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103 Ways to Find Birds
Heather Wolf
The essential guide to finding more birds—whatever your ability and wherever you look What is the one thing everyone wants to know about birds? How to find them! Every day on social media, we see unbelievable photos of birds—from majestic eagles and hawks to woodpeckers with impressive carpentry skills to brilliantly-colored wood warblers feasting on wiggling caterpillars. People wonder: “Where are these birds? Will I ever be able to see a bald eagle in the wild?” We think we must either...
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A Pocketful of Happiness
Richard E. Grant
“One of the bravest, strongest, funniest memoirs I’ve ever read.” —Bonnie Garmus, New York Times bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry “A moving and entertaining celebration of life and love." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Academy Award–nominated actor Richard E. Grant’s memoir about finding happiness in even the darkest of days. Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor. Unexpectedly, he met and fell in love with...
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American Whitelash
Wesley Lowery
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery confronts the sickness at the heart of American society: the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred every moment of racial progress in this country, and whose bloodshed began anew following Obama's 2008 election. In 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the country. And so it would be--just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The election of the nation's first Black president fanned long-burning ember...
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Anansi's Gold
Yepoka Yeebo
The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of the 20th century's longest-running and most spectacular frauds. When Ghana achieved independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to claim whatever assets colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation's inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hidin...
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Battlefield Cyber
William J. Holstein
Michael McLaughlin is, perhaps, America's most knowledgeable expert on the threat of cyber warfare and America's ability to counteract it. As the former Senior Counterintelligence Advisor for US Cyber Command, he has observed from the vantage point of the highest level of government security the structure of the nation's cyber defenses. And what he has seen terrifies him. The United States is being bombarded with cyber-attacks. From the surge in ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructur...
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Beijing Rules
Bethany Allen
One of the most acclaimed journalists on contemporary China lays bare the country's two decade quest for global dominance and how the Chinese Communist Party coopted what Western leaders have long considered their most powerful tool in the fight for liberal democracy--capitalism--to expand their influence worldwide. Beijing Rules is a superb expose which reveals how China learned to master capitalism which it now wields in its own authoritarian form to achieve global dominance. As Bethany Allen,...
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Breaking Through Depression
Philip William Gold
For the millions who struggle with depression and those who support them--an inspiring exploration of the recent advances and remarkable new methods that offer promising paths to wellness. BREAKING THROUGH DEPRESSION explores how the anatomy of the brain and the biochemistry of nerve impulses play a major role in how we view ourselves and the world. Drawing from his long-term research, Dr. Philip Gold makes the case for depression arising at the intersection of genetic vulnerability with stressf...
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Congratulations, The Best Is Over!
R. Eric Thomas
The beloved bestselling author of Here for It returns with an all-new collection of heartening, deeply relatable, and laugh-out-loud essays about what happens after happily ever after. “Funny, insightful, and hopeful . . . a profound meditation on what it means to come home, and on finding your way again after the chaos of life takes you off your path.”—John Paul Brammer, author of ¡Hola Papi! After going viral “reading” the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social e...
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Courage in The People's House
Joe Neguse
The remarkable stories of nine US Representatives who helped shape America. Courage in the People’s House tells the gripping stories of nine individuals who served in the US House of Representatives—the “People’s House”—during a span of over one hundred years, from the 1870s to the 1990s. From the first African American to serve in the House, to immigrants elected at the dawn of the 20th century, all were trailblazers who made significant contributions to the country. The book provid...
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Dark Future
Glenn Beck
"In Dark Future: Uncovering the Great Reset’s Terrifying Next Phase, New York Times bestselling authors Glenn Beck and Justin Haskins reveal the most important technologies and social and cultural changes that will soon cause an unprecedented level of disruption in the United States, as well as in countless other nations. They also outline the dangers and opportunities associated with these disruptions and provide a plan to protect individuals and families from losing their liberty." --Amazon....
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Desire
Lauren Fogel Mersy
A radically inclusive, sex-positive guide to managing the inevitable libido differences in our relationships, authored by two certified sex therapists who are passionate about good sex Desire invites readers of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, and relationship structures to shed the shame and misinformation that surround the topic of sex and instead learn from 2 certified sex therapists about how libido really works. Desire differences are one of the most common relationship issues, yet, ...
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Devil's Coin
Jennifer McAdam
The astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner's daughter who took on the Mafia-endorsed creators of the world's biggest financial fraud and helped the FBI to convict them--soon to be a major motion picture. A teenaged mother, today a young grandmother, Jen McAdam was a victim of the OneCoin global crypto-currency fraud, which stole around $27 billion from ordinary people around the world. Unlike Madoff or Enron, who relieved the world's wealthiest investors of their cash, the exploiting ...
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Diabetes For Dummies
Dr. Simon Poole
The book that’s been helping people with diabetes live their best lives for 20 years Diabetes For Dummies is a trusted resource that guides those diagnosed with diabetes and pre-diabetes and their caregivers towards optimal health. This book helps you, or those you love, achieve the life you want while managing diabetes with lifestyle changes, alternative therapies and the latest medications. This fully updated edition helps you tackle your symptoms with the confidence that you’re doing the ...
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Easy Money
Ben McKenzie
At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he-despite a degree in economics-didn't entirely understand. Lured in by the promise of taking power from banks, possibly improving democracy, and sure, a touch of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the vari...
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Eighteen Days in October
Uri Kaufman
"[Kaufman] tells the story brilliantly. Anyone interested in the Middle East or military history will appreciate Kaufman’s work." —Senator Joseph I. Lieberman "A stimulating and insightful...will no doubt find a permanent place on the Arab-Israeli bookshelf." —Michael Oren, New York Times bestselling author of Six Days of War October 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, a conflict that shaped the modern Middle East. The War was a trauma for Israel, a dangerous superpower ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Renting But Didn't Know to Ask
Jonas Bordo
The rental process is complicated, but your journey to finding a home doesn’t have to be dominated by confusion and frustration. Everything You Need to Know about Renting but Didn’t Know to Ask gives you the information and confidence you need to seek, secure, and flourish in your new home. With more than 20 years of experience in the rental industry as a renter, landlord, property manager, and now founder of Dwellsy, the largest US rental marketplace, Jonas Bordo has compiled a comprehensiv...
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Maureen Seaberg
In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a trillion scents, have a set of taste buds that can discern molecules of fresh water, and can feel through the sense of touch the difference of a sing...
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Gallop Toward the Sun
Peter Stark
A vivid account of the rivalry between future president William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee chief Tecumseh—and of the Native American alliance that fought westward expansion—from the New York Times bestselling author of Astoria “Taut, multi-layered . . . a much-needed reevaluation of this crucial period of our nation’s history.”—Laurence Bergreen, author of Over the Edge of the World The conquest of Indigenous land in the eastern United States through corrupt treaties and genocida...
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Gender Confirmation Surgery
Edward Whelan
Explores the wide range of gender confirmation surgeries available to trans and non-binary adults, with anatomical illustrations, personal stories, tips and advice, and a directory of further resources....
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How to Interpret the Constitution
Cass R. Sunstein
From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today—about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans. In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstei...
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How to Live in a Chaotic Climate
LaUra Schmidt
A 10-step holistic guide to help you cope with the climate crisis—from the founders of the Good Grief Network. Eco-distress is real. How to Live in a Chaotic Climate is here to help you rediscover meaning, joy, and connection as the tumult around us increases. Based on the Good Grief Network’s acclaimed 10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate program, this book unpacks the social, political, and spiritual nuances of the climate emergency, step by step. 1. Accept the Sever...
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How to Make a Killing
Tom Mueller
How did a lifesaving medical breakthrough become a for-profit enterprise that threatens many of the people it's meant to save? Six decades ago, visionary doctors achieved the impossible: the humble kidney, acknowledged since ancient times to be as essential to life as the heart, became the first human organ to be successfully replaced with a machine. Yet huge dialysis corporations, ambitious doctor-entrepreneurs and Beltway lobbyists soon turned this medical miracle into an early experiment in f...
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I See You, Survivor
Liz Ianelli
"There was a huge public outpouring to the recent articles in The New York Times about Family Foundation School, a last-resort institution for troubled teens in upstate New York. It described the near 50% death rate of alumni-including many by suicide-and how the survivors lived with their trauma in the years after leaving the school. A follow-up piece this January covered the shocking facts that came to light through multiple lawsuits and the continuing fight for justice on behalf of the surviv...
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Incurable Optimist
Jennifer Cramer-Miller
At twenty-two, Jennifer Cramer-Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment. Then she received a devastating autoimmune diagnosis--and suddenly, rather than planning for a bright future, she found herself soaking a hospital pillow with tears and grappling with words like "progressive" and "incurable." That day, Cramer-Miller unwillingly crossed over from wellness to chronic illness--from thriving to kidney failure. Her chances of survival hinged upon on the exp...
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Jews in the Garden
Judy Rakowsky
"Investigative journalist Judy Rakowsky and her elderly cousin Sam, a Holocaust survivor, never knew what happened to their family during the Holocaust. All they knew was that their relatives were hidden away from the Nazis by neighbors, and then they were never heard from again. Over the course of two decades, the two traveled back to Sam's hometown in Poland in search of clues to what became of their lost family-but when they asked questions, doors were shut in their faces. As they soon learne...
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Kingdom Quarterback
Mark Dent
Fresh off of a gutsy, thrilling 2023 Super Bowl win for the Kansas City Chiefs, two inspiring stories that fit perfectly together—a biography of superstar quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, who brought the Chiefs to their first Super Bowl win in fifty years in 2020 as well as a second in 2023, along with the historical struggles and recent resurgence of the former “Paris of the Plains,” Kansas City. There is nobody like Patrick Mahomes. In three seasons, he has won a Super Bowl and competed in ...
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Knife Drop
Nick DiGiovanni
Forget the rules. Just cook! Great food doesn't have to be over-the-top, fussy, or time-intensive to be absolutely amazing. In this foundational cookbook, Nick DiGiovanni gives you the tools to become fearless in the kitchen-and to create unapologetically delicious meals. Building on a foundation of staple recipes such as basic pasta dough and homemade butter, Nick shares a mouth-watering selection of his favorite recipes including Custard Yogurt Toast, Grilled Peach Burrata Salad, Smoked Bacon ...
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Lexington
Kim Wickens
“A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived.”—Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling. Four-mile races, run two or three times in succession, were th...
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Life in the Fast Lane
Mick Wall
From iconic rock journalist Mick Wall comes the definitive account of America's best-selling band of all time--who have sold more records than Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones combined--exploring the hedonistic days of the '70s music scene in LA, their ruthless, meteoric rise to fame, and the dark truths beneath their musical façade of peaceful, easy feelings....
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Mother Tongue
Jenni Nuttall
“A fascinating look at how we talk about women. . . . Dense with information and anecdotes, Mother Tongue touches on the hilarious and the devastating, with ample dashes of an ingredient so painfully absent from most discussions of sex and gender: humor.” ―Lisa Selin Davis, The Washington Post “[Nuttall] examines the origins of words used over many centuries to describe women’s bodies, desires, pregnancies, work lives, sexual victimhood, and stages of life. . . . Her research is compre...
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Pool Care For Dummies
Kristine Blanchard
Crystal-clear advice for maintaining a crystal-clear swimming pool Keeping a swimming pool ready for use requires some chemistry know-how, an understanding of how pool mechanics work, and some time spent doing good old-fashioned cleaning work. Pool Care For Dummies offers a reliable, comprehensive resource for building the knowledge that lets you turn pool maintenance into a do-it-yourself task. Written by a certified swimming pool professional who started taking care of pools when she was 5 yea...
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Pulling the Chariot of the Sun
Shane McCrae
An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and raised by his white supremacist grandparents. When Shane McCrae was three years old, his grandparents kidnapped him and took him to suburban Texas. His mom was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him from his father. In the years that followed, they manipulated and controlled him, refusing to acknowledge his heritage—all the while believi...
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Quiet Street
Nick McDonell
A bold and deeply personal exploration of wealth, power, and the American elite, exposing how the ruling class—intentionally or not—perpetuates cycles of injustice "[A] story about American inequity, and how it mindlessly, immorally, reproduces itself. Unlike most such stories, however, this one left me believing in the possibility...of drastic change." —Maggie Nelson, author of On Freedom Nick McDonell grew up on New York City’s Upper East Side, a neighborhood defined by its wealth and ...
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Road to Surrender
Evan Thomas
A riveting, immersive account of the agonizing decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan—a crucial turning point in World War II and geopolitical history—with you-are-there immediacy by the New York Times bestselling author of Ike's Bluff and Sea of Thunder. “A terrifying, heartbreaking account of three men under unimaginable pressure . . . I challenge you not to read this book in a single sitting.”—Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea and Travels with George At 9...
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Sober Vibes
Courtney Andersen
Courtney Andersen, a 1-1 addiction counselor, teaches you what to expect in your first 90 days without alcohol and how to overcome any obstacle in this impactful guidebook on going sober. As someone who has been in alcohol recovery for 12 years, Courtney has an abundance of professional and personal insight into the mental, physical and emotional responses that arise when you make the decision to quit. Her direction on going sober, in conjunction with guided journal prompts, “homework” and e...
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Star Crossed
Heather Dune Macadam
For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah who are hungry for a non-fiction account of Nazi-occupied Paris, Star Crossed is an epic true story of love and resistance during WWII from the award-winning author of 999. Part historical portrait of life during the Occupation, part valentine to The City of Light and the resilience of its people, this true love story follows the romance between the Romeo and Juliet of war-torn Paris - a Catholic Resistance fighter and a Holocaust victim who meet ...
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Summons to Berlin
Joanne Intrator
When Joanne Intrator accepts her father's deathbed challenge to seek restitution for property stolen from her German Jewish family by the Nazis, she has no idea that the quest will last decades--or how much she will learn about her family, and herself, along the way....
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Tangled Vines
John Glatt
In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity—but it was an unimaginable tragedy that would thrust them into the national s...
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The Art Thief
Michael Finkel
The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief—a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who...
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The Ballot and the Bible
Kaitlyn Schiess
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn from America's history of using the Bible in politics? How can we converse with people whose views differ from our own? In The Ballot and the Bible, Kaitlyn Schiess explores these questions and more. She unpacks examples of how Americans have applied the Bible to politics in the past, highlighting times it was done well and times it was egregiously misused. Schiess combines American political history ...
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The Breast Cancer Survival Manual, Seventh Edition
John Link, M.D.
One of the most comprehensive and bestselling books on breast cancer treatment and survival, completely revised and updated The seventh edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual provides essential updates on treatment and care, enhancing the basic information that has made this the most trusted guide for women diagnosed with breast cancer for the past two decades. This edition includes the most current advice on: · The genomic basis of breast cancer and recent changes in the genomic breast c...
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The Bronx Nobody Knows
William B. Helmreich
"For his award-winning book The New York Nobody Knows, which Princeton published in 2013, Bill Helmreich walked every block in New York City, around 6,000 miles. Then, he re-walked the city to research one-of-a-kind walking guides for general readers for each borough, uncovering the unusual and the unknown in New York City's neighborhoods. Bill Helmreich has taken readers through the ever-changing neighborhoods of Brooklyn, bustling Manhattan, vibrant Queens, and now in this installment, the Bro...
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The Complete Blue Zones
Dan Buettner
Timed to the worldwide debut of his highly anticipated Netflix series, the creator of National Geographic's popular Blue Zones franchise brings readers a beautifully illustrated and informative guide to the Blue Zones—the places on Earth where people live the longest—including lessons learned, top longevity foods, and the "Power 9" behaviors to help you live to 100—plus a surprising new Blue Zone. National Geographic Explorer and best-selling author Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to u...
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The Girls Who Fought Crime
Mari Eder
For fans of Margot Lee Shetterley and Liza Mundy comes an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo for women working in public service. Corsets, Crime, and the Woman to Change Modern Policing Forever Mary "Mae" Foley was a force to be reckoned with. On one hip she held her makeup compact, on the other, her NYPD badge. When women were fighting for the vote, Mae was fighting crime in the heart of ...
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The Good Enough Job
Simone Stolzoff
"Superb."—Oliver Burkeman A challenge to the tyranny of work and a call to reclaim our lives from its clutches. From the moment we ask children what they want to “be” when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success. In The Good Enough Job, journalist Simone Stolzoff traces how work has come to dominate Americans’ lives—and w...
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The Gospel of the Hold Steady
Michael Hann
An oral history (with photographs) of the greatest American bar band of the twenty-first century "A colorful montage of stories about and photographs of American rock band The Hold Steady, by both members of the group as well as dedicated fans . . . A must-have for admirers of the band and a good choice to fans of bar rock." --Kirkus Reviews "Plenty of rock bands treat their fans like congregants. But not many shine a light on the arrangement. Fewer still go as far as The Hold Steady, whose lead...
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The Great White Bard
Farah Karim-Cooper
As we witness monuments of white Western history fall, many are asking how is Shakespeare still relevant? Professor Farah Karim-Cooper has dedicated her career to the Bard, which is why she wants to take the playwright down from his pedestal to unveil a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. If we persist in reading Shakespeare as representative of only one group, as the very pinnacle of the white Western canon, then he will truly be in peril. Combining piercing analysis of race, gender and o...
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The King of Late Night
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld, five-time New York Times bestselling author and host of the #1 rated late night show GUTFELD!, returns with a witty and tongue-in-cheek essay collection that is part memoir and part political manifesto. Greg Gutfeld is back with a hilarious essay collection about how he destroyed the mainstream late night landscape of heavyweights and became host of the #1 late night show in all of television. With his signature wit and whip-smart humor, Greg reveals never-before-told stories of hi...
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The Master Builder
Alfonso Martinez Arias
A leading developmental biologist argues that cells, not DNA, hold the key to understanding life's past and present What defines who we are? For decades, the answer has seemed obvious: our genes, the "blueprint of life." In The Master Builder, biologist Alfonso Martinez Arias argues we've been missing the bigger picture. It's not our genes that define who we are, but our cells. While genes are important, nothing in our DNA explains why the heart is on the left side of the body, how many fingers ...
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The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd Edition
Donald D. Hensrud
Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight! Now in its third edition, The Mayo Clinic Diet is a practical, no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Designed to help individuals lose weight and, most importantly, keep it off, The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition, offers expert advice to help you kick-start and stay on track in your fitness journey. This revised edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling book offers a simple, time-tested, no-nonsense approach to losing weight and keeping it off. The Mayo Clinic...
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The Perennials
Mauro F. Guillén
In today’s world, the acceleration of megatrends -- increasing longevity and the explosion of technology among many others -- are transforming life as we now know it. In The Perennials, bestselling author of 2030 Mauro Guillén unpacks a sweeping societal shift triggered by demographic and technological transformation. Guillén argues that outmoded terms like Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z have long been used to pigeonhole us into rigid categories and life stages, artificially preventi...
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The Perfection Trap
Thomas Curran
In the bestselling tradition of Brené Brown’s The Gifts of Imperfection, this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression—keeping us from achieving our goals. Today, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media encouraging comparisons with others, the quest...
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The Quickening
Elizabeth Rush
An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: Thwaites Glacier. Their goal: to learn as much as possible about this mysterious place, never before visited by humans, and believed to be both rapidly deteriorating and capable of making a catastrophic impact on global sea-level rise. In Th...
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The Right Call
Sally Jenkins
"Sportswriter and columnist Sally Jenkins spent her whole life literally stamping great coaches and athletes down in letters. But somewhere along the line, she realized, they had begun to write her. Their example could shape her into something better if she paid attention. What she learned from great athletes and coaches is that champions are the product of their own work. This book is an effort to catalog the inner qualities that allow ordinary people to overcome pressure, elevate their perform...
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The Rye Bread Marriage
Michaele Weissman
"When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--...
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The Slip
Prudence Peiffer
In this exquisite biography, an art historian and critic captures a singular moment of community and creativity in mid-twentieth-century New York City, bringing to life a group of struggling artists and the place they all called home, an obscure little street at the lower tip of Manhattan, Coenties Slip. For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower edge of Manhattan became the quiet epicenter of the art world. Coentie...
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead for Beginners
Lama Lhanang Rinpoche
Enduring and accessible advice for living with wisdom and compassion—and meeting the end of life with courage and peace. Through countless editions and across centuries, the Tibetan Book of the Dead has drawn readers intrigued by the Tibetan Buddhist view of the end of life. In a world that often ignores death or hides it from view, Tibetan Buddhists acknowledge it as the last of a countless series of endings in this lifetime. And after each ending comes a new beginning. The Tibetan Book of th...
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The Trial of the Century
Gregg Jarrett
"Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Darrow's seminal defense of freedom of speech helped form the legal bedrock on which our civil liberties depend today."--...
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The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cooking for One Cookbook
Kelly Jaggers
175 single-serving Mediterranean Diet recipes for every home cook who just wants a satisfying and delicious meal for themselves. Although the Mediterranean Diet has a host of health benefits, making the switch can feel daunting…especially if you only need to make one serving per meal. The good news is that it’s possible to prepare single-serving recipes that are full of flavor, easy to make, and economical—and The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cooking for One Cookbook is here to help. This b...
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The Underworld
Susan Casey
From New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world deep beneath the seas, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of terror and wonder, an unknown realm of fiendish creatures and deadly peril. Not until very recently did the technology exist to explore the ocean's depths, and we still know vastly more about the universe than we do about the realms the encompass 75% of the E...
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The United States of English
Rosemarie Ostler
"The United States of English tells the story of American speech from its earliest beginnings to its current state. Topics covered include the following: the foundations of American English, beginning with the earliest word adoptions; the origins of regional dialects; how the vocabulary developed; an exploration of American slang and language creation outside the mainstream, including internet-related; typical American grammatical structures and how they differ from British English; how regional...
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The Visionaries
Wolfram Eilenberger
A soaring intellectual narrative starring the radical, brilliant, and provocative philosophers Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, and Ayn Rand by the critically acclaimed author of Time of the Magicians, Wolfram Eilenberger The period from 1933 to 1943 was one of the darkest and most chaotic in human history, as the Second World War unfolded with unthinkable cruelty. It was also a crucial decade in the dramatic, intersecting lives of some of history’s greatest philosophers. There ...
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The Wingmen
Adam Lazarus
The extraordinary untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two disparate American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men--already experts in their fields--crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine World War II combat mi...
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Thin Skin
Jenn Shapland
A GOODREADS MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • Examining capitalism’s toxic creep into the land, our bodies, and our thinking, this incisive new work is “a visceral exploration” (Katherine May, author of Wintering) from a National Book Award finalist and a powerful literary mind. "A wrenching, loving and trenchant examination of feminism, nuclear weapons production, healthcare, queerness and American life" —Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel For Jenn Shapland, the ba...
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Truman and the Bomb
D. M. Giangreco
Based on previously unpublished research, noted historian D. M. Giangreco provides a concise account of President Harry S. Truman's decision to drop the atom bomb during World War II, focusing on the question: What did Truman know, and when did he know it?...
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Unbroken Bonds of Battle
Johnny Joey Jones
"In over a decade of working with veterans, Johnny Joey Jones has discovered the power of battle-forged friendships. Suffering a life-changing injury while deployed in Afghanistan, he faced a daunting recovery. But coming home would have been much harder without the support of his brothers and sisters in arms. In Unbroken Bonds of Battle, Joey tells the stories of those very warriors, who for years have supported and inspired him on the battlefield and off. Through unfiltered and authentic conve...
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Understanding the NICU
Gary M. Weiner
Invaluable expert information and support for any parent whose infant is admitted to the NICU. When a newborn is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it can be frightening and overwhelming. Edited by two top NICU doctors and a veteran NICU nurse, this guide will support parents through their baby's time in the NICU, helping them communicate with members of the NICU team, ask the right questions, and participate as valuable partners in their baby's care. Understanding the NICU add...
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Unlock Your Menopause Type
Heather Hirsch
Given that millions of women have entered menopause each year since the dawn of time, it’s crazy that menopause still feels like uncharted territory for the women who are going through it. Dr. Heather Hirsch is committed to changing that. Unlocking Your Menopause Type helps women cut through the informational noise and learn how to manage their symptoms most effectively by identifying their personal Menopause Type(s). This is not a one-size fits all solution. Unlocking Your Menopause Type feat...
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Valiant Women
Lena S. Andrews
A groundbreaking new history of the role of American women in WWII, illuminating their forgotten yet essential role in contributing towards the Allies' victory. Over 400,000 women served in uniform during World War II. These women advised generals; they laid cables; they translated, communicated, and transmitted top secret intelligence; they flew planes; and they died for their country. They were directly involved in some of the most important moments of the war--the D-Day landings, the island-h...
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Vegan Intermittent Fasting
Petra Bracht
This complete vegan guide to 16:8 fasting offers tried and true strategies to living healthier—and longer Intermittent fasting is one of the easiest ways to achieve better health—period. But for those of us who follow a vegan diet, finding the balance between plant-based eating and intermittent fasting can prove challenging. In Vegan Intermittent Fasting, groundbreaking doctor Petra Bracht and recipe developer Mira Flatt share their completely plant-based program. You’ll unlock all the ben...
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Wifedom
Anna Funder
A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife, and a writer, in the modern world. Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, award-winning writer Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own. When she uncovers his forgotten wife, it’s a revelation. Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s...
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