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Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

by Franchesca Ramsey

Published: 2018-05-22

Hardcover: 256 pages

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In this sharp, funny, and timely collection of personal essays, veteran video blogger and star of MTV's Decoded Franchesca Ramsey explores race, identity, online activism, and the downfall of real communication in the age of social media rants, trolls, and call-out wars. Franchesca Ramsey ...

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A Girl's Guide to Missiles: Growing Up in America's Secret Desert

by Karen Piper

Published: 2018-08-14

Hardcover: 336 pages

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A surreal and poignant coming of age on a secretive missile facility, and "an incredible view of...life in a town built for war."--BooklistThe China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Seco...

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The Crow: Book Three of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)

by Alison Croggon

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 528 pages

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As this enthralling epic nears its climax, the young heroine’s brother discovers his own hidden gift — and the role he must play in battling the Dark.Hem is a weary orphan whose struggle for survival ends when he is reunited with his lost sister, Maerad. But Maerad has a destiny to ful...

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Gertrude Stein and Wallace Stevens: The Performance of Modern Consciousness (Studies in Major Literary Authors)

by Sara J. Ford

Published: 2012-12-06

Kindle Edition: 147 pages

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This book traces the presence of the theater, both as an abstract concept and a literal space, in the plays and poetry of Gertrude Stein and Wallace Stevens as it attempts to explain the parallel depictions of consciousness that are found in both authors' work. Literary modernists inherite...

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The Phoenix of Florence: The Times Historical Book of the Month

by Philip Kazan

Published: 2019-02-21

Kindle Edition: 263 pages

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'Historical crime novel with soul, written with beauty and tenderness' Antonia Senior, The Times16th century Italy, deep in the Tuscan countryside, a long-held feud between two aristocratic families ends in tragedy, leaving only one young girl alive. Having barely escaped with her life, sh...

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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

by J.B. Mackinnon

Published: 2014-08-12

Paperback: 272 pages

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From one of Canada's most exciting writers and ecological thinkers, a book that will change the way we see nature and show that in restoring the living world, we are also restoring ourselves.  The Once and Future World began in the moment J.B. MacKinnon realized the grassland he grew up o...

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Lisette's List: A Novel

by Susan Vreeland

Published: 2015-06-23

Paperback: 448 pages

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From Susan Vreeland, bestselling author of such acclaimed novels as Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon of the Boating Party, and Clara and Mr. Tiffany, comes a richly imagined story of a woman’s awakening in the south of Vichy France—to the power of art, to the beauty of provincial life, ...

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Panorama

by Steve Kistulentz

Published: 2018-03-06

Hardcover: 400 pages

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A Chicago Review of Books Most Anticipated Fiction Book of 2018A New York Post and Entertainment Weekly Must-Read Book "Fast-paced, energetic, searing. There are moments in Steve Kistulentz's Panorama that will take your breath away." ---Daniel Alarcón, author of Lost City RadioRichard Ma...

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I Tried Until I Almost Died: From Anxiety and Frustration to Rest and Relaxation

by Sandra McCollom

Published: 2015-03-03

Paperback: 208 pages

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Tired of trying to measure up? Trade your anxiety and frustration for rest and relaxation.Many of us believe that in order to please God, we have to be perfect. It’s an easy lie to buy into. In a culture that emphasizes accomplishment and ever-higher goals, we feel driven to do more, ach...

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The Longevity Solution: Rediscovering Centuries-Old Secrets to a Healthy, Long Life

by Dr. James DiNicolantonio, Dr. Jason Fung

Published: 2019-02-26

Paperback: 304 pages

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Getting older doesn’t have to mean experiencing more pain and illness, becoming less mobile, or developing disease. Renowned cardiovascular research scientist and doctor of pharmacy Dr. James DiNicolantonio partners with leading physician and bestselling author Dr. Jason Fung to deliver ...