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Sharky Marky and the Big Race
Like SpongeBob SquarePants for the younger crowd, this beautiful book is sure to delight young minds. Like a kinder, gentler SpongeBob SquarePants, the Sharky Marky book series gives voice and personality to creatures under the sea. In...
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Dickey Chapelle under Fire
A fitting tribute to a fearless female war photographer who covered Cuba, Vietnam, Hungary, Algeria, and other hot spots. Even if an amazing war photograph becomes iconic, little thought is given to the person risking life and limb...
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The Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy
For girls and women in the technological age, this guide to Internet safety is a must-read. The Smart Girl’s Guide to Privacy should be given to every teenage girl with an Internet connection. “The sad fact is that women have more...
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Unwelcome Inheritance
Woititz identifies the cycle of addiction inheritance from parents and provides solid methods of avoiding passing on destructive behaviors. Addiction has a ripple effect on families, and the late Janet Woititz was the first to formally...
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Wok Wisely: Chinese Vegetarian Cooking
A Buddhist monastery has taken the “you are what you eat” adage one step further by suggesting that inner peace starts with what you put in your mouth. Looking for a recipe for Wishing-You-Well Soybean Sprouts with Licorice-Flavored...
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Changing the Subject
These seventeen exceptionally well-written essays explain that an unprecedented explosion of data injures the restorative nature of certain important ways of thinking. Sven Birkert’s Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the...
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Godless Grace
Interviews with dozens of prominent humanitarian atheists underscore the belief that humans are hardwired for kindness. Americans are much more likely to vote for a convicted felon than an atheist, according to a recent sociology study,...
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Two Legs, Bad
Southern Gothic short stories weave dark humor into the lives of bizarre and emotionally deep characters. Pat Mayer, Pushcart Prize nominee, employs pyromaniacs, schizophrenics, and other eccentrics to explore the South’s cultural...