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Lying in Wait: Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol.17

Ann Rule · Pocket Books
Format: Book

Ann Rule presents another collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories - drawn from her real-life personal files - in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files series.MOVING IN FOR THE KILL In this all-new collection of investigative accounts...
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$2.00 a day : living on almost nothing in America

Kathryn Edin · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Pages: 210
Format: Print book

A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna...
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The MELT Method: A Breakthrough Self-Treatment System to Eliminate Chronic Pain, Erase the Signs of Aging, and Feel Fantastic in Just 10 Minutes a Day!

Sue Hitzmann · HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Pages: 295
Format: Hardcover

In The MELT Method, therapist Sue Hitzmann offers a breakthrough self-treatment system to combat chronic pain and erase the effects of aging and active living - in as little as ten minutes a day.With a focus on the body's connective tissues and the role they play in pain, stress, weight...
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Pati's Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking

Pati Jinich · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The host of a highly popular PBS series, Pati's Mexican Table, and a self-described "overloaded soccer mom with three kids and a powerful blender," Pati Jinich has a mission. She's out to prove that Mexican home cooking is quicker and far easier than most Americans think.Her dishes...
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Ben Carson · Zondervan; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Ben Carson, M.D., works medical miracles. Today, he's one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons in the world. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33. Ben Carson...
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Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain–for Life

David Perlmutter · Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Grain Brain uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain's destiny. Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise-from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger ages than ever before. But a medical...
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The Fast Metabolism Diet Cookbook: Eat Even More Food and Lose Even More Weight

Haylie Pomroy · Harmony
Format: Hardcover

Turn your kitchen into a secret weapon for losing up to 20 pounds in 28 days through the fat-burning power of food!  Use food as medicine to cook your way healthy in this must have companion to the bestselling diet sensation, The Fast Metabolism Diet. You will find over 200  simple,...
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Girl Online: The First Novel by Zoella

Zoe Sugg · Atria/Keywords Press
Pages: 346
Format: Print book

From YouTube sensation Zoella comes a debut coming-of-age novel that perfectly captures what it means to grow up and fall in love in today's digital world. Girl Online is the first book to be published by Keywords Press, an imprint under Simon & Schuster dedicated to today's digital stars....
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100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know: How to Save Money, Solve Problems and Improve Your Home

Editors Of Family Handyman · Reader's Digest Association
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The Family Handyman's 100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know gives you the knowledge you need to be a better homeowner. You'll make informed decisions, avoid frustrations and save thousands over the life of your home.The Family Handyman's 100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know gives...
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Straw Bale Gardens Complete

Joel Karsten · Cool Springs Press, 2015.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

"Are you ready to learn about a transformative garden technology that could change your life - for less than $100?" - New York TimesTake your straw bale gardening to the next level - in more places, with new products, and even, sometimes, skipping the straw!The reception and enthusiasm...
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How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits

Anne Berest · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

From four stunning and accomplished French women -- at last -- a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne how they dress, entertain, have fun and attempt to behave themselves. In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style,...
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Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good: The New Mitford Novel

Jan Karon · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

"Karon knits Mitford's small-town characters and multiple story lines into a cozy sweater of a book....Somewhere Safe hits the sweet spot at the intersection of your heart and your funny bone. 4/4 stars" - USA Today "Welcome home, Mitford fans...to Karon's gift for illuminating...
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Sheryl Sandberg · Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Thirty years after women became percent of the college graduates in the United States men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry This means that womenrsquos voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives In Lean In Sheryl...
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The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts

Graham Robb · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A treasure hunt that uncovers the secrets of one of the worlds great civilizations, revealing dramatic proof of the extreme sophistication of the Celts, and their creation of the earliest accurate map of the world. Fifty generations ago the cultural empire of the Celts stretched from the Black...
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The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History

Thor Hanson · Basic Books (AZ)
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee...
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