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Summary: Outlines recommendations for business leaders on how to maximize a working team's professional productivity by improving administrative support and streamlining digital traffic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384.3 NEWNewport, Cal
Summary: "The author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work offers a philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload. History's most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to transform modern jobs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: "As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.73 FLYOrey, Cal
Summary: “The mega-popular Healing Powers series from bestselling nutrition writer Cal Orey continues with its 9th installment, The Healing Powers of Herbs and Spices, exploring the many ways fresh herbs in your fridge and dried spices in your kitchen cupboard can provide medicinal powers, home cures, weight loss benefits, beauty treatments, and adventurous flavors and textures to enhance plant-based...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt OreyOrey, Cal
Summary: It picks you up and calms you down, warms you and refreshes you. With black, white, red, green, and herbal varieties, there's a tea for every taste, and now this time-honored superfood is trending as the drink of choice for health-conscious people of all ages and cultures. This fascinating book boils down the rich history of tea--as well as the ever-expanding list of health and weight loss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Alt OreyFuhrman, Joel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 FUHNewport, Cal
Summary: "One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1 NEWCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business NewportRissman, Rebecca
Summary: In "narrative nonfiction format, this ... book follows a selection of people who experienced the 2011 Japan Tsunami"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.34 RISBushman, David
Summary: "In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of 'Twin Peaks.' Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities--a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas & Mercer 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 BUSRissman, Rebecca
Summary: Includes stories about Katherine Johnson, Miriam Mann, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, Annie Easley, and Christine Darden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 RISRissman, Rebecca
Summary: "Urban Farming helps readers trace the history of farming in urban areas, understand why we do it, explore the science behind it, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J635.9 RISJal, Emmanuel.
Summary: In the mid-1980s, Emmanuel Jal was a seven-year-old Sudanese boy, living in a small village. But as Sudan's civil war moved closer, his family moved again and again, seeking peace. Then, one terrible day, Jal was separated from his mother, and later learned she had been killed; his father Simon rose to become a powerful commander in the Christian Sudanese Liberation Army, fighting for the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 962.404 JAL, EMMANUEL JALSussman, Jeffrey
Summary: "This book shares the remarkable stories of boxers who had to fight for their lives while incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps. Alongside their stories are accounts of prisoners who resisted their captors and escaped the camps and those who sought revenge against the Nazis, creating a well-rounded portrait of those who fought against Nazi rule"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 SUSFasman, Jon
Summary: "An investigation into the legal, political, and moral issues surrounding how the police and justice system use surveillance technology, asking the question: what are citizens of a free country willing to tolerate in the name of public safety? Jon Fasmanlooks at how these technologies help police do their jobs, and what their use means for our privacy rights and civil liberties"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.44 FASFisman, Raymond.
Summary: Describes how the everyday dysfunction inherent in all organizations is actually a necessary part of the organization and uses case studies from McDonald's, Google, and even al Qaeda to prove that red tape, meetings, and management all serve a purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 FISMather, Cam
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aztext Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640 MATSussman, Art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Garcia River Press 1978
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 696.6 SUSSussman, Jeffrey
Summary: "Sin City Gangsters is an exciting page-turner about how the mob created and controlled modern Las Vegas and then lost it to Corporate America"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.106 SUSFuhrman, Elina
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Nut FuhrmanFuhrman, Joel.
Summary: Fuhrman offers a highly effective and scientifically proven way to lose weight quickly, with the simple formula of health = nutrients/calories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.25 FUHRissman, Rebecca.
Summary: "Presents yoga techniques and poses to promote brain power, stress relief, strength, and fitness"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Switch Press 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 RISRissman, Rebecca
Summary: "Describes cat shows, including the groups that organize them, how they are run and judged, and how owners prepare for them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.8 RISRissman, Rebecca
Summary: "Processed Foods helps readers trace the history of food processing, explore the science behind it, understand why we process food, and discuss controversies from an objective viewpoint. The title will engage readers on the topic and help them to weigh the pros and cons as they make their own food decisions."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: 664 RISRissman, Rebecca.
Summary: Discusses the history of the Declaration of Independence, the people responsible for drafting it, and what the text states, in addition to exploring how conservators in the National Archives have repaired the original document.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2013