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Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought She Was a Dog
Laura L Young - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book
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As a baby, Pumpkin the Raccoon was abandoned by her parents after falling out of a tree and breaking her leg. Taken in by a family with two rescue dogs, Toffee and Oreo, Pumpkin gained a new set of "parents" and a life of luxury in the Bahamas.Pumpkin: The Raccoon Who Thought... |
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Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind
Joel Osteen - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover
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Bestselling author Joel Osteen shares how reprogramming your thoughts to remove negativity will lead to a more blessed, fulfilled life. Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts... |
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Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia
Judith Miller - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Hardcover
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First published in 1998, Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia has gone on to sell more than 150,000 copies worldwide and been published into seven languages. This new edition includes a thoroughly updated directory, list of suppliers and up-to-date price codes for each item.Compiled by an international... |
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Food Fight: GMOs and the Future of the American Diet
Mckay Jenkins - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Are GMOs really that bad? A prominent environmental journalist takes a fresh look at what they actually mean for our food system and for us. In the past two decades, GMOs have come to dominate the American diet. Advocates hail them as the future of food, an enhanced method of crop breeding... |
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Menopause Confidential: A Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Thriving Through Midlife
Tara Allmen - Harper One
Format: Print book
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An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating the hormonal changes and health issues women experience in midlife and beyond, from one of the leading medical experts in the field.The physical changes that occur after forty are inevitable - and can be unnerving. Perimenopause and menopause... |
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.Bill Bryson once... |
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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house... |
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The Pregnancy Encyclopedia
Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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The Pregnancy Encyclopedia is an engaging and accessible question-and-answer guide to some of the most commonly asked questions about pregnancy, packed with full-color photographs and illustrations.The Pregnancy Encyclopedia has answers to all your questions - including the ones... |
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The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
MASHA GESSEN - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONThe essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy. Hailed for her "fearless indictment of the most... |
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Leadership in Turbulent Times
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does... |
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Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
ANONYMOUS. - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American... |
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Tales from the Tribe Dugout
Russell J Schneider - Sports Publishing LLC
Format: Hardcover
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Tales from the Tribe Dugout is a colorful journey through the history of the Cleveland Indians. It includes memories, anecdotes, and stories in the player's and manager's own words. The Indians themselves tell about friendships and rivalries, wins and losses, home games and road... |
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The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures
AARON MAHNKE - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating, beautifully illustrated guide to the monsters that are part of our collective psyche, from the host of the hit podcast Lore, soon to be an online streaming series.They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our minds. They're spoken... |
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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
NICOLE CHUNG - Catapult
Format: Hardcover
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A Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection An Official Junior Library Guild Selection An ABA Indies Introduce Selection "This book moved me to my very core. As in all her writing, Nicole Chung speaks eloquently and honestly about her own personal story, then widens her aperture... |
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
Nathan H. Lents - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often - two hundred... |
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American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
Shane Bauer - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana.... |
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The 10 Best Anxiety Busters: Simple Strategies to Take Control of Your Worry
Margaret Wehrenberg Psy.D. - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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Ready-to-use strategies to tame even your most anxiety-inducing moments. Suffer from a fear of flying? Break out in a sweat during presentations? Experience a sudden panic attack when in a confined space, like an elevator? Whether you're struggling with mild anxiety or battling more... |
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Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling
Michael Cannell - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling.Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall -- for almost two decades, no place... |
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Menopause Confidential: A Doctor Reveals the Secrets to Thriving Through Midlife
TARA M D ALLMEN - HarperOne
Format: Paperback
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An authoritative guide to understanding and navigating the hormonal changes and health issues women experience in midlife and beyond, from one of the leading medical experts in the field.The physical changes that occur after women turn forty are unavoidable - and can be unnerving. Menopause... |
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Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage
Jennifer S Holland - Workman
Format: Print book
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A new book from the New York Times bestselling series. Enhanced with beautiful full-color photographs, these true stories of camaraderie, affection, and remarkable bravery are from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships, Unlikely Loves, and Unlikely... |
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Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
MICHAEL SHERMER - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A scientific exploration into humanity's obsession with the afterlife and quest for immortality from the bestselling author and skeptic Michael ShermerIn his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific... |
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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
KARA COONEY - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient... |
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The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance
Dan Prendergast - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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A practical reference for experienced and novice tree owners alike. If you are fortunate enough to live on property that includes trees, The Tree Doctor is the ideal, fully-illustrated manual for care and maintenance. A sapling requires different care than does a young tree or a mature... |
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Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case that Propelled Him to the Presidency
Dan Abrams - Hanover Square
Format: Hardcover
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The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a strange case in which he had a deep personal involvement - and which was played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign.At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went... |
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Lonely Planet Washington, DC
LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Washington, DC is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Spend hours under the spell of the Smithsonian Institution's many museums,... |
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The World of Cezanne 1839-1906
Richard W Murphy - Time-Life Books
Format: Paperback
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From bestselling author David Sedaris, for the first time in print: selections from the diaries that are the source of his remarkable autobiographical essays.For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny... |
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Food What the Heck Should I Eat?
Mark Hyman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Mark Hyman sorts through the conflicting research on food to give us the skinny on what to eat. Did you know that oatmeal actually isn't a healthy way to start the day? That milk doesn't build bones, and eggs aren't the devil? In Food:... |
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A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
Kevin Hazzard - Scribner
Format: Print book
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A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's mean streets saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe.In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life... |
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Tasty Ultimate: How to Cook Basically Anything
Tasty - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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150 recipes to help you master the cooking basics, hack the pantry, and make everything from vegetarian go-tos to crowd-pleasing snacks to irresistible desserts. Tasty Ultimate is THE must-have companion for home cooks of all skill levels - whether you're a sometimes cook or a master... |
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Midcentury Christmas: Holiday Fads, Fancies, and Fun from 1945 to 1970
Sarah Archer - Countryman Press
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and 60sMidcentury America was a wonderland of department stores, suburban cul-de-sacs, and Tupperware parties. Every kid on the block had to have the latest cool toy, be it an Easy Bake Oven for pretend baking, a rocket ship for pretend space travel,... |
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Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life
Kate Mcdermott - Countryman Press
Format: Print book
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Making pie can be as easy as pie, with recipes and lessons from a renowned teacher of the craft "I've been baking pies my entire life, but making them with Kate was a liberating experience. With a pioneer spirit, she throws the textbook out the window and comes up with absolutely perfect... |
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Carry on.
Lisa Fenn - Harperwave
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer's unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds - blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family - would... |
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Love: The Psychology of Attraction
DK - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Love: The Psychology of Attraction is an easy-to-navigate, step-by-step guide to modern love that's grounded in scientific study, psychological expertise, and practical insights about romance in the age of social media.Crack the code of compatibility and find the path to true love... |
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day
Jake Knapp - Currency
Format: Hardcover
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"A charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts) , read this book." - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From... |
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The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
SARAH KRASNOSTEIN - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife. . . But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes... |
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The Quilt Block Cookbook: 50 Block Recipes, 7 Sample Quilts, Endless Possibilities
Amy Gibson - Lucky Spool Media
Format: Print book
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The Quilt Block Cookbook is a thoughtfully curated volume of 50 different 12-inch quilt blocks in a variety of complexities and styles. Quilt blocks are like a box of chocolates--each one is a mini euphoria on its own. And when paired with other blocks, they're simply delectable! Most quilt... |
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It's Okay to Laugh:
Nora McInerny Purmort - Dey Street Books
Format: Paperback
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"This story will compel you to both laugh and cry, just as the title promises. May we all bring Nora's honesty, passion and hope to our lives." - Lena Dunhamcomedy = tragedy time/rosTwenty-seven-year-old Nora McInerny Purmort bounced from boyfriend to dopey "boyfriend"... |
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Prince: Before the Rain
Allen Beaulieu - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover
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Photographer Allen Beaulieu worked with Prince from the late 1970s into the early '80s, capturing the musician's progression from rising star to his ultimate purple superstardom. Always at Prince's side with camera in hand, Beaulieu helped Prince carry forward his vision with... |
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Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher
Drew Smith - Family Tree Books
Format: Print book
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Get Your Research in Order! Stop struggling to manage all your genealogy facts, files, and data--make a plan of attack to maximize your progress. Organize Your Genealogy will show you how to use tried-and-true methods and the latest tech tools and genealogy software to organize your research... |
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According to the Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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Here's the inside story: the history of the Rolling Stones - according to the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood have come together for this remarkable project. They've also opened up their personal and band archives to include many rare... |
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Dressing the Decades: Twentieth-Century Vintage Style
Emmanuelle Dirix - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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An authoritative and visually stunning look at the fashion of the 20th century, Dressing the Decades examines in depth the origins of the most important luxury garments. Each sumptuously illustrated chapter features a detailed overview of a particular decade, including the historical... |
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The Easy Low Sodium Diet Plan and Cookbook: Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Meals to Start
Christopher Lower - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback
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Your all-in-one low sodium cookbook and meal plan for fast, effortless meals that your heart (and taste buds) will thank you for.Eat healthier, feel better -- it sounds so simple. Yet, for many Americans with high blood pressure or heart disease, learning to eat without added salt may feel... |
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The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide
Alice Roberts - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Intricate details of all aspects of the human body down to the smallest detail - from our cells and DNA to the largest bone in our bodies, the femur.. 3D generated illustrations and medical imaging provide a close look at the bodys forms and functions in physiology and anatomy, showing... |
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Star Wars Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
TIM LEONG - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback
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Graphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way - through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and other data-driven infographics. From a Venn diagram of Yoda's idiosyncrasies to an organizational chart of the Empire to a line graph of Grand Moff Tarkin's management... |
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Better Homes and Gardens Flea Market Style: Fresh Ideas for Your Vintage Finds
Samantha Thorpe - Better Homes and Gardens Books
Format: Paperback
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The Indispensible Guide to Scoring, Using, Collecting, and Displaying Vintage Flea Market Finds Flea markets, Craigslist, and even a neighbor's curb can yield vintage treasures that make a house sparkle. But knowing what to do with those pieces can be intimidating. This innovative book... |
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Everyday Sexism
Laura Bates - St Martin'S Press, 2016.
Format: Book
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In 2012 after having been sexually harassed on London public transport, Laura Bates started a project called Everyday Sexism. Astounded by the response from all over the world, she quickly realized that the situation was far worse than she'd initially thought.
In a culture that's... |
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The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life
Rick Warren - Thomas Nelson Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Revolutionize Your Health ... Once and for All During an afternoon of baptizing over 800 people, Pastor Rick Warren realized it was time for change. He told his congregation he needed to lose weight and asked if anyone wanted to join him. He thought maybe 200 people would sign up, instead... |
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Practical Organic Gardening: The No-Nonsense Guide to Growing Naturally
Mark Highland - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover
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Practical Organic Gardening sprouts homegrown, healthy edibles and other safe plants that are nourishing and tasty for your family, pets, and beneficial wildlife. Organic gardening has been a popular gardening method for most of the past century, but interest in organic gardening... |
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I Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped Her
Joanna Connors - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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"This is it. My rape. I knew it was coming. Every woman knows. And now here it is. My turn."When Joanna Connors was thirty years old on assignment for the Cleveland Plain Dealer to review a play at a college theater, she was held at knife point and raped by a stranger... |
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City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
Ben Rawlence - Picador
Format: Print book
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To the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort.Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement,... |
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The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jason Sokol - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid portrait of how Americans grappled with King's death and legacy in the days, weeks, and months after his assassinationOn April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. At the time of his murder, King was a polarizing... |
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Sue Klebold - Crown
Format: Print book
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On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's... |
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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
William I Hitchcock - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An original and penetrating assessment of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, showing Ike's enormous influence on modern America, the Cold War, and on the presidency itself.In a 2017 survey, presidential historians ranked Dwight D. Eisenhower fifth on the list of great presidents, behind the perennial... |
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant
HEIDI MURKOFF - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika.What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250,000 copies in print, has everything... |
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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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#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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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
REBECCA TRAISTER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies - whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" - comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability... |
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Sewing Dress-up: 35 Cute and Easy Costumes for Kids
Emma Hardy - Cico Books, 2016.
Format: Print book
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35 simple costumes to make for parties and dress-up games, with pull-out full-size pattern sheets Children love to dress up, whether it's for parties or just for everyday fun. If you want to add to your dressing-up box without spending a fortune, Emma Hardy has designed 35 magical costumes... |
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The Secret Life of the American Musical: How Broadway Shows Are Built
Jack Viertel - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Print book
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For almost a century, Americans have been losing their hearts and losing their minds in an insatiable love affair with the American musical. It often begins in childhood in a darkened theater, grows into something more serious for high school actors, and reaches its passionate zenith when... |
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The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin
TRACEY HELTON MITCHELL - Seal Press
Format: Paperback
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After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good.With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells... |
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Queen of Spies: Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War Spy Master
Paddy Hayes - Overlook Duckworth
Format: Print book
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The true story of Daphne Park, the female British secret intelligence officer who rose through the male-dominated ranks to become the Queen of SpiesFrom living in a tin-roofed shack north of Dar-es-Salaam to becoming Baroness Park of Monmouth, Daphne Park led a most unusual life -- one that... |
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Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the Wrongfully Convicted
Laura Caldwell - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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Recalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of America's best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions.Wrongful convictions, long regarded as statistical anomalies in an otherwise sound justice system, now appear with frightening regularity.... |
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen: A Guide to the Law, Exam & Interview
Ilona Bray JD - NOLO
Format: Print book
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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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Prep-Ahead Breakfasts and Lunches: 75 No-Fuss Recipes to Save You Time and Money
ALEA MILHAM - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback
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You don't have to skip breakfast or buy lunch every day because you didn't have time to make a meal before work. Alea Milham?founder of the blog Premeditated Leftovers and author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch?makes breakfast exciting and healthy with homemade meals such as Pizza... |
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The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria
Janine di Giovanni - Liveright Publishing Corp
Format: Book
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Once in a decade comes an account of war that promises to be a classic. Doing for Syria what Imperial Life in the Emerald City did for the war in Iraq, The Morning They Came for Us bears witness to one of the most brutal, internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawing from years of experience... |
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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
SIMON WINCHESTER - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.The rise of manufacturing... |
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Escape
Barbara Delinsky - Anchor
Format: Hardcover
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In her luminous new novel Barbara Delinsky explores every womanrsquos desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriagemdashand the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best Emily Aulenbach is thirty a lawyer married to a lawyer working... |
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JELL-O Girls: A Family History
ALLIE ROWBOTTOM - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir that braids the evolution of one of America's most iconic branding campaigns with the stirring tales of the women who lived behind its faade - told by the inheritor of their stories.In 1899, Allie Rowbottom's great-great-great-uncle bought the patent to Jell-O from its inventor... |
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The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power to Protest After JFK
JOHN R BOHRER - Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking account of how Robert F. Kennedy transformed horror into hope between 1963 and 1966, with style and substance that has shaped American politics ever since. On November 22nd, 1963, Bobby Kennedy received a phone call that altered his life forever. The president, his brother,... |
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Not a Poster Child: Living Well with a DisabilityA Memoir
Francine Falk-Allen - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Polio is back in the news. Almost forgotten for decades in the US, it has been brought back into the spotlight by the anti-vaxxer movement -- but for millions around the world, especially those who have residual or late effects of polio, this virus has never been old news.Francine Falk-Allen... |
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One Jump Ring: Endless Possiblilities for Chain Mail Jewelry
Lauren Andersen - Kalmbach Publishing
Format: Print book
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Twenty-five everyday chain mail projects using only one size ring: 3/16", 18 gauge. Book features tips throughout to help you master chain mail. Book instructions are easy to follow resulting in quality-looking finished pieces. Build confidence as you move from simple to more complex... |
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville... |
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Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
Gerda Saunders - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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"[A] courageous and singular book."---Andrew Solomon In the tradition of Brain on Fire and When Breath Becomes Air, Gerda Saunders' Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir--a true-life Still Alice that captures Saunders' experience... |
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The Fortress: A Love Story
Danielle Trussoni - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in France. The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one womans journey to the other side... |
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The Truth About Aaron
Jonathan Hernandez - Harpercollins
Format: Hardcover
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The unvarnished true story of the tragic life and death of Aaron Hernandez, the college All-American and New England Patriots star convicted of murder, told by one of the few people who knew him best, his brother. To football fans, Aaron Hernandez was a superstar in the making. A standout... |
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Stroke SB
Keith Jones - Omnigraphics, Inc.
Format: Library Binding
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This print and online resource provides consumer health information about stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and rehabilitation strategies, along with tips for coping after a stroke. |
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National Geographic Complete Guide to Pet Health, Behavior, and Happiness: The Veterinarian's Approach to At-Home Animal Care
Gary Weitzman DVM - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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In National Geographic's comprehensive and easy-to-use illustrated pet reference, a renowned veterinarian offers expert advice on common health, behavior, and training for cats, dogs, and other domestic pets. Combining first aid, medical reference, and tips and tricks of the trade, here... |
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Monster Trek: The Obsessive Search for Bigfoot
Joe Gisondi - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback
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Bigfoot sightings have been reported in every state except Hawaii. Interest in this creature, which many believe to be as mythical as a leprechaun, is as strong today as ever, with the wildly popular show Finding Bigfoot persisting on the Animal Planet network and references to bigfoot... |
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Cook Like a Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, and Culinary Secrets
Anne Burrell - Clarkson Potter; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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If chefs are the new rock stars, Anne wants you to rock in your own kitchen!For Anne Burrell, a classically trained chef and host of Food Networks Secrets of a Restaurant Chef where she shares impressive recipes and smart techniques that anyone can master, and Worst Cooks in America the show... |
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Mabon: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Autumn Equinox
Diana Rajchel - Llewellyn Publications,
Format: Print book
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A thanksgiving celebration for the second harvest Mabon - also known as the Autumn Equinox - is a time to honor the spiritual significance of harvest, sacrifice, and survival. This guide shows you how to perform rituals and work magic that incorporates the shifting balance between light... |
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented access to explore directly with him and with those closest... |
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50 Knitted Dolls
Sarah Keen - GMC Publications
Format: Paperback
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Delight children and adults alike by creating a whole host of fun and fabulous knitted characters from this latest book by best-selling author, Sarah Keen. Inside you'll find 50 knitted dolls in costume and work attire, including graduates, a doctor, fire-fighter, painter and decorator,... |
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National Geographic The National Parks: An Illustrated History
Kim Heacox - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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An inspired tribute to the astonishing beauty and priceless cultural treasures of Americas National Parks, this volume is a lavish celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Showcasing the very best of National Geographics photographs, combined with an expertly told... |
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong - Copper Canyon Press
Format: Book
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Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big" - and very human - subjects of romance, family, memory, grief, war, and melancholia. None of these he allows to overwhelm his spirit or his poems, which demonstrate, through breath and cadence... |
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Pests and Diseases
ANDREW HALSTEAD - DK
Format: Hardcover
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Diagnose your fruit, vegetable, or ornamental plant problem visually using more than 350 full-color photos--or find it by plant, pest, or disease type--and get organic recommendations for solving 1,000 different pest, disease, and cultivation issues.Protect your harvest and keep your yard... |
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The Ultimate Bicycle Owner's Manual: The Universal Guide to Bikes, Riding, and Everything for Beginner and Seasoned Cyclists
Eben Weiss - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Print book
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Everything you need to know to purchase, maintain, and ride a bike for recreation, commuting, competition, travel, and beyond From the bike world's most beloved and trusted advocate. Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob NYC, is the voice of cyclists everywhere. Through his popular blog he has been... |
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,... |
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John Lennon: The Life
Philip Norman - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover
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Philip Norman turns his formidable talent to the Beatle for whom belonging to the worlds most beloved pop group was never enough. Drawing on previously untapped sources, and with unprecedented access to all the major characters, here is the definitive portrait of John Lennon. This biography... |
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Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life
Barbara Hannah Grufferman - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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Filled with healthy habits to help you take charge of your life with wit, energy, and confidence, this inspiring guide will show you how to look, feel, and be your best in a busy, fast-paced world.Warm, engaging, and user-friendly, this powerful, practical guide to aging gracefully will... |
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A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea
Masaji Ishikawa - AmazonCrossing
Format: Hardcover
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The harrowing true story of one man's life in - and subsequent escape from - North Korea, one of the world's most brutal totalitarian regimes.Half-Korean, half-Japanese, Masaji Ishikawa has spent his whole life feeling like a man without a country. This feeling only deepened when his family... |
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The Fate of Gender: Nature, Nurture, and the Human Future
Frank Browning - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book
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Frank Browning takes us into human gender geographies around the world, from gender-neutral kindergartens in Chicago and Oslo to femminielli weather casters in Naples, from conservative Catholics in Paris fearful of God and Nature to transsexual Mormon parents in Utah. As he shares specific... |
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This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live
Melody Warnick - Viking
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin's megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick,... |
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CatWise: America's Favorite Cat Expert Answers Your Cat Behavior Questions
Pam Johnson-Bennett - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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Top feline behavior expert (and author of Penguin's bestselling Think Like a Cat and Cat vs. Cat) answers the 150 questions most often asked by puzzled cat owners.Even those of us who have lived with and loved our cats for decades are constantly stymied by their seemingly... |
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Peter Frankopan - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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The epic history of the crossroads of the world - the meeting place of East and West and the birthplace of civilization It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise... |
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God: A Human History
REZA ASLAN - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of the divine, and sounds a call to embrace a deeper, more expansive understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the well-worn portrayal... |
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No Way Home: A Memoir of Life on the Run
Tyler Wetherall - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of growing up on the run -- and what happens when it comes to a stop."Lucid, tender, exquisitely re-imagined, and compulsively readable." -- Jessica Nelson, author of If Only You People Could Follow Directions"In this wondrous and richly detailed coming of age story,... |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly... |
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The American Revolution: A Visual History
Dk. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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The American Revolution will transport you back in time and onto the frontlines. This complete overview of the war brings all the action to life, from the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party to the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris.Beginning with the first... |
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The angry beavers.
Richard Steven Horvitz - Shout! Factory
Format: DVD video
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Your two favorite twin animated beavers, Norbert and Daggett, return for the first half of a hilariously fun third season! Join them for your daily dose of laughter, as they continue their hysterical pursuit of the wild bachelor lifestyle! Includes favorite episodes like: Spooky Spoots,... |
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Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft
Gabriela Herstik - Penguin Audio
Format: Paperback
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The ultimate guide to witchcraft for every woman craving a connection to something bigger, using the tools of tarot, astrology, and crystals to discover her best self.In these uncertain times, witchcraft, astrology, tarot, crystals, and similar practices are seeing a massive resurgence,... |
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Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers
Leslie Bennetts - Little
Format: Print book
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The definitive book about Joan Rivers' tumultuous, victorious, tragic, hilarious, and fascinating life.Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life... |
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Beauty And The Beast
Various Artists - Walt Disney Records
Format: Audio CD
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Disneys "Beauty and the Beast" is a live-action re-telling of the animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs. Includes... |
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Me: Elton John Official Autobiography
Elton John - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book
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Elton John’s autobiography left me wanting nothing. Woven with the threads of Elton’s music and the timeline of his story, Me revolves around album releases and the surrounding circumstances. Anyone could see that this man loves his craft because he filled the book... |
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Robin
Dave Itzkoff - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Book
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From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams - a compelling portrait of one of America's most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork &... |
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2019 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date
Tracy L Schmidt - Krause Publications
Format: Paperback
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Capturing the Modern World of Coins! Creativity blends with tradition in today's modern collectible coin market, bringing enthusiasts beautiful coins offering popular themes. This marriage of new and old is captured in total in the 2019 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th... |
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50 States, 5,000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do
Joseph R Yogerst - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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This richly illustrated book from the travel experts at National Geographic showcases the best travel experiences in every state, from the obvious to the unexpected. Sites include national parks, beaches, hotels, Civil War battlefields, dude ranches, out-of-the-way museums, and more. You'll... |
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Addicted to Outrage: How Thinking Like a Recovering Addict Can Heal the Country
GLENN BECK - Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover
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A new and sober Glenn Beck - author of thirteen #1 New York Times bestsellers - issues a startling challenge to people on both sides of the aisle to give up our addiction to hating each other.America is addicted to outrage, we're at the height of a twenty-year bender, and we need an intervention.... |
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Through My Eyes
Tim Tebow - HarperOne; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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FormerUniversity of Florida star quarterback first-round draft pick for theDenver Broncos and devout Christian Tim Tebow tellsthe story of his faith his life and his career in football in Through MyEyes Written with Nathan Whitaker the New York Times bestsellingcoauthor of Quiet Strength... |
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If He's So Great, Why Do I Feel So Bad?: Recognizing and Overcoming Subtle Abuse
AVERY NEAL - Citadel
Format: Paperback
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Foreword by Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner OfficeARE YOU A VICTIM OF SUBTLE ABUSE? Are you always the one apologizing? Constantly questioning and blaming yourself? Do you often feel confused, frustrated, and angry? Aware... |
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The Complete Guide to Home Inspection
Roger C. Robinson - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback
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Thorough enough for professionals...accessible enough for homeowners! Written in plain language suitable even for first-time home buyers, The Complete Guide to Home Inspection is a must-have reference. An all-in-one resource with 250 descriptive photographs and 20 helpful illustrations,... |
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Modernize Your Resume
Wendy Enelow - Emerald Career Pub, 2016.
Format: Print book
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Based on today's real-world job search trends, Modernize Your Resume shows you how to craft a winning resume to meet the complexities of today's highly competitive and technologically driven employment market. The entire job search process is evolving at a remarkably rapid pace,... |
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Hunger: A Memoir of
Roxane Gay - Harper
Format: Print book
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"New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes... |
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Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction
GABRIELLE MOSS - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback
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A hilarious and nostalgic trip through the history of paperback pre-teen series of the 80s and 90s.Every twenty- or thirty-something woman knows these books. The pink covers, the flimsy paper, the zillion volumes in the series that kept you reading for your entire adolescence. Spurred by the commercial... |
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Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses
John Dvorak - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened, and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan "Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer's Iliad... |
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Candy Is Magic: Real Ingredients, Modern Recipes
Jami Curl - Ten Speed Press
Format: Print book
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This game-changing candy cookbook from the owner of Quin, a popular Portland-based candy company, offers more than 200 achievable recipes using real, natural ingredients for everything from flavor-packed fruit lollipops to light-as-air marshmallows.Chai Tea Lollipops, Honey and Sea Salt... |
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Death by Video Game: Danger, Pleasure, and Obsession on the Virtual Frontline
Simon Parkin - Melville House
Format: Print book
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"The finest book on video games yet. Simon Parkin thinks like a critic, conjures like a novelist, and writes like an artist at the height of his powers - which, in fact, he is." - Tom Bissell, author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games MatterOn January 31, 2012, in an internet... |
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And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready
Meaghan O'Connell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most anticipated books of 2018 -- Esquire, Elle, Nylon, Huffington Post, The Rumpus, GoodReads, The Millions, BookRiot, The Week."The biggest compliment of all: I used several hours of daylight childcare hours reading this book, just because I didn't want to put it down."... |
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Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness
Candace Cameron Bure - B&H Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback
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Candace Cameron Bure first became known to millions as a co-star on the hit ABC television series Full House. Today, like her brother Kirk Cameron Growing Pains, Fireproof, she is the rare Hollywood actor who is outspoken about her Christian faith and how it helps overcome certain obstacles.... |
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The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin' Dixie Outta the Dark
Trae Crowder - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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The Liberal Rednecks - a three-man stand-up comedy group doing scathing political satire - celebrate all that's good about the South while leading the Redneck Revolution and standing proudly blue in a sea of red.Smart, hilarious, and incisive, the Liberal Rednecks confront outdated... |
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National Geographic The Greeks: An Illustrated History
Diane Harris Cline - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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On the culture that brought us democracy, the Olympics, Socrates, and Alexander the Great, this lavishly illustrated reference about ancient Greece presents the amazing history through gripping stories; the rise and fall of the phenomenal empire; the powerful legacy left by ancient Greece... |
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