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Sammy Hagar Cocktail Hits: 85 Personal Favorites from the Red Rocker
Making your holiday gift list or just plain thirsty? Consider this. Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Sammy Hagar recently released his first cocktail book – and it’s everything needed for a home bar. Sammy knows that some of life’s greatest memories are made over cocktails, and “Sammy Hagar’s Cocktail Hits:…
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The most popular #BookTok books in every state
TikTok’s book community “#BookTok” was recently referred to by The New York Times as a “best seller machine.” In this community, creators post literary content to the app, ranging from book recommendations to their emotional reactions during pivotal plot points. This content has catapulted sales for a select few books, and major book retailers such…
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The Patron Saint of Second Chances
is village sadly slipping away, self-appointed mayor and radiator repairman Signor Speranza listens in horror as a water commission official tells him that the water pipes must be replaced or the commission will shut the village’s water supply off — making Prometto uninhabitable. The cost to fix it? Seventy thousand euros — an exorbitant sum…
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First Born by Will Dean
Two identical twins as different as can be. Molly, anxious and reserved, lives a quiet, contained life in London. Katie, gregarious and fun-loving, is now attending school in New York where she has a great apartment, lots of friends and a handsome, athletic boyfriend. Molly feels betrayed and jealous — until she gets a call…
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Straight Bourbon: Distilling the Industry’s Heritage by Carol Peachee
“Bourbon is a legacy of blue grass, water and Kentucky limestone,” Carol Peachee tells me when I ask what makes Kentucky bourbon so prized. Limestone? Water? Bluegrass? What’s that have to do with fine bourbon? Turns out it’s quite simple. According to Peachee, the limestone filters the iron out of the water as it flows…
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The Verifiers by Jane Pek
Her brother is on the fast track to a successful career in finance and has plans for his sister to follow along. But in Jane Pek’s debut novel, “The Verifiers,” Claudia Lin secretly drops out of the corporate rat race without telling her siblings or mother and takes a job at Veracity, a new start-up…
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Breathless: A Mountaineering Thriller by Amy McCulloch
Breathless, Amy McCulloch’s debut adult thriller, is set on the world’s eighth highest mountain in Nepal. Cecily Wong, is a struggling journalist given the opportunity to interview legendary mountaineer Charles McVeigh but with one catch: she has to summit the mountain as part of his team first. I had a chance to ask McCulloch, a…
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Recipes from Tara Teaspoon’s Delicious Gatherings
I love cookbooks, whether they’re old or new and I’m always looking for those that offer recipes for what’s available from local farms and also using ingredients that I want to learn more about. And my friend Carrie Bachman sent me a cookbook that covers both. It’s by Tara “Teaspoon” Bench, a former Martha Stewart…
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Tales of Al: The Water Rescue Dog, the Making of a Super Athlete
With her golden eyes and short brown coat, Al is unlike most Newfoundland dogs not only in color. She’s also bigger than a bear cub at an equivalent age and able to pull two to three times her weight. Al is also exuberant, intelligent, and eager to please. But in her overwhelming enthusiasm, Al doesn’t…
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