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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science

by James D. Watson

Published: 2010-05-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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From Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those starting out their academic careers. In Avoid Boring People, Watson lays down a life’s wisdo...

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The Shipping News

by E. Annie Proulx

Published: 1994

Paperback: 352 pages

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News is a vigorous, darkly comic, and at times magical portrait of the contemporary North American family.Quoyle, a third-rate newspaper hack, with a “head shaped like a crenshaw, no neck, reddish hair...features as bunched as k...

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Lily's Own: Stories of a Childhood

by Nadine Pedron

Published: 2013-10-19

Paperback: 226 pages

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Lily is ornery, all right—and real stubborn. According to the Texas relatives she is not-one-lick like any of the kinfolk. Just doesn’t fit, no siree. Lily tells us all about it. Her stories are about leaving home where there are no jobs and the dust has destroyed the earth, of the family who has...

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Killing Jesus

by Martin Dugard Bill O'Reilly

Published: 2013

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Millions of readers have thrilled by bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of...

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When God Winks at You: How God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence

by Squire Rushnell

Published: 2006-09-19

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Those extraordinary little events in your life happen for a reason.A coincidence-sometimes a silly little thing-changes the course of your day . . .or even your life. Is it chance, or is God communicating with you? When God Winks at You is packed with true stories demonstrating that God do...

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The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

by Dan Buettner

Published: 2012-11-06

Paperback: 336 pages

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Bestselling author, longevity expert, and National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner reports on health, fitness, diet, and aging, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities--Blue Zones--around the globe. Buettner has launched a major public health initiative to tran...

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The Lady of the Rivers: A Novel (The Cousins' War)

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2012-04-03

Paperback: 480 pages

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#1 New York Times bestselling author and “queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory brings to life the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a woman of passion and of legend who navigated a treacherous path through the battle lines in the War of the Roses to bring her fami...

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Flight of the Buffalo: Soaring to Excellence, Learning to Let Employees Lead

by James A. Belasco, Ralph C. Stayer

Published: 1994-08-01

Paperback: 368 pages

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A hardcover bestseller now in paperback presents a management program that encourages employee leadership--which today's companies must have more of if they are to survive the coming decades.

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The Golden Bowl (Penguin Classics)

by Henry James

Published: 2009-08-25

Paperback: 612 pages

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A new edition of Henry James's searing study of marriage and InfidelitySet in England, The Golden Bowl is Henry James's highly charged exploration of adultery, jealousy, and possession that continues and challenges James's characteristic exploration of the battle between American innocen...

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How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack: Defend Yourself When the Lawn Warriors Strike (And They Will)

by Chuck Sambuchino

Published: 2010-09-07

Hardcover: 112 pages

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Move over zombies and adolescent vampires.  There’s a new threat in town—and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is the only comprehensive survival guide that will help you prevent, prepare for, and ward off an imminent home invasion by the common gard...