Morris County Library New Non-Fiction
Newsletter # 414- 2/25/2022
Here is a selection of new non-fiction that we have added to our collection. If any of these titles sparks your interest, just click on the title to be taken to our online catalog for more information. Happy reading!
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1) Raised-bed gardening for beginners: everything you need to know to start and sustain a thriving garden
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Wylie, Tammy
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"Learn all about raised beds— and up your gardening game. Worried about space? Interested in bigger and better yields? Raised-Bed Gardening for Beginners shows you all the amazing advantages of raised-bed gardens— and how easy creating them can be. A complete primer for fresh and experienced planters alike, this book contains everything you need to know to start a happy and healthy raised-bed garden. Learn to build your bed, select the right plants,...
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2) The heirloom gardener: traditional plants & skills for the modern world
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Forti, John
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"Modern life is a cornucopia of technological wonders. But is something precious being lost? A tangible bond with our natural world?the deep satisfaction of connecting to the earth that was enjoyed by previous generations? In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide...
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3) The intermediate guide to raising chickens: how to expand and maintain a happy backyard flock
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Bradshaw, Amber
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"Now that you've been raising chickens for a while and know that you're in it for the long haul, you'll need specific guidance designed for the second year and beyond. The Intermediate Guide to Raising Chickens offers comprehensive information, step-by-step instructions, and detailed diagrams to help your established backyard flock thrive and grow for years to come. Learn the best ways to keep your chickens happy and healthy, from enriching their...
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4) On living well: brief reflections on wisdom for walking in the way of Jesus
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Peterson, Eugene H
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"In these never-before-published stories, sayings, and biblical teachings, the beloved author and translator of The Message Bible shows us how the wisdom of deep faith helps us live well"--
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5) After Jesus before Christianity: a historical exploration of the first two centuries of Jesus movements
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Vearncombe, Erin
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From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination.
Christianity has endured for more than two millennia and is practiced by billions worldwide today.
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6) The vanishing: faith, loss, and the twilight of Christianity in the land of the prophets
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Di Giovanni, Janine
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"From Syria to Egypt, northern Iraq to the Gaza Strip, ancient communities that were the birthplaces of prophets and saints are losing any living connection to Christianity, the religion that once was such a characteristic feature of their social and cultural lives. In The Vanishing, journalist Janine di Giovanni writes about the last traces of small, hardy Christian communities that have become fearful of outsiders and where ancient rituals are quietly...
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7) Beginning Ruby 3: from beginner to pro
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DiLeo, Carleton
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Learn the principles behind object-oriented programming in Ruby and within a few chapters create a fully functional Ruby 3-based application. You'll gain a basic understanding of many ancillary technologies such as databases, XML, web frameworks, and networking - some of which will be needed for your first Ruby application. Based on the bestselling first and second editions, Beginning Ruby 3, 4th Edition is a leading guide to learn Ruby from the ground...
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8) Beginning Apache Spark 3: with DataFrame, Spark SQL, structured streaming, and Spark machine learning library
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Luu, Hien
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9) Machine learning using TensorFlow cookbook: create powerful machine learning algorithms with TensorFlow
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Audevart, Alexia
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10) Our class: trauma and transformation in an American prison
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Hedges, Chris
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"Chris Hedges's powerful memoir of his year of teaching inmates in a maximum-security New Jersey prison takes readers into the lives of men who were all but destined to become incarcerated because of their impoverished and dangerous childhoods and shows why criminal justice reform is so essential"--
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11) Concentration camps: a very short introduction
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Stone, Dan
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Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most famous concentration camps are those under the Nazis, the use of concentration camps originated several decades before the Third Reich, in the Philippines and in the Boer War, and they have been used again in numerous locations, not least during the genocides...
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12) The survival of the city: living and thriving in an age of isolation
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Glaeser, Edward L
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"In Survival of the City, an urbanist and a public health expert join forces to explain where cities are right now and provide a prescription for a healthy future for them"--
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13) The centrist solution: how we made government work and can make it work again
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Lieberman, Joseph I
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14) Soft power: the new great game
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Winder, Robert
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In recent years the modern world has developed a brave new concept: 'soft power'. It is the power of friendly persuasion rather than command, and it invites nations to compete (as they did in the nineteenth century) to expand their 'sphere of influence' as brands in a global marketplace. In Bloody Foreigners and The Last Wolf , Robert Winder explored the way Britain was shaped first by migration, and then by hidden geographical factors. Now, in Soft...
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15) Unsettled: how the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy failed the victims of the American overdose crisis
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Hampton, Ryan
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In September 2019, Purdue Pharma--the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family--filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process, one of only four victims appointed among representatives of big insurance companies,...
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16) Iceland's secret: the untold story of the world's biggest con
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Bibler, Jared
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17) A practical way to get rich . . . and die trying: a memoir about risking it all
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Roa, John
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"A young tech entrepreneur's memoir of building his hugely successful company and the mental and physical price he paid for it"-- At the age of 26, Roa founded a tech-consulting and design firm that he sold for a fortune to the largest tech company in San Francisco, Salesforce. This is the account of his rise from a self-described below-average student, to becoming a poster boy for the ambitious, successful young entrepreneur, to nearly destroying...
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18) Advice for working dads
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"You can have a successful career while being the father you want to be. Gone are the days when fathers were expected to put work first and family last. Today, men worldwide are redefining fatherhood and finding greater fulfillment both at work and at home. But old ways die hard. Many managers prefer the status quo, and fathers aren't finding the support and flexibility they need from their employers. Dads still feel pressure to downplay or hide their...
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19) Voyager/veteran: the journey to a successful job search mindset
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Pritchard, P.D
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"Voyager / Veteran is designed to provide a paradigm model (for how one thinks about change) needed and practiced for conducting exceptional and meaningful job search for veterans. This approach to job search embodies a combination of traditional and unconventional tools and simple universal truths. The paths taken are diverse: inclusive of anecdotal examples, formal and informal training, educational disciplines, cultural, and social values. The...
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20) NCLEX medication review: 300+ meds you need to know for the exam
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CAREER 378.1664 NCL 2021
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21) Video marketing: create engaging video campaigns to drive brand growth and sales
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Mowat, Jon
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22) Undaunted: overcoming doubts + doubters
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Goldin, Kara
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"Undaunted is a rare opportunity to gain insights and proven advice unlike anything you'll find in the conventional business press. Kara combines real honest stories from her life with observations that might just change how you think about your own. Whether you want to get healthy, start a company, break an addiction, find a new career or just grow in life, Undaunted will inspire you to just go for it and help you find the courage to get there."...
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23) The brains and brawn company: how leading organizations blend the best of digital and physical
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Siegel, Robert E
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"The grounded, clear-sighted guide you need to blend digital and traditional business functions for long-term competitive advantage Digital disruption isn't the answer to everything-and it's never the only answer. Less flashy business operations like logistics, manufacturing, and distribution more than likely remain just as important for the success of your company. The Brains and Brawn Company offers practical, proven insights and advice for any...
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24) Italian English visual bilingual dictionary
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Learn more than 6,000 Italian words and phrases, find a range of illustrated objects and scenes from everyday life, utilize a pronunciation guide, and access an accompanying audio app featuring native speakers.
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25) Spanish-English bilingual visual dictionary
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Organized by such common subject categories as home, health, and work, a colorful, illustrated bilingual dictionary covers more than six thousand words and phrases.
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26) Spanish phrases for beginners
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Stein, Gail
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This edition includes : everyday words and phrases when shopping, eating out, or doing business -- conversational terms for chatting about the weather, sports, and your family -- updated sections on social media and inclusion -- pronunciations for nearly every phrase listed, helping you navigate the trickier grammar aspects of the Spanish language.
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27) Russian English bilingual visual dictionary
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28) What cats want: an illustrated guide for truly understanding your cat
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Hattori, Yuki
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Dr. Yuki Hattori is Japan's leading cat doctor, and to him cats are the most beautiful animals in the world. His advice comes with little illustrations showing exactly what to look for as a cat owner - including charts showing how to interpret their different meows, the direction of their whiskers and the way their tail is pointing!
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29) The particulars of Peter: dance lessons, DNA tests, and other excuses to hang out with my perfect dog
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Conaboy, Kelly
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"The author met Peter in the spring of 2017. He--calm, puppy-eyed, with the heart of a poet and the soul of, also, a poet--came to her first as a foster. He was unable to stay with his previously assigned foster for reasons that are none of your business,but which we will tell you were related to frequent urination. The rescue needed someone free of the sort of responsibilities that would force her to regularly leave the house for either work or socializing,...
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30) Dog's best friend: the story of an unbreakable bond
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Garfield, Simon
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"Ludo is a dog--Simon Garfield's beloved black Labrador retriever, one of millions of canines who have become integral parts of our lives. But how did the dog become top dog? How did these faithful animals come to assist us not only in hunting, but in bomb disposal and cancer detection--and ultimately become our closest companions? Dog's Best Friend examines how this bond developed over the centuries, and how it has transformed countless lives, both...
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31) Ant architecture: the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests
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Tschinkel, Walter R
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"Many animals, from birds to insects, build structures using wood, soil, or a range other materials. Surprisingly to most people, a similarly diverse array of animal homes exist underground, in the hidden world beneath our feet. This is particularly true for ants who excavate large and complex nests in which they shelter, reproduce and generally go about their lives. Despite the existence of this vast underground world, it has remained largely unexplored....
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32) Ice rivers: a story of glaciers, wilderness, and humanity
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Wadham, Jemma L
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"The ice sheets and glaciers that cover one-tenth of Earth's land surface are in grave peril. High in the Alps, Andes, and Himalaya, once-indomitable glaciers are retreating, even dying. Meanwhile, in Antarctica, thinning glaciers may be unlocking vast quantities of methane stored for millions of years beneath the ice. In Ice Rivers, renowned glaciologist Jemma Wadham offers a searing personal account of glaciers and the rapidly unfolding crisis that...
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33) Pairing STEAM with stories: 46 hands-on activities for children
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McChesney, Elizabeth M
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"This book provides 46 hands-on STEAM activities that librarians and museum educators can implement"--
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34) Social emotional learning and the brain: strategies to help your students thrive
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Sprenger, Marilee
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"Brain expert Marilee Sprenger explains how applying neuroscience to social-emotional learning yields strategies that create supportive classroom environments and improve outcomes for all students"--
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35) In the weeds: around the world and behind the scenes with Anthony Bourdain
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Vitale, Tom
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"In the nearly two years since Anthony Bourdain's death, no one else has come close to filling the void he left. His passion for and genuine interest in the cultures he visited made the world feel smaller and more knowable. Despite his affable, sometimesarch TV persona, the real Tony was intensely private, deeply conflicted about his fame, and an enigma even to those close to him-except for the crew following him around the world. And almost no one...
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36) Burnt toast, and other disasters: a book of heroic hacks, fabulous fixes, and secret sauces
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Peternell, Cal
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"A gifty, funny, and practical guide to coming back from even the worst kitchen mistakes, making bad food good and making good food better, from the author of the New York Times bestselling and IACP Award-winning Twelve Recipes"--
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37) The cook once dinner fix: quick and exciting ways to transform tonight's dinner into tomorrow's feast
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Garcia, Cassy Joy
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"Cassy Joy Garcia, the best-selling author of COOK ONCE, EAT ALL WEEK, is back with an even easier way to get dinner on the table in a hurry. COOK ONCE DINNER FIX provides 120 delicious and healthy recipes, designed so that you're using the leftovers fromone recipe to easily and quickly cook a completely different dinner the next night. Cassy Joy Garcia is a busy mom of two, and she wrote this book because it's the way she really cooks at home. She...
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38) Diet for a small planet
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Lappé, Frances Moore
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"Discover the eating plan that revolutionized the way Americans think about their meals, updated for its fiftieth anniversary with new recipes for the modern meatless chef. "In the . . . years since the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappé's groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental...
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39) Dinner then dessert: satisfying meals using only 3, 5, or 7 ingredients
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Snyder, Sabrina
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"Learn how to make easy, practical, mouth-watering meals in this first-ever cookbook featuring over 100 full-color photos from the genius chef behind the very successful, no-nonsense food website Dinner Then Dessert"--
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40) The end of craving: recovering the lost wisdom of eating well
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Schatzker, Mark
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"For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have cut fat, reduced carbs, eliminated sugar, and attempted every conceivable diet only to find that eighty-eight million American adults are now pre-diabetic, more than a hundred million have high blood pressure, and nearly half now qualify as obese. The harder we try to control what we eat, the more unhealthy we become. Why? Mark Schatzker has spent his career traveling...
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41) I have been buried under years of dust: a memoir of Autism and hope
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Gilpeer, Valerie
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"A remarkable memoir by a mother and her autistic daughter who'd long been unable to communicate—until a miraculous breakthrough revealed a young woman with a rich and creative interior life, a poet, who'd been trapped inside for more than two decades."--Amazon.com.
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42) Flesh & blood: reflections on infertility, family, and creating a bountiful life
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Moss, N. West
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"A deeply personal memoir on illness and infertility"--
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43) The power of women: a doctor's journey of hope and healing
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Mukwege, Denis
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"From Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor, and noted human rights activist Dr. Denis Mukwege comes an inspiring clarion call-to-action to confront the scourge of sexual violence and better learn from women's resilience, strength, and power. At the heart of Dr. Mukwege's message will be the voices of the many women he has worked with over the years. Dr. Mukwege will use individual cases to reassure all survivors that, even if their psychological...
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44) Healing ourselves: biofield science and the future of health
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Jain, Shamini
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"A leading researcher of consciousness-based healing provides an invaluable resource of scientific data and self-healing practices."--
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45) New York City like a local: by the people who call it home
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From the best brunch spots and dive bars to the ultimate thrift stores and off-Broadway shows, this New York guidebook will help you find all the local's favorite hangout spots and hidden haunts. Canoe along Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, browse long-standing record stores in the East Village, and while away an evening at an Upper East Side wine bar. This one-of-a-kind travel guide to New York includes: narrative style throughout, making the local, personal...
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46) Reality+: virtual worlds and the problems of philosophy
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Chalmers, David John
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"A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality. That's the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of "technophilosophy," David J. Chalmers argues that virtual worlds generated by computers are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be living in a computer simulation...
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47) American comics: a history
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Dauber, Jeremy
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"The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom...
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48) All of the marvels: a journey to the ends of the biggest story ever told
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Wolk, Douglas
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"The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the "epic of epics"--and to the past 60 years of American culture--from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale. The superhero comic books that Marvel Comics has published since 1961 are, Douglas Wolk notes, the longest continuous, self-contained work of fiction ever created:...
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49) A knock at midnight: a story of hope, justice, and freedom
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Barnett, Brittany K
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"An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity--from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever--that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim...
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50) The people's constitution: 200 years, 27 amendments, and the promise of a more perfect union
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Kowal, John F
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"The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitution-the product of compromises and an artifact of its time-and made it more democratic"--
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51) Being weird is a wonderful thing: inspiration for living your truest self
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Petras, Kathryn
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"Do you ever feel different? That you're a little weird, a little wacky? Or that you don't fit? Well, Kathryn and Ross Petras are here to remind you that, as Lewis Carroll wrote, "All the best people are." From the connoisseurs of quotes whose books, starting with Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese, have over TK copies in print, comes a collection of thoughts that celebrate the virtues of being different and the power of inclusivity. Quoting...
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52) 1% better: reaching my full potential and how you can too
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Nikic, Chris
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"From the moment Chris Nikic was born, his parents knew he could achieve anything he set his mind to do. So when he became involved in triathlons with the Special Olympics, his dad, Nik, took on the role of coach and encouraged Chris to aim even higher. Together, they set their sights on making history--Chris becoming the first person with Down syndrome to complete an IRONMAN® triathlon."--Amazon.
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53) Firework humans: spark a growth mindset. ignite 9 entrepreneurial instincts. fuel courage, curiosity, confidence, & conviction
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Mead, Jessica
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54) Redesign your mind: the breakthrough program for real cognitive change
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Maisel, Eric
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"Don't just change what you think, change how you think. Philosophers from Marcus Aurelius to the Buddha have concerned themselves with the idea that "you are what you think." Today, this age-old notion is explored via complex cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques. Dr. Eric Maisel moves cognitive change a giant step forward by analyzing and explaining the room that is your mind--what it is and how human consciousness is experienced there....
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55) The Cold War: a very short introduction
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McMahon, Robert J
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"The Cold War dominated international life from the end of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. But how did the dispute begin, and why did it move from its origins in post-war Europe to encompass virtually every corner of the globe? Robert J. McMahon considers these questions and more, providing a truly international history of the Cold War and examining its enduring legacy. He draws on the most recent scholarship and documents to...
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