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"An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty-plus songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives?...
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2023.
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English
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"Reflecting on twenty years of investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, an NYC death investigator, the second woman ever hired for this role, shares how, in dealing with death every day, she learned surprising lessons about life--and how some of those lessons saved her from becoming a statistic herself"--
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Lifestyle creator, advice expert, and podcast host Tinx wants to take your hand and guide you to a new way of thinking about life, love, happiness, and friendships--where dating evolves into era of self-discovery and not just a means to an end, sharing wisdom becomes a collective power, and chaos turns into a source of creativity. Making small but mighty shifts in thinking can be a tool for personal growth that fuels you instead of fatigues you....
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Chestnut Springs ; 1
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Elsie Silver
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"The rules were simple. Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble. But now I stuck with her. There's only one bed. And well, rules are made to be broken. I'm the face of professional bull riding-- the golden boy. Or at least I was, until it all blew up in my face. Now my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I'm stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my 2full-time supervision.3 But I don't need a goddamn...
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Blue Star Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"This fun picture book features vibrant, hand-painted illustrations and curious questions like "why does the bull trout share its name with the bull?" You Stole My Name is a stunning collection of illustrations that takes you and your child on a colorful journey through some of the animal kingdom’s most interesting creatures and their namesakes"--
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Herbert Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Lifelong textile designer Sarah Campbell takes you through her world of pattern and color to uncover the joys of design from dots, stripes and checks to more surprising decorative solutions. Painting straight onto fabric is a very different experience to designing for digital production. Everything is unique, the placing of the patterns and colors is in your hands"--
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Chestnut Springs ; 2
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Elsie Silver
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Working as a nanny for the world's grumpiest single dad should have been simple. Except I can't keep my eyes off him. And he can't keep his hands off of me. Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than I am and barely looks my way. Until I get him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then all bets are off-- and so are our clothes. He's gruff, a little rough around the edges. But broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy...
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Outland Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Once every generation there is a Chosen One, who will stand between humanity and darkness. But why is the Chosen One so often a teenager? Why do only children get swept through portals to save the fantastic world on the other side? Whose idea was it to put the fate of the world in the hands of someone without a fully developed prefrontal cortex? In Never Too Old to Save the World, nineteen authors explore what would happen if the Chosen One were called...
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Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system. Pryce started her social work career with an internship where...
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Little Libros, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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From dawn to dusk, through sunshine, rainfall, and everything in between, he works his smooth hands until they crack. He harvests plenty of gifts for everyone to enjoy in hope of a brighter future for his own--he is the backbone of our country. Beautifully illustrated with the gifted colors of Mother Earth and told from the perspective of a proud son, this heartfelt tale will take us on a journey through the hardships and tireless days of a field...
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Tell your inner critic to take a back seat, so you can start feeling more calm, confident, and kickass! Negative self-talk can feel like an ever-present roommate who insists on giving you unsolicited opinions about every aspect of yourself-- including your worth, appearance, personality, and life choices. Have you ever wondered where this annoying inner critic comes from? And more importantly, can you make it go away? Unfortunately, no matter what...
15) Nobody's Angel
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Titan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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QUENTIN TARANTINO on NOBODY'S ANGEL: "My favourite fiction novel this year was written by a taxi driver who used to hand it out to his passengers..."
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The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"After World War II, most scientists in Germany maintained that they had been apolitical or actively resisted the Nazi regime, but the true story is much more complicated. In Serving the Reich, Philip Ball takes a fresh look at that controversial history, contrasting the career of Peter Debye, director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin, with those of two other leading physicists in Germany during the Third Reich: Max Planck, the...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Before becoming a full-time blogger and founder of The Millenial Money Woman, I worked in corporate America (the finance world) and had the opportunity to work alongside clients with net worths ranging from $10,000 to more than $30,000,000. Over the years, I took note of the strategies and tactics these successful people employ daily to lead rich and fulfilling lives. By rich, I don't just mean money rich--I also mean mentally rich, knowledge-rich,...
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Worthy Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Porsha Williams is one of today's most recognizable faces in pop culture and a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on a deeply personal journey filled with tragedy, triumphs, humor, and tears as she shares her search for happiness and self-acceptance, giving fans a first-hand look into the defining moments that have never been captured on-screen or in the press. Charged with candor,...
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University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous and respected, and even made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. However, there were many others, such as Margie Day, Helen Humes, Nellie Lutcher, Jewel King, and Savannah Churchill, who made...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"It's 1980. Ronald Reagan has been elected president, John Lennon has been shot, and a little girl in New Jersey has been hauled off to English classes. Her teachers and parents and tias are expecting her to become white--like the Italians. This is the opening to A cup of water under my bed, the memoir of one Colombian-Cuban daughter's rebellions and negotiations with the women who raised her and the world that wanted to fit her into a cubbyhole....
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