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Big Mushy Happy Lump
by Sarah Andersen
Also containing illustrated personal essays on the author’s real-life experiences with anxiety, career, relationships and other adulthood challenges, this collection of the hugely popular, world-famous Sarah’s Scribbles comics are perfect for those of us who boast bookstore-ready bodies and Netflix-ready hair. Original.
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In my kitchen : a collection of new and favorite vegetarian recipes
by Deborah Madison
The leading authority on vegetarian cooking and award-winning author of Vegetable Literacy presents a carefully curated and updated collection of her most popular recipes, including Roasted Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Sunflower Sprouts and Olive Oil, Almond, and Blood Orange Cake.
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The power of different : the link between disorder and genius
by Gail Saltz
An inspiring examination of the connection between potential and conditions commonly mistaken as disabilities shares layperson stories and the insights of the latest neuropsychiatric research to reveal how specific deficits in certain brain areas are directly associated with the potential for great talent.
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The difference : when good enough isn't enough
by Subir Chowdhury
A best-selling author and quality guru presents an empowering book that shows how companies that focus on their employees—building a culture of straightforwardness, honesty and openness—are the most successful companies in the world, flourishing and excelling on a daily basis due to their people.
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Radical candor : how to be a kickass boss without losing your humanity
by Kim Malone Scott
A high-profile business manager describes her development of an optimal management course designed to help business leaders become balanced and effective without resorting to insensitive aggression or overt permissiveness. By the author of The Measurement Problem.
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Being Elvis : a lonely life
by Ray Connolly
Taking a fresh look at the 20th-century icon who fundamentally transformed American culture, a veteran rock journalist, with a narrative formed by interviews over many years, explores the extravagance and irrationality inherent in the Elvis mythology, offering a thoughtful celebration of an immortal life.
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Change of seasons : a memoir
by John Oates
A memoir by the co-founder of the rock duo Hall & Oates explores the childhood music that shaped his early music perspectives, the unlikely artistic pursuits that led to the band's first hit, and his personal struggles with fame
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Becoming Leonardo : an exploded view of the life of Leonardo da Vinci
by Mike Lankford
Unlike anything ever written before about the Renaissance genius, a fascinating journey into the life of a ferociously dedicated loner transports readers back to a world of war and plague and court intrigue, of viciously competitive famous artists, and of murderous tyrants with exquisite tastes in art.
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Casey Stengel : the greatest character in baseball
by Marty Appel
A biography of the only baseball player in history to play for all the New York Teams describes how he went on to revolutionize the role of manager and won 10 pennants and seven World Series with the Yankees.
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Richard Nixon : the life
by John A. Farrell
An extensively researched portrait of the 37th president by the prize-winning biographer of Clarence Darrow traces Nixon's early political ambitions in his post-military years, his early achievements as a senator and vice president and his forward-thinking ideas in health care, poverty, civil rights, the environment and foreign affairs.
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City of light, city of poison : murder, magic, and the first police chief of Paris
by Holly Tucker
Draws on transcripts, letters and diaries to chronicle how an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s led to Nicolas de La Reynie's appointment as Paris's first police chief, the installation of lanterns that turned Paris into the City of Light and the investigations in the criminal underground that implicated Louis XIV's mistress.
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More alive and less lonely : on books and writers
by Jonathan Lethem
Picking up where The Ecstasy of Influence left off, an NBCC prize-winning author collects more than a decade of his finest writing on writing, with new, previously unpublished material that inspires readers to dive back into their favorite books and then points them towards what to read next.
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