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Latin for Gardeners: over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored cover

Latin for Gardeners: over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored

Lorraine Harrison
Increase your botanical vocabulary & understanding of plants and their provenance.
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Practical 3D printers: the Science and Art of 3D printing cover

Practical 3D printers: the Science and Art of 3D printing

Brian Evans
Learn about different types of 3D printers and how they work.
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The Year Without Summer

William K. Klingaman
A volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused excessive rain, frost, and snowfall through much of the Northeastern U.S. and Europe in the summer of 1816.
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Iscariot: a novel of Judas

Tosca Moon Lee
"Mind-bending historical fiction."
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Creamy & Crunchy: an Informal history of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

Creamy & Crunchy: an Informal history of Peanut Butter, the All-American Food

Jon Krampner
Facts, anecdotes, history, personal stories & recipes, as well as new research.
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DVDs

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Les misérables

Tim Bevan, William Nicholson,
Impeccably mounted but occasionally bombastic, Les Misérables largely succeeds thanks to bravura performances from its distinguished cast.
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Jean Butler's Irish dance masterclass

Jean Butler,
Suitable for those just beginning to explore Irish dance to the more accomplished dance. It's a series of techniques and exercises created by Jean herself.
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Alps

Yorgos Lanthimos, Athina Rachel Tsangari,
A group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
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Argo

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston,
A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran.
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A good man

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company.
His portrayal of Lincoln is likely to scandalize as many as it delights. --New York Times
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Music

Cover Béla Fleck, & Marcus Roberts Trio's Across the Imaginary Divide

Across the Imaginary Divide

Béla Fleck, & Marcus Roberts Trio
This album arose from a 2009 informal jam session between these musicians as they exchanged not only solos, but various melodic moments.
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Cover Bill Evans' Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Bill Evans
This posthumous release documents Evans' trio with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell. Works include 'Round Midnight," "Emily," "Autumn Leaves," etc.
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Double Exposure

John Pizzarelli
Jazz guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli shows his allegiances to the pop music of his youth and the jazz tradition of his family.
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Cover Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw...

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw...

Fiona Apple
Coming seven years after her third album, this one delivers with colorful harmonies and compelling instrumentation.
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Cover Beach Boys' That's Why God Made the Radio

That's Why God Made the Radio

Beach Boys
This album came out 6 months after the 50th anniversary tour. It has famous side-by-side classics and serious, reflective songs led by Brian Wilson.
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Audiobooks

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Starting now

Debbie Macomber
NY Times Bestseller. Part of the Blossom Street Series series. "...high-powered..." -- Publishers Weekly
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Lifesaving lessons

Linda Greenlaw
This audiobook follows America's only female swordfish boat captain, Linda Greenlaw as she faces her greatest battle with nature yet: Her newly adopted teenage daughter.
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Sum it up

Pat Head Summitt
The winningest coach in NCAA basketball history tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her Alzheimer's disease.
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Killing Lincoln

Bill O'Reilly,
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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The accursed

Joyce Carol Oates
Narrated with her unmistakable psychological insight, it combines beautifully transporting historical detail with chilling supernatural elements to stunning effect.
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Kids

Oliver cover

Oliver

Sif, Brigitta
Oliver is different. He enjoys his solitude. He likes playing with his friends, who are puppets, stuffed animals, and other toys. With his rich imagination, Oliver's day
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Bedtime is canceled

Cece Meng
When a newspaper headline says that bedtime is canceled, children everywhere rejoice.
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This moose belongs to me

Oliver Jeffers
A young boy learns that moose do not always follow the rules of proper pet behavior.
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The Insomniacs

Karina Wolf
When Mr. and Mrs. Insomniac and little Mika move twelve time zones away, they have trouble staying awake during the day and make an interesting discovery about themselves
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Many Moons

Thurber, James
Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
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Teens

The Program by Suzanne Young

The Program

Suzanne Young
To avoid the worldwide epidemic of suicide, teenagers are enrolled in The Program, a treatment program that erases all painful memories.
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Doomed by Tracy Deebs

Doomed

Tracy Deebs
When Pandora opens an email from her long-lost father, she has no idea that she will unleash a global computer virus that shuts down technology around the world.
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Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman

Beautiful Lies

Jessica Warman
When identical twins Rachel and Alice are separated after an abduction, they must rely on their special gift to be reunited: the gift to sense each others pain.
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Cinders & Sapphires by Leila Rasheed

Cinders & Sapphires

Leila Rasheed
Follows life at the Somerton Estate, a beautiful house immersed in secrets and scandal. For fans of Downton Abbey.
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The Raft by S.A. Bodeen

The Raft

S.A. Bodeen
After Robie's plane crashes in the middle of the Pacific, she and a co-pilot cling to life on a raft, with no water and only a bag of Skittles between them.
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