Helen Chen

 Good used condition.  Cover has a few marks.  Sticker on back cover 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

Easy Asian Noodles

A beautiful full-color collection of easy and delicious Asian noodle recipes from Helen Chen Asian noodles are quick, easy to prepare, and versatile-and they're more popular than ever. A renowned expert on Chinese cuisine and Asian cooking, Helen Chen offers a wealth of fast and delicious recipes from all the major Asian cuisines. You'll learn to make your own stir-fried, pan-fried, and soup noodles, as well as noodle salads. Chen includes recipes for all your favorite traditional noodle dishes, including pad Thai, yaki-soba, wontons, sesame noodles, udon, ph?, and more. And many of these recipes take no more than twenty or thirty minutes to prepare. Full of quick-and-easy recipes for home cooks who are short on time Small, full-color package is a perfect affordable gift for anyone interested in Asian cooking Author Helen Chen is the founder of Helen's Asian Kitchen and one of America's best known experts on Asian cuisine Packed with fun, affordable, and delicious recipes that you can make in a flash, Helen Chen's Easy Asian Noodles is the perfect cookbook for anyone who loves noodles.

Helen's Asian Kitchen

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Laurel Randolph

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Easy Recipes for Fast and Healthy Meals

With [this book], you'll explore an inspiring variety of healthy, easy-to-make pressure cooker recipes-- from savory breakfasts to hearty stews to decadent desserts, and more. Packed with nutritious, family-friendly pressure cooker recipes-- plus vegetarian, gluten-free, and Paleo-friendly options-- [this book] is your go-to guide for fuss-free, all-in-one cooking.

The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook

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Elkhonon Goldberg

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older

The Wisdom Paradox explores the aging of the mind from a unique, positive perspective. In an era of increasing fears about mental deterioration, world-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg provides startling new evidence that though the brain diminishes in some tasks as it ages, it gains in many ways. Most notably, it increases in what he terms “wisdom”: the ability to draw upon knowledge and experience gained over a lifetime to make quick and effective decisions. Goldberg delves into the machinery of the mind, separating memory into two distinct types: singular (knowledge of a particular incident or fact) and generic (recognition of broader patterns). As the brain ages, the ability to use singular memory declines, but generic memory is unaffected—and its importance grows. As an individual accumulates generic memory, the brain can increasingly rely upon these stored patterns to solve problems effortlessly and instantaneously. Goldberg investigates the neurobiology of wisdom, and draws on historical examples of artists and leaders whose greatest achievements were realized late in life.

The Wisdom Paradox

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Good to very good condition.  Sticker on front cover.

Recipes from a Kitchen Garden

LAKOFF

Some sticker residue on cover.  Some underlining within

Government

Don't Think of an Elephant!

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Peter Stark

Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: a Tale of Ambition and Survival on the Early American Frontier

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and opened up what would become the Oregon trail, permanently altering the nation's landscape and its global standing.

Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Northwest, two of the Eastern establishment's leading figures, John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson, turned their sights to founding a colony akin to Jamestown on the West Coast and transforming the nation into a Pacific trading power. Author and correspondent for Outside magazine Peter Stark recreates this pivotal moment in American history for the first time for modern readers, drawing on original source material to tell the amazing true story of the Astor Expedition.

Unfolding over the course of three years, from 1810 to 1813, Astoria is a tale of high adventure and incredible hardship in the wilderness and at sea. Of the more than one hundred-forty members of the two advance parties that reached the West Coast--one crossing the Rockies, the other rounding Cape Horn--nearly half perished by violence. Others went mad. Within one year, the expedition successfully established Fort Astoria, a trading post on the Columbia River. Though the colony would be short-lived, it opened provincial American eyes to the potential of the Western coast and its founders helped blaze the Oregon Trail.

Astoria

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Maegan Brown

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

50 Amazing Food Spreads for Any Occasion

Beyond the Board! In this follow-up to her bestselling Beautiful Boards, The BakerMama takes her super-popular snack boards to the next level with 50 delicious, exciting, family-friendly, and easy-to-put-together food spreads and DIY bars that will impress guests and feed a hungry crowd, for extra memorable mealtimes, special occasions, and holidays. Spectacular Spreads features over 250 recipes, stunning photography, and endless ideas that you can follow to a tee or mix and match. Each amazing spread is comprised of a variety of dishes that are visually exciting and deliciously enticing. Whether for a celebration with a large group or a weeknight dinner with the family, enjoy a myriad of spreads, such as: Omelet Bar, Top Your Own Pizza, Blend Your Own Milkshake, The Big Game, Father's Day Dinner, Christmas Eve Snacks. Along with The BakerMama's tips and tricks that guide you from planning your spread to laying it out on a table or punter, Spectacular Spreads guarantees effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining. Book jacket.

Spectacular Spreads

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Ricki Carroll

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses

In this home cheese making primer, Ricki Carrol presents basic techniques that will have you whipping up delicious cheeses of every variety in no time. Step-by-step instructions for farmhouse cheddar, gouda, mascarpone, and more are accompanied by inspiring profiles of home cheese makers. With additional tips on storing, serving, and enjoying your homemade cheeses, Home Cheese Making provides everything you need to know to make your favorite cheeses right in your own kitchen.

Home Cheese Making

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Katie Porter

Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An honest, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about re-energizing our politics and standing up to corporate America--while carting three kids around in a minivan.
 
"Just like her whiteboard schoolings of CEOs, this book showcases Katie's ability to entertain while making the inner workings of Congress more accessible than ever before."--Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Never having run for office before, Katie Porter charted a new path in 2018 when she was elected to Congress as a Democrat in historically conservative Orange County, California. Underestimated as a single mom and chided for her progressive values, Katie defied expectations. Then, using her signature whiteboard, she began to take CEOs and corrupt government officials to task in Congressional hearings. The videos went viral, introducing Americans to her no-bullshit style, and making her a coveted guest on cable news and late-night television.  
 
I SWEAR: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan is a witty, down-to-earth exploration of what it's really like to serve in Congress, particularly as a single mom. Katie offers Americans a clear picture of what their elected leaders are doing--and how they're doing it--exposing the gaps between politicians' press conferences and real people's lives. 
 
Katie reveals how her challenges as an Iowa farmgirl diverted her to the Ivy League and how she came to see herself as a Californian, teaching law and raising three kids in Orange County. She shares why she made the jump from academia to politics and how she quickly mastered the art of making CEOs and cabinet members squirm when they bluff and bloviate instead of doing the job for America.
 
With the same clarity she demonstrates in Congressional hearings, Katie makes the case for consumer protection, corporate accountability, and anti-corruption reforms. She pulls back the curtain on the political messaging machine, campaign fundraising, and Congress' traditions, showing that the way things have always worked, in fact, does not work for a Congressperson without someone at home to do the shopping and take care of the kids. Along the way, she provides whiteboard lessons on where your campaign donations go, how to fight the corporations that cheat you, and how to conduct her trademark robust oversight. 
 
Full of candid and inspiring stories--from how Katie lent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a pair of sneakers during the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, to her kids' lightly illegal campaign hijinks--this is a book by an exhausted, committed parent who just doesn't have the time for nonsense in her house or in the House of Representatives.

I Swear

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Celeste Headlee

How to Have Conversations That Matter

"WE NEED TO TALK."

Now in paperback, public radio journalist Celeste Headlee's insightful and urgent book on how to bridge what divides us--by having real conversations

BASED ON THE TED TALK WITH OVER 10 MILLION VIEWS

NPR's Best Books of 2017

"We Need to Talk is an important read for a conversationally-challenged, disconnected age. Headlee is a talented, honest storyteller, and her advice has helped me become a better spouse, friend, and mother."  (Jessica Lahey, author of New York Times bestseller The Gift of Failure)

Today most of us communicate from behind electronic screens, and studies show that Americans feel less connected and more divided than ever before. The blame for some of this disconnect can be attributed to our political landscape, but the erosion of our conversational skills as a society lies with us as individuals.

And the only way forward, says Headlee, is to start talking to each other. In We Need to Talk, she outlines the strategies that have made her a better conversationalist--and offers simple tools that can improve anyone's communication. For example: 

 * BE THERE OR GO ELSEWHERE. Human beings are incapable of multitasking, and this is especially true of tasks that involve language. Think you can type up a few emails while on a business call, or hold a conversation with your child while texting your spouse? Think again.
 * CHECK YOUR BIAS. The belief that your intelligence protects you from erroneous assumptions can end up making you more vulnerable to them. We all have blind spots that affect the way we view others. Check your bias before you judge someone else.
 * HIDE YOUR PHONE. Don't just put down your phone, put it away. New research suggests that the mere presence of a cell phone can negatively impact the quality of a conversation.

Whether you're struggling to communicate with your kid's teacher at school, an employee at work, or the people you love the most--Headlee offers smart strategies that can help us all have conversations that matter.

 

We Need to Talk

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Ian Roberts

16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision

"To those engaged in making art, an authentic voice is the most crucial yet most difficult ability to come by. Why does so much conspire to hide what is ultimately the closest, simplest thing of all? Creative Authenticity outlines 16 principles that will help you peel back the fears, misconceptions, "shoulds" and confusion around courageous creative expression. You'll discover: you are more than creative enough; talent has little to do with your success; the van Gogh syndrome is one of the most destructive myths of what it takes to creative; the dance of avoidance upon arriving in the studio is inevitable- learn to see through it and begin; the necessity of finding a truthful relationship with your work so it feeds you, not torments you."--Publisher description.

Creative Authenticity

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Season Butler

Excellent condition.  No marks or underlining.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A Novel

Winner of the Writers' Guild Award for Best First Novel

An utterly original coming-of-age tale, marked by wrenching humor and staggering charisma, about a young woman resisting the savagery of adulthood in a community of the elderly rejecting the promise of youth.

"Season Butler has written an imaginative, atmospheric and original novel that lingers in the memory long after reading. She is a bright new voice in literature."  --Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

"It's too hot for most of the clothes I packed to come here, when I thought this would only be for a week or two. My mother kissed me with those purple-brown lips of hers and said, we'll be back, hold tight."

The seventeen-year-old Kid doesn't know where her parents are. They left her with her grandmother Lolly, promising to return soon. That was months ago. Now Lolly is dead and the Kid is alone, stranded ten miles off the coast of New Hampshire on tiny Swan Island. Unable to reach her parents and with no other relatives to turn to, she works for a neighbor, airbrushing the past by digitally retouching family photos and movies to earn enough money to survive.

Surrounded by the vast ocean, the Kid's temporary home is no ordinary vacation retreat. The island is populated by an idiosyncratic group of the elderly who call themselves Wrinklies. They have left behind the youth-obsessed mainland--"the Bad Place"--to create their own alternative community, one where only the elderly are welcome. The adolescent's presence on their island oasis unnerves the Wrinklies, turning some downright hostile. They don't care if she has nowhere to go;they just want her gone. She is a reminder of all they've left behind and are determined to forget.

But the Kid isn't the only problem threatening the insular community. Swan Island is eroding into the rising sea, threatening the Wrinklies' very existence there. The Kid's own house edges closer to the seaside cliffs each day. To find a way forward, she must come to terms with the realities of her life, the inevitability of loss, and an unknown future that is hers alone to embrace.

Season Butler makes her literary debut with an ambitious work of bold imagination. Tough and tender, compassionate and ferocious, understated and provocative, Cygnet is a meditation on death and life, past and future, aging and youth, memory and forgetting, that explores what it means to find acceptance--of things gone and of those yet to come.

Cygnet

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Charlotte Gerson

Morton Walker

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The Natural Nutritional Program to Fight Cancer and Other Illnesses

Fed Up With Illness? Now You Can Overcome It With This Lifesaving Nutritional Program Cancer. Hepatitis. Migraines. Arthritis. Heart Disease. Emphysema. For years, the medical establishment has called these chronic or life-threatening diseases "incurable." But now, The Gerson Therapy(R) offers hope for those seeking relief from hundreds of different diseases. Juice Your Way To Wellness One of the first alternative cancer therapies, The Gerson Therapy(R) has successfully treated thousands of patients for over 60 years. Now, in this authoritative new book, alternative medicine therapist Charlotte Gerson and medical journalist Morton Walker reveal the powerful healing effects of organic fruits and vegetables. Not only can juicing reverse the effects of many degenerative illnesses--it can save lives. The Gerson Therapy(R) shows you: - How to beat cancer by changing your body chemistry - Special juicing techniques for maximum healing power - How to conquer allergies, obesity, high blood pressure, AIDS, lupus, and other diseases - Which supplements will strengthen your immune system - How to prepare delicious, super-healthy foods using Gerson-approved recipes - And much more This unique resource will help and inspire everyone who has ever said, "I want to get well. Just show me how." The Gerson Therapy(R) offers a powerful, time-tested healing option that has worked for others--and can work for you.

The Gerson Therapy

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Walter Kleinman

This comes with marching German dictionary.  Both paperbacks are in very good condition.

German Manual

A language course in German and English developed for rapid learning and stressing conversationally useful words and phrases.

Living Language German Conversational Manuel

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Keith Kahn-Harris

Former library copy.  Some underlining.  Ribbon bookmark shows wear

The Unspeakable Truth

The Holocaust never happened. The planet isn't warming. Vaccines harm children. There is no such thing as AIDS. The Earth is flat. Denialism comes in many forms, often dressed in the garb of scholarship or research. It's certainly insidious and pernicious. Climate change denialists have built well-funded institutions and lobbying groups to counter action against global warming. Holocaust deniers have harried historians and abused survivors. AIDS denialists have prevented treatment programmes in Africa. All this is bad enough, but what if, as Keith Kahn-Harris asks, it actually cloaks much darker, unspeakable, desires? If denialists could speak from the heart, what would we hear? Kahn-Harris sets out not to unpick denialists' arguments, but to investigate what lies behind them. The conclusions he reaches are shocking and uncomfortable. In a world of 'fake news' and 'post-truth', are the denialists about to secure victory?

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