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Attention span: a groundbreaking way to restore balance, happiness and productivity

Attention Span : A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
Gloria Mark

Life in five senses : how exploring the senses got me out of my head and into the world

Life in Five Senses : How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
Gretchen Rubin

A Year of Last Things: Poems bookcover

A Year of Last Things: Poems by Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje

The Escape artist: the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world bookcover

The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Jonathan Freedland

Hawaii Home Gardens: Growing Vegetables in the Subtropics Using Holistic Methods bookcover

Hawaii Home Gardens: Growing Vegetables in the Subtropics Using Holistic Methods
Evan Ryan

Hikers Guide to the Hawaiian Islands; Updated and Expanded bookcover

The Hikers Guide to the Hawaiian Islands; Updated and Expanded
Stuart Ball

DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes Into Fun, Wearable Fashions bookcover

DIY Thrift Flip: Sewing Techniques for Transforming Old Clothes Into Fun, Wearable Fashions
April Yang

Secrets of the Octopus bookcover

Secrets of the Octopus
Sy Montgomery

World within a song: music that changed my life and life that changed my music bookcover

World Within a Song : Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
Jeff Tweedy

Barbie takes the catwalk: a style icon’s history in fashion bookcover

Barbie Takes the Catwalk : A Style Icon’s History in Fashion
Karan Feder

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