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Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War

James Risen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format: Print book

War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars,...
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Great Vegan Meals for the Carnivorous Family: 75 Delicious Dishes for Herbivores, Carnivores and Everyone in Between

Amanda Logan - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

Incredible Plant-Based Meals For Everyone Amanda Logan -- the founder of My Goodness Kitchen and a "vegan living with carnivores" -- saves you from having to make double the meals and do double the dishes with 75 meatless, egg-less and dairy-free recipes the whole family will...
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His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir

Dan Jenkins - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback

From Dan Jenkins - one of America's most respected and acclaimed sportswriters and author of the bestselling novels Semi-Tough and Dead Solid Perfect - comes a colorful, sentimental, hilarious, and cantankerous memoir about his lifelong journey through the world of sports. "Sometimes,...
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The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils It

Helen Scales - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

"The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean." A golden...
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The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual

Roger Marshall - Timber Press
Format: Book

The ultimate guide to growing inside! A greenhouse can bring you spectacular rewards - if you know how to maximize its potential. In this easy-to-use guide, Roger Marshall covers all the basics - how to choose, heat, irrigate, and maintain your greenhouse - as well how to grow scores of popular...
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The Cocktail Party: Eat Drink Play Recover

Mary Giuliani - Ballantine Books,
Format: Print book

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THROWING THE PERFECT PARTY - FROM ONE OF TODAY'S MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CATERERS. When A-listers want to host a standout event, they call New York caterer Mary Giuliani. Her motto Eat. Drink. Play. Recover. She prefers a "simple yet special" approach to entertaining...
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Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America

Eyal Press - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Drone pilots who carry out targeted assassinations. Undocumented immigrants who man the "kill floors" of industrial slaughterhouses. Guards who patrol the wards of the United States' most violent and abusive prisons. In Dirty Work, Eyal Press offers a paradigm-shifting view...
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Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Color: An Autobiography

Kaffe Fassett - Stewart, Tabori and Chang; 1ST edition
Format: Book

Kaffe Fassett has led an extraordinary life and is a captivating storyteller with a vivid memory. Born in 1937, he spent much of his youth in Big Sur, California, where his parents bought a cabin from Orson Welles and transformed it into the world-famous Nepenthe restaurant, a gathering...
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Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

Joanna Schwartz - Viking
Format: Hardcover

An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police misconduct, from one of the country's leading scholars on policingIn recent years, the high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have brought much-needed attention...
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