Min, Anchee
Summary: Traces the author's journey from the painful deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of the United States, where she endured five jobs, crime, and a painful marriage before the birth of a daughter inspired her writing career.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2013
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 MIN, ANCHEE MINStephens, Gin
Summary: Gin Stephens is unstoppable! And she won't even pause until she's introduced every potential reader to Intermittent Fasting. In her 28-Day FAST Start Day-By-Day, she dispenses the "hows" and "whys" of IF day by day for a reader's first month, giving IFers what they need to know, when they need to know it. Supported throughout with inspirational case histories that add up to a troubleshooting...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Nguyen, Bich Minh.
Summary: A memoir of Bich Nguyen and her journey to become a "real" American.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 NGUYEN, BICH MINH NGUMiranda, Lin-Manuel
Summary: From Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda comes a backstage pass to his groundbreaking hit musical.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.West, Bing.
Summary: In Black Hawk Down, the fight went on for a day. In We Were Soldiers Once & Young, the fighting lasted three days. In The Village, one Marine squad fought for 495 days--and half of them died.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 959.704 WESOwen, Mark.
Summary: For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 958.1047 OWENS, MARK OWEPerkins, John
Summary: John Perkins' job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States -- from Indonesia to Panama -- to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corportations, such as Halliburton.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.042 PERYousafzai, Malala
Summary: Describes the life of the young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley, survived an assassination attempt, and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 YOUSAFZAI, MALALA YOUZailckas, Koren.
Summary: From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how binge drinking becomes routine, how it becomes "the usual." Zailckas describes her first sip at fourteen, alcohol poisoning at sixteen, a blacked-out sexual experience at nineteen, total disorientation...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2008
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 616.86 ZALBrandon, Emily.
Summary: Provides tips on using a variety of sources, including Social Security, Medicare, and 401(k)s, to build a retirement income.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332 BRAAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: The key to satisfaction and success at any age is a healthy brain. Dr. Amen discusses a range of options including proper diet, natural supplements and vitamins, exercise, positive thinking habits, and medication.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 AMESinger, P. W. (Peter Warren)
Summary: "America is on the brink of a revolution, one both technological and political. The science fiction of AI and robotics has finally come true, but millions are angry and fearful that the future has left them behind.After narrowly stopping a bombing at Washington's Union Station, FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan receives a new assignment: to field-test an advanced police robot. As a series of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SINCain, Susan.
Summary: "At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh's sunflowers to the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House, Inc. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Amen, Daniel G.
Summary: Prescription drugs aren't the only answer for those suffering from negative moods and difficulties such as anger and depression. Dr. Amen, a psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, offers healthy and natural brain prescriptions to help ease such symptoms.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.89 AMEAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: If you want to feel happier, more optimistic, more joyful, and resilient, Dr. Amen's groundbreaking new book is for you. We've all felt anxious, sad, traumatized, grief-stricken, stressed, angry, or hopeless at some point in life. It's perfectly normal to go through emotional crises or have periods when you feel panicked or out of sorts. It is how you respond to these challenges that will make...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 612.8 AMETwain, Mark
Summary: Irreverent, charming, and eminently quotable, this handbook--an eccentric etiquette guide for the human race--contains sixty-nine aphorisms, anecdotes, whimsical suggestions, maxims, and cautionary tales from Mark Twain's private and published writings. It dispenses advice and reflections on family life and public manners; opinions on topics such as dress, health, food, and childrearing and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2012