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You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age
Robert J. Wagner - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover
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The legendary actor and bestselling author of Pieces of My Heart offers a nostalgic look at Hollywood's golden ageFor millions of movie lovers, no era in the history of Hollywood is more beloved than the period from the 1930s through the 1950s, the golden age of the studio system. Not only... |
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Electronics For Dummies
Cathleen Shamieh - For Dummies, a Wiley brand,
Format: Print book
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Explore the basic concepts of electronics, build your electronics workbench, and begin creating fun electronics projects right away! Electronics For Dummies, 3rd Edition is Packed with hundreds of colorful diagrams and photographs, this book provides step-by-step instructions for experiments... |
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The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Niki Kapsambelis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring race against time: The courageous, hopeful story of the one family who may hold the key to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.Every sixty-nine seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Of the top ten killers, it is the only disease for which there is no cure... |
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The Mad Sculptor: The Maniac, the Model, and the Murder that Shook the Nation
Harold Schechter - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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2015 Edgar Award Nominee Beekman Place, once one of the most exclusive addresses in Manhattan, had a curious way of making it into the tabloids in the 1930s: "SKYSCRAPER SLAYER," "BEAUTY SLAIN IN BATHTUB" read the headlines. On Easter Sunday in 1937, the discovery of a grisly... |
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The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret
Catherine Hewitt - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover
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Catherine Hewitts The Mistress of Paris is a fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secret."A gorgeous, smart, ambitious, hard-working, steely autodidact and businesswoman whose product was herself, Valtesse would be totally... |
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VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow's Leaders
Cristal Glangchai - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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From an engineer and entrepreneur, a conversation-changing parenting book about how to engage young women in science, technology, engineering, and math, filled with practical advice for both parents and educators. As the female CEO of a tech startup, Dr. Cristal Glangchai was outnumbered... |
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Obsessed
M William Phelps - Pinnacle Books
Format: Paperback
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"Anything by Phelps is always an eye-opening experience." --Suspense MagazineSheila Davalloo was young, attractive, and successful. When she started a new job at a cutting-edge research lab in Stamford, Connecticut, she met the man of her dreams. Nelson Sessler had no idea how violently... |
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Andrew Forsthoefel - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing... |
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Top 10 Montreal and Quebec City
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City covers all the region's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.This newly updated pocket travel guide for Montreal and Quebec... |
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A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like
ASHLEY GRAHAM - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most outspoken voices gracing the cover of magazines today encourages women to be their most confident selves, recognize their personal beauty, and reach for their highest dreams in this wise, warm, and inspiring memoirVoluptuous beauty Ashley Graham has been modeling professionally... |
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The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins
Robert B. Baer - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, "It's a bullet with a man's name on it." Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most... |
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Taste of Home Annual Recipes 2015; 506 RECIPES FROM FAMILIES LIKE YOURS
Catherine Cassidy - RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Now you can enjoy hundreds of mouthwatering, tried & proven recipes from the past 2014 of Taste of Home-plus bonus recipes-all together in one, gorgeously photographed, hardbound cookbook. More than a variety of 500+ Family Favorites in All! There are appetizers, main dishes, sides,... |
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Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
KAREN AUVINEN - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Helen MacDonald's H Is for Hawk, a stunning, inspirational memoir from an award-winning poet who ventures into the wilderness to seek answers to life's big questions and finds her way back after losing everything she thought... |
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5-Minute Sketching -- People: Super-quick Techniques for Amazing Drawings
Pete Scully - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Sketching has become an extremely popular pastime. For example, on YouTube, "Tips to Draw Better in 6 Minutes" has 1.7 million views, and "How to Draw Better in 2 Minutes", has 2 million views. Every day, the website @SketchDailies tweets an "inspiration" to 45,000... |
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I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia
Su Meck - Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Paperback
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The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury - and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: "[A tale] of triumph in the search for identity" (The New York Times Book Review) .In 1988, Su Meck was twenty-two... |
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Tae Kwon Do, 2nd Edition: The Korean Martial Art
Richard Chun - YMAA Publication Center
Format: Book
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Book of the Year Award Finalist - Foreword Magazine Originally published in 1976, this authoritative work has been the guide for thousands of Taekwondo practitioners as they advance in their training. Whether your training is for self-defense, forms competition, or in preparation for the Olympic... |
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Understanding Autism For Dummies
Temple Grandin - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Autism affects more than 1 million children and adults in the United States, and parents may be confused by the behavior of autistic children. This book provides help-and hope-by explaining the differences between various types of autism and delivering the lowdown on behavioral, educational,... |
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Black & Decker Wood Floors: Hardwood - Laminate - Bamboo - Wood Tile - More
COOL SPRINGS PRESS. - Pepperbox Press Ltd.
Format: Paperback
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Solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate floors can enhance the beauty of any room in a home. Wood creates visual warmth, is available in a wide variety of colors and grain patterns, and is durable enough to last a half century or more when installed and maintained properly.New variations... |
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The Triangle: A Year on the Ground with New York's Bloods and Crips
Kevin Deutsch - Lyons Press; First edition
Format: Book
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The Linden TriangleLinden Avenue and Linden Place, Hempstead, Long Island. At this blighted intersection, seemingly forgotten by the middle and upper class communities that surround it, the dream of suburban comfort and safety has devolved into a nightmare of flying bullets and bloodshed.... |
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Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa
James Neff - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover
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One of America's greatest investigative reporters brings to life the gripping, no-holds-barred clash of two American titans: Robert Kennedy and his nemesis Jimmy Hoffa.From 1957 to 1964, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa channeled nearly all of their considerable powers into destroying... |
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How to Draw Incredible Optical Illusions
Gianni A Sarcone - Imagine Publishing
Format: Print book
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Gianni Sarcone offers an approachable how-to for graphic designers, teachers, and artists who want to explore illusions that are distorted in size or create the perception of movement. Amateur illusionists are invited to draw curves that diverge and converge, diamonds that vibrate and flicker,... |
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Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
CONDE NAST & THE WOMEN'S MARCH. - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD * SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH * AMERICA FERRARA * ROXANE GAY * ILANA GLAZER * ASHLEY JUDD * VALARIE KAUR * CINDI LEIVE * DAVID REMNICK * JILL SOLOWAY * YARA SHAHIDI * JIA TOLENTINO * CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS * ELAINE WELTEROTH * JOSE ANTONIO... |
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Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
Walter Kirn - Liveright
Format: Paperback(Reprint)
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New York Times BestsellerEntertainment Weeklys #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, USA Today, Slate, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, and BookPage A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Selection An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Pacific... |
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Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDBy the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing... |
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Vintage-Style Gifts for the Home
Christa Rolf - Search Press
Format: Print book
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26 charming, vintage style designs to make for the kitchen, bedroom and home. These elegant designs from renowned crafter Christa Rolf feature pretty vintage patterns in a wonderful shabby-chic style. Choose from pillows, quilts, mug rugs, bunting and a host of other delightful decorations.... |
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The Light of the World: A Memoir
Elizabeth Alexander - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Book
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A deeply resonant New York Times Bestselling memoir for anyone who has loved and lost, from acclaimed poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander. In THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling... |
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Hello Kitty Crochet: Supercute Amigurumi Patterns for Sanrio Friends
Mei Li Lee - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover
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Hello Kitty Crochet is all about cute the whimsical world of Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends meets theJapanese art of amigurumi or crocheted dolls With easy-to-make patterns for adorable characters andaccessories Hello Kitty Crochet allows you to make all your favorites new and old from... |
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Knives 2015: The World's Greatest Knife Book
Joe Kertzman - Krause Publications; Thirty-fifth Edition edition
Format: Book
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Stunning handmade knives in full-on color! Showcasing fine artistry isn't a difficult job. Unlike museum curators, the knife book editors, designers and publishers don't even need to display the items in a well-lit room. The pages of Knives 2015 come alive with the most utilitarian,... |
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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
David Brion Davis - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureFrom the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture that has been nearly... |
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Gotham Girl Interrupted: My Misadventures in Motherhood, Love, and Epilepsy
Alisa Kennedy Jones - Charlesbridge Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey and Jenny Lawson, Gotham Girl Interrupted offers a hilarious, heartfelt, and fiercely candid memoir about life as a hapless writer, single parent, impassioned city girl, and epileptic. "Smart, harrowing, heart-warming, and very funny." --James... |
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Hitler's First Victims: The Quest for Justice
Timothy W. Ryback - Knopf; 1st Ed. edition
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable story of Josef Hartinger, the German prosecutor who risked everything to bring to justice the first killers of the Holocaust and whose efforts would play a key role in the Nuremberg tribunal. Before Germany was engulfed by Nazi dictatorship, it was a constitutional republic.... |
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Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos
Brian Cox - Da Capo
Format: Book
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In Universal, bestselling physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Why Does E=mc2?) take us on an inspirational journey of scientific exploration. They show that, by asking questions about the world around us, anyone can think like a physicist and grasp the breath-taking grandeur of the cosmos.Universal... |
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Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency
David Greenberg - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image.In Republic of Spin -- a vibrant history covering more than one hundred years of politics -- presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the rise of the White House spin machine, from Teddy... |
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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives
Tim Harford - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world." - Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take"Engrossing." - New York TimesFrom... |
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The British in India: A Social History of the Raj
David Gilmour - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to IndependenceWho of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary?... |
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On Becoming Toddler Wise
Gary Ezzo - Parent-Wise Solutions
Format: Book
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From First Steps to Potty Training There is no greater fulfillment a parent can receive than the upturned face of a toddler, eyes speaking wonders and a face of confidence in discovering a brand new world with Mom and Dad. In just over a year, the helpless infant emerges as a little moving,... |
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Called to Rise
DAVID O BROWN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his compassionate, community-focused response to the killing of five of his officers shares his uplifting personal story and a blueprint for the future of policing. |
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Beyond Mars and Venus: The Power of Evolutionary Relationships
John Gray - Benbella Books
Format: Print book
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For more than twenty years, John Gray's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus has helped couples deepen their intimacy and rejuvenate their love lives. Men and women, it revealed, communicate so differently, we might as well be from different planets. By learning to speak each other's... |
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Unfreedom of the Press
Mark R. Levin - Threshold Editions
Format: Paperback
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Six-time New York Times bestselling author, FOX News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin "trounces the news media" (The Washington Times) in this timely and groundbreaking book demonstrating how the great tradition of American free press has degenerated into a standardless... |
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Conform: Exposing the Truth About Common Core and Public Education
Glenn Beck - Threshold editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2014.
Format: Print book
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PUBLIC EDUCATION IS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. WHY? BECAUSE OUR FOUNDERS KNEW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS--NOT THE FEDERAL ONE. It's not a coincidence that the more the federal government has inserted itself into public education over the years, the worse... |
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When Someone You Know Is Living in a Dementia Care Community: Words to Say and Things to Do
Rachael Wonderlin - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book
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Life changes dramatically for the entire family when the decision is made to move a person who has dementia from home to community care. Rachael Wonderlin, a gerontologist, dementia care expert, and popular dementia care blogger, helps caregivers cope with the difficult behaviors, emotions,... |
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Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter
DAN ARIELY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Blending humor and behavioral economics, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delves into the truly illogical world of personal finance to help people better understand why they make bad financial decisions, and gives them the knowledge they need to make better... |
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Spirituals and the Birth of a Black Entertainment Industry
Sandra J Graham - University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback
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Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late nineteenth-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both... |
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Playing The Blues
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. - Hal Leonard Corporation
Format: Paperback
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33 of blues' best, including: Baby, Won't You Please Come Home * Chicago Blues * Everyday (I Have The Blues) * Fine And Mellow * A Good Man Is Hard To Find * I'm A Man * Memphis Blues * Pinetop's Blues * Saint James Infirmary * St. Louis Blues * The Thrill Is Gone * and more. |
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How's It Hanging?: Expert Answers to the Questions Men Don't Always Ask
DR NEIL MILLER DR SCOTT BAUM - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback
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In their decades of clinical practice, Dr. Neil Baum and Dr. Scott Miller have treated sexual problems, prostate problems, urinary leakage, pelvic pain, urinary tract infections, and questions about infertility. They have seen countless male patients describe the problem simply as "something's... |
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The Business Book
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Packed with innovative graphics and simple explanations of business concepts, from managing risk and alternative business models to effective leadership and thinking outside the box, The Business Book covers every facet of business management. Big ideas make great business thinkers and leaders.... |
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Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide
Peri Pakroo - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Start a nonprofit and keep it running with this practical guide During hard economic times, nonprofits are more important than ever. Here, learn how to create and nurture a nonprofit that will serve your vital mission, whether supporting the arts, rescuing a school library, protecting the environment,... |
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Icy Graves: Exploration and Death in the Antarctic
Stephen Haddelsey - The History Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is no secret that the Antarctic is one of the most dangerous, forbidding places for explorers to step foot in. The terrain is treacherous, the wildlife predatory and the climate fatal if not adequately prepared for. For the first time, Icy Graves uses a selection of the tragic losses... |
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Rick Steves Rome 2017
Rick Steves - Avalon Travel
Format: Print book
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the Eternal City of Rome.With the self-guided tours in this book, you'll walk the same streets as the Caesars and discover the secrets of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Learn how to avoid the lines... |
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Kings of the Yukon: One Summer Paddling Across the Far North
ADAM WEYMOUTH - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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One man's thrilling and transporting journey by canoe across Alaska in search of the king salmonThe Yukon river is 2,000 miles long, the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes... |
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Piercing the Darkness
Frank E. Peretti - Crossway Books
Format: Paperback
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In Piercing the Darkness, Sally Beth Roe, a young loner, a burn-out, a kind of "leftover hippie", finds herself caught in the middle of bizarre events, fleeing for her life while trying to recall her dark past. |
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Zillow Talk
Spencer Rascoff - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Paperback
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How do you spot an area poised for gentrification? Is spring or winter the best time to put your house on the market? Will a house on Swamp Road sell for less than one on Gingerbread Lane? The fact is that the rules of real estate have changed drastically over the past five years. To understand... |
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This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live
Melody Warnick - Viking
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin's megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick,... |
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Macs For Dummies
Edward C. Baig - For Dummies; 13 edition
Format: Book
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Get the most out of your Mac with this comprehensive guide Macs For Dummies, 13th Edition is the ultimate guide to your Mac, fully updated to include information about the latest updates. The book walks you through troubleshooting, syncing mobile devices, integrating Windows, and more,... |
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Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
John Lydon - Dey Street Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary frontman of the Sex Pistols, comes the complete, unvarnished story of his life in his own words.John Lydon is an icon - one of the most recognizable and influential cultural figures of the last forty years. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols-the... |
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The 2015 Baby Names Almanac
Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Book
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The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and ForecastsAn instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2015 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Here's a sneak peak at the ideas,... |
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Decks
David Toht - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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Building a deck is one of the most popular outdoor projects for home DIYers. The job takes time and effort, but if you have some basic carpentry skills and the right tools, and you work slowly, carefully, and safely, you can produce a great-looking deck that you can be proud of. Author... |
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu - Race Point Pub
Format: Print book
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The Art of War is the oldest and most influential military strategy text in existence, and Sun Tzu's teachings on how to successfully respond to and handle situations of conflict is a must-read for for today's business leaders (and politicians, and many others) . Whether you approach... |
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Washington Information Directory 2012-2013
CQ Press - CQ Press
Format: Hardcover
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Washington Information Directory is the essential one-stop source for information on U.S. governmental and nongovernmental agencies and organizations. It provides capsule descriptions that help users quickly and easily find the right person at the right organization. Washington Information... |
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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
Mike Love - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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The New York Times BestsellerMike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."... |
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Drunks: An American History
Christopher M Finan - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A social history of alcoholism in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present dayToday, millions of Americans are struggling with alcoholism, but millions are also in long-term recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous and a growing number of recovery organizations are providing... |
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My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food
Lidia Bastianich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling cookbook author, beloved and award-winning television personality, and hugely successful restaurateur--a heartwarming, emotional, revelatory memoir told with all her hallmark warmth and gusto.Lidia's story begins with her upbringing in Pula, a formerly Italian city... |
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Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An artist's colorful guide to drawing on the go!
Monika Forsberg - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Anyone can draw and paint, anywhere and at any time! Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon allows artists of all skill levels to create beautiful, spontaneous artwork inspired by their surroundings, no matter where they are! Discover how to work with crayon, master basic strokes and drawing techniques,... |
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Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir
Lita Ford - William Morrow & Co
Format: Print book
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In this long-awaited, emotionally powerful memoir, "HEAVY METAL'S LEADING FEMALE ROCKER" (Rolling Stone) opens up about the '70s and '80s music scene and her trailblazing life as the lead guitarist of the "pioneering band" (New York Times) the Runaways and her platinum-selling,... |
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American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Chris McGreal - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic--devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusionsThe opioid epidemic has been called "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of history. Driven by greed,... |
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Wild Weather: Science Adventures with Sonny the Origami Bird
Thomas Kingsley Troupe - Picture Window Books
Format: Book
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Sonny the origami bird is new to the world. He doesnt have any idea what this thing called wind is. Luckily Chuck the duck is there to explain wind, rain, snow, and more. Fly through the sky with Sonny, and learn all about weather., |
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Half Yard Christmas: Easy sewing projects using left-over pieces of fabric
Debbie Shore - Search Press(UK)
Format: Paperback
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Are you craving a crafty, creative Christmas? Let Debbie Shore show you how to create all the accessories you'll need in the latest addition to her best-selling Half Yard series. Featuring six themed chapters - rustic, traditional, contemporary, monochrome, Scandinavian and kids - there's... |
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Germanna Record #21: The Willheit Family: The First Four Generations in America
Cathi Clore Frost - Germanna Foundation
Format: Paperback
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This fully documented and annotated book with 660 pages of rich, in-depth Willheit genealogy research that is invaluable for Germanna Second Colony research as it includes not only the Willheits many of the 1717 and later families that came to the Robinson River Valley and intermarried... |
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The Education of a Young Poet
DAVID BIESPIEL - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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"Lyrical, affectionate . . . Graceful reflections on creativity." -- Kirkus Reviews The Education of a Young Poet is David Biespiel's moving account of his awakening to writing and the language that can shape a life. Exploring the original source of his creative impulse... |
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Love & War: Twenty Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters and One Louisiana Home
James Carville - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin... |
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The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
MARIANO SIGMAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind.Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international... |
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Four-Year Colleges 2017
Peterson's - Peterson Nelnet Co
Format: Paperback
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Peterson's Four-Year Colleges 2017 is a valuable resource that includes information on every accredited four-year undergraduate institution in the U.S. and Canada (and many international schools) -more than 2,600 institutions in all. It also includes detailed two-page descriptions written... |
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The Complete Photo Guide to Perfect Fitting
Sarah Veblen - Creative Publishing int'l
Format: Paperback
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Here is the ultimate reference for fitting test garments and transferring accurate adjustments to patterns! No matter what size or shape you are, wearing garments that fit perfectly makes you look and feel better. Rather than making commonly accepted changes to a commercial pattern, the method... |
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The Man Who Touched His Own Heart: True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Rob Dunn - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heartThe Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which... |
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Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Pediatrician and bestselling author Meg Meeker has a message: Stop undervaluing fatherhood.We live in a culture that hails motherhood as a woman's crowning achievement yet defines men first and foremost by their professional accomplishments, treating fatherhood as almost incidental - a bonus.... |
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
William MacAskill - Gotham Books
Format: Hardcover
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Most of us want to make a difference. We donate our time and money to charities and causes we deem worthy, choose careers we consider meaningful, and patronize businesses and buy products we believe make the world a better place. Unfortunately, we often base these decisions on assumptions... |
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My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File
Katherine Verdery - Duke University Press Books
Format: Paperback
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As Katherine Verdery observes, "There's nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are." In 1973 Verdery began her doctoral fieldwork in the Transylvanian region of Romania, ruled at the time by communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She returned... |
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Octopus!: The Most Mysterious Creature in the Sea
Katherine Harmon Courage - Current Trade; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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“A pleasant, chatty book on a fascinating subject.” — Kirkus Reviews Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them. Yet for all of our ancient fascination and modern research, we still have not been able... |
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Perfectly Imperfect: The Art and Soul of Yoga Practice
Baron Baptiste - Hay House Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "This book will shine new light on your journey, ignite your practice with new power, inspire new possibilities for growth, and infuse your life with the grace and confidence you seek." - Baron Baptiste A little over... |
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The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon
CHRIS FELICIANO ARNOLD - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping look at the war over the Amazon -- as activists,locals, and indigenous tribes struggle to save it from the threat of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt cops and politiciansFollowing doctors and detectives, environmental activists and indigenous tribes, The Third Bank of the River... |
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After a While You Just Get Used to It: A Tale of Family Clutter
Gwendolyn Knapp - Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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A vibrant new voice ups the self-deprecating memoir ante with tragicomic tales of her dysfunctional life in swampland Florida and America's Big Easy A dive bar palm reader who calls herself the Disco Queen Taiwan; a slumlord with a penis-of-the-day LISTSERV; and Betty, the middle-aged... |
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Healing the Soul of a Woman: How to Overcome Your Emotional Wounds
Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Internationally renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer draws on her own history of abuse to show women how Christ's redeeming love heals emotional wounds and brings joy to life.Can a woman who has been deeply hurt by life's circumstances be healed, heart and soul? If she has been wounded by a man she loved... |
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Digital Marketing For Dummies
Ryan Deiss - For Dummies
Format: Print book
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Does your digital marketing pack a punch? Written with the marketer's best interests in mind, this friendly, down-to-earth guide shows you how to use proven digital marketing strategies and tactics to expand the reach of your brand, increase audience engagement, and acquire and monetize... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Ireland
DK Publishing - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Book
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Experience the best of Ireland with DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Ireland. This newly updated travel guide for Ireland will lead you straight to the best attractions this country has to offer, from touring historic castles to exploring the countryside along the mystical Ring of Kerry to drinking... |
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The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York
Claudia Roden - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A monumental work--the story of the Jewish people told through the story of Jewish cooking--The Book of Jewish Food traces the development of both Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jewish communities and their cuisine over the centuries. The 800 magnificent recipes, many never before documented,... |
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The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
DAVID E SANGER - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics like nothing since the invention of the atomic bomb. Cheap to acquire, easy to deny, and usable for a variety of malicious purposes, cyber is now the weapon of choice for democracies,... |
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Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago
MAX ALLAN COLLINS - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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At last, the definitive account of the battle for Chicago: Legendary novelist Max Allan Collins and acclaimed rising historian A. Brad Schwartz combine talents in this groundbreaking dual biography of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the upright Prohibition... |
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Ouray: Chief of the Utes
P David Smith - Wayfinder Press
Format: Paperback
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A fascinating account of Colorado's most famous and controversial Indian chief. A man of keen perceptions and a talented diplomat, a negotiator and a peacekeeper, many believe Ouray was the greatest of all chiefs. |
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America: The Farewell Tour
Chris Hedges - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A profound and provocative examination of America in crisis, where unemployment, deindustrialization, and a bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in an epidemic of diseases of despair - drug abuse, gambling, suicide, magical thinking, xenophobia, and a culture of sadism and hate.America,... |
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The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia
David Stuart MacLean - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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"Brilliant and painful and hilarious." - Antonya Nelson On October 17, 2002, David MacLean "woke up" on a train platform in India with no idea who he was or why he was there. No money. No passport. No identity. Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then... |
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Don't Label Me: An Unusual Conversation for Divided Times
Irshad Manji - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A unique conversation about diversity, bigotry, and our common humanity, by the New York Times bestselling author, Oprah "Chutzpah" award-winner, and founder of the Moral Courage Project In these United States, discord has hit emergency levels. Civility isn't the reason... |
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Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever! - 2nd edition
Clinton Ober
Format: Paperback
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'Earthing' introduces readers to the landmark discovery that living in contact with the Earth's natural surface charge - being grounded - naturally discharges and prevents chronic inflammation in the body. This effect has massive health implications because of the well-established link... |
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Us Against the World: Our Secrets to Love, Marriage, and Family
THOMAS NELSON. - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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David and Tamela Mann have been married for 30 years, but the singers, actors, and entrepreneurs are just as, if not more than, happily in love as they were in the early days of their relationship. In their new book, the couple will relate the story of their first encounters as teenagers,... |
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Un-qualified : how god closes the gap between your weakness and your dreams
Steven Furtick - Multnomah Books
Format: Print book
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Who You Think You Are is Not as Important as Who God Says You Are Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God's work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using... |
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Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption
Ed Levine - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the TableOriginal recipes by J. Kenji Lpez-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks... |
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TRUMBO
Bruce Cook - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Paperback
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ONE OF BUSTLE'S BOOKS TO READ BEFORE OSCAR SEASON IS OVERThe true story that inspired the major motion picture starring Bryan Cranston and Helen Mirren. Dalton Trumbo was the central figure in the "Hollywood Ten," the blacklisted and jailed screenwriters. One of several... |
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Stronger
Jeff Bauman - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAALThe New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor. When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing... |
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The Man Who Climbs Trees
James Aldred - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A professional tree climber encounters gorillas, snakes, spiders, and birds of prey, as well as answers and perspective, hundreds of feet up, all over the world Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature... |
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The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth
Robin Hanson - Oxford Univ Press
Format: Print book
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Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like?Many think the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or "ems." Scan a human brain, then run a model with the same connections on a fast computer, and you have a robot brain, but recognizably human.Train... |
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Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life
Jane Pauley - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book
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IN 2014, EVERY BABY BOOMER WILL HAVE REACHED THE MILESTONE AGE OF FIFTY. FOR MOST, IT'S NOT AN END BUT THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW. This is the awakening of a generation to the opportunities that lie ahead. Research has shown that people in their fifties are more vital now than they... |
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Christmas with Southern Living 2014: Our Best Guide to Holiday & Decorating
The Editors of Southern Living Magazine - Oxmoor House
Format: Hardcover
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Christmas with Southern Living is ALL NEW for 2014. Included are special holiday menus and over 100 recipes especially designed for holiday cooking, baking, entertaining, and gift-giving. Dozens of photos, kitchen tips, and entertaining ideas add extra value to the recipe pages, which make... |
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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America
PHILIP DRAY - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect... |
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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne
Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, “the Duke,” John Wayne.As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc... |
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Red River settlers : records of the settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee
Edythe Johns Rucker Whitley - Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Co.
Format: Book
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This book deals with the northern half of Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner counties, Tennessee, which was incorporated from the Mero District of North Carolina in 1796. It consists of a collection of county, state, church, and family records, and also contains genealogies of Red River... |
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Pretty Tough Plants: 135 Resilient, Water-Smart Choices for a Beautiful Garden
Plant Select. - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Tough-but-beautiful plant picks There's a growing demand for dependably hardy plants that require less maintenance and less water, but look no less beautiful in the garden. Plant Select - the leading purveyor of plants designed to thrive in difficult climates - meets this need by promoting... |
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Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers
Leslie Bennetts - Little
Format: Print book
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The definitive book about Joan Rivers' tumultuous, victorious, tragic, hilarious, and fascinating life.Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life... |
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How to Fake Real Beauty: Tricks of the Trade to Master Your Makeup
Ramy Gafni - Running Press
Format: Print book
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Celebrity makeup artist and TV makeover specialist Ramy Gafni knows no one is born perfect, not even his famous clients. In How to Fake Real Beauty, the makeup guru shares his secrets to enhancing a womans natural beauty while faking what she doesnt have.Some people are thought to be born... |
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Courageous Leadership: Field-Tested Strategy for the 360 Leader
Bill Hybels - Zondervan
Format: Paperback
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The book you hold resonates with this conviction: that leaders such as you have the potential to be the most influential forces on planet Earth. Yours is the staggering responsibility and the matchless privilege of rallying believers and mobilizing their spiritual gifts in order to help... |
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Moon Peru
Ryan Dub? - Avalon Travel Publishing; Fourth Edition edition
Format: Print book
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This full-color guide to Peru includes vibrant photos and helpful planning maps. Lima resident Ryan Dub along with helpful Machu Picchu expert Ben Westwood offers an insiders view of Peru, from exploring the churches and artisan neighborhoods of Cusco to avoiding the crowds at Machu Picchu... |
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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Richard Lloyd Parry - MCD
Format: Hardcover
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Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Guardian, NPR, GQ, The Economist, Bookforum, Amazon, and Lit HubThe definitive account of what happened, why, and above all how it felt, when catastrophe hit Japan -- by the Japan correspondent of The Times... |
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Blockchain For Dummies
Tiana Laurence - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, the revolutionary 'virtual currency' that's changing the way people do business. While Bitcoin has enjoyed some well-deserved hype, Blockchain may be Bitcoin's... |
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Climate Justice: Hope, Resilience, and the Fight for a Sustainable Future
Mary Robinson - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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An urgent call to arms by one of the most important voices in the international fight against climate change, sharing inspiring stories and offering vital lessons for the path forward. Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by the uncertainty of the world... |
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Taking Charge of Cancer: What You Need to Know to Get the Best Treatment
David Palma MD PhD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback
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A critical resource for anyone with a cancer diagnosis. Written by a radiation oncologist and cancer researcher, Taking Charge of Cancer offers an insider's guide to understanding and receiving the best treatment options, choosing the right medical team, and approaching this difficult... |
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A Healthy You: Boost Your Energy, Live Cleaner, and Look and Feel Younger Every Day
Carol Alt - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Carol Alt, supermodel, actress, raw food expert, entrepreneur, and host of the hit Fox News health and wellness show A Healthy You, offers her unique blend of alternative and practical diet, fitness, beauty, and aging advice to help you live healthier everyday.In her first fully illustrated... |
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Fodor's Bermuda
Fodor's - Fodor's; 32 edition
Format: Paperback
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Fodor’s correspondents highlight the best of Bermuda, including historic St. George's, the south shore's stunning beaches, and Hamilton's posh boutiques. Our local experts vet every recommendation to ensure you make the most of your time, whether it’s your first... |
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Zip It: The Keep It Shut 40-Day Challenge
Karen Ehman - Zondervan
Format: Print book
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Zip It empowers readers to put into action the advice and commands of Scripture concerning the tongue. The New York Times bestselling book Keep It Shut covered many topics, including anger, truth-telling, people-pleasing, our digital tongues online, and gossip. Because there are more than... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico
DK Publishing - DK Eyewitness Travel; Rep Rev edition
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Mexico is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns, from Mexico City... |
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Sex That Works: An Intimate Guide to Awakening Your Erotic Life
Wendy Strgar - Sounds True
Format: Print book
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Millions of couples report sexual dissatisfaction as the number one reason for ending their relationship - even after years together. So if we've lost that special spark, depth of connection, or sense of confidence in our sex lives, how do we rediscover passion and pleasure? Or if we're... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide France
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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With superb photography, illustrations, and maps, this easy-to-use travel guide leads you to the best of France, one of the world's leading destinations for culture, fine food, and wine.This guide will show you the wide range of sights that France has to offer, from the beautiful cities... |
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I'm Just a Person
Tig Notaro - Ecco
Format: Print book
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One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother... |
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How to Ruin Everything: Essays
Watsky - Plume
Format: Print book
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"Funny, subversive, and able to excavate such brutally honest sentences that you find yourself nodding your head in wonder and recognition." - Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer and lyricist of In the Heights and Hamilton: An American MusicalAre you a sensible, universally... |
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The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall
BARBARA O'HARE - Blink Publishing
Format: Paperback
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"We were an experiment. We had no rights, no love, nothing. Just a piece of meat for someone to play with." Barbara O'Hare was just 12 years old when she was admitted to Aston Hall mental institution in Derbyshire. From a troubled home, she'd hoped the hospital would offer... |
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Style Your Perfect Wedding
DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Want a beautiful wedding that perfectly represents you and your partner? Style Your Perfect Wedding has all the advice you need for the wedding of your dreams. From unique wedding ideas to creative wedding themes, from fun bridal shower ideas to handmade wedding crafts, from a beautiful... |
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Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
Lonely Planet. - Lonely Planet Pbns
Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Admire Kuala Lumpur from the glittering Petronas... |
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Cracking the SAT Premium Edition with 8 Practice Tests, 2015
Princeton Review - Princeton Review; Premium edition
Format: Paperback
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THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION FOR YOUR HIGHEST POSSIBLE SCORE!Get all the prep you need to ace the SAT with The Princeton Review, including 8 full-length practice tests, thorough topic reviews, and exclusive access to our online Premium Portal with tons of extra practice and resources.Techniques... |
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The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration
Bernd Heinrich - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history" (Kirkus Reviews) . Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same... |
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Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
Natalie Starkey - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious--comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects... |
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Refire! Don't Retire: Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
Ken Blanchard - Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Refire! Don't Retire asks readers the all-important question: as you look at the years ahead, what can you do to make them satisfying and meaningful? Ken Blanchard and Morton Shaevitz point out that some people see their later years as a time to endure rather than as an exciting opportunity.... |
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Thunder at the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
Douglas R Egerton - Basic Books
Format: Print book
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Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage - southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle,... |
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From Global to Local: The Making of Things and the End of Globalization
FINBARR LIVESEY - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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This brilliantly original book dismantles the underlying assumptions that drive the decisions made by companies and governments the world over to show that our shared narrative of the global economy is deeply flawed and, if left unexamined, will lead corporations and countries astray, with... |
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Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland
James D Robenalt - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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On July 23, 1968, police in Cleveland battled with black nationalists in a night of terror that saw 6 people killed and at least 15 wounded. The gun battle touched off days of heavy rioting. The question was whether the shootings were the result of a planned attack on white police, or a matter... |
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Declutter Your Data: Take Charge of Your Data and Organize Your Digital Life
ANGELA CROCKER - Self-Counsel Press
Format: Paperback
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Technology makes things faster, and simpler. At the same time, with all the technology that surrounds us on a daily basis, everyone is awash in too much information. Our computers, phones, tablets, work projects, tax and other files, and various online accounts all store data. It's... |
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Lo que he aprendido en la vida
Oprah Winfrey - Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, LLC.
Format: Print book
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He aprendido en la vida que tu viaje comienza con la eleccin de levantarte, dar un paso al frente y vivir a plenitud. Oprah WinfreyDespus de que el crtico de cine Gene Siskel le preguntara Qu sabes con seguridad Oprah Winfrey comenz a escribir la columna What I know for Sure en O, The Oprah... |
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A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
James Reston, Jr. - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Cuba
DK. - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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Explore Cuba, the famous Caribbean island, and stop by Old Havana, visit museums, and eat authentic moros y cristianos.From top restaurants, bars, and clubs to standout scenic sites and walks, our insider tips are sure to make your trip outstanding. Whether you're looking for unique... |
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Moon Bermuda
ROSEMARY JONES - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback
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Make Your Escape with Moon Travel Guides!Impossibly turquoise bays, perfumed breezes, trilling tree frogs and a laid-back lifestyle await. Go with the flow with Moon Bermuda. Strategic itineraries such as "The Best of Bermuda," "A Romantic Retreat," "Scouting... |
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Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods: Poetry in the Shadow of the Past
William Logan - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Dickinson's Nerves, Frost's Woods, William Logan, the noted and often controversial critic of contemporary poetry, returns to some of the greatest poems in English literature. He reveals what we may not have seen before and what his critical eye can do with what he loves. In essays... |
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