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Series: Frankie's Scared of EVERYTHING Hardcover Mathew Franklin 9781944201227 $25.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 18, 2019

You would be scared too if your own brain was out to get you! The world can be a dark place. More and more we find ourselves and our children feeling overwhelmed by the unknown and the pressures of society. This book helps instill early on the fact that our fears can be our greatest strengths. Follow Frankie as their imagination runs wild creating robots, beasts, sea creatures, and even a mole man on this technicolor adventure. Being afraid has never looked so fun.
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Series: How to Catch Trophy Striped Bass Hardcover John Field 9780811736565 $64.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Feb 01, 2024

Striped bass, or simply “stripers,” are a premiere saltwater sportfish that can grow to over 50 pounds and swim in giant schools that will churn the surface of the water to a froth as they feed on baitfish, creating heart-pumping, fast-paced fly fishing. Originally native to the eastern United States, they have also been introduced to the West Coast as well as thousands of inland reservoirs, and the rivers that flow into them, making stripers one of the most widely distributed and accessible sportfish in the world. In this comprehensive guide, ... + Read More
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Series: John Singer Sargent: His Life and Works in 500 Images An Illustrated Exploration of the Artist, His Life and Context, with a Gallery of 300 Paintings and Drawings Hardcover Susie Hodge 9780754832904 $46.00 ART Jan 07, 2020

A sumptuous illustrated biography, history and gallery of the acclaimed artist of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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Series: Karpal Singh Tiger of Jelutong: The Full Biography Paperback Marshall Cavendish 9789814841450 $46.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 23, 2019

Karpal Singh is widely regarded as Malaysia's best criminal and constitutional lawyer. His sudden death on 17 April 2014 in a horrific car accident - just a month after he was convicted of sedition in the High Court - shocked and saddened Malaysians to the core and left a deep void in the country's legal and political landscape.Karpal was a fearless advocate for justice and a defender of human rights in South East Asia and has appeared in the Privy Council in London on a number of occasions before such appeals were abandoned by Malaysia. He is ... + Read More
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Series: Sympathy for the Drummer Why Charlie Watts Matters Hardcover Mike Edison 9781493047734 $31.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 05, 2019

Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters is both a gonzo rush—capturing the bristling energy of the Rolling Stones and the times in which they lived—and a wide-eyed reflection on why the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World needed the world's greatest rock 'n' roll drummer. Across five decades, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has had the best seat in the house. Charlie Watts, the anti-rock star—an urbane jazz fan with a dry wit and little taste for the limelight—was witness to the most savage years in rock history, and eme... + Read More
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Series: According to Kate The Legendary Life of Big Nose Kate, Love of Doc Holliday Hardcover Chris Enss 9781493037735 $31.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2019

*2020 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winner (Western Biographies)* Doc Holliday’s paramour Big Nose Kate could never get a publisher to give her the big bucks she demanded to tell the story of her life, but that didn’t mean she didn’t collect material she wanted to use in a biography. Over the fifty years Mary Kate Cummings, alias Big Nose Kate, traversed the West she saved letters from her family, musings she had written about her love interests, and life with the notorious John Henry Holliday. Using rare, never before published material Big Nos... + Read More
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Series: Street Survivor Keeping the Beat in Lynyrd Skynyrd Hardcover Dean Goodman 9781617136542 $29.99 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 16, 2017

(Book). Artimus Pyle, a Marine, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and the "Wild Man" of southern rock, is one of the last surviving members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. He played drums with the band during its seventies heyday. He is the first bandmate to write about the tortuous rise and tragic fall of the Jacksonville hell raisers, offering detailed insights into the band's complex personalities and anthemic music. Packed with anecdotes of booze-fueled violence and destruction, he also lays out the exquisite musicianship and sheer hard work that t... + Read More
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Series: The Practical Guide to Dowsing How to Harness the Earth’s Energies for Health and Healing, with 150 Step-by-step Photographs Hardcover Patrick Dr MacManaway 9780754834786 $20.00 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Dec 20, 2019

This unique how-to guide shows how to use pendulum and crystal dowsing for unblocking energy paths, diagnosis, divination and insights
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Series: Ghost Writers The Hallowed Haunts of Unforgettable Literary Icons Paperback Sam Baltrusis 9781493043682 $21.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Sep 30, 2019

Writers have a reputation of being tortured souls languishing among the living. Does the unrest continue in the afterlife? Sam Baltrusis, author of Wicked Salem: Exploring Lingering Lore and Legends, revisits the haunts associated with America’s most beloved writers of ghost stories, including Edgar Allan Poe’s enduring legacy in New York City to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s indelible imprint at the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. Armed with the ghost lore and legends associated with these unforgettable literary icons, Baltrusis bre... + Read More
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Series: Hoodoo in the Psalms God's Magick Paperback Taren S 9781789042061 $24.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 01, 2019

Magickal workings found in the Psalms, developed over a millennium for the modern conjurer to use today.
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Series: Coherent Self, Coherent World A New Synthesis Of Myth, Metaphysics & Bohm's Implicate Order Paperback Diana Durham 9781789040548 $21.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 01, 2019

Reclaiming value in a fractured age.
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Series: Digital You Real Personal Branding in the Virtual Age Paperback William Arruda 9781949036756 $28.50 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 11, 2019

What's your story?The most successful brands aren't created, they are unearthed. Successful branding is based on authenticity. So how do you reveal your own brand? First, by searching yourself for answers to questions like these: What do you do better than anyone? What are you most proud of? What makes you lose track of time?In Digital You: Real Personal Branding in the Virtual Age, branding authority William Arruda describes the 21st century world of personal branding and guides you to define, express, and expand your personal brand for the vi... + Read More
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Series: The Unicorn Project A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data Hardcover Gene Kim 9781942788768 $42.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Nov 26, 2019

The Phoenix Project delighted over a half-million readers. Now comes the Wall Street Journal Bestselling The Unicorn Project! “The Unicorn Project is amazing, and I loved it 100 times more than The Phoenix Project…”—FERNANDO CORNAGO, Senior Director Platform Engineering, Adidas In this anticipated follow-up to the bestselling The Phoenix Project, we take another look at Parts Unlimited, from the perspective of Maxine, a senior lead developer. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms.
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Series: The Fonio Cookbook An Ancient Grain Rediscovered 1st edition Hardcover Pierre Thiam 9781891105692 $31.95 COOKING Nov 11, 2019

In this landmark cookbook, chef Pierre Thiam, a native of Senegal, celebrates fonio, an ancient "miracle grain" of his childhood that he believes could change the world. Grown for centuries in Africa, fonio is not only nutritious and gluten-free, but also as easy to cook as rice and quinoa. The Fonio Cookbook is full of simple recipes for the home cook, with both traditional West African dishes such as Fonio Fritters with Sweet Potato and modern creations like Tamarind Roasted Chicken with Fonio and Fonio Seafood Paella. There are also numerous... + Read More
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Series: Dim Sum Basics Irresistible bite-sized snacks made easy Paperback Ng Lip Kah 9789814841412 $38.95 COOKING Sep 23, 2019

Learn to prepare authentic dim sum snacks with ease from dim sum master Ng Lip Kah. In Dim Sum Basics: Irresistible bite-sized snacks made easy, Chef Ng demonstrates how to make all-time favourites like siew mai, paper-wrapped chicken, glutinous rice in lotus leaf and egg tarts; as well as creative additions such as egg yolk custard buns and snow skin dumplings. Written in an easy-to-follow manner and presented with step-by-step photographs, these recipes will help perfect your skills in making dim sum, be it moulding dumplings into various sha... + Read More
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Series: Small Brewery Finance Accounting Principles and Planning for the Craft Brewer Paperback Maria Pearman 9781938469527 $124.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Oct 04, 2019

Your brewery is much more than just a small business—it’s the fulfillment of your dream to share a love for quality craft beer and beverages. Build success from start-up to expansion with a solid foundation of finance principles geared specifically toward small beverage producers. Learn how to build and interpret financial reports and create basic pro-forma financial statements for launching a brewery, purchasing additional equipment, or determining a new location. Explore the various business models available to you as a craft brewery. Discove... + Read More
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Series: Chef's Table The Philadelphia Chef's Table Extraordinary Recipes From The City of Brotherly Love 2nd Edition Hardcover Adam Erace 9781493040704 $38.95 COOKING Mar 15, 2020

The second edition of The Philadelphia Chef’s Table captures what is a vibrant moment in Philadelphia’s dining scene through recipes from and conversations with more than fifty of the city’s most influential and well-known chefs. Philadelphia is a thriving foodie town and Philly food devotees are always hungry for more wonderful choices. With this book you can recreate your favorite dishes at home! Come celebrate the tastes of new tastes of Philadelphia.
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Series: Chef's Table The New Orleans Chef's Table Extraordinary Recipes From The Crescent City 2nd Edition Hardcover Lorin Gaudin 9781493044405 $35.95 COOKING Oct 23, 2019

Food-obsessed and always hungry, New Orleans is a culinary melting pot of diverse people and diverse cuisines. From classics like jambalaya and beignets to new additions like boudin egg rolls and shrimp & tasso pinchos, there’s something for everyone whether you live in the city or are just visiting. The new edition of The New Orleans Chef’s Table brings together the best that the Big Easy has to offer, including recipes from each featured restaurant so you can recreate your favorite dishes at home. Come celebrate the taste of New Orleans!
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Series: Chef's Table The Chicago Chef's Table Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City Second Edition Hardcover Amelia Levin 9781493044382 $38.95 COOKING Jun 01, 2023

Once considered a city simply of steakhouses and deep-dish pizza joints, Chicago has morphed into a vibrant and rich collection of second-generation, energetic chefs seeking to forge strong relationships with local producers and the diners they look to inspire. Master Chef Rick Bayless, Stephanie Izard of Girl & the Goat, Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia, and Paul Kahan with his slew of award-winning restaurants are just a few of the top chefs making headlines not only in Chicago’s food pubs but also nationwide. The Chicago Chef’s Table gathers Chic... + Read More
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Series: A Cowboy Christmas Western Celebrations, Recipes, and Traditions Hardcover Shanna Hatfield 9781493042340 $34.95 COOKING Sep 17, 2019

Create your own memorable western-style Christmas through A Cowboy Christmas, a holiday collection of décor, traditions, delicious food, and the unique lifestyle of cowboys. Infused with the stories of real-life ranch families and rodeo cowboys, discover their favorite Christmas traditions. Learn tips and glean ideas for decorating your home, wrapping presents like a pro, entertaining guests with ease, and giving gifts people will love. Traditional, classic, and fresh recipes cover every topic from appetizers to decadent desserts. You’ll also f... + Read More
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Series: Seasonal Cookbook Collection Christmas Cookies Hardcover Gooseberry Patch 9781620933329 $22.95 COOKING Jul 24, 2019

A collection of incredibly edible cookies, plus nifty packaging & cookie swap how-to's!
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Series: Regional Cooks All-Time-Favorite Recipes from Washington Cooks Hardcover Gooseberry Patch 9781620933435 $17.95 COOKING Aug 30, 2019

Recipes submitted from Washington cooks' kitchens.
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Series: Regional Cooks All-Time-Favorite Recipes from Texas Cooks Hardcover Gooseberry Patch 9781620933459 $17.95 COOKING Aug 30, 2019

Gooseberry Patch has been publishing cookbooks filled with recipes shared by cooks all across the country for nearly 30 years. Now we bring you the recipes from cooks in Texas. Along with treasured family recipes, each book includes the stories the go along with these tried & true dishes. 175 Recipes.
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Series: Regional Cooks All-Time-Favorite Recipes from Southern California Cooks Hardcover Gooseberry Patch 9781620933442 $17.95 COOKING Aug 30, 2019

Recipes submitted from Southern California cooks' kitchens.
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Series: Wool Appliqué Heirlooms 15 Antique-Inspired Projects & Techniques Paperback Mary A. Blythe 9781617458156 $34.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Oct 25, 2019

Enjoy quiet time with time-honored wool appliqué! Add warmth and texture to your home with wool appliqué. Sewing in the popular folk-art style, you’ll stitch fifteen projects, including thirteen heirloom-worthy table mats and two versions of an Advent calendar. Learn how reverse appliqué brings depth and color to your handwork without the bulk of additional layers. This guide offers advice on choosing and using wool (even scraps!), plus valuable techniques and tips for wool hand stitchers.• Make heirlooms your family will treasure • Be inspired... + Read More
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Series: Ultimate Applique Reference Tool Hand & Machine Techniques; Step-by-Step Instructions; Choosing Supplies; Options for Embellishments Paperback Annie Smith 9781617458798 $25.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Oct 25, 2019

Get started today with hand and machine appliqué! Sharing her passion for appliqué, experienced teacher and author Annie Smith teaches you everything you need to know to sew the quilt of your dreams! This colorful guide to hand and machine appliqué includes step-by-step techniques, plus advice on fabric selection, choosing supplies, and working with templates. Gain the confidence to design your own applique blocks and quilts, or flip to find several pretty patterns to get you stitching. Beautiful designs, better results! Appliqué expert Annie S... + Read More
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Series: Heirloom Embroidery from Brian Haggard 225+ Iron-On Designs Paperback Brian Haggard 9781617458965 $25.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Sep 02, 2019

Easy to use, just transfer and stitch! Over two hundred and twenty-five embroidery designs from best-selling author Brian Haggard are now available as iron-on transfers, to make applying and using his designs a breeze. Transfer and embroider beautiful designs from his popular books Embroidered Memories and Crazy-Quilted Memories. From florals and banners to birds and bees, this book has elegant images of all kinds (and in all sizes, too!). • Dozens of designs you’ll love to use on your crazy quilts, embroidery hangings, and more• Enjoy a huge v... + Read More
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Series: Ombré Quilts 6 Colorful Projects Paperback Jennifer Sampou 9781617459139 $28.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Oct 25, 2019

Sew modern quilts that illuminate your life with the help of ombré fabrics. Easy large-scale piecing shows the entire ombré gradation, while smaller-pieced quilts let colors dance and glow in hundreds of hues, tints, and tones! With a single fabric containing subtle shifts from pale to dark, color feels exciting and new again. Jennifer Sampou shows you how to make the fabric work for you, with eight brilliant quilt projects featuring her Sky Collection fabric.
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Series: Zakka from the Heart Sew 16 Charming Projects to Warm Any Home Paperback Minki Kim 9781617458514 $31.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Oct 25, 2019

Add peace to your busy life with a cozy afternoon of zakka sewing. Stitching in her signature style, Minki Kim is back with sixteen whimsical crafts for your must-sew list. With a number of techniques, from quilting and wool appliqué to embroidery, there’s something for every sewist! Advance your skills by installing a variety of zipper styles, bag handles, and hardware. From purses to pouches, these useful handmade gifts are ideal for gifting—and perfect for keeping! Stitch and piece a pile of pillows, sewing baskets, and useful gifts for ever... + Read More
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Series: Whitework Embroidery Learn the Stitches plus 30 Step-by-Step Projects Paperback Ayako Otsuka 9780811738224 $31.95 CRAFTS & HOBBIES Aug 21, 2019

Whitework Embroidery will show you how to make a variety of stitches including drawn work, pulled thread work, Hedebo, count work, and Schwalm. Full photo-illustrated instructions and all necessary patterns for each of 30 projects are included. Choose from a variety of elegant designs for the home and designs for baby including an heirloom christening gown, bonnet, bib, and booties.
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Series: It's Confusing Being Me Triumph over Trauma Paperback Henrietta Ross 9781789560169 $16.95 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS Oct 29, 2019

It's Confusing Be Me traces the childhood Henrietta Ross and the sexual, physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her adopted parents. She suffered from depression and tried to take her own life at the age of fourteen after being sexually abused by an uncle. From there, she battled mental illness, including postnatal depression and alcohol addiction, before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At her lowest point, she found the courage and strength to fight back. This is Henrietta's story of trauma and triumph.
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Series: Beyond the Fields Paperback Aysha Baqir 9789814841184 $26.95 FICTION Sep 23, 2019

Beyond the Fields is a gripping tale of resilience and reclaiming honor in which the rape of a fifteen-year-old girl living in a remote village of Pakistan drives her twin sister on a dangerous quest for justice. Set in the early 1980s against the backdrop of martial law and social turmoil, Beyond the Fields, brings up close the fears and hopes of women in Pakistan. It is a riveting and timely look at profound inequality, traditions that disempower women in our world, and survival as a dance to the beat of a different future. Born to a poor, l... + Read More
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Series: The Last Weekend of the Summer Paperback Peter Murphy 9781611882711 $18.95 FICTION Oct 07, 2019

They have been coming to their grandmother Gloria's lake cottage since they were babies. Now Johnnie and Buddy have families of their own and C.C. has a life full of adult drama and adventure. And this trip – the only stated purpose of which is to bring the family together for the last weekend of the summer – seems full of portent. Gloria has been hinting that there's more on the agenda than grilling and swimming, and when the three siblings learn that their estranged father will also be in attendance, it becomes clear that this weekend will ha... + Read More
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Series: Only the Strong An Ackerman Novel Paperback Ethan Cross 9781611882612 $12.99 FICTION Oct 07, 2019

Special Agent Marcus Williams and his serial killer sibling, Francis Ackerman Jr., are on the trail of not just a single murderer, but an entire network of killers for hire. The trail of bodies leads them to San Francisco and a killer going by the codename Gladiator. Their target is working for a ruthless and reclusive syndicate leader, helping to expand the crime lord's territories through blood. But the Gladiator's machinations go much deeper than contract killing. Considering himself to be a modern-day Genghis Khan, the Gladiator has a plan ... + Read More
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Series: From Nothing Paperback Ken Goldstein 9781611882698 $21.95 FICTION Oct 07, 2019

Victor Selo had blown up his life. A wannabe rock star turned tech savant, he'd wagered his Silicon Valley executive position on a corporate inside straight and lost. Having security escort him out of the building was the best thing that happened to him that day. The rest left him in the hospital, broken, broke, and with no prospects.That's when a shadowy stranger with questionable motives came with an offer: a chance to get his life back - and better - if he simply cooperates. It would require becoming invisible for a while, but he would be hi... + Read More
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Series: Being Sherlock A Sherlockian’s Stroll Through the Best Sherlock Holmes Stories Hardcover Ashley D. Polasek 9781493042395 $34.95 FICTION Sep 20, 2019

Being Sherlock shares the best collection of Sherlock Holmes stories fans have never had, until now. Shared by Sherlockian Ashley Polasek, she nimbly sets the stage for each story and shares interesting Sherlockian tidbits about the incredible evolution of this iconic character.
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Series: The Cult of Eden Book One Of The Unrisen Paperback Bill Halpin 9781789040623 $24.95 FICTION Oct 01, 2019

Newlywed Will Battese finds himself homesick and overwhelmed after following his ambitious wife, Shannon, to New York City. When a surprise pregnancy shreds their already meager budget, Will drops out of college and settles for work at a low-end diner. There, a small act of kindness draws the attention of Victor Degas, a man with an unsettling presence and deformed eyes. Unbeknownst to Will, Degas belongs to an ancient, sophisticated cult known as the Edens and believes Will to be the key to gaining otherworldly power. As the sun sets on Good F... + Read More
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Series: Greatest Word Search Ever Paperback Richard Manchester 9780884866978 $21.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Oct 01, 2019

Do you like word searches of every level and every imaginable kind? Well if you answered a resounding yes, then this GREATEST EVER collection of seek-a-words is for you! So, what's better than one word search book? How about two titles put together in one amazing collection! Over 900 seek-a-words await in this puzzle adventure of up, down, forward, backward and diagonal puzzles. There are even variety word searches such as Hidden Numbers, Tail Tags, Tanglewords and Cubes! Guaranteed to challenge even the most savvy puzzle solver and dazzle puz... + Read More
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Series: Greatest Sudoku Ever Paperback Richard Manchester 9780884866954 $21.95 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Oct 01, 2019

Get ready to enjoy this GREATEST compilation of numerical puzzles, but be warned: Sudoku is seriously addictive! This collection is a must have for puzzle connoisseurs everywhere! Packed with nearly 1,400 mind-twisting, sanity testing puzzles of every level--from the ego boosters to the dauntingly difficult--this book will surely provide hours of entertainment. Here you'll discover two amazing titles combined in one ultimate edition. Whether you are new to these puzzles or already hooked, you will find this collection impossible to put down. Th... + Read More
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Series: Remembering the Civil War The Conflict as Told by Those Who Lived It Hardcover Michael Barton 9781493041756 $44.95 HISTORY Oct 23, 2019

In Remembering the Civil War, historians Michael Barton and Charles Kupfer carefully select excerpts from the memoirs of key participants and weave them together to tell the story of the war in a single volume. Contributors include Union generals Ulysses Grant, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, W.T. Sherman, Abner Doubleday, and Philip Sheridan. Confederate authors include Robert E. Lee, Gen. James Longstreet, Cpl. Sam Watkins, Lt. John W. Worsham, Col. Edward Porter Alexander, Capt. John Wilkinson, and Jefferson Davis. Diaries and letters provide s... + Read More
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Series: Meat, Murder, Malfeasance, Medicine and Martyrdom Smithfield Stories: Wat Tyler, Anne Askew, Sweeney Todd, Jack the Ripper, Heinrich Himmler & more ... Hardcover Graham Holderness 9781911454274 $51.95 HISTORY Oct 31, 2019
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Series: Churchill The Contradictions of Greatness Hardcover William D. Rubinstein 9781912224227 $77.95 HISTORY Jan 15, 2021

The great man's career was riddled with contradictions. This new book highlights these, and shows the difficulties he experienced as well as his ultimate successes. Countless books have been written on Sir Winston Churchill. But little or nothing has been said about the many contradictory and anomalous positions Churchill took throughout his career. Some of these stances were the opposite of what someone from his elite background and political viewpoints might have been expected to take. They often had surprising results. This work examines t... + Read More
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Series: Pioneers in Paradise West Palm Beach - the First 100 Years Paperback Jan Tuckwood 9781493042227 $31.95 HISTORY Oct 15, 2019

When Henry Flagler came to the Lake Worth region in 1893, he called is "a veritable paradise." And then he had a vision: He would turn Palm Beach into the most highfalutin resort in the world. And he would build a commercial city across the lake “for my help.” That city was West Palm Beach. What began as Flagler’s servants’ quarters soon became a bustling frontier town, as wild as any in the Wild West. And it attracted people every bit as colorful as the Vanderbilts and Astors who visited Flagler’s grand hotels in Palm Beach. In its 100 ... + Read More
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Series: Tours of Duty The Best Vietnam War Stories from the Men Who Served Paperback Michael Lee Lanning 9780811738484 $25.95 HISTORY Sep 19, 2019

These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts—stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hills, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war. Raw, often gut-wrenching, sometimes funny, these war stories describe slices of individual tours of duty, from the firefights to the friendships, and capture the kaleidoscope of the American experience in Vietnam.
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Series: Scrimmage for War A Story of Pearl Harbor, Football, and World War II Hardcover Bill McWilliams 9780811738675 $44.95 HISTORY Sep 19, 2019

In late November 1941, two college football teams—Willamette University and San Jose State—set sail for Honolulu for a series of games with the University of Hawaii. Instead of a festive few weeks of football and fun, the players found themselves caught up in the first days of the United States’ war with Japan. For two weeks after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, the young men were recruited to dig and man trenches, string barbed wire, guard hotels, and join patrols as martial law took hold in Honolulu. They arrived home on Chr... + Read More
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Series: First to Fight An American Volunteer in the French Foreign Legion and the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I Hardcover Steven T. Tom 9780811738040 $38.95 HISTORY Sep 20, 2019

Five days after the outbreak of World War I in the summer of 1914, American Kiffin Rockwell was on a ship headed for France. The United States would not join the war for nearly three years, but Rockwell believed it was time to fight. He joined the elite French Foreign Legion and was soon fighting in the trenches of the Western Front. A combat wound in 1915 rendered him unfit to fight on the ground, so Rockwell volunteered to fight in the air, becoming a charter member of the soon-to-be legendary Lafayette Escadrille, a fighter squadron of volu... + Read More
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Series: The Victorio Peak Mystery A Search for the Greatest Lost Treasure Cache in America Hardcover W.C. Jameson 9781493045181 $34.95 HISTORY Sep 24, 2019

In a little-known mountain range in southern New Mexico is an unremarkable mountain called Victorio Peak. In a cavern in that mountain, it is rumored that billions of dollars’ worth of artifacts and thousands of gold and silver ingots and coins have been cached for decades, a treasure that dwarfs all others. Its existence, or the belief in its existence, has been responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of recovery efforts, blatant violation of laws and trampling of legal rights by the United States government as well as dozens of citizens, a... + Read More
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Series: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail Kit Carson and the Jicarilla Apache Adapted edition Hardcover Doug Hocking 9781493041794 $38.95 HISTORY Sep 20, 2019

*Winner of the 2020 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Nonfiction* The story of conflict on the Santa Fe Trail during its heyday—the years leading up to the Civil War. The clashes between the Jicarilla and the U.S. Army shaped the story of Western expansion, influenced Indian policy for the rest of the century, and played a part in the Mexican-America War. Men like the legendary Kit Carson were at the heart of the events.
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Series: Seven Montanas A Journey in Search of the Soul of the Treasure State Hardcover Ednor Therriault 9781493041602 $34.95 HISTORY Sep 17, 2019

The vast space of the American West that has been designated as the state of Montana is such a diverse and varied landscape that it’s been said it could easily be sliced up into several smaller states. And with its smorgasbord of industry, history, culture and the various worldviews held by its residents, getting a bead on Montana’s personality is a challenge. That may be because Montana, in fact, has several fairly distinct personalities. This book examines those personalities, through the lens of seven geographic and cultural regions commonly... + Read More
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Series: Geronimo: Prisoner of Lies Twenty-Three Years as a Prisoner of War, 1886-1909 Hardcover W. Michael Farmer 9781493042005 $34.95 HISTORY Sep 24, 2019

When Geronimo and his warriors surrendered to the US Army, General Miles made a number of promises for the surrender terms that were in fact false. Geromino: Prisoner of Lies provides insights into how Chiricahua prisoners of war lived while held in captivity by the United States Army in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as seen through the eyes of their war leader Geronimo. The indignities and lies they suffered, and how they maintained their tribal culture in the face of great pressure to change or vanish entirely, are brought... + Read More
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Series: Billy the Kid and Jesse James Outlaws of the Legendary West Paperback Bill Markley 9781493038381 $21.95 HISTORY Sep 27, 2019

Who was the biggest, baddest outlaw in the Old West? Billy the Kid or Jesse James? Which outlaw did the most to wreak havoc across the frontier? And which outlaw left behind the biggest legacy? Author Bill Markley takes on those questions and more in this thoughtful and entertaining examination of these legendary lives.
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Series: Jefferson's White House Monticello on the Potomac Hardcover James B. Conroy 9781538108468 $35.00 HISTORY Oct 23, 2019

As the first president to occupy the White House for an entire term, Thomas Jefferson shaped the president’s residence, literally and figuratively, more than any of its other occupants. Remarkably enough, however, though many books have immortalized Jefferson’s Monticello, none has been devoted to the vibrant look, feel, and energy of his still more famous and consequential home from 1801 to 1809. In Monticello on the Potomac, James B. Conroy, author of the award-winning Lincoln’s White House offers a vivid, highly readable account of how life ... + Read More
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Series: Sweet Maple Backyard Sugarmaking from Tap to Table Paperback Michelle Visser 9781493037773 $31.95 HOUSE & HOME Sep 17, 2019

Sweet Maple is an instructional book on backyard sugarmaking that’s also the story of the family’s connection to the past on a small New England sugar farm. Throughout its pages, Michelle gives advice on: ·The 30 different kinds of trees that can be used to make syrup (at least one of which grows in every state of the nation) ·Insight into how sugarmakers down south and out west— well outside of the “maple belt”—are making syrup successfully. ·The process of making syrup, to help you decide what level is right for you ·How to make alternative t... + Read More
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Series: The Plano Adventures Attack of the Cybugs The Plano Adventures Paperback Mo Dirani 9789814828970 $16.99 JUVENILE FICTION Sep 23, 2019

About the bookThe Wood Wide Web is a ghost town. No one goes out or talks to each other, and the children hide in their tree houses all day long. Professor Plano, Zed and Zee get there to find that Cybugs have infested the town. They text trash, send nasty notes and dislike everything in sight. Is Lod Myopic behind this? The trio needs to hurry to help their new friends, but how?About the seriesMyopia (short-sightedness), device dependency and lack of outdoor activity are public health concerns worldwide. Stories from the plano adventures are b... + Read More
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Series: Pansy the Poodle Mystery Series Pansy in Rome The Mystery of the Missing Cat Hardcover Cynthia Bardes 9781732976801 $28.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Oct 07, 2019

Pansy the poodle and her human friend Avery have solved mysteries all over the world—from foiling a jewel thief in Los Angeles to tracking down a talented lion cub in Africa. For their newest adventure, they travel to Rome, where a cat with culinary skills has vanished from one of the city’s best restaurants. Chef Mario is desperate to find her, so it is Pansy to the rescue! As Pansy and Avery scour Rome, listening for Angelina’s bell and sniffing the air for her signature garlic scent, they encounter such sites as the Colosseum and Trevi Foun... + Read More