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The Indian Slow Cooker
The Indian Slow Cooker
Anupy Singla
Unique guide to preparing favorite recipes from the Indian tradition using classic slow-cooker techniques.
Vegan Baking Classics
Vegan Baking Classics
Delicious, Easy-to-Make Traditional Favorites
Kelly Rudnicki
Vegan Baking Classics is a one-stop guide to delicious, everyday baked goods free of any animal ingredients.
How to Play the Game at the Top
How to Play the Game at the Top
The 9 Rules for Consummate Corporate Effectiveness
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A reality check about today's corporate America and about how things really get done in the business world.
Flipped
Flipped
How Bottom-Up Co-Creation is Replacing Top-Down Innovation
John Winsor
Completely updated first paperback edition of a landmark title by the foremost expert on "co-creation."
Racing the Dark
Racing the Dark
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Forward from this Moment
Forward from this Moment
Selected Columns, 1994–2009
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr., his first-ever collection.

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