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Book Cover for: Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant, Amanda Cohen

Dirt Candy: A Cookbook: Flavor-Forward Food from the Upstart New York City Vegetarian Restaurant

Amanda Cohen
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Amanda Cohen of Dirt Candy, Nasim Alikhani of Sofreh and Charlie Mitchell of Clover Hill are among the local chefs who are finalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards. https://t.co/oqlqOMuU77

Paperback, 2012

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf
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On January 1, a new list of works entered the public domain, including Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse," "Sherlock Holmes," and "(I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream." So if you'd like to make a work of art adapting any of those, you can. https://t.co/jnFNAQmXrX

Paperback, 1989

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom, Shaka Senghor

Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom

Shaka Senghor
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Tonight on #USofAnxiety, @ShakaSenghor on his latest book, Letters to the Sons of Society: A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom. How are the lessons he's learned, through a challenging life, revelations for all of us? 6 p.m. on WNYC.

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
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RT @AllOfItWNYC: live at noon on All Of It: -@foofighters' Dave Grohl on his new memoir๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ“– -Anthony Doerr on Cloud Cuckoo Land๐Ÿ“• -@petersgooโ€ฆ

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi
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Tune into #USofAnxiety at 6 pm: @DrIbram, author of "How to Be an Antiracist," reflects on this unique moment in our collective racial history & Blindspot: Tulsa Burning host @kala_curious walks us through the destruction and legacy of a vibrant Black community 100 years ago.

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Great British Baking Show: Love to Bake, Paul Hollywood

The Great British Baking Show: Love to Bake

Paul Hollywood
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Paul Hollywood, co-host of the "Great British Baking Show," talks about the difference between a cookie and biscuit, why it's crucial for ginger snaps to hold up for 3 dunks in a cup of tea and why he doesn't advise mixing cannabis into his brownie recipe. https://t.co/Ki1pnlXxvM

Hardcover, 2020

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick, Matt Haig

The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick

Matt Haig
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Matt Haigโ€™s fantasy novel "The Midnight Library" was the most borrowed book throughout the New York Public Library system in 2022. See the network-wide top 10 list, along with breakdowns by borough. https://t.co/BqyNOgJBr3

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: New York: Historic Towns, Theodore Roosevelt

New York: Historic Towns

Theodore Roosevelt
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The controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt in front of the AMNH is gone. In place of the towering bronze figure "will be a plaque marking the Museum as the continuing home of the New York State Theodore Roosevelt Memorial," according to the museum. https://t.co/W2fyHPnic5

Hardcover, 2010

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry

A Raisin in the Sun

Lorraine Hansberry
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Lorraine Hansberry's classic play "A Raisin in the Sun," about a Black family's struggles with housing discrimination on the South Side of Chicago, has been given a new staging at the Public Theater. https://t.co/H9Yn1b7sMx

Paperback, Mass Market, 2004

$8.95$4.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008, Robert S. Mueller

The FBI: A Centennial History, 1908-2008

Robert S. Mueller
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Andrew Weissmann, lead prosecutor from Robert Muellerโ€™s Special Counsel's Office, analyzes the FBI's surprise search of former President Trump's Florida estate, and what it signifies about Federal investigations of the former president. https://t.co/Oql1oDZYs6

Hardcover, 2008

$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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