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The Brides Trilogy: A 3 In 1 Edition Including The Sherbrooke Bride, The Hellion Bride And The Heiress Bride by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings3 in 1 edition. The Sherbrooke Bride, The Hellion Bride, and The Heiress Bride... -
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Burnt Sugar by Layne Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe left me crumpled in a ball on the worn hardwoods where my living room furniture used to be. He fed me to the paparazzi. He teased me with his new album—full of songs written about me. Then, I never heard from him again. Did I let Aaron Emerson break me? Of course not. I’m MK Landry. I turned my mess into my message. I poured my heart out to my fans on NoPinkCaddy.com... -
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![The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin]()
The Collected Poems by Sergei Yesenin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Preserving in English the immortal spirit and rhyme of the great Russian genius."Biographical notes on Esenin and Isadora Duncan precede each vol. and some chapters.Includes several color reproductions of landscape paintings by Isaac Levitan mounted on pages with captions, and other photos, including a portrait photo of Esenin and his wife Isadora Duncan, American dancer (v. 2, p. [7])... -
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![A Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems by Dylan Thomas]()
A Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems by Dylan Thomas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirst recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago Christmas.Thomas’s wonderful recollection of this holiday in the seaside town of his youth is captured in this vivid performance... -
![Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell]()
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden by Reginald Arkell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBack in print after fifty yearsOld Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves... -
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Shrouds of Holly by Kate Kingsbury
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhile decorating the Pennyfoot's ballroom for a Christmas reception, Cecily sends her husband Baxter and stable manager Samuel into the woods to cut some fresh boughs of holly for the ballroom. An hour later their one-horse open carriage returns with the horse, the holly...and the unwelcome gift of a dead body. Baxter and Samuel are nowhere to be found... -
![The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni]()
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes... -
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Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again. Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time... -
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Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s by B. Dylan Hollis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA decade-by-decade cookbook that highlights the best (and a few of the worst) baking recipes from the 20th centuryFriends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear... -
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How to Listen to and Understand Great Music by Robert Greenberg
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreat music is a language unto its own, a means of communication of unmatched beauty and genius. And it has an undeniable power to move us in ways that enrich our lives - provided it is understood... -
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Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThroughout her career, Toni Tipton-Martin has shed new light on the history, breadth, and depth of African American cuisine. She’s introduced us to black cooks, some long forgotten, who established much of what’s considered to be our national cuisine... -
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BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts by Stella Parks, Stella Parks
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWinner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award (Baking and Desserts)A New York Times bestseller and named a Best Baking Book of the Year by the Atlantic , the Wall Street Journal , the Chicago Tribune , Bon Appétit , the New York Times , the Washington Post , Mother Jones , the Boston Globe and more"The most groundbreaking book on baking in years. Full stop... -
![Trooper: The Bobcat Who Came in from the Wild by Forrest Bryant Johnson]()
Trooper: The Bobcat Who Came in from the Wild by Forrest Bryant Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“A charming memoir about a pet bobcat, its owner, family, and friends. Readers who enjoy . . . Irene Pepperberg’s Alex and Me, will find much to love here” (Library Journal). When desert tour guide Forrest Bryant Johnson went on his daily walks into the Mojave, all was usually peaceful and serene. But one beautiful summer day in 1987, Forrest heard a cry of distress... -
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The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure by Katherine Rundell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings.In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why... -
![A Newfoundlander in Canada: Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home by Alan Doyle]()
A Newfoundlander in Canada: Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home by Alan Doyle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFollowing the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong , Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time... -
![The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee]()
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of The Emperor of All Maladies, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene, a #1 New York Times bestseller, comes his most spectacular book yet, about the transformation of medicine through our radical new ability to manipulate cells... -
![The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1 by Jim Hamm]()
The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1 by Jim Hamm
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Traditional Bowyer's Bible series includes three essential volumes filled with history, humor, and practical advice. Invaluable information for anyone interested in the age-old lure of archery... -
![Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia Wertz]()
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City by Julia Wertz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA New York Times Notable Book of 2017!Here is New York, as you've never seen it before. A perfectly charming, sidesplittingly funny, intellectually entertaining illustrated history of the blocks, the buildings, and the guts of New York City, based on Julia Wertz's popular illustrated columns in The New Yorker and Harper's... -
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The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean, Henry Leyva
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe author of the bestseller The Disappearing Spoon reveals the secret inner workings of the brain through strange but true stories. Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling... -
![Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean]()
Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table, around the globe, and across time to tell the story of the air we breathe, which, it turns out, is also the story of earth and our existence on it... -
![A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson]()
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsKorean edition of A REALLY SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson presents a kid-friendly version of science that covers from the smallest particles to the vastness of space. With his gifted wit and insightful observation Bryson makes science easy to understand and fun. Translated by Lee Deog Hwan. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc... -
![The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden]()
The Nature Notes of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis entirely new diary is composed in a similar style to the Country Diary, with Edith Holden's thoughts, anecdotes, and writings interspersed with poetry, mottoes, and her exquisite watercolor paintings of flowers, plants, birds, butterflies and landscape scenes... -
![Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life by James Curtis]()
Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life by James Curtis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom acclaimed cultural and film historian James Curtis--a major biography, the first in more than two decades, of the legendary comedian and filmmaker who elevated physical comedy to the highest of arts and whose ingenious films remain as startling, innovative, modern--and irresistible--today as they were when they beguiled audiences almost a century ago... -
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![On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell]()
On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down by James Fell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe hilarious, irreverent guide to world history you never knew you needed, featuring 366 profanity-filled tales of triumph and terror, science and stupidity, courage and cowardiceThose who cannot remember the past . . . need a history teacher who says “f*ck” a lot.Nazis are bad. The worst kind of bad. There are no very fine people among them. If you disagree, you won’t like this book... -
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Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them by Dan Saladino
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWhat Saladino finds in his adventures are people with soul-deep relationships to their food. This is not the decadence or the preciousness we might associate with a word like “foodie,” but a form of reverence . . . Enchanting...Categorized as:
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![Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent]()
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year by Susie Dent
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to a year of wonder through the English language with Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner... -
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The Drunken Forest by Gerald Durrell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce again Mr Durrell is in quest of the odder of the small birds and animals to be found in the Argentinian pampas and the little-explored Chaco territory of Paraguay... -
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Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSurely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy classic Airplane! by the legendary writers and directors of the hit film.Airplane! premiered on July 2nd, 1980. With a budget of $3.5 million it went on to make nearly $200 million in sales and has influenced a multitude of comedians on both sides of the camera... -
![The Forgotten Arts and Crafts by John Seymour]()
The Forgotten Arts and Crafts by John Seymour
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"There is not a human skill that was ever developed that is not still practiced somewhere on this planet." -- John Seymour. The Forgotten Arts & crafts brings together in a single absorbing volume two best-selling classics, The Forgotten Arts and Forgotten Household Crafts, written by the acknowledged "Father of Self-sufficiency" John Seymour...
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