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"Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology, biology, and history, Ian Morris, author of the best-selling Why the West Rules--for Now, explains why. The result is a compelling new argument about the evolution of human values,...
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Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
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2011
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English
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Is there anything more satisfying than a well-made Asian dumpling? Wrapped, rolled, or filled; steamed, fried, or baked–asian dumplings are also surprisingly easy to prepare and enjoy at home, as Andrea Nguyen demonstrates with more than 75 recipes.
Nguyen is a celebrated food writer and teacher with a unique ability to interpret authentic Asian cooking styles for a Western audience. Her crystal-clear recipes for Asia’s...
Nguyen is a celebrated food writer and teacher with a unique ability to interpret authentic Asian cooking styles for a Western audience. Her crystal-clear recipes for Asia’s...
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A comprehensive guide to baking with whole grains from one of America's leading flour mills.Features 100 gluten-free recipes and 50 bread machine recipes! If your experience of whole grains translates into heavy, bitter, stale, or (in the case of pasta) mushy, take heart. A revolution in whole-grain flours and a better understanding of the techniques needed to create delicious whole-grain baked goods that are as good to eat as they are good for you...
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Lizzie B. Hayes and the Great Camp Caper, is a middle grade children's fiction chapter book. It is the second book in the popular Lizzie B. Hayes series. Through historical fiction, KP Carter shares childhood coming of age stories about life in the 1960's.
After the 1967 rebellion in Newark NJ, Lizzie's neighborhood has changed. Still surrounded by her loving grandparents, Cousins Shu Shu and Mookie, the precocious, accident prone ten-year-old Lizzie...
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This book is an attempt to survey the natural history of the whole of Wales. It therefore covers such areas as Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons as well as the spectacularly beautiful Pembrokeshire coast and the less well-known but no less interesting areas of mid-Wales.
Wales is a country of great geographical and biological diversity, a largely mountainous land whose eastern scarps overlook the richer plains of Mercia. William Condry is an acute...
66) A pile of leaves
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Phaidon Press Limited
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2018.
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English
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Each clear acetate page features a single element in the leaf pile, though some are not leaves at all! As readers turn the pages, the leaf pile is deconstructed piece by piece on the right side, and reconstructed on the left. Younger readers will enjoy the seek-and-find aspect of the hidden objects, while older readers might experiment by adding their own images between the pages. A key at the back provides the names of each kind of leaf shown.
67) Noah's ark
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Candlewick Press
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English
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A simple retelling of the Bible story in which Noah builds an ark and saves two of each kind of animal from the great Flood.
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Aharon Barak was president of the Supreme Court of Israel until his retirement in 2006. He is the author of Judicial Discretion, The Judge in a Democracy, numerous articles in English-language law journals, and several books in Hebrew. He is the winner of the 2006 Gruber Justice Prize from the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation. He is the author of Judicial Discretion (Yale), numerous articles in English-language law journals, and several books...
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2024.
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"Entra en el juzgado mientras un miembro del jurado conduce a un grupo claramente dividido hacia encontrar un consenso. Únete a un joven oficial de la CIA mientras recluta a un agente extranjero renuente. Y siéntate con un cirujano consumado mientras intenta convencer a otro paciente de cáncer de que elija un tratamiento menos riesgoso, y fracasa. En Supercomunicadores, Charles Duhigg mezcla investigaciones profundas con sus conocidas habilidades...
71) Circus Train
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in it's own brightly colored car.
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Scholastic
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[2015]
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English
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Nelson Mandela: the story of a young boy who grew up to become president of South Africa. Each Kindness: with a little help from her teacher, Chloe realizes how kindness can change the world. Coretta Scott: this story captures the movement for civil rights and honors its most elegant inspiration. Mufaro's beautiful daughters: Mufaro's daughters are tested to determine which one is worthy enough to marry the King.
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 20
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Harry Bosch is back as a volunteer working cold cases for the San Fernando police and is called out to a local drug store where a young pharmacist has been murdered. Bosch and the town's three-person detective squad sift through the clues, which lead into the dangerous big-business world of prescription drug abuse. Meanwhile, an old case from Bosch's LAPD days comes back to haunt him when a long-imprisoned killer claims Harry framed him and seems...
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Microcosm Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Editing is more than just crossing out words with a red pen. Helping an author shape their writing is a complex, collaborative task that can take many forms, from beta reading to proofreading. This handy guide provides an overview of the different types of editing, along with key principles that all editors should abide by. It also offers real-world advice for how editors can avoid common pitfalls, practice tactful communication, and maintain positive...
77) Noah
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Philomel
Pub. Date
c1994
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English
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Describes how Noah obeyed God at the time of the great flood and preserved two of each kind of animal in the world.
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Wayside School volume 1
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English
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Presents humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
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All-of-a-kind family volume 1
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English
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The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.
80) Good riddance
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"In a delightful new romantic comedy from Elinor Lipman, one woman's trash becomes another woman's treasure, with deliriously entertaining results. Daphne Maritch doesn't quite know what to make of the heavily annotated high school yearbook she inherits from her mother, who held this relic dear. Too dear.The late June Winter Maritch was the teacher to whom the class of '69 had dedicated its yearbook, and in turn she went on to attend every reunion,...
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