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Painting - Threadwork, 'I Fear...Swirling lines highlight an Adinkra symbol that emerges from a brilliant check... Swirling lines highlight an Adinkra symbol that emerges from a brilliant checkerboard of shapes. Randy Abeka Abbam creates the image by patiently gluing cotton thread to a card stock base. Ghanaian Adinkra symbols communicate popular wisdom to the... more
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Thomas Edison (paperback) - by...Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and Scientists series combines ... Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors and Scientists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the work and contributions of renowned... more
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We'll Never Forget You, Robert...The biography of this star hitter tells of his youth in Puerto Rico and his ca... The biography of this star hitter tells of his youth in Puerto Rico and his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente more
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The Secret Soldier: The Story ...Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no mon... Deborah Sampson wanted to travel and have adventures, but since she had no money, the best way to do that was to join the army. This is the exciting true story of a woman who became a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, by dressing and... more
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I Am #2: Albert Einstein (Span...Learn all about Einstein, whose accomplishments are truly remarkable, in the d... Learn all about Einstein, whose accomplishments are truly remarkable, in the debut of this new biography series. The series features full-color illustrated covers, one-color illustrations throughout, a timeline, an introduction to the people readers... more
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Sources and Studies in the His...Interesting and useful as all this will be for anyone interested in knowing mo... Interesting and useful as all this will be for anyone interested in knowing more about Bayes this is just part of the riches contained in this book . . . Beyond doubt this book is a work of the highest quality in terms of the scholarship it displays... more
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Hans Von Bülow: A Life for Mu...Drawing upon an extensive selection of rare letters reviews and memoirs Kennet... Drawing upon an extensive selection of rare letters reviews and memoirs Kenneth Birkin sets Hans von Bülow s work as a recitalist chamber-music artist and orchestral conductor at the centre of a disturbed and eventful life. Bülow s Zukunftsmusik... more
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Guadalupe in New York : Devoti...Every December 12th thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New... Every December 12th thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City s St. Patrick s Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe s feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin wait for a bishop s blessing--and they also carry signs... more
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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius ...The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Ber... The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Thomas Wolfe and numerous others. But Maxwell... more
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Simon J. Ortiz: A Poetic Legac...Simon J. Ortiz is widely regarded as one of the literary giants of the twentie... Simon J. Ortiz is widely regarded as one of the literary giants of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with more than two dozen volumes of poetry prose fiction children s literature and nonfiction work to his credit and his being anthologized... more
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Creating Myself : How I Learne...Now in paperback the deeply personal and inspirational memoir from one of Amer... Now in paperback the deeply personal and inspirational memoir from one of America s most successful plus-sized models and daughter of Aerosmith s Steven Tyler on her journey to recovery and self-acceptance. On the surface Mia Tyler led a se more
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Stick Figure : A Diary of My F...A Los Angeles Times and Washington Post bestseller and winner of several award... A Los Angeles Times and Washington Post bestseller and winner of several awards including the American Library Association s Best Books Borders Original New Voice and an Alternate Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club... more
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Crashing Through : The Extraor...Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three he defied expec... Mike May spent his life crashing through. Blinded at age three he defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing joining the CIA and becoming a successful inventor entrepreneur and family man. He had never yearned for vision.... more
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The Glass Castle : A Memoir (H...THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER--FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON The... THE BELOVED #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER--FROM THE AUTHOR OF HANG THE MOON The extraordinary one-of-a-kind nothing short of spectacular (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world s most gifted storytellers. The Glass Castle is a remarkable... more
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Called Out of Darkness: A Spir...The first memoir from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Interview wi... The first memoir from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Interview with a Vampire--a very affecting story of a well-known prodigal s return ... [a] vivid engaging tale of the journey of a soul into light (Chicago Sun-Times). Anne Rice was... more
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Shaking the Family Tree : Blue...Jackson presents a glimpse inside the quirky and obsessive world of genealogy ... Jackson presents a glimpse inside the quirky and obsessive world of genealogy enthusiasts while investigating her own tangled family tree. WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? As a historian Buzzy Jackson thought she knew the answers to these simple... more
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Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping A...As a child Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother s fashion... As a child Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother s fashion magazines. She grew up to be one of the people in them living a life that seemed to be filled with labels and luxury. But shopping had become a dangerous addiction. She... more
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A Thousand Sisters : My Journe...Shannon the founder of the international organization Run for Congo Women shar... Shannon the founder of the international organization Run for Congo Women shares firsthand accounts of her experiences visiting the Congo the women she s helped and the relationships she s formed. Lisa Shannon had what some would call a good lifeher... more
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Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in ...Based on Captain Matt Gallagher s controversial and popular blog which the U.S... Based on Captain Matt Gallagher s controversial and popular blog which the U.S. Army shut down in June 2008 Kaboom is a sardonic unnerving one-of-a-kind Iraq war memoir. At turns hilarious maddening and terrifying providing raw and insightful snapshots... more
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No Bread for Mandela: Memoirs ...This riveting memoir spanning the history of modern South Africa sheds new lig... This riveting memoir spanning the history of modern South Africa sheds new light on the struggle against apartheid as it tells the moving and insightful story of a man who served among a loyal cadre of the African National Congress and helped in... more
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