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301) Quirky
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again. While all innovators possess incredible intellect, intellect alone, she shows, does not create a breakthrough...
302) Caffeine
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 2 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"In this controversial and exciting listen, Pollan explores caffeines power as the most-used drug in the world - and the only one we give to children (in soda pop) as a treat. Pollan takes us on a journey through the history of the drug, which was first discovered in a small part of East Africa and within a century became an addiction affecting most of the human species. Caffeine, it turns out, has changed the course of human history - won and lost...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (172 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
It's bad enough Ian Barker has to spend his twelfth birthday with his sister and their two annoying cousins. The four of them can't ever hang out without getting into trouble. Vinnie and Jonny always want to play with Ian's stuff. They take extra turns and break everything they touch. Even Ian's new birthday presents are up for grabs. But when Ian gets a Slappy dummy from his dad, things go from bad to worse.
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (16 hr.) : digital ; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 cm. + 1 set of earphones + 1 AAA battery.
Description
Presents techniques for successful investing, such as how to reduce investment risk, stick to long-term plans, and convert earned income into passive and portfolio income.
Author
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (5 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
A collection of newspaper columns providing insight into the intriguing and wonderful world we live in. Whether it be writing about animals (from dogs to elepants to geese!), his powerful and moving comments about his own and other families, his comments on life's foibles and farces, or his interviews and interactions with people who are memorable and unusual in their own right, these stories make us laugh and cry, and they make us think.
Author
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (6 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 8 x 5 cm.+ 1 set earphones, 1 AAA battery, 1 lanyard ; in container.
Description
PLAYAWAY: In this unabridged audio book, best-selling author and lecturer Wayne W. Dyer shows you how to restore balance in your life by offering nine principles for realigning your thoughts so that they correspond to your highest desires. This work is dedicated to the idea that we're a vital component of this creative process and have within ourselves the wherewithal to create all that we want if we recognize and revise our out-of-balance thoughts....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (approximately 10.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"Crafted from hundreds of original interviews, these are brutally honest stories usually only shared among comrades in arms. In the voices of the men and women who have fought overseas, this is an eye-opening look into what wearing the uniform, fighting in combat, losing friends, and coming home is really like"--Adapted from publisher's description.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (540 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"What does it take to run a grocery store? How does our food get on the shelves? Who sets the prices? And who suffers the consequences of our increasing demands for efficiency? Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and sharp, often laugh-out-loud prose, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on a highly secretive industry. Starting from the top, we learn the secrets of Trader Joe's success from founder Trader Joe Coulombe himself, but...
Author
Series
Curtis Black novels volume 8
Pub. Date
[2011], p2011
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 8 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
The Reverend Curtis Black's wife, Charlotte, is angry. Her life has been turned upside down and someone has to pay.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 8 hr., 20 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking what happened to a person, rather than what's wrong with them.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (270 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Running doesn't have to suck. Ease yourself into a comfortable routine (promise!) with this hilarious and approachable guide to workouts and nutrition from an experienced athlete.We've all side-eyed the chipper runners jogging by in their short-shorts and "Fun Run"-finisher tops and felt a little envious. How do they get out there and do it every day? How did they become Runners? Though it's theoretically one of the most natural sports for humans,...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
After moving in with their eccentric uncle, Nick and Tesla encounter strange occurrences in their new neighborhood and build gadgets using simple household objects to help them solve the mysteries.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009], p2000
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (2 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
The Zen meditation master and poet focuses on how to bring mindful awareness into all aspects of our daily lives, such as the work place, home and family, love relationships, parenting, etc.
317) Diabetes for dummies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[released 2009], c2009
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Best-selling guide to managing diabetes including coverage of the latest treatments.
318) Inferior
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feeble, their role subservient. Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades scientists--primarily men--found evidence to support his claim. In Inferior, ... writer Angela Saini weaves together a ... new science of women. Saini takes readers on a journey to uncover science's failure to understand...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2004
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy? In America (The Book), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like one man, one vote, government...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], p2010
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
In 13th century England, the legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood leads an uprising that will forever alter the balance of world power and will make one man of humble beginnings an eternal symbol of freedom for his people. An expert archer once interested only in self-preservation, Robin now serves in King Richard's army. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation....
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