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Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book by Heather Mubarak

  • For bakers of all levels
  • Irresistible photos, great recipes
  • Double the cookie, double the yum
  • Everyone loves cookies!

 

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Stuffed: The Sandwich Cookie Book (Hardcover)

By Heather Mubarak
$29.95
ISBN: 9781797214535
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Chronicle Books - April 4th, 2023

Seafood Simple by Eric Ripert

  • Learn from the best of the best!
  • 3-Michelin-starred chef of Le Bernadin
  • Tons of techniques + recipes
  • Perfect for seafood lovers

 

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Seafood Simple: A Cookbook (Hardcover)

By Eric Ripert
$35.00
ISBN: 9780593449523
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House - October 3rd, 2023

The Simple Art of Rice by JJ Johnson

  • For lovers of all kinds of food
  • Global recipes, fabulous flavors
  • Love letter to a humble, versatile ingredient
  • Beautiful—a total treat!

 

The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table By JJ Johnson, Danica Novgorodoff Cover Image

The Simple Art of Rice: Recipes from Around the World for the Heart of Your Table (Hardcover)

By JJ Johnson, Danica Novgorodoff
$34.99
ISBN: 9781250809100
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Flatiron Books - September 12th, 2023

Milk Street Simple by Christopher Kimball

  • Perfect for busy home cooks
  • Not a ton of ingredients
  • Easy-peasy, delicious meals
  • Who the heck doesn’t want that?

 

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Milk Street Simple (Hardcover)

By Christopher Kimball
$35.00
ISBN: 9780316538558
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Voracious - October 17th, 2023

Minecraft: Super Bite-Size Builds by The Official Minecraft Team

  • 21 mini-projects
  • Build a monster-truck bus!
  • A pagoda base
  • A parkour pachinko game
  • Combination projects

 

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Minecraft: Super Bite-Size Builds (Hardcover)

By Mojang AB, The Official Minecraft Team
$12.99
ISBN: 9780593599600
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Random House Worlds - May 9th, 2023

Video Game of the Year by Jordan Minor

  • Pivotal games for every year
  • From Pong to the Stanley Parable: ultra deluxe
  • Game analysis
  • Industry context

 

Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 By Jordan Minor, Dan Ryckert (Foreword by) Cover Image

Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 (Paperback)

By Jordan Minor, Dan Ryckert (Foreword by)
$27.99
ISBN: 9781419762055
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Abrams Image - July 11th, 2023

Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design by Scott A. Rogers

  • Card games
  • Party games
  • Board games
  • Prototype, play test, and sell your game
  • Fun for computer folk that's not on a computer

 

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Your Turn!: The Guide to Great Tabletop Game Design (Paperback)

By Scott A. Rogers
$35.00
ISBN: 9781119981596
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Wiley - October 31st, 2023

Codebreaking: A Practical Guide by Elonka Dunin

  • How to break encrypted messages
  • The Caesar cipher
  • Turning grille transposition ciphers
  • Unsolved cryptograms
  • Kool dnoces a htrow era snootrac eht fo ynam.

 

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Codebreaking: A Practical Guide (Paperback)

By Elonka Dunin, Klaus Schmeh
$29.99
ISBN: 9781718502727
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: No Starch Press - September 19th, 2023

What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram

  • For your friend who wants to be on the cutting edge
  • Understand the hottest thing in computing since the web
  • By a genius of mathematics, physics, and programming
  • Anyone should know about this before launching a career
  • Know what's up when your friend's letters start sound like Shakespeare

 

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What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? (Paperback)

By Stephen Wolfram
$14.95
ISBN: 9781579550813
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Wolfram Media - March 9th, 2023

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir by Nyle DiMarco

  • Celebrating Deaf culture and exploring its history
  • Heartfelt and inspiring
  • Stories of navigating a hearing world
  • Window into the Deaf Experience

 

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Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life By Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert Cover Image

Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—and a Love Letter to a Way of Life (Paperback)

By Nyle DiMarco, Robert Siebert
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063062368
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - April 4th, 2023

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