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Beekeeping for Beginners: How To Raise Your First Bee Colonies

Amber Bradshaw - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback

Easy beekeeping for new-bees.Wouldn't it be great to raise your own bees, have a fresh supply of honey, and bring thousands of healthy pollinators into your yard? Beekeeping for Beginners is a simple, step-by-step guide that helps you learn the fundamentals of modern beekeeping. You (and...
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Levers at Work

Maggie S Wesley - Enslow Publishing
Format: Paperback

From playing on a seesaw to swinging a baseball bat, levers are a simple machine that can be found everywhere. However, it may not be easy for readers to know exactly how these common devices work. This book is here to help with captivating full-color photographs, including a gallery of familiar...
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When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town

John E. Douglas - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

From John Douglas - the legendary FBI criminal profiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration for the Netflix show Mindhunter - comes a chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate...
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Lost Companions: Reflections on the Death of Pets

Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt exploration of human grief after the loss of a pet by the New York Times bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love. Over 84 million Americans -- almost 3/4 of the US population -- own a pet, and our society is still learning how to recognize and dignify that relationship...
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Work Won't Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

Sarah Jaffe
Format: Hardcover

You're told that if you "do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Whether it's working for "exposure" and "experience," or enduring poor treatment in the name of "being part of the family," all employees are pushed to make...
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Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked a Nation on True Crime

JOE POMPEO - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister and his secret mistress, a Jazz Age mega-crime that propelled tabloid news in the 20th century.On September 16, 1922, the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills were found beneath...
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Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence

Anita Hill - Viking
Format: Hardcover

In 1991, Anita Hill began something that's still unfinished work. The issues of gender violence, touching on sex, race, age, and power, are as urgent today as they were when she first testified. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence,...
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Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, 5th Edition: Breed Selection, Feeding, Fencing, Health Care, Dairying, Marketing

JERRY BELANGER - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

This best-selling handbook is packed with detailed information on housing, feeding, and fencing dairy goats. It's been the trusted resource on the topic for farmers and homesteaders since it was originally published in 1975, and the new edition - completely updated and redesigned...
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Impactful Community-Based Literacy Projects

Lesley S. J. Farmer
Format: Paperback

Inspired by the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program and its applicants, which have showcased and disseminated innovative literacy initiatives across the country and around the world since 2013, this book provides evidence-based practice guidelines for librarians and educators. To optimize...
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Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland

Nancy Schwartzman - ?Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

A thoughtfully reported narrative about a rape case at the center of a deeply polarized steel town in the American Midwest, exploring what creates a culture where sexual violence is tacitly understood and condoned, and how to make a difference.On a summer night in 2012, a sixteen year-old...
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