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December 19, 2025

WISDOM NUGGETS

By Jeff R. McGowan
Gift/Holiday/Specialty, Nonfiction
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Jeff R. McGowan’s WISDOM NUGGETS contains useful and thought-provoking material from some of history's greatest luminaries, but its origins as something resembling a modern-day commonplace...

IR Approved
October 25, 2023

THE SANTA BOOK

By Erin Eby, illustrated by Madison Harper
Gift/Holiday/Specialty
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

In a sea of holiday books that tread the same, well-worn paths, THE SANTA BOOK's innovative approach to the Santa Claus mythos is nothing short...

IR Approved
April 2, 2021

CYBERJUTSU: Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja

By Ben McCarty
Business, Gift/Holiday/Specialty, Nonfiction
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

CYBERJUTSU: Cybersecurity for the Modern Ninja is a very well researched and clearly organized book that uses Japanese history quite cleverly to illustrate modern cybersecurity...

IR Approved
January 17, 2018

ART: BECOME CONFIDENT FAST forges a key to the gateway of the visual art world

By Aron Kuehnemann
Gift/Holiday/Specialty, History, How-To, Nonfiction
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

ART: BECOME CONFIDENT FAST sketches a valuable and solid framework for discerning the nebulous intricacies of visual art and its makers. Though this study may...

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