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Uncomfortable conversations with a Jew
Acho, Emmanuel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment.
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The Genius of Judy : How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
Bergstein, Rachelle
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume's life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her most iconic--and controversial--young adult novels, from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. to Blubber. Everyone knows Judy...
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Making things : finding use, meaning & satisfaction in crafting everyday objects
Boyle, Erin
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Making Things champions handmade crafts that infuse the no-waste ethos with glamour and fun. Through easy-to-follow tutorials for over 100 projects that are both accessible and aspirational,...
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The science of cleaning : use the power of chemistry to clean smarter, easier, and safer-with solutions for every kind of dirt
Bressanini, Dario
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Countless cleaning hacks for every kind of household dirt may vie for our attention, but how do we know which ones really work and which ones will only leave you with a sticky mess that doesn't actually do the job? Scientific evidence comes to the rescue, as chemistry professor Dario Bressanini...
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Arabic Picture Dictionary: Learn 1,500 Arabic Words and Phrases (Includes Online Audio)
Farag, Islam
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A fun and helpful resource for anyone interested in learning Arabic--whether you're 5 or 100! This illustrated dictionary presents the 1,500 most useful Arabic words and sentences that beginning learners need to know. The vocabulary is organized into 38 thematic sections. Each...
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The unfit heiress : the tragic life and scandalous sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt
Farley, Audrey Clare
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2021 BY THE NEW YORK POST AND BOOK RIOT NAMED A BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK OF 2021 BY CRIMEREADS For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, "a sensational story...
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On call : a doctor's journey in public service
Fauci, Anthony S.
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Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous - and most revered - doctor in the world today. His role guiding America sanely and calmly through Covid (and through the torrents of Trump) earned him the trust of millions during one of the most terrifying periods in modern American history, but this was...
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The beginner's photography guide
Gatcum, Chris
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All you need is a digital camera or a mobile phone and this best-selling book to unlock your potential as a photographer. From choosing the right equipment and aperture exposure to adjusting focus and flash, The Beginner's Photography Guide explains key concepts in clear...
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Coming home
Griner, Brittney
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist--a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. "Compelling . . . An intimate, honest recollection of Griner's time...
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The new menopause : navigating your path through hormonal change with purpose, power, and facts
Haver, Mary Claire (Medical doctor)
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage--by the bestselling author of The Galveston...
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ADHD is awesome : a guide to (mostly) thriving with ADHD
Holderness, Penn
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- MORE THAN 100,000 COPIES SOLD! The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be...
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The young forever cookbook : more than 100 delicious recipes for living your longest, healthiest life
Hyman, Mark
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The companion cookbook to Dr. Hyman's #1 New York Times bestseller Young Forever, featuring more than 100 delicious recipes to support a long, youthful life. Dr. Mark Hyman's revolutionary book Young Forever revealed how to reverse...
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Becoming Earth : how our planet came to life
Jabr, Ferris
Paper Book
A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voice. Earth is not simply an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather a planet that came to life. "Glorious . . . full of achingly beautiful passages, mind-bending conceptual...
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This is why you dream : what your sleeping brain reveals about your waking life
Jandial, Rahul
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A fascinating dive into the purpose and potential of dreams Dreaming is one of the most deeply misunderstood functions of the human brain. Yet recent science reveals that our very survival as a species has depended on it. This Is Why You Dream explores the landscape of our...
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Alexander at the End of the World : The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
Kousser, Rachel
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"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon Woo A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy. By 330 B.C.E., Alexander...
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I can fix this : and other lies I told myself while parenting my struggling child
Kuzmiec, Kristina
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Parents have all heard the saying, tiny people - tiny problems. Big people - bigger problems. But when Kristina Kuzmic started to see signs that her otherwise sunny, resilient teenage son was struggling, she felt sure that a few simple fixes would right the ship. Over the following months, the...
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The Garden Against Time : In Search of a Common Paradise
Laing, Olivia
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In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? Moving between real and imagined...
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The uptown local : joy, death, and Joan Didion : a memoir
Leadbeater, Cory
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A brilliant debut memoir about a young writer--struggling with depression, family issues, and addiction--and his life-changing decade working for Joan Didion As an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer...
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What this comedian said will shock you
Maher, Bill
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The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever--a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture. Some of the smartest commentary...
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Make it Japanese : simple recipes for everyone
McClenny, Rie
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Learn the building blocks of authenticJapanesehome cooking with 85 satisfying, soulful, everyday recipes from the beloved BuzzFeed Tasty food personality "Rie's marvelous recipes taught me new things about familiar ingredients, and reconnected me with the wonderful Japanese...
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Night flyer : Harriet Tubman and the faith dreams of a free people
Miles, Tiya
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"Groundbreaking...Through Tiya Miles' meticulous research and an unwavering focus on Tubman's humanity, Night Flyer has transformed a fantastical figure from a bygone time into an accessible, modern-day inspiration." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Though broad...
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Hello tiny world : an enchanting journey into the world of creating terrariums
Newell, Ben
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A friendly journey through the captivating world of terrariums--from the creator of one of the most famous terrariums ever. Hello Tiny World will inspire a wide readership to discover the tiny wonder of a different kind of container gardening in their own homes--no outdoor...
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Cue the sun : the invention of reality TV
Nussbaum, Emily
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The rollicking saga of reality television, a "sweeping" (The Washington Post) cultural history of America's most influential, most divisive artistic phenomenon, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker writer--"a must-read for anyone interested in television or popular culture"...
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The unexpected : navigating pregnancy during and after complications
Oster, Emily
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better, a guide to navigating a second pregnancy when the first did not go as planned--with Dr. Nathan Fox, maternal fetal medicine specialist In Expecting Better, Emily Oster revolutionized the...
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Hip-hop is history
Questlove
Paper Book
This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop. When hip-hop first emerged in the 1970s, it wasn't expected to become the cultural force it is today. But for a young Black kid growing up in a musical...
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The House Divided : Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East
Rogerson, Barnaby
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An incisive look at the past, present, and future of the religious divide that lies at the heart of the Middle East. At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1400-year-old schism between Sunni and Shia. To understand this divide and its...
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Just action : how to challenge segregation enacted under the color of law
Rothstein, Richard
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"The most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation" (William Julius Wilson), The Color of Law has become a landmark work, selling nearly 1,000,000 copies. Aware that twenty-first-century segregation...
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Connoisseur kids : ettiquette, manners, and living well for little ones
Scott, Jennifer L.
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From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Scott, this is the ultimate modern parenting book on etiquette and manners. From Jennifer Scott--author of the New York Times bestselling Madame Chic series and founder of the ...
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A very private school : a memoir
Spencer, Charles Spencer, Earl
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A tour de force." --The Washington Post In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school. A Very Private School...
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The backyard bird chronicles
Tan, Amy
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club * With a foreword by David Allen Sibley "Unexpected...
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The Aztec myths : a guide to the ancient stories and legends
Townsend, Camilla
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The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical...
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Day trading attention : how to actually build brand and sales in the new social media world
Vaynerchuk, Gary
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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller "One thing I've learned being around Gary for the last decade is that when he sees new consumer trends or new best practices in marketing, people should listen and act on them." -- Michael Rubin, CEO of Fanatics In...
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Rewire : break the cycle, alter your thoughts and create lasting change
Vignola, Nicole
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Change your mind to change your life--discover the neuroscience of a better you in this revolutionary book from neuroscientist and online sensation Nicole Vignola that teaches you how to rewire your brain to achieve peak mental wellbeing. Are you stuck in a habit of believing you are not...
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Another word for love : a memoir
Wallace, Carvell
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A transformative memoir that reimagines the conventions of love and posits a radical vision for healing. In Another Word for Love, Carvell Wallace excavates layers of his own history, situated in the struggles and beauty of growing up Black and queer in America. ...
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A good bad boy : Luke Perry and how a generation grew up
Wappler, Margaret
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An artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210. Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have...
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BoymomReimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
Whippman, Ruth
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Blending cultural criticism, memoir, and reporting from the frontlines of contemporary American boyhood, this is a humorous and heartbreaking deep dive into the complexities of raising boys in our fraught political moment. Evidence of male entitlement and aggression is everywhere-from...
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The horse : a galloping history of humanity
Winegard, Timothy C.
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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book From New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito, the incredible story of how the horse shaped human history Timothy C....
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