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The Medici : power, money, and ambition in the Italian Renaissance
by Paul Strathern
A Somerset Maugham Prize-winning novelist, following the lives of many of the great Renaissance artists with whom the Medici had dealings, presents a glittering history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe.
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A book of walks
by Bruce Bochy
Walking can do anyone good - and Bruce Bochy knows that as well as anyone. As a Major League manager, he has one of the more stressful jobs imaginable. In this charming little volume, he shares his thoughts on walking in terms that can inspire everyone to get out more often for a good walk, a great way to stay fit and healthy. Along the way he provides glimpses into his life and character that will delight his many fans.
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Conquerors : how Portugal forged the first global empire
by Roger Crowley
The best-selling author of Empires of the Sea presents a narrative history of the Portuguese discovery of a sea route to India, their subsequent imperial conquests over Muslim rulers and their violent domination of the spice trace.
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Kitchen hacks : how clever cooks get things done
by America's Test Kitchen (Firm)
Offers illustrated tips for solving cooking and kitchen problems with clever shortcuts and improvised tools, including tricks for cleaning, organizing, preparing, cooking, storing, reheating, entertaining, transporting, and substituting ingredients.
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The Silk Roads : a new history of the world
by Peter Frankopan
Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times.
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Grow for Flavor
by James Wong
Gardeners can be disappointed by the insipid flavor of the vegetables and fruit that they have so carefully nurtured. The problem, according to botanist James Wong, is that many conventional gardening practices are based on pure myth or faulty science. Wong turns the tables on old-school advice with a radical new system that transforms the flavor and nutrition of homegrown produce.
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Herding Hemingway's cats : understanding how our genes work
by Kat Arney
Offers a clear look at the current state of scientific understanding about how genes work, covering recent discoveries that show that genes are not the fixed, deterministic blueprints that they were previously thought to be.
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Ebola safari : one nurse's experience inside the Sierra Leone epidemic
by Richard Mertens
In December 2014 the author joined a contingent of international medical responders to confront the West Africa Ebola virus epidemic. Amidst the detritus of disease, human waste, blood and heat, doctors, nurses and staff swam against the tide of Ebola cases to reverse the odds of near certain death of patients to near certain survival.
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The index card : why personal finance doesn't have to be complicated
by Helaine Olen
The author of Pound Foolish shares 10 straightforward rules about investing and how to apply them to enable 10 to 20 percent of income savings, citing the vulnerabilities of trend-based habits while explaining how to take charge of one's finances to make more informed decisions.
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Smart fat : eat more fat. lose more weight. get healthy now.
by Steven Masley
A recipe-complemented, 30-day diet plan identifies distinctions between good and bad fats to reveal the health-bolstering properties of healthy fats, explaining how a strategic "smart fats" diet can balance hormones, increase energy, control the appetite, reduce inflammation and promote weight loss.
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The profiteers : Bechtel and the men who built the world
by Sally Denton
The best-selling co-author of The Money and the Power presents the inside story of the Bechtel family and empire, tracing their essential role in major constructions including the Hoover Dam and their influential relationships with high-ranking government leaders.
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Harry and Arthur : Truman, Vandenberg, and the partnership that created the free world
by Lawrence J. Haas
Lawrence J. Haas, an award-winning journalist, reveals how, through the close collaboration of Truman and Vandenberg, the United States created the United Nations to replace the League of Nations, pursued the Truman Doctrine to defend freedom from Communist threat, launched the Marshall Plan to rescue Western Europe's economy from the devastation of war, and established NATO to defend Western Europe.
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