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Journeys in English

by Bill Bryson

Published: 2004-02-01

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This highly entertaining BBC Radio 4 series is written and presented by Bill Bryson and based on his bestselling book, 'Mother Tongue'. In it he romps through the history of Britain to reveal how English became such an infuriatingly complex - but ultimately world-beating - language. But why English?...

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The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

by Dr. Jason Fung

Published: 2016-03-01

Paperback: 296 pages

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Fung zeroes in on why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and offers specific outside-the-box solutions that have emerged as the key to maximizing health."—Jimmy Moore, author, Keto Clarity and Cholesterol ClarityEverything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight gai...

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Audacity

by Melanie Crowder

Published: 2016-01-05

Paperback: 400 pages

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A 2015 National Jewish Book Award finalistThe inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemli...

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Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery

by Scott Kelly

Published: 2017-10-17

Hardcover: 400 pages

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NATIONAL BEST SELLERA stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.The veteran of four spaceflights and the American reco...

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My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward: A Memoir

by Mark Lukach

Published: 2017-05-02

Hardcover: 320 pages

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International BestsellerA heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love.Mark and Giulia’s life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty-four, and were living their ...

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Mother Land

by Paul Theroux

Published: 2017-05-09

Hardcover: 528 pages

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A richly detailed, darkly hilarious novel of a family held together and torn apart by its narcissistic matriarch To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is the selfish, petty tyrant of Mother Land. She ...

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The Saint of Lost Things: A Novel

by Christopher Castellani

Published: 2005-09-30

Paperback: 330 pages

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It is 1953 in the tight-knit Italian neighborhood in Wilmington, Delaware. Maddalena Grasso has lost her country, her family, and the man she loved by coming to America; her mercurial husband, Antonio, has lost his opportunity to realize the American Dream; their new friend, Guilio Fabbri, a shy accordion...

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The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One)

by James Dashner

Published: 2014-07-22

Paperback: 342 pages

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From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes the first book in the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Rule of Thoughts and The Game of Lives.  Includes a sneak peek of The F...

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Dark Witch (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy)

by Nora Roberts

Published: 2017-01-24

Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we’re drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love…Book One of The Cousins O’Dwyer TrilogyDark Witch With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and a...

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The Prospect of My Arrival

by Dwight Okita

Published: 2011-09-16

Paperback: 277 pages

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A human embryo is allowed to preview the world before deciding whether to be born.  His name is Prospect. To help him make up his mind, he will meet a range of people including a greeting card writer, a sociopath, and Prospect's inscrutable mother, among others. Trish Mesmer is the scient...