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  Hidden History of the Outer Banks

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  Little-known stories of North Carolina’s celebrated barrier islands, with photos included. The history of North Carolina's Outer Banks is as ancient and mesmerizing as its beaches. Much has been documented, but many stories were lost—until now. Join local historian Sarah Downing as she reveals a past of the Outer Banks eroded by time and tides. Revel in the nostalgic days of the Carolina Beach Pavilion, stand in the shadows of windmills that once lined the coast, and learn how native islanders honor those aviation giants, the Wright brothers. Downing’s vignettes venture through windswept dunes, dive deep in search of the lost ironclad the Monitor, and lament the decline of the diamondback terrapin. Break out the beach chair and let your mind soak in the salty bygone days of these famed coastal extremities.

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  Around the World in 80 Novels: A...

  Henry Russel

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  Whether you're a regular globe-trotter or an armchair traveller, these 80 works conjure up the spirit of place for locations on every continent.

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  Haunted West Virginia - Ghosts...

  Patty A. Wilson

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  Eerie tales from the Mountain State, including the restless spirits of Harpers Ferry, the legendary Mothman, the ghosts of Twistabout Ridge, and more.  Things that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulder . . . let your imagination run wild as you read about West Virginia’s most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts. You may know of the haunted Blennerhassett Hotel or the headless ghost of George Van Meter, but perhaps you haven’t you heard about:  The strangled bride whose ghostly visits led a jury to convict her husband of murder  Point Pleasant’s long history of tragedies, mysterious events, and natural disasters that have plagued the area ever since Scioto Shawnee Chief Cornstalk cursed the ground  A pretty blonde hitchhiker who died crossing a washed-out bridge and continues to guide drivers to avoid the same fate  Moundsville’s old state penitentiary, which is considered to be one of the most haunted places in West Virginia

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  That's Not Funny - How the Right...

  Matt Sienkiewicz, Nick Marx

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  A 2022 Best Comedy Book, Vulture"Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts of questions launch a million tweets, a thousand op-eds, and more than a few scholarly analyses. That's Not Funny argues that it is both an intellectual and politically strategic mistake to assume that comedy has a liberal bias. Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx take listeners—particularly self-described liberals—on a tour of contemporary conservative comedy and the "right-wing comedy complex." In That's Not Funny, "complex" takes on an important double meaning. On the one hand, liberals have developed a social-psychological complex—it feels difficult, even dangerous, to acknowledge that their political opposition can produce comedy. At the same time, the right has been slowly building up a comedy-industrial complex, utilizing the irony-laden media strategies of liberals such as Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver to garner audiences and supporters. Right-wing comedy has been hiding in plain sight, finding its way into mainstream conservative media through figures ranging from Fox News's Greg Gutfeld to libertarian podcasters like Joe Rogan. That's Not Funny taps interviews with conservative comedians and observations of them in action to guide listeners through media history, text, and technique.

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  Learn Portuguese: Learning...

  Language Academy

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  Don’t Learn Portuguese The Wrong Way! 
  This Learn Portuguese audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience. In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Portuguese grammar. 
  This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your learning curve effectively as you will learn the Portuguese language in the same way you learned your native language as a child. 
  If you think about it, you learned your native language by listening to your parents communicating. You had no clue what grammar was, and yet you learned rapidly! And the words you learned first, were the ones your parents used most frequently. 
  By following the same logical principle you will learn the Portuguese language fast and in an easy manner. 
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  Sippy Cups Are Not for...

  Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

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  The moment the second line on the pee stick turns pink, women discover they've entered a world of parenting experts. Friends, family, colleagues, the UPS delivery guy-suddenly everybody is a trove of advice, much of it contradictory and confusing. With dire warnings of what will happen if baby is fed on demand and even direr warnings of what will happen if he isn't, not to mention hordes of militant "lactivists," cosleeping advocates, and books on what to worry about next, modern parenthood can seem like a minefield.In busy Mom-friendly short essays, Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay delivers the empathetic straight dirt on parenting, tackling everything from Mommy & Me classes ("Your baby doesn't need to be making friends at three months old-you do! But not with people you'll meet at Mommy & Me") to attachment parenting ("If you're holding your baby 24/7, that's not a baby, that's a tumor"). Stefanie Wilder-Taylor combines practical tips with sidesplitting humor and refreshing honesty, assuring women that they can be good mothers and responsibly make their own choices.

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