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I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir

Lee Grant - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City, actress Lee Grant spent her youth accumulating more experiences than most people have in a lifetime: from student at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse to member of the legendary Actors Studio; from celebrated Broadway star to Vogue "It...
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Off Air: My Journey to the Anchor Desk

Sheba Turk - Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Format: Paperback

Hit the gas pedal with your career! Sheba Turk is an anchorwoman like no other. Strong and capable, she forged a path to her successful career with perseverance and hard work. She seized the opportunities given to her and overcame enormous obstacles along the way. In her timely and moving...
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Making Local Food Work: The Challenges and Opportunities of Today's Small Farmers

Brandi Janssen - University Of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback

When it comes to local food, it takes more than "knowing your farmer." Brandi Janssen takes on some of the myths about how the local food system works and what it needs to thrive. Advocates claim that small biodiverse farms will fundamentally change farming, rural communities,...
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Creating Really Awesome Free Things: 100 Seriously Fun, Super Easy Projects for Kids

Jamie Dorobek - Adams Media
Format: Print book

100 kid-friendly projects from the creator of C.R.A.F.T.!Get ready for some serious family fun! Filled with 100 fun crafts, Creating Really Awesome Free Things helps you develop your child's creativity, imagination, and fine motor skills--all while using common household items. Each...
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The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery

Bill James - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.Between 1898 and 1912, families...
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Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry

Jeffrey A. Lieberman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of the American Psychiatric Association. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping...
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The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of WWII

ANTONY BEEVOR - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the groaning roar of airplane...
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Artistry of Louisiana Decoys: Old and Contemporary

Harvey J Lewis - Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Format: Hardcover

Artistry of Louisiana Decoy Carvers presents decoys, old and contemporary and made by Louisiana carvers, as museum-quality art. With stunning photographs and detailed descriptions, the book illustrates the three basic types of decoys in full-size as well as miniature. An informative chapter...
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Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life

Randy Travis - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited, deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of death - told as only Randy Travis can.Beloved around the world, Randy...
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We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, from the Womb to Alzheimer's

D. F. Swaab - Random House Inc
Format: Hardcover

A vivid account of what makes us human. Based groundbreaking new research, We Are Our Brains is a sweeping biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. Renowned neuroscientist D. F. Swaab takes us on a guided tour of the intricate inner workings that determine our potential,...
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