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The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves
Charles Fernyhough - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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A luminous exploration of the nature of thoughts, from daydreams to the voices in our headsAt the moment you caught sight of this book, what were you thinking? Was your thought a stream of sensations? Or was it a voice in your head? Did you ask yourself, "I wonder what that's about?"... |
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE - ALFRED A KNOPF Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise... |
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The Rising: Murder, Heartbreak, and the Power of Human Resilience in an American Town
Ryan D'Agostino - Crown Publishing Group (NY) Format: Hardcover
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The astonishing story of one man's recovery in the face of traumatic loss - and a powerful meditation on the resilience of the soul On July 23, 2007, Dr. William Petit suffered an unimaginable horror: Armed strangers broke into his suburban Connecticut home in the middle of the night,... |
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen - Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Audiobook
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"Writing about yourself is a funny business ... But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I've tried to do this." - Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band... |
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Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
Lynne Cox - Alfred A. Knopf Format: Print book
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From inspired and inspiring open-water swimmer and supreme athlete, able to endure cold water temperatures that would kill others, author of Swimming to Antarctica ("Riveting" - Sports Illustrated) and Grayson ("Moving, mystical" - People)... |
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016
P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press Format: Hardcover
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This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692.... |
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Winning the Math Homework Challenge: Insights for Parents to See Math Differently
Catheryne Draper - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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If you've ever been stumped by your child's math homework, this is the book for you. Winning the Math Homework Challenge shares students' reasoning, thinking, and even misunderstandings about mathematics to provide you with the opportunity to see math through their eyes, including... |
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To Kingdom Come: An Epic Saga of Survival in the Air War Over Germany
Robert J. Mrazek - NAL Hardcover; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The breathtaking, never-before-told, true story of a historic air- force bombing mission in 1943 Germany. On September 6, 1943, three hundred and thirty-eight B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the American Eighth Air Force took off from England, bound for Stuttgart, Germany, to bomb... |
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo - Random House Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta "Reading with Patrick could be the most affecting book you'll read this year."... |
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Ordinary Light: A memoir
Tracy K Smith - Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. Format: Print book
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National Book Award Finalist From the dazzlingly original Pulitzer Prize-winning poet hailed for her "extraordinary range and ambition" (The New York Times Book Review) : a quietly potent memoir that explores coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a complex backdrop of race,... |
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening
Meg Stout - Alpha Books Format: Paperback
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening is a comprehensive guide to aquaponic gardening, from choosing a setup to selecting fish and vegetables. In addition to everything one needs to know to run a healthy aquaponic garden and care for both the vegetables and fish, there... |
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Power Play: How Video Games Can Save the World
Asi Burak - St Martin'S Press Format: Print book
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The phenomenal growth of gaming has inspired plenty of hand-wringing since its inception--from the press, politicians, parents, and everyone else concerned with its effect on our brains, bodies, and hearts. But what if games could be good, not only for individuals but for the world? In Power... |
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Modern Rustic
Emily Henson - Ryland Peters & Small Format: Hardcover
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At its heart, the modern rustic look celebrates the fabric of a home, from the roof beams to the brickwork. This style revels in earthy colours and rich textures; in natural materials such as wood and stone; and the ruggedly handsome bones of a building. In this book, stylist Emily Henson... |
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl
Martin Windrow - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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The story of an odd couple-a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen yearsMartin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's... |
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The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans
Janelle Moore - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Updated Second Edition edition Format: Print book
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The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury. To soldiers and their families coping with the shock and reality of the injuries, figuring out what to do next - even completing tasks that seem easy like submitting paperwork - can be overwhelming... |
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Detroit Hustle: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Home
Amy Haimerl - Running Press Format: Print book
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Journalist Amy Haimerl and her husband had been priced out of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Seeing this as a great opportunity to start over again, they decide to cash in their savings and buy an abandoned house for $35,000 in Detroit, the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy.As... |
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The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders
Evelyn B. Kelly Ph.D. - Greenwood Format: Hardcover
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This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders.* Provides readers with interesting facts and insights into unusual or rarely seen diseases... |
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Tokyo Geek's Guide: Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols & More
GIANNI SIMONE - Tuttle Publishing Format: Paperback
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Tokyo is ground zero for Japan's popular "Geek" or otaku culture - a phenomenon that has now swept across the globe.This is the most comprehensive guide ever produced to Tokyo's geeky underworld. It provides a comprehensive run-down on each major Tokyo district where geeks... |
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You'll Grow Out of It
Jessi Klein - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer,... |
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Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets
Jim Tolpin - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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This book shows woodworkers how to: choose cabinet designs and use unique style details; design layouts to fit any space; customize doors and drawers; choose the right hardware and countertops; install cabinets quickly and efficiently and adjust hardware for smooth operation. |
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Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses
Dharma Mittra - New World Library Format: Paperback
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Asanas: 708 Yoga Postures is the most comprehensive illustrated guide to classic hatha yoga ever published. There is absolutely nothing like it currently available. In 1974, legendary "teacher of teachers" yogi Dharma Mittra created the Ultimate Yoga Chart as an offering to his guru,... |
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Saving Charlotte: A Mother and the Power of Intuition
Pia de Jong - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Best-selling author Pia de Jongs vivid memoir about her newborn daughters battle with leukemia and the startling decision that led to her recovery.On a still summer night in a seventeenth-century canal house in Amsterdams old quarter, Pia de Jong gives birth to a delicate, bright-eyed baby... |
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Managing Your Child's Chronic Pain
Tonya M. Palermo - Oxford University Press, USA Format: Paperback
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"Madeline is a 15-year-old girl with abdominal pain and headaches that occur most days of the week. Because of her pain, she has missed 99 days of school this year and is no longer able to play volleyball. Her parents have taken her to see a number of specialists and she has tried... |
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Pawpaw: In Search of America's Forgotten Fruit
Andrew Moore - Chelsea Green Publishing Company Format: Hardcover
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The largest edible fruit native to the United States tastes like a cross between a banana and a mango. It grows wild in twenty-six states, gracing Eastern forests each fall with sweet-smelling, tropical-flavored abundance. Historically, it fed and sustained Native Americans and European... |
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The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir
Ariel Levy - Random House Format: Print book
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A gorgeous, darkly humorous memoir for readers of Cheryl Strayed about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention When thirty-eight-year-old New Yorker writer Ariel Levy left for a reporting trip to Mongolia in 2012, she was pregnant, married, financially secure, and successful... |
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Living Artfully: Create the Life You Imagine
Sandra Magsamen - Free Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Brilliant, life-changing, beautiful, Living Artfully will instruct and inspire readers to liberate their creativity and transform their daily existence into the life of their dreams. To Magsamen, art is communication; and Living Artfully is connecting with each other in creative ways, through... |
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Billion-Dollar Ball: A Journey Through the Big-Money Culture of College Football
Gilbert M. Gaul - Viking Format: Hardcover
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"A penetrating examination of how the elite college football programs have become 'giant entertainment businesses that happened to do a little education on the side.'" - Mark Kram, The New York TimesTwo-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Gilbert M. Gaul offers a riveting... |
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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor - Amistad Format: Hardcover
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In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow... |
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Egg Shop: The Cookbook
Nick Korbee - William Morrow Cookbooks Format: Hardcover
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An appealing, stunningly designed full-color cookbook featuring more than 100 recipes for favorite food and drinks from the Egg Shop, New York City's beloved all-hours brunch-and-cocktails hangout.For first-time restaurateurs Demetri Makoulis and Sarah Schneider and chef/partner Nick Korbee,... |
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Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth
Hilary Spurling - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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The much honored biographer unearths the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels captured ordinary life in China. |
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Martha Stewart's Dinner at Home: 52 Quick Meals to Cook for Family and Friends
Martha Stewart - Clarkson Potter; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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Two hundred recipes perfect for dinner when you have a little timebut not all dayto cook. For meals that are meant for sharing with friends and family but created with busy cooks in mind, Martha Stewarts Dinner at Home is a new classic that cooks of all levels will depend on. Whether youre... |
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The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Adam Braun - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful... |
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Fodor's Essential Ireland
Fodor'S. - Fodor'S Format: Print book
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With an array of dazzling photographs, this book deftly guides the traveler through all the sights and experiences--from Connemara to Georgian Dublin to pub culture to Irish dance--that make the Emerald Isle one of Europe's most popular destinations. |
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Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America
Tom Lutz - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Crying, a witty, wide-ranging cultural history of our attitudes toward work—and getting out of it Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed,... |
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One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game
John Feinstein - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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John Feinsteins illuminating recollections from two decades of interviews with sports legends. John Feinsteins career is a sports fans dream-a lifetime of encounters with the great figures in sports, not just on the field, but in the locker room and behind the scenes with legends like Bob Knight,... |
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Basic Illustrated Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms
Jim Meuninck - Falcon Guides; First Edition edition Format: Print book
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For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether... |
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The Romani Gypsies
Yaron Matras - Belknap Press; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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"Gypsies" have lived among Europeans since the Middle Ages. Yet Roms still seem exotic to Westerners, who often rely on fictional depictions for what they know, or think they know, about this much-misunderstood people. The Romani Gypsies challenges stereotypes that have long been... |
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Man of the Year: A Memoir
LOU COVE - FLATIRON Books Format: Print book
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For one 1970's family, the center may not hold, but it certainly does fold.In 1978 Jimmy Carter mediates the Camp David Accords, Fleetwood Mac tops charts with Rumours, Starsky fights crime with Hutch, and twelve-year-old Lou Cove is uprooted from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Salem,... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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Jo Malone: My Story
Jo Malone - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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Known around the world for her eponymous brand of fragrances and now her brand-new venture Jo Loves (soon to debut in the US) , Jo Malone tells the remarkable and inspiring story of her rise from humble beginnings to beloved business success.Jo Malone began her international fragrance... |
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Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream
Sara Goldrick-Rab - The University of Chicago Press Format: Print book
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If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right? Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite simply, college is far too expensive... |
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Ava Gardner: A Life in Movies
Kendra Bean - Running Press Format: Hardcover
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Still renowned for her sultry screen performances, down-to- earth personality, and famed lifelong love affair with Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner left an indelible mark on Hollywood history and led a life as adventurous as any film script.Ava is an illustrated tribute to a legendary life. Authors... |
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
Ruth Franklin - Liveright Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2016 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Pick of 2016 An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of 2016 A Time Magazine Top Nonfiction of 2016 A Seattle Times Best Book of 2016 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 An NPR 2016's Great Read A Boston Globe Best Book... |
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Wild Drinks & Cocktails: Handcrafted Squashes, Shrubs, Switchels, Tonics, and Infusions to Mix at Home
Emily Han - Fair Winds Press, 2015. Format: Print book
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Create your own handcrafted drinks and cocktails using local, fresh, or foraged ingredients.Tired of boring, artificial, too-sweet drinks? Go wild! It's time to embrace drinks featuring local, fresh, or foraged ingredients. It's easy with Wild Drinks & Cocktails.Using ingredients... |
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Rise: How a House Built a Family
Cara Brookins - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn... |
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Apples to Cider: How to Make Cider at Home
April White - Quarry Books Format: Paperback
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Make great cider at home with just a few ingredients and minimal equipment--with some help from Stephen Wood and the crew behind Farnum Hill Ciders.In Apples to Cider, these cidermakers and their colleagues share decades of experience and a simple philosophy: Cider is all about the apples.... |
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The Price of Illusion: A Memoir
Joan Juliet Buck - Atria Books Format: Print book
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From Joan Juliet Buck, former editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue comes her dazzling, compulsively readable memoir: a fabulous account of four decades spent in the creative heart of London, New York, Los Angeles, and Paris, chronicling her quest to discover the difference between glitter... |
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Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
Dan Ephron - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A riveting story about the murder that changed a nation: the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.The assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel's recent history, and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory... |
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In Gratitude
Jenny Diski - Bloomsbury Format: Print book
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The future flashed before my eyes in all its pre-ordained banality. Embarrassment, at first, to the exclusion of all other feelings. But embarrassment curled at the edges with a weariness ... I got a joke in. "So - we'd better get cooking the meth," I said to the Poet.In... |
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Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
Jessica Fechtor - Avery Format: Hardcover
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An exquisite memoir about how food connects us to ourselves, our lives, and each other. At 28, Jessica Fechtor was happily immersed in graduate school and her young marriage, and thinking about starting a family. Then one day, she went for a run and an aneurysm burst in her brain. She nearly... |
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The Correspondence
J D Daniels - Farrar Format: Print book
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The first collection from a Whiting Writers' Award winner whose work has become a fixture of The Paris Review and n 1Can civilization save us from ourselves? That is the question J. D. Daniels asks in his first book, a series of six letters written during dark nights of the soul. Working... |
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Why Not Me?
Mindy Kaling - Three Rivers Press (CA) Format: Print book
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From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey... |
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Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build Your Credibility, Career, and Company
Kevin Cope - Greenleaf Book Group Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERAn MBA in 180 pages, Seeing the Big Picture simplifies the complexities of businesses large and small and shows you how a deep understanding of your company can help build the credibility and career you want. And it can make your... |
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Heart of Glass: A Memoir
Wendy Lawless - Gallery Books Format: Print book
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Author of the New York Times bestseller Chanel Bonfire, Wendy Lawless chronicles her twenties: the darkly funny story of a girl without a roadmap for life who leaves her disastrous past to find herself in the gritty heart of 1980s New York City.Before downtown Manhattan was scrubbed... |
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Top 10 Rome
INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK Eyewitness Travel Format: Paperback
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This newly updated pocket travel guide for Rome will lead you straight to the best attractions the city has to offer, from the iconic Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain to beautiful piazzas and delicious gelato.True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Rome covers all the city's... |
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World War I and America: Told By the Americans Who Lived It
A. Scott Berg - Library Of America Format: Print book
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For the centenary of America's entry into World War I, A. Scott Berg presents a landmark anthology of American writing from the cataclysmic conflict that set the course of the 20th century. Few Americans appreciate the significance and intensity of America's experience of World War I, the global... |
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Creative Change: Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It
Jennifer Mueller - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions --and finds some surprising conclusions. All corporate CEOs, top executives, and other business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive... |
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Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
LELAND MELVIN - Amistad Format: Hardcover
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In this moving, inspirational memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success.Leland Melvin is the only... |
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2015 Poet's Market: The Most Trusted Guide for Publishing Poetry
Robert Lee Brewer - Writer'S Digest Format: Book
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The most trusted guide to getting poetry published!Want to get your poetry published? There's no better tool for making it happen than the 2015 Poet's Market, which includes hundreds of publishing opportunities specifically for poets, including listings for book/chapbook publishers,... |
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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
Christine Carter Phd - Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science... |
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Uganda Be Kidding Me
Chelsea Handler - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever. On safari in Africa, it's anyone's... |
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The Hidden Machinery: Essays on Writing
Margot Livesey - Tin House Books Format: Paperback
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A masterclass for those who love reading literature and for those who aspire to write it."Read everything that is good for the good of your soul. Then learn to read as a writer, to search out that hidden machinery, which it is the business of art to conceal and the business of the apprentice... |
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American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ronald C. White - Brilliance Audio Format: Audiobook
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A major new biography of the Civil War general and American president, by the author of the New York Times bestseller A. Lincoln. The dramatic story of one of Americas greatest and most misunderstood military leaders and presidents, this is a major new interpretation of Ulysses S. Grant.... |
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time
Maria Konnikova - Penguin Books 2016. Format: Print book
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"It's a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime." - Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White CityThink you can't... |
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The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of Americas Highest Office
Jeremi Suri - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics In The Impossible Presidency, celebrated historian Jeremi Suri... |
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ATI TEAS Strategies, Practice & Review with Practice Test: Online Book
Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub Format: Print book
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Fully updated for the new ATI TEAS exam blueprint Schools of nursing and allied health use the Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) to assess applicants for admission. This exam will change on August 31, 2016, when the ATI TEAS test is released. This new version of the test will replace... |
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It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality
Michelangelo Signorile - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the groundbreaking bestseller Queer in America, a myth-shattering look at the present and future of gay rights Marriage equality has surged across the country. Closet doors have burst open in business, entertainment, and even major league sports. But as longtime advocate... |
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The Secret Life of Your Cat: Unlock the Mysteries of Your Pet's Behavior
Vicky Halls - Firefly Books; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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A comprehensive illustrated book that reveals why cats behave the way they do. The Secret Life of Your Cat uncovers the biology and physiology behind the uniquely feline approach to life and, in particular, how cats have adapted to living with humans. The book examines the cat inside out,... |
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The Friends of Jesus
Karen Kingsbury - Howard Books Format: Hardcover
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America's favorite inspirational novelist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a richly told tale about six of Jesus' closest friends and companions, bringing biblical truths to life in this captivating continuation of her Life-Changing Bible Study series.In our everyday... |
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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
Kate T. Parker - Workman Publishing Format: Hardcover
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Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls... |
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Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
RYAN HOLIDAY - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author and marketing strategist Ryan Holiday reveals to creatives of all stripes - authors, entrepreneurs, musicians, filmmakers, fine artists - how a classic work is made and marketed.In Hollywood, a movie is given a single weekend to succeed before being written off. In Silicon... |
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Crowdsourcing: Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, & the Distributed Economy
Lightning Guides - Lightning Guides Format: Paperback
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From investor incentives, to detailed explorations of today's best funded campaigns, to a complete guide for launching your next project, Crowdsourcing: Uber, Airbnb, Kickstarter, & The Distributed Economy provides a current, comprehensive introduction to the art of raising capital... |
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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
Wendy Pearlman - Custom House Format: Hardcover
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LONG-LISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDALReminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime testimonies and poetic fragments from a cross-section of Syrians whose lives have been transformed by revolution, war, and flight.Against the backdrop... |
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Post Office Jobs: The Ultimate 473 Postal Exam Study Guide and Job FInder
Dennis V Damp - Bookhaven Press LLC Format: Print book
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The all-new sixth-edition of Post Office Jobs provides an overview of what jobs are available, including many that don't require written tests and how to apply for them. You will also find a comprehensive 473/473E study guide with helpful test-taking strategies that could dramatically... |
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged
DK PUBLISHING. - DK Format: Hardcover
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Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance.Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular... |
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A People's History of the United States
HOWARD ZINN - Harper Format: Hardcover
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"Historians may well view it as a step to a coherent new version of American history." - Eric Foner, New York Times Book ReviewWith an introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five-year history and demonstrates... |
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Lonely Planet Scotland
LONELY PLANET. - LONELY PLANET PUBNS Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Scotland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sip the water of life, whisky, in an ancient pub, trace the trails of the clanspeople... |
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Our Dreaming Mind
Robert L. Van De Castle - Ballantine Books; Reprint edition Format: Book
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A MASTERPIECE ON DREAMS...This book is a singular resource.... If it inspires you to remember your dreams, this book will change your life. If it inspires you to act on your dreams, this book will change the world.--Henry Reed Author of Getting Help from Your Dreams and Dream SolutionsIn... |
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The Essential Poet's Glossary
Edward Hirsch - Mariner Books Format: Print book
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"An instant classic that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious poet and literature student." - Washington Post A Poet's Glossary was an extraordinary achievement, a definitive source for poets and poetry lovers alike. Now, The Essential Poet's Glossary gleans the very... |
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Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops
Charles Campisi - Scribner Format: Print book
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This eye-opening, richly authentic memoir by the longest serving chief of NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau reveals what it's like to expose and put away the bad cops - so that they won't tarnish the majority who wear the uniform.Charles Campisi headed the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau from... |
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2018 Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas
Rand McNally - Rand McNally Format: Spiral-bound
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Give road-weary eyes a break with this spiral-bound Large Scale edition featuring all the accuracy you've come to expect from Rand McNally, only bigger. Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state that are 35% larger than the standard atlas version plus over 350 detailed city inset... |
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Van Life: Your Home on the Road
Foster Huntington - Black Dog & Leventhal Format: Hardcover
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Showcasing hundreds of funky vehicles, awe-inspiring landscapes, and cleverly designed interiors in tiny spaces from around the world, Van Life is perfect for who anyone daydreams about living on the open road.More and more people-from millennials to baby boomers-are taking a break... |
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The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats
Allen Ginsberg - Grove Press Format: Hardcover
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In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouacs seminal book On the Road, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. Through the creation of this course, which he ended up teaching... |
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Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
Jay Wright - Ballantine Format: Print book
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In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men's basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. When Kris Jenkins sank... |
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Fun Science: A Guide To Life, The Universe And Why Science Is So Awesome
Charlie Mcdonnell - Quadrille Pub Format: Print book
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Welcome, fellow humans (and others) , to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the Solar System and the origins of life... |
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Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
John Waters - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Paperback
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Carsick is the New York Times bestselling chronicle of a cross-country hitchhiking journey with Americas most beloved weirdo.John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads "Im Not Psycho," he hitchhikes across... |
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Divorce & Money: How to Make the Best Financial Decisions During Divorce
Violet Woodhouse - NOLO Format: Print book
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All the information you need to split assets, easily and fairly. Especially in uncertain economic times, divorce isn't simple. Turn to Divorce & Money, the acclaimed guide to evaluating and dividing assets during divorce, to avoid making financial mistakes that could affect you for the rest... |
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Lentil Underground: Renegade Farmers and the Future of Food in America
Liz Carlisle - Gotham Books Format: Hardcover
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A protg of Michael Pollan shares the story of a little known group of renegade farmers who defied corporate agribusiness by launching a unique sustainable farm-to-table food movement.The story of the Lentil Underground begins on a 280-acre homestead rooted in America's Great Plains:... |
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The Well-Dressed Home: Fashionable Design Inspired by Your Personal Style
Annette Tatum - Clarkson Potter/Publishers Format: Print book
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Create a personalized living space that reflects your fashion and style sensibilities with the help of interior designer Annette Tatum in The Well-Dressed Home. Founder of the popular and successful House and Little House lines of high-end apparel, accessories, bedding, and furniture, Tatum... |
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Sowing Beauty: Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed
James Hitchmough - Timber Press Format: Hardcover
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"A hopeful and expansive book for the gardener who sees a field as a canvas." - Publishers Weekly James Hitchmough is well-regarded in the design world for his exuberant, colorful, and flower-filled meadows. His signature style can be seen in prominent places like London's... |
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye - Random House Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive... |
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All You Delicious on a Dime: 154 Simple, Money-Saving Recipes
Editors of All You - Oxmoor House Format: Paperback
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Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Delicious on a Dime CookbookAuthor: All You (COR) Publisher: Little Brown & CoPublication Date: 2012/08/14Number of Pages: 175Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: |
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Frommer's Germany
Stephen Brewer - Frommermedia Format: Print book
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Germany has the largest population of any nation in Western Europe, and is the ancestral home of the single largest ethnic group in America. To do justice to this major nation, we have called upon the talents and research abilities of six long-experienced journalists, most of them living... |
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Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin - Harper Format: Hardcover
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The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand - a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades - delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesnt, what may cause harm,... |
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American Coasters 2: Coast to Coast
Thomas Crymes - Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Format: Print book
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Thrill-seekers are invited to join a roller-coaster enthusiast's journey across the United States to photograph these marvels of engineering. From Maine to Minnesota to California and points in between, this book contains breath-taking photographs of more than 100 roller coasters in 38 parks... |
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H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil
Adam Selzer - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Hardcover
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America's first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.H. H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil is the first truly comprehensive book examining the life and career of a murderer who has become one of America's... |
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St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography
Philip Freeman - Simon & Schuster Format: Deckle Edge]
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Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend: he drove the snakes out of Ireland; he triumphed over Druids and their supernatural powers; he used a shamrock to explain the Christian mystery of the Trinity. But his true story is more fascinating than the myths. We have no surviving... |
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Ohio Indian Trails
Frank N. Wilcox - Kent State Univ Pr; 3 edition Format: Print book
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Shawnee, Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Ottawa, Iroquois, and Mingo tribes great and small, loosely confederated or warring with each other, pushed ever westward by the advancing white settlements these were the native peoples of Ohio. They left behind little but their names, yet the trained... |
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Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War
Ron Kaplan - Sports Publishing Format: Hardcover
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"Hammerin'" Hank Greenberg was coming off a stellar season where he'd hit 40 home runs and 184 RBIs, becoming only the thirteenth player to ever hit 40 or more homers (and one of only four players to have 40 or more home runs and 175 or more RBIs in a season) . Even with his success... |
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The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive
Brendon Burchard - Free Press Format: Hardcover
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Since the fateful night of his car accident, Brendon has lived a fully charged life, and he's helped millions of people around the globe transform their lives and feel more alive, engaged, and fulfilled.In The Charge, Brendon argues that the only way to measurably improve the quality... |
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Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Charlamagne Tha God - Simon & Schuster Audio Format: Hardcover
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Charlamagne Tha God - the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pissing People Off", cohost of Power 105.1s The Breakfast Club, and "hip-hops Howard Stern" - shares his unlikely success story as well as how embracing ones truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness. In his new book,... |
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The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies, and Bars
America's Test Kitchen (Firm) - America's Test Kitchen Format: Hardcover
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Portable, fun to make, easy to gift, and open to countless flavor variations, cookies are everyone's favorite sweet treat. America's Test Kitchen has years of experience making the very best cookies; in The Perfect Cookie, the test kitchen has collected all of that knowledge in one place... |
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The Workbench Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Workbenches for Every Type of Woodworking
Scott Landis - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Probably more than any other tool in the shop, the custom workbench reflects the personality and experience of its maker. And for the great majority of makers, the construction of the workbench is a labor of love. In The Workbench Book, Scott Landis examines benches for all kinds of woodworking... |
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National Geographic Complete Guide to Natural Home Remedies: 1,025 Easy Ways to Live Longer, Feel Better, and Enrich Your Life
National Geographic - National Geographic; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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Combining science and folklore for health, this book features practical cures, medicinal herbs, healing foods, green housecleaning, sustainable cosmetics, alternative therapies, and lifestyle changes--hundreds of ways to boost your health naturally. Created with a nationally recognized... |
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Draw Your Weapons
Sarah Sentilles - Random House Format: Hardcover
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A single book might not change the world. But this utterly original meditation on art and war might transform the way you see the world - and that makes all the difference. "How to live in the face of so much suffering? What difference can one person make in this beautiful, imperfect,... |
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The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio
Paul G Rodewald - The Pennsylvania State University Press Format: Print book
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Twenty-five years after the publication of the state's first breeding bird atlas, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Ohio brings our knowledge of the state's bird populations up to date and provides important new information. The Atlas documents the current distribution and changes in status... |
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Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World's Famous and Infamous
Marlene Wagman-Geller - Sourcebooks Inc Format: Paperback
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Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map.From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions... |
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The Essential Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson - Ecco Press Format: Print book
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SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY JOYCE CAROL OATESBetween them, our great visionary poets of the American nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, have come to represent the extreme, idiosyncratic poles of the American psyche....Dickinson never shied away from the great subjects... |
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The Little Book of Home Remedies, Mind and Body: Natural Recipes for Peace of Mind
Linda B. White - Fair Winds Press; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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In this giftable mini booklet of The Little Book of Home Remedies, Mind and Body, Barbara H. Seeber and Barbara Brownell Grogan join Dr. Linda White to draw on years of training in the area of natural healing to help you ease your stress and the effects that it has on the body. This handy... |
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Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index
Kathy Griffin - Flatiron Books Format: Print book
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From #1 NYT bestselling author Kathy Griffin, an A-Z compendium of the celebrities she's met over the years and the outrageous, charming, and sometimes bizarre anecdotes only she can tell about them.
Last year, while watching Straight Outta Compton, Kathy Griffin realized that she knew... |
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Identifying Trees of the East: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America
Michael D Williams - Stackpole Books Format: Paperback
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All-season field guide for identifying common trees of eastern NAThis popular, field-tested guide for identifying trees in any season, not just when they are in full leaf, features 600 color photos and 200 line drawings showing bark, branching patterns, fruits, flowers, nuts, and overall... |
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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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National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Mans Quest to Document the Worlds Animals
Joel Sartore - National Geographic; Illustrated edition Format: Hardcover
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The lush and unique photography in this book represents National Geographics Photo Ark, a major initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the worlds animals - especially those that are endangered. His powerful message, conveyed with humor, compassion,... |
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The Optimistic Leftist: Why the 21st Century Will Be Better Than You Think
Ruy Teixeira - St Martin'S Press Format: Print book
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The words "optimism" and "the left" do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today's world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left... |
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Midwest Foraging: 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild Peach
Lisa M. Rose - Timber Press Format: Print book
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From fields to woodlands, riverbeds, and lakesides - and even in our own neighborhoods - the beautiful Midwest is rich in delicious wild edibles. Herbalist, forager, and urban farmer Lisa M. Rose helps you find peppery watercress and delectable nettles at a nearby lake in the spring and nutritious... |
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Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography
Michael Freedland Format: Print book
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Known as broadly for her incredible acting career as for her astounding voice and such songs as "Secret Love" and "Que Sera, Sera," Doris Daywas an international star and an American icon. She was the idyllic attractive blonde whose swishing skirts were envied by girls and women across... |
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The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America
Frances FitzGerald - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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"A page turner ... We have long needed a fair-minded overview of this vitally important religious sensibility, and FitzGerald has now provided it." - The New York Times Book Review "Massively learned and electrifying ... magisterial." - The Christian Science... |
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Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens: design ideas for small-space gardening
Editors and Contributors of Fine Gardening - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Love the idea of growing your own fruits, flowers, and vegetables but don’t think you have the space? Don’t worry, let Fine Gardening, America’s most respected gardening magazine, show you how to make your small space work for you and your plants. This inspiring new book... |
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Cure : a journey into the science of mind over body
Jo Marchant - Crown Publishers Format: Print book
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"A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's extraordinary ability to heal the body ... While we accept that stress or anxiety can damage our health, the idea of "healing thoughts" was long ago hijacked by New Age gurus and spiritual... |
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American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus
Lisa Wade - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory account of the new culture of sex that has come to dominate the American college experience.The hookup is now part of college life. Yet the drunken encounter we always hear about tells only a fraction of the story. Rising above misinformation and moralizing, Lisa Wade offers... |
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Fodor's Belize: with a Side Trip to Guatemala
Lan Sluder - Fodor's; 6th edition Format: Book
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Belize might just have the greatest variety of flora and fauna of any country of its size in the world. Offshore the Belize Barrier Reef, a great wall of coral, stretches the entire 200-mile-length of the coast. And archaeologists have identified more than 600 significant Mayan sites in Belize.... |
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Picture Your Prosperity: Smart Money Moves to Turn Your Vision into Reality
Ellen Rogin - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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Everyone has a unique vision of a prosperous and secure future. Whats yours?If someone asked you to describe prosperity and security, what would you see in your minds eye? Is it finally taking that trip to Paris? A beautiful beach house? Or maybe making that last mortgage payment and staying... |
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My Life to Live: How I Became the Queen of Soaps When Men Ruled the Airwaves
AGNES NIXON - Crown Archetype Format: Hardcover
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From the Emmy-winning creator and writer of All My Children and One Life to Live, a memoir of her trailblazing rise to the top of the television industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most beloved soaps of all time Before there was Erica Kane, Adam... |
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Sunday Sews
Theresa Gonzalez - Chronicle Books Format: Print book
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Sunday Sews presents 20 irresistible designs that can be sewn on a weekend and enjoyed for a lifetime. Featuring minimalist style and unfussy lightweight fabrics, they are as functional as they are chic. Think drapey shift dresses, flattering tunics and skirts, tanks and tops perfect for layering,... |
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