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A field guide to the apocalypse : a mostly serious guide to surviving our wild times
Aktipis, Athena
Paper Book
A common sense field guide to understanding, surviving, and thriving in our time of complex chaos and crises. Is this finally it? The end times?Because from COVID-19 to climate catastrophe to the looming AI revolution--not to mention the ever-growing background hum of rage, fear, and...
Skies of thunder : a forgotten epic of World War II
Alexander, Caroline
Paper Book
In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air - meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is a story...
Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories
Almond, Steve
Paper Book
"Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow is one of the best books on writing I've ever read. It's also the funniest by a country mile." --Richard Russo, author of the North Bath trilogy The long-awaited craft book from Steve Almond, based on three decades of writing,...
The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook, 10th Anniversary Edition: 700+ Recipes for Everything You'll Ever Want to Make
America's Test Kitchen
Paper Book
The 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller-almost 600,000 sold-updated with more than 100 new recipes, new photography, and updated equipment buying recommendations. Learn the ins and outs of successful small-scale cooking from the experts who wrote the book on...
The Official Act Prep Guide 2024-2025, Book + Online Course
American College Testing (COR)
Paper Book
THE OFFICIAL ACT® PREP GUIDE 2024-2025 The comprehensive guide to the 2024-2025 ACT test--including 9 genuine, full-length practice tests. The Official ACT® Prep Guide 2024-2025 book includes six authentic ACT tests--all of which contain the optional...
Strongmen : Mussolini to the present
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth
Paper Book
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100...
Beginner's baby sign language : sign & sing at home
Bingham, Sara
Paper Book
Your baby is ready to sign when they can wave bye-bye. What are the benefits of teaching your baby basic sign language? Beginner's Baby Sign Language: Sign and Sing at Home includes 100+ American Sign Language (ASL) signs to introduce to your baby. This book is...
PlantYou: scrappy cooking : 140+ plant-based zero-waste recipes that are good for you, your wallet, and the planet
Bodrug, Carleigh
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Save money, reduce food waste, and eat healthier than you ever have before with this highly anticipated cookbook from New York Times bestselling author and social media sensation, Carleigh Bodrug. <...
Get the picture : a mind-bending journey among the inspired artists and obsessive art fiends who taught me how to see
Bosker, Bianca
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY NPR, TIME, AND THE ECONOMIST "Get the Picture is one of the funniest books I've read . . . Brilliant." --The Washington Post "A gripping and often hilarious...
All you need is love : the Beatles in their own words
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews. All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate...
Stock Market 101, 2nd Edition: From Bull and Bear Markets to Dividends, Shares, and Margins--Your Essential Guide to the Stock Market
Cagan, Michele
Paper Book
Discover the ins and outs of Wall Street with the 2nd edition to the engaging, informative, and easy-to-navigate guide to investing with all-new entries and updates throughout. Investing for the first time can be intimidating. In easy-to-understand language, Stock Market 101,...
Verified : how to think straight, get duped less, and make better decisions about what to believe online
Caulfield, Mike
Paper Book
An indispensable guide for telling fact from fiction on the internet--often in less than 30 seconds. The internet brings information to our fingertips almost instantly. The result is that we often jump to thinking too fast, without taking a few moments to verify the...
Now and not yet : pressing in when you're waiting, wanting, and restless for more
Chou Simons, Ruth
Paper Book
Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out. Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future? Too often, we feel disappointed with...
The backyard homestead guide to growing organic food : a crop-by-crop reference for 62 vegetables, fruits, nuts, and herbs
Cobb, Tanya Denckla
Paper Book
This essential guide to growing a bountiful food garden includes detailed seed-starting, growing, and harvesting information for 62 vegetables, fruits, and herbs, a complete companion-planting guide, and organic pest-control handbook. The latest addition to Storey's bestselling...
Complete Guide to Natural Home Remedies: Over 100 Recipes--Essential Oils, Herbs, and Natural Ingredients to Treat Common Aches and Pains
Corkhill, Melissa
Paper Book
This comprehensive guide includes more than 100 recipes and 70 applications of herbs and oils that help the mind, body and soul. Herbal remedies - teas, ointments, tonics and tinctures - can ease ailments ranging from bug bites and stings to food poisoning, insomnia, shingles, sore throats, acne and...
Grief is for people
Crosley, Sloane
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, TIME, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Esquire, NPR, Elle, Library Journal, LitHub, Oprah Daily, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, Bookpage, The Independent, and New Statesman
Says who? : a kinder, funner usage guide for everyone who cares about words
Curzan, Anne
Paper Book
A kinder, funner usage guide to the ever-changing English language and a useful tool for both the grammar stickler and the more colloquial user of English, from linguist and veteran professor Anne Curzan "I was bowled over, page after page, by the author's fine ear for...
Carson McCullers : a life
Dearborn, Mary V.
Paper Book
The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America's greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journals V. S. Pritchett called her "a genius." Gore Vidal described her as a "beloved novelist of singular brilliance . . . Of all the Southern writers,...
Throne of grace : a mountain man, an epic adventure, and the bloody conquest of the American West
Drury, Bob
Paper Book
The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the...
One way back : a memoir
Ford, Christine Blasey
Paper Book
Now a New York Times bestseller "A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." --The Washington Post "An insightful tour de force." --People<...
Life : my story through history
Francis, Pope
Paper Book
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history--from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today.  An extraordinary personal and historical...
Survive and thrive : how to prepare for any disaster without ammo, camo, or eating your neighbor
Fulton, Bill (Undercover operative)
Paper Book
Get ready for a refreshing and unique take on preparedness. This essential guide is for regular people who want to handle disaster situations confidently, without digging a network of underground bunkers stockpiled with weaponry. ...
Sociopath : a memoir
Gagne, Patric
Paper Book
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author's struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder. "A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all."...
Hoop atlas : mapping the remarkable transformation of the modern NBA
Goldsberry, Kirk Patrick
Paper Book
"When discussing greatness, we have too often distilled it down to how many rings someone has won, neglecting to celebrate the incredible influence that players have had on the evolution of basketball. Kirk's book beautifully explains this other side of greatness--how one player's...
An Unfinished Love Story : A Personal History of the 1960s
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller from "America's historian-in-chief" (New York magazine). An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography,...
The autoimmune cure : healing the trauma and other triggers that have turned your body against you
Gottfried, Sara
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Dr. Sara Gottfried reveals how trauma can rewire your body to trigger autoimmune diseases--and provides a comprehensive plan to reset your immune system and finally heal. We know that autoimmune disease--a condition when the body's immune system attacks...
The anxious generation : how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Haidt, Jonathan
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 * A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book * One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 * A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2024 * Named a Best Book of 2024 by the...
Magic pillThe Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight-loss Drugs
Hari, Johann
Paper Book
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it--from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies.<...
Archery: Steps to Success
Haywood, Kathleen
Paper Book
Master the bow with precision and accuracy! Archery: Steps to Success, Fifth Edition, offers progressive, step-by-step instructions to help you learn the styles, techniques, and equipment needed to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. This updated edition offers full-color photos and...
A Way from Darkness
Hunt, Taylor
Paper Book
A Way from Darkness is the unflinching and confessional story of Taylor Hunt's journey from addiction to health - physical, emotional, and spiritual. His parents' divorce set the stage for a downward spiral of self-destruction. The pressure he felt to keep his family together coupled with a deep...
Learning to disagree : the surprising path to navigating differences with empathy and respect
Inazu, John D.
Paper Book
Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so, you're not alone, and it doesn't have to be this way. Learning to Disagree reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges...
The year of living constitutionally : one man's humble quest to follow the Constitution's original meaning
Jacobs, A. J.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time- How should we interpret America's...
An invitation to Indian cooking
Jaffrey, Madhur
Paper Book
A beautiful fiftieth-anniversary edition of the essential Indian cookbook--"the final word on the subject" (The New York Times)--featuring a new introduction by the author and a new foreword by Yotam Ottolenghi An instant classic upon publication, this book...
The God of wild places : rediscovering the divine in the untamed outdoors
Jones, Tony
Paper Book
Poignant meditation on losing faith and rediscovering identity in the wilderness. Millions of Americans, disillusioned with organized religion, yearn for meaning and transcendence in their lives, and many of them are finding that in nature. When pastor and theologian Tony Jones, Ph.D., had...
Patton's prayer : a true story of courage, faith, and victory in World War II
Kershaw, Alex
Paper Book
General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to...
The Ikaria way : 100 delicious plant-based recipes inspired by my Homeland, the Greek Island of Longevity
Kochilas, Diane
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Diane Kochilas' new cookbook that brings the plant-based cuisine of Ikaria to your dinner table. Ikaria is an island in Greece where people live to a ripe old age, sometimes living well past 100. Diane Kochilas, host of the...
Linguistic fingerprints : how language creates and reveals identity
Kreuz, Roger J.
Paper Book
How much of ourselves do we disclose when we speak or write? A person's accent may reveal, for example, whether they hail from Australia, or Ireland, or Mississippi. But it's not just where we were born--we divulge all sorts of information about ourselves and our identity through language. Level...
Basic English
Lachance, Julie
Paper Book
Everything you need to master first-year English language essentials--clear explanations, tons of practice exercises, and NEW audio to improve your speaking and listening skills The most effective way to learn any new language is to practice, practice, and practice some more--and no...
Somehow : thoughts on love
Lamott, Anne
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of Publishers Weekly's Best Religion Books of 2024 "Anne Lamott is my Oprah." --Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow, a joyful celebration...
Chamber divers : the untold story of the D-day scientists who changed special operations forever
Lance, Rachel
Paper Book
The previously classified story of the eccentric researchers who invented cutting-edge underwater science to lead the Allies to D-Day victory In August 1942, more than 7,000 Allied troops rushed the beaches of Normandy, France, in an all but-forgotten landing. Only a small...
Never leave the dogs behind : a memoir
Madia, Brianna
Paper Book
In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Very Long continues her story: a tale of a woman reckoning with the decision to live alone and unburdened in the desert Southwest, in a trailer without running water or electricity, with...
500 insects: a visual reference
Marshall, S. A.
Paper Book
"Incorporating several newly identified species, this insect field guide provides single-page entries describing 500 of the world's reported one million recognized varieties. The detail of each full-color, highly magnified photograph is so stunning that, if you're not fond of bugs, it will...
Metamorphosis : how insects are changing our world
McAlister, Erica
Paper Book
An accessible, beautifully illustrated celebration of insects--and their extraordinary contributions to humankind--from the hosts of the BBC Radio's Metamorphosis Insects outnumber humans 200 million to one, and their impact on people and the planet boasts a similar...
The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality
Montell, Amanda
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BookPage Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores...
The gravity of math : how geometry rules the universe
Nadis, Steven J.
Paper Book
"A must-read."―Avi Loeb, New York Times-bestselling author of Extraterrestrial One of the preeminent mathematicians of the past half century shows how physics and math were combined to give us the theory of gravity and the dizzying array of ideas and...
Bless the blood : a cancer memoir
Nehanda, Walela
Paper Book
A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout. When Walela is...
The Ritual Effect : From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
Norton, Michael
Paper Book
In the bestselling tradition of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit and Angela Duckworth's Grit, a renowned social psychologist demonstrates how a subtle turning of habits into rituals can "clear a little space for everyday magic" (The Guardian) in our lives. ...
The unvanquished : the untold story of Lincoln's special forces, the manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the shadow war that forged America's special operations
O'Donnell, Patrick K.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Indispensables, the unknown and dramatic story of irregular guerrilla warfare that altered the course of the Civil War and inspired the origins of America's modern special operations forces The Civil War is most remembered for the grand...
The secret lives of booksellers and librarians : true stories of the magic of reading
Patterson, James
Paper Book
This "celebration of the world of books" (Kirkus) from New York Times bestselling author James Patterson explores the inner lives of the people who kindle our passion for reading.​ "When the pandemic started, Patterson launched a movement,...
Total Money Makeover Updated and Expanded: A Proven Plan for Financial Peace
Ramsey, Dave
Paper Book
Do you want to build a budget that actually works for you Are you ready to transform your relationship with money This New York Times bestseller has already helped millions of people just like you learn how to develop everyday money-saving habits with the help of America's favorite...
My black country : chasing the hidden roots and flowers of black country music genius
Randall, Alice
Paper Book
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and...
Every living thing : the great and deadly race to know all life
Roberts, Jason (President of Panmedia Corporation)
Paper Book
An epic, extraordinary account of scientific rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth--a competition "with continued repercussions for Western views of race. [This] vivid double biography is a passionate corrective" (The New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice)...
The formula : how rogues, geniuses, and speed freaks reengineered F1 into the world's fastest-growing sport
Robinson, Joshua
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of 2024 A Sports Illustrated Best Book of 2024 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal reporters and authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg tell the riveting saga of how Formula 1 broke through in America, detailing the eclectic culture...
The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the fateful final voyage of Captain James Cook
Sides, Hampton
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "thrilling and superbly crafted" (The Wall Street Journal) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day....
The situation room : the inside story of presidents in crisis
Stephanopoulos, George
Paper Book
 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White...
The Sacred Chain : How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith
Stump, Jim
Paper Book
"In this marvelously accessible book, philosopher-Christian Jim Stump provides the reader with new eyes for a journey through time, the origin of the soul, suffering, and morality, and reveals how the latest scientific findings about what it means to be human have led him to a...
Hell Put to Shame : The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery
Swift, Earl
Paper Book
From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Chesapeake Requiem comes a gripping new work of narrative nonfiction telling the forgotten story of the mass killing of eleven Black farmhands on a Georgia plantation in the spring of 1921--a crime which...
Burn book : a tech love story
Swisher, Kara
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead. "Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and...
Whiskey tender : a memoir
Taffa, Deborah Jackson
Paper Book
Finalist for the National Book Award Longlisted for a Carnegie Medal for Excellence Winner of the Southwest Book Award A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, Esquire, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, and Publishers Weekly An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting...
Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling Through Hollywood
Tamblyn, Russ
Paper Book
Actor. Artist. Cultural icon. Dancing on the Edge A bold memoir of an extraordinary, singular life lived by one of the world's most beloved and acclaimed figures: Russ Tamblyn. With more than eighty years as a celebrated artist and actor under his belt, Russ Tamblyn is a...
Shakespeare's sisters : how women wrote the Renaissance
Targoff, Ramie
Paper Book
A BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before anyone ever imagined the possibility of...
Container Gardening-the Permaculture Way: Sustainably Grow Vegetables and More in Your Small Space
Tsimba, Valery.
Paper Book
Permaculture-rooted in centuries-old techniques for growing food with care for the Earth-is the key to producing a bigger harvest than you ever thought possible on your balcony, patio, driveway, deck, and anywhere in between! With sustainability as her guiding principle, Valéry Tsimba...
Before it's gone : stories from the front lines of climate change in small-town America
Vigliotti, Jonathan
Paper Book
This "stunning call to action to save ourselves and all life on the planet" (Booklist), in the vein of This Changes Everything and Saving Us, effortlessly demonstrates how climate change is affecting America right now. Discussion of the climate crisis...
The joy of well-being : a practical guide to a happy, healthy, and long life
Wachob, Colleen
Paper Book
In this empowering and accessible collection of health and wellness advice, the co-founders of mindbodygreen challenge our definition of self-improvement by revealing what a healthy lifestyle looks like at the fundamental level--and how it's not what we think.  On your journey...
Our kindred creatures : how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals
Wasik, Bill
Paper Book
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the...
Rebel rising : a memoir
Wilson, Rebel
Paper Book
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a "lively and reflective celebrity memoir seasoned with comedy and sincerity" (Kirkus Reviews) about Rebel Wilson's unconventional journey to Hollywood success and loving herself. This...
Zero at the bone : fifty entries against despair
Wiman, Christian
Paper Book
Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an...
Age of revolutions : progress and backlash from 1600 to the present
Zakaria, Fareed
Paper Book
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk--the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived,...

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