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Get the Most Out of Retirement: Checklist for Happiness, Health, Purpose, and Financial Security

Sally Balch Hurme - American Bar Association
Format: Paperback

How to Get the Most Out of Your Retirement.Whether youre planning for or already living in retirement, theres a lot that goes into making the most of every day. From crafting a budget and managing your money to last a lifetime to simplifying your life so you can really focus on what you want...
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A Guinea Pig Nutcracker (Guinea Pig Classics)

Alex Goodwin - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The universally beloved ballet about Clara and her nutcracker gets the Guinea Pig Classics treatment!. As the curtain rises, Clara is opening her presents under the Christmas tree. She falls in love with a present from her godfather Drosselmeyer: a wooden Nutcracker. When Clara falls asleep...
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview

Ilona Bray JD - NOLO
Format: Print book

Everything you need to become a naturalized U.S. citizenFor a green card holder, taking the next step to U.S. citizenship offers a host of benefits. But the application process itself can be long and confusing. With Becoming a U.S. Citizen, you can save months, or even years. Best of all,...
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Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?

Ethan Brown - Scribner
Format: Paperback

Soon to be a Showtime documentary, Murder in the Bayou is a New York Times bestselling chronicle of a high-stakes investigation into the murders of eight women in a troubled Southern parish that is "part murder case, part corruption expos, and part Louisiana noir"...
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Open Concept Houses

FRANCESC ZAMORA - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the successful 150 Best series comes the debut entry in the forward-thinking Open Concept Houses series, filled with nearly 500 pages of color photos - sure to become the ultimate resource for this fast-growing trend in home design and renovation.One of the hottest lifestyle...
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Fix It with Food: More Than 125 Recipes to Address Autoimmune Issues and Inflammation

Michael Symon - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

The first-ever health-focused cookbook from everyone's favorite celebrity chef, Michael Symon. Fix It with Food shares how Symon learned which foods caused his inflammation and pain (he calls these his food triggers) and helps readers discover their own food triggers. By beginning...
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All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change

Michael Klare - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

All Hell Breaking Loose is an eye-opening examination of climate change from the perspective of the U.S. military.The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change -- still linked, for many people, with polar bears...
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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

Charles P Wohlforth - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly...
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101 Law Forms for Personal Use

Nolo Editors - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Reliable legal forms for common personal and family transactions At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement in writing. But where to start? 101 Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy to create legal agreements and organize essential information. The plain-English instructions...
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Stories in Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography

Douglas Keister - MJF
Format: Book

Certain symbols abound in modern Western culture that are instantly recognizable: the cross signifies Christianity, the six-pointed Star of David is revered by Jews, the golden arches frequently means it's time for lunch. Other symbols, however, require a bit of decoding-particularly...
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Alone in the Wild: A Rockton Novel

Kelley Armstrong - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

In #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided...
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Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, 2nd Edition

Elizabeth Henderson - Chelsea Green
Format: Paperback

To an increasing number of American families the CSA (community supported agriculture) is the answer to the globalization of our food supply. The premise is simple: create a partnership between local farmers and nearby consumers, who become members or subscribers in support of the farm....
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Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader

Vivian Gornick - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

One of our most beloved writers reassess the electrifying works of literature that have shaped her lifeI sometimes think I was born reading . . . I can't remember the time when I didn't have a book in my hands, my head lost to the world around me.Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic...
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The essential guide to federal employment laws

Lisa Guerin - Nolo
Format: Print book

Quick answers to questions about 20 Key Employment Laws This book explains, in plain English, the 20 most important federal employment laws that come up in the workplace. You can look up what each law allows and prohibits, which businesses must comply, and how to fulfill record-keeping,...
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Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and the Remarkable Ways We Can Be Kind to Them

Ingrid Newkirk - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone explore the wonders of animal life and offer tools for living more kindly toward them.In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are - intelligent, aware, and empathetic....
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Fiske Guide to Colleges 2020

Edward Fiske - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback(36th Revised ed.)

"The best college guide you can buy." -- USA TodayEvery college and university has a story, and no one tells those stories like former New York Times education editor Edward B. Fiske. That's why, for more than 35 years, the Fiske Guide to Colleges has been the leading guide...
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Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System

Jerome F Buting - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Interweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America's criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.Over...
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The Secrets of Bees: An Insider's Guide to the Life of Honeybees

Michael Weiler - Floris Books
Format: Paperback

Bees make honey; we all know that. But what happens between the bee buzzing around our backyard, and the sticky knife in the jar, is a mystery to most of us. How many bee-hours does it take to make just one jar of honey? What do the honeybees' waggling dances really mean? Why do bees...
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Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food

Wendell Berry - Counterpoint
Format: Print book

Only a farmer could delve so deeply into the origins of food, and only a writer of Wendell Berry's caliber could convey it with such conviction and eloquence. Long before Whole Foods organic produce was available at your local supermarket, Berry was farming with the purity of food in mind....
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Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond

Chris Bray - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

A timely, provocative account of how military justice has shaped American society since the nation's beginnings. With a great eye for narrative, historian Chris Bray (himself a former soldier) tells the sweeping story of military justice from the institution of the court martial in the earliest...
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Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption

Benjamin Rachlin - Back Bay Books
Format: Hardcover

A gripping account of one mans long road to freedom that will forever change how we understand our criminal justice system.. During the last three decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic...
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River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey

Helen Prejean - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In this revelatory, intimate memoir from the author of Dead Man Walking, the nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion...
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Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To

Melanie Cullen - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to get organized This workbook provides a complete system for structuring and organizing your information and documents into a records binder. For each topic, you will find helpful content, rich resources, and step-by-step instructions. Also, available: A companion...
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Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Nathalia Holt - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

"If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt's lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls." --Entertainment WeeklyThe riveting true story of the women who launched America...
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Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time

Mark Hyman - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Help to transform the planet in crisis with this indispensable guide to healthy, ethical, and economically sustainable food from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD -- "Read this book if you're ready to change the world" (Tim Ryan, US Representative) .Food...
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Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.

Kirsten Karchmer - Tiller Press
Format: Hardcover

A world-renowned women's health expert reveals a bold, practical, and data-driven handbook for menstrual periods that provides an easy-to-navigate roadmap for improving your reproductive health - and your everyday quality of life.We've been lied to about periods. PMS, cramping,...
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What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City

MONA HANNA-ATTISHA - One World
Format: Book

Flint was already a troubled city in 2014 when the state of Michigan - in the name of austerity - shifted the source of its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Soon after, citizens began complaining about the water that flowed from their taps - but officials rebuffed them,...
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No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin - National Geographic
Format: Print book

Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life - both in outer space and on earth - in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation. Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz...
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