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  An Inconvenient Truth

  by Albert Gore

  An Inconvenient Truth —Gore’s groundbreaking, battle cry of a follow-up to the bestselling Earth in the Balance —is being published to tie in with a documentary film of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore, who is one of our environmental heroes—and a leading... (more)
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  The Northwest Essentials Cookbook: Cooking With the Ingredients That Define a Regional Cuisine

  by Greg Atkinson

  Award-winning chef Greg Atkinson explores and savors the Northwest cuisines signature ingredients including oysters, Dungeness crabs, king salmon, cherries, and hazelnuts. Without crisp apples, wild salmon, sweet hazelnuts, mint from the garden, and spot prawns, there would be no such thing as Northwest cuisine. In this big-hearted cookbook, Greg Atkinson celebrates these and other regional treasures with... (more)
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  Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction

  by Aldren Auld Watson

  Expert guide to creating fine books by hand. Thorough, detailed instructions, with over 270 helpful illustrations, cover materials, tools and equipment, making a slipcase, rebinding an old book, more. Also, 8 specific projects: dust jacket; blank book, single signature; folio; manuscript binding, music binding, three more. Introduction.
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  A Course in Miracles

  Combined Volume

  by Helen Schucman

  A Course in Miracles begins... Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. As its title implies, the Course is arranged throughout as a teaching device. It consists of three books: Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers. The order in which students choose to use the books, and the ways in which they study them, depend on their particular needs... (more)
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  The Inner Teachings of Taoism

  by Thomas Cleary, I-ming Liu

  Taoist inner alchemy is a collection of theories and practices for transforming the mind and refining the self. The Inner Teachings of Taoism includes a classic of Chinese alchemy known as Four Hundred Words on the Gold Elixir. Written in the eleventh century by a founder of the Complete Reality School, this text is accompanied by the lucid commentary of the nineteenth-century adept Lui I-ming.
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  No One Saw

  Ordinary Things Through The Eyes Of An Artist

  by Bob Raczka

  With a simple, rhyming text and beautifully reproduced paintings, NO ONE SAW explores modern art. Each painting highlights the way in which the artist looked at the world in his or her own way. One look at the oversized details of her calla lilies convinces us hat no one saw flowers like Georgia O'Keeffe. A city becomes art when looked at by Kandinsky. And Miro shows us the flight of a bird like we've never seen... (more)
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  Picasso and American Art

  by Michael C. FitzGerald

  Many American artists throughout the 20th century designated Pablo Picasso as the central figure of the modern movement and defined their own artistic achievements through their absorption, critique, or rejection of his example. Picasso and American Art is a groundbreaking publication juxtaposing works by Picasso with the paintings, sculptures, and drawings created in response by an extremely diverse group of... (more)
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  The Moosewood Cookbook

  Recipes from Moosewood Restaurant, Ithaca, New York

  by Mollie Katzen

  Since its original publication in 1977, this influential and enormously popular cookbook has been at the forefront of the revolution in American eating habits. MOOSEWOOD was listed by the New York Times as one of the top ten best-selling cookbooks of all time, and no wonder. With her sophisticated, easy-to-prepare vegetarian recipes, charming pen-and-ink drawings, hand lettering, and conversational tone, Mollie... (more)
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  The King's English

  Adventures of an Independent Bookseller

  by Betsy Burton

  Betsy Burton, owner of The King's English bookstore in Salt Lake City, has been a bookseller for nearly thirty years, and a passionate book lover all her life. Her modestly sized yet widely respected shop has hosted authors such as E. L. Doctorow, Isabel Allende, John Updike, Margaret Atwood, and Sue Grafton, and she has built a reputation as a passionate purveyor of the written word in a world where stores like... (more)
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  The Northwest Best Places Cookbook: Recipes from the Outstanding Restaurants and Inns of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia

  by Cynthia C. Nims

  As Northwest cuisine takes the country by storm, the venerable Northwest Best Places travel guide heads into the kitchen with this collection of 125 recipes from its star-rated establishments. The region's best chefs share their flavorful and unique adaptations of the Northwest's rich cornucopia of food stuffs from land and sea.
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  Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z

  by Ray Troll

  "Sharkabet: A Sea of Sharks from A to Z" is a thrilling, chilling book for children of all ages. Featuring Ray Troll's spectacular fishy art, this book portrays sharks both living and extinct.
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  The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World

  The Ultimate Source of Ideas, Advice, and Relief for the Bride and Groom and Those Who Love Them

  by Carley Roney

  Planning for the big day? Here are the most up-to-date answers to all of your questions in the book from the editors of the acclaimed wedding website, The Knot. Overwhelmed by the countless questions and details your wedding entails? Don’t despair! The Knot Complete Guide to Weddings in the Real World takes you step-by-step from your engagement to the big day, from the reception to the honeymoon. Inside you’ll... (more)
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  Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection

  by Michael Rosen

  Featuring poems by such celebrated poets as William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Carl Sandburg, and Langston Hughes--complete with biographical sketches of the poets, information on individual poems, and notes on poetic forms, this volume presents a glorious selection of classic poetry, chronologically arranged from the 17th century to modern day. Full-color... (more)
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  The Complete Asian Cookbook

  by Charmaine Solomon

  With over 800 recipes from 16 countries, Charmaine Solomon’s The Complete Asian Cookbook is the perfect introduction to the food of Asia. Charmaine Solomon has tried and tested every recipe, ensuring that they are simple to prepare and that every ingredient and every preparation step are explained in easy-to-follow terms. This classic cookbook, in print for 30 years, ventures into culinary areas that are often... (more)
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  Harlem

  by Walter Dean Myers, Christopher Myers

  Depicts the rich character of Harlem through poetry and illustrations in which the author and his son paint a picture that connects readers to the spirit of Harlem in music, art, literature, and everyday life.
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  500 Handmade Books: A Celebration of Contemporary Book Forms

  by Linda Kopp

  Interest in bookbinding and the related arts has exploded in the past decade, inspiring artists to explore the unlimited possibilities of the form—and delighting collectors, crafters, and gallery owners. Lark’s Cover to Cover has been a bestseller for more than ten years, and this new and provocative on-the-page gallery, richly illustrated with hundreds of breathtaking photographs, will appeal to that same large... (more)
• CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER A GUIDE TO FINDING SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT IN EVERYDAY LIFERick Fields

  

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  CHOP WOOD CARRY WATER A GUIDE TO FINDING SPIRITUAL FULFILLMENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE

  by Rick Fields

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  Wet Sneaker Trilogy: Book 1

  The Year of the Turtle

  A Natural History

  by David M. Carroll

  Acclaimed naturalist David M. Carroll guides readers through the yearly cycle of the freshwater turtle. With lyrical yet factual prose observations, Carroll also includes more than 100 of his carefully executed full-color drawings.
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  A Child's Calendar

  by John Updike, Trina Schart Hyman

  Twelve poems follow a family and their friends through the seasons. A Caldecott Honor Book.
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  Contemporary American Poetry

  by A. Poulin, Michael Waters

  This highly respected anthology presents the works of 70 poets who have shaped the contours and direction of mainstream American poetry from 1960 to the present. Designed to provide a rich reading experience for both undergrad and graduate courses, more than 500 selections illustrate the variety and vitality of American poetry over the last few decades. For each poet, the collection features a generous sampling of... (more)