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Ohio Archaeology an Illustrated Chronicle of Ohio's Ancient American Indian Culture

Bradley Thomas Lepper - Orange Frazer Pr
Format: Hardcover

More than 12,000 years ago, American Indians discovered the lands we now call Ohio. By the time Europeans arrived in this continent, Ohio's indigenous peoples had become successful farmers living in large, circular villages along broad river valleys.Ohio's rich archaeological heritage...
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Max Your Memory

Pascale Michelon - DK; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A compendium of exercises, strategies, tips, and techniques to sharpen memory skills, Max Your Memory is the first visually led, memory-improving program to be fully illustrated with infographics. Max Your Memory helps boost memory power with techniques and tests for the ultimate brain...
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Rodale's Book of Practical Formulas: Easy-To-Make, Easy-To-Use, Recipes for Hundreds of Everyday Activities and Tasks

Paula Dreifus Bakule - Rodale Pr
Format: Hardcover

Did you know you can polish brass with ketchup? This new book is chock full of similar information on using ordinary, and some exotic, supplies to help you with everyday household tasks and activities. Written in a cookbook format, it offers do-it-yourselfers hints to save money and/or...
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Rat Pack Confidential

Shawn Levy - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

For the first time, the full story of what happened when Frank Sinatra brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas.January 1960. Las Vegas is at its smooth, cool peak. The Strip is a jet-age theme park, and the greatest singer in the history of American popular music summons a group...
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Halfway: A Memoir

Tom Macher - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From a searing new literary voice, a raw, compulsively readable memoir about a young man seeking hope, community, and ultimately recovery from addiction in a series of halfway houses and boys' homes - the first book to so vividly capture this world.In his late teens Tom Macher rebelled...
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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance

Daniel Prendergast
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide for growing healthy trees. As the most dominant and permanent feature in any garden, trees establish a landscape's character more than any other plant. A well-chosen tree in the right location adds color, form, and dimension. Moreover, trees can filter the air of pollutants,...
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Prepare to Defend Yourself ... How to Navigate the Healthcare System and Escape with Your Life

Matthew Minson - Texas A&M University Press
Format: Book

Do you really need to pay that outstanding balance with the hospital? Do you know the differences between a nurse practitioner, a physician's assistant, a physician, and a paramedic? Did you realize that not all hospitals can treat your stroke, heart attack, or trauma with equal speed...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Joy of Christmas: 101 Holiday Tales of Inspiration, Love and Wonder

Amy Newmark - Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: Print book

Anyone who loves this joyous time of year will love these heartwarming and entertaining stories of family bonding, holiday hijinks, community spirit, and family and religious traditions. A fantastic holiday gift and a great way to start the season!Christmas is a merry and joyful time of year,...
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Constantine the Great: The Man and His Times

Michael Grant - Charles Scribner's Sons
Format: Hardcover

The author of Founders of the Western World assesses the achievements of the man who founded Constantinople and converted the Roman Empire to Christianity.
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Bow-wow!

Bobby Lynn Maslen - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

Bob books is a series of small format books to be taken when you leave home but might need something to occupy small fingers.
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Cosby: His Life and Times

Mark Whitaker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy.. Far from the gentle...
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Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life

Andrew C. Isenberg - Hill and Wang; First Edition edition
Format: Book

In popular culture, Wyatt Earp is the hero of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, and a beacon of rough justice in the tumultuous American West. The subject of dozens of films, he has been invoked in battles against organized crime (in the 1930s), communism (in the 1950s),...
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Starting a Business from Home: Choosing a Business, Getting Online, Reaching Your Market and Making a Profit (Business Success)

Colin Barrow - Kogan Page; 2 edition
Format: Hardcover


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Green Living for Dummies

Yvonne Jeffery - HarperAudio
Format: Paperback

This audiobook features strategies to apply green principles in your daily life. Minimize your impact on the world and enjoy a green lifestyle.Want to join the worldwide environmental initiative? This practical guide is packed with realistic ways to help the environment and create a better...
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The Cure for Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness

Timothy Caulfield - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A bold look at how commercial agendas distort the real science behind health and fitness studies and misinform the public about how to live a healthy life   Researcher Timothy Caulfield talks with experts in medicine, pharmaceuticals, health and fitness, and even tries out many of the health...
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Off the beaten path. West Virginia : a guide to unique places

Su Clauson-Wicker; John D Rockefeller IV - GPP Travel
Format: Book

West Virginia Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, West Virginia Off the Beaten...
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Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia

Henry Jay Przybylo - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A moving exploration of the most common but most mysterious procedure in medicine.For many of the 40 million Americans who undergo anesthesia each year, it is the source of great fear and fascination. In Counting Backwards, Dr. Henry Jay Przybylo -- an anesthesiologist with more than thirty...
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Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency

Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing - PixyJack Press
Format: Paperback

A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable...
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Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States

Gary Y Okihiro - University of California Press
Format: Print book

Brilliantly mixing geology, folklore, music, cultural commentary, and history, Gary Y. Okihiro overturns the customary narrative in which the United States acts upon and dominates Hawai'i. Instead, Island World depicts the islands' press against the continent, endowing America's...
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Dr. Seuss and Philosophy: Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!

Jacob M. Held - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Since Theodor Geisel published his first children's book in 1937 under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, children and adults alike have been captivated by the charming and laconic tales of whimsical characters and imaginative worlds. But Dr. Seuss' stories are more than just catchy poems;...
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Copic Markers Coloring Guide

Colleen Schaan - Copic Markers Coloring Guide
Format: Paperback

Some of the highest-quality art markers on the market, Copic markers continue to grow in popularity for paper crafters, and this informative and instructional book assists crafters of all levels in mastering Copic coloring skills.In addition to an explanation of the color-coding system,...
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Familyhood

Paul Reiser - Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

For the longest time based on no evidence other than our own insecurity and sense of incompetence my wife and I were convinced that we were the flat-out no-question-about-it least-skilled parents in the country Furthermore we were convinced that every other set of parents we knew was perfect...
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Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy

Charles Pellegrino - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

On the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking, a prominent Titanic researcher offers a final chance to see the ship before it disappears foreverThe Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen; the ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When it sank...
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Cook Fast Eat Well: 5 Ingredients, 10 Minutes, 160 Recipes

SUE QUINN - Sterling Epicure
Format: Paperback

Bring healthy, mouthwatering food to the table . . . in just 10 MINUTES! This is delicious, nutritious cooking made easy! Created by an award-winning cookbook author, each recipe - from hearty pasta, meat, poultry, and seafood dishes to light bites, dips, salads, soups, and desserts...
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101 Cost-Effective Ways to Increase the Value of Your Home

Steve Berges - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback

Every year, millions of Americans spend varying degrees of time and money on home improvements. Which improvements are likely to add the greatest value on resale? What kinds of small, inexpensive projects can really make a difference? How do homeowners get started on the project of their...
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The Deen Bros. Take It Easy: Quick and Affordable Meals the Whole Family Will Love

Jamie Deen - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

If you haven't got time to waste, Jamie and Bobby Deen have the meals to make. Imagine getting dinner on the table for your family in forty-five minutes or less. In this inspired and indispensable new cookbook, Paula Deen's sons show you how to whip up 125 delicious Southern-style...
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Squares and Triangles: 13 Fun Patterns for Innovating and Renovating

Elsie Campbell - Good Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback

          This book, the second in expert quilt designer Elsie Campbell's "Scrap Quilt Book Series," offers 13 basic but boldly sophisticated patterns based on squares and triangles. For beginning and intermediate quilters.         ...
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It's All About Him: Finding the Love of My Life

Ellen Vaughn - Thomas Nelson; Har/Com edition
Format: Book

Alan and Denise Jackson's life seemed like a fairy tale: high school sweethearts marry young and leave small-town Georgia to pursue big dreams in Music City. They pay their dues, work hard, weather deep disappointments. Then their dreams come true. In fairy tales, the Jacksons'...
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Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Ultimate Yard and Garden (Better Homes & Gardens Gardening)

Better Homes & Gardens - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

As you walk through your neighborhood, do you find yourself analyzing your neighbors' yards, trying to figure out how they were able to combine all those plants to create such a beautiful yard, walkway, or garden? Wonder no more! Better Homes and Gardens® Step-by-Step Ultimate...
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Titanic Tragedy: A New Look at the Lost Liner

John Maxtone-Graham - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The dean of ocean liner historians uncovers fascinating and unknown aspects of this epic disaster. This is a book unlike any other. Rather than offering simply a detailed retelling of the Titanic sinking on her maiden voyage, John Maxtone-Graham devotes his considerable knowledge and impeccable...
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Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned

Kenneth C. Davis - William Morrow & Co; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The author of Don't Know Much about History examines the amusing perceptions that people historically have had about the world and the universe, with a look at the world map today and passages from memorable travel writers. 150,000 first printing. $115,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

M.D. Frances Allen - William Morrow; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From "the most powerful psychiatrist in America" (New York Times) and "the man who wrote the book on mental illness" (Wired), a deeply fascinating and urgently important critique of the widespread medicalization of normality Anyone living a full, rich life experiences...
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Barbie: Four Decades of Fashion, Fantasy, and Fun

Marco Tosa - H.N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who loves Barbie and wants to know more, this illustrated biography tells the story of the doll's evolution into an icon of popular culture, beloved and avidly collected by children and adults alike. Conceived in 1959 as an "adult" doll to dress for every occasion,...
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The Way of the Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of Firearms

Iain Overton - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this compelling and revelatory book, an investigative journalist explores the lifecycle of the gun - following those who make firearms, sell them, use them, and die by them - with a special emphasis on the United States, to make sense of our complex relationship with these weapons.We...
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Ultimate Slime: DIY Tutorials for Crunchy Slime, Fluffy Slime, Fishbowl Slime, and More Than 100 Other Oddly Satisfying Recipes and Projects--Totally Borax Free!

Alyssa Jagan - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

Who knows what makes playing with slime so tactually satisfying. Whatever the reason, Ultimate Slime is here with over 100 borax-free recipes invented by the CraftySlimeCreator, Alyssa Jagan. Written by Alyssa Jagan, popular Instagram slimer of @CraftySlimeCreator fame, Ultimate...
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The Parrot Who Thought She Was a Dog

Nancy Ellis-Bell - Harmony Books
Format: Print book

The last thing Nancy Ellis-Bell expected to descend on her life was a neglected, too-tall, smart-mouthed, one-legged, blue-and-gold rescue macaw named Peg Leg. And yet, it made perfect sense. A lifelong animal lover, Nancy could never turn away a stray cat, dog, squirrel, or raccoon from...
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore

ELIZABETH RUSH - Milkweed Editions
Format: Book

Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant -- and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable...
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The Ultimate Christmas Book: Over 240 Holiday Craft, Food, and Decorating Ideas

Editors of Reader's Digest - Readers Digest
Format: Hardcover

Over 240 Holiday Craft, Food, and Decorating Ideas
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

Thomas L. Friedman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

America is in trouble. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet them-and if we delay any longer, soon it will be too late for us to pass along the American dream to future generations. In That Used to Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman, one of our most...
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8 Weeks to a Healthy Dog

Shawn Messonnier - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

Give your dog a long, healthy, happy life--in just 8 short weeks! Acclaimed holistic veterinarian Dr. Shawn Messonnier shows you how to combine the best preventive-care practices with the best that conventional and alternative medicine have to offer. The result? An amazing transformation...
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The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them)

Peter Sagal - It Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are. Or so everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated NPR host—the man who put the second "L" in "vanilla"—decided to find out if it's true. From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers...
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100 Questions

Ava T. Albrecht - Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition
Format: Print book

An outstanding reference for the millions of adults suffering from adult ADHD, their families, and their friends. 100 Questions & Answers About Adult ADHD provides authoritative, practical answers to your questions about symptom recognition, proper diagnosis, and treatment. This book is an excellent...
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The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa

Caitlin O'Connell - Free Press
Format: Hardcover

In "The Elephant's Secret Sense", the internationally renowned field scientist Caitlin O'Connell tells the fascinating story of her unexpected discovery of a previously unknown mode of elephant communication. One day, while observing elephants at a waterhole in Namibia,...
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I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World

Eve Ensler - Villard
Format: Print book

In this daring, provocative, and insightful book, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated,...
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Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West

James Pogue - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary inside look at America's militia movement that shows a country at the crossroads of class, culture, and insurrection.In a remote corner of Oregon, James Pogue found himself at the heart of a rebellion. Granted unmatched access by Ammon Bundy to the armed occupation...
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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne

Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, "the Duke," John Wayne.As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc...
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

Damien Echols - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the greatest legal injustices of our time sprang one of the most unlikely - and unforgettable - love stories. Damien Echols was just eighteen years old when he was condemned to death for a crime he didn't commit. His case - that of the infamous "West Memphis Three"...
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Long Shot

Mike Piazza - Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Mike Piazzas autobiographythe candid story of the greatest hitting catcher in the history of baseball, from his inauspicious draft selection to his Hall of Fame-worthy achievements and the unusual controversies that marked his career. Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers...
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When It Was Just a Game: Remembering the First Super Bowl

Harvey Frommer - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Print book

Written by acclaimed sports author and oral historian Harvey Frommer and with an introduction by pro football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, When It Was Just a Game tells the fascinating story of the ground-breaking AFL-NFL World Championship Football game played on January 15, 1967: Packers...
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Red Rover: Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity

Roger Wiens - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

In its eerie likeness to Earth, Mars has long captured our imaginations - both as a destination for humankind and as a possible home to extraterrestrial life. It is our twenty-first century New World; its explorers robots, shipped 350 million miles from Earth to uncover the distant planet's...
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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese

Elizabeth M Norman - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"This is a gripping book. Elizabeth Norman presents a war story in which the main characters never kill one of the enemy, or even shoot at him, but are nevertheless heroes. . . . First on Bataan, then moved to Corregidor, they were under almost constant shell fire, were always hungry,...
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Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?

Billy Crystal - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable careerBilly Crystal is turning 65, and he's not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that...
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Parrotlets

Nikki Moustaki - TFH Publications
Format: Paperback

Packing all the personality of a big parrot into their tiny bodies, parrotlets are fun and feisty companions. Like other parrots, they are intelligent and social pets, and parrotlets are active and playful as well. Parrotlets can be stubborn and bossy, and their owners must educate themselves...
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How to Make Frozen Yogurt: 56 Delicious Flavors You Can Make at Home. A Storey BASICS® Title

Nicole Weston - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Most recipes produce a hard frozen yogurt that's not much fun to eat, but with Nicole Weston's unique technique -- using a simple meringue and your ice cream maker -- the result is creamy, smooth, and delicious. Weston shows you her method and then offers recipes for 56 irresistible...
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Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter

Steven Rinella - Spiegel & Grau; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

“Revelatory . . . With every chapter, you get a history lesson, a hunting lesson, a nature lesson and a cooking lesson. . . . Meat Eater offers an overabundance to savor.”—The New York Times Book Review  Steven Rinella grew up in Twin Lake, Michigan, the son of a hunter...
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Painless Poetry

Mary Elizabeth - Barron's
Format: Book

Reading and writing poetry as a class assignment can be a rewarding experience--especially when it's approached in a spirit of fun. This book explains how poets use words imaginatively in rhymed and metered verse as well as free verse. Poems can be humorous or serious, long or very...
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Women Who Don't Wait in Line: Break the Mold, Lead the Way

Reshma Saujani - New Harvest; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

There’s never been a better time to be woman. We live in an era when girls are told they can do anything. So why aren’t we seeing more women rising to the top ranks of corporations and the government? Why don’t our girls have more women in leadership roles to look up to? Women...
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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA

Brenda Maddox - Harper Perennial; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

In 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin's data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery.Brenda Maddox tells a powerful story of a remarkably single-minded, forthright, and tempestuous young woman who,...
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Roswell : Inconvenient Facts and the Will to Believe

Karl T. Pflock - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover

In this definitive study of the Roswell incident, longtime UFO researcher Karl T Pflock - who is convinced that some UFO reports are real alien sightings - concludes, after an exhaustive investigation, that no alien craft or bodies were ever found at Roswell. Pflock admits at the outset...
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ASVAB For Dummies

Rod Powers - For Dummies; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Get fully briefed on the changes to the ASVAB and sharpen your test-taking skills Want to ace the ASVAB? This essential guide includes in-depth reviews of all nine test subjects with complete explanations for every question, proficiency exercises, and tips to help you pinpoint your weaknesses...
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Quick, Before the Music Stops: How Ballroom Dancing Saved My Life

Janet Carlson - Broadway
Format: Hardcover

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Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction

Lance M. M.D. Dodes - Harper Collins Publishers India; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Finally a road map to recovery from the nation's most original thinker on addiction In his revolutionary book The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes examined the underlying emotions that drive addictive behaviors whether drinking, gambling, sex, or eating. Now, in Breaking Addiction,...
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Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism

Temple Grandin - Vintage books
Format: Paperback

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism--because Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible...
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Vessels: A Love Story

Daniel K Raeburn - W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Format: Print book

An unforgettable portrait of a marriage tested to its limits.When Dan, a writer with a passion for underground comics, and his wife Bekah, a potter dedicated to traditional Japanese ceramics, met through a mutual friend, they swiftly fell in love. "Of all the women I've ever met,"...
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One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare

Linda Robinson - PublicAffairs; First Edition edition
Format: Book

One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how - after a decade of intensive combat operations - special operations forces have become the go-to force for US military endeavors worldwide.Linda Robinson follows the evolution of special ops in Afghanistan, their longest deployment since Vietnam....
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Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving

Julia Samuel - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

An instant bestseller in the UK, Grief Works is a profoundly optimistic and compassionate handbook for anyone suffering a loss - from the expected death of a parent to the sudden death of a child or spouse - as well as a guide for those who want to help their grieving loved ones.Death...
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Mike Wallace: A Life

Peter Rader - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

The untold story of how the world's most feared TV reporter transformed his inner darkness into a journalistic juggernaut that riveted millions and redefined the landscape of television newsIn his four decades as the front man for 60 Minutes, the most successful show in television...
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The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy

Jay Cost - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An incisive account of the tumultuous relationship between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison and of the origins of our wealthy yet highly unequal nationIn the history of American politics there are few stories as enigmatic as that of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's bitterly personal...
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Wit and Wisdom of Anonymous Alcoholics: Lessons on Living from 25 years in the Halls of Recovery

Sharabi - Alpine Lake Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Humor, psychology and spirituality come together in this entertaining and extensive collection of 3300 anecdotes and insights into life from more than a thousand recovering alcoholics. Compiled over 25 years, this book shows diverse viewpoints, both reverential and rebellious, and provides...
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ScreamFree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool

Hal Edward Runkel - WaterBrook Press
Format: Hardcover

Parents are facing the toughest challenge of their lives. They want to create a loving family environment filled with mutual respect and cooperation… but they find instead that human nature and the influence of our culture combine to produce an atmosphere of anxiety, exhaustion, and far too much...
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Tabloid Valley: Supermarket News and American Culture

Paula E. Morton - University Press of Florida
Format: Print book

With sensational headlines and scandalous photos, supermarket tabloids dish out the dirt on everyone and everything from space aliens and Bat Boy to Elvis and Britney. Although they were once the pariah of traditional journalism, tabloids have gained credibility in recent years and today...
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One at a Time: A Week in an American Animal Shelter

Diane Leigh - No Voice Unheard; 3rd edition
Format: Paperback

Half the households in America include an animal companion. Yet, each year, community shelters take in six to eight million unwanted dogs and cats who face an uncertain fate. With compelling photos and moving vignettes, this book chronicles the true stories of 75 animals who entered a typical...
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Steadfast Heart

Tracie Peterson - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Print book

Bestselling author Tracie Peterson, one of the top names in Christian fiction, launches a new series full of adventure and romance.,
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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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100 Questions

Josiane Cobert - Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition
Format: Book

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be a devastating problem not just for children but also for parents, families, and friends. 100 Questions & Answers About Your Child's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a user-friendly guide that will enhance your knowledge of the disease and answer...
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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time

Maria Konnikova - Viking
Format: Print book

"It's a startling and disconcerting read that should make you think twice every time a friend of a friend offers you the opportunity of a lifetime." - Erik Larson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake and bestselling author of Devil in the White...
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Books for Living

Will Schwalbe - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new?...
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The African Svelte: Ingenious Misspellings That Make Surprising Sense

Daniel Menaker - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

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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It's a Long Story: My Life

Willie Nelson - Little Brown and Company
Format: Print book

The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson "Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . . So say the publishers about this book I've written. What I say is that this is the story of my life, told as clear as a Texas sky and in the same rhythm that I lived it. It's a story...
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Stolen: Is Social Media Stealing Your Identity?

Jessica Fralin - Abingdon Press
Format: Print book

How many hours do we spend scrolling Facebook newsfeeds, retweeting something on Twitter, or posing for the perfect selfie on Instagram, hoping what we post will get likes and comments from our friends and followers? To get those likes, we post what is--according to social media standards--pretty,...
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The big hat

Bobby Lynn Maslen - Scholastic

Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.
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Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the New York Times

Amanda Hesser - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Memorable moments with food—collected by "one of the best of the young food writers" (Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue food critic).New York Times Magazine food editor Amanda Hesser has showcased the food-inspired recollections of some of America's leading writers—playwrights,...
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What We Talk About When We Talk About God

Rob Bell - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell, whom The New Yorker describes as "one of the most influential Christian leaders in the country," does for the concept of God what he did for heaven and hell in his book Love Wins: He shows how traditional ideas have grown stale and dysfunctional...
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This Explains Everything: Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works

John Brockman - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically...
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In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea

Michael Brenner - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should beMany Zionists who advocated the creation of a Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other. Yet for Israel's founders, the state that emerged against all odds in 1948 was anything but ordinary. Born from...
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Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul: Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Carol Kline - HCI
Format: Paperback

Cats first purred their way into human hearts thousands of years ago, and have been our treasured companions and soul mates ever since. Whether impish kittens, regal adult cats or serene seniors, it’s impossible for us to remain indifferent to them—especially at 4 A.M....
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Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You

Deborah Norville - Thomas Nelson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Thank You. Can such small words hold life changing power? Yes! Deborah Norville's groundbreaking and persuasive book argues that gratitude is the secret key to unlocking your full life potential. Rooted in science, presented from a spiritual perspective, Thank You Power details the surprising...
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Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling

AMY CHOZICK - Harper
Format: Hardcover

For a decade, award-winning New York Times journalist Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton's pursuit of the presidency. Chozick's front-row seat, initially covering Clinton's imploding 2008 campaign, and then her assignment to "The Hillary Beat" ahead of the 2016 election, took...
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Full Upright and Locked Position: Not-So-Comfortable Truths about Air Travel Today

Mark Gerchick - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight," our pilots still intone. But who are they kidding? In Full Upright and Locked Position, former FAA chief counsel and senior aviation policy official Mark Gerchick unravels the unseen forces and little-known facts that have reshaped our air travel...
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The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House

BEN RHODES - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From one of Obama's closest aides comes a revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of his presidency - and how idealism can confront harsh reality and still survive - in the tradition of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. For nearly ten years,...
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Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love

Melissa Ambrosini - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Format: Print book

Ready to activate your dream life? You know that sneaky voice inside your head telling you that you're not good enough, smart enough, skinny enough, whatever enough? That's your Mean Girl. And she's doing her best to keep you stuck in Fear Town, too scared to go after the life...
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Chi Energy Workbook: A Practical Guide to the Essence That Links All Holistic Therapies

Simon Brown - Sterling
Format: Paperback

From a best-selling author and internationally regarded feng shui consultant comes a groundbreaking and thoroughly practical workbook on understanding chi - the essential energy behind every holistic therapy.Chi is the power that makes every form of holistic healing and wellness work, from...
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Grunts : inside the American infantry combat experience, World War II through Iraq

John C McManus - NAL Caliber
Format: Hardcover

Describes the history of the American soldier during four decades of warfare, from the Battle of the Bulge to counterinsurgency combat in Iraq.
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Work From Home Handbook: Flex Your Time, Improve Your Life

Diana Fitzpatrick - Nolo
Format: Paperback

Make going to the office optional! Haven't you ever wished that you didn't have to waste hours in rush-hour traffic on your commute to the office? Had more time with your kids? Or simply had the luxury to go to work in your pajamas? Co-produced with USA TODAY, The Work From Home...
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Miracles Now: 108 Life-Changing Tools for Less Stress, More Flow, and Finding Your True Purpose

Gabrielle Bernstein - Hay House, Inc.,
Format: Print book

Miracles Now by New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle Bernstein will help readers clear stress and find peace - even if they only have a minute to spare. Bernstein knows that most of us don't have time for an hour of yoga or 30 minutes of meditation to dissolve our anxiety, so she has hand-picked...
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Style & Simplicity: An A to Z Guide to Living a More Beautiful Life

Ted Kennedy Watson - Sterling Signature
Format: Hardcover

Ted Kennedy Watson - acclaimed retailer, blogger, and stylist of the beautiful and unusual - has a passion for the art of display and an understanding of how distinctive touches make a space inviting. Here, in a lush, lavish, A-to-Z guide, he presents dozens of insider secrets and ideas...
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A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People

Joan Anderson - Broadway; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Joan Anderson gives women practical advice and inspiration for building creative, independent, and fulfilling lives through discovering who they truly are and who they can be.Like Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, Joan Anderson’s bestselling...
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The Complete Make-Ahead Cookbook: From Appetizers to Desserts 500 Recipes You Can Make in Advance

America's Test Kitchen - America's Test Kitchen
Format: eBook

An impressive collection of 500 recipes at your fingertips! Make the recipe all at once, if you have time; or, use the accompanying suggestions on what parts are best to make ahead separately if you're short on time that day. Every recipe has been tested thoroughly on what's best...
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The New Jumbo Book of Easy Crafts (Jumbo Books)

Caroline Price - Kids Can Press
Format: Paperback

Got a clothespin? Turn it into a dragonfly. Got a walnut? Turn it into a sailboat. Kids will find these plus hundreds more easy crafts, including animals, nature crafts, games, gifts, toys and works of art in the revised, updated and redesigned New Jumbo Book of Easy Crafts. We've added...
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Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm

Mardi Jo Link - Knopf; 5.12.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover

Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: a memoir about survival and self-discovery, by an indomitable woman who never loses sight of what matters most.  It’s the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link’s dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually...
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The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror, and the Death of Reconstruction

LeeAnna Keith - Oxford University Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Book

On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militia, defending the town's courthouse, were slain by an armed force of rampaging white supremacists. The most deadly incident of racial violence of the Reconstruction...
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

MARYANNE WOLF - Harper
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Proust and the Squid, a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative epistolary book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne...
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Thinking Simply About Addiction: A Handbook for Recovery

Richard S Sandor - Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Format: Print book

This profound yet practical guide by a veteran recovery professional goes further than any other book in pinpointing why addictions are so tenacious, how we all suffer from them to a greater or lesser extent, and the true, time-tested steps toward freeing yourself. No social problem today...
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Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War

Stanley Harrold - The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Aspects of this struggle--the underground railroad,...
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Trucks

Mary Lindeen - Bellwether Media
Format: Hardcover

Did you know that some big trucks have 18 wheels? All different kinds of trucks travel the roads daily. Young readers will learn about pickup trucks, big rigs, and monster trucks in this simple introduction.
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You Need More Sleep: Advice from Cats

Francesco Marciuliano - Chronicle Books
Format: Book

Our feline friends have spent eons observing, napping, pondering, napping, and taking notes about the human condition. In between naps, they've realized that we humans could use some catlike guidance when it comes to handling the ups and downs of life. In this book they've condescended...
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The Deer Hunter's Encyclopedia

Leonard Lee Rue - The Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

A complete reference book on America's most popular big-game animal.
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Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity

Emily Matchar - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Emily Matchar offers a smart, measured investigation into the cultural, social, and economic implications of a return to domesticity in this fascinating book “chock-full of historical context, strong research and compelling personal stories” (Christian Science Montor).Amid today’s...
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The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty

Kitty Kelley - Doubleday
Format: Print book

They have wielded enormous financial power and dominated world politics for more than half a century. They have been appointed to positions of great power and have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped our past and, with our country at war under...
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Gross America: Your Coast-to-Coast Guide to All Things Gross

Richard Faulk - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin
Format: Print book

Part "Weird U.S." and part "Roadside America," GROSS AMERICA offers families a road trip through the USA that would delight the King of Bad Taste John Waters and the unflappable guys on MTV's "Jackass."Sure, you could use your vacation days to take the family...
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Young Michelangelo: The Path to the Sistine

John T. Spike - Vendome Press; 1ST edition
Format: Book

Spike covers the full range of Michelangelo's early years and explores the overwhelming influence that his charismatic personality had upon his contemporaries and followers. He traces Michelangelo's development into a master sculptor, probes his involvement in the most troubling...
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Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture: 20 Step-by-Step Projects Anyone Can Build

Katie Jackson - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Selected as a Gardens Illustrated Recommended ReadHand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items include a trellis, a flower box, and a plant stand...
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Raising Milk Goats the Modern Way (A Garden Way publishing classic)

Jerry Belanger - Storey Publishing, LLC; Rev&Updtd edition
Format: Paperback

Jerry Belanger's indispensable guidance for goat owners continues in a revised edition of his popular handbook, RAISING MILK GOATS THE MODERN WAY. It includes more information about diseases and medication, new breed information, barn plans, recipes for goat milk products, and more....
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Perfect Pies: The Best Sweet and Savory Recipes from America's Pie-Baking Champion

Michele Stuart - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The smell of a pie baking in the kitchen immediately conjures up feelings of comfort nostalgia and love Michele Stuart vividly remembers standing at her grandmotherrsquos apron hem as a child as she fine-tuned and improved family recipes that had been passed down for generations Eventually...
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Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces: A Layering System for Big Results in Small Gardens and Containers : Garden in Inches, Not Acres

Patricia Lanza - Rodale Pr
Format: Hardcover

Explains how to use a systems of layered mulch materials to provide a nutrient-rich base for healthy gardens and robust flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruits in small spaces and containers.
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Return on Principle: 7 Core Values to Help Protect Your Money in Good Times and Bad

David J Scranton - Advisor'S Academy Pr
Format: Print book

Maximize your retirement and focus on income and master the "inside game" armed with a fresh perspective of 200 years of stock market history tied to the exact lifecycle of the average investor. The majority of investment books today deal strictly with the external strategies...
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The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America

Scott Weidensaul - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Frontier: the word carries the inevitable scent of the West. But before Custer or Lewis and Clark, before the first Conestoga wagons rumbled across the Plains, it was the East that marked the frontier - the boundary between complex Native cultures and the first colonizing Europeans.Here...
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Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose

Joseph R Biden - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

A deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. In November 2014, 13 members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past 40 years; it was the one constant in what had become...
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Who's Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success--and Won't Let You Fail

Keith Ferrazzi - Broadway Books
Format: Hardcover

Disregard the myth of the lone professional "superman" and the rest of our culture's go-it alone mentality. The real path to success in your work and in your life is through creating an inner circle of "lifeline relationships" - deep, close relationships with a few key trusted...
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How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

Virginia Morris - Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback

"The bible of eldercare" - ABC World News. "An indispensable book" - AARP. "A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" - The Washington Post. And, winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. How to Care for Aging Parents is the best and bestselling book...
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The Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love

Janet G. Woititz - HCI
Format: Paperback

When they were first released in the 1980s, Janet Woititz's groundbreaking works, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Struggle for Intimacy and The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, provided a new message of hope to adult children who had grown up in the shadow of alcoholic parents. Their message today...
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Unmeasured Strength

Lauren Manning - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A survivors awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and womanShe was a hardworking business woman, had a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 911, good fortune was no match for catastrophe....
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Kind Is the New Classy: The Power of Living Graciously

Candace Cameron Bure - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

"The world has a way of defining you if you don't know who you are before you get out there." - Candace Cameron BureAs a woman in today's world, you know what it's like to feel pressure on all sides from clashing cultural expectations. How can you stay true to who God has uniquely...
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Victory For Us Is to See You Suffer: In the West Bank with the Palestinians and the Israelis

Philip Winslow - Beacon Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

During the second Palestinian intifada, Philip C. Winslow worked in the West Bank with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), driving up to 600 miles a week between almost every Palestinian town, village, and refugee camp and every Israeli checkpoint in the occupied territory....
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The Ultimate Obamacare Handbook

Kimberly Amadeo - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Obamacare can save you money, but only if you know how it really works.Americans have been barraged with fifteen times more negative than positive news about Obamacare. As a result, 40 percent of the people who dislike it actually qualified for insurance subsidies and don't realize...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks...
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A History of the Twentieth Century 1900-1933, Vol. 1

Martin Gilbert - William Morrow; 1st U.S. ed edition
Format: Hardcover

What a terrible disappointment the twentieth century has been, was Winston Churchills comment in 1922. One world war was over, more than 6 million soldiers had been killed, and four vast empires had been destroyed. A second mass slaughterin which more than 46 million would diewas yet to come,...
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The New Blue Ridge Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from Virginias Highlands to North Carolinas Mountains

Elizabeth Wiegand - Globe Pequot
Format: Paperback

More than 100 recipes, both old and new, celebrating the regional foods of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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The Man Who Created Paradise: A Fable

Gene Logsdon - Ohio University Press
Format: Paperback

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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Robert Dallek - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

An Unfinished Life is the first major, single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written by a historian in nearly four decades.
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Wide Awake

David Levithan - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member. Thus is the inspiration...
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New Decorator

Julia Barnard - DK
Format: Print book

An inspiring guide to creating a harmonious and happy home. A home that is a comfortable, well-designed, efficient living space is both pleasing to the senses and necessary for our physical and emotional well-being, say the authors of New Decorator, the book that shows readers precisely...
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The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest

Carol W Costenbader - Storey Publishing
Format: Paperback

New techniques for canning, drying, freezing, juicing, pickling, and storing fresh, in-season foods.
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The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families

Kevin Cook - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime.Baseball honors legacies -- from cheering the home team to breaking in an old glove handed down from father to son. In The Dad Report, award-winning sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which...
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Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, from the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility

Garry Prowe - Brain Injury Success Books
Format: Paperback

Someone you love has suffered a brain injury. The doctors can not yet make a prognosis. "Every brain injury is unique and unpredictable," they say. "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst," they tell you. What do you do now? Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury...
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20 Years Younger: Look Younger, Feel Younger, Be Younger!

Ronald L. Kotler - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

It's time to turn back the clock! In 20 Years Younger, Bob Greene offers readers a practical, science-based plan for looking and feeling their best as they age. The cutting-edge program details easy and effective steps we can all take to rebuild the foundation of youth and enjoy better...
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The Reluctant Communist: My Desertion, Court-Martial, and Forty-Year Imprisonment in North Korea

Charles Robert Jenkins - University of California Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In January of 1965, twenty-four-year-old U.S. Army sergeant Charles Robert Jenkins abandoned his post in South Korea, walked across the DMZ, and surrendered to communist North Korean soldiers standing sentry along the world's most heavily militarized border. He believed his action would...
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The Meaning of Michelle: 15 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

Veronica Chambers - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A NEW IN NONFICTION PEOPLE PICK | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Huffington Post * Glamour * Bustle * RedEyeA Los Angeles Times bestseller**One of BookRiot's '11 Books to Help Us Make It Through a Trump Presidency'****One of The Guardian's...
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Getting Over Getting Mad: Positive Ways to Manage Anger in Your Most Important Relationships

Judy Ford - RedWheel / Weiser
Format: Paperback

contrast to books that analyze the causes of anger or discuss the issue on a societal level, 'Getting Over Getting Mad' provides readers with inspiration and suggestions for making positive changes in themselves and their relationships.
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A Real Southern Cook: In Her Savannah Kitchen

Dora Charles - Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

"Dora Charles is the real deal, and hers may be the most honest - and personal - southern cookbook I've ever read." - John Martin Taylor In her first cookbook, a revered former cook at Savannah's most renowned restaurant divulges her locally famous Savannah recipes - many...
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Egypt

DK Publishing - DK Travel; Rep Rev edition
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Egypt travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Egypt has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and clear maps of Egypt, the guide explores every facet that makes Egypt endlessly fascinating; from the coral of the Red Sea to bustling Cairo, the cultural...
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The Low GI Diet Cookbook: 100 Simple, Delicious Smart-Carb Recipes-The Proven Way to Lose Weight and Eat for Lifelong Health (Glucose Revolution)

Kaye Foster-Powell - Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback

Based on the healthy low-GI eating principles established in The Low GI Diet Revolution, New York Times bestselling authors Jennie Brand-Miller and Kaye Foster-Powell, along with Joanna McMillan-Price, offer readers a companion cookbook packed with 100 delicious recipes that incorporate...
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Uxl Encyclopedia of Biomes

Marlene Weigel; Julie Carnagie - U*X*L; First Edition edition Language: English ISBN-10: 0787637351 ISBN-13: 978-0787637354 Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,614,966 in Books
Format: Hardcover

In one source, this 3-vol. set offers students comprehensive and easy-to-use information on 12 of the Earth's major biomes and its many component ecosystems. Each entry includes an overview and description on how specific biomes are formed. Students will find additional detail on climate;...
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Your Voice in My Head: A Memoir

Emma Forrest - Other Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Emma Forrest a British journalist was just twenty-two and living the fast life in New York City when she realized that her quirks had gone beyond eccentricity In a cycle of loneliness damaging relationships and destructive behavior she found herself in the chair of a slim balding and effortlessly...
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How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone: The Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places

Rosie Garthwaite - Bloomsbury USA; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Whether you're a war correspondent or an aid worker, a tourist worried about an increasingly hostile world or an armchair traveler concerned that your own backyard is fast becoming a war zone, How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone will help you survive some of the world's most...
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The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?

Patrick Tucker - Current
Format: Print book

An in-depth look at the future of the future. An app on your phone knows you're getting married before you do. Your friends' tweets can help data scientists predict your location with astounding accuracy, even if you don't use Twitter. Soon, we'll be able to know how many kids...
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The $11 Billion Year: From Sundance to the Oscars, an Inside Look at the Changing Hollywood System

Anne Thompson - Newmarket Pr
Format: Paperback

Chronicling the making and marketing of movies released in 2012, from low-budget indies to studio blockbusters, a reporter who has written about Hollywood for more than twenty-five years covers every aspect of the billion-dollar global motion picture industry.
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The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam

Tom Bissell - Pantheon; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, John Bissell, a former Marine officer living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, was glued to his television. Struggling to save his marriage, raise his sons, and live with his memories of the war in Vietnam, Bissell found himself...
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Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter

Robert Rummel-Hudson - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Schuyler’s Monster is an honest, funny, and heart-wrenching story of a family, and particularly a little girl, who won't give up when faced with a monster that steals her voice but can’t crush her spirit.When Schuyler was 18 months old, a question about her lack of speech...
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