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  Listful Thinking - Using Lists...

  Paula Rizzo

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  What do Madonna, Martha Stewart, John Lennon, Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Franklin, Ronald Reagan, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and Johnny Cash have in common? Each is (or was) a list maker. These successful people all use lists to keep track of their ideas, thoughts, and tasks. Finding enough hours in the day to get everything accomplished and allow for some downtime can be a struggle. It's no wonder so many of us are stressed, overextended, and exhausted. For the 54 percent of us who feel like we're chasing our own tails, Listful Thinking is here to prove that it doesn't have to be that way. You can still find time to relax, read a good book, and do the things you love.

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  Havana Before Castro - When Cuba...

  Peter Moruzzi

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  Take a trip to the golden age of Havana in this gorgeously illustrated volume of vintage photographs, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera.   Featuring hundreds of historic images and cultural artifacts, Havana Before Castro documents how the Cuban capital evolved from a Prohibition Era getaway destination to a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, all-night bars, and backstreet brothels. Here, captured in one amazing book, is the drama, passion, intrigue, and opulence of a legendary city during its heyday—before the Castro regime took over and Americans were banned from travel to this tropical paradise.   In chapters covering such topics as Cuban rum and cigars, the world-famous Tropicana Club, and Havana’s association with the mob, author Peter Moruzzi provides essential historical context for the many fascinating and evocative images.

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  Batavia's Graveyard - The True...

  Mike Dash

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  It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company's flagship, was loaded with a king's ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The Batavia was the pride of the Company's fleet, a tangible symbol of the world's richest and most powerful commercial monopoly. She set sail with great fanfare, but the Batavia and her gold would never reach Java, for the Company had also sent along a new employee, Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a bankrupt and disgraced man who possessed disarming charisma and dangerously heretical ideas.With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, Jeronimus soon sparked a mutiny that seemed certain to succeed-but for one unplanned event: In the dark morning hours of June 3, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The commander of the ship and the skipper evaded the mutineers by escaping in a tiny lifeboat and setting a course for Java to summon help. Nearly all of the passengers survived the wreck and found themselves trapped on a bleak coral island without water, food, or shelter. Leaderless, unarmed, and unaware of Jeronimus's treachery, they were at the mercy of the mutineers.

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  999 Amazing & Interesting Facts...

  Prof. John Chao

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  The planet comprises informative, exciting, and fascinating facts, with over 200 countries and over 7.8 billion people (animals, plants, and other organisms). For example, the land of the Kiwis has the largest concentration of pet owners on the planet. In Nicaragua, you’ll find one of only two flags in the world with the color purple. If you properly want to learn more about the earth and its ever-increasing population? Continue reading to discover some fascinating facts about the earth’s history, present, and future. There are many mysteries around the universe. Some are solved, some are puzzling, and some are still unknown. But eventually, the newest becomes known, and once proven, it becomes fact. 
  Did you know..... 
  -> In 2011, a woman named Aimee Davison paid $10,000 for a “non-visible” piece of jewelry. 
  -> Carrots used to be purple. 
  -> Benjamin Franklin only had two years of formal schooling. 
  -> The average person forgets 90% of his or her wishes. 
  -> Cucumber is a fruit, not a vegetable, since it has seeds in the middle! 
  -> Brazil's name has derived from a tree! 
  -> Plants are irritated by human noise. 
  -> Apple is 25% air, which is why it floats on water! 
  There's so much more....!

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  The Complete Angler - A...

  James Prosek

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  James Prosek has been called "the Audubon of the fishing world" by the New York Times. A passionate fisherman and talented artist from a young age, he published two illustrated books on fish and fishing while still an undergraduate at Yale. After winning a traveling fellowship to follow in the footsteps of Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler became his obsession. He was fascinated by Walton, a humble man who won the friendship of kings, and he was intrigued by the book's philosophies concerning the timelessness and immortality that could be achieved by fishing. Although Walton was sixty when The Compleat Angler was published and Prosek only twenty when he set off to visit England, they each had traits in common: a love of fishing and an extraordinary ability to make friends.This is the story of a young man's pilgrimage through England, fishing the waters that are now privately held. Along with wonderful stories about good times, great fishing, and fine eating, this trip becomes an exploration of Waltonian ideals: how to live with humor, wisdom, contentment, and simplicity.The original watercolors complementing the text are wonderful. Like Walton's book, The Complete Angler is not about fishing but about life. Or rather, it is about fishing—but fishing is life.

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  Sweet Christmas - Homemade...

  Sharon Bowers

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  This kid-friendly confectionary cookbook “puts the holidays back in the family kitchen” with recipes for holiday candies, decor, and gift-giving. (Good Housekeeping.com)  Sweet Christmas gathers families around the table with 100 recipes and projects for holiday treats for parents and children to make together. The recipes are easy to make, don’t require special equipment, and are accompanied by lush color photographs. From real homemade candy (peppermint fudge, pulled ribbon candy, sugared pecans) to edible decorations for the tree (stained glass cookies, Rice Krispie snowmen, chocolate Santa mice) to handmade gifts for special people (golden caramel sauce, dark chocolate truffles, Christmas pudding bonbons), this beautiful and inspiring book even has recipes for Christmas morning: buttery pull-apart bread in a caramel glaze, sticky buns, orange-butter pancakes, and hot maple doughnuts.   “Not just another holiday baking book.” —The Star-Ledger

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