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Every tool's a hammer : life is what you make it
by Adam Savage
A first book by the MythBusters special-effects artist draws on projects from his remarkable career and interviews with famous and visionary colleagues to distill essential rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through.
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The salt path
by Raynor Winn
A true story of a couple who lost everything follows Raynor and Moth Winn, as they, after learning that Moth is terminally ill and their farm and house are taken away, embark on a remarkable and life-affirming journey walking the 630-mile South West Coast Path in England.
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Superpower : one man's quest to transform American energy
by Russell Gold
The award-winning author of Boom chronicles the efforts of renewable energy pioneer Michael Skelly to build America's second-largest wind power company, revealing how his career has reflected groundbreaking changes in national energy.
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Scholars of mayhem : my father's secret war in Nazi-occupied France
by Daniel Guiet
Documents the extraordinary wartime contributions of the co-author's father, a CIA agent whose life-risking participation on a commando team behind German lines in World War II France became a vital part of blocking Nazi tanks from Normandy after D-Day.
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The war for kindness : building empathy in a fractured world
by Jamil Zaki
A Stanford psychologist outlines a revolutionary new understanding of empathy that demonstrates how it is an acquired skill and not a fixed trait, sharing science-based stories that demonstrate how to promote empathy in today's racially charged world.
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Vegetables unleashed : a cookbook
by José Andrés
A world-renowned Spanish chef and an award-winning food author present a collection of tricks and tips that focus on the vibrancy and diversity of vegetable-based dishes such as lentil stew, vegetable paella and the classic Spanish gazpacho.
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Appeasement : Chamberlain, Hitler, Churchill, and the road to war
by Tim Bouverie
A narrative history of the British appeasement of the Third Reich before World War II draws on previously unseen archival resources to identify the indecision, failed diplomacy and parliamentary infighting that enabled Hitler's domination of Europe.
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This land is our land : an immigrant's manifesto
by Suketu Mehta
The award-winning author of Maximum City draws on firsthand experiences and years of reporting to outline timely reasons for why the United States and the West would benefit from accepting more immigrants.
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