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Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2013

Elise H. Ford - Frommers; 8 edition
Format: Paperback

Full-color throughout, with free full-color foldout map.Completely updated every year, Frommer's Washington, D.C. provides up-to-the-minute coverage of D.C. shopping and nightlife; accurate neighborhood maps; advice on planning a successful family vacation; and side trips to Alexandria,...
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A Reluctant Bride

Kathleen Fuller - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book

She never wanted to marry. He hopes to make amends for past wrongs. Can love find a way to heal both of their hearts? Sadie Schrock swore she would never marry. All of her other Amish friends could court and marry - she was content to manage the family business and eventually take it over...
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Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination

J. K. Rowling - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom...
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The 30-Day Heart Tune-Up: A Breakthrough Medical Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

Steven Masley - Grand Central Pub
Format: Print book

THE 30-DAY HEART TUNE-UP takes readers step by step through a revolutionary program to tune up their hearts, energy, waistlines, and sex lives, with 60 delicious recipes to help jump-start a heart-healthy diet. Cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans today. But, the good news...
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Berlin

Aleš Šteger - Counterpath
Format: Print book

Literary Nonfiction. Photography. Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander, and Alja Kova. BERLIN is a lyrical account of the city as well as a book of discoveries, allusions, and traces, an homage to great literary figures who have lived in Berlin. 31 prose miniatures...
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Chris Powell's Choose More, Lose More for Life

Chris Powell - Hyperion Press
Format: Hardcover

Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life!Each season, millions of viewers tune in to see Chris Powell lead extraordinary transformations on ABC's breakout hit reality-transformation show, Extreme Weight Loss. Now, building on the basic weight-loss philosophy introduced in his bestselling...
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Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan - Crown Archetype; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In Dad is Fat, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, whos best known for his legendary riffs on Hot Pockets, bacon, manatees, and McDonalds, expresses all the joys and horrors of life with five young childreneverything from cousins celebrities for little kids to toddlers communication skills...
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The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation

Fred Pearce - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A provocative exploration of the "new ecology" and why most of what we think we know about alien species is wrong For a long time, veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce thought in stark terms about invasive species: they were the evil interlopers spoiling pristine "natural"...
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Eleanor and hick : the love affair that shaped a first lady

Susan Quinn - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok - a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American historyIn 1932, as her husband...
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Special Deluxe: A Memoir of Life & Cars

Neil Young - Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Neil Young's first memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, was an international bestseller and critical sensation. The Wall Street Journal wrote that it was "terrific: modest, honest, funny and frequently moving," while The New York Times found it "as charismatically off the wall...
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Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney

Paul Johnson - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

Kingsley Amis described Paul Johnson's Intellectuals as "a valuable and entertaining Rogues' Gallery of Adventures of the Mind." Now the celebrated journalist and historian offers Creators, a companion volume of essays that examines a host of outstanding and prolific creative...
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Barron's Real Estate Licensing Exams, 9th Edition

Jack P. Friedman Ph.D. - Barron's Educational Series; 9 edition
Format: Paperback

This study guide and test preparation manual has been updated to provide the latest information in real estate finance, federal law and regulation, and appraisal license requirements. Explains all aspects of real estate law and finance, including contracts, deeds, appraisals, brokerage,...
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Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life

James Martin - HarperOne; Reprint edition
Format: eBook

“Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God’s own goal for us.” —Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New YorkFrom The Colbert Report’s “official chaplain” James Martin, SJ, author...
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The Shift: How I Finally Lost Weight and Discovered a Happier Life

Tory Johnson - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

For Tory Johnson, weight was always an issue; although she felt ashamed of how she looked, Tory could never find the will to change. When a network executive warned her that if she didn't lose weight her television career could be in jeopardy, Tory experienced something profound: A Shift....
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Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

Nadia Bolz-Weber - Jericho Books
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times bestseller, Nadia Bolz-Weber takes no prisoners as she reclaims the term "pastrix"(pronounced "pas-triks," a term used by some Christians who refuse to recognize female pastors) in her messy, beautiful, prayer-and-profanity laden narrative...
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The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn

Melissa Holbrook Pierson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, surprising look at man's best friend and what the leading philosophies of dog training teach us about ourselves.Years back, Melissa Holbrook Pierson brought home a border collie named Mercy, without a clue of how to get her to behave. Stunned after hiring a trainer whose...
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Stitches from the Garden: Hand Embroidery Inspired by Nature

Kathy Schmitz - That Patchwork Place
Format: Print book

Indulge in the sentimental pleasures of stitcheries with wistful vintage artistry. Inspired by nature and stitched with the gentle romance of days gone by, noted artist Kathy Schmitz creates designs that use simple embroidery to create thoughtful keepsakes.Select from a variety of elegant...
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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

Mark Mazzetti - Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prizewinning reporters riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and Americas special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the worlds dark spaces the new American way of warThe most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken...
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Windows 8.1 For Dummies

Andy Rathbone - Wiley
Format: Paperback

The bestselling book on Windows, now updated for the new 8.1 features Microsoft has fine-tuned Windows 8 with some important new features, and veteran author Andy Rathbone explains every one in this all-new edition of a long-time bestseller. Whether you're using Windows for the first time,...
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Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from Seattle's Sweaters to Maine's Microbrews

Christian Lander - Random House Trade Paperbacks; 1st edition
Format: Print book

HOW WHITE YOU ARE!   If you thought you had white people pegged as Oscar-party-throwing, Prius-driving, Sunday New York Times–reading, self-satisfied latte lovers—you were right. But if you thought diversity was just for other races, then hang on to your eco-friendly tote...
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Long Mile Home: Boston Under Attack, the Citys Courageous Recovery, and the Epic Hunt for Justice

Scott Helman - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Long Mile Home will tell the gripping story of the tragic, surreal, and ultimately inspiring week of April 15, 2013: the preparations of the bombers; the glory of the race; the extraordinary emergency response to the explosions; the massive deployment of city, state, and federal law enforcement...
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A Force for Good: The Dalai Lama's Vision for Our World

Daniel Goleman - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

For more than half a century, in such books as The Art of Happiness and The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Inner Peace, the Dalai Lama has guided us along the path to compassion and taught us how to improve our inner lives. In A Force for Good, with the help of his longtime friend Daniel...
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Watch Me: A Memoir

Anjelica Huston - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Following her extraordinary Vanity Fair, evocative The New York Times, magically beautiful The Boston Globe, gorgeously written O, The Oprah Magazine coming-of-age memoir, Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston writes about her relationship with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom,...
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron....
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Good Talk, Dad: The Birds and the Bees...and Other Conversations We Forgot to Have

Bill Geist - Grand Central Pub
Format: Hardcover

Bill Geist--the beloved, award-winning, long-time special correspondent for "CBS: Sunday Morning," whose debut Little League Confidential was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and paper--and Willie Geist, the Today Show host, popular member of MSNBC's "Morning...
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Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy

Judd Apatow - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks comes a collection of intimate, hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy from the past thirty years - including Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Roseanne Barr,...
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How to Create Your Own Jewelry Line: Design Production Finance Marketing & More

Emilie Shapiro - Lark Books (NC)
Format: Print book

To develop a successful jewelry line, designers have to be more than just creative artists - they have to understand the ins and outs of running a crafts business. Emilie Shapiro's detailed guide explores the many facets of creating a quality handmade collection that people will buy,...
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War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation

Cindy Hval - Casemate
Format: Hardcover

Americas World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entire generation of our young men was suddenly thrust across the oceans to represent the New World in deadly combat against the great powers of the Old. On sea, in the air, and on land our boys fought...
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Concrete Crafts: Simple Projects from Jewelry to Place Settings, Birdbaths to Umbrella Stands

Susanna Zacke - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Pouring concrete doesn’t have to be left to the professionals—decorate your home with concrete poured, mixed, and molded by your own two hands! Versatile, inexpensive, and easily casted, concrete is the perfect medium for crafters, tinkerers, and home improvers. Now, lifelong...
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Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

Matthew D. Lieberman - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

We are profoundly social creatures – more than we know.  In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food...
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Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun

Daphne Oz - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerRelish by Daphne Oz - bestselling author of The Dorm Room Diet, cohost of the hit daytime talk show The Chew, and daughter of Dr. Mehmet Oz - offers simple, practical, and personal advice to help you live your better life right now.Daphne Oz made a splash by sharing...
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Travels With Casey

Benoit Denizet-Lewis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A moody Labrador and his insecure human take a funny, touching cross-country RV trip into the heart of Americas relationship with dogs. I dont think my dog likes me very much, New York Times Magazine writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis confesses at the beginning of his journey with his nine-year-old...
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The Spiritual Child: The New Science on Parenting for Health and Lifelong Thriving

Lisa Miller - Picador
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BestsellerUSA TODAY BestsellerPublishers Weekly BestsellerIn The Spiritual Child, psychologist Lisa Miller presents the next big idea in psychology: the science and the power of spirituality. She explains the clear, scientific link between spirituality and health and shows...
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Plunder and deceit : big government's exploitation of young people and the future

Mark R Levin - Threshold Editions
Format: Print book

In each of his astounding #1 New York Times bestsellers, Mark R. Levin's overlying patriotic mission has been to avert a devastating tragedy: The loss of the greatest republic known to mankind. But who stands to lose the most?In modern America, the civil society is being steadily...
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New Rules of the Game: 10 Strategies for Women in the Workplace

Susan Packard - Prentice Hall Press
Format: Hardcover

Business is a team sport. Learn how to win.Where would your career be if you could understand how your colleagues--especially men--succeed and win at work And if, in understanding and applying the rules, you could win, tooIn New Rules of the Game, business leader Susan Packard shows you how to cultivate...
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Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials: Inspiration for Constructing Tiny Homes Using Salvaged and Reclaimed Supplies

Ryan Mitchell - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Join the tiny house trend! The tiny house movement is a big trend with a very small footprint. Extremely small house, with less than 1,000 square feet of space, are environmentally friendly, less expensive than typical homes, and often movable. Tiny Houses Built with Recycled Materials...
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Miracles Happen: The Transformational Healing Power of Past-Life Memories

Brian L. Weiss - HarperOne
Format: Book

In his revolutionary book Miracles Happen, Brian Weiss M.D., the New York Times bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters, examines the physical, emotional, and spiritual healing that is possible when you freely accept and embrace the reality of reincarnation. Trained as a traditional...
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Trauma Alert

Radclyffe - Bold Strokes Books
Format: Print book

Dr. Ali Torveau knows just how fragile life can be—she sees death and tragedy every day in the trauma unit. Battling the dark forces of fate is her life’s work and she doesn’t want or need anything else, certainly nothing as transient as love. Plenty of women try to change...
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In Capable Arms: Living a Life Embraced by Grace

Sarah Kovac - Abingdon Press
Format: Hardcover

Sarah Kovac was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a rare congenital birth defect that left her with arms that she could barely use. Growing up, she was the only one in her class with a disability, setting her apart as “different” and unpopular. Realizing...
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Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities,...
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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist

Pete Jordan - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze...
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Black and Tired: Essays on Race, Politics, Culture, and International Development

Anthony B. Bradley - Wipf & Stock Pub
Format: Paperback

African American scholar Anthony Bradley understands the growing interest in the intersections of theology and economics emerging in light of Christianity's commitment to loving the poor. Local and global disparities in human flourishing call for prudential judgments that wed good intentions...
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The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas

Anand Giridharadas - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Nonfiction of 2014 Kate Tuttles pickNPR, Staff Pick The Dark Side, Science and Society Eye Opening Reads CategoriesAmazon, Best Books of 2014 Nonfiction Imagine that a terrorist...
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Focus on Nursing Pharmacology

Amy M. Karch RN MS - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 4 Pck edition
Format: Paperback

In its updated Fourth Edition, this text presents essential pharmacology concepts in a streamlined, user-friendly fashion. Organized by body system, the book explains the rationale for each drug class's therapeutic actions, contraindications, and adverse effects. Each chapter opens...
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Questions of Truth: Fifty-one Responses to Questions About God, Science, and Belief

J C Polkinghorne - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Print book

How did the universe begin? Can God's existence be proven? Do humans matter more than animals? For many years people have sent the scientist-turned-priest John Polkinghorne these and other questions about science and belief. In question-and-answer format, Polkinghorne and his collaborator...
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Seeking Serenity: The 10 New Rules for Health and Happiness in the Age of Anxiety

Amanda Enayati - NAL
Format: Hardcover

In a provocative and practical look at modern stress, Seeking Serenity offers an empowering new message: Stress can serve as a guide to living our happiest and healthiest lives. In Seeking Serenity, stress columnist Amanda Enayati challenges our long-held assumptions about stress, painting...
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Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale

Marina Warner - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories...
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The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

John Glatt - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement.The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned,...
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The App Generation: How Today’s Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World

Howard Gardner - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply some would say totally...
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American Rhapsody: Writers, Musicians, Movie Stars, and One Great Building

Claudia Roth Pierpont - Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016.
Format: Print book

Ranging from the shattered gentility of Edith Wharton's heroines to racial confrontation in the songs of Nina Simone, American Rhapsody presents a kaleidoscopic story of the creation of a culture. Here is a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who have...
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Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire

Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

The surprising rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of how Michael Jackson grew a billion-dollar business.Michael Jackson is known by many as the greatest entertainer of all time, but he was also a revolutionary when it came to business. In addition to famously buying the Beatles'...
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Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times BestsellerA hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation's sharpest comedic voicesAt some point, every one of us embarks on a journey...
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Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

Jesse Bering - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Printing edition
Format: Book

“As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless—and peerless.” —Dan Savage“You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through.” We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in Perv, there is a spectrum...
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Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems

Billy Collins - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmericas favorite poet.The Wall Street JournalFrom the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines fifty new poems with generous selections from his four most recent...
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Indigenous nations' rights in the balance : an analysis of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples

Charmaine White Face - Living Justice Press
Format: Book

"Comparing three different versions of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP), Indigenous Nations' Rights in the Balance analyses the implications of the changes made to DRIP for Indigenous Peoples and Nations. This is a foundational text for Indigenous law and rights...
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Insane City

Dave Barry - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

A dark comic masterpiece - the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author.Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way you could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane...
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Against Doctor's Orders

Radclyffe - Bold Strokes Books
Format: Book

There’d been a Rivers at the helm of Argyle Community Hospital for six generations, and Harper Rivers was set to take her father’s place whenever he decided to hang up his shingle. Unfortunately, the board of directors had other ideas—they accepted a buyout offer from a health...
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How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

Julie Lythcott-Haims - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller"Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege...
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The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter than You Think

Brian Hare - Dutton
Format: Book

Brian Hare, dog researcher, evolutionary anthropologist, and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center, and Vanessa Woods offer revolutionary new insights into dog intelligence and the interior lives of our smartest pets. In the past decade, we have learned more about how dogs think...
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Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

Simon Winder - Picador
Format: Paperback

Germania is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are misled by history, how we twist history,...
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The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Pat Shipman - Belknap Press
Format: Hardcover

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week. Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe - descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern...
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Nocturnes for the King of Naples

Edmund White - St. Martin's Pr.
Format: Book

A hauntingly beautiful evocation of lost love, Noctunes for the King of Naples has all the startling, almost embarrassing, intimacy of a stranger's love letters. The intense emotional situation envelops the readers from the first page; like all images in a dream, White's characters...
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The Folded Clock: A Diary

Heidi Julavits - Doubleday; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A raucous, stunningly candid, deliriously smart diary of two years in the life of the incomparable Heidi JulavitsLike many young people, Heidi Julavits kept a diary. Decades later she found her old diaries in a storage bin, and hoped to discover the early evidence of the person (and writer)...
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Your Pregnancy Week by Week

Glade B Curtis - Your Pregnancy Week by Week
Format: Book

With millions of copies sold worldwide, Your Pregnancy Week by Week is the established go-to resource for expectant parents time and time again. The book's trademark week-by-week formula helps expectant parents compare the details of their pregnancy with the same weekly schedule...
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Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Journey Through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More

Matt Parker - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A book from the stand-up mathematician that makes math fun again!Math is boring, says the mathematician and comedian Matt Parker. Part of the problem may be the way the subject is taught, but it's also true that we all, to a greater or lesser extent, find math difficult and counterintuitive....
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Freehand: Sketching Tips and Tricks Drawn from Art

Helen Birch - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

Creating stylish sketches by hand is easy and fun with this inspiring guide. Freehand breaks down basic drawing techniques into bite-sized chunks, and reveals their practical application in dazzling examples by today's coolest artists. Over 200 innovative works of art demonstrate all the fundamentals—line,...
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Angel Fire

Gerri Hill - Bella Books
Format: Book

A vacation out of the city sounds like just the ticket for Tori Hunter and Sam Kennedy. Joining their Dallas Police Department pals Casey O’Connor and Leslie Tucker in a rented RV, they set out for the New Mexico mountains—and on a collision course with a manhunt.FBI agents Cameron...
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Crash and Burn

Artie Lange - Touchstone; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Veteran comedian Artie Lange turns an unflinching eye and his signature wit on his perilous descent into drug addiction, life-threatening depression, and ultimately, his recovery, in the follow-up to his hilariously raw debut, the #1 New York Times bestseller Too Fat to Fish.At a high point...
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Outlander Kitchen: The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook

Theresa Carle-Sanders - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels and the Starz original series, this official companion cookbook from the founder of OutlanderKitchen makes a perfect holiday gift!"If you thought Scottish cuisine was all porridge and haggis washed down with a good swally of whiskey, Outlander...
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Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind

David J. Linden - Viking; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author examines how our sense of touch and emotion are interconnectedJohns Hopkins neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Compass of PleasureDavid J. Linden presents an engaging and fascinating examination of how the interface between our sense of touch...
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Rustic Garden Projects: Step-by-Step Backyard Décor from Trellises to Tree Swings, Stone Steps to Stained Glass

Marianne Svärd Häggvik - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Would you like to learn to braid a plant support arrow, cast a flower vase in concrete, or set your own pedestal in stone? Rustic Garden Projects is filled with attractive ideas for making your garden homey, decorative, and unique this gardening season. From the simple to the sophisticated,...
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Out of Time: The Pleasures and the Perils of Ageing

Lynne Segal - Verso
Format: Print book

A brave book with a polemical argument on the paradoxes, struggles and advantages of aging.How old am I? Don’t ask, don’t tell. As the baby boomers approach their sixth or seventh decade, they are faced with new challenges and questions of politics and identity. In the footsteps...
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Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General

Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, and Killing Jesus--riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. Now from Bill O'Reilly, anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, comes the most epic book of all in this...
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Home

Ellen DeGeneres - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book

Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen."
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Inside ISIS: The Brutal Rise of a Terrorist Army

Benjamin Hall - Center Street; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A year ago, few people had heard of ISIS-- today, they are a major terrorist threat. Despite numerous warnings from intelligence services, ISIS's rise to power has left countries around the world floundering for solutions. Today, we face a threat that is more violent, powerful and financially...
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Jim Henson: The Biography

Brian Jay Jones - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGEFor the first time ever—a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century’s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson   He was a gentle dreamer whose...
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Five Days in November

Clint Hill - Gallery Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFKs assassinationalongside revealing and iconic photographspublished in remembrance of the beloved president on the fiftieth anniversary of his death. On November...
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The Passionate Olive: 101 Things to Do with Olive Oil

Carol Firenze - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

For more than four thousand years, the olive tree has been a symbol of abundance, peace, and longevity. Gifted by a goddess, revered by ancient cultures, and protected by emperors, the olive tree and its precious fruit have played important roles in civilization.Dubbed "liquid gold"...
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