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  Travels in Alaska

  John Muir

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  In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to verify his theories of glacial action. Again and again he returned to this continental laboratory of landscapes. The greatest of the tide-water glaciers appropriately commemorates his name. Upon this book of Alaska travels, all but finished before his unforeseen departure, John Muir expended the last months of his life. (Summary by William Frederic Bade)

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  FDR: Selected Speeches of...

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  The longest-serving President in American history, Franklin D Roosevelt led the nation through its two most lethal challenges of the 20th century - the Great Depression and the Second World War. This is a collection of FDR's most stirring speeches, from his First Inaugural Address ('the only thing we have fear is fear itself"), to his speeches outlining the New Deal and opposing the "economic royalty" ("I welcome their hatred"), to his call for a declaration of war with Japan ("a date which will live in infamy"), the Atlantic Charter, and his joint statement with Stalin and Churchill at Yalta. (less)

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  BRAIN TRAINING : Train Your...

  Cameron Dawson

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  You're keeping your body fit, so why not your brain? 
  We like to keep our bodies healthy, but why don't we place the same amount of care in our minds? 
  Let's face it, especially these days, there's a lot going on, and things are constantly getting to the point where the stress in and psychologically our mind just doesn't handle everything. If that fits you, there's something you can do about it starting right now. Get your hands on "BRAIN TRAINING" You can't go wrong with this book because it's designed to improve your cognitive skills so your mind won't be overworked throughout the process.  
  So long so you begin to see what a positive difference these enhanced cognitive skills will make for you, you'll wonder why you didn't start putting these things into action any sooner. In addition, if you are one of the people looking for health and wellness not only at the physical level, but also at the mental level, you need to read "BRAIN TRAINING." This text goes right to the point and explains the best techniques that can be used to improve mental performance. 
  What You Will Learn:The Brain’s Structure And How It WorksExercise Brain Effects And How To Exercise The BrainBrain’s Structure -Strong Mental Health As We MatureThe Science Behind Brain Power      How To Increase BrainpowerBrain Power TruthMemory And The BrainTen Healthy Brain Habits       
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  The author has gone so far as to make the text as easy to understand as possible, and he has also set his own seal of approval for the processes, as these are the things he has attempted to do himself and has found to be successful. Bear in mind that the test focuses only on the core methods for improving mental performance, which make it much easier to perform.

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  Lobster Rolls of New England -...

  Sally Lerman

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  A lobster roll aficionado reviews forty lobster rolls from restaurants around New England. 
   
  The mighty lobster roll is best enjoyed at a picnic table under a red umbrella accompanied by the sounds and smells of the sea. The perfect roll is all in the execution, and the variations are subtle but nearly endless—from top-sliced to buttered or mayonnaise-based. Blogger extraordinaire Sally Lerman chronicles her quest for the perfect bite in Lobster Rolls of New England. Savor mouthwatering descriptions of forty coastal lobster rolls, their storied venues, luscious photos and recipes for some of the lobster roll’s best complements. Discover the surprising history of the first trademarked lobster roll. Devour the very best New England has to offer, from Downeast Maine’s Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound to Captain Scott’s Lobster Dock in New London, Connecticut.

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  Gondola

  Donna Leon

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  Of all the trademarks of Venice-- and there are many, from the gilded Basilica of San Marco to the melancholy Bridge of Sighs-- none is more ubiquitous than the gondola. The internationally acclaimed "American with the Venetian heart," Donna Leon, tells its fascinating story (The Washington Post). First used in medieval Venice as a deftly maneuverable getaway boat, the gondola evolved over the centuries into a floating pleasure palace, bedecked in silk, that facilitated the romantic escapades of the Venetian elite. Today, the gondola wears black-- a gleaming, elegant hue, and is manned by robust gondolieri in black-and-white-striped shirts and straw hats. A tourist favorite, the gondola has never ceased to be a part of authentic Venice. Each boat' s 280 pieces are carefully fashioned in a maestro' s workshop-- though Leon also recounts a tale of an American friend who attempted to make a gondola all on his own. The feat took five years and countless do-overs. But the gondola is a work of art well worth the labor. And once its arched prow pushes off from the dock, the single Venetian at its oar just might break out in a barcarole, a popular Italian boat song. The best of these songs, as timeless as the allure of the gondola itself, are compiled into an accompanying CD.

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  How to Speak Midwestern

  Edward McClelland

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  “A long-overdue study of the middle-American vernacular, and how that vernacular informs our identity . . . A regionally specific Urban Dictionary.” —Inside Hook   The Pittsburgh toilet. Squeaky cheese. City chicken. Shampoo Banana. Chevy in the Hole. These are all phrases that are familiar to Midwesterners, but foreign to anyone living outside the region. Find out what they mean in How to Speak Midwestern. Edward McClelland will not only explain what Midwesterners say, but how and why they say it. He examines the causes of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, one of the most significant changes in English pronunciation in a thousand years; explains why the accents in Fargo miss the nasality that’s a hallmark of Minnesota speech; and reveals why Chicagoans talk more like people from Buffalo than their next-door neighbors in Wisconsin. For outsiders, McClelland will include helpful information such as “How to Talk Through Your Nose,” “How to Mispronounce Foreign Place Names,” and “‘Well, That’s Different’: How to Passive-Aggressively Criticize People, Places and Things.”   If you’re from the Midwest, you’ll have a better understanding of why you talk the way you do. If you’re not, well, you’ll know exactly what to say the next time someone ends a sentence with “eh?”  “How to Speak Midwestern is a fascinating read, whether you hail from WOWOland, the UP, Cereal City, or Baja Minnesota.” —Chicagoist  “A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance.” —The New York Times

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