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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the history of rail transportation, focussing on how it transformed societies from isolated communities which rarely communicated or traded into unified nations.
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
p2012
Edition
Unabr. ed.
Language
English
Description
In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
The author recounts his lifelong battle with anxiety, showing the many manifestations of the disorder as well as the countless treatments that have been developed to counteract it, and provides a history of the efforts to understand this common form of mental illness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Book House
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"America 1775, you have applied for the job of a soldier fighting the British in the American War of Independence. The war will last for eight years. Find out what you will eat, how much you will be paid and what happens if you are wounded. An interview at the end of the book will reveal if you have what it takes to be a Revolutionary War Soldier"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read Now
Shortlisted for the OWL Business Book Award and Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In Season Five of the Handmaid's Tale, June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead's influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise to power. June, Lucke, and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Pegasus books edition.
Language
English
Description
Is color a phenomenon of science or a thing of art? Over the years, color has dazzled, enhanced, and clarified the world we see, embraced through the experimental palettes of painting, the advent of the color photograph, Technicolor pictures, color printing, on and on, a vivid and vibrant celebrated continuum. These turns to represent reality in "living color" echo our evolutionary reliance on and indeed privileging of color as a complex and vital...
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Gabor Maté's two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his work with the severely addicted on Vancouver's skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins) our society; not a medical "condition" distinct...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Michael Ruhlman offers commentary on America's relationship with its food and investigates the overlooked source of so much of it -- the grocery store. In a culture obsessed with food -- how it looks, what it tastes like, where it comes from, what is good for us -- there are often more questions than answers. Ruhlman proposes that the best practices for consuming wisely could be hiding in plain sight -- in the aisles of your local supermarket. Using...
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In The Open-Air Life, Swedish-American writer Linda McGurk introduces readers to a wide array of Nordic customs and practices that focus on slowing down and spending more and more of ones' time outdoors. An outdoorsy cousin of hygge, friluftsliv is what Nordic people do outside all day before they cozy up in front of the fireplace with their wool socks on and a cup of hot cocoa"--
53) Lawn boy
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
"Mike Mu�noz is a young Mexican American not too many years out of high school--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew. Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success, he can't seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike, and after a raucous, jarring, and challenging trip, he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it"--
54) Outside, inside
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A beautiful book that describes the impact of COVID-19 on communities and why some essential workers could not quarantine.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. Behavioral addiction may prove to be one of the most important fields of social, medical, and psychological research in our lifetime. The idea that behaviors can be being addictive is new, but the threat is near universal. Experts are just beginning to acknowledge that we are...
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With billions of users worldwide, Facebook has become the most successful social media website on the internet. It has also been the subject of praise, criticism, and controversy. Using key facts, sidebars, and photographs related to the topic, this book informs students about what the world was like before Facebook, including a look at previous forms of online communication, and examines what made Facebook successful and what led to its displacement...
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Language
English
Description
Two Colorado authors, one on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, the other on the western, begin writing letters to one another at the beginning of Colorado's shelter-in-place orders. Their friendship forms and blooms amidst discussions of COVID-19, nature, politics, and daily life.
Publisher
Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"In this chronicle we hear the real voices of the soldiers, nurses, farmers, laborers, slaves, and freed people who lived through America's most tragic conflict. The Civil War Chronicle is a collection of the letters, diaries, speeches, telegrams, newspaper accounts, and official battlefield reports penned by those people, both famous and anonymous, who felt compelled to record their experiences because they sensed that their lives were significant....
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