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Morris County Library New Non-Fiction

Newsletter # 417 -  4/8/2022
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) (Mis)diagnosed: how bias distorts our perception of mental health
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Foiles, Jonathan
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"Why are women more likely to be labeled borderline personalities? Is transphobia being treated as was homosexuality in the past? Has "protest psychosis," a term used to diagnose Black men during the civil rights era, simply been renamed schizoaffective disorder? How different is our current label of "intellectual disability" from the history of eugenics? What, in other words, does it mean to be diagnosed with a "mental illness"? In his clear, empathetic...
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2) A little closer to home: how I found the calm after the storm
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Zee, Ginger
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In Ginger Zee's follow-up to the bestselling Natural Disaster, the ABC chief meteorologist takes readers on a much deeper journey of self discovery.

When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was "Ginger Lite" and only scratched the

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3) A little closer to home: how I found the calm after the storm
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Zee, Ginger
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In Ginger Zee's follow-up to the bestselling Natural Disaster, the ABC chief meteorologist takes readers on a much deeper journey of self discovery.

When Ginger Zee opened her life to readers in Natural Disaster, the response was enormous. She put a very relatable if surprising face on depression and has helped lessen the stigma surrounding mental health issues. But Ginger tells us, Natural Disaster was "Ginger Lite" and only scratched the

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4) Admissions: a memoir of surviving boarding school
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James, Kendra
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"Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey, attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Forced to reflect on her...
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5) Admissions: a memoir of surviving boarding school
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James, Kendra
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"Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey, attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Forced to reflect on her...
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6) American injustice: inside stories from the underbelly of the criminal justice system
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Rudolf, David S
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"From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix's The Staircase comes an essential examination of America's corrupt and abusive criminal justice system"--
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7) Atlas of the invisible: maps & graphics that will change how you see the world
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Cheshire, James
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"An unprecedented portrait of the hidden patterns in human society-visualized through the world of data. Award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti transform enormous datasets into rich maps and cutting-edge visualizations. In this triumph of visual storytelling, they uncover truths about our past, reveal who we are today, and highlight what we face in the years ahead. With their joyfully inquisitive approach, Cheshire...
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8) Back to Earth: what life in space taught me about our home planet--and our mission to protect it
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Stott, Nicole
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"When NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott first saw the Earth from space, she was filled with awe. Our shared home was a brilliant blue marble, with a razor thin atmosphere protecting billions of people, including everyone she loved. She realized that we are allbound together on this fragile planet. When she came back to earth, she knew she had to share this vision to help protect it. Stott knows the scale of the daunting task at hand-and yet, she believes...
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9) Beyond Biden: rebuilding the America we love
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Gingrich, Newt
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"The struggle between the defenders of America as an exceptional nation and the forces of anti-Americanism is reaching a fever pitch. These forces have grown so large, so well-financed, so entrenched and aggressive that they must be studied closely and understood completely if America is to survive this imminent civil war. In 'Beyond Biden,' bestselling author Newt Gingrich brings together the various strands of the movement seeking to destroy true,...
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10) Breakfast with Seneca: a Stoic guide to the art of living
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Fideler, David
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"The first clear and faithful guide to the timeless, practical teachings of the Stoic philosopher Seneca. Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition, Seneca teaches us to live with freedom and purpose. His most enduring work, over a hundred "Letters...
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11) Coronavirus criminals and pandemic profiteers: accountability for those who caused the crisis
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Nichols, John
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"In 2020, hundreds of thousands of coronavirus deaths were caused not by the vicissitudes of nature but by the callous and opportunistic decisions of powerful people, as revealed here by John Nichols"-- During the COVID-19 epidemic, hundreds of thousands of deaths were caused not by the vicissitudes of nature but by the callous and opportunistic decisions of powerful people. Nichols shows how President Donald Trump, his inner circle and others downplayed...
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12) Empire of the scalpel: the history of surgery
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Rutkow, Ira M
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"From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery's development-spanning the Stone Age to the present day-blending meticulous medical studies with lively and skillful storytelling. There are not many events in life that can be as simultaneously life-frightening and life-saving as a surgical operation. Yet, in America, tens-of-millions of major surgical procedures are performed annually but...
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13) Essential succulents: the beginner's guide
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Shelf, Ken
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In recent years, succulents have become increasingly popular for their low-maintenance use as indoor decoration and in home gardening. In Essential Succulents, budding succulent enthusiasts will gain the know-how needed to begin growing, decorating with, and enjoying these amazing plants. --Publisher
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14) Filled with fire and light: portraits and legends from the Bible, Talmud, and Hasidic world
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Wiesel, Elie
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"Magnificent insights into the lives of biblical prophets and kings, Talmudic sages, and Hasidic rabbis, from one of the world's most honored and beloved teachers. From a multitude of sources, Elie Wiesel culls facts, legends, and anecdotes to give us fascinating portraits of notable figures throughout Jewish history--from the Kingdom of Israel in the ninth century B.C.E. to nineteenth-century Eastern Europe. Here is the prophet Elisha, the beloved...
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15) Food IQ: 100 questions, answers, and recipes to raise your cooking smarts
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Holzman, Daniel
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Two friends, one a food writer and one a chef, share their passion for cooking through one hundred essential cooking questions and answers, including "Why does pasta always taste better in a restaurant?" and "What is baker's math?" "When food writer Matt Rodbard met chef Daniel Holzman while covering the opening of his restaurant, The Meatball Shop, on New York's Lower East Side, it was a match made in questions. More than a decade later, the pair...
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16) God: an anatomy
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Stavrakopoulou, Francesca
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"An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. The scholarshipof theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament...
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17) The greatest invention: a history of the world in nine mysterious scripts
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Ferrara, Silvia
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"Silvia Ferrara leads a code cracking mission to decipher the hidden truths and histories of our greatest invention-the art of writing"--
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18) Grow more food: a vegetable gardener's guide to getting the biggest harvest possible from a space of any size
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McCrate, Colin
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"How to plan your garden carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension"--
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19) A happier you: a seven-week program to transform negative thinking into positivity and resilience
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Glassman, Scott
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"In these increasingly difficult times, it's easy to get stuck in a cycle of negativity, cynicism, and unhappiness. Based on author Scott Glassman's A Happier You® wellness program, The Up Side teaches readers seven core positivity skills to rapidly short-circuit chronic rumination and pessimistic thinking. By reducing the frequency and intensity of negative thoughts about themselves, the world, and their future, readers will learn to break free...
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20) Herbal handbook: 51 profiles in words and art from the Rare Books and Folio Collection of The New York Botanical Garden
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"A charming, information-packed guide to 50 herbs and their uses illustrated with rare botanical art from the renowned archives of the New York Botanical Garden"--
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21) Humankind: a hopeful history
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Bregman, Rutger
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It's a belief that unites the left and right, psychologists and philosophers, writers and historians. It drives the headlines that surround us and the laws that touch our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Dawkins, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed by self-interest. Humankind makes a new argument : that it is realistic, as well as revolutionary, to...
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22) Just pursuit: a Black prosecutor's fight for fairness
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Coates, Laura
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"A powerful true story and groundbreaking account of bias in the courtroom from CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates, recounting her time as a Black female prosecutor for the US Department of Justice"-- When Coates joined the Department of Justice as a prosecutor, she wanted to advocate for the most vulnerable among us. She quickly realized that even with the best intentions, being Black, a woman, and a mother are identities often at odds in the...
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23) Last call at the Hotel Imperial: reporters who took on a world at war
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Cohen, Deborah
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"Married foreign correspondents John and Frances Gunther intimately understood that it isn't only impersonal, economic forces that propel history, bringing readers so close to the front lines of history that they could feel how personal pathologies became the stuff of geopolitical crises. Together with other reporters of the Lost Generation--American journalists H.R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean, and Dorothy Thompson--the Gunthers slipped through...
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24) Last call at the Hotel Imperial: reporters who took on a world at war
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Cohen, Deborah
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"Married foreign correspondents John and Frances Gunther intimately understood that it isn't only impersonal, economic forces that propel history, bringing readers so close to the front lines of history that they could feel how personal pathologies became the stuff of geopolitical crises. Together with other reporters of the Lost Generation--American journalists H.R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean, and Dorothy Thompson--the Gunthers slipped through...
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25) Life of fire: mastering the arts of pit-cooked barbecue, the grill, and the smokehouse
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Martin, Pat
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"From one of the South's most acclaimed pitmasters comes the definitive guide to open-fire cooking, from hot coals and roaring flames to warm embers and cold smoke. Nashville's Pat Martin has grown a nine-location-and-counting empire of Martin's BBQ Joints on the strength of his West Tennessee whole hog that is slow-smoked all day and night. One of only a handful of remaining practitioners of this art, Pat didn't come to barbecue as a family heir...
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26) Lights, camera, action: media coaching for any professional in today's digital world
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Scruggs, Amy
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On-camera insecurities and fears are common for many professionals and can keep them from growing their confidence and their business through the power of the media. Lights, Camera, Action gives practical advice and techniques to help achieve on-camera and communication skills to be a leader in today's virtual world. After completing Lights, Camera, Action, readers will know how to deliver a concise message and be confident and ready for the various...
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27) Microsoft SharePoint
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Withee, Rosemarie
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Microsoft SharePoint unlocks millions of collaborative and remote working capabilities and possibilities. And using it doesn't require a degree in computer science! With SharePoint For Dummies, you'll be creating sites, working with lists, and integrating with Microsoft Teams in no time at all.
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28) Microsoft Word
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Gookin, Dan
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Explains how to use the latest features of the word processing program to create and edit documents, incorporate graphics, apply diverse styles and formats, build templates, check spelling and grammar, insert tables, and master mail merge.
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29) Office 365 all-in-one for dummies
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Weverka, Peter
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"Microsoft Office 365 contains straightforward tools for virtually every office task you could possibly think of. And learning how to use this powerful software is much easier than you might expect! With the latest edition of Office 365 All-in-One For Dummies, you'll get a grip on some of the most popular and effective office software on the planet, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Publisher, and Teams." --Amazon.
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30) Parenting bright kids with autism: helping twice-exceptional children with Asperger's and high-functioning autism
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Hughes-Lynch, Claire E
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"Parenting Bright Kids With Autism discusses the frustrations, the diagnoses, the challenges, and the joys as parents help their gifted children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) thrive in school and at home. This book: Helps families navigate twice-exceptional life by translating best practice into helpful advice. Guides parents who are trying to reach out, find information, and develop their child's talents. Helps parents acknowledge and get...
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31) Pottery for beginners: projects for beautiful ceramic bowls, mugs, vases and more
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Ford, Kara Leigh
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"Everything You Need to Get Started with Pottery If you ever daydream about delving into pottery but aren't sure where to begin, this is your book. Professional potter Kara Leigh Ford will be your personal pottery guide, helping you to overcome any doubts about your abilities. All you need are curiosity and a few simple tools to mold stunning stoneware with confidence. Inspiring projects and primers on equipment, technique, clay types and setting...
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32) Righteous trouble makers: untold stories of the social justice movement in America
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Sharpton, Al
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"While the world may know the major names of the Civil Rights movement, there are countless lesser-known heroes fighting the good fight to advance equal justice for all, heeding the call when no one else was listening, often risking their lives and livelihoods in the process. This book shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things--like Pauli Murray, whose early work informed Thurgood Marshall's legal argument for Brown v. Board...
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33) Running on veggies: plant-powered recipes for fueling and feeling your best
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Bildirici, Lottie
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"Running on Veggies contains more than seventy-five mostly plant-based, dairy-free, meat-free (with five pescatarian) recipes to maximize workouts and leverage nutrition to perform at peak levels. Indulgent recipes that leave you feeling satisfied and energized include Almond Berry Overnight Oats, Energized Mocha Crunch Smoothie, Thai Crunch Salad, Pesto Farro Risotto with Sugar Snap Peas and Asparagus, Date Bites, and many more. In addition to Bildirici's...
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34) Sentient: how animals illuminate the wonder of our human senses
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Higgins, Jackie
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35) Sentient: how animals illuminate the wonder of our human senses
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Higgins, Jackie
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36) Skin in the game: everything you need is already inside you
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Wurwand, Jane
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37) The art of papercraft
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Hiebert, Helen
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"Paper artist and teacher Helen Hiebert compiles a one-of-kind collection of 40 unique projects, each using just one sheet of paper, combining decorative paper techniques like marbling, stamping, and stenciling with dimensional techniques like origami, cutting, folding, quilling, stretching, weaving, and pop-ups"--
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38) The beauty of dusk: on vision lost and found
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Bruni, Frank
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"From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes a wise and moving memoir about aging, affliction, and optimism after partially losing his eyesight. One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had cut off...
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39) The digital Silk Road: China's quest to wire the world and win the future
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Hillman, Jonathan E
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"An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks"--
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40) The insect crisis: the fall of the tiny empires that run the world
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Milman, Oliver
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"A devastating exploration of how the collapse in insect populations around the world threatens everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From the ants scurrying under leaf litter to the bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are seemingly everywhere. Three out of four of the planet's known species are insects, but a torrent of recent evidence suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential...
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41) The insect crisis: the fall of the tiny empires that run the world
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42) The leader's checklist: 16 mission-critical principles
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Useem, Michael
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43) The new art of war: the origins, theory, and future of conflict
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Weiss, Geoffrey F
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"The introduction explains why we should study war. As for how to do this, we turn to Alexander the Great's mentor, Aristotle, who in Posterior Analytics, asserts that understanding something's nature requires that we identify its cause or "why." In Physics and Metaphysics, he says that this "why" can be expressed as four "causes:" (1) "material" (substance); (2) "formal" (appearance); (3) "efficient" (source); and (4) "final" (purpose). For example,...
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44) The old farmer's almanac flower gardener's handbook
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"Grow the most beautiful and colorful flowers! You can develop and nurture a flower garden that is delightful to behold and easy to maintain and makes you smile through the seasons with tried-and-true wisdom from The Old Farmer's Almanac. Whether you don't know dead heading from dormancy or bonemeal from a bleeding heart or you have a flower-cutting bed that is the envy of local florists, you'll quickly benefit from the time-saving tips, inspiring...
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45) The Zen of therapy: uncovering a hidden kindness in life
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Epstein, Mark
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"A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year's worth of therapy sessions during which he brought together his years of experience with Western psychotherapy and his equally long investigation into Buddhism to understand how the practices, in tandem, can lead to even greater awareness - for his patients, and for himself. For years, Dr. Mark Epstein was careful not to let his spiritual leanings as...
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46) Under the influence: putting peer pressure to work
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Frank, Robert H
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From bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, an audiobook narrated by Trevor White about bold new ideas for creating environments that promise a brighter future Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, often for the worse. But social influence is a two-way street-our environments are themselves products of our behavior. Under the Influence explains how to...
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47) USMLE® Step 1 lecture notes 2021: Immunology and microbiology
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"The only official Kaplan Lecture Notes for USMLE Step 1 cover the comprehensive information you need to ace the exam and match into the residency of your choice."--publisher.
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48) USMLE® Step 1 lecture notes 2021: Biochemistry and medical genetics
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49) USMLE® step 1 lecture notes: Anatomy
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50) We were made for these times: ten lessons on moving through change, loss, and disruption
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Lingo, Kaira Jewel
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"Guided meditation practices and journaling exercises to help readers navigate major life transitions in relation to personal changes of direction and climate, racial, and social justice"--
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51) What bees want: beekeeping as nature intended
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Knilans, Susan
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"Bee populations are plummeting. The solution? Give them what they need to live naturally, and they'll handle the rest. Susan Knilans and Jacqueline Freeman are in love with bees. So in love that they observe their bees-their work, communication, seasonal activity, and more-for hours each day. And with observation came realization: when bees are allowed to live as they would in nature (with smaller hives, no chemicals, freedom to swarm, and little-to-no...
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52) Worn: a people's history of clothing
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Thanhauser, Sofi
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"In this ambitious, panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories-Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool-about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed from lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional...
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