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Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later, by Taylor
Baldwin Kiland and Jamie Howren,
is the companion volume to a traveling museum exhibit profiling and
celebrating the personal triumphs of 30 Vietnam-era POWs. Open
Doors takes an intimate look at these men - the longest-held
group of POWs in
our nation's history - as husbands, fathers, sons and brothers. It is a
tribute to their individual persistence in the pursuit of personal and
professional happiness upon their return from Hanoi, echoing the
comments of Commander Paul Galanti, U.S. Navy (Ret.): "There's no such
thing as a bad day when you have a door knob on the inside of the
door." (Potomac Books). |
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Designer Knitting with Kitty
Bartholomew, by beloved TV
personality Kitty Bartholomew
and journalist Kathy Price-Robinson, teaches Kitty's own
unique,
fast, and easy knitting style. While
Kitty is known for her affordable and inventive interior
decorating style, she is also known for her wardrobe of more than 70
stylish one-of-a-kind sweaters, hand knit by her. In
addition to providing patterns for her
favorites, her new book explains how to size a sweater and combine
yarns for a
one-of-a-kind creation. |
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Dynamite
Fiend: The Chilling Tale of a Confederate Spy, Con Artist, and Mass
Murderer, by Ann Larabee,
is a fascinating historical true crime story about a former Confederate
secret service agent who later went on to terrorize the Atlantic
shipping lanes and cause one of the bloodiest catastrophes of the
nineteenth century. (Palgrave/St. Martin's Press) |
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50
Simple Ways to Live a Longer
Life, by science and health journalist Suzanne Bohan and
Glenn Thompson, is an easy-to-comprehend resource packed with the most
effective life-extending strategies known to science. It leaves readers
inspired to take an active role in extending their own lives and
improving their own health. Each chapter contains a different way to
extend your life, plus a "Making It Real" section that tells readers
what they specifically can do to achieve these benefits. 50
Simple Ways to Live a Longer Life offers fresh perspectives
and intriguing information that will help readers add years and vigor
to their lives. (Sourcebooks) |
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Math Instinct: Why You're a Mathematical Genius (Along with Lobsters,
Birds, Cats, and Dogs), by Stanford mathematician and NPR's
"Math Guy" Keith Devlin,
an accessible, entertaining look at the instinctive math used by dogs,
cats, birds, bees and, yes, even humans. Filled with wonderful stories
and examples, it offers the inverse message of John Allen Poulos' Innumeracy,
by explaining and celebrating the innate math sense of all kinds of
animals and giving even the most number-phobic readers greater
confidence in their own mathematical abilities. (Thunder's Mouth
Press/Avalon Publishing) |
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