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A red fox stands poised at the edge of a woodchuck den, his ears perked for danger as two pudgy fox cubs frolic nearby. A mother black bear and her cubs hibernate beneath a felled tree. A barred owl snags a hapless cottontail from a meadow with its precise talons. In The Quarry Fox and Other Tales of the Wild Catskills, Leslie T. Sharpe trains her keen eye and narrative gifts on these and other New York wildlife through her tales of close observations...
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What does it mean to be JUST A GUY?
-A guy doesn't think before he speaks.
-Eating and sleeping always come first. Always.
-A guy may get married, but he doesn't have to like it.
-It's tough to admit, but all guys are exactly the same.
Blue Collar Comedy Star Bill Engvall is JUST A GUY. He's been one his whole life. He can't help it. He was born that way. And that makes him an expert on the subject.
For the record, here's the official definition...
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On the road to find out is a thought-provoking memory emoting read for a generation that lived it and for those younger and wise enough to want to discover what it was like to live in the moment. It is rooted in the time period of 1967 to 1974 and unfolds mainly in the seaside resort town of Wildwood New Jersey. It's a story of heartbreak and discovery. It's a wild ride through America as seen through the eyes of this young Canadian, as he digs deep...
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There is no cavalry coming!
We are the iconic leaders we have been waiting for, curators of the change we're seeking to see.
America is currently rumbling with a reckoning on race and wonder whether it will finally reconcile its history of systemic oppression of its Black citizens, who have helped build this country. The 2020 murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, in the midst of a global pandemic ignited a wave of racial justice...
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In the tradition of The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs and Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler comes Abigail Pogrebin's My Jewish Year, a lively chronicle of the author's journey into the spiritual heart of Judaism. Although she grew up following some holiday rituals, Pogrebin realized how little she knew about their foundational purpose and contemporary relevance; she wanted to understand...
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Includes more than 40 detailed illustrations.
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Salisbury and is the seat of the Bishop of Salisbury.
The building is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic architecture. Its main body was completed in 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
The spire, built...
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From the chief historian at HISTORY® comes a rich chronicle of the evolution of American cuisine and culture, from before Columbus's arrival to today. Did you know that the first graham crackers were designed to reduce sexual desire? Or that Americans have tried fad diets for almost two hundred years? Why do we say things like 'buck' for a dollar and 'living high on the hog'? How have economics, technology, and social movements changed our tastes?...
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Korean cooking has recently emerged as a new trend in Asian cuisine. Perhaps you know a small restaurant that serves the most delectable beef bulgogi or seafood pancakes, and you find yourself craving them and wishing you could make them at home.
This book will show you how simple it is to create your own unforgettable Korean dishes.
Korean cooking, a cultural way of cooking steeped in history and incredible flavor, uses the best of the flavors that...
9) MEDITERRANEAN DIET: 200+ Mediterranean Diet Recipes for Beginners and Advanced,Easy and Healthy M
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Diets, diets, diets. Which one is right for you?
"Lose weight while eating chocolate chip cookies at every meal!"
"Drink 4 cups of green tea every day - it'll boost your metabolism and melt off fat like crazy!"
"Skip breakfast and eat only two big meals a day. You won't even have to worry about counting calories!"
With so many contradicting diets and crazes floating around the internet nowadays, most of them turning out to be trends lasting for...
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Canning sounds complicated, but it isn't; it's just another way of cooking your food, but instead of cooking each meal as you need to eat it, you simply cook foods you can store for the long term.
Why would you want to do that?
For several reasons. First, it's a great way to ensure you have food available in an emergency, such as long-term power blackouts. Second, it's a great way of ensuring that you have food to hand when you don't feel like cooking...
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When Achilles Conroy and his brother Troy return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, their white mother presents them with the key to their past: envelopes containing details about their respective birth parents. After Troy disappears, Achilles--always his brother's keeper--embarks on a harrowing journey in search of Troy, an experience that will change him forever. Heartbreaking, intimate, and at times disturbing, Hold It 'Til It Hurts is a modern-day...
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Bestselling Author of We're Just Like You, Only Prettier and Bless Your Heart, Tramp
Hang on to your hats! We're in for some fiercely funny weather and crackling-sharp observations from Celia Rivenbark, of whom USA Today has said, "Think Dave Barry with a female point of view."
With her incomparable style and sassy southern wit, you'll hear from Celia on:
--The joys of remodeling Tara
--How Harry Potter bitch-slaps Nancy Drew
--Britney's To-Do...
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This is the untold story of Collins Catch the Bear, a Lakota Sioux, who was wrongfully charged with the murder of a white man in 1982 at Russell Means's Yellow Thunder Camp, an AIM encampment in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Though Collins was innocent, he took the fall for the actual killer, a man placed in the camp with the intention of compromising the reputation of AIM. This story reveals the struggle of the American Indian people in their...
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Are you looking for a fresh way to mix up your diet to make it fresh and colorful? Recipes that will be like nothing before and will bring a smile to your face? Well, you have found just the right books where you will find a ton of fun and unique recipes to try that you will love.
Our brand new '50 Muslim Recipes Cookbook' is a brand new way to venture into the world of healthy eating, it features a vast variety of different recipes that range in...
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Una familia Cubana huye del comunismo en 1961 y la unica hija de esa union debe vivir con un legado de drogas, prision y muerte.Esta es la autobiografia de Gloria Restoy, ella crecio durante la decada de 1970 en Miami, Florida ,en la epoca que estaba en auje el trafico de cocaina. En medio de momentos caoticos de secuestros y redadas policiales, Gloria luchaba por tener una identidad propia y por tratar de encontrar un significado para su vida. A...
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When she is four years old Amra Pajalić realises that her mother is different. Fatima is loving but sometimes hears strange voices that tell her to do bizarre things. She is frequently sent to hospital and Amra and her brother are passed around to family friends and foster homes, and for a time live with their grandparents in Bosnia.
At sixteen Amra ends up in the school counsellor's office for wagging school. She finally learns the name for the...
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"Nobody in our family ever got divorced." – In the words of my dad.
"So there is always a first time for everything." – Those would be my words.
Early in the 1990s, the Czech Republic was changing, desperately trying to enter a western capitalistic lifestyle. But the change was slow motion compared to the turbulent life of a young female journalist trying to do it all – end her first marriage, mother two kids, while drowning in lots of work....
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One Bead at a Time is the oral memoir of Beverly Little Thunder, a two-spirit Lakota Elder from Standing Rock, who has lived most of her life in service to Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in vast areas of both the United States and Canada. Transcribed and edited by two-spirit Métis writer Sharron Proulx-Turner, Little Thunder's narrative is told verbatim, her melodious voice and keen sense of humour almost audible overtop of the text on the page....
19) The New Ringer
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A shy young man from the suburban outskirts takes himself to Gulf Country on a 1960s boys own adventure that changes his life forever.
'We can give you a start. You will need a six foot by four foot piece of canvas and blanket. If you stay for three months, we will refund your fare. You will need to fly TAA out of Cloncurry and advise me your date of arrival.'
And so began the adventures and misadventures of young Roland Breckwoldt. It was 1960....
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This is a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Of brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons. Of growing up in a magical era populated by Bic pens, Mr. Clean and Scrubbing Bubbles, lightsabers and those oh-so-coveted Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes. And of a father--one of 3M's greatest and last eight-track salesmen--traveling...
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