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The Italian soul : how to savor the full joys of life
by Judith Valente
"The Italian Soul is a pilgrimage of the heart, a journey toward change that will allow its readers to approach life with a more contemplative stance and recreate a sense of la dolce vita-the sweet life-wherever they might be. The Italian Soul offers practical guidance into how we can transport a taste of the Italian "good life" into our own homes. Additionally, it explores the contemplative practices and attitudes that seem to come naturally to a people who have made an art of living and working joyfully. A cross between a travel dispatch and a spirituality guide for seekers who eschew traditional religious practices but are yearning for ways to bring more balance, sanity, and a greater sense of the transcendent into their daily lives. Written by veteran journalist Judith Valente, who has lived and traveled extensively in Italy, The Italian Soul shares personal stories and insights into the Italian way of life, focusing on the attitudes, traditions, and practices that make the people of Italy role models for experiencing delight amid the demands and distractions of ordinary living. Readers will feel as though they are walking along, peering into windows, glimpsing activities as they unfold. The Italian Soul is a book for lovers of Italy, those considering visiting Italy for the first time, and anyone who is interested in learning more about the art of living joyfully. The Italian Soul will share how Italians: Have a deep appreciation for quality and aesthetics Value slowness and savor the little momentsin life Show a strong sense of community and make room for leisure and personal care Honor their dead and have a deep respect for tradition Find beauty in the everyday and are able to laugh at themselves The Italian Soul is a book that will change the way you look at life. It is a book that will inspire you to live more joyfully and to savor the simple things"
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The Power of the Only : Own Your Voice, Thrive in Any Environment
by Angela Chee
The Power of the Only is for anyone who has ever felt the tug to do more, to be more, but held back because they didn't feel ready-or because the voices around them said they couldn't. It's for those who want to unlock their full potential but aren't sure how to overcome the internal and external barriers standing in their way. In this interactive coaching book, Angela Chee-renowned media and communication coach, keynote speaker, and host of the acclaimed podcast-shares her journey as a pioneering Asian American woman in the media alongside empowering stories of others who have embraced the power of being the "only" in a room. Through research studies, actionable strategies, and heartfelt insights from trailblazing leaders-including CEOs, founders, filmmakers, and her everyday clients-Angela demonstrates being an "Only" is not a weakness, but your greatest strength.
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Fatherhood : a history of love and power
by Augustine Sedgewick
"A bold and original history of fatherhood, exploring its invention and transformation from the Bronze Age to the present through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define how the world should be ruled and what it means to be a man"
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I was told there'd be a village : transforming motherhood through the power of connection
by Melissa Wirt
"Melissa Wirt thought she had everything-she'd built her own company and moved to a beautiful farm with her family. Then during a personal crisis, she realized: despite having created an online community reaching thousands of moms, she'd also somehow, become utterly isolated. In I Was Told There'd Be a Village, Melissa describes how she began making small changes-leaving behind a damaging Isolation Mindset and developing an advantageous Village Mindset. Using personal anecdotes and stories from moms across the country, this book provides specific, actionable steps to transform oppressive, solitary parenting into a connected, collective (even joyful) endeavor"
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False dawn : the New Deal and the promise of recovery, 1933-1947
by George A. Selgin
"A new history of the New Deal's economic recovery efforts-and why they failed to delivery on their promises. FDR's New Deal policies have long enjoyed a special place in the history of American policy and society-not just because many of them lastingly redefined the Federal government's fundamental responsibilities, but because New Dealer's willingness to engage in what Roosevelt called "bold experimentation" represented a type of policymaking that many observers would like to see more of. In False Dawn, economist George Selgin offers a counterweight to such laudatory thinking about the New Deal. Famously, Roosevelt's goals for his administration were relief, recovery, and reform. Selgin weaves decades of economic research to show that, although the NewDeal helped set the stage for a speedy recovery, crucial parts of its rescue program failed to live up to their promise. Until World War II intervened, over fifteen percent of American workers were still either unemployed or on work relief, and much of the recovery that took place until then occurred despite rather than because of New Deal policies. "The thing about bold experiments," Selgin observes, "is that they often fail." Selgin's goal isn't to blow up a favorite chapter in progressive history, butto sort out the New Deal's successes from its failures, with the aim of making sure the right lessons are drawn from the Great Depression experience for dealing with future recessions. It is, Selgin says, only by carefully considering each New Deal recovery experiment, together with other developments that either aided or interfered with economic recovery, that we can know "which [New Deal] programs...to ever consider reviving-and which ones to avoid like the plague""
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Battle of the Big Bang : the new tales of our cosmic origins
by Niyayesh Afshordi
"A thrilling exploration of competing cosmological origin stories, comparing new scientific ideas that upend our very notions of space, time, and reality. By most popular accounts, the universe started with a bang some 13.8 billion years ago. But what happened before the Big Bang? Here prominent cosmologist Niayesh Afshordi and science communicator Phil Halper offer a tour of the peculiar possibilities: bouncing and cyclic universes, time loops, creations from nothing, multiverses, black hole births, string theories, and holograms. Along the way, they offer both a call for new physics and a riveting story of scientific debate. Incorporating Afshordi's cutting-edge research and insights from Halper's original interviews with scientists like Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose, and Alan Guth, Battle of the Big Bang compares these models for the origin of our origins, showing each theory's strengths and weaknesses and explaining new attempts to test these theories. Battle of the Big Bang is a tale of rivalries and intrigue, of clashes of ideas that have raged from Greek antiquity to the present day over whether the universe is eternal or had a beginning, whether it is unique or one of many. But most of all, Afshordi and Halper show that this search is filled with wonder, discovery, and community-all essential for remembering a forgotten cosmic past"
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I am a part of infinity : the spiritual journey of Albert Einstein
by Kieran C. R. Fox
"Nearly everyone is familiar with Einstein's scientific accomplishments-but few know the truth of how spiritual philosophies shaped his life and work. Scientists and biographers have treated Einstein's views on the eternal as vague and metaphorical. For Einstein, however, spirituality and science were a vital pairing. In I Am a Part of Infinity, Kieran Fox examines for the first time the strength and the subtlety of Einstein's spirituality. Revealing the Greek philosophies and East Asian religious teachings that Einstein revered, Fox traces, for example, how Pythagoras and Democritus allowed Einstein to conceptualize mathematical simplicity and the power of the mind, and how the Upanishads and Jainism shaped his views on the nature of the universe and morality. Fox shows how Einstein melded those ideas with his science to create one all-encompassing philosophy, in which the cosmic oneness of his work in physics was inextricably linked to his pacificism and his moral commitments to all life. Drawing on little-known conversations, recently published letters, and new archival research, I Am a Part of Infinity shows, for the first time, what Einstein really believed, and why his perspective still matters today"
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Apocalypse : how catastrophe transformed our world and can forge new futures
by Lizzie Wade
A new view on the great human tradition of apocalypse, from the rise of Homo sapiens in our deep past to the climate instability of our present, and a look at how the new tools of archaeology reveal these upheavals as moments that created the world we live in and continue to offer surprising opportunities for radical change. Maps.
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Cookbooks & Family Living
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High functioning : overcome your hidden depression and reclaim your joy
by Judith Joseph
"Are you going through a period in your life when things feel 'off'? Do you struggle to find joy in happy moments? Are you walking around feeling numb? Do you feel restless when you aren't busy or empty when you are sitting still? We all know what can't-get-out-of-bed depression looks like. But there's another, lesser-known side of depression that is hidden. Those of us with High-Functioning Depression (HFD) usually don't act the way we think a depressed person might. On the surface, we seem fine: We aresucceeding at work, pulling our weight at home, and carrying on with our typical social life. Yet behind that mask of productivity we are barely surviving, and certainly not thriving. And we may have no idea why, or what to do about it. In High Functioning, Dr. Judith Joseph draws on original research, client cases, and her own personal struggles with HFD to demystify this poorly understood condition. Her five simple tools--the Five V's--will help you understand the science of your happiness and empower you to reclaim your life and joy"
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When it all burns : fighting fire in a transformed world
by Jordan Thomas
"An anthropologist and hotshot firefighter's gripping firsthand account of a record-setting fire season. Eighteen of California's largest wildfires on record have burned in the past two decades. Scientists recently invented the term "megafire" to describe wildfires that behave in ways that would have been impossible just a generation ago, burning through winter, exploding in the night, and devastating landscapes historically impervious to incendiary destruction. Wildland firefighters must navigate these new scales of destruction in real time. In When It All Burns, Jordan Thomas recounts a single, brutal six-month fire season with the Los Padres Hotshots-the special forces of America's firefighters. Being a hotshot is among the most difficult jobs on Earth. Their training is as grueling as any Navy SEAL's, and the social induction is even tougher. As Thomas viscerally renders his crew's attempts to battle flames that are often too destructive to contain, he uncovers the hidden cultural history of megafires. He investigates how a social system that prioritizes profit over people and nature has turned humanity's symbiotic relationship with wildfire into a war-and what can be done to change it back. Thomas weaves ecology and the history of indigenous oppression, federal forestry, and the growth of the fire industrial complex into an expansive, riveting narrative of a new phase in the climate crisis. Above all, he immerses readers in a story of friendship and community in the most perilous of circumstances, told with humor, humility, and affection"
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Milk Street backroads Italy : finding Italy's forgotten recipes
by Christopher Kimball
"Forget everything you thought you knew about Italian food. In Italy, cooks throw away their garlic, they don't stir their polenta, and they never labour over pans of risotto. But they do make enormous meatballs that are tender and light, and they occasionally break all the rules when making pasta. The editors at Milk Street have spent years scouring small eateries, local markets, farms and home kitchens from Lombardy to Calabria and from Sardinia to Sicily in search of fresh takes on classic recipes as well as little-known regional favorites that never crossed the Atlantic. On our travels we found new ways with pasta, from foolproof cacio e pepe in Rome to Puglia's olive oil-crisped fettuccine with chickpeas and a lemony pesto from Amalfi, where the pasta itself is enriched with citrus"
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The soup book
by Sophie Grigson
"The Soup Book is packed with plenty of nourishing recipes for every season. Try winter warmers such as parsnip and apple soup or French onion soup, enjoy a light summer lunch of chilled cucumber soup with dill, and make a hearty borscht or pumpkin soup in the fall. The recipes are organized first by season, and then by ingredient, so you can easily find the ideal soup to suit the fresh ingredients you have on hand. Featuring recipes from Raymond Blanc, Dan Barber, Alice Waters, and other supporters of The Soil Association, The Soup Book offers plenty of recipe ideas and inspiration to fill your bowl. Each recipe is accompanied by freezing times so that you can prepare your favorite recipes to enjoy later
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Malai : frozen desserts inspired by South Asian flavors
by Pooja Bavishi
"Learn to make amazing ice creams and frozen treats at home in this fabulous cookbook from Pooja Bavishi, Malai founder. The mouthwatering recipes that are refreshing and full of flavor while celebrating the culture and tradition behind the brand and itsstory. Author Pooja Bavishi shares 100 recipes featuring unique flavor combinations of aromatic spices and fresh whole ingredients inspired by her childhood. While seemingly exotic, the luscious and sublime ice creams and frozen treats are easy to recreate in home kitchens everywhere"
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Social media marketing all-in-one
by Michelle Krasniak
There's no way around it - social media is everywhere, and the savviest businesses are making the most of it. With the help of 'Social Media Marketing All-in-One', you, too, can join the digital era and take your social media accounts to the next level. Accessible and comprehensive, this guide teaches you to apply your marketing skills to the latest social media platforms, allowing you to promote your business, reach customers, and thrive in the global marketplace
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Starting Your Floral Design Studio : A Creative Guide to Finding Your Style, Growing Your Business and Nurturing Your Dream
by Justine Beaussart
"For floral designers ready to open their own small business, here's an essential how-to guide from a budding designer who left a corporate job to successfully do just that. Sharing the challenges and surprises she experienced in building her business, Justine explains: stocking the basic supplies and materials for your products' designing and packaging; the crucial question of flower sourcing, and the ecological impacts to consider; working on defining your studio's brand, building your portfolio, and ensuring that your online presence builds clientele; using eco-friendly design techniques; preparing, packaging, and transporting your creations; communicating effectively with clients; and more. A review of design basics is included, with step-by-step instructions for nine floral arrangements. Justine ends with three useful case studies, including a floral set for an advertising shoot, a floral scenery backdrop at a boutique, and a wedding's floral arrangements. Importantly, this guide faces the reality that even while floral designers cope with today's logistical, ecological, and economic problems, they can align good values with market forces--and contribute to developing a floral industry that is more respectful of the environment and that educates its consumers."
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Fun With Gelli Plate Prints : Easy Mixed-Media Printmaking
by Sabine Ickler
This guide to gelli plate printing highlights its simplicity, accessibility, and creative potential for artists of all skill levels. Authors Katrin Klink and Sabine Ickler show how to use a gelli plate—store-bought or homemade—to create unique monoprinted designs with just paint and common household items. From stamping and stenciling to using vegetables or kitchen tools, the possibilities for textures and patterns are endless. The book also explores printing on various surfaces like paper, fabric, metal, and wood, making it perfect for DIY projects, home décor, or personalized gifts.
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There's nothing like this : the strategic genius of Taylor Swift
by Kevin Evers
"There is no shortage of ways to describe Taylor Swift. Singer-songwriter. Trailblazer. Mastermind. The Beatles of her generation. From her genre-busting rise in country music as a teen to the economic juggernaut that is the Eras Tour, she has blazed a path that is uniquely hers. But, how exactly, has she managed to scale her success-multiple times-while dominating an industry that cycles through artists and stars as if they were fashion trends? How has she managed to make and remake herself time and again while remaining true to her artistic vision? And how has she managed to master the constant disruption in the music business? In There's Nothing Like This, Harvard Business Review editor Kevin Evers answers those questions in riveting detail. Employingthe same thoughtful analysis that is usually devoted to iconic startup founders, game-changing innovators, and pioneering brands, he chronicles the major business and creative decisions that have defined each era of Swift's career. Mixing business and art, and analysis and narrative, and pulling from research in a wide range of subjects-including innovation, creativity, psychology, and strategy-There's Nothing Like This analyzes Swift like the modern and multidimensional superstar that she is-a songwriting savant and a strategic genius. Swift's fans will see their icon from a fresh perspective. Others will gain more than a measure of admiration for her ability to stay at the top of her game. And everyone will come away understanding why, even after two decades, Swift keeps winning"
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Thirty below : the harrowing and heroic story of the first all-women's ascent of Denali
by Cassidy Randall
"Grace Hoeman dreamed of standing on top of Denali. The tallest peak in North America, the fierce polar mountain loomed large in many climbers' imaginations, and Grace, a doctor in Alaska, had come close to the top, only to be turned back by altitude sickness and a storm that took the lives of seven fellow climbers in one remorseless blow. Other expeditions denied her a place because of her gender, and when a letter arrived from a climber in California named Arlene Blum, who'd also been barred from expeditions--unless she stayed in base camp and cooked for the men, Grace got a defiant idea: she would organize and lead the first-ever all-female ascent of the frozen Alaskan peak"
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The Catastrophe Hour : Selected Essays
by Meghan Daum
"Written between 2016 and 2023, these essays are classic Daum, showcasing the author's wit, her intellect, and her uncanny ability to throw new light on even the most ubiquitous of subjects. Delving into divorce, dating, music, friendship, beauty, aging, death and money, Daum's unflinching honesty and exacting observations secure her reputation as one of our most important and enduring essayists.
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Questions without answers
by Sarah Manguso
Compiles thoughtful and whimsical questions from children, paired with illustrations, capturing their intuitive and philosophical curiosity on topics ranging from everyday moments to life's profound mysteries, celebrating the unique perspectives of young minds. Illustrations.
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Changing my mind
by Julian Barnes
"In these engaging and erudite essays, critically acclaimed writer Julian Barnes explores what is involved when we change our minds: about words, about politics, about books, about memories, about age and time"
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Ancient Greece : the definitive visual history
by Dorling Kindersley Limited
"Spanning more than 3,000 years, Ancient Greece explores the tumultuous history of this glorious empire in vivid detail--from its Minoan and Mycenaean origins to the apogee of the warring city-states of Athens and Sparta, and from the death of its most charismatic leader, Alexander the Great, to its ultimate defeat by Rome."--Provided by publisher
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The year God died : Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD
by Jim Lacey
"In late 31 AD, after the Roman senators murdered Lucius Sejanus, the Roman Emperor Tiberius's closest confidant, the Empire was forever changed. If Sejanus had not been murdered, Jesus would never have been crucified. This profound connection between the lives of Sejanus and Jesus is the first of many revelations in this startling reexamination of the Roman world in which Jesus walked. With new evidence and meticulous research, Dr. James Lacey weaves a majestic and accurate description of who Jesus was"
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Mark Twain
by Ron Chernow
"Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, under Halley's Comet, the rambunctious Twain was an early teller of tall tales. He left his home in Missouri at an early age, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi, and arrived in the Nevada Territory during the silver-mining boom. Before long, he had accepted a job at the local newspaper, where he barged into vigorous discourse and debate, hoaxes and hijinks. After moving to San Francisco, he published stories that attracted national attention for their brashness and humor, writing under a pen name soon to be immortalized. Chernow draws a richly nuanced portrait of the man who shamelessly sought fame and fortune and crafted his celebrity persona with meticulous care. Twain eventually settled with his wife and three daughters in Hartford, where he wrote some of his most well-known works, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Life on the Mississippi, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, earning him further acclaim. He threw himself into American politics, emerging as the nation's most notable pundit. While his talents as a writer and speaker flourished, his madcap business ventures eventually forced him into bankruptcy; to economize, Twain and his family spent nine eventful years in exile in Europe. He suffered the death of his wife and two daughters, and the last stage of his life was marked by heartache, political crusades, and eccentric behavior that sometimes obscured darker forces at play. Drawing on Twain's bountiful archives, including his fifty notebooks, thousands of letters, and hundreds of unpublished manuscripts, Chernow masterfully captures a man whose career reflected the country's westward expansion, industrialization, and foreign wars. No other white author of his generation grappled so fully with the legacy of slavery after the Civil War or showed such keen interest in African American culture. Today, more than one hundred years after his death, Twain's writing continues to be read, debated, and quoted."
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My next breath : a memoir
by Jeremy Renner
"The gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner's near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time"
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Karen : a brother remembers
by Kelsey Grammer
The author's sister was kidnapped and murdered at age eighteen, and he poignantly remembers her and the impact her loss had on his life and family, exploring with raw honesty the devastation after her death and the long and arduous journey toward healing.
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