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Get Started Die-Cut Crafting: Machines, Materials, Designs, and Projects

Libby Ashcraft - Fox Chapel Publishing; First edition
Format: Paperback

, step-by-step instructions, and inspirational ideas with a complete overview on the most popular brands, foolproof preparation and cutting, troubleshooting tips and hacks, and more, whether your machine is Cricut, Silhouette Cameo, or Brother ScanNCutAuthor Libby Ashcraft has been teaching...
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Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly

Joshua Rivkin - Melville House
Format: Hardcover

The first book to explore the life of Cy Twombly, one of the most important and influential artists of the Twentieth CenturyCy Twombly was a man obsessed with myth and history - including his own. Shuttling between his stunning homes in Italy and the United States, where he perfected his room-size...
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Garden City: Supergreen Buildings, Urban Skyscapes and the New Planted Space

Anna Yudina - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

A spectacular global survey of some of the world's most inventive buildings -- increasingly relevant in the face of climate change -- which bring architecture and horticulture into a sustainable wholeHow can our urban jungles be transformed into skyscraper forests that help our cities...
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ACT Prep 2018: 3 Practice Tests Proven Strategies Online

KAPLAN. - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback

Kaplan Test Prep is the Official Partner for Live, Online Prep for the ACT. For more information visit kaptest.com/onlinepreplive Kaplan's essential, comprehensive ACT guide provides proven test-taking strategies, realistic practice questions and tests, detailed answer explanations,...
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The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home

Tima Kurdi - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and poignant memoir about the family of Alan Kurdi - the young Syrian boy who became the global emblem for the desperate plight of millions of Syrian refugees - and of the many extraordinary journeys the Kurdis have taken, spanning countries and continents.Alan Kurdi's body...
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Hogans Hope: A Deaf Dog, a Courageous Journey, and a Christian's Faith

Connie Bombaci - Iuniverse Inc
Format: Hardcover

Hogans Hope is the heartwarming story of a deaf dog who escaped death during the time when the prevalent belief was that deaf dogs needed to be destroyed. It is the tale of a legendary deaf canine champion who endured severe abuse and prevailed as he turned upside down the myths of deaf...
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A Voice of the Warm: The Life of Rod McKuen

Barry Alfonso - Backbeat Books
Format: Hardcover

(Book) . In his 1960s-1970s heyday, Rod McKuen was a phenomenally popular singer-songwriter as well as the bestselling poet in publishing history. To his legions of fans around the world, he was a voice of compassion and healing, as much a prophet as an author/entertainer. McKuen songs...
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Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War's Lost Battalion

EDWARD G LENGEL - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

The most heroic and incredible story in American military history--World War I's "Lost Battalion" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demons that lingeredThe most dramatic week in American military history took place just weeks before the First...
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The Country House Library

Mark Purcell - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

Beginning with new evidence that cites the presence of books in Roman villas and concluding with present day vicissitudes of collecting, this generously illustrated book presents a complete survey of British and Irish country house libraries. Replete with engaging anecdotes about owners...
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The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption

Richard L. Hasen - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover

Engaging but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most influential justices ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In this fascinating new book, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen assesses Scalia's complex legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptive...
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