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New Non-Fiction September 2017
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The big book of small home plans
by Creative Homeowner
"Provides specs and prices for plans to build small houses and offers readers tips on making housing decisions"
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Real food heals : eat to feel younger + stronger every day
by Seamus Mullen
An award-winning chef and restaurateur describes how a new way of healthy eating helped him overcome an autoimmune disease that almost killed him and provides 125 easy to make, Paleo-inspired recipes to improve strength, vitality and energy.
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The House of Government : a saga of the Russian Revolution
by Yuri Slezkine
The true story of a Moscow apartment building where top Communist officials and their families lived before they were destroyed in the Stalin purges draws on letters, diaries, and interviews to reveal how the true Bolshevik believers fell
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To Siri with love : a mother, her autistic son, and the kindness of machines
by Judith Newman
A full-length account of the viral New York Times op-ed column of the same name shares inspirational and laugh-out-loud stories about the author's life with her an autistic son, whose therapeutic use of Apple's electronic personal assistant became an unusual example of the power of technology. 30,000 first printing.
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Wild things : the joy of reading children's literature as an adult
by Bruce Handy
A nostalgic ramble through classic children's literature by a Vanity Fair contributing editor explores the stories of forefront authors and illustrators while revealing the wisdom that can be found in masterpieces ranging from The Cat in the Hat and Charlotte's Web to Goodnight Moon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Ghost of the innocent man : a true story of trial and redemption
by Benjamin Rachlin
The true story of a man who was wrongly convicted of rape and sent to prison for life, who worked tirelessly for 24 years to prove his innocence and finally founded North Carolina’s Innocence Inquiry Commission to help others in similar predicaments.
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Good booty : love and sex, black & white, body and soul in American music
by Ann Powers
The critic and correspondent for NPR Music explores the history of American popular music as an erotic art form, from 19th-century New Orleans and the Jazz Age in New York, to the screaming teens that welcomed The Beatles and modern day web-based performers. 75,000 first printing.
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BraveTart : iconic American desserts
by Stella Parks
An award-winning pastry chef and a James Beard Award-nominated writer for Serious Eats presents a collection of recipes and variations that celebrates the history of American desserts, from chocolate chip cookies and ice-cream sodas to toaster pastries and blueberry muffins.
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Poetry will save your life : a memoir
by Jill Bialosky
The critically acclaimed author of The Prize presents a coming-of-age memoir organized around poems by such classic writers as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath, pairing each poem with key events that shaped her life, from the first time she fell in love and her sister's suicide to September 11 and the birth of a child.
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Life lessons : 125 prayers and meditations
by Julia Cameron
Presented by a best-selling author, a book of prayers and affirmations—a corrective to commonly held misconceptions of the divine—is filled with inspiration and encouragement that offer an approach to God that is powerful as well as simple.
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