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The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City

William B. Helmreich - Princeton University Press; Reprint edition
Format: Book

As a kid growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father they called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line and ride it to its final destination, and explore the neighborhood there. Decades later, Helmreich teaches university courses about New York,...
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

M. Chris Fabricant - ?Akashic Books
Format: Hardcover

Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider's journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo."No one in America will ever know the number of innocent people convicted, sent to prison,...
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Freedom from Your Inner Critic: A Self-Therapy Approach

Jay Earley PhD - Sounds True; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

We've all heard the voice of the inner critic-that part of us that judges us, shames us, and makes us feel inadequate. "You don't want to give in to the Critic, and it doesn't really work to fight against it," explains Dr. Jay Earley. "But there is a way to transform...
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One Long Night

Andrea Pitzer - Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback

A groundbreaking, haunting, and profoundly moving history of modernitys greatest tragedy: concentration camps.For over 100 years, at least one concentration camp has existed somewhere on Earth. First used as battlefield strategy, camps have evolved with each passing decade, in the scope...
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Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (TED Books)

Dan Ariely - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation - showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined.. Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much...
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Why Smart Kids Worry: And What Parents Can Do to Help

Allison Edwards - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Why does my child seem to worry so much? Being the parent of a smart child is great—until your son or daughter starts asking whether global warming is real, if you are going to die, and what will happen if they don't get into college. Kids who are advanced intellectually often...
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Older Americans Information Directory 2013/2014

Richard Gottlieb - Grey House Pub; 9 edition
Format: Print book

This Second Edition, completely updated for 1999/2000, is a comprehensive guide to resources for and about Older Americans, detailing National and State Organizations, Government Agencies, Health, Research Centers, Libraries and Information Centers, Legal Resources, Discount Travel Information...
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

Melissa Fleming - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

The stunning story of a young woman, an international crisis, and the triumph of the human spirit.Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight -- just debris from the ship's wreckage and floating corpses all around -- nineteen-year-old Doaa Al Zamel floats with a small inflatable water ring...
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Everybody's Brother

CeeLo Green - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

He inspires awe with his colorful costumes and helps ordinary people find a Voice. With vocals so effective in fact, theyre almost otherworldly, he turned a four-letter word into a global phenomenon. Without a doubt, CeeLo Green is a superhero of soul-and every superhero has an origin story....
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Food as Medicine: 150 Plant-Based Recipes for Optimal Health, Disease Prevention, and Management of Chronic Illness

Sue Radd - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

Anxiety, asthma, dementia, depression, diabetes, emphysema, MS, Parkinson's disease . . . the latest scientific research is showing plant-based diets can reduce risks or better manage chronic diseases - and more. Food as Medicine is more than a cookbook, it is a blueprint for eating...
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