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Stories I tell myself : growing up with Hunter S. Thompson
Juan F Thompson · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 274
Format: Print book |
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Hunter S. Thompson, "smart hillbilly," boy of the South, born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky, son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom, public school-educated, jailed at seventeen on a bogus petty robbery charge, member of the U.S. Air Force (Airmen Second Class)... |
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The Invention of Wings
Sue Monk Kidd · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 373
Format: Print book |
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From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world... |
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Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
Cesar Hidalgo · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover |
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What is economic growth? And why, historically, has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions, geography, finances, and psychology. But according to MIT's antidisciplinarian César Hidalgo, understanding the nature of economic... |
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Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Amy Ellis Nutt · Random House
Pages: 279
Format: Print book |
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The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly... |
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han · Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pages: 355
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Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series.What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them ... all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters... |
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The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success
Emma Seppala · HarperOne
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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A leading expert on health psychology, well-being, and resilience argues that happiness is the key to fast tracking our professional and personal success.Everyone wants to be happy and successful. And yet the pursuit of both has never been more elusive. As work and personal demands rise,... |
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Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari · Penguin Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book |
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Now a New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships,... |
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Edge of Eternity: Book Three of the Century Trilogy
Ken Follett · Dutton
Pages: 1098
Format: Print book |
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The sweeping, passionate conclusion to Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, The Century Trilogy.In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they made their way through... |
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The Survivor
Kyle Mills · Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pages: 388
Format: Print book |
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A blistering novel that picks up where "The Last Man" left off, "The Survivor" is a no-holds-barred race to save America and Mitch Rapp s finest battle. When Joe Rick Rickman, a former golden boy of the CIA, steals a massive amount of the Agency s most classified documents... |
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The Pizza Bible: The World's Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and more
Tony Gemignani · Ten Speed
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover |
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A comprehensive guide to making pizza, covering nine different regional styles--including standards like Neapolitan, Roman, and Chicago, as well as renowned pizza sub-specialties like St. Louis and Californian--from chef, 11-time world Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani. Everyone loves pizza!... |
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Last crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson · Crown Publishers
Pages: 430
Format: Print book |
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#1 New York Times BestsellerFrom the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the LusitaniaOn May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York,... |
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Mom School
Rebecca Van Slyke · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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In this adorable kid's-eye view of what would happen if Mom went to school, a little girl imagines Mom School, where all moms learn their amazing skills, like fixing a bike tire and baking cupcakes. With warm, funny illustrations and a fun role-reversal story in which moms act like... |
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Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film "The Imitation Game"
Andrew Hodges · Princeton University Press
Pages: 768
Format: Paperback |
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe official book behind the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira KnightleyIt is only a slight exaggeration to say that the British mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954) saved the Allies from the Nazis, invented... |
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The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer Age
Robert M Wachter · McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Hardcover |
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The New York Times Science Bestseller from Robert Wachter, Modern Healthcare's #1 Most Influential Physician-Executive in the US While modern medicine produces miracles, it also delivers care that is too often unsafe, unreliable, unsatisfying, and impossibly expensive. For the past... |
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