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Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia

David Greene - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Travels with NPR host David Greene along the Trans-Siberian Railroad capture an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin.Far away from the trendy cafs, designer boutiques, and political protests and crackdowns in Moscow, the real Russia exists.Midnight in Siberia chronicles...
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The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts

Karen Armstrong - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Today the Quran is used by some to justify war and acts of terrorism, the Torah to deny Palestinians the right to live in the Land of Israel, and the Bible to condemn homosexuality and contraception. The significance of scripture may not be immediately obvious in our secular world, but its misunderstanding...
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Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg - Museum Of Modern Art
Format: Print book

The early 1950s, when Robert Rauschenberg launched his career, was the heyday of the heroic gestural painting of Abstract Expressionism. Rauschenberg challenged this tradition, inventing new intermedia forms of art making that shaped the decades to come. Published in conjunction with the inaugural...
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The Strength Switch: How The New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child and Your Teen to Flourish

Lea Waters - Avery
Format: Hardcover

Unlock your children's potential by helping them build their strengths.This game-changing book shows us the extraordinary results of focusing on our children's strengths rather than always trying to correct their weaknesses. Most parents struggle with this shift because they suffer from...
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Fortune's Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth

Terry Alford - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln stunned a nation that was just emerging from the chaos and calamity of the Civil War, and the president's...
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Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story

Jack Devine - Sarah Crichton Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"A sophisticated, deeply informed account of real life in the real CIA that adds immeasurably to the public understanding of the espionage culture--the good and the bad." --Bob WoodwardJack Devine ran Charlie Wilson's War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold...
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The Enemies of Rome: The Barbarian Rebellion Against the Roman Empire

Stephen Kershaw PhD - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

A fresh and vivid narrative history of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the "barbarian" enemies of Rome. History is written by the victors, and Rome had some very eloquent historians. Those the Romans regarded as barbarians left few records of their own, but they had a tremendous...
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Free Cyntoia: My Search for Redemption in the American Prison System

Cyntoia Brown-Long - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In her own words, Cyntoia Brown shares the riveting and redemptive story of how she changed her life for the better while in prison, finding hope through faith after a traumatic adolescence of drug addiction, rape, and sex trafficking led to a murder conviction. At the age of sixteen, Cyntoia...
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Hand Hewn: The Traditions, Tools, and Enduring Beauty of Timber Framing

Jack A. Sobon - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Hand Hewn is a gorgeous celebration of the traditions and artistry of timber-frame building, a 7,000-year-old craft that holds an enduring attraction for its simple elegance, resilience, and the warmth of the wood. Internationally renowned timber-frame architect and craftsman Jack...
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The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War

Yochi Dreazen - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The unforgettable story of a military family that lost two sons - one to suicide and one in combat - and channeled their grief into fighting the armed forces' suicide epidemic.Major General Mark Graham was a decorated two-star officer whose integrity and patriotism inspired his sons,...
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Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass

Jes Baker - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

By the author of Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls and a heroine of the body image movement, an intimate, gutsy memoir about being a fat womanJes Baker burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types--a...
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Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City

Mark Adams - Dutton Books
Format: Hardcover

"Adventurous, inquisitive and mirthful, Mark Adams gamely sifts through the eons of rumor, science, and lore to find a place that, in the end, seems startlingly real indeed." -Hampton Sides "Infused with humor and pop culture references, Adams makes what could have been a tedious...
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Niantic Centennial, July 16 and 17, 1954


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God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War

George C. Rable - The University of North Carolina Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Lincoln Prize-winning historian George...
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

Dennis C. Rasmussen - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover

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Crude Nation: How Oil Riches Ruined Venezuela

Raul Gallegos - Potomac Books
Format: Hardcover

Beneath Venezuelan soil lies an ocean of crude - the world's largest reserves - an oil patch that shaped the nature of the global energy business. Unfortunately, a dysfunctional anti-American, leftist government controls this vast resource and has used its wealth to foster voter support,...
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The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

Rodney R Dietert - Dutton
Format: Print book

The origin of asthma, autism, Alzheimer's, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and even some kinds of depression is now clear. Award-winning researcher on the microbiome, professor Rodney Dietert presents a new paradigm in human biology that has emerged in the midst of the ongoing...
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The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century

David Reynolds - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." -Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman...
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Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption

Ed Levine - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the TableOriginal recipes by J. Kenji Lpez-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks...
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Todd S Purdum - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passageIt was a turbulent time in America--a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington and a governor...
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Three Women

Lisa Taddeo - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "THIS IS THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR. This is it. This is the one...It blew the top of my head off and I haven't been able to stop thinking or talking about it since." - Elizabeth Gilbert "Taddeo spent eight years reporting this groundbreaking...
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American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind More Than 125 of Our Best-Loved Cakes

Anne Byrn - Rodale
Format: Print book

Cakes have become an icon of American cultureand a window to understanding ourselves. Be they vanilla, lemon, ginger, chocolate, cinnamon, boozy, Bundt, layered, marbled, even checkerboard--they are etched in our psyche. Cakes relate to our lives, heritage, and hometowns. And as we look...
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The Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told: Thirty-Six Unforgettable Dog Tales

Sherwood, Patricia M. - LYONS PR

The Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told is an enthralling compilation of some of the most moving and illuminating stories ever penned on the subject of our canine companions. The stories in this book can stand on their own, but once you read one you'll want to read them all Here, you'll...
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The Photographer and the President: Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner, and the Images that Made a Presidency

Richard Lowry - Rizzoli Ex Libris
Format: Hardcover

A new angle on Lincoln and his legacy, exploring the rich and suggestive dialogue between art, image, and politics at the time of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was one of the most photographed figures of his century. Richard Lowry explores Lincolns association with Alexander Gardner, the man who would...
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Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians

Austen Hartke - Westminster John Knox Press
Format: Paperback

In 2014, Time magazine announced that America had reached "the transgender tipping point," suggesting that transgender issues would become the next civil rights frontier. Years later, many people - even many LGBTQ allies - still lack understanding of gender identity and the transgender...
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My Life, as I See It: An Autobiography

Dionne Warwick - Atria Books; First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one knew then that she would become an international music legend, but what she knew—as words of wisdom passed down from her grandfather—was...
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Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDBy the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing...
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How Poems Get Made

James Longenbach - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide to writing or reading poetry, by "one of our most lucid and important critics" (American Academy of Arts and Letters) . Why does a great lyric poem ask to be reread, even after we know it by heart? In How Poems Get Made, acclaimed poet and critic James...
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Women Warriors: An Unexpected History

Pamela D. Toler - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

Who says women don't go to war From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor.The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns...
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Silenced in the Library: Banned Books in America

Zeke Jarvis - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover

Censorship has been an ongoing phenomenon even in "the land of the free." This examination of banned books across U.S. history examines the motivations and effects of censorship, shows us how our view of right and wrong has evolved over the years, and helps readers to understand...
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Outdoor Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Experiments for the Yard, Garden, Playground, and Park

Liz Lee Heinecke - Quarry Books
Format: Print book

Learn physics, chemistry and biology in your own backyard!At-home science provides an environment for freedom, creativity and invention that is not always possible in a school setting. In your own backyard, it's simple, inexpensive, and fun to whip up a number of amazing science experiments...
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Elemental Knits: A Perennial Knitwear Collection

Courtney Spainhower
Format: Hardcover

Elemental Knits is for women who aspire to be ever stylish, more comfortable, and less wasteful. With knitwear designer Courtney Spainhower, you'll craft an appearance that truly reflects your spirit with a collection of 20 knitting patterns designed to enhance your wardrobe year-round....
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Wicked River: The Mississippi When It Last Ran Wild

Lee Sandlin - Pantheon; First edition
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning journalist Lee Sandlin comes a riveting look at one of the most colorful, dangerous, and peculiar places in America’s historical landscape: the strange, wonderful, and mysterious Mississippi River of the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early 1800s and climaxing...
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A Brief Stop On the Road From Auschwitz

Goran Rosenberg - Other Press (NY)
Format: Hardcover

This shattering memoir by a journalist about his father's attempt to survive the aftermath of Auschwitz in a small industrial town in Sweden won the prestigious August PrizeOn August 2, 1947 a young man gets off a train in a small Swedish town to begin his life anew. Having endured...
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Under This Beautiful Dome: A Senator, A Journalist, and the Politics of Gay Love in America

Terry Mutchler - Seal Press
Format: Hardcover

One of the greatest love stories I have ever heard played out right here, under this beautiful dome. But it was a secret. . . . Penny and Terry just wanted what so many people wantto express their love through marriage. Illinois Representative Ann Williams Under This Beautiful Dome tells...
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Even This: Getting to the Place Where You Can Trust God With Anything

Emily Freeman - Shadow Mountain
Format: Paperback

Even This invites readers to make room for daily personal experiences with God. From the very first page readers will walk down a spiritual path meant to remind each of us that God will meet us in the unexpected, bringing His goodness, giving us cause to trust, reminding us of His capacity....
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Kangaroo Squadron: American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II

Bruce Gamble - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl HarborIn early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced...
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The Education of a Young Poet

DAVID BIESPIEL - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

"Lyrical, affectionate . . . Graceful reflections on creativity." -- Kirkus Reviews The Education of a Young Poet is David Biespiel's moving account of his awakening to writing and the language that can shape a life. Exploring the original source of his creative impulse...
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Gentle Discipline: Using Emotional Connection--Not Punishment--to Raise Confident, Capable Kids

Sarah Ockwell-Smith - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A practical guide that presents an alternative to shouting, shaming, and blaming--to give kids the skills they need to grow and thriveDiscipline is an essential part of raising happy and successful kids, but as more and more parents are discovering, conventional approaches often don't work,...
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A Year Off: A story about traveling the world - and how to make it happen for you

Alexandra Brown - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Wait for me... Who knew these three words said to a near stranger would start an international travel adventure?A Year Off is one part travel guide, one part travel essays and photos, and one part memoir documenting the story of Alexandra and David Brown, a couple who decided to take a year...
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Goebbels: A Biography

Peter Longerich - Random House; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

From renowned German Holocaust historian Peter Longerich comes the definitive one-volume biography of Adolf Hitler's malevolent minister of propaganda. In life, and in the grisly manner of his death, Joseph Goebbels was one of Adolf Hitler's most loyal acolytes. By the end, no one in the Berlin...
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Your One Wild and Precious Life

Sarah Wilson - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful tackles the loneliness epidemic, encouraging readers to view solitude through a spiritual lens, and embrace the art of being alone. This is not just a book for single people, introverts, or the self-proclaimed lone...
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The Glass Universe

Dava Sobel - Viking
Format: Print book

New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People) , little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." - The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR,...
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The Practical Astronomer, 2nd Edition: Explore the Wonders of the Night Sky

Anton Vamplew - DK
Format: Paperback

A complete introduction to observing and understanding the night sky, explaining and demystifying stargazing to recognize objects and explain how they move through the sky over the night and the year.Explore the wonders of the night sky in The Practical Astronomer. Informative and easy-to-use...
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The Zoomable Universe: An Epic Tour Through Cosmic Scale, from Almost Everything to Nearly Nothing

Caleb Scharf - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

An epic, full-color visual journey through all scales of the universeIn The Zoomable Universe, the award-winning astrobiologist Caleb Scharf and the acclaimed artist Ron Miller take us on an epic tour through all known scales of reality, from the largest possible magnitude to the smallest....
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Eat Delicious: 125 Recipes for Your Daily Dose of Awesome

Dennis Prescott - William Morrow Cookbooks
Format: Hardcover

Energetic, classic, adventurous and completely satisfying, Eat Delicious is packed with stunning photography and big bold recipes-- perfect for fans of Jamie Oliver, Smitten Kitchen and the hundreds of thousands of followers of Dennis the Prescott on Instagram.From the creator of the wildly...
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Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story

Cara Mentzel - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Voice Lessons is the story of one younger sister growing up in the shadow of a larger-than-life older sister -- looking up to her, wondering how they were alike and how they were different and, ultimately, learning how to live her own life and speak in her own voice on her own terms. As Cara...
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Makery: Sewing: Over 300 Projects for the Home, to Wear And to Give

Kate Smith - Mitchell Beazley; Ill edition
Format: Print book

An inspirational collection of one-of-a-kind sewing projects from The Makery.Makery Sewing is the latest craft book from Kate Smith, owner of the thriving Makery sewing caf workshops. Now shes been busy with her needle and sewing machine to bring you a collection of 30 sewing projects...
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A.D.H.D. Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic

Alan Schwarz - Scribner
Format: Print book

The groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - and how its unchecked growth over half a century has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society.More...
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Generation Revolution: On the Front Line Between Tradition and Change in the Middle East

Rachel Aspden - Other Press
Format: Print book

Generation Revolution unravels the complex forces shaping the lives of four young Egyptians on the eve and in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and what their stories mean for the future of the Middle East. In 2003 Rachel Aspden arrived in Egypt as a 23-year-old journalist. She found a country...
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Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable

BILL SCHNEIDER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, takes us inside the voting booth to show how Americans vote and why their votes sometimes seem to make no practical sense.In the 1960s, a rift developed between the Old America and the New America that resulted in a populist backlash...
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Every Father's Daughter: Twenty-four Women Writers Remember Their Fathers

Margaret McMullan - McPherson & Company
Format: Hardcover

What is it about the relationship between fathers and daughters that provokes so much exquisite tenderness, satisfying communion, longing for more, idealization from both ends, followed often if not inevitably by disappointment, hurt, and the need to understand and forgive, or to finger...
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The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China

John D Day M.D. - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center - a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence" - comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned...
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Marilyn Monroe Day by Day: A Timeline of People, Places, and Events

Carl Rollyson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

From hefty biographies and fact-based novels to photograph collections and memoirs, more books have been written about Marilyn Monroe than any other female over the past century. However, no biography - regardless how authoritative - can contain all of the facts and events of an individual's...
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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease

Allan Ropper - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Tell the doctor where it hurts. It sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind...
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The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth's Newest Age

David Biello - Scribner
Format: Print book

With the historical perspective of The Song of the Dodo and the urgency of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, a brilliant young environmental journalist argues that we must innovate and adapt to save planet Earth.Civilization is in crisis, facing disasters of our own making on the only...
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Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

Joseph Menn - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even democracy itselfCult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained...
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The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible

Carel van Schaik - Basic Books
Format: Print book

How reading the Bible as a work of cultural and scientific evolution can reveal new truths about how our species conquered the Earth
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Deep Run Roots: Stories and Recipes from My Corner of the South

Vivian Howard - Little
Format: Print book

The definitive Southern cookbook for a new generation from the star chef and co-creator of PBS's "A Chef's Life""Deep Run Roots "is Vivian Howard's comprehensive record of modern Southern cooking, filled with stories and more than 200 recipes that celebrate...
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Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time

Steve Jenkins - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FARUnlikely pig owners Steve and Derek got a whole lot more than they bargained for when the designer micro piglet they adopted turned out to be a full-sized 600-pound sow In the bestselling tradition of pet memoirs such as Oogy,...
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Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction

Jules Howard - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

One thousand million years ago, a huge revolution occurred on Earth--sex happened for the first time. From that moment on, the world became ever more colorful and bizarre, ringing with elaborate songs and dances, epic battles, and rallying cries as the desires of males and females collided,...
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Time to Take Flight: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Safe Solo Travel

Jayne Seagrave - TouchWood Editions
Format: Print book

Take it from a friend who knows: "travel is not scary or difficult for the mature single woman. Confidence and planning are the keys."Rome, Chicago, London, Vienna, Berlin . . . best-selling author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo....
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GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human

Thomas Thwaites - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Print book

The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers...
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WHAT WE DO NOW: Standing Up for Your Values in Trump's America

Dennis Loy Johnson - Melville House
Format: Print book

An inspiring handbook for people troubled by the election of Donald Trump, by some of the biggest names in progressive politics. Meant to give people heart and actual strategies about how to advance a variety of causes.
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Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50

Agnès Poirier - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

An incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wartime destruction and postwar rebirth of ParisIn this fascinating tour of a celebrated city during one of its most trying, significant, and ultimately...
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The All-American Muscle Car: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Detroit's Greatest Performance Cars - Revised & Updated

Joe Oldham - Motorbooks
Format: Paperback

When John Z. DeLorean and his cadre of enthusiastic rule benders took it upon themselves to bolt Pontiac's hottest engine into a mid-sized Tempest, disobeying orders from the top of General Motors food chain, they created something that should not have been, and will never be again:...
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Valley Walls

Glen Denny
Format:  eBook : Document : English

Half a century ago a rag-tag group of innovators was building a foundation for modern American rock climbing from a makeshift home base in Yosemite. Photographer Glen Denny was a key figure in this golden age of climbing, capturing pioneering feats on camera while tackling challenging ascents...
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Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation

KEN STARR - Sentinel
Format: Book

Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history.

You could fill a library with books about the scandals of the Clinton administration,...

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The Word Made Flesh: Literary Tattoos from Bookworms Worldwide

Justin Taylor - Harper Perennial; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

A beautifully packaged full-color collection of literary tattoos and short personal essays, The Word Made Flesh is an intimate but anonymous confessional book, in the vein of thought-provoking anthologies like PostSecret and Not Quite What I Was Planning. Gorgeous photographs and candid...
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Conran on Color

Terence Conran - Conran Octopus
Format: Hardcover

Terence Conran shares a lifetime of experience as one of the world's leading designers and retailers to explain how to make the most of this vibrant and dynamic ingredient in your homeSubtle and allusive, bold and invigorating, color is one of the single most powerful elements in design...
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The Anxiety Toolkit: Strategies for Fine-Tuning Your Mind and Moving Past Your Stuck Points

Alice Boyes - Perigee,
Format: Print book

Do you overthink before taking action? Are you prone to making negative predictions? Do you worry about the worst that could happen? Do you take negative feedback very hard? Are you self-critical? Does anything less than perfect performance feel like failure?If any of these issues resonate...
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Bicycle Repair Manual, 6th Edition

Chris Sidwells - DK
Format: Paperback

From regular maintenance for optimum performance to emergency repairs, this illustrated guide is the perfect handbook for beginners and experienced cyclists alike.. The Bike Repair Manual is packed with insightful information on the anatomy and functioning of all types of bikes - road,...
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The Beautiful No: And Other Tales of Trial, Transcendence, and Transformation

Sheri Salata - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

"Thursday morning.One hundred pounds overweight, no man in sight, and rounding the bend to 57 years old - a full-blown catastrophe."What happens when you realize you've had the career of your dreams, but you don't have the life of your dreams? This was the stark reality facing...
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See What Can Be Done: Essays, Criticism, and Commentary

Lorrie Moore - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Critics Top Pick of the Year. This essential, enlightening, truly delightful collection shows one of our greatest writers parsing the political, artistic, and media landscape of the past three decades. These sixty-six essays and reviews, culled from the pages of The New York...
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Make It Sparkle: 25 Dazzling Jewelry Designs to Make Any Occasion Special

Lindsay Burke - Interweave Pr
Format: Print book

A little shine--a lot of fun! Stand out from the crowd with the cute and carefree jewelry in Make it Sparkle! Inside, jewelry junkie Lindsay Burke of Fusion Beads shares 25 colorful, sparkling pieces that will make any outfit pop. Pair crystals and bangles for Pink Party Bracelets, perfect...
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America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America

JIM WALLIS - Brazos Press
Format: Paperback

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin."It's time we right this unacceptable wrong," says bestselling...
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The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America

Ai-jen Poo - The New Press, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book

By 2035, 11.5 million Americans will be over the age of eighty-five, more than double today's 5 million, living longer than ever before. To enable all of us to age with dignity and security in the face of this coming Age Wave, our society must learn to value the care of our elders....
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Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

Ian Morris - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the Wests rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development...
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The Planets: Photographs from the Archives of NASA

Anthony Casillo - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood's most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly...
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HOW TO BREAK UP WITH YOUR PHONE : the 30-day plan to take back your life

CATHERINE PRICE - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone. Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? Do you frequently pick it up "just to check,"...
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An Arabian Journey: One Man's Quest Through the Heart of the Middle East

Levison Wood - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula.Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone's...
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Sketching Basics: One Point Perspective

Ruzaimi Mat Rani - Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback

Watch your sketches take on a life of their own with the help of Sketching Basics: One Point Perspective. Master the art of producing quality one point perspective sketches via detailed, easy-to-learn sketching methods and step-by-step illustrations. Artists at all levels will find this...
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The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Large Print Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of "The Emperor of All Maladies" a magnificent history of the gene and a response to the defining question of the future: What becomes of being human when we learn to read and write our own genetic information? The extraordinary...
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Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do About It

Steve Forbes - McGraw-Hill Education; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Why a return to sound money is our only hope for a true recovery and a healthy global economy Few topics are as misunderstood today as the subject of money Since the US abandoned a gold-linked dollar more than four decades ago the worlds governments have slid into a dangerous ignorance...
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Letters to the Church

FRANCIS CHAN - David C. Cook
Format: Paperback

If God had it His way, what would our churches look like? In his most powerful book yet, Pastor Francis Chan digs deep into biblical truths, reflections on his own failures and dreams, and stories of ordinary people God is using to change the world.As Chan says, "We've strayed so far from...
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Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy

Rebecca Burgess - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

A new "farm-to-closet" vision for the clothes we wear--by a leader in the movement for local textile economiesThere is a major disconnect between what we wear and our knowledge of its impact on land, air, water, labor, and human health. Even those who value access to safe, local,...
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Administrations of Lunacy: Racism and the Haunting of American Psychiatry at the Milledgeville Asylum

Segrest, Mab - NEW PR


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Java: The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Java Programming

Steve Tale - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Java: The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Java Programming More than anything, what you have to understand about Java is that it is a general purpose, object-oriented programming language - which means that it is easier to understand than other programming languages. It was designed primarily...
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South and West: From a Notebook

JOAN DIDION - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks:...
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Welding For Dummies

Steven Robert Farnsworth - Wiley
Format: Paperback

Get the know-how to weld like a pro Being a skilled welder is a hot commodity in today's job market, as well as a handy talent for industrious do-it-yourself repairpersons and hobbyists. Welding For Dummies gives you all the information you need to perform this commonly used, yet complex,...
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

ALEXANDER CHEE - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback

From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist - and how we form our identities in life and in art. As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as "masterful" by Roxane Gay, "incomparable" by Junot...
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Who Is Rich?: A Novel

Matthew Klam - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and hilarious satire of love, sex, money, and politics in our new gilded age - the long-awaited first novel from the the acclaimed author of Sam the CatEvery summer, a once-sort-of-famous forty-two-year-old cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids...
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Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do

Kathleen Trainor - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

Ten million children in the United States--two million of them preschoolers--suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks such...
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The Recording Engineer's Handbook 4th Edition

Bobby Owsinski - Bobby Owsinski Media Group
Format: Paperback

Bobby Owsinski's The Recording Engineer's Handbook has become a music industry standard, and this fully updated fourth edition once again offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the art of audio recording. Written with special emphasis on today's technology...
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Worms Eat My Garbage, 35th Anniversary Edition: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System: Compost Food Waste, Produce Fertilizer for Houseplants and Garden, and Educate Your Kids and Family

MARY APPELHOF - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught people how to use worms to recycle food waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer for houseplants or gardens. Small-scale, self-contained worm bins can be kept indoors, in a basement, or even under...
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The Eternal Nazi: From Mauthausen to Cairo, the Relentless Pursuit of SS Doctor Aribert Heim

Nicholas Kulish - Vintage
Format: Book

From the New York Times reporters who first uncovered S.S. officer Aribert Heim’s secret life in Egypt comes the never-before-told story of the most hunted Nazi war criminal in the world.Dr. Aribert Heim worked at the Mauthausen concentration camp for only a few months in 1941 but left...
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How Democracies Die

STEVE LEVITSKY - Crown
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Comprehensive, enlightening, and terrifyingly timely." - New York Times Book Review"Cool and persuasive... How Democracies Die comes at exactly the right moment." - The Washington PostDonald Trump's presidency...
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Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood

William J. Mann - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerEdgar Award winner for Best Fact CrimeThe Day of the Locust meets The Devil in the White City and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in this juicy, untold Hollywood story an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern...
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Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America

Jacquelyn Dowd Hall - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Three sisters from the South wrestle with orthodoxies of race, sexuality, and privilege.Born in late nineteenth-century Georgia, Elizabeth, Grace, and Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin grew up in a culture of white supremacy. Their father was a member of the KKK; the older girls performed at rallies...
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Beyond ADHD: Overcoming the Label and Thriving

JEFF EMMERSON - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Beyond ADHD weaves Emmerson's personal story of his ADHD diagnosis, exploring along the way the latest medical, scientific and societal explanations and tools for managing and living with the condition. Including interviews with a number of experts at the forefront of next-generation ADHD...
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Amigurumi

Lan-Anh Bui - Guild of Master Craftsman
Format: Paperback

The craze for crocheting cute characters has swept through Japan and around the world-and now everyone can get caught up in this irresistible new hobby. Amigurumi, which literally means crocheted stuffed toy, is fast, fabulous, and fantastic fun. It takes just a few minutes to learn the techniques,...
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Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

Nick Estes - Verso
Format: Hardcover

How two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming "Water is life"In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest...
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Crawl of Fame: Julie Moss and the Fifteen Feet that Created an Ironman Triathlon Legend

Julie Moss
Format: Hardcover

The courageous and transformative story of triathlon hall-of-fame athlete Julie Moss. In 1982, Julie Moss ran the Ironman triathlon for her college senior research project. Her idea was quirky, even crazy; only a handful of hardcore, highly trained enthusiasts competed in the little-known,...
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Yogurt Culture: A Global Look at How to Make, Bake, Sip, and Chill the World's Creamiest, Healthiest Food

Cheryl Sternman Rule - Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Long celebrated as a versatile ingredient in cuisines across the globe, yogurt has recently emerged as a food of nearly unparalleled growth here in the United States. The time has come for a modern, far-ranging cookbook devoted to its untapped culinary uses. In Yogurt Culture, award-winning...
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Belonging: Finding the Way Back to One Another

Sharon A. Hersh - NavPress
Format: Paperback

Belonging offers a fresh perspective on common grace, leading us out of self-destructive narcissism and into whole and healthy relationships with God and others.The reality is, God created us with an innate desire to belong to something more than us. When we integrate our story within God's...
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Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War

Thomas B. Allen - Harper; 1st edition
Format: Book

From historian Thomas B. Allen, author of Remember Pearl Harbor and George Washington, Spy Master comes a sweeping, dramatic history of the Americans who fought alongside the British on the losing side of the American Revolution. Allen’s compelling account comprises an epic story...
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By the Shore: Explore the Pacific Northwest Coast Like a Local

NANCY BLAKEY - Sasquatch Books
Format: Paperback

From whale watching to squid jigging to making your own sea salt, this adventure guide to the iconic Pacific Northwest coast has something for vacationers and locals alike!Celebrate the wild beauty of the Northwest Coast as you learn how to catch and cook seasonal seafood, including recipes...
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Secrets of Closing the Sale

Zig Ziglar - Revell
Format: Hardcover

Full of entertaining stories and real-life illustrations, this classic book will give you the strategies you need to become proficient in the art of effective persuasion, including how to project warmth and integrity, increase productivity, overcome objections, and deal respectfully with...
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The Joy of Syntax: A Simple Guide to All the Grammar You Know You Should Know

June Casagrande - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Language columnist June Casagrande presents a fun and breezy guide to everything a grown-up interested in grammar needs to know.When it comes to grammar, it seems like everyone--even die-hard word nerds--feel they "missed something" in school. The Joy of Syntax picks up where...
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Pandemic 1918: Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History

CATHARINE ARNOLD - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Before AIDS or Ebola, there was the Spanish Flu -- Catharine Arnold's gripping narrative, Pandemic 1918, marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history.In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe....
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Social Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis

James W. Russell - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

How 401(k) s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensions. Named one of PWs Top 10 for Business & Economics A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country, horrified...
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Brutus: The Noble Conspirator

Kathryn Tempest - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

A compelling new portrait of Marcus Brutus delves behind the ancient evidence to set aside the myths that surround the ancient world's most famous assassin Conspirator and assassin, philosopher and statesman, promoter of peace and commander in war, Marcus Brutus (ca. 85-42 BC) was a controversial...
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Decoded

Jay-Z - Spiegel & Grau; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time."Hip-hop's renaissance man drops a classic. . . . Heartfelt,...
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Maangchis Big Book Of Korean Cooking: From Everyday Meals to Celebration Cuisine

Maangchi - Harvest
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Best Cookbooks of Fall 2019Eater Best Fall Cookbooks 2019Bon Appetits "Fall Cookbooks Weve Been Waiting All Summer For" Amazons Pick for Best Fall Cookbooks 2019Forbes Finds 15 New Cookbooks for Fall 2019. The definitive book on Korean cuisine by "YouTubes...
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Libraries: Candida Hofer

Umberto Eco
Format: Hardcover


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No Scrap Left Behind: 16 Quilt Projects That Celebrate Scraps of All Sizes

Amanda Jean Nyberg - C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

Rescue your fabric scraps -- even the smallest pieces -- with 16 satisfying quilts and projects. Sew modern quilts for everyday use that will help you return to the roots of quiltmaking, with projects designed to help you use up every last scrap. Learn sorting and storage tips to help you plan...
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We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump--A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution

Gerald F. Seib - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal chronicles the astonishing rise, climax, and decline of one of the great political movements in American history - the forty-year reign of the conservative movement, from the election of Ronald Reagan to the Republican Party's...
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Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi

YOTAM OTTOLENGHI - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A collection of over 110 recipes for sweets, baked goods, and confections from superstar chef Yotam Ottolenghi. Yotam Ottolenghi is widely beloved in the food world for his beautiful, inspirational, and award-winning cookbooks, as well as his London delis and fine dining restaurant. And while...
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Ten Restaurants That Changed America

Paul Freedman - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book

From Delmonico's to Sylvia's to Chez Panisse, a daring and original history of dining out in America as told through ten legendary restaurants. Combining a historian's rigor with a foodie 's palate, Ten Restaurants That Changed America reveals how the history of our restaurants reflects...
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You'll Grow Out of It

Jessi Klein - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer,...
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Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream

Earl Swift - It Books
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy - a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of hands before his - while financial...
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Rise: How a House Built a Family

Cara Brookins - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn...
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The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-and the

Sheila Weller - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"Weller rivetingly recounts these gutsy ladies' time on the front lines... an inspiration for future generations of journalists." --Vanity FairFor decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism. After fierce struggles, three women - Diane Sawyer,...
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Tactical Fly Fishing: Lessons Learned from Competition for All Anglers

Devin Olsen - Stackpole Books
Format: Hardcover

Devin Olsen explains how the techniques he has used to become a repeat medalist in fly fishing competitions around the world can be adapted to everyday fly fishing situations. He covers strategies, tactics, and flies for rivers, small streams, and still waters, allowing anyone to fish more...
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The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration

Bernd Heinrich - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history" (Kirkus Reviews) . Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same...
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Dogfight over Tokyo: The Final Air Battle of the Pacific and the Last Four Men to Die in World War II

John Wukovits - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

From an expert in the Pacific theater of World War II comes the tragic story of the pilots who fought the last fight of the war during the first hour of peaceWhen Billy Hobbs and his fellow Hellcat aviators from Air Group 88 lifted off from the venerable Navy carrier USS Yorktown...
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Before I Do: A Legal Guide to Marriage, Gay and Otherwise

Elizabeth F Schwartz - New Press
Format: Print book

Not long ago, same-sex couples had to jump through endless hoops to make their relationships even close to legal. Happily, those days are over. Same-sex couples no longer have to operate as outlaws - they too can have in-laws! But here's the rub: many gay and lesbian couples, accustomed...
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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas

TOM PAPA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"I have been a close friend of Tom Papa for 17 years. His lack of ability to perceive even the most basic principles of human functioning have made him an invaluable asset to me as a friend and colleague. Because he sees nothing, knows nothing and understands nothing, I always seek...
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Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman

Abby Stein
Format: Hardcover


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Inspired Bead Embroidery: New jewelry designs by Sherry Serafini

SHERRY SERAFINI - Kalmbach Books
Format: Hardcover

For years, fans have been asking for a new title from Internationally known artist and instructor Sherry Serafini, renowned for her lavish beaded surfaces -- and this book is it! Sherry's adventurous designs have appeared in numerous books and well-known magazines. Rock stars Steven...
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Saving the Season: A Cook's Guide to Home Canning, Pickling, and Preserving

Kevin West - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Print book

One of The Atlantic's Best Food Books of the Year A Los Angeles Times Holiday Gift-Giving Pick An Amazon Best Cookbook & Food Writing Book of the YearStrawberry jam. Pickled beets. Homegrown tomatoes. These are the tastes of Kevin West's Southern childhood, and they are the tastes...
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100 Dives of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Underwater Destinations

Carrie Miller - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Explore 100 breathtaking scuba diving sites around the world--from the cenotes of Mexico to the best wreck in Micronesia--through stunning National Geographic photography, expert tips, and cutting-edge travel advice.Filled with more than 350 images from National Geographic, 100 Dives...
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Modern Man: The Life of Le Corbusier, Architect of Tomorrow

Anthony Flint - New Harvest
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Wrestling with Moses comes a fascinating, accessible biography of the most important architect of the twentieth century.   Modern Man is a riveting biography of Le Corbusier—a man who invented new ways of building and thinking. Modern...
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The Trials of a Scold: The Incredible True Story of Writer Anne Royall

Jeff Biggers - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

"A role model for those of us living in the age of Trump" -- Dorothy AllisonThe Trials of a Scold, by American Book Award-winning author Jeff Biggers, is a well-researched and passionate biography of Anne Royall, one of America's first female muckrakers, who was convicted...
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Never a Dull Moment: 1971--The Year That Rock Exploded

David Hepworth - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

A rollicking look at 1971 - the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the 70s, defined by the musical arrival of such stars as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Joni MitchellOn New Year's Eve, 1970, Paul McCartney told his lawyers to issue the writ at the High Court...
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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling

Rosie Perez - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez's never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found success - both in and out of the Hollywood limelight. Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since...
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Thunder in the Mountains: A Portrait of American Gun Culture

Craig Collins - Globe Pequot Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

In this beautifully written and powerful memoir author Craig K Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia Along the way he explores the meaning of a history of his familys and his countrys that is infused with the culture...
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Tattoo Masters

Lal Hardy - Michael O'Mara Books
Format: Print book

Tattoo artist Lal Hardy examines some of the best-known names in the tattoo business, and how they got to the top Renowned tattoo artist Lal Hardy introduces some of the world's most esteemed tattoo artists, and selects some of their finest work. One of the most popular modern art forms,...
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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

Jennifer Senior - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,...
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Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving the Big Disruptions Today

Mark Penn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Ten years after his bestseller Microtrends, Mark Penn identifies the next wave of trends reshaping the future of business, culture, and politics.Mark Penn has boldly argued that the future is not shaped by society's broad, general forces but by quiet changes within narrow slices...
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The Big Cloud

Camille Seaman - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover

Our culture is addicted to weather: hourly forecasts, apps, radio, TV channels, alerts, warnings, and watches. And understandably - our food, clothing, livelihoods, and, increasingly, safety are tied directly to the weather and climate change. In The Big Cloud, photographer Camille Seaman...
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The St. Louis Anthology

Ryan Schuessler - Belt Publishing
Format: Paperback

St. Louis is undoubtedly fragmented, physically so in that the city is dissected by rivers, highways, walls, and fences; but also in a more insidious way. It's a city (like many) where race, class, religion, and zip code might as well be cards in a rigged poker game, where the winners'...
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Chevrolet Corvette. '97-'13

Haynes Publishing - Haynes Manuals N. America, Inc.
Format: Paperback

With a Haynes manual, you can do simple maintenance and basic repairs yourself, because Haynes writes every book based on a complete tear down of the vehicle. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you can save big with these helpful manuals! Chevrolet Corvette, '97 - '13 includes...
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Quick & Easy Quilts: 20 machine quilting projects

Lynne Goldsworthy - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Quick & Easy Quilts is a collection of 20 simple and colorful quilt projects perfect for beginners or quilters who want to start and finish a project in a weekend. The 20 projects include 12 quilts and 8 smaller projects, all featuring straightforward designs focused on time- and money-saving...
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