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Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Myths and misconceptions covered in the book include: Is the media unbiased? Are our schools helping or hurting our kids? Do singles have a better sex life than married people? Do we have less free time than we used to? Is outsourcing bad for American workers? Suburban sprawl is ruining America; money makes people happier; the world is too crowded; we're drowning in garbage; profiteering is evil; sweatshops exploit people. Investigative reporter Stossel...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale inspired by the story of the author's great-aunt explores the life of a woman in early 20th-century rural Mississippi whose genital birth defect prevents her marriageability as she endures the hardships of farm life, observes the erotic qualities of nature and shares a relationship with a boy who loves but is forced to leave her.
Author
Publisher
Our Sunday Visitor
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Most of us were never taught how to handle money, let alone what God has to say about it. Just thinking about money makes us worried and anxious. If you're tired of living in debt, stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, stressed-out when emergencies pop up, and wish you could be more generous, Jonathan and Amanda Teixeira are here to help."--Page [4] of cover.
66) Being mortal
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Gawande asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end.
67) The second stage
Author
Publisher
Summit Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
68) Pathfinders
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1981.
Edition
[Book club edition].
Physical Desc
x, 566 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
69) Making kind choices: everyday ways to enhance your life through earth-and animal-friendly living
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 292 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Comfort is a universal human need. Hoover explores what comfort means-- and how it means different things to different people. He delves into the psychological, emotional, and spiritual facets of comfort and offers ways to rediscover it.
72) Simpler times
Author
Publisher
Harvest House
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
111 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Aster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Pause is an important message ready to be heard. We check our phones an average of 221 times a day, we have apps that help us sleep and remind us to be mindful while we secretly measure our success in 'likes'. Time is our luxury and yet with technology we are never able to leave the office, even when we aren't there. The fear of missing out makes us rush from one thing to the next, not really taking any of it in. Pause allows you to finally put yourself,...
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 2014, Liz Thames and her husband, Nate, were conventional young urban professionals working nine-to-five jobs. But the rat race had worn them down, and they dreamed of becoming modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont. Determined to retire as early as possible in order to start living each day--as opposed to wishing time away working for the weekends--they enaceted a plan to save as much money as they could. In less than three years, Liz and Nate...
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