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The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of...
5) My own words
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Collects engaging, serious and playful writings and speeches on topics ranging from gender equality and the workings of the Court to Judaism and the value of looking beyond U.S. shores when interpreting the Constitution.
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Before losing his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. Because he blamed the press for his mother's death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight. From the beginning, his romance with Meghan was preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Here Prince Harry tells his own story: one of insight, revelation, self-examination,...
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Simon & Schuster
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2021.
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Debunks common myths about aging and cognitive decline, explores whether there’s a “best” diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and explains whether it’s healthier to play video games that test memory and processing speed, or to engage in more social interaction. Discover what we can learn from “super-brained” people who are in their eighties and nineties, and whether there are truly any benefits to drugs, supplements, and vitamins....
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DK Publishing
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2017.
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Written in plain English, The Philosophy Book is packed with short, pithy explanations that cut through the jargon, step-by-step diagrams that untangle knotty theories, classic quotes that make philosophy memorable, and witty illustrations that play with our ideas about ideas.
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Dutton
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[2023]
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Posnanski writes of major moments that created legends, and of forgotten moments almost lost to time. It's Willie Mays's catch, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Kirk Gibson's limping home run; the slickest steals; the biggest bombs; and the most triumphant no-hitters. But these are also moments raw with the humanity of the game, the unheralded heroes, the mesmerizing mistakes drenched in pine tar, and every story, from the immortal to the obscure, is...
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This DIY felting book includes step-by-step instructional color photos and texts for creating felted animals. It shows you how to make the basic shape, attach the components, add the details, and then attach the finding. The animals you can make include: A playful Kitten ; A sweet miniature Dachshund Puppy ; A mommy Pig and her Baby Piglet ; A downy Duck and Ducklings ; A saucy Squirrel ; A friendly Chipmunk ; A pair of adorable White Bunnies ; A...
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William Morrow and Co
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c1996
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In Poem for Black Boys, she writes: "Where are your heroes, my little Black ones / You are the Indian you so disdainfully shoot / Not the big bad sheriff on his faggoty white horse / You should play run-away-slave or Mau-Mau / These are more in line with your history." By the author of Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day.
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Simon & Schuster
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2013
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The author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story of the young women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, who unwittingly played a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history. One of the Manhattan Project's secret cities, it did not appear on any maps until 1949, and yet at the height of World War II it...