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The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor

DAVID L MEARNS - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure. David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood...
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Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration

Rod Pyle - Prometheus Books
Format: Paperback

A NASA insider tells the exciting story of robotic space missions to explore the solar system.Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every corner...
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Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession

Lisa A. Phillips - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Blending memoir, literary exposition, and revealing case studies, Unrequited is a powerful, surprising, and empathetic cultural and psychological exploration of one-sided romantic obsession.The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didnt return her feelings....
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Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A.

DANIELLE ALLEN - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

So tender yet courageous is this fierce family memoir that it makes mass incarceration nothing less than a new American tragedy.In a shattering work that shifts between a woman's private anguish over the loss of her beloved baby cousin and a scholar's fierce critique of the American prison...
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Stop the Pain: The Six to Fix

Scott DR Hannen - Trilogy Christian Publishing, Inc.
Format: Paperback

Stop the Pain the Six to FixMillions of people suffer from debilitating pain and inflammation each and every day. Most treatments focus on relieving or managing the pain instead of locating the cause and eliminating it. This book helps the reader understand what pain is, where it comes...
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Locked In: The Will to Survive and the Resolve to Live

VICTORIA ARLEN - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

ESPN personality and Paralympics champion Victoria Arlen shares her courageous and miraculous story of recovery after falling into a mysterious vegetative state at age eleven and how she broke free, overcoming the odds and never giving up hope, eventually living a full and inspiring life.When...
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The Wellness Remodel: A Guide to Rebooting How You Eat, Move, and Feed Your Soul

Christina Anstead - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

The star of HGTV's Flip or Flop Christina Anstead partners with celebrity nutritionist Cara Clark to help women remodel their lives - in mind, body and spirit. Christina Anstead, star of HGTV's Flip or Flop and Christina on the Coast, is known for her boundless energy, positive...
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

Thomas Lockley - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

Warrior. Samurai. Legend."A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." - The Washington PostThe remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.When Yasuke arrived in Japan...
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Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin

Sonja Dümpelmann - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity's changing relationship with nature and the city Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian...
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Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago

Anna Pasternak - Ecco
Format: Print book

The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya - the true tragedy behind the timeless classicWhen Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared the life...
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