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The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

by Daniel Stone

Published: 2018-02-20

Hardcover: 416 pages

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The true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes—and thousands more—to the American plate.In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enj...

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Counting Backwards: A Doctor's Notes on Anesthesia

by Henry Jay Przybylo MD

Published: 2017-11-14

Hardcover: 256 pages

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A moving exploration of the most common but most mysterious procedure in medicine.For many of the 40 million Americans who undergo anesthesia each year, it is the source of great fear and fascination. From the famous first demonstration of anesthesia in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts Gene...

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Two Sisters: A Father, His Daughters, and Their Journey into the Syrian Jihad

by Åsne Seierstad

Published: 2018-04-03

Hardcover: 432 pages

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The riveting story of two sisters’ journey to the Islamic State and the father who tries to bring them homeTwo Sisters, by the international bestselling author Åsne Seierstad, tells the unforgettable story of a family divided by faith. Sadiq and Sara, Somali immigrants raising a family ...

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Final Verdict (Mike Daley Mystery) (Volume 4)

by Sheldon Siegel

Published: 2014-01-23

Paperback: 456 pages

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Fate throws a curveball at the San Francisco ex-husband-and-wife legal team of Mike Daley and Rosie Fernandez, when Mike picks up the phone and hears the voice of Leon Walker. This is not good news-because Walker was the one who ruined their marriage. Years ago, he and his brother participated in a stickup...

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Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

by Dr. Sheryl G. Ziegler

Published: 2018-02-20

Hardcover: 336 pages

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The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect our k...

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Get Over It!: Thought Therapy for Healing the Hard Stuff

by Iyanla Vanzant

Published: 2018-02-06

Hardcover: 360 pages

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 Today—as repeated attempts to “fix ourselves and our lives” fail—many of us face unprecedented fears about the future, struggle with unspeakable life tragedies, and sink under the belief that certain lives do not matter in our society. Others confront our epidemic of anxiety with...

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Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning

by Leslie Odom Jr.

Published: 2018-03-27

Hardcover: 208 pages

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Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has performed for sold-out audiences, sung for the Obamas at the White House, and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. But before he ...

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Thrice-Cursed, Thrice-Blessed

by Els Curtis

Published: 2017-12-06

Paperback: 412 pages

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Three eclipsed moons gave him the curse. Sixteen-year-old V’ren grew up with the bane of being Moon-Cursed, with monsters, beasts and dark magic-users constantly seeking his life. Learning that his father is an exiled king who was chased out of his kingdom, he travels to Kald to exact re...

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The Mormon Way of Doing Business: How Nine Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate America

by Jeff Benedict

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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The Founder of JetBlue. The former CEO of Dell Computers. The CEO of Deloitte & Touche. The former Dean of the Harvard Business School - and now a US Presidential candidate in Mitt Romney. They all have one thing in common. They are devout Mormons who work long hours but always spend their...

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Tiger's Curse (Book 1 in the Tiger's Curse Series)

by Colleen Houck

Published: 2012-05-01

Paperback: 456 pages

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The first book in the nationally bestselling Tiger's Curse series is now available in paperback! Would you risk it all to change your destiny? The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger nam...