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  The Book of Absinthe - A...

  Phil Baker

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  A witty, erudite primer to the world’s most notorious drink.   La Fée Verte (or “The Green Fairy”) has intoxicated artists, poets, and writers ever since the late eighteenth century. Stories abound of absinthe’s drug-like sensations of mood lift and inspiration due to the presence of wormwood, its infamous “special” ingredient, which ultimately leads to delirium, homicidal mania, and death. Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murders, Phil Baker offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as an herbal tonic through its luxuriantly morbid heyday in the late nineteenth century. Chronicling a fascinatingly lurid cast of historical characters who often died young, the absinthe scrapbook includes Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dowson, Aleister Crowley, Arthur Machen, August Strindberg, Alfred Jarry, Vincent van Gogh, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Allais, Ernest Hemingway, and Pablo Picasso. Along with discussing the rituals and modus operandi of absinthe drinking, Baker reveals the recently discovered pharmacology of how real absinthe actually works on the nervous system, and he tests the various real and fake absinthe products that are available overseas.   “Formidably researched, beautifully written, and abundant with telling detail and pitch-black humor.” —The Daily Telegraph

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  Orderly Places - Getting...

  Mary Frances Ballard

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  The professional organizer and founder of OrderlyPlaces.com offers her expert solutions for saving time, space, and resources at home.   Are your mornings spent frantically looking for the misplaced keys or the field trip form? Do you have stacks of things and nowhere to put them? Are you ever too embarrassed by your messy house to invite family or friends for a visit? Perhaps you find yourself wishing there were more hours in the day or having to cancel plans because you’ve accidentally double booked yourself. If so, Mary Frances Ballard has the solutions you need in Orderly Places.  Orderly Places offers simple strategies for knowing when, where, and how to overcome disorganization in your living spaces and daily routines. Here, you will learn practical tips and step-by-step instructions for organizing every room in your home, as well time management solutions to get your hectic days under control.   With Orderly Places, you will discover the joy of a more peaceful, comfortable, and organized environment—and the freedom of having more time for the activities you love.

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  Clutter-Free Home - How to...

  Sophie Irvine

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  If you feel bogged down by all the clutter in your home and want to make your space better, like something out of an Instagram post, then keep reading… 
  I used to be like you. I worked a full-time job, and I have kids. That alone makes it a nightmare to clean. Every chance I had to clean, I wouldn’t do it, because obviously, who wants to spend their days cleaning? I sure don’t, and I’m sure you don’t want to either. 
  This is something everyone can get on board with. For most of us, it’s obviously a struggle, and it can be hard for you to start. Trust me, when I sat down and started the decluttering process, I thought I was going to have a heart attack trying to get everything organized. 
  But I learned how to do this effectively, and how to easily create a better home not just for myself, but for my family too. 
  In this book, I’ll teach you how to confront the clutter, take care of it, and create a cleaner, more beautiful home than ever before. 
  You'll discover all the essentials for organizing and decluttering your home, tailored specifically for the hectic lifestyle of a busy household. Juggling soccer practices or back-to-back business meetings? No problem! We'll guide you on how to efficiently declutter your space and maintain order in just 10-15 minutes a day! 
  What you’ll learn:The Room-By-Room Guide to Decluttering Your Home.Overcoming the Guilt of Decluttering in Just a Few Minutes.The Best In-Depth Handbook on How to Organize Your Space.How to Keep the Clutter Away in Just 10 Minutes, Using the KISS Strategy.Do Less, Live More – 41 Simple and Most Effective Decluttering, Organizing and Cleaning Tricks.The 15-Minute Cleaning Strategy — How to Clean Your Home in Just 15 Minutes!How to Stay Motivated and How to Get Your Family Involved in Cleaning.

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  Japanese Battleships - Fuso &...

  Robert Brown

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  This fully illustrated guide offers historical context and step-by-step instruction for building and modifying Japanese battleship models.   This volume in the ShipCraft series covers the two related classes of Japanese 14in-gunned battleships, originally built during the First World War but subsequently reconstructed. These ships are famous for their towering forward superstructure, usually described as a pagoda bridge, that they featured when rebuilt. The Ise-class ships underwent further reconstruction during the Second World War to emerge as a unique hybrid of battleship and aircraft carrier to compensate for fleet carriers sunk earlier in the war.   This lavishly illustrated guide takes readers through a brief history of the Fuso-class and Ise-class ships, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers. It features color profiles of paint schemes as well as detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This volume also includes a photographic survey of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales and a section on further research references

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  How to end up in HR

  SIR YETTI THE SCRIBE

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  Are you ready for a wild ride through the absurdity of office life? Meet Sir Yetti The Scribe, the mastermind behind the gut-busting series "How TO END UP IN HR." Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of dark humor and politically incorrect escapades set against the backdrop of the corporate jungle.  All of this mixed in with southern hip hop tracks!

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  Weird Canadian Animals

  Wendy Pirk

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  From strange behaviour to interesting prey-vs.-predator relationships to fantastical creatures, the animal world is full of fascinating facts about our furry, feathered and scaly friends:
  		 
  The wood frog burrows into the leaf litter in winter; its heart, brain and eyeballs freeze, and they defrost again in the spring.
  		 
  In 2006, a hunter shot and killed a hybrid of a grizzly and a polar bear, dubbed a grolar or pizzly bear, the first to be found in the wild.
  		 
  The bombardier beetle protects itself by expelling a boiling hot chemical spray from its rear end.
  		 
  A woodpecker’s tongue is so long that it rolls up in the bird’s skull like a tape measure in its case.
  		 
  Rabbits produce two kinds of stool: one that the animal eats, which is rich in vitamins and nutrients, and another that is waste matter.
  		 
  Some clever crows drop nuts onto roadways so that passing vehicles drive over them and break the shells open.
  		 
  The horned lizard defends itself by squirting blood from its eyes.
  		 
  Canada was home to 2.5-metre-long giant sea scorpions 400 million years ago.
  		 
  And so much more…

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