Garrett
1) Promposal
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"When the school of her dreams puts on her on the wait list, Autumn enlists the help of a former crush turned rival to form a promposal service in hopes of impressing the admissions committee"--
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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When Josie Wright wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's ready. Jetting off on a multi-city tour, rubbing elbows with celebrities, frenetic handlers, stone-faced producers, and eccentric stylists, her world is expanding rapidly. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile, dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret, she's in over her...
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English
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A chronicle of the Trump administration from the inside perspective of a White House press correspondent.
"A seasoned White House correspondent surveys an unusual presidency and answers the most important question: Does Trump matter? Major Garrett has been reporting on the White House for nearly two decades, covering four different presidencies for three news outlets. But if he thought that his distinguished journalistic career had prepared him for...
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English
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It all started out as a game. Just a way to have fun. We figured as long as we had rules, it wouldn't be a problem. RULE #1: Only break into one another's houses. RULE #2: Only take stuff that can be replaced. It worked for a while. Whoever's turn it was to break in got a rush, and the rest of us laughed over the trophies they brought back. But then someone went too far. Lives got ruined. Someone is dead. And I might be next.
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English
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"A thrilling story of science, Nazi research, secret spy planes, and the space race, UFO traces the history of the U.S. government's hunt for 'unidentified aerial phenomena' here on Earth, as well as the group of forward-thinking scientists who launched the search for extraterrestrial intelligence far from Earth. Drawing on original archival research, declassified documents and interviews with intelligence and military officials, Graff's book traces...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The incredible World War II saga of the Jewish refugees who fought in Britain's most secretive special-forces unit-but whose story has gone untold until now"--
June 1942. Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees who have escaped to Britain. The resulting volunteers are a motley group of intellectuals, artists, and athletes, most from Germany and Austria. Many have been interned...
7) The dinner
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English
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Two brothers and their wives meet for dinner at a fashionable restaurant in Amsterdam. Behind their polite conversation, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened. Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of...
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Adams Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"In Self-Care for Men, author Garrett Munce-grooming editor for Esquire and Men's Health and confirmed self-care practitioner-teaches you how to improve your physical and mental health and overall well-being through these easy and practical tips and exercises-from grooming to meditation-that are proven to work. Practiced by men like David Beckham, Snoop Dogg, and Adam Levine, self-care is a key component to overall wellness. This helpful guide introduces...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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"An honest look at life's second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and comic Brad Garrett"--
In a refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life's second half, Garrett is irreverently honest about the gaffes, challenges, and ultimately the joys of middle age. From the pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise and other demoralizing aspects of getting older., he teaches you the most important thing: no matter what, we're...
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Verso
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English
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"It is assumed that the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us - the cities we live in - that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city's edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale high above the metropolis upon unfinished skyscrapers? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting it as a place for endless adventures. Plotting expeditions...
13) Everyone lies
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"Five years ago [DI Kate Simms] helped a colleague when she shouldn't have ... Professor Nick Fennimore is a failed genetics student, successful gambler, betting agent, crime scene officer, chemistry graduate, toxicology specialist, and one-time scientific advisor to the National Crime Faculty ... In Manchester, drug addicts are turning up dead and Simms' superior is only too pleased to hand the problem to her. Then a celebrity dies ... Another overdose...
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Draws on hundreds of interviews and once-secret documents to deliver the untold story of the FBI's secret battles in the war on terror--both outside the United States and inside the U.S. government--highlighting the tensions between the FBI and CIA.
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Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated book examining the extraordinary range of Chinese dress, against a background of historical, cultural and social change. Skillfully weaving together everything from court and formal costumes through to the working attire of the lower classes and the latest fashions of New China, tells the story of the evolution of Chinese clothing. The first section details attire worn during the Qing dynasty by the emperors...
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English
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"An eminent political scientist's brilliant synthesis of social and political trends over the past century that shows how we have gone from an individualistic society to a more communitarian society and then back again -- and how we can use that experience to overcome once again the individualism that currently weakens our country"--
This is the worst of times... but we've been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was highly...
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English
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When a medical mistake goes horribly wrong and Ralph Meier, a famous actor, winds up dead, Dr. Marc Schlosser is forced to conceal the error from his patients and family. After all, reputation is everything in this business. But the weight of carrying such a secret lies heavily on his mind, and he can't keep hiding from the truth... or the Board of Medical Examiners. The problem is that the real truth is a bit worse than a simple slip-up. Marc played...
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Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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In her debut cookbook, the author shares more that 80 fun and flavorful recipes, along with stories about her early days in the U.S., learning how to cook Thai dishes with American ingredients and substitutes and what it's like to raise and live with a famous daughter.
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Here's Hank volume 2
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English
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Rescuing a Dachshund from an animal shelter after convincing his skeptical father to get the family a dog, Hank struggles to prove his trustworthiness after his new canine friend gets loose at the park.