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Dust and light : on the art of fact in fiction
by Andrea Barrett
This essay collection from the National Book Award?—?winning writer examines how historical facts inspire fiction, exploring the craft of transforming history into narrative through reflections on renowned authors and the writer's own process.
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Empty vessel : the story of the global economy in one barge
by Ian Kumekawa
"The rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge-one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979. Short Description / Web 'About this Book' What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to Finnboda 12. And then to Safe Esperia. And later on, to the Bibby Resolution. And after that . . . In short, a vessel with so many names, and so many fates, that to keep it in our sights-as the protagonist of this fascinating economic parable-Ian Kumekawa has no choice but to call it, simply, the Vessel. Despite its sturdy steel structure, weighing 9,500 deadweight tons, the Vessel is a figure as elusive and abstract as the offshore market it comes to embody: a world of island tax havens, exploited labor forces, free banking zones, Thatcherism, Reaganomics, and mass incarceration, whereeven the prisoners are held offshore. Fitted with modular shipping containers, themselves the product of standardized global trade, the ship could become whatever the market demanded. Whether caught in an international dispute involving Hong Kong, Nigeria, Indonesia, and the Virgin Islands-to be settled in an English court of law-or flying yet another foreign "flag of convenience" to mask its ownership-the barge is ever a container for forces much larger than even its hulking self. Empty Vessel is a jaw-dropping microhistory that speaks volumes about the global economy as a whole. In following the Vessel-and its Sister Vessel, built alongside it in Stockholm-from one thankless task to the next, Kumekawa connects the dots of a neoliberal world order in the making, where regulation is for suckers and "Made in USA" feels almost quaint"
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The affirmative action myth : why blacks don't need racial preferences to succeed
by Jason L. Riley
"After the Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the use of race in college admissions was unconstitutional, many predicted that the black middle class was doomed. In The Affirmative Action Myth, Jason L. Riley details the neglected history of black achievement without government intervention. Using empirical data, Riley shows how black families lifted themselves out of poverty prior to the racial preference policies of the 1960s and 1970s. Countering thinkers who blame white supremacy and systemic racism for today's racial gaps, Riley offers a more optimistic story of black success without racial favoritism"
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Murder in the dollhouse : the Jennifer Dulos story
by Rich Cohen
The New York Times best-selling author of Tough Jews delves into the chilling disappearance of wealthy suburban mom Jennifer Dulos, exploring the contentious divorce, subsequent arrests and shocking aftermath that gripped a Connecticut community. 100,000 first printing.
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When I start my business, I'll be happy : a practical, no-BS guide to successful online entrepreneurship
by Sam Vander Wielen
"Sam Vander Wielen started her career as a lawyer. It made her miserable. So she pivoted from barrister to food blogger...but, that didn't work out either. The blogger became a health coach, and while that allowed her to finally quit the law firm, it turned out to be an unsustainable business. Dedicated to online entrepreneurship and the freedom it allowed her to live life in her own way, Vander Wielen leaned into her existing skill set and created Sam Vander Wielen LLC, creating DIY legal templates for new online business owners who are ready to legally protect their livelihoods. When I Start My Business I'll Be Happy does so much more than offer new entrepreneurs a way to establish the legal foundations of their businesses. Vander Wielen has developed a necessary resource for those who are new to doing business online, or who are ready to take their existing business to the next level. Having walked the entrepreneurial path many times before--and now that it's led to a 7-figure income-- Vander Wielen presents practical, easy-to-implement business ideas and advice that covers all the ages and stages of entrepreneurship, such as: -how to anticipate (or avoid) the common early entrepreneurship pitfalls -how to juggle personal life with a business that is often dependent on what's happening in one's life -how to find and build on your unique gifts, and, once your business is established -how to keep growing it--without losing yourself in the process The most important lesson is that your business won't fixyour life, much in the same way that the perfect job won't make you completely happy. Entrepreneurship can be deeply rewarding, but not at the cost of your own self-care and well-being. When I Start My Business I'll Be Happy teaches readers that even when life doesn't go perfectly smoothly as a business owner, you can still build and grow your own business. In fact, it can make your business even stronger"
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Grow Your Groceries : 40 Hacks for Growing Plants from Supermarket Foods
by Simon Akeroyd
An author and horticulturalist with a TikTok account for non-gardeners offers 40 fun and simple hacks for growing plants from grocery store produce, turning leftovers like apple seeds, herb sprigs and kiwi into thriving greenery for windowsills, containers and gardens. Illustrations.
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How to Clean Everything : A Practical, Down to Earth Guide for Anyone Who Doesn't Know Where to Start
by Ann Russell
From everyone's favourite online cleaning expert and 'TikTok Auntie', this is the only cleaning book that you will ever need.
How to Clean Everything is full of genuinely useful tips and tricks, and advice about not just what but also what not to do. Covering everything from laundry to accidents, and cleaning room by room, this book also contains sections on more general household maintenance, particularly useful for renters or anyone living away from home for the first time. Ann's approach is realistic, reassuring and easy to follow whatever your circumstances.
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How to be well : navigating our self-care epidemic, one dubious cure at a time
by Amy Larocca
"A groundbreaking cultural, political, and personal exploration of the multi-billion dollar wellness industry and the ways it's shaping our thinking about health and self-care. Peleton. Pilates. Biohacking. Colonics. Ashweganda. Today, the wellness industry is a $3.7 trillion dollar behemoth that touches us all. In this urgently needed book, journalist Amy Larocca peels back the layers behind the movement and reckons with its promises and profits. How did we get here and how did the idea of wellness become integrated with women's lives? How to Be Well takes readers into the communities that swear by their activated charcoal toothpaste and green juice enemas, explaining what each of these practices really are--and what the science says. Larocca holds a magnifying glass to alternative medicine and nouveau lifestyle prescriptions, delivering an incisive assessment of how the wellness industry embodies our (gendered, class-based, racialized) perceptions of care and self-improvement, and how it preys upon ourunshakeable fear of the unknown. She traces the history of how the beauty and fashion industries has peddled snake oil to women for decades--and why we keep coming back for more. A nuanced portrait of the weird world of wellness, How to Be Well lays barethe ways in which the simple notion of caring for oneself has become a seriously big business"
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Poets Square : a memoir in thirty cats
by Courtney Gustafson
The author shows how taking care of the feral cats in her Poets Square neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, reshaped her understanding of empathy, resilience, and the healing power of wholly showing up for something outside yourself.
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This American woman : a one-in-a-billion memoir
by Zarna Garg
Recounts the author's journey from resisting an arranged marriage in India to building a multifaceted life in America, ultimately finding her calling in stand-up comedy while challenging expectations and embracing self-determination with humor and resilience. Illustrations.
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The intermediaries : a Weimar story
by Brandy Schillace
"Set in interwar Germany, 'The Intermediaries' tells the forgotten story of the Institute for Sexual Science, the world's first centre for homosexual and transgender rights. Headed by a gay Jewish man, Dr. Magnus Hirshfeld, the institute aided in the first gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacements, acting as a rebellious base of operations in the face of rising prejudice, nationalism and Nazi propaganda. Brandy Schillace introduces readers to Dora Richter, an institute patient whom we follow from early desperate years to gender-affirming care and her right to live as a woman. She offers an example of queer resilience in the face of punishing cultural constraints"
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The Blue Book : A Must-See, Can't-Miss, Won't-Forget Guide to Nantucket
by Elin Hilderbrand
Half the fun of an Elin Hilderbrand Nantucket novel is her attention to local detail: the beaches, restaurants, shops, and scenic destinations are as memorable as her plots and characters. For years Elin's fans have made pilgrimages to the places they know from her books, and for years they've asked for a single guidebook to "Elin's Nantucket." The wait is over: in The Blue Book, the Queen of the Beach Read - and dare we say the Queen of Nantucket - offers readers practical, fun, insider tips: from drive-on beaches to late-night dance bars; from romantic getaways to family outings; from where to find the best oysters to where to buy the best beach towel. Interspersed with scenes from Elin's novels set at the locations she recommends, with charming watercolor illustrations throughout, The Blue Book lets readers plan the perfect getaway - and live like the characters in an Elin Hilderbrand novel.
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Baking across America : a vintage recipe road trip
by B. Dylan Hollis
"From the deserts of the Southwest to the shining Atlantic Coast, the USA is as sweet as it gets. In this tour de food, B. Dylan Hollis takes you on a delicious road trip to taste everything from the coffee-crazed creations of the Pacific Northwest to the larger-than-life sheet cakes of Texas. You'll be hitting the pavement in vintage style as you journey with Dylan through the culture capitals of America to savor the very best bakes the nation has to offer. His retro recipes span the decades from the 1900s to the 2000s and feature famous (and forgotten) desserts from every state. With his signature wry humor, Dylan explores the US and uncovers the history of nostalgic local favorites, including Boston Cream Pie on the cobbled streets of Beantown, Beignets in the sultry heat of jazzy New Orleans, and Date Cream scooped up poolside in Palm Springs"
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Emily Post's Business Etiquette
by Lizzie Post
This completely updated edition of Emily Post's essential guide to business etiquette has been fully refreshed with comprehensive advice on everything professionals and jobseekers need to know about how to succeed in the business world today.
No matter the industry or the position, business is built on relationships-and at the heart of all good relationships is good etiquette. Understanding good business etiquette skills and how to apply them to your job and your professional relationships is key to building a successful career. Work environments and the relationships we experience in them are complex. It's important to know how to identify what type of environment and relationships you're in and how to manage and adjust your behavior accordingly.
Emily Post's Business Etiquette includes thoughtful guidance for all workplace scenarios with sample language, examples and exercises, charts, and key takeaways from every chapter. Professionals-jobseekers and new hires through those in the C-suite-are given the dos and don'ts of traditional workplace etiquette, from knowing when to send a thank-you note to successfully navigating a business meal, along with modern advice addressing common post-pandemic concerns such as video conferencing norms, workflow management, and communication tools for remote work. Some topics you'll find in Emily Post's Business Etiquette -
The importance of owning your professional image and understanding what it communicates in a multitude of settings. Written communication skills for everything from messaging channels such as Slack and Teams to internal and external emails. Seating charts for meetings, networking dinners, and more. A gender-free guide to attire for all occasions. Tips for offering constructive criticism and feedback effectively. Expectations for host and guest roles, both virtual and in person.
With helpful new insight into understanding generational differences, gender-neutral manners, and embracing diversity, Emily Post's Business Etiquette is the perfect resource for those looking to get ahead in their careers and establish their professional identities.
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First-time landlord : your guide to renting out a single-family home
by Ilona M. Bray
"This book is perfect for newbie landlords renting out a single-family home. It covers all the basics of renting property the right way, such as following the law and keeping things safe. Also included are tips on figuring out expenses and earnings, picking reliable tenants and sidestepping troublesome ones, making the most of tax deductions, and handling maintenance and management duties"
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Empire of AI : dreams and nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
by Karen Hao
From a brilliant longtime AI Insider with intimate access to the world of Sam Altman's OpenAI, an eye-opening account of arguably the most fateful tech arms race in history, reshaping the planet in real time, from the cockpit of the company that is driving the frenzy
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The maximalist : colorful interiors for bold living
by Dani Dazey
"Maximalist style authority Dani Dazey shares her bold design advice for creating colourful interiors and playful patterns in your home More is more! The Maximalist by Dani Dazey is an interior design book for true maximalists who love to celebrate all things colour, pattern, and clutter. With her signature seventies flair, quirky custom furniture (pizza couch, anyone?), unique graphic designs, and bright colour palettes, Dazey is the perfect person to show you how to bring happiness and personality into your decorating. The Maximalist includes 11 of Dazey's design projects, from the iconic Trixie Motel-created by beloved drag queen Trixie Mattel-to the idyllic Dazey Desert House at the foot of the San Jacinto mountains, to a crazy and colourful maximalist mansion. By showing you how to find balance in creative expression, establish an atmosphere, mix in patterns (hint: you can never have enough wallpaper), and choose the right furniture and finishes, this book is your guide to all things playful and whimsical for your home"
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John & Paul : a love story in songs
by Ian Leslie
"John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world. The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960's and, to this day, new generations continue to fall in love with their songs and their story. At the heart of this phenomenon lies the dynamic between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Few other musical partnerships have been rooted in such a deep, intense and complicated personal relationship. John and Paul's relationship was defined by its complexity: compulsive, tender and tempestuous; full of longing, riven by jealousy. Like the band, their relationship was always in motion, never in equilibrium for long. John & Paul traces its twists and turns and reveals how these shifts manifested themselves in the music. The two of them shared a private language, rooted in the stories, comedy and songs they both loved as teenagers, and later, in the lyrics of Beatlessongs. In John & Paul, acclaimed writer Ian Leslie uses the songs they wrote to trace the shared journey of these two compelling men before, during, and after The Beatles. Drawing on recently released footage and recordings, Leslie offers us an intimate and insightful new look at two of the greatest icons in music history, and rich insights into the nature of creativity, collaboration, and human intimacy"
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Outclassed : how the Left lost the working class and how to win them back
by Joan Williams
"An eye-opening, urgent call to mend the broken relationship between college and non-college grads of all races that is driving politics to the far right in the US. Is there a single change that could simultaneously protect democracy, spur progress on climate change, enact sane gun policies, and improve our response to the next pandemic? Yes: changing the class dynamics driving American politics. The far right manipulates class anger to undercut progressive goals and liberals often inadvertently play into their hands. In Outclassed, Joan C. Williams explains how to reverse that process by bridging the "diploma divide", while maintaining core progressive values. She offers college-educated Americans insights into how their values reflect their lives and their lives reflect their privilege. With illuminating stories -from the Portuguese admiral who led that country's COVID response to the lawyer who led the ACLU's gay marriage response (and more)- Williams demonstrates how working-class values reflect working-class lives. Then she explains how the far right connects culturally with the working-class, deftly manipulating racism and masculine anxieties to deflect attention from the ways far-right policies produce the economic conditions disadvantaging the working-class. Whether you are a concerned citizen committed to saving democracy or a politician or social justice warrior in need of messaging advice, Outclassed offers concrete guidance on how liberals can forge a multi-racial cross-class coalition capable of delivering on progressive goals"
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It's a mood : your home, your vibe
by Cara Woodhouse
"...shows us how to create spaces that we will truly love to inhabit. It's a Mood helps readers get in touch with their own design instincts. Organized by mood, this book offers both inspiration and practical advice for incorporating the elements that we feel passionate about"
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Teaching Creative Workshops in Person and Online
by Patricia Van Den Akker
The ultimate handbook for artists and makers to learn how to deliver outstanding in person and online workshops.
Packed full of advice, inspiration and practical information, this book goes into all aspects of creating quality workshops, from curating a program and identifying your target students, to finding the best platform - be it in person or online. Additionally, you'll learn how to teach your creative skills all whilst juggling the practicalities of pricing and marketing. As well as checklists, examples and action points there are case studies, photos and Q&As with a wide variety of artists who successfully teach a variety of subjects such as printmaking, embroidery, ceramics, jewellery-making and hand-weaving.
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Knit Mini Toys : 20 Tiny Playtime Projects
by Sachiyo Ishii
Knit 20 tiny toybox favorites, from teddies to cuddle and puppies to play with to your very own fearsome set of dinosaurs.
'This miniature knitting series by Sachiyo Ishii is a real favourite in the Let's Knit office. The tiny patterns are unbelievably sweet, and they are perfect for using up scraps of yarn left over from your latest projects.' Let's Knit magazine
This endearing collection from best-selling knitting author Sachiyo Ishii is a great source of playful patterns, perfect for presents or playthings, and is a fantastic way to use up your yarn stash. Choose from a toybox full of fun favorites, from snuggly penguins to cuddle and love, planes and submarines to inspire their imagination, and a fearsome set of dinosaurs for some prehistoric playtime!
Complete with step-by-step sewing up, stuffing and embroidery techniques, these 20 fun, simple patterns are ideal for knitters of all skill levels.
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Wild Basketry : Making Baskets and Natural Cordage from Foraged Plants
by Ruby Taylor
A makers' guide to sourcing and harvesting foraged plants to make natural cordage and baskets.
Making with our hands is a fundamental human activity; connection with the natural world and the feeling of belonging to place are basic human needs. A counterbalance to our digitalised lives is the wish to connect with the simple joy and satisfaction of creating beautiful and useful objects, tapping into ancestral skills and wisdom and taking care of our world by reducing our ecological impact. Wild Basketry brings all this together in a rich combination of reflection and practical guide.
Beautiful photographs take you through a seasonal year of seven basketry and cordage projects, suitable for beginners as well as for those wishing to expand their basketmaking skills. Ruby Taylor guides you through each step following a range of techniques, with suggestions for further exploration, to give you a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of the craft.
Guidance on the principles of harvesting and processing plant fibres, and contextual information about the evolution of basketry, are covered throughout the book, along with spotlights on several inspiring international artists.
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Love is for all of us : poems of tenderness and belonging : from the LGBTQ+ community and friends
by James Crews
"Edited by James Crews with his husband, Brad Peacock, and illustrated by Lisa Congdon, these compassionate poems of connection and affirmation are a celebration of all kinds of love-romantic, family, friendship, self-love, and love for nature. The poems are gathered from a diverse group of contemporary writers, both allied and part of the LGBTQIA+ community, with a special focus on queer, nonbinary, and transgender poets"-- Provided by publisher
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Life with flowers : inspiration and lessons from the garden
by Frances Palmer
"In this follow-up Life in the Studio, potter, gardener, and photographer Frances Palmer celebrates the flowers she most loves to grow and arrange. Frances approaches her garden planning in waves, ensuring there are always beautiful booms for her to photograph in her vases. In Life with Flowers, chapters for each these "waves" includes profiles on her favorite varieties--with flower-specific gardening how-to and arranging techniques hard-won over decades of growing and photographing her flowers-as well as delicious flower-forward recipes and simple DIY projects. Part of the delight and richness of this book comes from the fact that Frances is at once a gardener and an artist: We learn that she was inspired to grow bearded irises after an exhibition of Cedric Morris's iris paintings at the Garden Museum in London; that when arranging her tulips she thinks of Andre Kertelsz 1939 surreal photograph Melancholic Tulip; and that she never passes a tiger lily without imagining the chattering garden from Alice in Wonderland or smells her azalea bush without being transported to the English garden of Rebecca. To read Life with Flowers is to be invited into both the garden and the creative mind of an insatiably curious, highly skilled, and wildly generous talent"
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Creative modern crochet for the home : stunning projects using simple techniques
by Lucy Djevdet
"Brighten up your home with 12 inspiring modern crochet projects from popular crafter Lucy Djevdet. Featuring fresh designs and contemporary textures, this book contains design-led, sustainable projects that will help you 'make do' rather than 'buy new'. These 12 practical projects, made from a range of contemporary textures including raffia, jute and macrame cord as well as yarn, will spruce up your home and your mood! Fresh, bold and functional, there are homeware patterns for all crochet abilities, and every technique needed is shown clearly step by step"
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Simple embroidery : embellish clothes, accessories, and more and create wall art with modern hand-sewn designs
by Laura Strutt
"Laura Strutt presents 35 chic and contemporary projects that range from whimsical cacti and sparkling crystals to minimalist white designs on colored cloth, eye-catching denim embellishments, and elegant mandala wall art. The projects are designed to suit various skill levels, from beginners to experienced embroiderers ready to explore more advanced techniques, and are accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions and color charts. Packed with expert advice on everything from selecting the perfect palette to mastering finishing techniques, this book also features a comprehensive section on essential stitches"
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Foreign fruit : a personal history of the orange
by Katie Goh
"What begins as curiosity about the origins of the orange soon becomes a far-reaching odyssey of citrus for Katie Goh. Goh follows the complicated history of the orange from east to west and west to east, from a luxury item of European kings and Chinese emperors to a modest fruit people take for granted. This investigation parallels Goh's powerful search into her own heritage. Growing up queer in a Chinese-Malaysian-Irish household in the north of Ireland, Goh felt herself at odds with the culture and politics around her. As a teenager, Goh visits her ancestral home in Longyan, China, with her family to better understand her roots, but doesn't find the easy, digestible answers she hoped for. In her mid twenties, when her grandmother falls ill, Goh ventures again to the land of her ancestors, this time to Malaysia, where more questions of self and belonging are raised. In her travels and reflections, she navigates histories that she wants to understand, but has never truly felt a part of. Like the story of the orange, Goh finds that easy and extractable explanations-even about a seemingly simple fruit-are impossible. The story that unfolds is Goh's incredible endeavor to flesh out these contradictions, to unpeel the layers of personhood; a reflection on identity through the cipher of the orange. Along the way, the orange becomes so much more than just a fruit-it emerges as a symbol, a metaphor, and a guide. Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange is a searching, wide-ranging, seamless weaving of storytelling with research and a meditative, deeply moving encounter with the orange and the self"
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The Official Sat by The College BoardThe Official SAT Study Guide, Second Edition provides a comprehensive resource for preparing for the SAT. It includes seven official practice tests - all created by the test maker. As part of College Board's commitment to access, practice tests are also available in the digital testing platform, Bluebook, at no charge. However, the guide is the only place to find practice tests in print accompanied by over 300 pages of additional instruction, guidance, and test information.The Official SAT Study Guide, Second Edition will help students get ready for the SAT with:1. Seven official SAT practice tests, created from the same process used for the actual test.2. Detailed descriptions of the Reading and Writing and Math sections.3. Targeted sample questions for each question type.4. Question drills by topic.5. Test-taking approaches and suggestions.6. Detailed explanations of right and wrong answers.7. Information on preparing for PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10.To fully prepare for the SAT, we recommend that you also visit sat.org/practice, download Bluebook, and try out the tools in the test preview.
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The Taylor book : unofficial, the ultimate guide to the music, life, eras, and legacy of an icon by Malcolm Mackenzie"From her humble days as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no sign of burning out. This groundbreaking book gives her career the depth it deserves, featuring her studio albums alongside iconic outfits, music videos, muses, trailblazing re-recordings, and more--everything that die-hard fans need to know about is right here"
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The Price of Victory : A Naval History of Britain: 1815-1945
by N. A. M. Rodger
Across two acclaimed volumes, preeminent naval historian N. A. M. Rodger has traced the progress of naval warfare in Britain from the seventh century through to Trafalgar, combining decades of scholarship with original insights and analysis. In this final volume, N. A. M. Rodger delivers a magisterial history of the Royal Navy, beginning after its defeat of Napoleon and concluding in 1945 with the Second World War.
At the end of the French and Napoleonic Wars, British sea power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty was full of "intellects becalmed in the smoke of Trafalgar." How the Royal Navy reformed and reinvigorated itself in the course of the nineteenth century is just one thread in this magnificent book, which refuses to accept standard assumptions and analyses. Rodger's comprehensive narrative goes beyond the conduct of war at sea to tell a sprawling story of naval warfare as a national endeavor. As in previous volumes, the social history of officers and men--and now also women--has a prominent place. Along the way, he describes the development and strategic significance of submarine and navy air forces and the rapid evolution of weapons and ships (from classic Nelsonian type to hybrid steam/sail ships, then armor-clad and the fully armored Dreadnoughts and beyond). He assesses the character and importance of leading admirals--Beatty, Fisher, Cunningham--together with the roles of other less famous but no less consequential figures. Rodger sets all this in the essential context of politics and geo-strategy.
Based on a lifetime's learning, The Price of Victory is a masterful culmination of one of the most significant British historical works in recent decades. Naval specialists will find much that is new and will be invigorated by the originality of Rodger's judgments; but everyone who is interested in one of the central threads in British history will find it rewarding.
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Fahrenheit-182 : a memoir
by Mark Hoppus
"This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate. With sharp humor and raw honesty, Fahrenheit-182 takes readers through Mark's formative years as a latchkey kid in the 1980s, hooked on punk rock, skateboards, and MTV. Along the way, Mark reflects on his lifelong battle with anxiety, his celebrated career with blink-182, and his public fight with cancer, in a voice that's both relatable and unmistakably his own"
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Joy prescriptions : how I learned to stop chasing perfection and embrace connection
by Tiffany Moon
"Tiffany Moon, M.D., is an anesthesiologist, entrepreneur, social media personality, and former cast member of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Dallas." In "Joy Prescriptions," she offers a part-memoir, part-self-help guide to stop chasing perfection and embrace gratitude and connection. As Tiffany explains, despite being a lifelong overachiever with a thriving career, she had a gorgeous home that she barely enjoyed. She had a closet full of nice things she bought to soothe herself, but she didn't feel soothed. She had a beautiful family that she didn't spend enough time with. She felt simultaneously grateful and stuck, successful but disappointed, happy but weary. "Joy Prescriptions" relates Tiffany's journey as a Chinese immigrant breaking through the expectations of being a perfectionist and building a new way of life based on laughter and the idea that true happiness is only possible when we let go of what other people want for us and live according to our values. Her lessons include: Compare and Contrast: Competition can be healthy if it motivates you to do better, strive for greater goals, or try something new. But if you find that you're constantly caught up in the compare-and-despair cycle, avoid comparing other people's outside to your inside. Yes Woman: Sometimes as much as you try, some relationships aren't meant to be. Remember that you don't have to be friends with everyone you meet. Joy Interrupted: Choose joy in the present day overreaching for some unattainable goal in the far future. If You Don't Laugh, You'll Cry: Everyone is going through their problems. But what brings us together, what creates connection, is being able to laugh at ourselves together. Laughter is the best medicine and should be a part of any prescription for finding joy inlife. It took a great deal of soul searching before Tiffany concluded she needed to break out of the "good girl" mold and live for herself to be completely present for others. "Joy Prescriptions" will inspire other women-particularly those who feel constrained by the defined roles and expectations of others--to find the courage to take on new challenges and explore who they are"
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Becoming you : the proven method for crafting your authentic life and career
by Suzy Welch
"Becoming You guides readers through the process of excavating their truest values, identifying their outstanding aptitudes, and finally, pinpointing their economically viable interests, that is, the kind of work that calls them emotionally and intellectually, and also makes sense financially. Ultimately, Becoming You, at turns warm, witty, pragmatic, and filled with tough-love, is your guide to discovering the life you were meant to live"
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Manual not included
by Hilaria Baldwin
In thoughtful, candid and often humorous vignettes, Hilaria Baldwin reveals the highs and lows and unpredictable outtakes from her different and not-so-different life. Illustrations.
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Holler : A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance
by Denali Sai Nalamalapu
An "important piece of activist art", this beautiful graphic memoir tells the story of six hopeful activists in Appalachia who had the courage to resist against a threat to their community (Margaret Killjoy).
Drawing from original interviews with the author, Holler is an illustrated look at six inspiring changemakers. Denali Nalamalapu, a climate organizer in their own right, introduces readers to the ordinary people who became resisters of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that spans approximately 300 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia-a teacher, a single mother, a nurse, an organizer, a photographer, and a seed keeper.
In West Virginia, Becky Crabtree, grandmother of five, chains herself to her 1970s Ford Pinto to stop construction from destroying her farm. Farther south, in Virginia, young organizer Michael James-Deramo organizes mutual aid to support community members showing up to protest the pipeline expansion. These (and more) are the stories of everyday resistance that show what difference we can make when we stand up for what we love, and stand together in community. When the world tells these resisters to sit down and back off, they refuse to give up.
More than anything, Holler is an invitation to readers everywhere searching for their own path to activism: sending the message that no matter how small your action is, it's impactful. The story of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is one we can all relate to, as each and every one of our communities faces the increasing threats of the climate crisis, and the corporations that benefit from the destruction of our natural resources. Holler is a moving and deeply accessible-and beautifully visual-story about change, hope, and humanity.
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We All Got Something
by Lawrence Lindell
When you're always searching, you might just surprise yourself with what you find
After a rocky attempt at living in London with his partner, Lawrence finds himself single, broke, and back at home in Compton with his mom and great-aunt, moping from bed to kitchen table and back to bed again, with long layovers on the front porch to sit and watch the world pass him by. Everything had been so good--a degree, an animation internship, paid music gigs, the perfect girl. How the heck did Lawrence get knocked so far down, with such little semblance of his former life remaining to hold him together? Well, that's along story...
Set to a cacophonous soundtrack of church praise, playground noise, bus-stop camaraderie, and Pacific Ocean waves, Lawrence Lindell's heartbreaking--and heartwarming-- We All Got Something recounts a tragic and random act of violence, the PTSD that follows, lost love, and coming to terms with the underlying mental health crises sabotaging it all. A testament to the healing power of art and the vital role community plays in the process, Lindell's graphic memoir is deeply personal and specific, but also relatable--because we all got something.
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