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Popular Culture March 2017
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Cravings : how I conquered food : a memoir
by Judy Collins
The platinum-selling folk music artist reveals her lifelong struggle with compulsive eating, describing how after decades of suffering she discovered her addiction to unhealthy ingredients and how embracing a strict diet of careful portions and unprocessed foods has restored her health and sense of wellness.
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Ripper : the secret life of Walter Sickert
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
A #1 New York Times best-selling author asserts that Jack the Ripper was actually vain and charismatic painter Walter Sickert. Collection of never-before-seen archival material—including a rare mortuary photo, personal correspondence and a will with a mysterious autopsy clause.
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Movie night menus : dinner and drink recipes inspired by films we love
by Tenaya Darlington
An entertaining guide to entertainment pairs foods and cocktails with favorite movies, offering a variety of menus, from date night or large gatherings inspired by, and to be served with, The Thin Man, Sunset Boulevard, Breakfast at Tiffany's and American Graffiti.
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The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the North Pond hermit
by Michael Finkel
Documents the true story of a man who endured a hardscrabble, isolated existence in a tent in the Maine woods, never speaking with others and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins, for 27 years, in a portrait that illuminates the survival means he developed and the reasons behind his solitary life.
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Better Homes and Gardens : Flea Market Style: Fresh Ideas for Your Vintage Finds
by Better Homes and Gardens Books
One of America’s most trusted sources for information shows homeowners how to use flea market treasures to transform a home, offers helpful information on how to display/use esoteric, fun and one-of-a-kind collections and provides several DIY projects to create new pieces from flea market finds.
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Ten restaurants that changed America
by Paul Freedman
Profiles ten restaurants in the United States, demonstrating how each restaurant reveals a broader story of ethnicity and class, from the first American restaurant to the progenitor of modern Californian farm-to-table cuisine
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Wonder women : 25 innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history
by Sam Maggs
The best-selling author of The Fangirl¡s Guide to the Galaxy presents a fun and feminist look at the brilliant, brainy and totally rad women in history who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers and inventors, along with interviews with real-life women in STEM careers.
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Unshakeable : Your Financial Freedom Playbook
by Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins returns with a step-by-step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your financial life and accelerate your path to financial freedom. No matter your salary, your stage of life, or when you started, this book will provide the tools to help you achieve your financial goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible.
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| Year of No Sugar: A Memoir by Eve O. SchaubAfter learning the role that sugar can play in one's health, author Eve Schaub challenged her family (herself, her husband, and two young daughters) to go a year without sugar (with small exceptions). It...did not go smoothly at first, especially as they began to tire of sweetening everything with bananas or dates. |
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Plenty : one man, one woman, and a raucous year of eating locally
by Alisa Smith
Concerned over the vast distances food travels before it hits the dinner plate, the authors describe their determination to eat only foods grown locally or produced within a one-hundred-mile radius of their home, sharing their reflections on the satisfaction of eating home-grown food, the benefits and pitfalls of local eating, season recipes, and more.
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