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New NonfictionFebruary 2019
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Food on the move : dining on the legendary railway journeys of the world
by Sharon Hudgins
All aboard for a delicious ride on nine legendary railway journeys! Meals associated with train travel have been an important aspect of railway history for more than a century - from dinners in dining cars to lunches at station buffets to foods purchased from platform vendors. For many travellers, the experience of eating on a railway journey is often a highlight of the trip, a major part of the ̀romance of the rails'. The book includes recipes from the dining cars and station eateries taken from historical menus and contributed by contemporary chefs.
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The new organic grower : a master's manual of tools and techniques for the home and market gardener
by Eliot Coleman
Eliot Coleman's books and innovative methods have helped innumerable organic farmers build successful farms in deep accordance with nature. The wisdom in this seminal book holds true even as the modern agricultural canon has grown--in large part due to Coleman's influence as a wise elder with decades of experience. New information has been included in this edition to showcase the new tools and techniques that Eliot has been developing over the last thirty-five years.
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This is going to hurt : secret diaries of a junior doctor
by Adam Kay
As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realised there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school ... His diaries from the NHS front line - scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends - are hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns. This Is Going to Hurt is everything you wanted to know about being a junior doctor, and more than a few things you really didn't. And yes, it may leave a scar.
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Matty Matheson : a cookbook
by Matty Matheson
The Canadian chef recounts his memories through the recipes from his boyhood and from his work in restaurants that shaped his personality as well as his cooking style.
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Queen Victoria : twenty-four days that changed her life
by Lucy Worsley
The BBC historian presenter and best-selling author of Courtiers explores the life and myriad roles of Queen Victoria as they reflected her defiance of gender conventions and defining position in a time of extraordinary change and political resistance
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Wit's end : what wit is, how it works, and why we need it
by James Geary
The New York Times best-selling author of The World in a Phrase explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit, which he reasons are both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual.
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The Ravenmaster : my life with the ravens at the Tower of London
by Christopher Skaife
Yeoman Warder Christopher Skaife describes his years of service to the Queen, which include caring for the infamous ravens of the Tower of London, painting a vivid and intimate portrait of these intelligent, unusual and often misunderstood birds.
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When Christians were Jews : the first generation
by Paula Fredriksen
How did a group of charismatic, apocalyptic Jewish missionaries, working to prepare their world for the impending realization of God's promises to Israel, end up inaugurating a movement that would grow into the gentile church? In history's eyes, they became the first Christians. In this electrifying social and intellectual history, Paula Fredriksen answers this question by reconstructing the life of the earliest Jerusalem community.
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When death becomes life : notes from a transplant surgeon
by Joshua D. Mezrich
A portrait of the extraordinary field of organ transplantation draws on a century of advancement to discuss its pioneers, science and ethical challenges as well as the ways that organ transplants have revolutionized medical care.
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Act natural : a cultural history of misadventures of parenting
by Jennifer Traig
From ancient Rome to Puritan New England to the Dr. Spock craze of mid-century America, the author, in this entertaining history of Western parenting, explores parenting techniques ranging from the misguided to the nonsensical, to the truly horrifying.
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