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Between you & me : confessions of a Comma Queen
by Mary Norris
A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers.
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Around the world in 50 years : my adventure to every country on earth
by Albert Podell
In an extraordinary tale of courage, persistence, determination and the uncanny ability to extricate himself from one dangerous situation after another, the author recounts his adventures as he set two records—one for the longest automobile journey ever made around the world, and one for going to every country on Earth.
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Nothing but the clouds unchanged : artists in World War I
by Gordon Hughes
Much of how World War I is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and considerable destruction that marked the conflict. Nothing but the Clouds Unchanged examines how the physical and psychological devastation of the war altered the course of twentieth-century artistic modernism.
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H is for hawk
by Helen Macdonald
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
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The sweet spot : how to find your groove at home and work
by Christine Carter
Argues that people are too busy, exhausted or stressed-out to truly enjoy all life has to offer and provides a surprising and scientifically proven equation for turning debilitating stress into productive energy. Includes sidebars. By the author of Raising Happiness.
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To explain the world : the discovery of modern science
by Steven Weinberg
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist presents a masterful commentary on the history of science that examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing realms of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics and philosophy, from the Ancient Greece to the world of today.
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