BikeSnobNYC

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Texas

Strange Customs, Incredible Fiets, and the Quest for Cycling Paradise

Driven by frustrations with cycling in America where pedestrians and cyclists are forced to share the road, explores the cycling cultures of European countries to find out what it means to be a bike-friendly nation.

Bike Snob Abroad

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Florida

My Life with Brian

"One of the finest and most accurate records of the making of the film that I have ever read. I just wished I could remember what actually went on then."
--Terry Jones
"If anyone can remember more about making the "Life of Brian" than me, it's Kim 'Howard' Johnson. He came, he saw, he got into costume. While the rest of us were fighting to upstage each other, Howard had a notebook hidden in his toga."
--Michael Palin
"Since I've forgotten everything, it will be great to read what was actually going on in Tunisia. Just as long as I'm the most quoted, the most vital to the shooting, and the most interesting. You don't have to mention my stunning good looks if you don't want to."
--Terry Gilliam
"Of all the books that I am planning to read in my dotage, there is none I am more looking forward to than "Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday." . . . Not only does 'Howard' Johnson know more about Python than anyone outside of the IRS, he was in Tunisia for most of the filming of "Life of Brian," and is the only person who captured every thoughtless remark, heated exchange, embarrassing detail, petty insult, and spiteful act of indifference."
--John Cleese
"Kim 'Howard' Johnson was invented by Graham Chapman during an idle moment on the set of "The Life of Brian." 'Let's invent a person, ' he said. 'An American fan from the Midwest, ' chimed in Michael Palin, 'who keeps a daily diary of Python filming. And then doesn't publish it for years and years.' How we laughed, and each day we'd make up stuff this 'person' would write about us."
--Eric Idle
In 1978, Kim "Howard" Johnson ran away to join the circus---Monty Python's Flying Circus, that is. The Pythons converged on Tunisia to film their timeless classic, "Life of Brian, " and Howard found himself in the thick of it, doubling for nearly all the Pythons, playing more roles in the film than John Cleese, and managing to ruin only one shot. He became the unit journalist, substitute still photographer, Roman soldier, peasant, Biggus Dickus's double, near-stalker, and, ultimately, friend and confidant of the comedy legends. He also kept a detailed journal of what he saw and heard, on set and off, throughout those six weeks.
The result is a unique eyewitness account that reveals the Pythons at work and at play in a way that nothing else written about them could do. Now, for the first time ever, the inside story of the making of the film is revealed through the fly-on-the-castle-wall perspective. Even the most diehard fans will get a fresh take on the comedy greats through some never-before-revealed nuggets of Python brilliance: what John Cleese offered to exchange for suntan lotion; Terry Jones directing in drag; Michael Palin's secret to playing revolutionaries and peasants; Graham Chapman gets naked; Terry Gilliam gets filthy; Eric Idle haggles; the secret of the Thespo-Squat; Mrs. Pilate; talk of George Harrison; the cake-flinging that jeopardized the production; badminton, impromptu cricket, and erotic frescoes; and the first-ever presentation of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
Here, uncensored, are the legendary Pythons in their prime. It was a period of comedy history that will never be duplicated, and "Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday" captures the wit, the genius, and the sheer silliness of the six men that comprised Python.

Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday

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Gail Evans

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Virginia

What Men Know about Success That Women Need to Learn

An executive vice president of CNN shares her insights into the good ol' boys network, arming women with the tools they need to succeed in a man's world.

Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman

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Take your taste buds on a culinary trip around the world with this international cookbook. The recipes included have been generously shared by Chicago's ethnic communities that participate in the museum's annual holiday exhibition Christmas Around the World and Holiday of Light. Each recipe comes with its own special story, memory, or family holiday tradition.

A Season of Celebrating

Tennessee

A Memoir

A witty memoir that weaves an authentic coming-of-age tale into a bold portrait of New York's working-class women.

Fifth-generation New Yorker, third-generation bartender, and first-generation author Tara Clancy was raised in three wildly divergent homes: a converted boat shed in working class Queens, a geriatric commune of feisty, Brooklyn-born Italians, and a sprawling Hamptons estate she visited every other weekend. This childhood triptych comes to life in The Clancys of Queens, an electric, one-of-a-kind memoir.   
 
From scheming and gambling with her force-of-nature grandmother, to brawling with eleven-year-old girls on the concrete recess battle yard of MS 172, to hours lounging on Adirondack chairs beside an immaculate croquet lawn, to holding court beside Joey O'Dirt, Goiter Eddy, and Roger the Dodger at her Dad's local bar, Tara leapfrogs across these varied spheres, delivering stories from each world with originality, grit, and outrageous humor.
 
But The Clancys of Queens is not merely an authentic coming-of-age tale or a rowdy barstool biography. Chock-full of characters who escape the popular imaginings of this city, it offers a bold portrait of real people, people whose stories are largely absent from our shelves. Most crucially, it captures--in inimitable prose--the rarely-heard voices of New York's working-class women.
 
With a light touch but a hard hit, The Clancys of Queens blends savvy and wit to take us on an unforgettable strata-hopping adventure.

The Clancys of Queens

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Every Single Recipe from 2008--Over 850!

Southern Living 2008 Annual Recipes

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Are you ready for new ideas for Christmas decorating, gift-giving, and baking? This book features over 100 recipes and 40 projects to help you create a great holiday for your family and friends.

Christmas with Southern Living 1999

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Tara Clancy

New York

Katy Tur

From MSNBC anchor and New York Times bestselling author Katy Tur, a shocking and deeply personal memoir about a life spent chasing the news.

"By the time I was two years old, I knew to yell 'Story! Story!' at the squawks of my parents' police scanner. By four, I could hold a microphone and babble my way through a kiddie news report. By the time I was in high school, though, my parents had lost it all. Their marriage. Their careers. Their reputations."

When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Tur's doorstep, months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child, she didn't know what to expect. The box contained thousands of hours of video--the work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents. They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penn's secret wedding, the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and O.J. Simpson's notorious run in the white Bronco. To Tur, these family videos were an inheritance of sorts, and a reminder of who she was before her own breakout success as a reporter.

In Rough Draft, Tur writes about her eccentric and volatile California childhood, punctuated by forest fires, earthquakes, and police chases--all seen from a thousand feet in the air. She recounts her complicated relationship with a father who was magnetic, ambitious, and, at times, frightening. And she charts her own survival from local reporter to globe-trotting foreign correspondent, running from her past. Tur also opens up for the first time about her struggles with burnout and impostor syndrome, her stumbles in the anchor chair, and her relationship with CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil (who quite possibly had a crazier childhood than she did).

Intimate and captivating, Rough Draft explores the gift and curse of family legacy, examines the roles and responsibilities of the news, and asks the question: To what extent do we each get to write our own story?

Rough Draft

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Rachel Hollis

Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com Rachel Hollis helps readers break free from the lies keeping them from the joy-filled and exuberant life they are meant to have.

Girl, Wash Your Face

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Kentucky

An introduction to the nation's capital city, its history, people, and sites of interest.

Washington DC

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makes an awesome gift for new grandfathers or for grandfather’s to be!

Maryland

Memories for My Grandchild

An ingenious "fill-in-the-blanks" album for Grandfather to complete. When finished and given to his grandchild it contains his likes, dislikes, wedding picture, happiest memories -- and more. Lighthearted color illustrations throughout.

Grandfather Remembers

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How Dogs Become Themselves

“What Mr. Rogers was to children, Alexandra Horowitz is to dogs: a wise and patient observer who seeks to intimately know a creature... Her chapters, packed with close observations about canine cognition and behavior, are mini-mood lifters." —NPR, Maureen Corrigan on Fresh Air What is it like to be a puppy? Author of the classic Inside of a Dog, Alexandra Horowitz tries to find out, spending a year scrutinizing her puppy’s daily existence and poring over the science of early dog development Few of us meet our dogs at Day One. The dog who will, eventually, become an integral part of our family, our constant companion and best friend, is born without us into a family of her own. A puppy's critical early development into the dog we come to know is usually missed entirely. Dog researcher Alexandra Horowitz aimed to change that with her family's new pup, Quiddity (Quid). In this scientific memoir, she charts Quid's growth from wee grub to boisterous sprite, from her birth to her first birthday. Horowitz follows Quid's first weeks with her mother and ten roly-poly littermates, and then each week after the puppy joins her household of three humans, two large dogs, and a wary cat. She documents the social and cognitive milestones that so many of us miss in our puppies' lives, when caught up in the housetraining and behavioral training that easily overwhelms the first months of a dog's life with a new family. In focusing on training a dog to behave, we mostly miss the radical development of a puppy into themselves—through the equivalent of infancy, childhood, young adolescence, and teenager-hood. By slowing down to observe Quid from week to week, The Year of the Puppy makes new sense of a dog's behavior in a way that is missed when the focus is only on training. Horowitz keeps a lens on the puppy's point of view—how they (begin to) see and smell the world, make meaning of it, and become an individual personality. She's there when the puppies first open their eyes, first start to recognize one another and learn about cats, sheep, and people; she sees them from their first play bows to puberty. Horowitz also draws from the ample research in the fields of dog and human development to draw analogies between a dog's first year and the growing child—and to note where they diverge. The Year of the Puppy is indispensable for anyone navigating their way through the frustrating, amusing, and ultimately delightful first year of a puppy’s life.

The Year of the Puppy

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#nonfiction #hardcover #Hayman #beauty #cosmetics #fashion #selfhelp #confidence

New Jersey

The Complete Guide to Inner and Outer Beauty : from Cosmetics to Confidence

Gayle Hayman is the Martha Stewart of beauty, fashion, and lifestyle. The co-founder of Giorgio, Beverly Hills, Hayman has dressed everyone from Barbra Streisand to Princess Grace, and was the inspiration for Judith Krnatz's Scruples. In How Do I Look?, she condenses a lifetime of experience in style into the only beauty book a woman will ever need. 30 line drawings. 8-page color insert.

How Do I Look?

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Tom Clancy

Tony Zinni

Tony Koltz

Examines the art of war and peace as seen by a retired Marine general, chronicling the evolution of the U.S. Marine Corps through the Vietnam era to the new realities of the military in the post-Cold War, post-September 11th era.

Battle Ready

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Discover the Whole30® and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

IMAGINE YOURSELF HEALTHIER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE IT STARTS WITH FOOD. It Starts With Food outlines a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change the way you eat forever—and transform your life in profound and unexpected ways. Your success story begins with the Whole30, Dallas and Melissa Hartwig's powerful 30-day nutritional reset. Since 2009, their underground Whole30 program has quietly led tens of thousands of people to weight loss, enhanced quality of life, and a healthier relationship with food—accompanied by stunning improvements in sleep, energy levels, mood, and self-esteem. More significant, many people have reported the "magical" elimination of a variety of symptoms, diseases, and conditions in just 30 days. diabetes high cholesterol high blood pressure obesity acne eczema psoriasis chronic fatigue asthma sinus infections allergies migraines acid reflux CrohnÆs celiac disease IBS bipolar disorder depression Lyme disease endometriosis PCOS autism fibromyalgia ADHD hypothyroidism arthritis multiple sclerosis Now, Dallas and Melissa detail not just the "how" of the Whole30, but also the "why," summarizing the science in a simple, accessible manner. It Starts With Food reveals how specific foods may be having negative effects on how you look, feel, and live—in ways that youÆd never associate with your diet. More important, they outline their lifelong strategy for eating Good Food in one clear and detailed action plan designed to help you create a healthy metabolism, heal your digestive tract, calm systemic inflammation, and put an end to unhealthy cravings, habits, and relationships with food. Infused with the Hartwigs' signature wit, tough love, and common sense, It Starts With Food is based on the latest scientific research and real-life experience, and includes testimonials, a detailed shopping guide, a meal-planning template, a Meal Map with creative, delicious recipes, and much more.

It Starts with Food

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Sarah Young

Alaska

365 Devotions for Kids

Devotions written as if Jesus is speaking directly to a child's heart. Based on her original Jesus Calling, this version has been adapted in a language and fashion that kids and tweens can relate to their everyday lives. After many years of writing in her prayer journal, missionary Sarah Young decided to listen to God with pen in hand, writing down what she believed He was saying to her through Scripture. Others were blessed as she shared her writings, until people all over the world were using her devotionals. They are written from JesusÆ point of view, thus the title Jesus Calling. It is SarahÆs fervent prayer that our Savior may bless readers, and now young readers, with His presence and His peace in ever deeper measure. Meets national education standards.

Jesus Calling

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Josh Wolk

One Man's Desperate Attempt to Recapture His Youth As a Camp Counselor

What happens when a grown man returns to the site of his fondest childhood memories? A wry, clear-eyed, and laugh-out-loud look at the transition to adulthood Three months before getting married at age thirty-four, Josh Wolk decides to treat himself to a "farewell to childhood" extravaganza: one last summer working at the beloved Maine boys camp where he spent most of the eighties. And there he finds out that there's no better way to see how much youve changed than to revisit a place that hasnt changed at all. In these eight hilarious, uncomfortable, enlightening weeks, Josh readjusts to life teaching swimming and balancing on a thin metal cot in a cabin of shouting, wrestling, wet-willie-dispensing fourteen-year-olds who, contrary to the warnings of doomsaying sociologists, he finds indistinguishable from the rowdy fourteen-year-olds of his day in any way other than their haircuts. With his old camp friends gone, he finds himself working alongside guys who used to be his campers. Moments of feeling cripplingly old are offset by the corrosive insecurities of his youth when he's paired in the cabin with Mitch, the forty-two-year-old jack-of-all- extreme-sports whose machismo intimidated Josh so much fifteen years earlier, and whom their current campers idolize. And throughout all this disorienting regression, Josh's telephone conversations with his fiance, Christine, grow increasingly intense as their often comical discussions over the wedding become a flimsy cover for her worries that he's not ready to relinquish his death-grip on the comforts of the past. A hilarious and insightful look at the tenacious power of nostalgia, the glory of childhood, and the nervous excitement of taking a leap to the next unknown stage in life, Cabin Pressure will appeal to anyone who's ever been young, wishes he was young again, but knows deep down it probably isnt a good idea.

Cabin Pressure

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Dynamic Catholic

Dynamic Catholic Ambassadors Share Their Hopes and Dreams for the Future

The authors are people just like you they've laughed, cried, suffered, and celebrated their way through all the ups and downs of life. Some have been Catholic all their lives; others have taken a longer route home. All, however, can speak to the amazing gift that the Catholic faith has been in their lives. These days, it's challenging to be a Catholic. The collection of entries in Why I Love Being Catholic celebrates the best of the Catholic faith, highlights the everyday miracles taking place all around us, and reminds us that there are thousands of everyday heroes out there who dare to have big dreams for the Church. Even amidst the challenges of our times, holiness is possible, grace abounds, and there is every reason to live our lives with hope!

Why I Love Being Catholic

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Jamie Holmes

The Power of Not Knowing

An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it can inspire learning, creativity, even empathy Life today feels more overwhelming and chaotic than ever. We face constant political and economic upheaval, and we're bombarded with information, much of it contradictory. Managing uncertainty—in our jobs, our relationships, and our everyday lives—is fast becoming an essential skill. What should we do when we have no idea what to do? In Nonsense, Jamie Holmes shows how we react to ambiguous situations and how we can do it better. Being confused is unpleasant, so we tend to shutter our minds as we grasp for meaning and stability, especially in stressful circumstances. We're hard-wired to resolve contradictions quickly and extinguish anomalies. But in doing so, we lose a vital opportunity to learn something new, solve a hard problem, or see the world from another perspective. Over the last few years, new insights from social psychology and cognitive science have deepened our understanding of the role of ambiguity in our lives and Holmes brings this research together for the first time, showing how we can use uncertainty to our advantage. Filled with illuminating stories—from spy games and doomsday cults to Absolut Vodka's ad campaign and the creation of Mad Libs—Nonsense promises to transform the way we conduct business, educate our children, and make decisions. In an increasingly unpredictable, complex world, it turns out that what matters most isn't IQ, willpower, or confidence in what we know. It's how we deal with what we don't understand.

Nonsense

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Aileen Barratt

An a-Z of Modern Misogyny

The Tinder Translator is a dictionary of douchebaggery for the modern dater - and a hilariously sharp read for all feminists - from Aileen Barratt of @tindertranslators. A fun small hardback, it is the perfect gift for friends (or for yourself), and will make you laugh, cry, think, and leave you feeling empowered and resilient. Ten years after the introduction of Tinder, dating apps have changed the terrain of human interaction, but many feel like they've been sent into the wilderness without a guide. For those dating cis-het men especially, the blatant misogyny encountered during every swipe session is depressing and enraging in equal measure. And then there is the not-so-blatant stuff. Scrolling through profile after profile, you'll see the same stock phrases - 'Good vibes only.' 'Must have banter.' 'Just ask.' But what do they actually mean? The Tinder Translator, aka Aileen Barratt, takes you through an A to Z of terminology that permeates not just the dating world but the wider world. Through her Instagram account, Aileen has heard from thousands of people on their dating experiences, in addition to her own three and half years spent on dating apps after separating from her husband of ten years. This book is part reference, part rant and part rallying cry for anyone navigating the sometimes gross and exhausting experience of dating, but also just for everyone who is sick of the patriarchy, whatever their relationship status.

Tinder Translator

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Tyler Oakley

Pop-culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you Binge, his New York Times bestselling collection of witty, personal, and hilarious essays. For someone who made a career out of over-sharing on the Internet, Tyler has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book: experiencing a legitimate rage blackout in a Cheesecake Factory; negotiating a tense stand­off with a White House official; crashing a car in front of his entire high school, in an Arby’s uniform; projectile vomiting while bartering with a grandmother; and so much more. In Binge, Tyler delivers his best untold, hilariously side-splitting moments with the trademark flair that made him a star.

Binge

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Mark Sanborn

South Dakota

How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary

A primer for better living, inspired and driven by the story of a hard-working postman, offers four important principles that can help create fresh energy and creativity, and especially to inspire enthusiasm for all facets of life in today's world.

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BikeSnobNYC

Bike Snob Abroad

Kim "Howard" Johnson; John Cleese (Foreword by); Eric Idle (Foreword by); Terry Jones (Foreword by); Michael Palin (Foreword by)

Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday

Gail Evans

Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman

Erin O. Protsman

A Season of Celebrating

Tara Clancy

The Clancys of Queens

Sunset Books Staff; Southern Living Editors

Southern Living 2008 Annual Recipes

Rebecca Brennan (Editor); Whitney Wheeler Pickering (Editor)

Christmas with Southern Living 1999

Tara Clancy

The Clancys of Queens

Katy Tur

Rough Draft

Rachel Hollis

Girl, Wash Your Face

Outlet Book Company Staff; Random House Value Publishing Staff

Washington DC

Katy Tur

Rough Draft

Judith Levy

Grandfather Remembers

Alexandra Horowitz

The Year of the Puppy

Gale Hayman

How Do I Look?

Tom Clancy; Tony Zinni; Tony Koltz

Battle Ready

Dallas Hartwig; Melissa Hartwig

It Starts with Food

Sarah Young

Jesus Calling

Josh Wolk

Cabin Pressure

Dynamic Catholic

Why I Love Being Catholic

Jamie Holmes

Nonsense

Aileen Barratt

Tinder Translator

Tyler Oakley

Binge

Mark Sanborn

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