Rabin-Havt, Ari
Summary: In today's post-truth political landscape, there is a carefully concealed but ever-growing industry of organized misinformation that exists to create and disseminate lies in the service of political agendas. Ari Rabin-Havt and Media Matters for America present a revelatory history of this industry-which they've dubbed Lies, Incorporated-and show how it has crippled legislative progress on...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2016
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Tackett, Michael
Summary: Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours from anything. There, between the corn fields and hog yards, is a ball field with a bronze bust of a man named Merl Eberly, a baseball whisperer who specialized in second chances and lost causes. The statue was a gift from one of Merl's original long shot projects, a skinny kid from the ghetto in Los Angeles who would one day become a beloved...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 796.357 TACWilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard)
Summary: Two decades into the future humans are battling for their very survival when a powerful AI computer goes rogue, and all the machines on earth rebel against their human controllers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD SF WILBurke, Alafair
Summary: When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters--one the victim's widow, the other his ex-wife--navigate long-standing resentments to uncover devastating family secrets.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC BURKelly, Matthew.
Summary: One of the major issues concerning our lives today is work-life balance. No one has it and everyone wants it. In this book the author suggests that balance is not what we really want. What is proposed by the author is that we all really want satisfaction as opposed to balance.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 650.1 KELDuhigg, Charles.
Summary: Award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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Summary: After the death of his ex-girlfriend Carly, northern California high school student Neily joins forces with Carly's cousin Audrey to try to solve her murder.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JARMartin, Steve J.
Summary: Drawing from extensive research in the new science of persuasion, Steve Martin, Noah Goldstein and Robert Cialdini, prove that small changes can make a big difference.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 658.4 MARPalacio, R. J.
Summary: Wonder: "August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school--until now. He's about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PALPaulsen, Jim.
Summary: A father and son embark on a road trip to a distant animal shelter to save a homeless border collie puppy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD PAUTaubes, Gary.
Summary: Reveals the role of certain carbohydrates in today's obesity epidemic while denouncing calorie-based nutritional practices, and discusses genetics, the politics behind nutritional guidelines, and foods to eat and avoid.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2011
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Summary: "She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far . . . For the filming of a new reality TV show, 12 contestants of different backgrounds and varying talent are pitted against one another in a remote New England forest to determine who has the best survival skills. Separately, we come to know one of those contestants intimately as she sets out alone, a few weeks into the future,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OLIWilson, Daniel H. (Daniel Howard)
Summary: In the near future, at a precise moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will spontaneously malfunction. It will unite-- and begin to turn against us. A massively powerful artificial intelligence called Archos, taking on the persona of a shy human boy, comes online and can't be contained; it begins, unbeknownst to humans, to silently take over our smart cars,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC WILDuhigg, Charles.
Summary: Charles Duhigg explores the science of productivity, and why, in today's world, managing how people think rather than what they think can transform their lives.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 158 DUHMezrich, Ben
Summary: The incredible true story of the accidental creation of Facebook, and the even more amazing tale of what followed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2009