July 2017 list by Nanette Alderman
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101 Things That Piss Me Off
by Rachel Ballinger
A quick-witted and comical collection based on Rachel's hit Youtube series "You Know What Pisses Me Off", featuring never-before-heard rants, along with photographs and illustrations to help demonstrate. Using light-hearted anger, Rachel aims to show that being heated, passionate and expressive about things we care for is important.
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But Seriously
by John McEnroe
The controversial tennis star and analyst presents a follow-up to the best-selling You Cannot Be Serious that shares additional insights into his life and career while chronicling the past decade of Tour of Champions competitions and special events.
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Finding Gobi: A Little Dog With a Very Big Heart
by Craig Borlase
While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.
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Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating
by Charles Spence
An award-winning Oxford researcher profiles the emerging sensory science of gastrophysics to reveal the subtler influences of environment, sense enhancement and psychology on food and appetite, counseling readers on how to perceive their food differently for greater satisfaction and awareness.
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How to Fall in Love With Anyone
by Mandy Len Catron
A memoir by the author of the popular New York Times essay, "To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This," shares the love stories that impacted her life and explores the romantic myths people create, explaining how implausible fantasies limit one's ability to achieve and sustain real intimacy.
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If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?
by Alan Alda
The actor and founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science traces his personal quest to understand how to relate and communicate better, from practicing empathy and using improv games to storytelling and developing better intuitive skills.
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Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
by Adrian Owen
A world-renowned neuroscientist reveals his controversial, groundbreaking work with patients believed to be brain dead to explain how up to 20 percent of them were still vibrantly alive, sharing his team's insights into what life may be like for such patients and the moral implications for religious organizations, politicians and families.
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Maggie Austin Cake: Artistry and Technique
by Maggie Austin
One of today’s top cake designers shares a collection of her gorgeous works of edible arts and discusses the methods behind her masterpieces through step-by-step photos for making everything from individual sugar blossoms to multi-tiered cakes with Swiss meringue buttercream.
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No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump's Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein explains that Trump, extreme as he is, is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half-century. In exposing the malignant forces behind Trump's rise, she puts forward a bold vision for a mass movement to counter rising militarism, nationalism, and corporatism in the U.S. and around the world.
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The No Meat Athlete Cookbook
by Matt Frazier
The founder of No Meat Athlete presents 125 plant-based recipes intended to create and sustain energy, including homemade sports drinks, desserts, and breakfasts, and provides gluten-free, soy-free, and oil-free options.
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Potted: Make Your Own Stylish Garden Containers
by Annette Goliti Gutierrez
Create your own show-stopping containers made from everyday materials such as concrete, plastic, metal, terracotta, rope, driftwood, and fabric. The 23 step-by-step projects are affordable, made from accessible materials, and most importantly, gorgeous.
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The Rough Guide to California
by Rough Guides
This in-depth coverage of California's local attractions, sights, and restaurants takes you to the most rewarding spots—from the Hollywood sign to the Golden Gate Bridge to the Redwoods—and stunning color photography brings the land to life on the pages.
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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
by Sherman Alexie
A literary memoir of poems, essays and intimate family photos that reflect his complicated feelings about his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation with his siblings and alcoholic parents.
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