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Publisher
One Signal Publishers / Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of How Fascism Works, a searing confrontation with the far right’s efforts to rewrite history and undo a century of progress on race, gender, sexuality, and class.--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Recounting her experience in a psychiatric hospital as well as pivotal moments in her life that preceded and followed, a popular artist, in this stunning literary self-portrait, examines the unreasonable expectations and pressures women face in the 21st century as well as the insidious ways men impact their lives.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A courageous, in-depth investigation into the modern epidemic of shame in our society--what it is, why women are uniquely susceptible, and how we can shift the shame off our plates and live our best lives in an over-exposed, image-obsessed world"--
Author
Publisher
Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Ina Garten, the author of thirteen best-selling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and the cultural icon whose face has launched a thousand memes, shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table"--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862, remains the single bloodiest day in America's history: more than 3,600 men died in twelve hours of savage fighting, and more than 17,000 were wounded. As a turning point in the Civil War, the narrow Union victory is well-known as the key catalyst for Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation. Yet Antietam was not only a battle that dramatically changed the fortunes and meaning of...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"For stylish bookworms and bookish stylists, this home décor book merges the literary appeal of Jane Mount's bestselling Bibliophile with the aspirational allure of Emily Henderson's bestselling Styled. Discover beautiful bookshelves adorned with lovely objets d'art, handsome home libraries with snug armchairs, reading areas for kids that ignite the imagination, and cookbook corners in quaint kitchens--and learn to replicate these in your own space....
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Series
Publisher
Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Hit the ground running with 50 awesome accounts of epic runs throughout North America. Sprint through Miami Beach's Architectural District; race across the Lost Lake Trail in Alaska; discover California's wild beauty at the Big Sur Marathon - with stories from iconic athletes, travel tips, maps, and more to inspire a lifetime of running adventures. Soak up some sensational views of the New York City skyline when you run along New Jersey's Hudson Waterfront...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the "Terrible Year" by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans--then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the French Army after bloody street battles and the burning of central Paris. As renowned art critic Sebastian Smee shows, it was against the backdrop of these tumultuous...
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Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell's classic Politics and the English Language, but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories-our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking-expose and distort our realities. The first of the book's three intertwining essays is set in Dakar, Senegal. Despite being raised as a strict Afrocentrist-and named for Nubian pharaoh-Coates had...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side of contagious...
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"How do the rich keep getting richer, while dodging the long arm of the law? From playboy billionaires avoiding taxes on private islands to Russian oligarchs sailing away from sanctions on their superyachts, the ultra-rich seem to live in a different world from the rest of us. That world is called offshore. Hidden from view, the world's ultra-rich can use offshore finance to escape tax obligations, labor and environmental safety regulations, campaign...
Author
Publisher
Stash Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Papermaking is mesmerizing practice for a variety of visual arts fields. With a few tools and some practice, makers can craft an endless number of paper sheets. The papermaking techniques you will learn can also be used to create stand alone works of art to display, gift, and share"--
Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A fun and fact-filled introduction to the dismissed Black art masters and models who shook up the world. Elegant. Refined. Exclusionary. Interrupted. The foundations of the fine art world are shaking. Beyoncé and Jay-Z break the internet by blending modern Black culture with fine art in their iconic music video filmed in the Louvre. Kehinde Wiley powerfully subverts European masterworks. Calls resonate for diversity in museums and the resignations...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
No project management training? No problem!In today's workplace, employees are routinely expected to coordinate and manage projects. Yet, chances are, you aren't formally trained in managing projects-you're an unofficial project manager.FranklinCovey experts Kory Kogon, Suzette Blakemore, and James Wood understand the importance of leadership in project completion and explain that people are crucial in the formula for success.This updated and revised...
Author
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A candid and moving autobiography by the 'Black Widow' of billiards. Jeanette Lee was 18 years old when she walked into a New York City pool hall and became enamored by the elegant geometry of the game. Before long, she was an unmistakable figure on the international competition circuit, dressed head-to-toe in black, stalking the billiards table and gazing down her cue as if tracking her prey. In this new memoir, the woman nicknamed 'The Black Widow'...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many remarkable young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own. "Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name," writes Dava...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot-caller and her unlikely comeback as a highly successful ghostwriter in this harrowing, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir"--
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