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1.
Series: Wooden Books Stone Circles Hardcover Hugh Newman 9781635573046 $19.00 ARCHITECTURE Oct 09, 2018

In this beautifully illustrated book, Hugh Newman takes us on a fascinating journey around the world, examining mysterious stone circles of the megalithic culture.Stone circles conjure up a lost world of mysterious ceremonies, druid astronomers and pagan dances. How such mighty rings were constructed has long baffled archaeologists and antiquarians. The most famous stone circle is Stonehenge in England, but expert Hugh Newman shows that these incredible architectural monuments can be found around the world, with more than a thousand of them app... + Read More
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The Art of the Graphic Memoir Tell Your Story, Change Your Life Paperback Tom Hart 9781250113344 $33.99 ART Nov 06, 2018

#1New York Times bestselling author and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart has written a poignant and instructive guide for all aspiring graphic memoirists detailing the tenets of artistry and story-telling inherent in the medium. Hart examines what makes a graphic memoir great, and shows you how to do it. With two dozen professional examples and a deep-dive into his own story, Hart encourages readers to hone their signature style in the best way to represent their journeys on the page.With clear examples and visual aids,The Art of the Graphi... + Read More
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Fryderyk Chopin A Life and Times Hardcover Dr. Alan Walker 9780374159061 $52.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 16, 2018

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. The Sunday Times (U.K.) Classical Music Book of 2018 and one of The Economist's Best Books of 2018."A magisterial portrait." --Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, The New York Times Book ReviewA landmark biography of the Polish composer by a leading authority on Chopin and his timeBased on ten years of research and a vast cache of primary sources located in archives in Warsaw, Paris, London, New York, and Washington, D.C., Alan Walker’s monumental Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times is the most comprehensive... + Read More
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Been So Long My Life and Music Hardcover Jorma Kaukonen 9781250125484 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 28, 2018

"A modern parable." —from the foreword by Grace Slick“Jorma Kaukonen is a force in American music, equally adept at fingerpicked acoustic folk and blues as he is at wailing on an electric.” – Acoustic Guitar“Jorma Kaukonen lit a fuse and transformed his electric guitar into a firework.” – Live For Live MusicIncludes a CD of live music as a companion to the book!From the man who made a name for himself as a founding member and lead guitarist of Jefferson Airplane comes a memoir that offers a rare glimpse into the heart and soul of a musical gen... + Read More
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Let the Good Times Roll My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and The Who Hardcover Kenney Jones 9781250193568 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 25, 2018

The long-awaited memoir of the legendary drummer's life and times in the bands Small Faces, Faces, and The Who.From the Mod revolution and the British Invasion of the 1960s, through the psychedelic era of the 1970s, and into the exuberance and excesses of stadium rock in the 1980s, Kenney Jones helped to build rock and roll as we know it. He was the beat behind three of the world's most enduring and significant bands.He wasn't just in the right place at the right time. Along with Keith Moon, John Bonham, and Charlie Watts, Jones is regarded as ... + Read More
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Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite My Story Hardcover Roger Daltrey 9781250296030 $39.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who.“It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-f... + Read More
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Buseyisms Gary Busey's Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth Hardcover Gary Busey 9781250161741 $32.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Words of wisdom and incredible life stories, told through Gary Busey's unique Buseyisms.Take a wild ride through the life and mind of Gary Busey in his new hilarious, uplifting, tell-all memoir, Buseyisms. Gary transports you on a laugh-out–loud journey through the crazy twists and turns of his rise to fame, his descent into drug addiction, and his trip to the ‘other side’ after a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Gary also shares untold stories of his militant upbringing, surviving cancer in the middle of his face, and fun behind the scenes stor... + Read More
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Live Long And . . . What I Learned Along the Way Hardcover William Shatner 9781250166692 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age."I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100, I couldn’t die as long as I was booked." And Shatner is always booked.Still, a brief health scare in 2016 forced him to take stock. After mulling over the lessons he's learned, the places he's been, and all the miracles and strange occurrences he's witnessed over the course of... + Read More
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True Indie Life and Death in Filmmaking Hardcover Don Coscarelli 9781250193247 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

From Don Coscarelli, the celebrated filmmaker behind many cherished cult classics comes a memoir that's both revealing autobiography and indie film crash course.Best known for his horror/sci-fi/fantasy films including Phantasm, The Beastmaster, Bubba Ho-tep and John Dies at the End, now Don Coscarelli’s taking you on a white-knuckle ride through the rough and tumble world of indie film.Join Coscarelli as he sells his first feature film to Universal Pictures and gets his own office on the studio lot while still in his teens. Travel with him as h... + Read More
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The Man Who Would Be Sherlock The Real-Life Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle Hardcover Christopher Sandford 9781250079565 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Dec 04, 2018

A world-famous biographer reveals the strange relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's real life and that of Sherlock Holmes in the engrossing The Man Who Would Be Sherlock.Though best known for the fictional cases of his creation Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle was involved in dozens of real life cases, solving many, and zealously campaigning for justice in all. Stanford thoroughly and convincingly makes the case that the details of the many events Doyle was involved in, and caricatures of those involved, would provide Conan Doyle the fodder... + Read More
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Robert Graves From Great War Poet to Good-bye to All That (1895-1929) Hardcover Jean Moorcroft Wilson 9781472929143 $47.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The writer and poet Robert Graves suppressed virtually all the poems he had published during and just after the First World War. Until his son, William Graves, reprinted almost all thePoems About War in 1988, Graves's status as a "war poet" seems to have depended mainly on his prose memoirGoodbye to All That. None of the previous biographies written on Graves attempt to deal with this paradox in any depth. The suppressed poems themselves have been largely neglected--until now.Jean Moorcroft Wilson, celebrated biographer of Siegfried Sassoon and... + Read More
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Churchill The Statesman as Artist Hardcover David Cannadine 9781472945211 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 06, 2018

Across almost 50 years, Winston Churchill produced more than 500 paintings. His subjects included his family homes at Blenheim and Chartwell, evocative coastal scenes on the French Riviera, and many sun-drenched depictions of Marrakesh in Morocco, as well as still life pictures and an extraordinarily revealing self-portrait, painted during a particularly troubled time in his life. In war and peace, Churchill came to enjoy painting as his primary means of relaxation from the strain of public affairs.In his introduction to Churchill: The Statesma... + Read More
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Don't Unplug How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too Hardcover Chris Dancy 9781250154170 $36.50 SELF-HELP Sep 18, 2018

Chris Dancy, the world's most connected person, inspires readers with practical advice to live a happier and healthier life using technologyIn 2002, Chris Dancy was overweight, unemployed, and addicted to technology. He chain-smoked cigarettes, popped pills, and was angry and depressed. But when he discovered that his mother kept a record of almost every detail of his childhood, an idea began to form. Could knowing the status of every aspect of his body and how his lifestyle affected his health help him learn to take care of himself? By harness... + Read More
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The Mamba Mentality How I Play Hardcover Kobe Bryant 9780374201234 $45.50 SPORTS & RECREATION Oct 23, 2018

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary “Mamba mentality.” Citing an obligation and an opportunity to teach young players, hard... + Read More
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Saving Sarah One Mother's Battle Against the Health Care System to Save Her Daughter's Life Hardcover Janet Murnaghan 9781250135285 $36.50 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

When her daughter desperately needed a lung transplant to survive, Janet Murnaghan rallied against the outdated restrictions in healthcare that would limit her daughter's options.Sarah had been dying of cystic fibrosis since the day she was born. The disease quickly ravaged her lungs and little body bit-by-bit. Fragile and frail, she had only weeks to live, when her mom realized the reality of Sarah’s situation: transplant laws, restricting access to lungs based on arbitrary age restrictions, meant Sarah’s options were limited. The injustice ... + Read More
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Crave A Memoir of Food and Longing Hardcover Christine S. O'Brien 9781250128836 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 13, 2018

“Do you mind that I’m going to be writing a book about the fact that I was hungry?” I asked my mother. “Just tell a good story,” she replied.Hunger comes in many forms. In her memoir, Crave, Christine S. O’Brien tells a story of family turmoil and incessant hunger hidden behind the luxury and privilege of New York’s famed Dakota apartment building. Her explosively angry father was ABC Executive Ed Scherick, the successful television and film producer who created shows and films like ABC’s Wide World of Sports and The Stepford Wives. Raised on ... + Read More
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Hardcover Donna Brazile 9781250137715 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.”– Hillary ClintonThe four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and how it has changed politics in America.The lives of black women in American politics are remarkably absent from the shelves of bookstores and libraries. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics is a sweeping view of American history from the vantage points of four women who have lived and worked behind the scenes in politics for over thirty yea... + Read More
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South The Race to the Pole Paperback Pieter van der Merwe 9781844864867 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

The late 1890s saw the start of a "heroic age" in polar exploration. This book tells the story of three men who were to embody the spirit of the time--driven by courage, determination and ambition, to be the first to discover the South Pole: Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen and Ernest Shackleton.South: The Race to the Pole describes the extraordinary challenges faced and hardships endured in their attempts.Illustrated throughout, the book contains a map depicting the routes of the various expeditions, crew lists, a selected bibliography and ... + Read More
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Handsome Johnny The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin First Edition Hardcover Lee Server 9780312566685 $38.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 13, 2018

A rich biography of the legendary figure at the center of the century’s darkest secrets: an untold story of golden age Hollywood, modern Las Vegas, JFK-era scandal and international intrigue from Lee Server, theNew York Times bestselling author ofAva Gardner: Love is Nothing…A singular figure in the annals of the American underworld, Johnny Rosselli’s career flourished for an extraordinary fifty years, from the bloody years of bootlegging in the Roaring Twenties--the last protÃ©gÃ© of Al Capone—to the modern era of organized crime as a dominant... + Read More
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The Man I Never Met A Memoir Hardcover Adam Schefter 9781250161895 $34.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

A powerful true story of loss and hope by one of the biggest names in sports media, Adam Schefter's The Man I Never Met.On September 11, 2001, Joe Maio went to work in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He never returned, leaving behind a wife, Sharri, and 15-month old son, Devon. Five years later, Sharri remarried, and Devon welcomed a new dad into his life.For thousands, the whole country really, 9/11 is a day of grief. For Adam and Sharri Maio Schefter and their family it’s not just a day of grief, but also hope. This is a story of ... + Read More
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If You Love Me A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Opioid Addiction Hardcover Maureen Cavanagh 9781250297341 $26.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Maureen Cavanagh’s gripping memoir If You Love Me is the story of a mother who suddenly finds herself on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles—and ultimately reckons with—substance use disorder.Fast-paced and heartwarming, devastating and redemptive, Maureen’s incredible odyssey into the opioid crisis—first as a parent, then as an advocate—is ultimately a deeply moving mother-daughter story. When Maureen and her ex-husband Mike see their daughter Katie’s needle track marks for the first time, it is a complete shock. But,... + Read More
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The Human Kind A Doctor's Stories From The Heart Of Medicine Hardcover Peter Dorward 9781472943903 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 04, 2018

Everyone is a patient sooner or later. Almost everyone has some experience of being misunderstood by doctors; encounters with difficult doctors; of relationships burdened with mutual bafflement, hostility and pain.Every doctor is haunted by memories of difficult relationships with patients, of the decisions made, and the outcomes that followed. People whom, despite all of their patience, persistence, the best communication, diagnostic and reasoning skills, they haven't helped. People for whose unique suffering it seems medicine has nothing to o... + Read More
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The Runner Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness Paperback Markus Torgeby 9781472954978 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 23, 2018

As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably.The pressure of competition alongside the strain of caring for his MS-suffering mother took its toll, and when an injury put an end to Markus's running career, he lost his foothold in life. At just 20 years old, Markus moved to one of the most isolated and cold re... + Read More
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How to Leave Quitting the City and Coping with a New Reality Hardcover Erin Clune 9781632868541 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 09, 2018

An uproarious memoir/tongue-in-cheek guide to leaving the cool city in which you "found" yourself and moving somewhere far more ordinary.So you escaped whatever humdrum little town you grew up in and moved to The Big City. Maybe it was New York. Maybe it was Seattle or Kansas City. Wherever it was, there was amazing stuff everywhere you turned: Ethiopian food! A movie theater that played documentaries! A hairstylist who knew what to do with frizz! You overlooked the proximity of your kitchen to your bed, and the fact that you had to take public... + Read More
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Ghost My Thirty Years as an FBI Undercover Agent Hardcover Michael R. McGowan 9781250136657 $37.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 02, 2018

The explosive memoir of an FBI field operative who has worked more undercover cases than anyone in history.Within FBI field operative circles, groups of people known as “Special” by their titles alone, Michael R. McGowan is an outlier. 10% of FBI Special Agents are trained and certified to work undercover. A quarter of those agents have worked more than one undercover assignment in their careers. And of those, less than 10% of them have been involved in more than five undercover cases. Over the course of his career, McGowan has worked more t... + Read More
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The Ethical Leader Why Doing the Right Thing Can Be the Key to Competitive Advantage Hardcover Morgen Witzel 9781472956590 $47.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 12, 2019

Ethical behavior in and by businesses is often seen as a bolt-on extra--something that is nice-to-do but not must-do. Morgen Witzel argues that by flipping this view--and making ethical behavior the cake and not just the icing--businesses can gain long-term competitive advantage. Trust and respect among key stakeholder groups, especially employees and customers, cannot be overstated in their importance to an organization's success. Trust engenders loyalty and good reputation, which in turn builds brand value. The Ethical Leader provides a pract... + Read More
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Compass and the Radar, The The Art of Building a Rewarding Career While Remaining True to Yourself Hardcover Paolo Gallo 9781472958792 $37.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Dec 18, 2018

Paolo Gallo offers a unique pathway toward identifying the right career, finding the ideal job and developing a moral compass--the solid value system that will then anchor the reader in their professional lives. With a creative and engaging mix of coaching practice, management theories, case studies and personal story-telling, this book helps readers to identify both their own compass--which relates to integrity, passion and internal value systems--and radar--which helps them to understand organizational complexity and 'read' workplace dynamics... + Read More
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Humane Capital How to Create a Management Shift to Transform Performance and Profit Hardcover Vlatka Hlupic 9781472957641 $47.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Feb 05, 2019

Despite decades of research illustrating the benefits of enlightened leadership, the high-performance workplace is still not the norm. Vlatka Hlupic has spent 20 years investigating this paradox, and in this book she forms a penetrating critique of why such strong evidence has had limited impact, and provides an alternative practical approach that any employer can implement to overcome these challenges. Humane Capital brings together management wisdom and shows how successful leaders have moved their organizations from controlled and orderly t... + Read More
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The Book of Beautiful Questions The Powerful Questions That Will Help You Decide, Create, Connect, and Lead Hardcover Warren Berger 9781632869562 $37.00 SELF-HELP Oct 30, 2018

From the bestselling author ofA More Beautiful Question, hundreds of big and small questions that harness the magic of inquiry to tackle challenges we all face--at work, in our relationships, and beyond.When confronted with almost any demanding situation, the act of questioning can help guide us to smart decisions. By asking questions, we can analyze, learn, and move forward in the face of uncertainty. But "questionologist" Warren Berger says that the questions must be theright ones; the ones that cut to the heart of complexity or enable us to ... + Read More
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Riding High How I Kissed SoulCycle Goodbye, Co-Founded Flywheel, and Built the Life I Always Wanted Hardcover Ruth Zukerman 9781250127587 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 02, 2018

From the co-founder of Flywheel and SoulCycle comes a story of perseverance and success.“Ruth Zukerman is an inspiration. She somehow had a keen sense that indoor cycling was going to be a huge trend and she wasted no time turning it into a lucrative business. I'm among the legions of Flywheel fans who make Ruth's class part of our regular routine. Her energy, enthusiasm and great playlist keeps us spinning and coming back for more." —KATIE COURICRuth Zukerman is the Queen of Spinning: she put the Soul in SoulCycle and the Fly in Flywheel.Recou... + Read More
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Dear Founder Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business Hardcover Maynard Webb 9781250195647 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 11, 2018

TheLos Angeles Times andUSA Today bestseller!Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field—from a leading executive, investor, and business founderMore than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can a start-up find the funding it needs to survive? When, if at all, should a company go public? How does an entrepreneur build and manage a workplace—and create a lasting legacy?Maynard Webb has helped found, fund, and grow dozens of successful companies, and has driven str... + Read More
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Can American Capitalism Survive? Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal, and Fairness Won't Make Us Poor Hardcover Steven Pearlstein 9781250185983 $36.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 25, 2018

"If anyone can save capitalism from the capitalists, it’s Steven Pearlstein. This lucid, brilliant book refuses to abandon capitalism to those who believe morality and justice irrelevant to an economic system." —Ezra Klein, founder and editor-at-large, VoxPulitzer Prize-winning economics journalist Steven Pearlstein argues that our thirty year experiment in unfettered markets has undermined core values required to make capitalism and democracy work.Thirty years ago, “greed is good” and “maximizing shareholder value” became the new mantras woven... + Read More
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Share How Organizations Can Thrive in an Age of Networked Knowledge, Power and Relationships Hardcover Linda Jingfang Cai 9781472942678 $47.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Mar 24, 2020

A guide to how organizations must change management practices to boost agility within new business models based around the idea of "sharing."Uber, Airbnb, Skype, Alibaba, Google, Netflix, and WeChat (China's answer to Whatsapp) are all based on the sharing of information, assets, and human capital, and a new and dynamic economy is already emerging.Share presents a new opportunity for corporations to reinvent management practices to boost agility in an environment of "sharing." This book will help companies to thrive through the reshaping of the... + Read More
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Not Fade Away How to Thrive in Retirement Paperback Celia Dodd 9781472951335 $24.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 20, 2018

Retirement is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be yourself and do what you want to do. It offers new possibilities for personal growth through learning, retraining, travelling and friendship. But it is also one of the biggest transitions we face, and brings huge psychological and emotional challenges. It's not surprising that many people struggle with the adjustment to a different pace of life. Not Fade Away guides the reader through these challenges: dealing with the loss of status and routine, reinventing relationships, managing money, and... + Read More
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The Dichotomy of Leadership Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win Hardcover Jocko Willink 9781250195777 $39.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 25, 2018

THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Ownership comes a new and revolutionary approach to help leaders recognize and attain the leadership balance crucial to victory. With their first book, Extreme Ownership (published in October 2015), Jocko Willink and Leif Babin set a new standard for leadership, challenging readers to become better leaders, better followers, and better people, in both their professional and personal lives. Now, in THE DICHOTOMY OF LEADERSHIP, Jocko and Leif dive even dee... + Read More
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Series: John Adair Masterclass Lessons in Leadership 12 Key Concepts Paperback John Adair 9781472956934 $37.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 04, 2018

In a dynamic book sector such as "Leadership," it's easy to lose sight of the basics--the timeless concepts that continue to underpin much of the new thinking on the behavior of leaders. One of the UK's best-known business thinkers, John Adair has distilled his experience into 20 key concepts, including: Â· The art of sharing decisions; Â· Integrity; Â· Warmth and humanity; Â· Critical testing; and Â· Practical wisdom.For anyone seeking a deeper knowledge of the theories and issues surrounding leadership ... + Read More
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Series: John Adair Masterclass How to Lead Others Eight Lessons for Beginners Paperback John Adair 9781472956972 $37.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 08, 2019

In any job, there will come a time when you are asked to lead other people. But while people are often well-trained in the skill set of their particular profession, few people are ever taught how to lead. As such, those first steps into leadership can seem daunting--what do you actually do? What do you need to know? How do you actually lead?Broken down into eight simple lessons, this book aims to convey the basics in a way that is clear, concise, relevant and practical. To enhance the practical nature of the text, each of the seven chapters is... + Read More
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Better Business Relationships Insights from Psychology and Management for Working in a Digital World Hardcover Kim Tasso 9781472957016 $39.95 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 08, 2019

Business success is usually reliant on being able to get along with people. No matter what the role in an organization, the ability to influence, persuade, change, motivate and encourage others to act effectively is vital.Better Business Relationshipsbrings together a wealth of knowledge and practical advice, from psychology to communications and sales, to provide insight and guidance to both new and more experienced workers alike, who may be dealing with both internal colleagues and external clients and suppliers.As technology advances and aut... + Read More
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Creating Things That Matter The Art and Science of Innovations That Last Hardcover David Edwards 9781250147189 $39.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 16, 2018

Most things we create will not matter. This book is about creating things that do, from a master innovator who brings science and art together in his cutting edge labs.Art and science are famous opposites. Contemporary innovation mostly keeps them far apart. But in this book, David Edwards—world-renowned inventor; Harvard professor of the practice of idea translation; creator of breathable insulin, edible food packaging, and digital scents—reveals that the secret to creating very new things of lasting benefit, including innovations we will need... + Read More
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Series: Trish Trash graphic novels Trish Trash Rollergirl of Mars Omnibus Hardcover Jessica Abel 9781545801666 $38.99 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Jan 08, 2019

200 years from now, Trish “Trash” Nupindju lives on the newly inhabited Mars, whose settlers live under harsh and ruthless conditions. Trish dreams of only one thing: becoming a hoverderby star. It seems like making the professional derby team is the only way to escape a future of poverty on her parents’ farm. But, what happens when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep and changes everything?
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Monk! Thelonious, Pannonica, and the Friendship Behind a Musical Revolution Hardcover Youssef Daoudi 9781626724341 $32.50 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 25, 2018

"Read this invigorating graphic narrative, then—quickly, before the spell breaks!—play one of Monk's records." —Saul Williams She is Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter, a free-spirited baroness of the Rothschild family. He is Thelonious Sphere Monk, a musical genius fighting against the whims of his troubled mind. Their enduring friendship begins in 1954 and ends only with Monk’s death in 1982.Set against the backdrop of New York during the heyday of jazz, Monk! explores the rare alchemy between two brilliant beings separated by an oc... + Read More
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The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt A Tyranny of Truth Hardcover Ken Krimstein 9781635571882 $37.00 COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS Sep 25, 2018

Winner of the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography & MemoirBest Graphic Novels of the Year--ForbesJewish Book Award FinalistFinalist for the Chautauqua PrizeFor Persepolis and Logicomix fans, a New Yorker cartoonist’s page-turning graphic biography of the fascinating Hannah Arendt, the most prominent philosopher of the twentieth century.One of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century and a hero of political thought, the largely unsung and often misunderstood Hannah Arendt is best known for her landmark 1951 book on openness in polit... + Read More
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Series: RecipeLion Cake! 103 Decadent Recipes for Poke Cakes, Dump Cakes, Everyday Cakes, and Special Occasion Cakes Everyone Will Love Paperback Addie Gundry 9781250161963 $25.99 COOKING Oct 02, 2018

The ever-popular queen of desserts takes center stage in Food Network star Addie Gundry's cake cookbook, from trendy poke cakes to old-fashioned icebox cakes to swoon-worthy layered cakes.From birthdays to holidays to Tuesdays, there’s always room for cake. Family and friends marvel at impressive tiered cakes while adorable individual mug cakes satisfy late-night cravings. This cookbook features recipes for coffee cakes like Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake to timeless classics reinvented like Carrot Cake Poke Cake to quick and easy favorites like Slo... + Read More
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Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion Hardcover Jeff Hertzberg M.D. 9781250077561 $45.50 COOKING Nov 06, 2018

From the authors of the Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day series comes a holiday and celebration cookbook that uses the same groundbreaking quick and easy baking method.ZoÃ« FranÃ§ois and Jeff Hertzberg shocked the baking world when they proved that homemade yeast dough could be stored in the refrigerator to use whenever you need it. Now, they’ve done it again with Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day, a cookbook with savory, sweet, healthy, and decadent recipes for every occasion. Every culture has its great bread traditions f... + Read More
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Delicious Bundt Cakes More Than 100 New Recipes for Timeless Favorites Paperback Roxanne Wyss 9781250170040 $28.99 COOKING Oct 02, 2018

Addie Gundry says: "Roxanne Wyss and Kathy Moore know Bundt cakes! There is a Bundt cake for every occasion and with so many to choose from, and so many beautiful photos, I do not know where to begin. Looking to make a delicious Bundt cake? Look no further, this is the only book you need!"Bake stunning, scrumptious Bundt cakes with exciting flavors without spending hours in the kitchen!The duo behind Delicious Poke Cakes and Delicious Dump Cakes is back with another book of quick and easy desserts. In Delicious Bundt Cakes, Roxanne Wyss and Kat... + Read More
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A Little Tea Book All the Essentials from Leaf to Cup Hardcover Sebastian Beckwith 9781632869029 $27.00 COOKING Oct 16, 2018

From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea.Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself, A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties,... + Read More
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My Greek Table Authentic Flavors and Modern Home Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours Hardcover Diane Kochilas 9781250166371 $49.50 COOKING Dec 24, 2018

Celebrity chef and award-winning cookbook author Diane Kochilas presents a companion to her Public Television cooking-travel series with this lavishly photographed volume of classic and contemporary cuisine in My Greek Table: Authentic Flavors and Modern Home Cooking from My Kitchen to Yours.Inspired by her travels and family gatherings, the recipes and stories Diane Kochilas shares in My Greek Table celebrate the variety of food and the culture of Greece. Her Mediterranean meals, crafted from natural ingredients and prepared in the region’s tr... + Read More
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Series: RecipeLion Festive Holiday Recipes 103 Must-Make Dishes for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve Everyone Will Love Paperback Addie Gundry 9781250146366 $25.99 COOKING Oct 16, 2018

In Festive Holiday Recipes, Food Network star Addie Gundry offers easy, delightful holiday recipes all in one place for everyone looking for that last minute recipe for entertaining. There’s a reason it’s called the most wonderful time of the year. From easy appetizers for holiday and New Year’s Eve entertaining, like Caramelized Onion Tartlets, to recipes for The Best Roast Turkey and all your favorite sides, pies, and even leftover ideas, this book is a home cook’s trusty sous chef for easy and elegant entertaining throughout the holiday seas... + Read More
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Instantly French! Classic French Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker Paperback Ann Mah 9781250184443 $29.99 COOKING Sep 25, 2018

The first electric pressure cooker book devoted specifically to French food,Instantly French! brings the scrumptious flavors of traditional French cuisine to your table—without the hours of slow cooking French food normally requires.Author ofMastering the Art of French Eating, Ann Mah is undoubtedly an expert on all things relating to French food. But when she discovered the electric pressure cooker, she realized that it was the secret weapon the French have used for years to speedily prepare the complex dishes ofla cuisine de grandmÃ¨re. In h... + Read More
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The Best Induction Burner Recipes on the Planet 100 Easy Recipes for Your Portable Cooktop Paperback Ella Sanders 9781250190390 $25.99 COOKING Nov 13, 2018

Make flavorful meals in minutes using your induction burner! Discover your new secret to fast results and amazing taste (even in small spaces!) with The Best Induction Burner Recipes on the Planet! Portable, versatile, and extremely safe to use, an induction burner is a must-have appliance that will significantly change the way you cook. Unlike traditional gas and electric burners, induction cooktops rely on electromagnetism to generate heat directly in your pan. The result: faster cooking time and better temperature control—without heating up ... + Read More
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Bottom of the Pot Persian Recipes and Stories Hardcover Naz Deravian 9781250134417 $45.00 COOKING Sep 18, 2018

Winner of the IACP 2019 First Book Award presented by The Julia Child Foundation"Like Madhur Jaffrey and Marcella Hazan before her, Naz Deravian will introduce the pleasures and secrets of her mother culture's cooking to a broad audience that has no idea what it's been missing. America will not only fall in love with Persian cooking, it'll fall in love with Naz.” - Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: The Four Elements of Good CookingNaz Deravian lays out the multi-hued canvas of a Persian meal, with 100+ recipes adapted to an Americ... + Read More
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Easy-Freeze Slow Cooker Cookbook 100 Freeze-Ahead, Cook-Themselves Meals for Every Slow Cooker Paperback Ella Sanders 9781250116604 $25.99 COOKING Sep 18, 2018

Dinner is done with these 100 easy make-ahead mealsMake dinner a breeze with The Easy-Freeze Slow Cooker Cookbook! Having an incredible meal on the table doesn’t have to be a nightly struggle. These delicious recipes are specially designed for easy preparation so that you can have a month’s worth of meals made in just a couple of hours! The easy-to-follow recipes and tools for organizing your freezer meals will make the question of what’s for dinner a problem of the past. When you’re headed out the door, just pull one of these tasty dinners out... + Read More
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Creative Selection Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs Hardcover Ken Kocienda 9781250194466 $37.99 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Sep 04, 2018

*WALL STREET JOURNALBESTSELLER *An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs.Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; several thousand work on Apple's campus in Cupertino, California; but only a handful sit at the drawing board.Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly-respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era—the Golden Age of Apple.Ken Kocienda offers an inside look at Apple’s creative process... + Read More
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Series: Knit & Crochet Striped Crochet Blankets 20 Modern Heirlooms to Crochet Paperback Haafner Linssen 9781250176998 $28.99 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Sep 25, 2018

Create beautiful striped blankets in timeless color combinationsHaafner Linssen, author of Crochet Mandalas, reinvents the classic stripe pattern with her collection of vibrant blankets and afghans. Striped patterns are relaxing to create, work up quickly, and—best of all—don’t have too many ends to weave in. With clean, simple designs and subtle color combinations, these beautiful patterns will inspire you to create a modern heirloom. Striped Crochet Blankets includes twenty projects, all of them made using basic crochet techniques and stitc... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Fashion in the 1970s Paperback Daniel Milford-Cottam 9781784423049 $19.00 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Nov 06, 2018

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts. More so than in any other decade, every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-colored ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits, and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes--for men and women alike. More so than at any other time... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Wallpaper Paperback Zoe Hendon 9781784423131 $19.00 DESIGN Sep 18, 2018

We agonize and argue when choosing it; we admire, compliment and criticize it (or keep politely quiet about it); and the rest of the time we don't even notice it. Wallpaper has been the backdrop to our homes for hundreds of years. It can make a house feel cozy or trendy, modern or traditional, and it is one of the key elements of home dÃ©cor through which to express personal taste. Despite the threat from plain-painted minimalism, wallpaper maintains a strong presence in modern domesticdecoration. ZoÃ« Hendon traces the history of wallpaper in ... + Read More
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The Splintering of the American Mind Identity Politics, Inequality, and Community on Today's College Campuses Hardcover William Egginton 9781635571332 $37.00 EDUCATION Aug 28, 2018

A timely, provocative, necessary look at how identity politics has come to dominate college campuses and higher education in America at the expense of a more essential commitment to equality.Thirty years after the culture wars, identity politics is now the norm on college campuses-and it hasn't been an unalloyed good for our education system or the country. Though the civil rights movement, feminism, and gay pride led to profoundly positive social changes, William Egginton argues that our culture's increasingly narrow focus on individual rights... + Read More
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7 Secrets of the Newborn Secrets and (Happy) Surprises of the First Year Hardcover Robert C. Hamilton M.D. 9781250114426 $36.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 04, 2018

From the pediatrician who became an Internet sensation with the “Hamilton Hold” in a YouTubevideo about how to calm a crying baby, comes a one-of-a-kind resource to guide you through the earliest moments of your child’s life—and help you to parent with common sense and confidence.Robert C. Hamilton, M.D., has spent more than three decades caring for newborns. In his practice, Dr. Bob has seen it all—what works, what doesn’t. How can you get your baby to nurse, sleep, and maybe even cease crying? What strategies can help you connect and communic... + Read More
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Time to Parent Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You Paperback Julie Morgenstern 9781627797436 $23.50 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Sep 04, 2018

InTime to Parent, the bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge—parenting, from toddlers to teens—with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids.Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime contract? Parents do this every day, and yet there is no instruction manual that offers achievable methods for containing and organizing the seemingly endless job of parenting. Finding a healthy balance between raising a human andbeinga human ofte... + Read More
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Nine Perfect Strangers A Novel Hardcover Liane Moriarty 9781250069825 $35.99 FICTION Nov 06, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow a Hulu original series “If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers.” —Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesCould ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out...Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reas... + Read More