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Garden Legacy

Mary Louise Christovich - The Historic New Orleans Collection
Format: Hardcover

Garden Legacy accords the French-American tradition of landscape design and horticultural study its rightful place in transatlantic cultural history. French settlers in New Orleans adapted garden prototypes from the era of Louis XIV to the more abundant plant life yet smaller-scale gardens...
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The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

Thomas Fisher - One World
Format: Book

As an emergency room doctor working on the rapid evaluation unit, Dr. Thomas Fisher has about three minutes to spend with the patients who come into the South Side of Chicago ward where he works before directing them to the next stage of their care. Bleeding: three minutes. Untreated wound...
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The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight

Valter Longo - Avery
Format: Hardcover

The internationally renowned, clinically tested, revolutionary diet program to lose weight, fight disease, and live a longer, healthier life. Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, and The Longevity Diet is easier to follow than...
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McGraw-Hill Education SAT Elite 2022

Mark Anestis - McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition
Format: 1st Edition

Make the most of your study time and achieve your best score on the SAT with this comprehensive, multi-platform program. Developed by professional SAT coaches, McGraw Hill's SAT Elite 2022 is packed with targeted instructions, test-taking strategies, and more than 700 exercises to help...
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The Art of Welding: Practical Information and Useful Exercises for Oxyacetylene and Electric Arc Welding

W. A. Vause - ?Fox Chapel Publishing; First North American edition
Format: Paperback

A clear and practical guide to understanding the basics of welding!Learn the basic techniques for oxyacetylene welding, brazing, flame cutting and electric arc weldingHow to weld with cast iron, mild steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, and aluminum in sheet, plate, or cast formExpert...
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew

Michael D Leinbach - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The "gripping and dramatic" inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia shuttle disaster that united thousands of Americans (BOOKLIST ) .Voted the Best Space Book of the Year by the Space HipstersOn February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry...
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Brat: An '80s Story

Andrew McCarthy - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez,...
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The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor

Maggie Aderin-Pocock - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname "Lunatic" because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide...
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Madam C. J. Walker's Gospel of Giving: Black Women's Philanthropy during Jim Crow

Tyrone McKinley Freeman - University of Illinois Press; 1st edition
Format: 1st Edition

Founder of a beauty empire, Madam C. J. Walker was celebrated as America's first self-made female millionaire in the early 1900s. Known as a leading African American entrepreneur, Walker was also devoted to an activist philanthropy aimed at empowering African Americans and challenging...
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Tarana Burke - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

-- -- and how she brought empathy back to an entire generation.Tarana didn't always have the courage to say 'me too.' As a child, she reeled from her sexual assault, believing she was responsible. Unable to confess what she thought of as her own sins for fear of shattering...
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