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Judas: How a Sister?s Testimony Brought Down a Criminal Mastermind
Astrid Holleeder - Mulholland Books Format: Hardcover
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The incredible true story of a woman who risked everything to put her brother, a murderous psychopath and one of the world's most infamous crime bosses, behind bars.Astrid Holleeder is in hiding because she had the courage to write this book. Her brother Willem Holleeder, best known for his involvement... |
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The Code of the Extraordinary Mind
Vishen Lakhiani - Rodale Format: Print book
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Blending evolutionary biology, computation thinking, meditation exercises and more, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind provides a new framework for understanding and enhancing the human self. It also includes interviews that Lakhiani has conducted with Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Peter... |
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Lonely Planet Discover Spain
Brendan Sainsbury - Lonely Planet; 4 edition Format: Print book
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Discover Spain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at stunning architecture, enjoy tapas and pintxos, and hike through... |
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The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
ELAINE F WEISS - Viking Format: Hardcover
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The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. "Anyone interested in the history of our country's ongoing fight to put its founding values into practice--as... |
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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
RUSSELL SHORTO - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today.With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those... |
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Rescuing Retirement
TERESA GHILARDUCCI - Columbia University Press Format: Hardcover
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Everyone deserves to be able to retire with dignity, but this core feature of the social contract is in jeopardy. Companies have swerved away from pensions, and most of the workforce has woefully inadequate retirement savings. If we don't act to fix this broken system, rates of impoverishment... |
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Surviving Autocracy
Masha Gessen - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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"An indispensable voice of and for this moment." -Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyA bestselling, National Book Award-winning journalist's bracing elucidation of our tumultuous times. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Masha Gessen stood out from other journalists for the ability... |
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier
Rory Feek - Thomas Nelson Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee farm into... |
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The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide
John Seymour - DK Format: Hardcover
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Embrace off-grid green living with a new edition of the bestselling classic guide to a more sustainable way of life from the father of self-sufficiency.For over 40 years, John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more responsible, enriching, and eco-friendly choices with his advice on living... |
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ACCUPLACER Test, Bob Miller's Math Prep for the
Bob Miller - Research & Education Assn Format: Print book
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Bob Miller's Math Prep for the ACCUPLACER Test Gets You a High Score!Updated Second EditionBob Miller has taught math to thousands of students at all educational levels for 30 years. His proven teaching methods help college-bound students succeed on the ACCUPLACER exam and boost their... |
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Eating Dangerously: Why the Government Can't Keep Your Food Safe ... and How You Can
Michael Booth - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Paperback
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Americans are afraid of their food. And for good reason. In 2011, the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in a century delivered killer listeria bacteria on innocuous cantaloupe never before suspected of carrying that pathogen. Nearly 50 million Americans will get food poisoning this... |
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Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, 5th Edition: Breeds, Care, Housing
Bob Bennett - Storey Publishing, LLC Format: Hardcover
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The fifth edition of this best-selling handbook features the same detailed approach that has made it the trusted source for raising healthy, productive rabbits - plus a total redesign with color photos and graphics. Whether you're interested in raising rabbits for show, meat, fur,... |
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Brain Droppings
George Carlin - Hyperion; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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With nearly 20 albums, two Grammys, two Cable ACE awards, and more HBO specials sunder his belt than anyone else, George Carlin is more popular than ever. Now, for the first time, Carlin has prduced a book of original humor pieces, Brain Droppings. Filled with thoughts, musings, questions,... |
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Charlie Company's Journey Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans
Andrew Wiest - Osprey Publishing Format: Hardcover
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The Boys of '67 and the War They Left BehindThe human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp--the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors.These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations.... |
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A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations
Pico Iyer - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of The Art of Stillness--one of our most engaging and discerning travel writers--a unique, indispensable guide to the enigma of contemporary Japan.After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use everything from anime to Oscar Wilde to show how his adopted... |
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Church Ladies Quilts
Ann Hazelwood - American Quilters Society Format: Paperback
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For generations, ladies have gathered at churches to quilt, as they bring income to their treasury. In Church Ladies Quilts, the fifth and final novel in the East Perry County series, Kate Meyr's love for quilts convince her to join the quilters at Concordia Lutheran church in Borna.... |
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Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Jesse L. Jackson - Orbis Books Format: Hardcover
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Here, for the first time in print: a powerful selection of sermons and speeches by one of America's most unforgettable orators and champions of human rights.For over fifty years, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., a Baptist minister, activist, and organizer, has worked for civil rights, peace,... |
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Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition
Katie Rain Hill - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Format: Hardcover
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In her unique, generous, and affecting voice, nineteen-year-old Katie Hill shares her personal journey of undergoing gender reassignment.Have you ever worried that you'd never be able to live up to your parents' expectations? Have you ever imagined that life would be better if you were... |
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Paul McCartney: The Life
Philip Norman - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost... |
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500 ACT Math Questions to Know by Test Day, 2ed
Inc. Anaxos - McGraw-Hill Education Format: Paperback
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Discover 500 Ways to Achieve Your Highest Score on the ACT! The ACT is required or preferred by more colleges and universities than any other college entrance exam. This essential guide will help you sharpen your skills and study more effectively for the exam. The questions are similar... |
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The White King: Charles I, Traitor, Murderer, Martyr
Leanda De Lisle - PublicAffairs; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the tragic story of Charles I, his warrior queen, Britains civil wars... |
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The Complete Guide to Building Classic Barns, Fences, Storage Sheds, Animal Pens, Outbuildings, Greenhouses, Farm Equipment, & Tools: A Step-by-Step ...
Tim Bodamer - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.; Pap/Cdr edition Format: Paperback
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With their classic barns and fences, American small farms, and the buildings that support these farms, serve a much-needed purpose as much today as they have in the past. Even with the advent of new technology frequently used on farms, these buildings have changed relatively little and are still... |
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Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling
Michael Cannell - Minotaur Books Format: Hardcover
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Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling.Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall -- for almost two decades, no place... |
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Storming the Gates of Heaven: Prayer that Claims the Promises of God
Anne Graham Lotz - Zondervan Format: Hardcover
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In this adaptation of her bestselling book, The Daniel Prayer, Anne Graham Lotz unlocks a powerful pattern of prayer for claiming the promises of God.What is the secret to praying prayers that really "work"? In Storming the Gates of Heaven, a plan for praying effective prayers... |
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Tate's Bake Shop: Baking For Friends
Kathleen King - Tates Bake Shop Format: Book
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Baking for Friends is much more than a book of recipes. Its about the sweetness of connecting with the ones you love. Kathleen welcomes you into her kitchen in the Hamptons, debuting more than 120 delectable, easy-to-bake recipesfrom plump scones and muffins to mouthwatering pies and tarts... |
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A Rabble of Dead Money: The Great Crash and the Global Depression: 19291939
Charles R Morris - Public Affairs Format: Print book
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The Great Crash of 1929 violently disrupted the United States' confident march toward becoming the world's superpower. The suddenness of the cataclysm and the long duration of the collapse scarred generations of Americans. A Rabble of Dead Money is a lucid and fast-paced account... |
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Time Will Say Nothing: A Philosopher Survives an Iranian Prison
Ramin Jahanbegloo - University of Regina Press Format: Hardcover
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Sorbonne-educated and the author of almost 30 books, Ramin Jahanbegloo, a philosopher of non-violence in the tradition of Tolstoy and Gandhi, was arrested and detained in Iran’s notorious Evin prison in 2006. A petition against his imprisonment was initiated, with Umberto Eco, Jurgen... |
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The History of Jihad: From Muhammad to ISIS
ROBERT SPENCER - Bombardier Books Format: Hardcover
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The comprehensive history of the role of war and terror in the spread of Islam. It is taken for granted, even among many Washington policymakers, that Islam is a fundamentally peaceful religion and that Islamic jihad terrorism is something relatively new, a product of the economic and political... |
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A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA
Joshua Kurlantzick - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of how Americas secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy.In 1960, President Eisenhower was focused on Laos, a tiny Southeast Asian nation few Americans had ever... |
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Downsizing The Family Home: What to Save, What to Let Go
Marni Jameson - Sterling Format: Print book
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It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through... |
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Census: The Family Historian's Guide
David Annal - A&C Black; 2 edition Format: Print book
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This practical handbook shows you how to interpret the records to discover intricate details of your ancestors' lives, but also explores how and why information on names, addresses, family relationships and occupations was gathered. Intriguing case studies reveal why problems occur... |
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
AMY KAUFMAN - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's... |
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Fifty Places to Run Before You Die
Chris Santella - Abrams Image Format: Hardcover
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Fifty Places to Run Before You Die is a beautifully illustrated collection of the most exhilarating running courses in the world. Featuring a balance of popular races (marathons, 10Ks, and endurance runs) and scenic trails off the beaten path, as well as interviews with... |
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The Boston Massacre: A Family History
Serena Zabin - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution The story of the Boston Massacre - when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death - is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts... |
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What Your Third Grader Needs to Know
E.D. Hirsch Jr. - Bantam Format: Print book
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Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated What Your Third Grader Needs to Know What should your child learn in the third grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands... |
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Let Me Tell You a Story: A Memoir of a Wartime Childhood
Renata Calverley - Bloomsbury USA Format: Hardcover
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September, 1939. Przemysl, Poland. No one has explained to three-year-old Renatka what war is. She knows her Tatus, a doctor, is away with the Polish Army, that her beautiful Mamusia is no longer allowed to work at the university, and that their frequent visitors—among them Great... |
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Orwell's Nose: A Pathological Biography
John Sutherland - Reaktion Books Format: Print book
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In 2012 writer John Sutherland permanently lost his sense of smell. At about the same time, he embarked on a rereading of George Orwell and - still coping with his recent disability - noticed something peculiar: Orwell was positively obsessed with smell. In this original, irreverent biography,... |
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The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy
Anna Clark - Metropolitan Books Format: Hardcover
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The first full account of the Flint, Michigan, water scandal, an American tragedy, with new details, from Anna Clark, the award-winning Michigan journalist who has covered the story from its beginningsWhen the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring... |
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KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps
Nikolaus Wachsmann - Farrar, Straus & Giroux Format: Hardcover
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In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe... |
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A Year with Peter Drucker: 52 Weeks of Coaching for Leadership Effectiveness
Joseph A. Maciariello - HarperBusiness Format: Hardcover
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A year-long leadership development course, divided into short, weekly lessons, based on Peter Drucker's personal coaching program, previously unpublished material, and selected readings from the management guru's classic works, compiled by his longtime collaborator Joseph A. Maciariello.A... |
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY iPad
Guy Hart-Davis - Visual Format: Paperback
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Learn the basics and beyond with this visual guide to the iPad, iPad mini, and iPad Pro Teach Yourself VISUALLY iPad 6th Editionis a clear, concise, image-rich guide to getting the most out of your iPad, iPad mini or iPad Pro running iOS 11. Designed to quickly get you the answers you need,... |
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Pick Three: You Can Have It All
RANDI ZUCKERBERG - Dey Street Books Format: Hardcover
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In this motivational handbook - both a business how-to and self-help guide - the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided.Work. Sleep. Fitness. Family.... |
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The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump
Peter Wehner - HarperOne Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times opinion writer, media commentator, outspoken Republican and Christian critic of the Trump presidency offers a spirited defense of politics and its virtuous and critical role in maintaining our democracy and what we must do to save it before it is too late. "Any nation... |
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Stephen King and Philosophy
Jacob M. Held - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Paperback
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Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green Mile, and Pet Semetary, Stephen King has been an anchor of American horror, science fiction, psychological thrillers, and suspense for over forty years. His characters have... |
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The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively
Gary D Chapman - Northfield Pub Format: Print book
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More than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you show it so they really feel loved The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child's... |
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The Swedish Way to Parent and Play: Advice for Raising Gender-Equal Kids
Kristina Henkel - Countryman Press Format: Paperback
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Enter a world where Batman does the dishes and Barbie fights crime In the US and around the world, people are striving to close the gender gap. Ranked fifth globally for gender equality, Sweden is doing something right. But to truly close the gap, Swedish experts Kristina Henkel and Marie... |
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Easy Everyday Keto: Healthy Kitchen-Perfected Recipes
Americas Test Kitchen (Firm) - Americas Test Kitchen Format: Paperback
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Americas Test Kitchen raises the bar on keto cooking with dishes that offer fantastic flavor, efficiency, and ease.Break free from the monotonous or time-consuming recipes that too often make up the reality of a keto diet and discover easier, naturally keto dishes that deliver inspiration,... |
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Everyone Is Italian on Sunday
Rachael Ray - Atria Books Format: Print book
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"This book is the single most important work of my life. It represents decades of enjoying and working with food and the people I love most in this world." - Rachael If you're like Rachael Ray, you'll agree that there is something comforting and heartwarming about a heaping... |
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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science
Siddhartha Mukherjee - Simon & Schuster/ Ted Format: Hardcover
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Essential, required reading for doctors and patients alike: A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and one of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine - and how understanding these principles can empower us all.Over... |
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Wilde's Women: How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women of His Life
Eleanor Fitzsimons - Overlook Duckworth Format: Print book
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A fresh, revealing, and entertaining account of the most notorious figure of his age and the women who inspired him.Oscar Wilde famously insisted that "there should be no law for anybody," and his devotion to personal liberty made him a staunch defender of gender equality. Women... |
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Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
Kate Clifford Larson - Houghton Mifflin Format: Print book
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They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference. Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the Queen of England, and traveled the world... |
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How to Retire with Enough Money: And How to Know What Enough Is
Teresa Ghilarducci - Workman Publishing Format: Print book
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Here is a single-sit read than can change the course of your retirement. Written by Dr. Teresa Ghilarducci, an economics professor, a retirement and savings specialist, and a trustee to two retiree health-care trusts worth over $54 billion, How to Retire with Enough Money cuts through... |
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The Middle Matters: Why That
Lisa-Jo Baker - WaterBrook Format: Hardcover
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The best-selling author of Never Unfriended opens up about midlife and what it feels like to have outgrown those teenage jeans, but finally grown into the shape of our souls.Do you ever wonder how you woke up one day with all the responsibilities of a grown-up who secretly enjoys going... |
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Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets
Luke Dittrich - Random House Format: Print book
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"Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King"* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M., a man who forever altered our understanding of how memory works - and whose treatment raises deeply... |
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Thunderstruck
Erik Larson - Three Rivers Press Format: Paperback
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, a true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's "great hush"In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men - Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo... |
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The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
Andrew L Seidel - Sterling Format: Hardcover
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Do "In God We Trust," the Declaration of Independence, and other historical "evidence" prove that America was founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? A constitutional attorney dives into the debate about religion's... |
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin - Henry Holt Format: Print book
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A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames CarlinTo have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months... |
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir
WENDY MITCHELL - Ballantine Books Format: Hardcover
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"A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer's disease." - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends... |
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The Cat Lover's Craft Book: Cute and Easy Accessories for Kitty's Best Friend
CRAFTY CAT LOVERS. - Tuttle Publishing Format: Paperback
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Unleash Your Inner Crazy Craft Lady!Here a cat there a cat, everywhere a crafted cat! Cats to decorate your home, to wear, or to give to someone you love. The Cat Lover's Craft Book is dedicated to those who craft and those who are in love with all things cat-related! Whether you like... |
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10,000 Miles with My Dead Father's Ashes: Or Mi Padre es Muerto en la Bolsa
Devin Galaudet - Rare Bird Books, A Vireo Book Format: Paperback
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It was Devin Galaudet's job to take the ashes and pour them into the waters of Cadiz, Spain after his father's death. Carrying them across Spain by car, train, and backpack, this was their swan song, their "buddy picture" come to life. Half a mile from the Mediterranean,... |
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The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from the Inside Out
Dr. Robynne Chutkan M.D. - Avery Format: Print book
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The author of Gutbliss and one of today's preeminent gastroenterologists distills the latest research on the microbiome into a practical program for boosting overall health. Michael Pollan's widely discussed New York Times article, "Some of My Best Friends Are Germs,"... |
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Brain Droppings
George Carlin - Hyperion Format: Paperback
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With hundreds of sold-out concert dates each year, over 20 albums, two Grammys, two Cable ACE awards, and more HBO specials that anyone else, George Carlin is more popular than ever. Now Carlin's New York Times bestselling book comes to paperback. Filled with thoughts, musings, questions,... |
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Donna Bell's Bake Shop: Recipes and Stories of Family, Friends, and Food
Pauley Perrette - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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The heartwarming story of how NCIS star Pauley Perrette and her two best friends created a Southern-style bake shop in Manhattan - a celebration of love and friendship with gorgeous photographs and delicious recipes.Nestled in the heart of midtown New York is a little shop with a big story.... |
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All That Jazz: The Life and Times of the Musical Chicago
Ethan Mordden - Oxford University Press Format: Hardcover
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In 1975, the Broadway musical Chicago brought together a host of memes and myths - the gleefully subversive character of American musical comedy, the reckless glamour of the big-city newspaper, the mad decade of the 1920s, the work of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon (two of the greatest talents... |
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Lexington and Concord: The Battle Heard Round the World
GEORGE C DAUGHAN - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian reinterprets the battle that launched the American Revolution.George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the Battle of Lexington and Concord challenges the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based as much... |
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Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Grand Central Pub. Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for DramaLin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B,... |
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Trump's War: His Battle for America
MICHAEL SAVAGE - CENTER ST Format: Print book
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania,"... |
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Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness
Alfred Runte - Lyons Press Format: Paperback
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This history of Yosemite follows it as the seat of controversy affecting the evolution of national parks, from its path-breaking establishment in 1864 as a grant to California, 1890 expansion into a national park, boundary reductions and loss of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, evolution of wildlife... |
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Probate Records of S.C: An Index to Inventories, 1746-1785
Brent Holcomb - Southern Historical Press Format: Paperback
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This most valuable book contains over 5,000 entries. It is an index to both Intestate and Testate Inventories, Divisions of Estates, Estate Sales, etc..... for the entire state of South Carolina until 1784. |
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1,000 Words to Sign
GEOFFREY S POOR - Collins & Brown Format: Paperback
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Learn American Sign Language, from basic letters to simple phrases, with this invaluable photographic guide! American Sign Language (ASL) has been widely adopted by the deaf, and 1,000 Words to Sign is a practical, authoritative, and effective learning aid to this beautiful and creative... |
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A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language
Emily Shaw - Gallaudet University Press; 1st Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The story of how American Sign Language ASL came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a Deaf French educator, Laurent Clerc, who agreed to come to the United States and help establish the first school in America to use sign... |
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The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing: Seventh Edition
Harry Mullan - Carlton Books; 7 edition Format: Book
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Boxing has produced some of the world's most exciting and colorful athletes, from Jack Johnson and Jake LaMotta to Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. They're all in this ultimate guide, the most comprehensive single-volume illustrated boxing reference available, now fully revised and updated... |
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Wonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical
Johnny Ball - Bloomsbury Sigma Format: Paperback
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An all-encompassing history of mathematics from beloved TV presenter Johnny Ball.By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns... |
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Life After Suicide: Finding Courage, Comfort & Community After Unthinkable Loss
Jennifer Ashton M.D. - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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From the chief medical correspondent of ABC News, an eloquent, heartbreaking, yet hopeful memoir of surviving the suicide of a loved one, examining this dangerous epidemic and offering first-hand knowledge and advice to help family and friends find peace.Jennifer Ashton, M.D., has witnessed... |
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Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science
Richard Dawkins - Ecco Press Format: Hardcover
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In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely... |
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Fodor's Alaska
FODOR'S TRAVEL GUIDES. - Fodor's Travel Format: Paperback
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Written by locals, Fodor's Alaska is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this Alaska travel guide will help you plan your trip with ease.There's no denying that Alaska is a trip... |
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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life
Ray Connolly - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero?... |
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed - Vintage Books Format: Paperback
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Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills - and it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar - the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus,... |
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Fairy House Cooking: Simple Scrumptious Recipes & Fairy Party Fun!
LIZA GARDNER WALSH - Down East Books Format: Hardcover
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Scrumptious fun for fairies, friends, and familiesThe fairies (and kids) are invading the kitchen. Following up on the popular Fairy House and Fairy Garden handbooks, Liza Gardner Walsh presents a new dimension in fairy-themed activities - Cooking! In this delightful book, there are lots... |
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The School of Sophisticated Drinking: An Intoxicating History of Seven Spirits
Kerstin Ehmer - Greystone Books, 2015. Format: Print book
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Wherever and whenever people have been found talking, they have been found drinking: an age-old pastime with an equally storied history. Alcohol and civilization have developed in close quarters, sometimes supporting each other and sometimes getting in each other's way.The School of Sophisticated... |
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Dont Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
Peggy Orenstein - Harper Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Cinderella Ate My Daughter delivers her first ever collection of essays - funny, poignant, deeply personal and sharply observed pieces, drawn from three decades of writing, which trace girls and womens progress (or lack thereof) in what... |
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The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Lynne McTaggart - Harper Perennial; Updated edition Format: Paperback
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In this groundbreaking classic, investigative journalist Lynne McTaggart reveals a radical new paradigm—that the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea, and that consciousness may be central... |
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City of sedition : the history of New York during the Civil War
John Strausbaugh - Twelve Format: Print book
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In a single definitive narrative, CITY OF SEDITION tells the spellbinding story of the huge-and hugely conflicted-role New York City played in the Civil War. No city was more of a help to Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort, or more of a hindrance. No city raised more men, money,... |
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The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies?
Nisha Zenoff - Da Capo Lifelong Books Format: Paperback
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In The Unspeakable Loss, Nisha offers support, guidance and wisdom from others who have experienced the death of a child, as well as her personal story after the death of her beloved 17-year-old son, Victor, and her insight as a grief counselor and psychotherapist. Charting the long... |
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Walking with Plato
Gary Hayden - Oneworld Publications Format: Print book
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All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.' So said Friedrich Nietzsche, and so thought philosophy buff Gary Hayden as he set off on Britain's most challenging trek: to walk from John o'Groats to Land's End.But it wasn't all quaint country lanes, picture-postcard... |
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Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History
Camille T Dungy - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning African American poet debuts in prose with a stunningly graceful and honest exploration of race, motherhood, and history.As a working mother whose livelihood as a poet-lecturer depended on travel, Camille Dungy crisscrossed America with her infant, then toddler, intensely... |
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We Rock!
Jason Hanley - Quarry Books Format: Book
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Finally! A hip, fun and culturally relevant series of music appreciation books, perfect for modern music-loving families who want to take advantage of this era of exploding musical access! Get a personal guided tour through an amazing historical back-catalog of music that was previously... |
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Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
Amy Cuddy - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a job interview, a performance, or a difficult conversation? The very moments that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel phony and powerless. Too often we approach... |
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South and West: From a Notebook
JOAN DIDION - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks:... |
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House
BEN RHODES - Random House Format: Hardcover
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From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,... |
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Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia
Rick Steves - Rick Steves Format: Paperback
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Stroll Dubrovnik's ancient walls, drive through the idyllic Julian Alps, and set sail on the glimmering Adriatic: with Rick Steves on your side, Croatia and Slovenia can be yours!Inside Rick Steves Croatia & Slovenia you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more... |
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Let the People Rule: Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of the Presidential Primary
Geoffrey Cowan - W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Format: Print book
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"Cowan has brought to life a fascinating part of TR's story usually left out of the history books. He tells it with verve and suspense, warts and all, his insights deepened by his own impressive background as a democracy activist." -- Adam Hochschild, author of To End All WarsLet... |
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Bobby Wonderful: An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents
Bob Morris - Twelve Format: Hardcover
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His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their... |
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The Japanese House Reinvented
Philip Jodidio - The Monacelli Press Format: Hardcover
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Although Japanese architects have to contend with very particular constraints, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats, their innovative solutions to the creation of space and stable structures, combined with their close attention to materials, technology... |
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Running with the Champ: My Forty-Year Friendship with Muhammad Ali
Tim Shanahan - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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A personal tribute to the remarkable friendship between Tim Shanahan and Muhammad Ali, including dozens of never-before-told stories about Ali, his family, his entourage, and various celebrities along the way - as well as never-before-published personal photos.In 1976 Tim Shanahan was a medical-instruments... |
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Llewellyn's 2018 Sun Sign Book: Horoscopes for Everyone
KIM ROGERS-GALLAGHER - Llewellyn Publications Format: Paperback
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Find out what big opportunities are waiting for you in the coming year with Llewellyn's 2018 Sun Sign Book. With it, you'll gain amazing insights into the months ahead and make use of practical planetary wisdom. This easy-to-use guide will answer your questions about money, success,... |
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Windows 10 Simplified
Paul McFedries - Visual Format: Paperback
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Learn Windows 10 quickly and painlessly with this beginner's guide Windows 10 Simplified is your absolute beginner's guide to the ins and outs of Windows. Fully updated to cover Windows 10, this highly visual guide covers all the new features in addition to the basics, giving you a one-stop... |
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American Spirit: Profiles in Resilience, Courage, and Faith
Taya Kyle - William Morrow Format: Hardcover
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The "American Sniper" legacy continues: Taya Kyle celebrates the American Spirit in her inspiring new bookLife leads us through difficult terrain. But what happens if you use challenge as an opportunity to discover your PURPOSE? These Americans did and are changing the world.... |
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Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference
Thomas Nelson - Thomas Nelson Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Timothy Keller and legal scholar John Inazu bring together a thrilling range of artists, thinkers, and leaders to provide a guide to faithful living in a pluralistic, fractured world.How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect... |
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Siriously Delicious: 100 Nutritious
Siri Daly - Oxmoor House Format: Paperback
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Popular food blogger and TODAY food contributor Siri Daly's Siriously Delicious is a collection of triumphs and mistakes, and simple, delicious recipes for people who love food. Like many of us trying to feed our families, Siri Daly is a very busy cook. As a mother of three under the age of 10, TODAY... |
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Control Stress
PAUL MCKENNA - HAY House INC
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Would you like to be able to relax and still keep your edge?Would you like to feel in control of your life?Would you like to take the pressure off and feel good?Then let Paul McKenna help you! Based on over 20 years of research, this book contains cutting-edge psychological techniques that... |
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Painting Miniatures for the American Civil War
Steve Barber - The Crowood Press UK Format: Paperback
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The American Civil War is one of the most popular periods to wargame, and rightly so - it is a fascinating period of history. Painting Miniatures for the American Civil War offers the opportunity to learn how to pain war games miniatures from someone who has been an experienced sculptor... |
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Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love
Abby Maslin - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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Abby Maslin shares an inspiring story of resilience and commitment in a deeply affecting new memoir. After her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury, the couple worked together as he recovered - and they learned to love again. When Abby Maslin's husband, TC, didn't make it home on August... |
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Humankind: How Biology and Geography Shape Human Diversity
Alexander H. Harcourt - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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An innovative and illuminating look at how the evolution of the human species has been shaped by the world around us, from anatomy and physiology, to cultural diversity and population density.Where did the human species originate? Why are tropical peoples much more diverse than those at polar... |
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Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
EMILY CHANG - Portfolio Format: Hardcover
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Silicon Valley is a modern utopia where anyone can change the world. Unless you're a woman. For women in tech, Silicon Valley is not a fantasyland of unicorns, virtual reality rainbows, and 3D-printed lollipops, where millions of dollars grow on trees. It's a "Brotopia," where... |
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Psychedelic Marine: A Transformational Journey from Afghanistan to the Amazon
Alex Seymour - Park Street Press Format: Print book
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A vivid portrait of both the traumas of war and the shamanic healing ceremonies of ayahuasca* Explains how our culture lacks rites of passage and how shamanic ritual can fill this gap* Reveals how ayahuasca frees your consciousness from inherited beliefs, fears, and traumatic experience,... |
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Putin's World: Russia Against the West
Angela Stent - Twelve Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant analysis of Putin's Russia and how Russians perceive their place in the modern world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px... |
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Own It: Oprah Winfrey In Her Own Words
Anjali Becker - Agate B2 Format: Print book
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The public's appetite for all things Oprah Winfrey has waned little since her Chicago TV debut in 1983. Known as a self-help guru and the "Queen of All Media," Oprah (it's almost impossible not to refer to her by her globally recognized first name) has been shining light... |
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Mapping The Pitch: Football Formations Through The Ages
Edward Couzens-Lake - Meyer & Meyer Sport Format: Paperback
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Mapping the Pitch is an entertaining exploration of the history and evolution of soccer formations from the Victorian age to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The author analyzes the thinking behind the popular formations and shows how the thinking behind the game influenced the evolution... |
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Coffee Culture: Hot Coffee Cool Spaces
Robert Schneider - Images Publishing Group Format: Print book
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Coffee Culture features 33 eclectic coffee shops across the United StatesSeveral locations are listed in the National Register of Historic Places or have received awards from Architectural Record and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) This book will appeal to architects, professional... |
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Constance Fenimore Woolson: Portrait of a Lady Novelist
Anne Boyd Rioux - W. W. Norton & Company, 2016. Format: Print book
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"Biography at its best aims at resurrection. Anne Boyd Rioux has brought the novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson back to life for us. Hurrah!"?Robert D. Richardson, author of the Bancroft Prize-winning William James: In the Maelstrom of American ModernismConstance Fenimore Woolson... |
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Baby Play And Learn: 160 Games and Learning Activities for the First Three Years
Penny Warner - Meadowbrook Press Format: Book
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The Most Complete Book of Games and Learning Activities for Babies and Toddlers A baby's most rapid period of growth and development takes place during the first three years. That's why child development expert Penny Warner offers 160 age-appropriate ideas for games and activities... |
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Immunity: How Elie Metchnikoff Changed the Course of Modern Medicine
Luba Vikhanski - Chicago Review Press Incorporated Format: Print book
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Around Christmas of 1882, while peering through a microscope at starfish larvae in which he had inserted tiny thorns, Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff had a brilliant insight: what if the mobile cells he saw gathering around the thorns were the same as white blood cells that traveled... |
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Outwitting the Devil: The Secret to Freedom and Success
Napoleon Hill - Union Square & Co. Format: Hardcover
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Napoleon Hill wrote this book in 1938, just after publication of his all-time bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. This powerful tale has never been published, considered too controversial by his family and friends.Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon... |
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Finding Your Way Back to God: Five Awakenings to Your New Life
Dave Ferguson - Multnomah Books Format: Hardcover
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God, if youre real, make yourself real to me. Each of us spends our lives on a journey toward God. Yet often our most deeply felt longingsfor meaning, for love, for significanceend up leading us away from, instead of toward, our Creator and the person he made us to be. Finding Your Way Back... |
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Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread and Pizza [A Cookbook]
Ken Forkish - Ten Speed Press Format: eBook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From Portlands most acclaimed and beloved baker comes this must-have baking guide, featuring recipes for world-class breads and pizzas and a variety of schedules suited for the home baker.. There are few things more satisfying than biting into a freshly made,... |
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Harriet Quimby: Flying Fair Lady
Leslie Kerr - Schiffer Publishing Format: Print book
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One of the first women to fly, the fashionable Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) came of age in the fading years of a gilded era, determined to have more than the life of a farmer's wife. Beautiful, intelligent, and forever seeking the next adventure when her life ended tragically at age thirty-seven,... |
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Crocheted Pillows
Susie Johns - Search Press Format: Book
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With 26 modern, colorful and creative designs to choose from, this inspiring title is the only crocheted cushion book youll ever need. Featuring a vibrant range of designs with bobbles, ruffles, stripes and granny squares, in shapes ranging from circles and rectangles to hearts, owls and chickens,... |
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The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Bront Wrote Her Masterpiece
John Pfordresher - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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The surprising hidden history behind Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.Why did Charlotte Bronte go to such great lengths on the publication of her acclaimed, best-selling novel, Jane Eyre, to conceal its authorship from her family, close friends, and the press? In The Secret History of Jane... |
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Gropius: The Man Who Built the Bauhaus
Fiona MacCarthy - Belknap Press Format: Hardcover
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The definitive new life of the father of architectural modernism, by an award-winning biographer.The impact of Walter Gropius can be measured in his buildings -- Fagus Factory, Bauhaus Dessau, Pan Am -- but no less in his students. I. M. Pei, Paul Rudolph, Anni Albers, Philip Johnson, Fumihiko... |
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ACT Prep Guide 36: Prep for the Perfect Score
Peterson's - Peterson's Format: Print book
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ACT Prep Guide 36 provides the latest content to address the changes to the ACT test. For the high-achieving student, ACT Prep Guide 36 covers the most difficult concepts and problems encountered on the test and includes strategies and tips to handle them. ACT Prep Guide 36 is advanced... |
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Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
Smith, Helmut Walser - LIVERIGHT PUB CORP
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An epic in the tradition of Jonathan Spence's The Search for Modern China and Jill Lepore's These Truths, Helmut Walser Smith's sterling work promises to redefine our perception of German history. For nearly a century, conventional historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly... |
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The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook
Chelsea Monroe-Cassel - Insight Editions Format: Hardcover
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Feast your way through Skyrim, Morrowind, and Tamriel with The Elder Scrolls: The Official Cookbook. . Feast on all of the delicious dishes found in Skyrim, Morrowind, and all of Tamriel in this beautifully crafted cookbook based on the award-winning Elder Scrolls game series. Immerse yourself... |
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