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Virginia, 1864-Libby Steadman's husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage niece, a hired hand, and his wife, all the grain they can produce requisitioned by the Confederate Army. It's an uneasy life in the Shenandoah Valley,the territory frequently changing hands, control swinging back and forth like a pendulum between North and South, and Libby awakens every morning expecting to see her land a battlefield. And then she finds a gravely injured Union officer left for dead in a neighbor's house, the bones of his hand and leg shattered. Captain Jonathan Weybridge of the Vermont Brigade is her enemy-but he's also a human being, and Libby must make a terrible decision: Does she leave him to die alone? Or does she risk treason and try to nurse him back to health? And if she succeeds, does she try to secretly bring him across Union lines, where she might negotiate a trade for news of her own husband?
In Roman-occupied Britain, the Iceni tribe crowns an extraordinary new queen. Tall and flame-haired, Boudicca is devoted to Andraste, the Iceni's patron goddess, known for her raven familiar, her fierceness, and her swirling blue tattoos. Boudicca and her two young daughters will carry the tribe forward in dangerous times. Roman tax collector Catus Decianus, expecting weakness in a female ruler, launches a devastating attack on the tribe's stronghold. Boudicca and her family barely survive--but they refuse to bend the knee. She calls a war council, bringing together her most trustworthy allies, including her childhood friend Rhan, now a powerful Druid seer, and the horse master Maldwyn, whose devotion to Boudicca runs deeper than a warrior to a queen.
In Grim Wolds, England, Winifred Notty takes on the role of governess at Ensor House, where she must navigate the twisted dynamics of the dysfunctional Pounds family while suppressing her own violent past; as Christmas approaches, she plans sinister gifts for her charges, revealing her true nature.
Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in platform diving, Scarlett prefers to keep her head down, concentrating on getting into med school and on recovering from the injury that almost ended her career. She has no time for relationships -- at least, that's what she tells herself. Swim captain, world champion, all-around aquatics golden boy, Lukas Blomqvist thrives on discipline. It's how he wins gold medals and breaks records: complete focus, with every stroke. On the surface, Lukas and Scarlett have nothing in common. Until a well-guarded secret slips out, and everything changes. So they start an arrangement. And as the pressure leading to the Olympics heats up, so does their relationship. It was supposed to be just a temporary, mutually satisfying fling. But when staying away from Lukas becomes impossible, Scarlett realizes that her heart might be treading into dangerous water.
Harlem, 1936. Clyde "The Viper" Morton boards a train from Alabama to Harlem to chase his dreams of being a jazz musician. When his talent fails him, he becomes caught up in the dangerous underbelly of Harlem's drug trade. In this heartbreaking novel, one man must decide what he is willing to give up and what he wants to fight for. Viper's Dream is a fast-paced story that is charged with suspense. A snappy, provocative voice and a stark look at Viper's Black American experience weave with endless plot twists to offer readers a stunningly original, achingly beautiful read.
September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she becomes intrigued by a name embroidered onto the scarf he carries...and finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she's made. Will what she learns devastate her or free her? September 2011. On Manhattan's Upper West Side, widow Taryn Michaels has convinced herself that she is living fully, working in a charming specialty fabric store and raising her daughter alone. Then a long-lost photograph appears in a national magazine, and she is forced to relive the terrible day her husband died in the collapse of the World Trade Towers--the same day a stranger reached out and saved her. Will a chance reconnection and a century-old scarf open Taryn's eyes to the larger forces at work in her life?
Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in free fall and her love life is--complicated. So when her real dad--a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago--suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you about love, and what it actually means to be family.
She's the #1 bestselling crime writer in the world. Now she's a murder suspect herself. NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West? In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She's covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room. Every book in the apartment's floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow. "This is you?" Shaw asks the woman. "You're a writer?" Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?
She's an icon. She's fun and aspirational. She's stirring controversy and outrage. Her name is Barbie. In 1956, Ruth Handler, co-founder of a budding toy company, embarks on a mission to upend the marketplace by creating a controversial doll: one that looks like a grown woman. Unlike the current trend of baby dolls that reinforces traditional roles of motherhood, this doll will empower little girls to be and do anything. And Barbie is born. Not everyone sees Barbie as a a positive influence, but Ruth knows this doll is destined for greatness. With the help of head engineer Jack Ryan and fashion designer Stevie Klein, they forge ahead, their own identities becoming entwined with the persona of the doll. For Ruth, Barbie fills a void left by the mother who abandoned her and the daughter who resents her ambition. Jack, Mattel's unlikely Casanova, hides his deepest secrets behind the genius of his engineering, and Stevie pins her professional future and sense of self on Barbie's fashion designs. In the decades that follow, the Barbie team spins the doll into a cultural phenomenon. But with every great success comes the fall, and the problems at Mattel are just getting started. In the cutthroat world of toy-making, greed and public scandals threaten to tear down everything Ruth has built. But Barbie is more than just a doll for her - she's a legacy, one Ruth will do anything to protect.
The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it's an opportunity. For others it's a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now something absolutely impossible. Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and terminal patients at the end of their lives -- over the length of an entire lunar cycle, each get their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to pray, to laugh and to grieve.
In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half French, half German, she is happy to be back in France, where her husband Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart: she receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie, a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor. Now, holding a French passport handed to her by another high-level collaborator, she is whisked away from Paris under cover of darkness for her own safety.
In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a housemaid position and finds that the eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides a story more harrowing than those in her novels. Centuries later, Cleo Clemmons uncovers an age-old mystery, and the dust of the old castle's curse threatens to rise again, this time leaving no one alive to tell its sordid tale.
A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can't seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged.
Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ - a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence - a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Two more things also hang in the balance. Who will become the next prime minister of Italy, and who will be the next pope. Finding answers to all three proves difficult until Cotton realizes that everything hinges on when, and if, the Medici return.
One of the most iconic structures in the Four Lands is Paranor, the fortress home of the Druid Order. Legend holds that it was erected by an Elven leader known as Galaphile Joss. But who was this Galaphile, and how and why did he choose to establish this center of magic and learning? Within these pages we meet the real Galaphile, following him from a friendless teenage orphan stranded in the Human world to a powerful adult and master mage, studying under the infamous recluse, Cogline. We learn of the forces that shaped him--those he loved, and those he lost; those who aided him, and those who stood against him. Throughout it all, Galaphile's goal is a noble one: to bring order to a chaotic world, and to make life better for those trying to survive it. To this end, he commences building the citadel which will one day be known as Paranor with the aid of the King of the Silver River. But there is one other who seeks dominion over the Four Lands--and for far less virtuous ends. For this foe has been corrupted by an ancient evil--one that will not only reach out and touch Galaphile's nearest and dearest, but also echo down through the centuries, sowing the seeds for some of the darkest times the Four Lands will ever face.
Paradise Alden's childhood in Nova Cambridge, Alabama, was idyllic until the night her parents were murdered. Since then, life has left her scarred. The abuse she suffered in the foster care system, her first love's betrayal, and the jaguar attack that nearly destroyed her career have led to an unshakable distrust--in men, in God, and maybe in even in herself. After fifteen years, returning to her hometown is a last resort to finding her life again. She's hoping the wildlife refuge where she's accepted a veterinarian job will be the perfect place to heal from her recent traumas and unlock her memories about the night her parents died. But the day she arrives at The Sanctuary, a body is discovered on the grounds. And soon, a series of deadly events threatens not only her future, but the man who, despite all odds, still makes her pulse stutter. Arson, a shooting, a break-in, and multiple instances of animals being freed from their enclosures all point back to him, but Paradise knows Blake Lawson isn't responsible. Not the man who has been helping his mother manage The Sanctuary these past six months and care for his stepbrothers in the wake of their father's death, even if his betrayal years ago cost her everything. Someone dangerous is lurking beneath the town's moss-draped trees, and Paradise refuses to let another murderer disappear into the shadows.
Evan Smoak, having shaped his life with a rigid set of rules, finds himself at odds with his oldest friend in the world, where principles are in conflict with honor-and everyone is the loser. At one time, Evan Smoak was a highly successful black ops assassin known as Orphan X, dedicated to a rigid set of operational rules. Now, even after breaking with the government program, going deep underground, and remaking his life, Smoak is dedicated to his assassin's Ten Commandments. But for the first time, those principles have put him on a collision course with the man who might be his best friend in the world, Tommy Stojack. Stojack, a gifted gunsmith who has created much of Evan's own weapons and combat gear, has apparently crossed one of Evan's sharply delineated lines. When Evan decides to go to his workshop and have it out with Tommy, Evan finds himself under attack by a group attempting to ambush and kill him. But, with all his training and skills, Evan is extremely hard to kill-and the dispute explodes into open warfare between him and Tommy. Now Evan has no choice, in his mind, than to track down and face down his only friend. In the meantime, Tommy is honoring an old promise to an Army friend and goes to help his dead friend's son. In a depressed rural area, with conflicts flaring up, that son is partially responsible for the death of an innocent. And while Tommy is trying to keep him, and his friends, alive, Evan arrives, with vengeance in mind. The scary thing? Evan isn't even the most dangerous threat to arrive on the scene.
His passport read Giovanni Rossi. But decades ago, during the Urban Wars, he was part of a small, secret organization called The Twelve. Responding to an urgent summons from an old compatriot, he landed in New York and eased into the waiting car. And died within minutes... Lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the Rossi case frustrating. She's got an elderly victim who'd just arrived from Rome; a widow who knows nothing about why he'd left; an as-yet unidentifiable weapon; and zero results on facial recognition. But when she finds a connection to the Urban Wars of the 2020s, she thinks Summerset may know something from his stint as a medic in Europe back then. When Summerset learns of the crime, his shock and grief are clear-because, as he eventually reveals, he himself was one of The Twelve. It's not a part of his past he likes to revisit. But now he must-not only to assist Eve's investigation, but because a cryptic message from the killer has boasted that others of The Twelve have also died. Summerset is one of those who remain-and the murderous mission is yet to be fully accomplished.
In the pulse-pounding final installment of the Marcus Ryker series, the leaders of Communist China are secretly plotting to invade Taiwan and challenge American supremacy in the Pacific. And no one in Washington has any idea what's coming. Marcus Ryker has been tasked with hunting down Abu Nakba, the most wanted terrorist in the world. The latest intel sends him and his team to Pakistan. There, they discover a horrifying secret inside a state-of-the-art lab. Marcus orders the lab rigged with explosives, but the plan goes bad, and a massive explosion rocks the city. News of the blast breaks in Washington just as President Carlos Hernandez is engaged in tense trade negotiations to forge a landmark agreement with China on trade and counter-terrorism. Little does the president realize that Beijing is almost finished preparing its imminent invasion of Taiwan. Or that a terrifying new virus is about to be released inside the U.S. to kill millions and thwart Washington's capacity to defend its ally. In the riveting conclusion to the bestselling series, Ryker and his team must race to stop Beijing and the Kairos terror network before they unleash a catastrophe that brings the superpowers to the brink of nuclear war.
Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death but nobody knew exactly where the crime took place. Her body was found the next night, dumped among a dense thicket of trees along the edge of an urban park, eight miles east of St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite her twin sister Lara Grandfelt's persistent calls to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the killer was never found. Twenty years later, Lara has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Confronted with the possibility of her own death, she's determined to find Doris's killer once and for all. Finally taking matters into her own hands, she dumps the entire investigative file on every true crime site in the world and offers a $5 million reward for information leading to the killer's arrest. Dozens of true crime bloggers show up looking for both new evidence and "clicks," and Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers are called in to review anything that might be a new lead. When one of the bloggers locates the murder weapon, Lucas and Virgil begin to uncover vital details about the killer's identity. But what they don't know is the killer lurks in plain sight, and with the true crime bloggers blasting every clue online, the killer can keep one step ahead. As the nation maneuvers the detectives closer to the truth, Lucas and Virgil will find that digging up Doris's harrowing past might just get them buried instead.
Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death Provence, 1347. Eleanore (Elea) Blanchet is a young midwife and herbalist with remarkable skills. But as she learned the day her mother died, the most dangerous thing a woman can do is draw attention to herself. She attends patients in her home city of Avignon, spends time with her father and twin sister, gathers herbs in the surrounding woods, and dreams of the freedom to pursue her calling without fear. In a chance encounter, Elea meets Guigo de Chauliac, the enigmatic personal physician to the powerful Pope Clement, and strikes a deal with him to take her on as his apprentice. Under Chauliac's tutelage she hones her skills as a healer, combining her knowledge of folk medicine with anatomy, astrology, and surgical techniques. Then, two pieces of earth-shattering news: the Black Death has made landfall in Europe, and the disgraced Queen Joanna is coming to Avignon to stand trial for her husband's murder. She is pregnant and in need of a midwife, a role only Elea can fill. The queen's childbirth approaches as the plague spreads like wildfire, leaving half the city dead in its wake. The people of Avignon grow desperate for a scapegoat and a group of religious heretics launch a witch hunt, one that could cost Elea an intelligent, talented, unwed woman everything.
Amidst the growing chaos of the post Civil War America, former Union Colonel Elijah McCain is on a mission to find his deserter stepsons. Going through more struggles than he thought possible--maybe more than when he was a colonel in the war--McCain finally locates his stepsons, only to have them flee the civilized East in favor of the adventurous West. When their reckless decisions begin to catch up with them and they're kidnapped and thrown aboard a clipper ship, McCain is forced into action in order to save them. As fate would have it, he finds himself traveling down the Siskiyou Trail, a path littered with Mexican banditos, lost Danish settlers, and a disgruntled tribe of displaced Native Americans. Despite the obstacles thrown in the path of this ruthlessly determined retired colonel, McCain gave his word, and he will allow nothing man, nature, or evil incarnate to keep him from fulfilling his promise.
A historian examines hundreds of newly decoded letters from Mary, Queen of Scots, revealing her strategic use of encrypted communication during her imprisonment and providing fresh insights into her relationships, influence and resilience before her execution in 1587.
After stealing the spotlight as a teen-aged Broadway performer during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, Josephine then took Paris by storm, dazzling audiences across the Roaring Twenties. In her famous banana skirt, she enraptured royalty and countless fans--Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso among them. She strolled the streets of Paris with her pet cheetah wearing a diamond collar. With her signature flapper bob and enthralling dance moves, she was one of the most recognizable women in the world. When World War II broke out, Josephine became a decorated spy for the French Résistance. Her celebrity worked as her cover, as she hid spies in her entourage and secret messages in her costumes as she traveled. She later joined the Civil Rights movement in the US, boycotting segregated concert venues, and speaking at the March on Washington alongside Martin Luther King Jr. First published in France in 1949, her memoir will now finally be published in English. At last we can hear Josephine in her own voice: charming, passionate, and brave. Her words are thrilling and intimate, like she's talking with her friends over after-show drinks in her dressing room. Through her own telling, we come to know a woman who danced to the top of the world and left her unforgettable mark on it.
When they married Emperors Franz Joseph and Napoleon III, respectively, Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France became two of the most famous women on the planet. Not only were they both young and beautiful-becoming cultural and fashion icons of their time-but they played a pivotal role in ruling their realms during a tempestuous era characterized by unprecedented political and technological change. Fearless, adventurous, and independent, Elisabeth and Eugénie represented a new kind of empress-one who rebelled against tradition and anticipated and embraced modern values. Yet both women endured hardship in their private and public lives. Elisabeth was plagued by a mother-in-law who snatched her infant children away and undermined her authority at court. Eugénie's husband was an infamous philanderer who could not match the military prowess of his namesake. Between them, Elisabeth and Eugénie were personally involved in every major international confrontation in their turbulent century, which witnessed thrilling technological advances, as well as revolutions, assassinations, and wars. With her characteristic in-depth research and jump-off-the-page writing, Nancy Goldstone brings to life these two remarkable women, as Europe goes through the convulsions that led up to the international landscape we recognize today.
Ever since its debut in the fall of 1975, Saturday Night Live's impact on the culture has been lasting and profound. It has been a breeding ground for our brightest comedy stars, launching the careers of John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Pete Davidson, and many many more. Its iconic sketches - from Wayne's World to Weekend Update to Coneheads to the Californians to of course, More Cowbell -- have dominated water cooler talk for five decades, and its catchphrases, from "we're not worthy!" to ""Daaaaa Beeeears" are embedded in the public lexicon. And at the center of it all, from the moment of its inception to the present day, is one man: producer Lorne Michaels. Over his 50 years running the show, Lorne Michaels has become a revered, inimitable and bewildering presence in the world of entertainment. He's a mogul, a kingmaker, a tastemaker, a grudge-holder, a mensch, a workaholic, a genius spotter of talent, a ruthless businessman, a name dropper, an obsessive step counter, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, a winner of 90 Emmys--and a mystery. Generations of writers, actors, and stars have spent their lives trying to figure him out. He's "Obi wan Kenobi" (Tracey Morgan), the "Great and Powerful Oz" (Kate McKinnon), the Godfather (Will Forte), or "some kind of very distant, strange Comedy God" (Bob Odenkirk). Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels (who has spent his career mostly avoiding reporters) and the entire SNL apparatus, The New Yorker's Susan Morrison takes you behind the curtain for the rollicking, definitive story of how Lorne created the institution that would change comedy forever. Lorne features hundreds of interviews with Michaels, conducted over several years; his close friends (such as Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, and Steve Martin); and the candid, hilarious stars of the show, including Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader, Buck Henry, Chevy Chase, and more. Nearly a decade in the making, Lorne is an intimate, deeply reported, and wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life - and change American culture.
The top-selling Windows book for the older and wiser crowd Windows 11 For Seniors For Dummies, 2nd Edition delivers fluff-free information on making the latest version of Windows work for you. You'll get clear guidance on the basics, troubleshooting tips, and advice for staying safe while you use Windows to get online.
Provides an overview of the intriguing and provocative life and ideas of twentieth century French philosopher, mystic, and social activist Simone Weil. Weil was not a typical, systematic philosopher. Despite her short life, Weil's philosophy has much to offer us in our times of personal, communal, political, and environmental crises, both in the breath and poignancy of her philosophy, and the topics it covers. In keeping with Weil's spirit to consider and address laypeople, Rozelle-Stone takes readers, including those who have had little or no previous exposure to Weil or philosophy, on an accessible journey of Weil's major philosophical impacts. This exploration consists of seven chapters highlighting: her life and manner of death, both characterized by attention; the influence of ancient Greek ideas on her philosophy; her thoughts on labor and politics; her unique and ecumenical religious inspirations, stemming from Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism; her ethical philosophy centered on a specific notion of attentiveness; her understanding of beauty as connected to fragility but also eternity; and finally, her legacy and influence on contemporary writers and issues, particularly as she may help us navigate and critically assess the growing convergence between religious fervour, late capitalist and corporate values, and authoritarian politics.
The orphan story has been mythologized: Step one: While a child is still too young to form distinct memories of them, their parents die in an untimely fashion. Step two: Orphan acquires caretakers who amplify the world's cruelty. Step three: Orphan escapes and goes on an adventure, encountering the world's vast possibilities. The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow upends this. Pairing powerful critiques of popular orphan narratives, from Annie to the Boxcar Children to Party of Five, journalist Kristen Martin explores the real history of orphan-hood in the United States, from the 1800s to the present. Martin reveals the religious charity and mission that was the core of the first orphanages (one that soon changed to profit), the orphan trains that took parent-less children out West (often without a choice), and the inherent racism that still underlies the United States' approach to child welfare. Through a combination of in-depth archival research, memoir (Martin herself lost both her parents when she was quite young), and cultural analysis, The Sun Won't Come out Tomorrow is a compellingly-argued, compassionate book that forces us to reconsider autonomy, family, and community. Kristen Martin delivers a searing indictment of America's consistent inability to care for those who most need it.
Since its founding in 1910, the Boy Scouts of America has been the nation's premier youth organization, espousing self-reliance and honor. More than 100 million Americans have been Boy Scouts, from Bill Gates to Martin Luther King Jr. Today, however, Scouting faces an existential threat of its own making: more than 82,000 former Scouts have filed claims alleging they were sexually abused--seven times the number of similar allegations that rocked the Catholic Church two decades ago. The Scouts' indefensible practices remained all but hidden until 2012, when Kim Christensen and his colleague published a series of explosive articles for the LA Times, blowing up a century of secrecy. Now, continuing his decades-long investigation, On My Honor untangles the full story of the Boy Scouts of America, tracking its creation, growth, influence, and the massive generational trauma it has caused. Using the iconic institution to tell a story of American values over the last century, the book grapples with America's changing understanding of what it means to "make men." This riveting story of power and abuse, religion and politics, scandal and justice, is brought to life by groundbreaking research and an unforgettable cast of characters.
A groundbreaking exploration of the four modes of learning, revealing the root causes of student stress and apathy-with effective parenting strategies for kickstarting teens' inner drive. Some students advertise their disengagement openly, responding to their parents' questions with conversational dead ends like "My day was fine" and complaints like "What is the point of history? I will never use this in the real world!" Now, weaving extensive original research with stories of kids who dramatically transformed their relationship with learning, they offer a powerful toolkit that shows you exactly what to do (and stop doing) to support academic and emotional flourishing. They identify four modes of learning that students use to navigate through the shifting academic demands and social dynamics of middle and high school, shaping internal narratives about their skills, potential, and identity: Resisters struggle silently with profound feelings of inadequacy or invisibility, which they communicate by refusing to do homework, playing sick, skipping class, or acting out. Passengers coast along, consistently doing the bare minimum and complaining that school is pointless, often because their classes don't align with their skills, interests, or learning needs. Achievers show up, do the work, and get high grades, but their achievement obsession can their erode self-worth, causing too many late nights and triggering mental health challenges. Explorers investigate the questions they care about and persist to achieve their goals, driven by internal curiosity rather than external expectations. Understanding your child's learning modes is vital for nurturing their ability to become Explorers. Anderson and Winthrop outline simple yet counterintuitive parenting strategies for connecting with a withdrawn child, tailoring your listening and communication styles to their needs, igniting their curiosity, and building self-awareness and emotional regulation.
A pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the anti-vax movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemic.
Canva® is the popular, beginner-friendly online graphic design tool that you can use to create dazzling visuals for any task. With Canva® For Dummies, you can get up and running quickly, so you can turn your napkin sketches into effective designs. If you're brand new to graphic design, you'll discover basic design principles and more advanced tricks that make for compelling visual communication. Real-world scenarios will show you how you can boost any project with social media graphics, marketing materials, and beyond.
The legend of the most powerful shot in basketball: the slam dunk. The evolution of basketball, and much of the social and cultural change in America, can be traced through one powerful act on the court: the slam dunk. The dunk's history is the story of a sport and a country changed by the most dominant act in basketball, and it makes Magic in the Air a rollicking and insightful piece of narrative history and a surefire classic of sports literature. When basketball was the province of white men, the dunk acted as a revolutionary agent, a tool for players like Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to transform the sport into a Black man's game. The dunk has since been an expression of Black culture amid the righteous upheaval of the civil-rights movement, of the threat that Black people were considered to be to the establishment. It was banned from college basketball for nearly a decade-an attempt to squash the individual expression and athleticism that characterized the sport in America's cities and on its playgrounds. The dunk nevertheless bubbled up to basketball's highest levels. From Julius Erving to Michael Jordan to the high flyers of the 21st century, the dunk has been a key mechanism for growing the NBA into a global goliath. Drawing on deep reporting and dozens of interviews with players, coaches, and other hoops experts, Magic in the Air brings to life the tale of the dunk while balancing sharp socio-racial history and commentary with a romp through American sports and culture. There's never been a basketball book quite like it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky was known for his treatment of ethics, religion, and philosophy. In this Very Short Introduction, Deborah Martinsen explores Dostoevsky's tumultuous life story to illuminate his work: his political imprisonment and narrow escape from execution, his Siberian exile, his gambling addiction, and his life life and marriages. Martinsen analyses key themes of the major works that showcase Dostoevsky's profound insights into human nature and society: doubling, freedom, shame, social justice, scandal, aesthetics, ethics, faith, and the eternal questions.
Every Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the Queen's ladies had the right to enter her most private chambers, spending hours helping her to get dressed and undressed, caring for her clothes and jewels, listening to her secrets. But they also held a unique power. A quiet word behind the scenes, an appropriately timed gift, a well-negotiated marriage alliance were all forms of political agency wielded. The Waiting Game explores the daily lives of ladies-in-waiting, revealing the secrets of recruitment, costume, what they ate, where (and with whom) they slept.
Charles Edward Stuart's campaign to seize the British throne ended with one of the quickest defeats in history: on 16 April 1746, at Culloden, his Jacobite army was overpowered in under forty minutes. Its brutal repercussions, however, endured for years, its legacy for centuries. Paul O'Keeffe follows the Jacobite army from initial victories to calamitous defeat. Exploring the battle's aftermath, he chronicles the Jacobite prisoners paying for their treason on block and gibbet while those granted 'the King's mercy' suffered the fate of forced labor on plantations in the colonies. While Stuart's cause eventually acquired an aura of romanticism, the Jacobite Rising remains one of the most bloody and divisive conflicts in British domestic history, which resonates to this day.
Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America's most famous founding events: Paul Revere's legendary ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the myth that every American learns in school On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would seek to crush their nascent revolt. Revere was not the only rider that night, and indeed, he had completed at least 18 previous rides throughout New England, disseminating intelligence about British movements. But this ride was like no other, and its consequences in the months and years to come-as the American Revolution morphed from isolated skirmishes to a full-fledged war-became one of our founding legends. In The Ride, the author presents a dramatic new narrative of the events of April 18 and 19, 1775, informed by fresh primary and secondary source research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more. Kennedy reveals Revere's ride to be more complex than it is usually portrayed-a coordinated series of rides by numerous men, near-disaster, capture by British forces, and finally success. While Revere was central to the ride and its plotting, Kennedy reveals the other men (and, perhaps, a woman with information about the movement of British forces) who helped to set in motion the events that would lead to America's independence. Thrillingly written in a dramatic, unstoppable narrative, The Ride re-tells an essential American story for a new generation of readers.
A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint for a changing United States.
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Rose of Jericho
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Great Big Beautiful Life
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Say You'll Remember Me
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The King's Messenger
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Mice 1961
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A Game of Lies
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The Dollhouse Academy
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You Know What You Did
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Flint Kill Creek : stories of mystery and suspense
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Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder
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The Busybody Book Club
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A Mind of Her Own
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Summer Light on Nantucket
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Death in the Details
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The Staircase in the Woods
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Holy City
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A Collection of Lies (Kate Hamilton #5)
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Sealed with a Hiss (Mrs. Murphy mystery #33)
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A Very Woodsy Murder (Golden Motel #1)
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The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope #11)
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Hall of Mirrors (Judy Nightingale & Philippa Watson mystery #2)
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To Slip the Bonds of Earth (Katharine Wright mystery #1)
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Shadow of the Solstice (Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #28)
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OverKill (Ali Reynolds #18)
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The Charlie Method (Campus diaries #3)
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The Martian Contingency (Lady Astronaut #4)
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Bridal Shower Murder (Lucy Stone #31)
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Proof (Jilly Truitt novel #3)
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The Last Hope (Maggie Hope mystery #11)
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Death and Fromage (Follet Valley mystery #2)
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Fondue or Die (Cheese shop mystery #5)
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The Naming of the Birds (Cutter & Bliss #2)
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One Way Witch (She who knows #2)
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A Midnight Puzzle (Secret staircase #3)
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2 Sisters Murder Investigations (2 Sisters Detective Agency #2)
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25 Alive (Women's murder club #25)
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How to Seal Your Own Fate (Castle Knoll files #2)
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The Maid's Secret (Maid novel #3)
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Another Fine Mess (Bless your heart #2)
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The Road to Heaven (Patrick Bird mystery #1)
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Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) (Vera Wong #2)
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Into the Gray Zone (Pike Logan #19)
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The Star of Camp Greene [large print] : a novel of WWI
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Tough Luck [large print]
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Ride to the Bullet [large print] (Lone McGantry #10)
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The High Country [large print] (To the river's end #2)
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The Keeper [large print] (Murphy Shepherd #4)
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Emma's Engagement [large print] (Love at a lighthouse #3)
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The Sweet Taste of Muscadines [large print[
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Summer Light on Nantucket [large print]
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John and Paul : a love story in songs
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The Invisible Spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II
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Medicine River : a story of survival and the legacy of the Indian Boarding Schools
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The Rebel Romanov : Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia never had
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Harriet Tubman : military scout and tenacious visionary : from her roots in Ghana to her legacy on the eastern shore
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Spell Freedom : the underground schools that built the Civil Rights movement
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First-Time Landlord : your guide to renting out a single-family home [7th ed.]
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Atomic Dreams : the new nuclear evangelists and the fight for the future of energy
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No More Tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
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Valley of Forgetting : Alzheimer's families and the search for a cure
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Hell Put to Shame : the 1921 murder farm massacre and the horror of America's second slavery
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The Bookshop : a history of the American bookstore
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Unmasking for Life : the autistic person's guide to connecting, loving, and living authentically
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How to Menopause : take charge of your health, reclaim your life, and feel even better than before
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The Crucial Years : the essential guide to mental health and modern puberty in middle childhood (ages 6-12)
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Expect Great Things! : how the Katharine Gibbs School revolutionized the American workplace for women
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Fleetwood Mac All the Songs : the story behind every track (All the songs)
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Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide #46
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The Epic : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #761)
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Agatha Christie's Marple : expert on wickedness
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The Fifteen : murder retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America
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The Last Dynasty : Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
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The Birth of the Anglo-Saxons : three kings and a history of Britain at the dawn of the Viking Age
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To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause : the many lives of the Soviet dissident movement
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The Fate of the Day : the war for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
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Blood Moon
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A Forty Year Kiss
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Nobody's Fool
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The Second Sun
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Girl Anonymous
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White Line Fever
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I Would Die for You
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Tell Me What I Am
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Fight or Flight
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Murder by Degrees
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In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy #20)
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Silent As the Grave (Mollly Murphy #21)
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The Summer Guests (Martini Club #2)
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A Constant Love (Hope of Cheyenne #1)
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Kills Well with Others (Killers of a certain age #2)
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Lawman's Duty [large print] (Rance Dehner western #7)
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Conversations with My Mother [large print] : a novel of dementia on the Maine Coast
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Sunrise Reef [large print] (Hope Harbor #11)
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Dead Land [large print] (Cass Callahan #1)
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And Then There Was You [large print\ (Chestnut Ridge #1)
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The Beijing Betrayal [large print] (Marcus Ryker #6)
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Story of My Life [large print] (Story Lake #1)
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The Page Turner [large print]
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The Next Day : transitions, change, and moving forward
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Malcolm Before X
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Pseudoscience : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #732)
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Microsoft 365 Word for Dummies
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Never Give Up : God is good when life isn't
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Vatican II : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #725)
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Social Psychology : a very short introduction (Very short introductions)
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Seven Social Movements That Changed America
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Bohemians : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #733)
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Suburbs : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #726)
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New Prize for These Eyes : the rise of America's Second Civil Rights Movement
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Biodiversity Conservation : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #738)
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Trademark : legal care for your business & product name
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Make Your Living Trust
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Building a Parenting Agreement That Works : child custody agreements step by step
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The Jury : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #727)
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Addiction : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #724)
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Criminal Justice : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #441)
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Pronoun Trouble : the story of us in seven little words
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Ancient Greek and Roman Science : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #731)
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Condensed Matter Physics : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #722)
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Nuclear Physics : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #438)
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Mountains : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #444)
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Teeth : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #384)
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Invasive Species : a very short introduction (Very short introductinos #737)
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DIY : repair, renovate, and decorate with over 450 step-by-step projects
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On the Grid : life behind the scenes of Formula 1
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Funny Because It's True : how the Onion created modern American news satire
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The Marquis de Sade : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #124)
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Japanese Literature : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #728)
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Ancient Greece : the definitive visual history (DK classic history)
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Propaganda Girls : the secret war of the women in the OSS
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The Victorians : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #739)
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Lincoln's Peace : the struggle to end the American Civil War
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Byzantium : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #437)
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African American History : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #729)
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Red Scare : blacklists, McCarthyism, and the making of modern America
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We Three Kings : a romance Christmas collection
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The Queens of Crime
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The Jackal's Mistress
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At the Bottom of the Garden
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Boudicca
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Wake up and Open Your Eyes
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The Quiet Librarian
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Victorian Psycho
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The Last Days of Kira Mullan
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Isola
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Deep End
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With All Her Heart (Amish calling #3)
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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The Last Room on the Left
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Viper's Dream
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I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com
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Indigo Isle
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A Fall of Marigolds
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A Map to Paradise
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The Year of Jubilee
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We All Live Here
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The Writer
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Let's Call Her Barbie
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The Antidote
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The Love We Found
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Hope's Enduring Echo
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
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Temple of Swoon
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Far from Home
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Close Your Eyes and Count To 10
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Listen to Your Sister
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This Book Will Bury Me
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The Lost Boys of Barlowe Theater
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Dream Girl Drama (Big shots #3)
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A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen investigates #4)
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The Medici Return (Cotton Malone #19)
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Battle Mountain (Joe Pickett #25)
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Galaphile (First Druids of Shannara #1)
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Peach Tea Smash (Tea shop mystery #28)
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High Tea and Misdemeanors (Tea shop mystery #29)
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Ambush (Sanctuary #1)
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Smoke on the Water (Amos Walker #32)
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde #3)
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I Died for Beauty (Emily Dickinson #3)
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Midnight Black (Gray man #14)
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Cold Storage : a thriller of the near future (Revival #2)
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Nemesis (Orphan X #10)
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Open Season (Alex Delaware #40)
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The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea (Antique hunters #2)
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Paranoia (Michael Bennett #17)
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Bonded in Death (In death / Eve Dallas #60)
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A Dragon of Black Glass (Moonfall #3)
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The Beijing Betrayal (Marcus Ryker #6)
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Lethal Prey (Lucas Davenport / Prey series #35 ; Virgil Flowers #16)
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The Dark Mirror (Bone season #5)
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Dead in the Frame (Pentecost & Parker #5)
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The Story She Left Behind [large print]
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Eleanore of Avignon [large print]
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Kate and Frida [large print] : a novel of friendship, food, and books
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The Hanging Party [large print] (Texas Lightning novel #1)
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The Secret History of Audrey James [large print]
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Julia's Joy [large print] (Love at a Lighthouse #2)
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Shattered Sanctuary [large print] (Erin Delaney mystery #1)
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Siskiyou Trail [large print] (McCain chronicles #5)
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Killer Story : the truth behind true crime television
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Captive Queen : the decrypted history of Mary, Queen of Scots
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The Liberty Tree:: one hundred faces of America : an illustrated history
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Fearless and Free : a memoir
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Daughter of Daring : the trick-riding, train-leaping, road-racing life of helen Gibson, Hollywood's first stuntwoman
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The Rebel Empresses : Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France : power and glamour in the struggle for Europe
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Lorne : the man who invented Saturday Night Live
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Windows 11 for Seniors for Dummies [2nd ed.]
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Hermeneutics : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #448)
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Imagination : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #740)
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The Self : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #750)
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Simone Weil : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #744)
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Everything Is Tuberculosis : the history and persistence of our deadliest infection
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The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow : the dark history of American orphanhood
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The Secret History of the Rape Kit
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On My Honor : the secret history of the Boy Scouts of America
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The Disengaged Teen : helpiong kids learn better, feel better, and live longer
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Integrated : how American schools failed black children
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Menopause Is Hot : everything you need to know to thrive
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Booster Shots : the urgent lessons of measles and the uncertain future of children's health
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A History of the World in Six Plagues : how contagion, class, and captivity shaped us from cholera to COVID-19
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Canva® for Dummies
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Magic in the Air : the myth, the mystery, and the soul of the slam dunk
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More Than Words : how to think about writing in the age of AI
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Medieval Literature : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #442)
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Fyodor Dostoevsky : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #747)
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The Waiting Game : the untold story of the women who served the Tudor queens : a history
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Culloden : battle & aftermath
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The Founding Fathers : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #460)
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A Concise History of Mexico [3rd ed.] (Cambridge concise histories)
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The Ride : Paul Revere and the night that saved America
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The Crossing : El Paso, the Southwest, and America's forgotten origin story
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The Warsaw Sisters
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The Note
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The Stolen Queen
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James
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The Heart of Winter
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The Crash
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Pro Bono
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Never Say Never
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A Sea of Unspoken Things
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See How They Hide (Quinn & Costa #6)
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Alliance Rising (Hinder stars #1)
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Shattering Dawn (Lost night files #3)
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Onyx Storm (Empyrean #3)
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The Secret of the Three Fates [large print] (Ruby Vaughn mystery #2)
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The Party Line [large print]
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My Three Dogs [large print]
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Rio Fuego [large print] (Lone McGantry western #9)
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Storm Warning [large print] (Hidden Bay #1)
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The Nature of Love [large print] (Love in the spotlight #3)
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Ghost Coach [large print] (Lucas Cain #3)
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Ace, Marvel, Spy [large print] : a novel of Alice Marble
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In Gad We Trust : a tell-some
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Where Madness Lies : the double life of Vivien Leigh
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The Survivor
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I Dream of Joni : a portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 snapshots
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Out of My Life and Thought : an Autobiography
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Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old : thoughts on aging as a woman
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Psychoanalysis : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #435)
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Anxiety : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #318)
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Out of Your Mind : the biggest mysteries of the human brain
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Talk : the science of conversation and the art of being ourselves
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Conscience : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #273)
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Angels : a very short introduction (Very short introductinos #287)
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The Crazies : the cattleman, the wind prospector, and a war out west
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Comparative Law : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #743)
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U. S. Immigration Made Easy [22nd ed.]
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Social Security, Medicare and Government Pensions : get the most our of your retirement and medical benefits [30th ed.]
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Save Our Souls : the true story of a castaway family, treachery, and murder
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The Sinners All Bow : two authors, one murder, and the real Hester Prynne
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The Gulag : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #745)
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Newton : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #158)
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HIV and AIDS : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #174)
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French Cinema : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #742)
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Horace : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #741)
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Geography : a very short introduction (Very short introductions #185)
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Texas Travel Guide 2023 : beyond the city limits : exploring small town charms in Texas (Travel guide #3)
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Texas Travel Guide 2024 : your definitive 2024 travel companion for discoveries both known and hidden
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The Vietnam War : the definitive illustrated history
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Somewhere Toward Freedom : Sherman's march and the story of America's largest emancipation
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The JFK Conspiracy : the secret plot to kill Kennedy - and why it failed
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Texas Rules of Court - State, 2025 ed. (Texas court rules, #1)
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