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My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

by Mary Roach

Published: 2013-04-04

Paperback: 160 pages

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From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her ?My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary expl...

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A Ditch in Time: The City, the West and Water

by Patricia Nelson Limerick

Published: 2012-07-24

Paperback: 352 pages

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The history of water development . . . offers a particularly fine post for observing the astonishing and implausible workings of historical change and, in response, for cultivating an appropriate level of humility and modesty in our anticipations of our own unknowable future.Tracing the or...

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Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time

by Stephen Fried

Published: 2011-05-03

Paperback: 544 pages

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The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Frie...

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Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989

by Michael R. Beschloss

Published: 2008-02-05

Paperback: 448 pages

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Presidential Courage is a brilliantly readable and inspiring saga about crucial times in American history when a courageous President dramatically changed our future. Like Beschloss's previous book, The Conquerors, it was a New York Times bestseller for months. With surprising new source...

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The Triumph of Deborah

by Eva Etzioni-Halevy

Published: 2008-02-26

Paperback: 358 pages

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The richly imagined tale of Deborah, the courageous Biblical warrior who saved her people from certain destruction In ancient Israel, war is looming. Deborah, a highly respected leader, has coerced the warrior Barak into launching a strike against the neighboring Canaanites. Against all od...

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The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Gamache)

by Louise Penny

Published: 2013-07-06

Paperback: 698 pages

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Comet's Tale: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life

by Steven Wolf, Lynette Padwa

Published: 2012-10-09

Hardcover: 272 pages

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Comet’s Tale is a story about a friendship between two former winners, both a little down on their luck, who together stage a remarkable comeback. A former hard-driving attorney, Steven Wolf has reluctantly left his job and family and moved to Arizona for its warm winter climate. There h...

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The Explorer's Code: A Novel

by Kitty Pilgrim

Published: 2012-05-29

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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The secrets of an explorer’s journal lead a beautiful oceanographer and a dashing archaeologist on a heart-pounding quest. . . .When renowned young oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton accepts an award on behalf of her greatgreat- grandfather—a famous Victorian polar explorer—at the dazz...

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Surviving Valencia

by Holly Tierney-Bedord

Published: 2012-06-30

Kindle Edition: 299 pages

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A car accident robs the Loden Family of twins Van and Valencia shortly after they start college. Charmed, bright, and beautiful, they held their family together and elevated the Lodens to greatness. In their loss, a shadow is cast upon the family, particularly on the remaining child, who lacks the easy...

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Jellicle Girl

by Stevie Mikayne

Published: 2013-01-04

Hardcover: 236 pages

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When Beth met Jackie, she was fifteen and shy, living in the shadow of her mother - talented artist Heather Sarandon. Jackie, wilful, cheeky and confident, made Beth see things in herself that she never imagined, and do things she never thought she would. As memories of Beth's last night with Jackie...