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How the Light Gets In

by M. J. Hyland

Published: 2004-05-11

Paperback: 320 pages

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Lou Connor, a gifted but unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney, Australia. When she is offered a place as an exchange student at a college in Illinois, it seems as if her dreams are going to be fulfilled. Her host family, the Hardings, has a large a...

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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It

by Arthur Herman

Published: 2002-09-24

Paperback: 480 pages

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Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine,...

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How the World Makes Love: . . . And What It Taught a Jilted Groom

by Franz Wisner

Published: 2009-03-17

Hardcover: 320 pages

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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

by Georgia Bragg

Published: 2012-07-03

Paperback: 192 pages

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Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess-especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. How They Croaked relays all the gory details of how nineteen world figures gave up the ghost. Readers wil...

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How They Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals

by Edwin P. Hoyt

Published: 2011-11-08

Paperback: 512 pages

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More than 70 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this is the classic book about the principal architects of victory in the Pacific during World War II.  

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How To Bake A Perfect Life

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* * * * Inspiring,
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How to Bake a Perfect Life: A Novel

by Barbara O'Neal

Published: 2010-07-23

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In a novel as warm and embracing as a family kitchen, Barbara O’Neal explores the poignant, sometimes complex relationships between mothers and daughters—and the healing magic of homemade bread.   Professional baker Ramona Gallagher is a master of an art that has sustained her throug...

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How to Be a Movie Star

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In the 60s, Elizabeth Taylor's affair with the married Richard Burton knocked John Glenn's orbit of the moon off front pages nationwide. Yet, despite all the gossip, the larger-than-life personality and influence of this very human woman has never been captured. William Mann, praised by Gore Vidal, Patricia...

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* * * Graphic,
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How to Be a Woman

by Caitlin Moran

Published: 2012-07-17

Paperback: 320 pages

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“Caitlin Moran is the profane, witty and wonky best friend I wish I had. She’s the feminist rock star we need right now.”—Ayelet Waldman, author of Bad Mother“Caitlin Moran is so fabulous, so funny, so freshly feminist. I don’t want to be like her—I want to be her.” —Peg...

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How to Be an American Housewife

by Margaret Dilloway

Published: 2010-08-05

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A lively and surprising novel about a Japanese woman with a closely guarded secret, the American daughter who strives to live up to her mother's standards, and the rejuvenating power of forgiveness. How to Be an American Housewife is a novel about mothers and daughters, and the pull of t...