Best Books of 2023
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Soft Matter: A Very Short IntroductionSoft matter science is concerned with soft materials such as polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, and foams, and has emerged as a rich interdisciplinary field over the last 30 years. Drawing on physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, soft matter links fundamental scientific ideas to everyday...
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From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBAPerfect for fans of Moneyball and The Book of Basketball, this vivid, thoroughly entertaining, and well-researched book explores the NBA's surge in popularity in the 1970s and 1980s and its transformation into a global cultural institution. Far beyond simply being a sports league, the...
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Bad Guys in American HistoryBad Guys in American History recounts the events related to our country's most compelling outlaws, from colonial times to the 1930s. Complete with photographs of the outlaws and their haunts, this book investigates some of American history's most infamous acts and informs readers where...
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Love Poems for the OfficeIn the spirit of his Love Poems collections, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney returns with a hilarious new collection of poetry--for office life. With the same brilliant wit and biting realism...
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Ice! Poems about Polar LifeFunny poems paired with intriguing facts introduce young readers to the fascinating creatures that live in Earth's polar regions. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year! The remote North and South Poles-- which poet Douglas Florian calls our Earth refrigerator-- are home to...
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The Dolphin Letters, 1970-1979: Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Lowell, and Their CircleThe correspondence between one of the most famous couples of twentieth-century literatureThe Dolphin Letters offers an unprecedented portrait of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick during the last seven years of Lowell's life (1970 to 1977), a time of personal crisis and creative innovation for...
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The Adventures of Paddington: Love Day: A Valentine's Day Book for KidsBased on the new Nickelodeon animated series and inspired by the classic series by Michael Bond, this US version of the UK storybook is perfect for sharing with the Paddington fan in your life. Includes 12 Valentine's Day cards It's Love Day and Paddington...
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Staying Human: New Poems for Staying AliveStaying Human is the latest addition to Bloodaxe's bestselling Staying Alive series of world poetry anthologies. These anthologies have introduced many thousands of new readers to modern poetry as well as offering poetry lovers a broad, international selection of 500 'real poems for unreal...
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The Rolling Stones. Édition ActualiséeLa gloire et le succès qu'on atteint les Rolling Stones au terme de 60 années de carrière ou presque sont inégalés; leurs riffs les plus célèbres et leurs paroles les plus accrocheuses sont gravés dans notre mémoire collective. Armés d'une présence scénique et d'un...
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Secret Nights with a Cowboy: A Kittredge Ranch NovelUSA Today bestseller Caitlin Crews returns to Cold River, CO, and cowboys, with an emotional second chance romance in Secret Nights with a Cowboy, the stunning first installment in her new Kittredge Ranch series. A man holding on... Riley Kittredge has always known exactly...
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She Was the Quiet OneFrom the author of It's Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense novel about privilege, power, and what happens when we let ambition take control. For Rose Enright, enrolling in a prestigious New England boarding school is the opportunity of a lifetime. But...
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Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital AgeTwenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when many voices have joined to predict the death of print, books continue to resurface in new and unexpected ways. From the proliferation of "shelfies" to Jane Austen-themed leggings and from decorative pillows printed with...
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Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital AgeTwenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when many voices have joined to predict the death of print, books continue to resurface in new and unexpected ways. From the proliferation of "shelfies" to Jane Austen-themed leggings and from decorative pillows printed with...
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Animal Babies in ForestsMeet naughty raccoons, leaping deer, and hungry squirrels in this supercute interactive guessing game book about baby animals in forests. Using the picture and word clues, can you guess the baby animal and its mommy?Author: Kingfisher BooksPublisher: KingfisherPublished: 12/08/2020Pages: 24Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 1.00lbsSize:...
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The Garden Murder CaseAccording to one review, Garden runs on "passion, avarice, ambition and horse-racing." It also runs on pure 1930s octane, because this is a classic house-party murder mystery, that staple of the Golden Age. As befitting a Philo yarn, of course, it's a very Manhattan...
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The Kidnap Murder Case"Philo Vance: Man of Action," said nobody never. And yet Kidnap shows real signs of Van Dine's responding both to the changing times--friends, it's not the Jazz Age any more--and to the public's changing tastes, as Philo does much less sitting around pontificating and...
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Astor Piazzolla Piano Collection(Piano Solo Personality). This collection features piano arrangements of 15 tangos by the master, including: Adios Nonino * Chiquilin de Bachin * Libertango * Milonga Del Angel * Oblivion * Tango Apasionado * Verano Porteno * and more.Author: Astor PiazzollaPublisher: Hal Leonard Publishing CorporationPublished:...
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Survival of the Thickest: EssaysFrom the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes a book of comedic essays for fans of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling and We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle...
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Steve McQueen: In His Own WordsThe star of some of the most beloved films of Hollywood's golden age--including Bullitt, The Great Escape, and The Magnificent Seven--Steve McQueen's unflappably roguish persona earned him the nickname "The King of Cool" and the highest salary of any movie star of his time....
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Enzymes: A Very Short IntroductionEnzymes are the astonishing, tiny molecular machines that make life possible. Each one of these small proteins speeds up a single chemical reaction inside a living organism many millionfold. Working together, teams of enzymes carry out all the processes that collectively we recognise as...
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