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The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
Debra Soh - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover
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this research-based, scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity.Is our gender something we're born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The End of Gender, neuroscientist and sexologist Dr. Debra Soh uses a research-based approach to address this hot-button topic,... |
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Making Art From Maps: Inspiration, Techniques, and an International Gallery of Artists
Jill K Berry - Rockport Publishers
Format: eBook
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Journey through the craft of Making Art with Maps.From origami to paper cutting and decoupage, love of paper crafting has soared, and with it the variety of paper types used by artists. Among these are maps - an apt choice for any crafter: they're easy to find, often free, meant to be folded,... |
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Walking with Peety: The Dog Who Saved My Life
Eric O'Grey - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Eric was 150 pounds overweight, depressed, and sick. After a lifetime of failed diet attempts, and the onset of type 2 diabetes due to his weight, Eric went to a new doctor, who surprisingly prescribed a shelter dog. And that's when Eric met Peety: an overweight, middle-aged, and forgotten... |
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The Book of Kale and Friends: 14 Easy-to-Grow Superfoods with 130+ Recipes
Sharon Hanna - Douglas & McIntyre
Format: Paperback
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Following the success of her bestseller The Book of Kale, Sharon Hanna is back, teaming up with gardening editor Carol Pope for The Book of Kale and Friends. There are good reasons why the Kale Revolution is growing this humble leafy green is one of the healthiest vegetables on earth,... |
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Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions
Carmen Simon - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book
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A groundbreaking approach to creating memorable messages that are easy to process, hard to forget, and impossible to ignore -- using the latest in brain scienceAudiences forget up to 90% of what you communicate. How can your employees and customers decide to act on your message if they... |
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This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook
Extinction Rebellion - Penguin
Format: Paperback
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Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate and ecological emergency. Our last chance... |
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Calamity-Free Crochet: Troubleshooting Tips and Advice for the Savvy Needlecrafter
Catherine Hirst - Harper Design
Format: Paperback
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Get it right the first time! Calamity-Free Crochet is a comprehensive, quick-reference guide for both new and advanced crocheters. It presents easy-to-follow advice on tools and materials, troubleshooting tips, and step-by-step techniques. What do you do if your stitches keep twisting?... |
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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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Dennis Stock: James Dean
Dennis Stock - Thames & Hudson
Format: Print book
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An intimate and searching visual portrait of the star-crossed Hollywood icon, James Dean With three major films -- East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant -- all released within a year of each other and within months of his tragic death, James Dean captured the world's imagination... |
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Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
Conor Dougherty - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning, deeply reported investigation into the housing crisis Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy... |
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The Girl With Nine Wigs: A Memoir
Sophie Van der Stap - St. Martin's Press, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book
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'It's Saturday and everything is different. No, I didn't go to the market this morning and I didn't have my usual coffee on Westerstraat. And no, I wasn't getting ready for a new semester at college. Next Monday, January 31st, I have to admit myself at the hospital... |
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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
Mark Vanhoenacker - Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Format: Print book
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A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys - and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight - a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity - to the realm... |
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Hold On, But Don't Hold Still: Hope and Humor from My Seriously Flawed Life
Kristina Kuzmic - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Delivering inspiration and "parenting comedy at its finest,"* here is one woman's story of ditching her fairytale dreams and falling in love with her unpredictable, chaotic, imperfect lifeKristina Kuzmic has made herself a household name, speaking directly to mothers from... |
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Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses to Empower and Inspire You
Ann Shen - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Goddesses - Mythology - InspirationReaders who have enjoyed Warrior Goddess Training or Women Who Run with the Wolves will love Ann Shen's Legendary LadiesGoddesses from mythology: Goddess mythology from our past are celebrated in this lushly illustrated goddess book by Ann Shen, the author... |
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One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy
Paolo Lazzarin - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect guide for those who can't resist succumbing to Italy's charms again and again, now in a popular pocket-sized format. Who hasn't dreamt of being whisked away to a sweet little Italian town buried deep in the countryside? The small towns sprinkled throughout this... |
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A Paper-Pieced Garden: 27 Mix-and-Match Blocks Plus Unique Quilts
Maaike Bakker - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback
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Discover 27 truly lovely blocks featuring flowers, leaves, and spritely creatures of the garden such as squirrels and robins. You'll also find seven delightful quilt patterns that showcase these versatile blocks.Develop your skills with paper piecing, machine appliqué, and free-motion... |
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In Memory of Bread: A Memoir
Paul Graham - Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Format: Print book
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When Paul Graham was suddenly diagnosed with a serious wheat allergy at the age of thirty-six, he was forced to say goodbye to traditional pasta, pizza, sandwiches, and more. Gone, too, were some of his favorite hobbies, including brewing beer with a buddy and gorging on his wife's homemade... |
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Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
Deb Perelman - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Deb Perelman, award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, understands that a happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we're cooking for ourselves, for a date night... |
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The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
Caitlin Murray - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters... |
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The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America
Tommy Tomlinson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Roxane Gay's Hunger, a searing, honest, and candid exploration of what it's like to live as a fat man, from acclaimed journalist Tommy Tomlinson, who decided he had to change his life as he neared the age of fifty weighing in at 460 pounds.When he was almost fifty... |
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The Wreck of the SS London
Simon Wills - Amberley Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The loss of the Costa Concordia in 2012 shocked many when 32 passengers died on a luxury liner - yet in mid-Victorian times, more lives than this were lost in shipwrecks every week. The sinking of the SS London in 1866 provoked incredulity because of the especially heavy death toll: a large,... |
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Other-Wordly: words both strange and lovely from around the world
Yee-Lum Mak - Chronicle Books LLC
Format: Print book
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Discover words to surprise, delight, and enamor. Learn terms for the sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees, for dancing awkwardly but with relish, and for the look shared by two people who each wish the other would speak first. Other-Wordly is an irresistible gift for lovers... |
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The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution
Robert G Parkinson - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Format: Print book
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When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson... |
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The Bikini Body Motivation & Habits Guide
KAYLA ITSINES - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Flexibound
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Use the power of motivation and good habits to become fitter, healthier, and stronger, for life!Bikini Body Guides (BBG) co-creator Kayla Itsines, named the world's number one fitness influencer by Forbes, shows you how to harness the power of motivation and build good habits around... |
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13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi
Mitchell Zuckoff - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi.. 13 Hours presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the US State Department Special Mission Compound and a nearby... |
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The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics
Stephen Coss - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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More than fifty years before the American Revolution, Boston was in revolt against the tyrannies of the Crown, Puritan Authority, and Superstition. This is the story of a fateful year that prefigured the events of 1776.In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing... |
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John Baeder's Road Well Taken
Jay Williams - Vendome Press
Format: Print book
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A fascinating trip through the evocative remnants of a vanishing America, this book is also a portrait of an artist who has captured the nostalgic essence of what's been lost. In 1972, John Baeder (b. 1938) left a career on Madison Avenue to become a full-time painter, gambling his livelihood... |
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Born Trump: Inside America's First Family
EMILY JANE FOX - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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As a writer at Vanity Fair covering the Trump family, Emily Jane Fox has spent the last year doing a deep dive into the lives of the President's children. She's developed a personal relationship with Ivanka and has cultivated sources close to Eric, Donald Jr., and Tiffany. She has scoured... |
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The Anatomy of Sheds: New Buildings from an Old Tradition
JANE FIELD-LEWIS - GIBBS SMITH INC PUB
Format: Print book
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Super-cool spaces to relax, work, chill out, or escape. Over 50 real examples from around the world -- some simple and modest and some extravagant -- inspire and instruct the reader on how to create their own special space. The owners themselves describe how they have created their own hideaways,... |
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Lusitania: Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
Greg King - St. Martin's Press; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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On the 100th Anniversary of its sinking, King and Wilson tell the story of the Lusitania's glamorous passengers and the torpedo that ended an era and prompted the US entry into World War I.Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, carrying millionaires and aristocrats, actresses and impresarios,... |
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Out of Sight: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties
William Hackman - Other Press
Format: Hardcover
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A social and cultural history of Los Angeles and its emerging art scene in the 1950s, 60s, and 70sThe history of modern art typically begins in Paris and ends in New York. Los Angeles was out of sight and out of mind, viewed as the apotheosis of popular culture, not a center for serious... |
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One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
Alan Paul - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!One Way Out is the powerful biography of The Allman Brothers Band, an oral history written with the band's participation and filled with original, never-before-published interviews as well as personal letters and correspondence. This is the most in-depth... |
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Alpaca Knit Sweaters: 28 Easy-to-Knit, Easy-to-Wear, Warm and Comfortable Styles
DORTHE SKAPPEL - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback
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Surround yourself in warm, soft alpaca with these 28 cozy, comfortable sweater designs in subtle Nordic styles. Relaxed gauge and easy-to-knit stitch patterns make these sweaters a joy to knit and perfect for everyday wear. Destined to be the most reached-for sweaters in your closet, you will... |
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The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief
Nora McInerny - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover
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From the host of the popular podcast, Terrible, Thanks for Asking, comes a wise, humorous roadmap and caring resource for anyone going through the loss of a loved one - or even a difficult life moment.In the span of a few weeks, thirty-something Nora McInerny had a miscarriage, lost... |
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Savage Messiah: How Dr. Jordan Peterson Is Saving Western Civilization
Jim Proser - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating biography and in-depth look at the work of bestselling writer and psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, by award-winning author Jim Proser. Who is psychologist, professor, bestselling author, and YouTube personality Dr. Peterson? What does he believe in? Who are his followers?... |
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Double Wedding Ring QuiltsTraditions Made Modern: Full-Circle Sketches from Life
Victoria Findlay Wolfe - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Get ready for new adventures in conventional piecing with celebrated quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe. Create stunning Double Wedding Ring quilts with breathtaking innovations on the classic pattern. With full-size patterns for 10 quilts, the book will teach you the Double Wedding Ring basics.... |
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Family Fit Plan: A 30-Day Wellness Transformation
Natalie Digate Muth - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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This dynamic plan will help the whole family kick-start their health and wellness and set the stage for long-term, lasting improvements in nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress, and screen use habits. Dr. Natalie Digate Muth walks families through this thirty-day transformation that establishes... |
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We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity
Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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A richly illustrated commemoration of African Americans' roles in World War I highlighting how the wartime experience reshaped their lives and their communities after they returned home.This stunning book presents artifacts, medals, and photographs alongside powerful essays that together... |
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HTML5 and CSS3 All-in-One For Dummies
Andy Harris - John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback
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A new edition of a bestseller covers the latest advances in web development! HTML5 and CSS3 are essential tools for creating dynamic websites and boast updates and enhanced features that can make your websites even more effective and unique. This friendly, all-in-one guide covers everything... |
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Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out
Kelly Rowland - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover
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When global pop star Kelly Rowland became a mom for the first time, giving birth to her son Titan, she felt the most incredible love she had ever experienced. But after spending nine months so focused on the baby growing inside her, she was caught completely off guard by how much... |
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Spinning and Dyeing Yarn: The Home Spinners Guide to Creating Traditional and Art Yarns
Ashley Martineau - Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Ironically, as we move toward a more technologically advanced world, the simple domestic crafts of old are making a comeback. People of all ages are discovering a deep love for weaving, knitting, crocheting and other fiber arts. Along with that has come the desire to create their own one of a kind,... |
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The Republic of Conscience
Gary Hart - Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Format: Print book
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Former Senator Gary Hart's The Republic of Conscience is a meditation on the growing gap between the founding principles of the United States Constitution and our current political landscape. Going back as early as 400 BC, the idea of a true republic has been threatened by narrow,... |
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Wiring Simplified: Based on the 2017 National Electrical Code
FREDERIC P HARTWELL - PARK PUB
Format: Print book
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This 45th edition - part of a series continuously published for more than 80 years and based on the 2017 National Electrical Code - is a handy instruction manual that has been used by generations of readers to learn the "why" as well as the "how-to" of wiring practices.... |
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The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013
Derek Walcott - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A collection spanning the range of the writer's career includes his first published poem, his celebrated verses on violence in Africa, his mature work from "The Star-Apple Kingdom," and his late masterpieces from "White Egrets." |
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BOSH!: Simple Recipes * Amazing Food * All Plants
IAN THEASBY - William Morrow Cookbooks
Format: Hardcover
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Want to cook ridiculously good plant-based food from scratch but have no idea where to start? With over 100 incredibly easy and outrageously tasty all-plants meals, BOSH! will be your guide.Henry Firth and Ian Theasby, creators of the world's biggest and fastest-growing plant-based platform,... |
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Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez
Jose Baez - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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The unabridged, inside story of the trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez, by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez ("The best defense lawyer in the country." - Sean Hannity) .When renowned defense attorney Jose... |
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Becoming Lincoln
WILLIAM W FREEHLING - University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardcover
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Previous biographies of Abraham Lincoln -- universally acknowledged as one of America's greatest presidents -- have typically focused on his experiences in the White House. In Becoming Lincoln, renowned historian William Freehling instead emphasizes the prewar years, revealing how Lincoln... |
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Motherland: Growing Up With the Holocaust
Rita Goldberg - The New Press
Format: Hardcover
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"I am the child of a woman who survived the Holocaust not by the skin of her teeth but heroically," writes Rita Goldberg. In a deeply moving second-generation Holocaust memoir, Goldberg introduces the extraordinary story of Hilde Jacobsthal, a close friend of Anne Frank's... |
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
Judea Pearl - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world"Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl... |
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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year * A Business Insider Top 20 Business Book of the Year * An Inc. Best Book of the Year for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners"Incisive.... The most fun business book I have read this year.... Clearly there will be people... |
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The Forest Feast Mediterranean: Simple Vegetarian Recipes Inspired by My Travels
Erin Gleeson - Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Erin Gleeson, New York Times bestselling author, returns with a gorgeously illustrated cookbook that will transport you to the Mediterranean coast For years, Forest Feast readers have been transported to Erin Gleeson's picturesque cabin in the woods through her stunning photography... |
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The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World
Zalmay Khalilzad - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Zalmay Khalilzad grew up in a traditional family in the ancient city of Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. As a teenager, Khalilzad spent a year as an exchange student in California, where after some initial culture shocks he began to see the merits of America's very different way of life.... |
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Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things Im Learning to Say
Kelly Corrigan - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place "Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth... |
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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War
DAVID FISHER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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The newest installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American historyFrom the birth of the Republican... |
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Christmas Carols for Solo Ukulele: for Tenor Ukulele
Tom Huizinga - Hal Leonard Corporation,
Format: Musical score
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(Ukulele). 23 holiday favorites arranged in chord-melody style for tenor ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Away in a Manger * Deck the Hall * Go, Tell It on the Mountain * Hallelujah Chorus * It Came upon the Midnight Clear * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * O Come,... |
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An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
Owen Matthews - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge-the Soviet intelligence operative John le Carr called "the spy to end spies." Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. Born to a German mother and a Russian father, Sorge became a fanatical communist-and... |
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The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense
Daniel Menaker - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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Inspired by his tenure at The New Yorker, this collection of comical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English comes with commentary by the author, illustrations by Roz Chast, and a foreword from Billy Collins. During his time at The New Yorker, Daniel... |
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The Tooth Fairy: Parents, Lovers, and Other Wayward Deities
Clifford Chase - Overlook Press, The
Format: Print book
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An Amazon Book of the Month, February 2014 From the author of the cult classic Winkie, an extraordinarily honest, shockingly funny memoir of a man torn between isolation and connection In shimmering prose that weaves among intimate confessions, deadpan asides, and piercing observations... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games -- by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic"... |
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Beyond Piggy Banks and Lemonade Stands: How to Teach Young Kids About Finance
Liz Frazier - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond Piggy Banks is written for you: the loving, responsible and overworked parents of young children. It takes the stress and mystery out of finance, and focuses on the basic fundamentals elementary children should understand so they can make smart decisions as they grow. This usable,... |
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The Swing of Things
Linda Keir - Lake Union Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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"Somewhere between Tom Perrotta and Erica Jong lies The Swing of Things, a charming, sexy, and surprisingly tender romp through the dark side of wish fulfillment. I'll never look at the other playground parents the same way again." - Marcus SakeyTold from the dual perspective... |
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God Land: A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America
Lyz Lenz - Indiana University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn apart by the competing forces of faith and politics. A mother of two, a Christian, and a lifelong resident of middle America, Lenz was bewildered by the pain and loss around her -- the empty churches... |
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15 Minute Vegan: On a Budget: Fast, Modern Vegan Food That Costs Less
Katy Beskow - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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15 Minute Vegan: On a Budget features 100 recipes for home cooks who want to create effortless, fast and delicious vegan food, without the price tag often associated with vegan cooking. All of the ingredients can be purchased in supermarkets and every recipe is ready in 15 minutes or less.... |
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Wolf Land
Carter Niemeyer - BottleFly Press
Format: Print book
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Carter Niemeyer has followed wolves - and captured many - since he helped reintroduce them in the Northern Rockies in the mid-1990s. In his second memoir, Wolf Land, he takes us across the rugged West as he tracks wolves, shares in their lives, and seeks middle ground for these iconic animals,... |
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Swimming with Warlords: A Dozen-Year Journey Across the Afghan War
Kevin Sites - Harper Perennial; Original edition
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In this electrifying first-person account, journalist and author Kevin Sites goes deep into the geopolitical morass of Afghanistan to emerge with critical insights into both a people and a war that few truly comprehend.As a journalist for NBC News, Kevin Sites made his first trip to Afghanistan... |
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Tolstoy's False Disciple: The Untold Story of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Chertkov
Alexandra Popoff - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This new book from the critically acclaimed author of THE WIVES 2012 and SOPHIA TOLSTOY A BIOGRAPHY 2010 sheds light on one of the most unusual relationships in literary history, which has been steeped in secrecy for more than a century. On the snowy morning of February 8, 1897, the Petersburg... |
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The Putin Mystique
Anna Arutunyan - Olive Branch Pr
Format: Paperback
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GETTING TO GRIPS WITH RUSSIA'S 21ST CENTURY TSARVladimir V. Putin has confounded world leaders and defied their assumptions as they tried to figure him out, only to misjudge him time and again. The Putin Mystique takes the reader on a journey through the Russia of Vladimir Putin, named... |
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Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life
Janet Messineo - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A moving, inspiring portrait of making a dream come true--the (unsentimental) education of a champion surfcaster (catching fish by casting a line from the shoreline) .The... |
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Great Latin American Novel
Carlos Fuentes - Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.
Format: Print book
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One of the late Carlos Fuentes's final projects, this compendium of his criticism traces the evolution of the Latin American novel from the discovery of America to the present day. Combining historical perspective with personal and often opinionated interpretation, Fuentes gives us a tour... |
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Platters and Boards: Beautiful, Casual Spreads for Every Occasion
Shelly Westerhausen - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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Platters and Boards - Entertaining dishes and party dishes your guests will loveEntertaining and party dishes from Platters and Boards: Celebrated author and food blogger Shelly Westerhausen shares the secrets to creating casually chic spreads anyone can make and everyone will enjoy (and... |
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Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World Can Expect
Reese Erlich - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on first-hand reporting from Syria and Washington, journalist Reese Erlich unravels the complex dynamics underlying the Syrian civil war. Through vivid, on-the-ground accounts and interviews with both rebel leaders and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Erlich gives the reader a better... |
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The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett
Nathan Ward - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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Before he became a household name in America as perhaps our greatest hard-boiled crime writer, before his attachment to Lillian Hellman and blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and his subsequent downward spiral, Dashiell Hammett led a life of action. Born in 1894 into a poor Maryland... |
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Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide
Kathleen Campana - Amer Library Association, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Based on the groundbreaking research of VIEWS2 the first systematic study of storytimes done to date this book recommends simple interactive ways to emphasize early literacy techniques and encourage children to use and practice their pre-reading skills while preserving the delight inherent... |
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The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
Peter McGraw - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist “shed fascinating light on what makes us laugh and why” (New York Post).Two guys. Nineteen experiments. Five continents. 91,000 miles. The Humor Code follows the madcap adventures and oddball... |
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The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture & Style
Nelson George - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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An authoritative history of the groundbreaking syndicated television show that has become an icon of American pop culture, from acclaimed author and filmmaker Nelson George, "the most accomplished black music critic of his generation" (Washington Post Book World).When it debuted... |
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Where Are the Women Architects?
Despina Stratigakos - Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback
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For a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer... |
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Elsie de Wolfe's Paris
Charlie Scheips - Harry N. Abrams; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The American decorator Elsie de Wolfe (1858–1950) was the international set’s preeminent hostess in Paris during the interwar years. She had a legendary villa in Versailles, where in the late 1930s she held two fabulous parties—her Circus Balls—that marked the end of the social... |
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To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police
Norm Stamper - Nation Books
Format: Print book
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The police in America belong to the people - not the other way around. Yet millions of Americans experience their cops as racist, brutal, and trigger-happy: an overly aggressive, militarized enemy of the people. For their part, today's officers feel they are under siege - misunderstood,... |
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United States of Socialism: Who's Behind It. Why It's Evil. How to Stop It.
Dinesh D'Souza - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover
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For those who witnessed the global collapse of socialism, its resurrection in the twenty-first century comes as a surprise, even a shock. How can socialism work now when it has never worked before?In this pathbreaking book, bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza argues that the socialism... |
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Incorporate Your Business: A Step-by-Step Guide to Forming a Corporation in Any State
Anthony Mancuso Attorney - NOLO; Eighth edition
Format: Print book
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Forming a corporation has many advantages for a small business. By incorporating, business owners can limit their personal liability for business debts and court judgments, reduce their tax burden, and take advantage of significant financial perks granted to employees of corporations. Incorporate... |
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Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants
Jacob Shell - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A journey through the hidden world of elephants and their riders.High in the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India grow some of the world's last stands of mature, wild teak. For more than a thousand years, people here have worked with elephants to log these otherwise impassable... |
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In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites
Kris Jenner - Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From America's favorite momager comes a new cookbook and entertainment guide filled with Kris Jenner's very own insightful tips and favorite recipes.Kris Jenner has done everything under the sun from starring as the matriarch in Keeping Up With the Kardashians to writing a New... |
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Visible Mending: Artful Stitchery to Repair and Refresh Your Favorite Things
Jenny Wilding Cardon - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback
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Imagine a world where every rip in a pair of jeans, every snag in a sweater, and every tear in a tea towel becomes an opportunity for one-of-a-kind creativity. With this fun introduction to unconventional mending techniques in a format that's half how-to guide, half idea book, anyone... |
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Designer Joi's Fashion Sewing Workshop: Practical Skills for Stylish Garment Design
Joi Mahon - Fons & Porter
Format: Print book
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Skills and techniques for the fashion-minded sewist!Award-winning designer and stylist Joi Mahon shares her love of sewing and fashion design in Designer Joi's Fashion Sewing Workshop.Whether you're new to sewing or want to sharpen your skills, you'll find solid foundational information... |
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The Worth of War
Benjamin Ginsberg - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Although war is terrible and brutal, history shows that it has been a great driver of human progress. So argues political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg in this incisive, well-researched study of the benefits to civilization derived from armed conflict. Ginsberg makes a convincing case that... |
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How the World Works: Mathematics: From Creating the Pyramids to Exploring Infinity
Arcturus Publishing - Arcturus
Format: Paperback
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In order to understand the universe you must know the language in which it is written. And that language is mathematics. - Galileo (1564-1642) For hundreds of thousands of years, we have sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that... |
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The Wild Dyer: A Maker's Guide to Natural Dyes with Projects to Create and Stitch
Abigail Booth - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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Fabrics colored with natural dyes have a beauty and subtlety all of their own. Onion and avocado skins, chamomile and birch bark, and nettles and acorns can produce lovely, ethereal colors and effects. The Wild Dyer demystifies this eco-conscious art, focusing on foraging and growing dying... |
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Your New Prime: 30 Days to Better Sex, Eternal Strength, and a Kick-Ass Life After 40
Craig Cooper - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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Feel great and perform at your best in the boardroom, weight room, bedroom, and beyond with this indispensable health and wellness guide: Your New Prime debunks current thinking about men's health and shows how every man can continue to operate at his peak at any age.Getting older may be inevitable,... |
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Money and Government: The Past and Future of Economics
Robert Skidelsky - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A critical examination of economics' past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only minor roles in economic life. Economic outcomes, it is claimed,... |
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Playing with Pop-ups: The Art of Dimensional, Moving Paper Designs
Helen Hiebert - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback
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Enter the enchanting world of pop-ups and handmade paper crafts Join author Helen Hiebert as she guides you through materials tools and pop-up basics including parallel folds angle folds combinations and variations and layered pop-ups Enjoy creating projects to play with ranging from cards... |
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The Ascension Mysteries: Revealing the Cosmic Battle Between Good and Evil
David Wilcock - Dutton
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author David Wilcock has become one of the leading writers exploring ancient mysteries and new science. With his latest book, The Ascension Mysteries, David will take readers on a surprising and enthralling journey through the history of the universe, exploring... |
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My Father and Atticus Finch: A Lawyer's Fight for Justice in 1930s Alabama
Joseph Madison Beck - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The story of Foster Beck, the author's late father, whose defense of a black man accused of rape in 1930s Alabama foreshadowed the trial at the heart of To Kill a Mockingbird.As a child, Joseph Beck heard the stories -- when other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended... |
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8 Ways to Avoid Probate
Mary Randolph - NOLO
Format: Tenth Edition
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Some simple planning can spare families the cost and delay of probate court proceedings after a loved ones death. Probate can drag on for years, and can easily cost thousands of dollars -- money that would otherwise have gone to survivors. 8 Ways to Avoid Probate offers simple and effective... |
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The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
Jonathan Dimbleby - Oxford University Press, 2016.
Format: Book
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"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," wrote Winston Churchill in his monumental history of World War Two.
Churchill's fears were well-placed-the casualty rate in the Atlantic was higher than in any other theater of the entire... |
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Keeanga Taylor - Haymarket Books
Format: Print book
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The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the illusion of a postracial America.... |
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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
A N WILSON - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin - hailed as the man who "discovered evolution" - was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo,... |
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion
George M. Taber - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of BerlinA USA Today "New and Notable"... |
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The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals
Clea Shearer - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback
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There's decorating, and then there's organizing. From the Instagram-sensation home experts (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling) , here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new order in your home.Believe this: every... |
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The Art of Crayon: Draw, Color, Resist, Sculpt, Carve!
Lorraine Bell - Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback
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Create astonishing artwork with crayons!Crayons arent just for kids anymore!Sculptors use them whole, bundling thousands of crayons to create environmental and installation-size sculptures. Carvers pierce and reshape crayons with scalpels, turning them into mini totems, helixes, and portrait... |
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The Greatest Showman: Instrumental Play-Along Series for Violin
Benj Pasek - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback
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(Instrumental Play-Along) . 9 songs from this blockbuster hit movie musical are included in this collection for instrumentalists. Each book features online access to audio demonstration and play-along tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should sound and then... |
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Todd S. Purdum - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific,... |
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Abandoned in Hell: The Fight For Vietnam's Firebase Kate
William Albracht - NAL; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In October 1969, Captain William Albracht, the youngest Green Beret captain in Vietnam, took command of a remote hilltop outpost called Fire Base Kate, held by only 27 American soldiers and 150 Montagnard militiamen. He found their defenses woefully unprepared. At dawn the next morning,... |
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Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law
Preet Bharara - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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By the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, an important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society. Using case histories, personal experiences and his own inviting writing and teaching style, Preet Bharara... |
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2
John Romer - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades... |
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Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996
Andrew Earles - Voyageur Press
Format: Paperback
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The ultimate guide to one of the most revered periods and movements in American rock history. The 1980s are one of the most ridiculed and parodied epochs in popular musicâ??what with all the skinny lapels, synthesizers, spandex, and Aqua Net. However, music fans in the know recognize... |
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America's National Parks
Tome - Chartwell Books
Format: Hardcover
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In America's National Parks, astounding photographs of the raw natural beauty of American national parks are arranged into chapters highlighting the best sights to see. The untamed majesty on display in America's National Parks is awe inspiring. From the cloudy peaks of Mount McKinley... |
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My Kitchen in Rome: Recipes and Notes on Italian Cooking
Rachel Roddy - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book
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When Rachel Roddy visited Rome in 2005 she never intended to stay. But then she happened upon the neighborhood of Testaccio, the wedge-shaped quarter of Rome that centers around the old slaughterhouse and the bustling food market, and fell instantly in love. Thus began an Italian adventure... |
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Woodworking Essentials: Timeless Techniques for Woodworkers
Scott Francis - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Print book
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Fundamental knowledge for every woodworker!Looking for a go-to shop reference? Woodworking Essentials is the compendium of must-have woodworking know-how for woodworkers of all skill levels. Based on the long-running column from Popular Woodworking Magazine, this comprehensive guide covers... |
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe - Abrams
Format: Print book
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the foundational figures of American modernism and a pioneering woman in the arts. Widely celebrated and recognized for her flower paintings and Southwest landscapes, O'Keeffe is revealed in full in this new book. With superb plates of more... |
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Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America
James Poniewozik - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A generational work that, using television, reframes America's identity through the rattled mind of a septuagenarian, insomniac, cable-news-junkie president.In the tradition of great cultural figures like Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, New York Times chief television critic James Poniewozik... |
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The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution
John W Oller - Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback
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This comprehensive biography of Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, covers his famous wartime stories as well as a private side of him that has rarely been exploredIn the darkest days of the American Revolution, Francis Marion and his band of militia freedom fighters kept hope alive for the patriot... |
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I Said Yes: My Story of Heartbreak, Redemption, and True Love
Emily Maynard - Thomas Nelson, 2016.
Format: Print book
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When her high-profile search for romance led Emily Maynard to dead end after dead end, real love finally found her. Millions know Emily Maynard Johnson from her unprecedented double appearances on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Millions also know that neither of the relationships from... |
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The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
Robert B. Reich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Common Good, an urgent analysis of how the "rigged" systems of American politics and power operate, how this status quo came to be, and how average citizens can enact change.Millions of Americans have lost confidence in our political... |
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Reading behind Bars: A Memoir of Literature, Law, and Life as a Prison Librarian
Jill Grunenwald - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover
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In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching, however,... |
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Skinny Soups: 80 Flavor-packed Recipes of Less than 300 Calories
Kathryn Bruton - Kyle Cathie Ltd
Format: Print book
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Let Kathryn Bruton skinny up your soup with 80 delicious recipes using fresh, healthy ingredients that revitalize and nourish your body, mind and soul. Her soups are small on calories, but big on nutrients and full of flavor, including:* Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free options*... |
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Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
Tony Wagner - Scribner
Format: Paperback
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The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. "If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one" (Adam... |
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How to bake everything
Mark Bittman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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In the most comprehensive book of its kind, Mark Bittman offers the ultimate baker's resource. Finally, here is the simplest way to bake everything, from American favorites (Crunchy Toffee Cookies, Baked Alaska) to of-the-moment updates (Gingerbread Whoopie Pies) . It explores global... |
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