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321) Mananaland
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (5 hr., 1 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"Maximiliano Cordoba loves stories, especially the legend Buelo tells him about a mythical gatekeeper who can guide brave travelers on a journey into tomorrow. If Max could see tomorrow, he would know if he will make Santa Maria's celebrated futbol team and whether he'll ever meet his mother, who disappeared when he was a baby. He longs to know more about her, but Papa won't talk. So when Max uncovers a buried family secret -- involving an underground...
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
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 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
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
Series
House of robots volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (240 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
"Robots on strike! Sammy's underappreciated mechanical helpers cause chaos in the house! It's up to Sammy and his disabled sister Maddie to keep the peace until his inventor mom reveals her secret project ... and why it was worth the wait"--
330) The land of stories
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 sound media player : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011], p2011
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (12 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
Outlines a scientific approach to fitness that provides recommendations for adapting the mind to prefer healthy food and exercise, sharing the success stories of patients who have reported cholesterol, blood pressure, and body fat improvements.
332) 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...
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...
334) 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
[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,...
337) 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....
Author
Series
Ann Rule's crime files volume 2
Pub. Date
[2013], p2012
Physical Desc
1 sound media player (ca. 14 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Description
The author mesmerizes readers with her command of key details about the circumstances surrounding each crime, as well as her consistently masterful examination of the criminals involved. Focuses on the criminal case of Tim Harris, Florida State Trooper.
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