The Xerces Society

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Minnesota

Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly

The plight of the monarch butterfly has captured public attention and sparked widespread interest in helping to save their dwindling populations. In this in-depth portrait of the monarch butterfly—covering its life cycle, its remarkable relationship with milkweed, its extraordinary migration, and the threats it now faces due to habitat loss and climate change—detailed instructions on how to design and create monarch-friendly landscapes are enriched by guidance on observing and understanding butterfly behavior and habits. Following the model of their previous best-selling book, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, the Xerces Society provides at-a-glance profiles of the plant species that provide monarchs with nourishment. The plants, which are all commercially available, range from dozens of species of milkweed—the only food of monarch caterpillars—to numerous flowering plants, shrubs, and trees that provide nectar for the adult butterfly, including those that bloom in late season and sustain monarchs in their great migration. Gorgeous photographs of monarchs and plants, plus illustrations, maps, and garden plans, make this a visually engaging guide.

100 Plants to Feed the Monarch

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Test Kitchen America

Less sugar recipes

In this timely, unique cookbook, America's Test Kitchen tackles the monumental challenge of creating foolproof, great-tasting baked goods that contain less sugar and rely only on natural alternatives to white sugar.

White sugar is one of the most widely demonized health threats out there, even more than fat, and consumers are increasingly interested in decreasing the amount of sugar they use and also in using less-processed natural sweeteners. But decreasing or changing the sugar in a recipe can have disastrous results- Baked goods turn out dry, dense, and downright inedible. We address these issues head-on with 120 foolproof, great-tasting recipes for cookies, cakes, pies and more that reduce the overall sugar content by at least 30% and rely solely on more natural alternatives to white sugar.

Naturally Sweet

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Cynthia P. Gallagher

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Terrier breed

Discover a whole new world of dogs with these revolutionary, breed-specific guides accompanied by a free DVD. Gentle and loving, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is a wonderful family dog. This title features an extensive training chapter that will help him become a well-mannered companion and assist his family in managing common problem behaviors that may arise.

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier

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Cecilia Frosinini

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Masterworks from the Uffizi

This sumptuously illustrated book presents the most recent scholarship in English on Botticelli and Renaissance Florence, featuring essays and entries written by an international team of scholars and experts in the field. The authors examine both the rich array of works featured in the exhibition--paintings, drawings, prints, decorative arts, and ancient Roman marble statues--and seminal themes concerning Botticelli and the artistic achievements of Renaissance Florence. Works by Botticelli's master, Fra Filippo Lippi, and other members of Botticelli's circle, including Filippino Lippi, the Pollaiuolo brothers, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Perugino, and Lorenzo di Credi, are among the selection, as well as a dozen important works from the Minneapolis Institute of Art's collection. Each object is accompanied by a dedicated entry written by a specialist. Particularly illuminating is the inclusion of antiquities and renewed consideration of the complex, multifaceted ways ancient art, literature, and philosophy influenced fifteenth-century Florence. The appendix offers a chronology contextualizing Sandro Botticelli's life and career and major historic events in Florence, enabling readers to grasp connections between sociopolitical changes and the artistic flowering of this period.

Botticelli and Renaissance Florence

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Patrick Swayze

Lisa Niemi Swayze

Veteran actor Swayze recounts much more than his struggle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In vivid detail, he describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his commercial success, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.

The Time of My Life

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Omid Scobie

Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival

On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil--exposing the chaos, family dysfunction, distrust and draconian practices threatening its very future. This is the monarchy's endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it?

Endgame

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Trevor Rees-Jones

Diana, the Crash, and the Sole Survivor

Where were you when Diana died? For Trevor Rees-Jones the answer is simple: he was in the same hospital as Diana, fighting for his own life a few rooms away. As bodyguard to her companion Dodi Fayed, he was with the couple when, hounded by paparazzi and with a driver who turned out to be drunk, their Mercedes crashed into the thirteenth pillar of the tunnel under the Place de l'Alma in Paris. Dodi and the driver, Henri Paul, died instantaneously, medics say; Diana was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors worked feverishly to resuscitate her before giving up in the early hours of Sunday morning. Miraculously, Trevor survived. But his condition was critical -- internal chest injuries and a broken wrist were the least of it. His head had taken the brunt of the impact and suffered catastrophic damage; his face was crushed beyond recognition. In a stunning medical drama, however, a facial surgeon performed a miracle of reconstruction, and -- along with Trevor's own indomitable will and the support of his family and friends -- the bodyguard was able to leave hospital after just over a month. His goal then was straightforward: to return to a normal life as soon as possible, go back to work for his employer, Mohamed Al Fayed, and to the simple pleasures of rugby and his mates at home in Shropshire. But the crash that nearly killed him had killed Diana, Princess of Wales, one of the most famous women of the late twentieth century. A normal life was no longer an option. And as Mohamed Al Fayed's grief at the loss of his son quickly turned into a desperate hunt for reasons, for culprits and conspiracy, Trevor found his unswerving loyalty to the Boss at first questioned and then,ultimately, destroyed, as Fayed pointed the finger of blame at him. THE BODYGUARD'S STORY grippingly describes, for the first time, Trevor Rees-Jones's part in these astonishing events. From the prelude to Paris, when Trevor foun

The Bodyguard's Story

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Corrine Kozlak

Kevin Scott Ramos

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

40 Tried and True Recipes

This maple-syrup-themed cookbook features 40 recipes complemented by full-color photographs of each dish.

Maple Syrup

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Frank Van Gilluwe

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

All about Tesla Model S

Tesla Model S - Best Car Ever!

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Tyler Malek

J. J. Goode

Recipes & techniques to make famous flavors

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Portland maker recipes

Salt & Straw is the brainchild of two cousins, Tyler and Kim Malek, who stumbled into ice cream making. But that stumbling is what made them great. With barely an idea of how to make ice cream, they turned to their friends for advice- chefs, chocolatiers, brewers, and food experts of all kinds, and what came out is an ice cream company that sees new flavors and inspiration everywhere they look. Using a super-simple ice cream base you can make in about the time it takes you to decide on a scoop in their shop, here are dozens of their most beloved, innovative, (and a couple of their most controversial) flavors, like Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons, Roasted Strawberry and Toasted White Chocolate, Roasted Parsnip and Banana, Buttered Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, and Olde People. But more importantly, this book reveals what they've learned, how to tap your own creativity and how to invent flavors of your own, based on whatever you see around you. Because ice cream isn't just be a thing you eat, it's a way to live.

Salt and Straw Ice Cream Cookbook

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Sarah Cleland

Delicious Recipes and Odd Crumbs of History

Sarah Clelland brings you 50 scone recipes from the National Trust.History is best enjoyed with a scone, as everyone who’s visited a National Trust house knows. This book brings you the best of both. Scone obsessive Sarah Clelland has gathered 50 – yes 50 – scone recipes from National Trust experts around the country. And she’s written a quirky guide to 50 National Trust places to delight and entertain you while you bake or eat those blissful treats. Eccentric owners, strange treasures, obscure facts – it's all here.Whip up a Triple Chocolate scone while you read about the mechanical elephants at Waddesdon Manor. Or savour an Apple & Cinnamon scone while you absorb the dramatic love life of Henry Cecil of Hanbury Hall. Marvel at a Ightham Mote's Grade 1 listed dog kennel while you savour a Cheese, Spring Onion and Bacon scone. 50 of the best scones in history. And 50 of the best places to read about. You’ll never need to leave the kitchen again.

The National Trust Book of Scones

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Judy Foreman

Healing Our Biggest Health Problem

From neurobiology to public policy, examines the chronic pain crisis, which is a major national health concern, discussing the latest scientific discoveries and advances in treatments and providing a sensible plan of action.

A Nation in Pain

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Paul Douglas

The Minnesota Weather Book

Prairie Skies

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Rosamund Young

Sunday Times best seller

****A Sunday Times bestseller*** ***A Times Book of the Year 2017*** WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT 'A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life Cows are as varied as people. They can be highly intelligent or slow to understand, vain, considerate, proud, shy or inventive. Although much of a cow's day is spent eating, they always find time for extra-curricular activities such as babysitting, playing hide and seek, blackberry-picking or fighting a tree. This is an affectionate record of a hitherto secret world.

The Secret Life of Cows

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Philip J. Carter

Kenneth A. Russell

The Book of IQ Tests

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Jeff Neidt

Lisa Wojna

Weird, Wacky and Wild

Minnesota is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters: A SPAM museum, located in the town of Austin, is dedicated entirely to that canned meat product F. Scott Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Bob Dylan are all native Minnesotans The Mall of America in Bloomington covers an area of 9.5 million square feet--roughly the size of 78 football fields Minnesota is the birthplace of the Jolly Green Giant and Wheaties cereal, masking tape, Post-Its, Scotch tape, Bisquick, and--the stapler! The world's largest pelican statue stands more than 15 feet tall in downtown Pelican Rapids, near Pelican River Minneapolis' famed skyway system connects more than 60 blocks of the downtown core The state has 15,291 lakes and 90,000 miles of shoreline, which is more than California, Florida and Hawaii's shorelines combined Minnesota has the most groomed snowmobile trails in the country--2000 miles worth

Minnesota Trivia

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Dale Bredesen

The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

The instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller A groundbreaking plan to prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s Disease that fundamentally changes how we understand cognitive decline. Everyone knows someone who has survived cancer, but until now no one knows anyone who has survived Alzheimer's Disease. In this paradigm shifting book, Dale Bredesen, MD, offers real hope to anyone looking to prevent and even reverse Alzheimer's Disease and cognitive decline. Revealing that AD is not one condition, as it is currently treated, but three, The End of Alzheimer’s outlines 36 metabolic factors (micronutrients, hormone levels, sleep) that can trigger "downsizing" in the brain. The protocol shows us how to rebalance these factors using lifestyle modifications like taking B12, eliminating gluten, or improving oral hygiene. The results are impressive. Of the first ten patients on the protocol, nine displayed significant improvement with 3-6 months; since then the protocol has yielded similar results with hundreds more. Now, The End of Alzheimer’s brings new hope to a broad audience of patients, caregivers, physicians, and treatment centers with a fascinating look inside the science and a complete step-by-step plan that fundamentally changes how we treat and even think about AD.

The End of Alzheimer's

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Sarah Ban Breathnach

This beautiful companion journal to the national bestseller Simple Abundance provides women with a place to record their daily moments of gratitude while offering them insight via inspirational quotes.

Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude

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Megyn Kelly

Whether it’s asking tough questions during a presidential debate or pressing for answers to today’s most important issues, Megyn Kelly has demonstrated the intelligence, strength, common sense, and courage that have made her one of today’s best-known journalists, respected by women and men, young and old, Republicans and Democrats. In Settle for More, the anchor of The Kelly File reflects on the enduring values and experiences that have shaped her—from growing up in a family that rejected the "trophies for everyone" mentality, to her father’s sudden, tragic death while she was in high school. She goes behind-the-scenes of her career, sharing the stories and struggles that landed her in the anchor chair of cable’s #1 news show. Speaking candidly about her decision to "settle for more"—a motto she credits as having dramatically transformed her life at home and at work—Megyn discusses how she abandoned a thriving legal career to follow her journalism dreams. Admired for her hard work, humor, and authenticity, Megyn sheds light on the news business, her time at Fox News, the challenges of being a professional woman and working mother, and her most talked about television moments. She also speaks openly about Donald Trump’s feud with her, revealing never-before-heard details about the first Republican debate, its difficult aftermath, and how she persevered through it all. Deeply personal and surprising, Settle for More offers unparalleled insight into this charismatic and intriguing journalist, and inspires us all to embrace the principles—determination, honesty, and fortitude in the face of fear—that have won her fans across the political divide.

Settle for More

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Robert K. Massie

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.

Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

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Kelly Traver

Betty Kelly Sargent

The Brain-Smart Approach to the Healthiest You - The Life-Changing 12-Week Method

WHY IS THE PROGRAM DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER HEALTH, DIET, AND FITNESS METHOD? BECAUSE IT WORKS. Dr. Kelly Traver understands that the human brain resists change. Only when we learn the secrets of how to get our brain to work for us, not against us, can we make healthy, permanent lifestyle changes. She teaches us what those secrets are and shows us how to use them in this mind-expanding and waistline-shrinking system for getting into shape and staying that way. By combining cutting-edge discoveries in neuroscience with the latest information in medicine, nutrition, and fitness, Dr. Traver developed The Program and initially tested it on her patients, who ranged in age from 20 to 81. Her results were astounding. • Among those who were overweight, the average weight loss was 19 pounds. • Among those who were diabetic, 80 percent achieved a reduction in their blood sugars. • Among those with high blood pressure, 87 percent returned their blood pressure to normal. • Some 80 percent of the smokers success-fully kicked the habit. In the course of twelve short weeks, readers can achieve similar success by following Dr. Traver's simple, straightforward instructions for working with the stubbornly change-resistant brain so that it not only accepts new, healthy lifestyle habits but actually embraces them. Google, Target, and Stanford University have already adopted Dr. Traver's system to achieve better health for their employees. You are in the driver's seat of your health. By personalizing The Program's powerful tools you can learn to change your body and your life, simply by understanding and working with your brain.

The Program

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Michael F. Roizen

Mehmet C. Oz

Liz Oz

Ted Spiker

An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger

This is a nuts-and-bolts guide to your body and its component parts and processes. Each chapter is devoted to an integral part of the body and tells its story, from the industrious heart all the way to the smallest bones in your ear.

YOU - The Owner's Manual

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The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Provides advice, an eating plan, and exercises designed to help people achieve a sustained loss of abdominal fat and live a healthier life.

You - On a Diet

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Lyn-Genet Recitas

Eliminate the Surprising &quot;Healthy&quot; Foods That Are Making You Fat--And Lose Weight Fast

A practitioner of holistic medicine offers a twenty-day program to help overweight people determine their unique body chemistry and identify the supposedly healthy "trigger" foods that cause a toxic reaction and, in turn, numerous health problems.

The Plan

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LISSA L WALTER

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