Hiner, Ed
Summary: "A Navy SEAL veteran's proven, battle-tested guide for developing grit and resilience, overcoming obstacles, and living life to the fullest. What does it take to set a goal or have a dream, and then actually achieve it? What does it take to turn fear and stress into foresight, motivation, and action? It takes GUTS. No one knows this better than decorated Navy SEAL veteran Brian "Iron Ed" Hiner....
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HINDiener, Ed.
Summary: "In this book the authors present scientific evidence revealing that happiness is not overrated, and is good for people's health, social relationships, job success, longevity, and altruism. They advocate an optimal level of happiness in which people do not seek euphoria, but pursue life satisfaction, meaning, and frequent positive emotions, with recognition that some negative emotions are an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell Pub. 2008
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Summary: Three non-traditional families face everyday challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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Summary: "New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of what makes the world's happiest places-- and shows you how too apply these lessons to your own life"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Haphazard pirates, wayward ghosts, dashing knights, rampaging kaiju (and down-to-earth regular joes!) are all assembled here to amaze and delight you in a wildly unique anthology celebrating love between men, from an astounding array of comics creators who know exactly how it feels. Featuring stories and art from SINA GRACE, NED BARNETT, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, CHARLES PULLIAM-MOORE, NICK ROBLES,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Wave Blue World, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 YOUWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: "Collects all of the essays by Laura Ingalls Wilder that originally appeared in the Missouri Ruralist between 1911 and 1924, offering Wilder's unique perspective on life and politics during the World War I era and her comments on the challenges of surviving and thriving in Missouri's rustic Ozark hill country"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Missouri Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay WilderAsner, Edward
Summary: Ed Asner, a self-proclaimed dauntless Democrat from the old days, figured that if the right-wing wackos are wrong about voter fraud, Obama’s death panels, and climate change, they are probably just as wrong about what the Constitution says. There’s no way that two hundred-plus years later, the right-wing ideologues know how to interpret the Constitution. On their way home from Philadelphia the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 ASNSummary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASGillmeister, Heiner
Contents: The origins of tennis: the monks' racket -- The tennis games of the Middle Ages -- The language of tennis -- Tennis in Renaissance literature -- Tennis in the German Ballhouse -- Lawn tennis: the sturdy bastard -- Lawn tennis in America -- Continental colonies: lawn tennis in France -- Lawn tennis under the Kaiser.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.342 GILKiner, Mikaela
Summary: Female Firebrands is an honest, modern, and solutions-oriented guide for dealing with situations working women know all too well: sexual harassment, not being taken seriously, and being talked over, passed over, underpaid, and underappreciated. Mid-career professional women will read this book and know they're not alone. Women earlier in their careers can save years of heartache and frustration...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenleaf Book Group Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.1082 KINHomer
Summary: Robert Fitzgerald's translation of Homer's Odyssey is the best and best loved modern translation of the greatest of all epic poems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 883.01 HOMMiner, Brad
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Publisher / Publication Date: SPNCE 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 395.142 MINHomer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parmenides Audio 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steed Publishing 0000
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Summary: Recounts the triumphs and defeats of the Greek and Trojan heroes during the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy by combined Greek armies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: In this fresh, authoritative version—the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman—this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer’s sprightly pace and singing with a voice...
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Publisher / Publication Date: London : W. W. Norton & Company 2018
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Summary: "The Odyssey tells of the long and painful return of Odysseus from the Trojan War to his homeland of Ithaka, his wife Penelope, and his son Telemachos. Even after he finally returns, there are enemies to be fought in his house. The action of the poem covers a huge canvas, ranging widely over time and place, exploring the known and the unknown worlds, involving magic and monsters, gods and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HACKT 0000
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1965
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Summary: The centuries old epic about the wrath of Achilles is rendered into modern English verse by a renowned translator and accompanied by an introduction that reassesses the identity of Homer. In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes godlike, yet utterly human of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Legend HomerHomer
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barnes & Noble 1993
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Summary: Details the archaeological discovery of thirteen skeletons in upstate New York that were identified as eighteenth century slaves from the Schuyler farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2016