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15-Minute Spanish (15-Minute Language Packs)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: DK Publishing
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: DK ADULT; Har/Com Re edition (2012, Dec 17th).
Pages: 160
Whether starting from scratch or just in need of a refresher, discover how to speak and understand Spanish with 15-minute-a day lessons. Each pack contains two hour-long CDs, a full-color course book with themed chapters and real-life examples, a menu guide, and translation dictionaries. Now with brand-new packaging and plastic snap-shut cases! more
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15-Minute French (15-Minute Language)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: DK Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publisher: DK ADULT; Pap/Com Re edition (2012, Dec 17th).
Pages: 160
Whether starting from scratch or just in need of a refresher, discover how to speak and understand French with 15-minute-a day lessons. Each pack contains two hour-long CDs, a full-color course book with themed chapters and real-life examples, a menu guide, and translation dictionaries. Now with brand-new packaging and plastic snap-shut cases! more
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15-Minute Italian
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: DK Publishing
Format: Paperback
Publisher: DK ADULT; Pap/Com Bl edition (2012, Dec 17th).
Pages: 160
Whether starting from scratch or just in need of a refresher, discover how to speak and understand Italian with 15-minute-a day lessons. Each pack contains two hour-long CDs, a full-color course book with themed chapters and real-life examples, a menu guide, and translation dictionaries. Now with brand-new packaging and plastic snap-shut cases! more
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The Scoop on Poop: Lifting the Lid on the science of Poo and Pee
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Richard Platt
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Kingfisher (2012, Oct 30th).
Pages: 48
Every grownup knows that there is one universal topic that fascinates children without exception: poop and pee. But what they may not know is that throughout history, the products of our bladder and bowels have helped us to build houses, wash and dye our clothes, fertilize crops, treat illnesses, solve crimes, control pollution, and create fuel, energy, and explosives. With just the right amount of humor, this book uncovers the fascinating stories behind mankind's ingenious use of this most natural of resources, and young readers will love pouring over the droll illustrations and endearing characters that populate the pages. From wizards using 'magical urine', to soldiers fighting with exploding piles of dung, pee-wielding beauty therapists, and much, much more--this book uncovers the history and the science behind the one topic that unites us, young and old. more
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Barron's AP World History, 5th Edition
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: John McCannon Ph.D.
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 5 edition (2012, Feb 1st).
Pages: 512
Completely revised and updated, this new edition reflects major changes that have occurred on the AP World History exam since Fall 2011. Two full-length model exams with answer keys Detailed advice on answering the comparative essay question Strategies for answering the test's multiple-choice and document-based questions A review of world history, from the foundations of civilization circa. 8000 B.C. to world cultures of the twenty-first century more
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Drinking with Men: A Memoir
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Rosie Schaap
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (2013, Jan 24th).
Pages: 288
A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars. Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, the knowing bartenders, and especially the sometimes surprising but always comforting company of regulars. Starting with her misspent youth in the bar car of a regional railroad, where at fifteen she told commuters’ fortunes in exchange for beer, and continuing today as she slings cocktails at a neighborhood joint in Brooklyn, Schaap has learned her way around both sides of a bar and come to realize how powerful the fellowship among regular patrons can be. In Drinking with Men, Schaap shares her unending quest for the perfect local haunt, which takes her from a dive outside Los Angeles to a Dublin pub full of poets, and from small-town New England taverns to a character-filled bar in Manhattan’s TriBeCa. more
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Clean Cuisine: An 8-Week Anti-Inflammatory Diet that Will Change the Way You Age, Look & Feel
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ivy Larson
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (2013, Feb 5th).
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What you eat matters more than how much you eat. There is a diet and exercise plan that covers all the bases—food we should eat and food that tastes good; what is best for our bodies and what is easily doable in the real world—all while offering hunger-free weight loss. Developed by Andrew Larson, M.D. and certified Heath Fitness Specialist Ivy Larson, Clean Cuisine is scientifically proven to reverse diabetes, improve cholesterol and blood pressure, and ease the symptoms of other inflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, asthma, allergies, and arthritis. Broken down into eight easy steps and spread over the course of eight weeks, Clean Cuisine will enable readers to transform their bodies one delicious meal at a time by adopting an anti-inflammatory diet and choosing unrefined foods in their most natural, whole state. more
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French Twist: An American Mom's Experiment in Parisian Parenting
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Catherine Crawford
Format: Deckle Edge]
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2013, Mar 12th).
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Adventures in Franco-inspired American parenting—a winning mix of witty cross-cultural observation, hilariously blunt French wisdom, and one American mom’s journey to create her own hybrid parenting approach “If there is no blood, don’t get up.” This single nugget of parenting gold, offered by a French friend at the end of a long dinner party, changed everything for writer Catherine Crawford, her husband, and, especially, the couple’s two young daughters. Crawford immediately began to see that while the United States had become the land of too-involved parents forever wanting to talk through their kids’ feelings about, well, everything, France employed a far more laissez-faire attitude toward raising les enfants. more
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The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: A.C. Grayling
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition (2013, Mar 26th).
Pages: 288
What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief--all of them--right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of these arguments that once and for all will show what is at stake in this debate? Equally important: what is the alternative to religion as a view of the world and a foundation for morality? Is there a worldview and a code of life for thoughtful people--those who wish to live with intellectual integrity, based on reason, evidence, and a desire to do and be good--that does not interfere with people's right to their own beliefs and freedom of expression?In The Case Against Religion, Anthony Grayling offers a definitive examination of these questions, and an in-depth exploration of the humanist outlook that recommends itself as the ethics of the genuinely reflective person. more
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Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jonathan Cott
Format: Large Print]
Publisher: Center Point Pub; Lrg edition (2013, Apr 1st).
Pages: 500
Jonathan Cott met John Lennon in 1968 and remained friends with him and Yoko Ono until John's death in 1980. He has kept in touch with Yoko since that time, and is one of the few writers who understands her profoundly positive influence on Lennon. This deeply personal book recounts the course of these friendships over the decades and provides an intimate look at two of the most astonishing cultural figures of our time. And what Jonathan Cott has to say will be found nowhere else. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. more
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