrote her first novel and created the formidable Hercule Poirot. A brilliant... |
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The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies?
Nisha Zenoff - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback
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In The Unspeakable Loss, Nisha offers support, guidance and wisdom from others who have experienced the death of a child, as well as her personal story after the death of her beloved 17-year-old son, Victor, and her insight as a grief counselor and psychotherapist. Charting the long... |
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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
danah boyd - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An essential read, written by a leading expert, for anyone who wants to understand young people's use of social media What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do social media affect the quality of teens' lives? In this eye-opening... |
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Office 2019 All-in-One For Dummies
PETER WEVERKA - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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One book that does the work of nineKnowing your way around Microsoft Office requires you to be part mathematician, part storyteller, and part graphic designer - with some scheduling wizard and database architect sprinkled in. So what do you do if these talents don't come naturally to you?... |
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The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo: 1826-1851
Isobel Charman - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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Set in the heart of swirling, Dickensian London, the wondrous history of a unique institution and the incredible characters -- human and animal -- that populated it. The founding of a zoo in Georgian London is a story of jaw-dropping audacity in the Age of Empire. It is the story of diplomats,... |
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Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?
Heath Fogg Davis - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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Goes beyond transgender to question the need for gender classification.Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Whether on birth certificates or college admissions applications or on bathroom doors,... |
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The Autobiography Of Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt - Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback
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The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a distant relative and Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt; he gradually ascended throughout the world... |
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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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The Iron Road: An Illustrated History of the Railroad
Christian Wolmar - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Written by Christian Wolmar, author of the critically acclaimed The Great Railroad Revolution, The Iron Road is a richly illustrated account of the rise of the rails across the world. From the historic moment in September 1830 when the first train ran between Liverpool and Manchester, to the high... |
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The Complete Guide to Veterans' Benefits: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply
Bruce C Brown - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc; 1 edition
Format: Book
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Retiring or being discharged from the military is one of the most trying times for service members. You must leave your military life and training to venture once more into the civilian life, transition into a civilian career, and navigate the waters of life without the military. But the good... |
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Henry David Thoreau: A Life
Laura Dassow Walls - University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge... |
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Celebrate Everything!: Fun Ideas to Bring Your Parties to Life
Darcy Miller - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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MAKE YOUR CELEBRATIONS MEMORABLE!Packed with planning strategy and original ideas, Celebrate Everything!, from recognized celebrations expert Darcy Miller, is the ultimate guide to making special occasions unforgettable. Darcy invites readers to dozens of parties she's thrown, and shares... |
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The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur
Mark Perry - Basic Books (AZ)
Format: Hardcover
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At times, even his admirers seemed unsure of what to do with General Douglas MacArthur. Imperious, headstrong, and vain, MacArthur matched an undeniable military genius with a massive ego and a rebellious streak that often seemed to destine him for the dustbin of history. Yet despite... |
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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
Matt Taibbi - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWSA scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis Over the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime... |
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Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir
Jill Bialosky - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Bialosky's erudite and instructive approach to poetry [is] itself a refreshing tonic." - Chicago Tribune "Wisdom and deep compassion...make [Bialosky's book] a tremendous asset both to readers and other writers." - The Washington Post An unconventional... |
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The Last Draft: A Novelist's Guide to Revision
Sandra Scofield - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction... |
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
WILLIAM MCRAVEN - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Should be read by every leader in America...a book to inspire your children and grandchildren to become everything that they can." --Wall Street Journal"Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national... |
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A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea
Richard Phillips - Hyperion; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans."--President Barack Obama It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk... |
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Magill's Literary Annual 2015: 2 Volume Set - Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access
Salem Press - Salem Press; Har/Psc edition
Format: Hardcover
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Each year, Magills Literary Annual critically evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous calendar year. the philosophy behind our selection process is to cover works that are likely to be of interest to general readers, that are written by authors being... |
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Charm School18 Quilts from 5" Squares: A Beginner's Guide
Vanessa Goertzen - C&T Publishing
Format: Print book
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Put charm squares to the test with 18 quilts using precut 5" x 5" squares. Start with fresh, beginner-friendly patterns and build your skills to sew snowballs, stars, flying geese, and more. Using precuts from your stash or your own charms cut from scraps or yardage, you'll... |
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The Stonewall Reader
New York Public Library - Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
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For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White.June 28, 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which is considered... |
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Plan Your Estate
DENIS CLIFFORD - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Turn to Plan Your Estate for straightforward, plain-English explanations of each of your estate-planning options, so you can make the best decisions for you and those you love. Attorney Denis Clifford shows you how to: avoid probate leave property through a will or trust use life insurance... |
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Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Sarah Jaffe - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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"Sarah Jaffe marches into the class war, fighting the good fight with a pen as sharp as any sword." - Bill Moyers"The most compelling social and political portrait of our age." - Robin D. G. KelleyWe are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social... |
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
Gino Segrè - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book
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Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction... |
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Uncommon Voyage: Parenting Children With Special Needs - A Guidebook
Laura Shapiro Kramer - BookBaby
Format: Paperback
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Laura Shapiro Kramer has turned her experience raising a special-needs child (already detailed in her successful memoir) into a guidebook for other parents.The e-book and web site contain multiple resources and she is building a community of support through Facebook, Twitter, and at uncommonvoyage.com. |
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Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy
Jennifer Grayson - Harper
Format: Print book
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Since the rise of artificial formula, we have turned a biological process into a never-ending controversy: A mother breastfeeding her three-year-old son on the cover of Time magazine sets off a firestorm. Facebook takes down photos of women nursing, citing the content as "offensive."... |
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Rick Steves Spain 2020
Rick Steves - Rick Steves
Format: Paperback
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Walk the Camino de Santiago, run with the bulls in Pamplona, or relax on Barcelona's beaches: experience Spain with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Spain 2020 you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to SpainRick's strategic advice on how to get the most... |
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One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Following in 30 Days
BRENDAN KANE - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover
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You and your organization have the ability, talent, and desire to change the world as we know it. The first crucial step is getting your brand's message in front of the right people. But that's not an easy feat. More than 60 billion online messages are sent into the world every... |
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Rick Steves Scandinavia
Rick Steves - Avalon Travel Publishing
Format: Paperback
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia.With this guide, you'll set sail to Europe's most prosperous corner - a smorgasbord of Viking ships, deep green fjords, stave churches, brooding... |
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Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
Kurt Andersen - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P. T. Barnum to Disneyland to zealots of every stripe . . . to Donald Trump. In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, one of our sharpest... |
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Master of His Fate
Barbara Taylor Bradford - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford comes the first book in a stunning new historical saga.Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming,... |
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Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children
SARA ZASKE - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Bringing Up Bebe and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, a clarion call and practical guide for a return to rational parenting, from an American woman who learned how to raise strong, self-reliant children by following the common sense approach of German parenting.... |
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The Third War
Jay Solomon - Random House
Format: Print book
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For readers of Steve Coll's Ghost Wars and Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower comes a riveting, deeply reported exploration of the decades-long power struggle between Iran and the United States that led to a historic - and potentially disastrous - nuclear deal. For more... |
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A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
Jimmy Carter - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Print book
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In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic human rights: the ongoing discrimination and violence against women and girls.President Carter was encouraged to write this book... |
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Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Fourth Edition, Revised and Updated
Rob Thallon - The Taunton Press
Format: Print book
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A classic reference, the Graphic Guide to Frame Construction is a comprehensive visual handbook filled with hundreds of meticulous drawings showing the framing details you need to understand when building with wood. This revised fourth edition reflects the most recent changes in residential... |
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The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover
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A dramatic, deeply informed account of one of the most consequential elections and periods in American history 1968 - rife with riots, assassinations, anti-Vietnam War protests, and realpolitik - was one of the most tumultuous years in the twentieth century, culminating in one of the most... |
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The Mackay MBA of Selling in The Real World
Harvey Mackay - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Harvey Mackay is a legend - his best sellers Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt were named by the New York Times as two of the most inspirational business books of all time. Now hes back with the sum total of decades of sales... |
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Mayo Clinic Family Health Book
Scott C. Litin - Mayo Clinic
Format: Hardcover
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The comprehensive 5th edition of the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book draws upon the knowledge and expertise of more than 4,500 physicians, scientists and researchers. Prior editions of this trusted medical reference guide have sold more than 1.5 million copies. And with 38 chapters and almost... |
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Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade
Robert B Cialdini - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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The author of the legendary bestseller Influence, social psychologist Robert Cialdini shines a light on effective persuasion and reveals that the secret doesn't lie in the message itself, but in the key moment before that message is delivered.What separates effective communicators... |
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The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload
Daniel J. Levitin - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more - and faster... |
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Frommer's EasyGuide to Washington, D.C. 2017
Elise Hartman Ford - Frommermedia
Format: Print book
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Our carefully-revised and up-to-date Easy Guide to the nation's capital tells of recent additions to the city's attractions that make it more compelling than ever. The worth of this easy-to-carry, easy-to-consult, 320-page guidebook is shown by its standing as the fifth most popular... |
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The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present
Allan J. Lichtman - Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Americans have fought and died for the right to vote. Yet the world's oldest continuously operating democracy guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. In this rousing work, the best-selling author of The Case for Impeachment calls attention to the founders'... |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly... |
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Nolo's IEP Guide: Learning Disabilities
LAWRENCE M SIEGEL - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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How to advocate for your child's education. According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2.4 million children in the U.S. are diagnosed with learning disabilities - and these children have unique educational needs. While federal law entitles each of these children to an "appropriate"... |
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Squeezed: Why Our Families Can't Afford America
ALISSA QUART - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Squeezed weaves together intimate reporting with sharp and lively critique to show how the high cost of parenthood and our increasingly unstable job market have imploded the middle-class American Dream for many families, and offers surprising solutions for how we might change thingsFamilies... |
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