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025.06 DIK Margaret Riley Dikel, Frances E. Roehm.
Guide to Internet job searching
028.8 CHA Michael Chabon.
Maps and legends : reading and writing along the borderlands
070.92 WEI Steve Weinberg.
Taking on the trust : the epic battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller
153 MAR Gary Marcus.
Kluge : the haphazard construction of the human mind
155.67 LEA Martha Weinman Lear.
Where did I leave my glasses? : the what, when, and why of normal memory loss
158 JOH Avery Johnson with Roy Johnson.
Aspire higher : winning on and off the court with determination, discipline, and decisions
158.1 BEC Martha Beck.
Steering by starlight : find your right life, no matter what!
158.1 MER Andy Merrifield.
The wisdom of donkeys : finding tranquility in a chaotic world
158.1 RAY James Arthur Ray with Linda Sivertsen.
Harmonic wealth : the secret of attracting the life you want
204.4 TOL Eckhart Tolle.
A new earth : awakening to your life's purpose
246 COH Raymond Cohen.
Saving the Holy Sepulchre : how rival Christians came together to rescue their holiest shrine
248.8 BEV Lisa Bevere.
Nurture : give and get what you need to flourish
248.8 GUN Mark Gungor.
Laugh your way to a better marriage : unlocking the secrets to life, love, and marriage
282 SWE Jon M. Sweeney.
Almost Catholic : an appreciation of the history, practice, and mystery of ancient faith
305.231 THO Michael Thompson and Teresa Barker.
It's a boy! : understanding your son's development from birth to age 18
305.262 LIN Reeve Lindbergh.
Forward from here : leaving middle age and other unexpected adventures
305.8 BIS Bill Bishop ; with Robert G. Cushing.
The big sort : why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart
306.874 MCC Dennis McCullough.
My mother, your mother : embracing "slow medicine" - the compassionate approach to caring for your aging loved ones
320.5209 EDW Mickey Edwards.
Reclaiming conservatism : how a great American political movement got lost--and how it can find its way back
320.56 HAL Dave Hall and Tym Burkey, with Katherine M. Ramsland.
Into the devil's den : how an FBI agent got inside the Aryan Nations and a special agent got him out alive
330.973 PHI Kevin Phillips.
Bad money : reckless finance, failed politics, and the global crisis of American capitalism
332.024 FAR Michael K. Farr with Gary Brozek.
A million is not enough : how to retire with the money you'll need
332.024 KIY Robert T. Kiyosaki.
Rich dad's increase your financial IQ : get smarter with your money
332.4 KAR Craig Karmin.
Biography of the dollar : how the mighty buck conquered the world and why it's under siege
332.6 OPD Jeff D. Opdyke.
The world is your oyster : the guide to finding great investments around the globe
332.6 TEM Lauren C. Templeton, Scott Phillips.
Investing the Templeton way : the market-beating strategies of value investing's legendary bargain hunter
333.79 KLA Michael T. Klare.
Rising powers, shrinking planet : the new geopolitics of energy
333.7909 BRY Robert Bryce.
Gusher of lies : the dangerous delusions of "energy independence"
337.51 HAR Alexandra Harney.
The China price : the true cost of Chinese competitive advantage
338.4 PET Melody Petersen.
Our daily meds : how the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs
345.73 BAI F. Lee Bailey with Jean Rabe.
When the husband is the suspect
346.7301 JAS Margaret C. Jasper.
Guardianship, conservatorship and the law
346.7305 CLI Denis Clifford & Cora Jordan.
Plan your estate
347.73 FOX Lawrence J. Fox and Susan R. Martyn.
How to deal with your lawyer : answers to commonly asked questions
362.196 DEA Tony Dean.
The F.A.S.T. diet (Families Always Succeed Together) : the Dean family lost 500 pounds : now you can lose weight--and keep it off--with their simple plan
363.2 SUM Kate Summerscale.
The suspicions of Mr. Whicher : murder and the undoing of a great Victorian detective
364.106 GLE Misha Glenny.
McMafia : a journey through the global underworld
364.152 STR Marilee Strong with Mark Powlson.
Erased : missing women, murdered wives
371.782 BLA Jodee Blanco.
Please stop laughing at us-- : one survivor's extraordinary quest to prevent school bullying
384.5406 FOE Alec Foege.
Right of the dial
507.8 JOH George Johnson.
The ten most beautiful experiments
583.55 PAP Joe Pappalardo.
Sunflowers : the secret history ; the unauthorized biography of the world's most beloved weed
612.82 MED John Medina.
Brain rules : 12 principles for surviving and thriving at work, home, and school
613.2 BUE Dan Buettner.
The blue zone : lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest
613.25 HAR Bob Harper.
Are you ready! : take charge, lose weight, get in shape, and change your life forever
615.5 BOW Jonny Bowden.
The most effective natural cures on Earth : the suprising, unbiased truth about what treatments work and why
616.8 GRE Gayle Greene.
Insomniac
616.831 ALZ edited by Karen Bellenir.
Alzheimer disease sourcebook : basic consumer health information about alzheimer disease, other dementias, and related disorders …
616.89 SNY Kurt Snyder ; with Raquel E. Gur and Linda Wasmer Andrews.
Me, myself, and them : a firsthand account of one young person's experience with schizophrenia
617.4 MAS Michael Paul Mason.
Head cases : stories of brain injury and its aftermath
617.4 VAN R Don & Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak, with Mark Tabb.
Mistaken identity : two families, one survivor, unwavering hope
618.2 KRO Tori Kropp.
The joy of pregnancy : the complete, candid, and reassuring companion for parents-to-be
618.24 LEN Erika Lenkert.
The real deal guide to pregnancy : fresh and practical advice for navigating the next nine months
618.24 MUR Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel ; foreword by Charles J. Lockwood.
What to expect when you're expecting
635.9 KEL Gwen Moore Kelaidis
Hardy succulents : tough plants for every climate
635.9647 PRO Joseph R. Provey, Kris Robinson with Van Cline.
Toro expert guide to lawns : pro secrets for a beautiful yard
641 CHE Joanne Chen.
The taste of sweet : our complicated love affair with our favorite treats
641.5 BAI Judith Baigent
Culinary concepts : 100 recipes and tips for the home chef
641.53 KAS Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift.
The Splendid table's How to eat supper : recipes, stories, and opinions from public radio's award-winning food show
641.5636 JOE Katie Lee Joel
The comfort table
641.5784 SUN recipes by the editors of Sunset Magazine
The Sunset grill : 125 recipes for casual get-togethers and easy weeknight cookouts
641.59 JAM Cheryl and Bill Jamison.
Around the world in 80 dinners : the ultimate culinary adventure
641.5946 SHU the Culinary Institute of America ; with text by Martha Rose Shulman
Spain and the world table
641.5972 KEN Diana Kennedy
The art of Mexican cooking : traditional Mexican cooking for aficionados
641.5972 MIL Jane Milton.
Mexican cooking : the authentic taste of Mexico
641.5975 WIL Virginia Willis
Bon appetit, y'all : stories and recipes from three generations of Southern cooking
641.5975 YAL the Deen Bros.
Y'all come eat
641.5975 YEA Trisha Yearwood, with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Berman.
Georgia cooking in an Oklahoma kitchen : recipes from my family to yours
641.76 ADL Karen Adler and Judith Fertig.
BBQ bash : the be-all, end-all party guide, from barefoot to black tie
641.8 PRI Craig W. Priebe, with Dianne Jacob
Grilled pizzas & piadinas
641.8 WOL Laurie Goldrich Wolf and Pam Abrams.
The only bake sale cookbook you'll ever need : 201 mouthwatering, kid-pleasing treats
641.82 BES by the editors of Cook's illustrated
The best cover & bake recipes
641.865 KIN Lindsay Kincaide
Cake art : simplified step-by-step instructions and illustrated techniques for the home baker to create showstopping cakes and cupcakes
646.2 WEL Valori Wells and Carolyn Spencer.
Oh sew easy.|pLife style : 20 projects to make your home your own
646.48 SOU Sally Southern.
Sew many bags, sew little time : over 30 simply stylish bags and accessories
646.7 HEN Marilu Henner with Lorin Henner.
Wear your life well : use what you have to get what you want
646.78 LEE Lilo and Gerard Leeds ; with Terrence Real and Susan Seliger.
Wonderful marriage : a guide to building a great relationship that will last a lifetime
646.79 COR Barbara Corcoran with Warren Berger.
Nextville : amazing places to live the rest of your life
649.709 CAR Nancy Carlsson-Paige.
Taking back childhood : helping your kids thrive in a fast-paced, media-saturated, violence-filled world
650.1 TES John Tesh.
Intelligence for your life : powerful lessons for personal growth
650.14 RES the editors of McGraw-Hill.
Resumes for re-entering the job market
658 FRA Beau Fraser, David Bernstein, and Bill Schwab.
Death to all sacred cows : how successful business people put the old rules out to pasture
658.314 MIT Jack Mitchell.
Hug your people : hire, inspire, and recognize your employees to achieve remarkable results
683.82 THI Sur La Table, with Marie Simmons.
Things cooks love : implements, ingredients, and recipes
690.837 VAN Pieter A. VanderWerf.
The concrete house : building solid, safe and efficient with insulating concrete forms
690.8927 BAN Richard T. Banks.
Designer birdhouses : 20 upscale homes for sophisticated birds
728.93 KIN Heidi Tyline King.
Design ideas for decks & patios
741.5 MAL Alex G. Malloy.
Comics values annual 2008
745.92 GEO Michael George with Bob Shuman.
Simply elegant flowers with Michael George
746.0463 KHA Ellen Kharade.
Quick & clever felting : 25 stylish projects using felt appliqué, needle felting, wet felting and other easy techniques
746.1 HOW Sarah Howard and Elisabeth Kendrick.
Creative weaving
746.432 BAR Betty Barnden.
200 knitting tips, techniques & trade secrets
746.432 BAR Lynne Barr
Knitting new scarves : 27 distinctly modern patterns
746.432 FET Hannah Fettig.
Closely knit : handmade gifts for the ones you love
746.434 HUB Margaret Hubert.
Plus size crochet : fashions that fit & flatter
746.46 SNY Karen Snyder.
Quilts from my garden : 20 projects with recipes fresh from the garden
746.46 ZIE Nancy Zieman.
Quilt with confidence
747 JAM Marni Jameson.
The house always wins : America's most trusted home columnist's guide to creating your (almost) perfect dream house
751.422 NIC Claudia Nice.
Creating textured landscapes with pen, ink and watercolor
751.426 SAN Michael Sanders.
Quick & clever acrylics
781.594 STR Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson, Tim Wiles
Baseball's greatest hit : the story of take me out to the ball game
796.352 WOO David Wood
Around the world in 80 rounds : chasing a golf ball from Tierra del Fuego to the land of the midnight sun
796.357 BER Ross Bernstein.
The code : baseball's unwritten rules and its ignore-at-your-own-risk code of conduct
796.357 WEN Tim Wendel, José Luis Villegas.
Far from home : Latino baseball players in America
796.7201 LES Diandra Leslie-Pelecky.
The physics of NASCAR : how to make steel + gas + rubber = speed
798.4 PRA Edgar Prado with John Eisenberg.
My guy Barbaro : a jockey's journey through love, triumph, and heartbreak with America's favorite horse
818.54 VON Kurt Vonnegut
Armageddon in retrospect, and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace
822.33 GRE Germaine Greer.
Shakespeare's wife
907.2 WOO Gordon S. Wood.
The purpose of the past : reflections on the uses of history
917.204 GAR Guillermo García Oropeza.
One hundred and one beautiful small towns in Mexico
917.88 FOD Fodor's
Fodor's Colorado : with expanded coverage of the National Parks.
917.91 GRA
Grand Canyon National Park.
92 ALL Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.
The sum of our days
92 AND Julie Andrews.
Home : a memoir of my early years
92 CAN Jose Canseco.
Vindicated : big names, big liars, and the battle to save baseball
92 CHA Aram Roston.
The man who pushed America to war : the extraordinary life, adventures, and obsessions of Ahmed Chalabi
92 HAS Michael Hastings.
I lost my love in Baghdad : modern war story
92 NEL Joe Nick Patoski.
Willie Nelson : an epic life
92 NEW Peter Ackroyd.
Newton
92 POL Walter R. Borneman.
Polk : the man who transformed the presidency and America
92 QUE Jessica Queller.
Pretty is what changes : impossible choices, the breast cancer gene, and how i defied my destiny
92 SCO Jefferson Morley
Our man in Mexico : Winston Scott and the hidden history of the CIA
92 SPE Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin.
sTORI telling
92 STR Amy Hill Hearth.
Strong Medicine speaks : a Native American elder has her say : an oral history
92 VEN Jesse Ventura ; with Dick Russell.
Don't start the revolution without me! : from the Minnesota governor's mansion to the Baja outback : reflections and revisionings
92 WAL Herschel Walker ; with Gary Brozek and Charlene Maxfield.
Breaking free
920 CAR Jimmy Carter.
A remarkable mother
920.72 ROB Cokie Roberts.
Ladies of liberty : the women who shaped our nation
920.72 WEL Sheila Weller.
Girls like us : Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation
938 MEA Robert Emmet Meagher & Elizabeth Parker Neave.
Ancient Greece : an explorer's guide
943.086 FRI Peter Fritzsche.
Life and death in the Third Reich
946.9 SHR Nicholas Shrady.
The last day : wrath, ruin, and reason in the great Lisbon earthquake of 1755
953.805 COL Steve Coll.
The Bin Ladens : an Arabian family in the American century
956.05 MIL Aaron David Miller.
The much too promised land ; America's elusive search for Arab-Israeli peace
956.7004 LAW Quil Lawrence.
Invisible nation : how the Kurds' quest for statehood is shaping Iraq and the Middle East
956.7044 HAL Hans Halberstadt.
Trigger men : shadow team, spider-man, the magnificent bastards, and the American combat sniper
973 FIN Howard Fineman.
The thirteen American arguments : enduring debates that inspire and define our country
973.09 SCH Robert Schlesinger.
White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters
973.3 NAS Gary Nash and Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Friends of liberty : Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull
973.82 DON James Donovan.
A terrible glory : Custer and the Little Bighorn : the last great battle of the American West
973.92 GOL John W. Dean, Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.
Pure Goldwater
973.93 HAG Chuck Hagel.
America : our next chapter : tough questions, straight answers
979.2 IRV Amy Irvine.
Trespass : living at the edge of the promised land
SW 333.72 FIN Doug Fine.
Farewell, my Subaru : an epic adventure in local living
SW 583 POW A. Michael Powell, James F. Weedin, and Shirley A. Powell.
Cacti of Texas, a field guide : with emphasis on the Trans-Pecos species
YA 001.942 DEN Preston Dennett
UFOs and aliens
YA 330.973 DOA Robin S. Doak.
Black Tuesday : prelude to the Great Depression
YA 344.7305 GON Doreen Gonzales.
A look at the Second Amendment : to keep and bear arms
YA 345.761 ARE David Aretha.
The trial of the Scottsboro boys
YA 363.325 FRI Lauri S. Friedman.
Terrorist attacks
YA 363.738 BER Emma Carlson Berne.
Global warming and climate change
YA 546.8 HAM Becky Ham.
The periodic table
YA 616.85 SUI Ron Salomon
Suicide
YA 813.3 REI Raychel Haugrud Reiff.
Herman Melville : Moby Dick and other works
YA 813.54 REI Raychel Haugrud Reiff.
J.D. Salinger : The catcher in the rye and other [works]
YA 818.5209 WAL Maurice Wallace.
Langston Hughes : the Harlem Renaissance
YA 92 GAT Michael A. Schuman.
Bill Gates : computer mogul and philanthropist
YA 92 GEN Enid A. Goldberg & Norman Itzkowitz.
Genghis Khan : 13th-century Mongolian tyrant
YA 92 GOG Jim Whiting.
Vincent Van Gogh
YA 92 LI Moying Li.
Snow falling in spring : Coming of age in China during the cultural revolution
YA 92 MAR Calvin Craig Miller.
Reggae poet : the story of Bob Marley
YA 92 STE Milton Meltzer.
John Steinbeck : a biography
YA 92 VLA Enid A. Goldberg & Norman Itzkowitz.
Vlad the impaler : the real Count Dracula
YA 940.1 HAN Rachael Hanel.
Knights
YA 942.03 LEV Debbie Levy.
The signing of the Magna Carta
YA 972.08 STE R. Conrad Stein.
The story of Mexico. The Mexican Revolution
YA 973.2 ROB Russell Roberts.
Life in Colonial America
YA 976.4 ROB Russell Roberts.
Texas joins the United States