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070.4 HAL David Halberstam ; edited and with an introduction by Glenn Stout.
Everything they had : sportswriting from David Halberstam
133.91 VAN P James Van Praagh.
Ghosts among us : uncovering the truth about the other side
155.9 HOO Ann Hood.
Comfort : a journey through grief
158.1 PAT Ann Patchet.
What Now?
158.1 STO Tim Storey.
Utmost living : creating and savoring your best life now
158.12 SAR Kamal Sarma.
Mental resilience : the power of clarity : how to develop the focus of a warrior and the peace of a monk
170.44 SHR Maria Shriver.
Just who will you be? : big question, little book, answer within
231.7 FOR Leighton Ford.
The attentive life : discerning God's presence in all things
248.4 COP Gloria Copeland.
God's master plan for your life : 10 steps to fullfilling your destiny
248.4 FOS Richard J. Foster ; with Kathryn A. Helmers.
Life with God : reading the Bible for spiritual transformation
248.4 MEY Joyce Meyer.
The secret to true happiness : enjoy today, embrace tomorrow
248.8 CHI compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Michelle L. Trujillo.
Chicken soup for the soul presents teens talkin' faith
248.86 MOR Jonathan Morris.
The promise : God's purpose and plan for when life hurts
277.3 MCL Patrick J. McLaughlin.
No atheists in foxholes : prayers and reflections from the front
303.49 ZAK Fareed Zakaria.
The post-American world
305.562 BEN Steven W. Bender.
One night in America : Robert Kennedy, César Chávez, and the dream of dignity
306.84 SIN Stephen Singular.
When men become gods : Mormon polygamist Warren Jeffs, his cult of fear, and the women who fought back
306.874 CHI Jack Canfield ... et al..
Chicken soup for the father & son soul : celebrating the bond that connects generations
320.01 LAK George Lakoff.
The political mind : why you can't understand 21st-century politics with an 18th-century brain
320.6097 WEB Jim Webb.
A time to fight : reclaiming a fair and just America
320.973 HAR John Harwood and Gerald Seib.
Pennsylvania Avenue : profiles in backroom power
320.973 MOY Bill Moyers.
Moyers on democracy
325.5409 HER Arthur Herman.
Gandhi and Churchill : the epic rivalry that destroyed an empire and forged our age
325.73 RIL Jason L. Riley.
Let them in : the case for open borders
332.024 BLO Sandra Block, Kathy Chu, & John Waggoner.
The busy family's guide to money
332.6 DOR Patrick Dorsey.
The little book that builds wealth : Morningstar's knock-out formula for finding great investments
346.73 STE Fred S. Steingold.
Legal guide for starting & running a small business
355 CLA Richard A. Clarke.
Your government failed you : breaking the cycle of natural security disasters
363.258 BOT Ted Botha.
The girl with the crooked nose : a tale of murder, obsession, and forensic artistry
363.325 SHE Michael A. Sheehan.
Crush the cell : how to defeat terrorism without terrorizing ourselves
363.738 WAL Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King.
The hot topic : what we can do about global warming
364.155 WAL Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer.
Stolen innocence : my story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs
372.21 WHA [edited by] E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Linda Bevilacqua.
What your preschooler needs to know : read-alouds to get ready for kindergarten
394.2634 DEB Peter de Bolla.
The Fourth of July : and the founding of America
423.1 BRY Bill Bryson.
Bryson's dictionary for writers and editors
551.576 HAM Richard Hamblyn.
The cloud book : how to understand the skies
579.342 ZIM Carl Zimmer.
Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life
610 SNY Nancy L. Snyderman.
Medical myths that can kill you : and the 101 truths that will save, extend, and improve your life
613.2 LAP John La Puma and Rebecca Powell Marx.
ChefMD : the food lover's guide to culinary medicine
613.25 AGA Arthur Agatston ; with Joseph Signorile.
The south beach diet supercharged : faster weight loss and better health for life
613.7 LOP Mario Lopez with Jeff O'Connell.
Mario Lopez's knockout fitness
613.7 PHI Shawn Phillips.
Strength for life : the fitness plan for the best of your life
616.8 PEA Nancy D. Pearce.
Inside Alzheimer's : how to hear and honor connections with a person who has dementia
616.85 CAR Michael John Carley
Asperger's from the inside out : a supportive and practical guide for anyone with Asperger's syndrome
617 RUS Thomas R. Russell.
I need an operation...now what? : a patient's guide to a safe and successful outcome
623.7463 CHA Chris Chant.
Allied bombers, 1939-45
623.7464 CHA Chris Chant.
Allied fighters, 1939-45
631.875 PLE Barbara Pleasant & Deborah L. Martin.
The complete compost gardening guide : banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritious vegetables ever
635 DAM Barbara Damrosch
The garden primer
635 ELL Barbara W. Ellis.
The veggie gardener's answer book : solutions to every problem you'll ever face : answers to every question you'll ever ask
635 HUT Carolyn Hutchinson.
Time-saving gardener : tips and essential tasks season by season
635.965 HOU Andi Clevely ... et al.
Houseplants : the green thumb guide to easy indoor gardening
636.1 CAM Joe Camp.
The soul of a horse : life lessons from the herd
641.013 SPI Bob Spitz.
The saucier's apprentice : one long strange trip through the great cooking schools of Europe
641.3 PAY Francois Payard with Anne E. McBride.
Chocolate epiphany : exceptional cookies, cakes, and confections for everyone
641.36 BOU Susan Bourette.
Meat : a love story
641.5 GAS Linda Gassenheimer.
Mix 'n match meals in minutes for people with diabetes : a no-brainer solution to meal preparation
641.5 LIL Lisa Lillien.
Hungry Girl : recipes and survival strategies for guilt-free eating in the real world
641.5 O the editors of O Magazine.
O, the Oprah Magazine cookbook
641.5 RAY Rachael Ray.
Yum-O! : the family cookbook
641.5784 FLA Bobby Flay, with Stephanie Banyas, and Sally Jackson.
Bobby Flay's grill it!
641.6 CUT Pippa Cuthbert & Lindsay Cameron Wilson.
Vegetables! : 100 inspiring recipes for every occasion
641.651 CRE Rosalind Creasy.
Rosalind Creasy 's recipes from the garden
641.662 LEF Cree LeFavour
The new steak : recipes for a range of cuts plus savory sides
641.76 KAR Elizabeth Karmel and Bob Blumer.
Pizza on the grill : 100 feisty fire-roasted recipes for pizza & more
641.76 MOR Diane Morgan.
Grill every day : 125 fast-track recipes for weeknights at the grill
643.12 REM Jim Remley.
Sell your home in any market : 50 surprisingly simple strategies for getting top dollar fast
643.3 WHI Lee Anne White.
Outdoor kitchen : ideas that work : creative design solutions for your home
646.79 STI Richard Stim & Ralph Warner.
Retire happy : what you can do now to guarantee a great retirement
649.1094 BRA Ruth Brandon.
Governess : the lives and times of the real Jane Eyres
649.62 AU Sara Au, Peter Savinoha.
Stress-free potty training : a commonsense guide to finding the right approach for your child
658.11 BLA Ken Blanchard, Don Hutson, with Ethan Willis.
The one minute entrepreneur : the secret to creating and sustaining a successful business
658.4 MAX John C. Maxwell.
Leadership gold : lessons learned from a lifetime of leading
658.409 ASS Assaraf, John
Answer grow any business, achieve financial freedom, and live an extraordinary life.
683.4007 HAD Diggory Hadoke.
Vintage guns: collecting, restoring & shooting classic firearms
690.1823 MAR Chris Marshall.
The complete guide to windows & entryways : repair, renew, replace
690.89 ATK Scott Atkinson and the editors of Sunset Books.
Sheds & garages
690.89 KAS Ziba Kashef and the editors of Sunset Books.
Backyards for kids
690.893 HUB Jeanne Huber and the editors of Sunset Books.
Walks, walls & patio floors
693.1 SAV Laurel Saville.
Outdoor stonework
693.6 FER Myron R. Ferguson.
Drywall : professional techniques for great results
728.93 JES Peter Jeswald.
Patios & walkways idea book
738 MOR Mark F. Moran.
Warman's McCoy pottery : identification and price guide
743.4 PIN Sharon Pinkser.
Figure : how to draw & paint the figure with impact
745.1 GAR Garage sale & flea market annual : cashing in on today's lucractive collectibles market.
 
745.1028 MIL Judith Miller.
Care & repair of antiques & collectibles : a step-by-step guide
745.103 MIL Judith Miller.
A-Z of antiques & collectibles
745.1075 KOV Ralph and Terry Kovel.
Kovels' antiques & collectibles price list 2008
745.54 ALF Jane Alford.
Paper celebrations
747 RON Carley Roney and the editors of TheNest.com
(The nest) home design handbook : simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place
747.081 KAL Wayne Kalyn.
Guy spaces : a guide to defining a man's personal space
747.77 CON Megan Connelly.
The smart approach to kids' rooms
748.2 SCH Ellen T. Schroy.
Warman's Depression glass : field guide : values and identification
751.42 SPL Splash 10 : passionate brushstrokes.
751.73 LOR Gary Lord.
Mural painting secrets for success
781.642 JEN Dana Jennings.
Sing me back home : love, death, and country music
796.352 FIS Sean Fister and Matthew Rudy.
The long-drive bible : how you can hit the ball longer, straighter and more consistently
796.357 VIN Fay Vincent.
We would have played for nothing : baseball stars of the 1950s and 1960s talk about the game they loved
808.831 PRI edited by Laura Furman
The O. Henry Prize stories 2008
810.8 CHI compiled by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery.
Chicken soup for the soul : a tribute to moms
818.5402 FOX Jeff Foxworthy & Brian Hartt.
How to really stink at golf
818.5407 FRA Ian Frazier.
Lamentations of the father
909.82 JUD Tony Judt.
Reappraisals : reflections on the forgotten twentieth century
910.202 WAR Douglas Ward.
Berlitz complete guide to cruising & cruise ships 2008
917 MOB Mobil travel guide Northwest 2008.
 
917 MOB Mobil travel guide Mid-Atlantic 2008.
917 MOB Mobil travel guide New England 2008.
 
917 MOB Mobil travel guide Northern California 2008.
917 MOB Mobil Travel Guide South 2008.
 
917 MOB Mobil travel guide Southern California and Hawaii 2008.
917 MOB Mobil travel guide Coastal Southeast 2008.
 
917.9 FOD Fodor's Pacific Northwest.
92 AYE Steve Lopez.
The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
92 BER Yogi Berra with Dave Kaplan.
You can observe a lot by watching : what I've learned about teamwork from the Yankees and life
92 BRY Alexandra Fuller.
The legend of Colton H. Bryant
92 DR.D Ronin Ro.
Dr. Dre : the biography
92 FAV Sports Illustrated.
Brett Favre : the tribute
92 MAL Don Malarkey and Bob Welch.
Easy Company soldier : the endless combat of a sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"
92 MCE Jason "J-Mac" McElwain with Daniel Paisner.
The game of my life : a true story of challenge, triumph, and growing up autistic
92 MCE Mark McEwen with Daniel Paisner.
Change in the weather : life after stroke
92 MIR Helen Mirren.
In the frame : my life in words and pictures
92 NAN Jim Nantz with Eli Spielman.
Always by my side : a father's grace and a sports journey unlike any other
92 NEA Kevin Nealon.
Yes, you're pregnant, but what about me?
92 NEE Simon Winchester.
The man who loved China : Joseph Needham and the making of a masterpiece
92 NES Paula Uruburu.
American Eve : Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the birth of the "It" girl, and the crime of the century
92 POI Sidney Poitier.
Life beyond measure : letters to my great-granddaughter
92 PRI Marjorie Price.
A gift from Brittany : a memoir of love and loss in the French countryside
92 PRI Jill Price with Bart Davis.
The woman who can't forget : the extraordinary story of living with the most remarkable memory known to science : a memoir
92 RAL Jeannie Ralston.
The unlikely lavender queen : a memoir of unexpected blossoming
92 SHA William Shatner with David Fisher.
Up till now : the autobiography
92 SPE Arlen Specter ; with Frank J. Scaturro.
Never give in : battling cancer in the Senate
92 TIL Mary Tillman with Narda Zacchino.
Boots on the ground by dusk : my tribute to Pat Tillman
920 PER Joseph E. Persico.
Franklin and Lucy : an intimate portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherford, and the other remarkable women who shaped FDR's life
920 WEL Patricia and Walter Wells.
We've always had Paris-- and Provence : a scrapbook of our life in France
920.71 GRE Bob Greene.
When we get to Surf City : a journey through America in pursuit of rock and roll, friendship, and dreams
920.72 FEI John Feinstein.
Living on the black : two pitchers, two teams, one season to remember
940.54 SMI edited by Larry Smith.
Iwo Jima : World War II veterans remember the greatest battle of the Pacific
943.155 CHE Andrei Cherny.
The candy bombers : the untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour
956.7044 ENG Richard Engel.
War journal
956.7044 GOU Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris.
Standard operating procedure
956.7044 SHE Jim Sheeler.
Final salute : a story of unfinished lives
962.05 BRA John R. Bradley.
Inside Egypt : the land of the Pharaohs on the brink of a revolution
970.01 HOR Tony Horwitz.
A voyage long and strange : rediscovering the new world
972.9106 DOB Michael Dobbs.
One minute to midnight : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war
973.09 OSG Charles Osgood.
A funny thing happened on the way to the White House : humor, blunders, and other oddities from the presidential campaign trail
973.62 DUG Martin Dugard.
The training ground : Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
973.711 WAR Andrew Ward.
The slaves' war : the Civil War in the words of former slaves
973.922 SOR Ted Sorensen.
Counselor : a life at the edge of history
973.927 WIL Sean Wilentz.
The age of Reagan : America from Watergate to the War on Terror
973.931 MCC Scott McClellan.
What happened : inside the Bush White House and Washington's culture of deception
975.5 CRE Patrick Creed, Rick Newman.
Firefight : inside the battle to save the Pentagon on 9/11
978 STE Page Stegner.
Adios, amigos : tales of sustenance and purification in the American West
SW 917 MOB Mobile trave guide Texas 2008.
 
SW 917 MOB Mobil travel guide Southwest 2008.
YA 152.47 DIC John DiConsiglio.
Out of control : how to handle anger-- yours and everyone else's
YA 811.6 QUE Khadijah Queen.
Conduit : poems
YA 92 BEE Jennifer Viegas.
Beethoven's world
YA 92 MAN Samuel Willard Crompton.
Peyton Manning
YA 92 OBA Heather Lehr Wagner.
Barack Obama
YA 92 RAS Enid A. Goldberg & Norman Itzkowitz.
Grigory Rasputin : holy man or mad monk?
YA 92 ROW Amy Sickels.
Mythmaker : the story of J.K. Rowling
YA 932.014 LAC William W. Lace.
The curse of King Tut
YA 942.05 HIN Kathryn Hinds.
Life in Elizabethan England.|pThe countryside
YA 972 STE R. Conrad Stein.
The story of Mexico.: Benito Juárez and the French intervention