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"The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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"On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan 'What starts here changes the world,' he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic...
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The author of the phenomenal bestselling 100 Days of Real Food series addresses her readers' most common concern--how to cut out processed food on a tight budget--in this full-color cookbook with shopping lists and prices for each recipe"--From the publisher's web site.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"In this joyful celebration of skilled craftsmen, Eric Gorges, a corporate-refugee-turned-metal-shaper, taps into a growing hunger to get back to what's real. Through visits with fellow artisans--calligraphers, potters, stone carvers, glassblowers, engravers, woodworkers, and more--many of whom he's profiled for his popular television program, Gorges identifies values that are useful for all of us: taking time to slow down and enjoy the process, embracing...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
395 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Improve your memory, sharpen your mind, and change your life--at any age! As we age, our memories become unreliable; we misplace things and forget details....Memory expert Jim Karol shows that these side effects of aging are not inevitable. His memory-boosting system, called "Cogmental Intelligence," goes beyond preserving mental acuity and actually enhances memory and mental function through lifestyle changes and mental exercises. Concentration,...
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Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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From the North Dakota beet fields to California's National Forest campgrounds to Amazon's Texas CamperForce program, employers have discovered a new low-cost labor pool: transient older Americans. With Social security coming up short, these invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands, forming a growing community of migrant laborers dubbed "workampers." In a secondhand vehicle christened "Van Halen,"...
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"While Clint Harp is now known as Chip and Joanna Gaines's go-to table maker on Fixer Upper and a nationally acclaimed artisan, his life has not always been the DIY dream we see on the show. Ten years ago, he played the role of what he thought was a good husband, father, and provider, dutifully working at a sales job that came with a healthy paycheck. Yet he kept coming back to his unfilled dream of building furniture. With the support of his wife,...
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
395 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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In this warm collection of personal essays and recipes, best-selling author Ann Hood nourishes both our bodies and our souls. From her Italian-American childhood through raising and feeding a growing family and cooking with her new husband, food writer Michael Ruhlman, Ann Hood has long appreciated the power of a good meal. Growing up, she tasted love in her grandmother's tomato sauce and dreamed of her mother's special-occasion Fancy Lady Sandwiches....
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Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon--the legacy of P.T. Barnum's 'humbug' culminating with the currency of Donald J. Trump's 'fake news'. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, with race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
481 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"In Ageless Soul, Thomas Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather should be embraced and cherished. In Moore's view, aging is the process by which one becomes a more distinctive, complex, fulfilled, loving, and connected person. Using examples from his practice as a psychotherapist and teacher who lectures widely on the soul of medicine and spirituality, Moore argues for a new vision...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
587 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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With boundless curiosity, humor, and a healthy dose of skepticism, professional journalist and amateur drinker Bianca Bosker takes the reader inside underground tasting groups, exclusive New York City restaurants, California mass-market wine factories, and even a neuroscientist's fMRI machine as she attempts to answer the question: What's the big deal about wine?
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
299 (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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The host of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runner's World shares lessons, stories, advice and warnings gleaned from running the equivalent of once around the earth. --Publisher.
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
745 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Diabetes is epidemic in the United States, especially for those over 50. Even if you're already being diligent about your health, a diagnosis can feel like an overwhelming burden. Now the editors of Bottom Line Inc. present the first book for mature men and women looking to prevent and control diabetes with insight from over 500 of the world's top health experts.
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
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687 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
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English
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"A unique, revelatory portrait of small-town America: the activities, changes, and events that shape this mostly unseen part of our national landscape, and the issues and concerns that matter to the ordinary Americans who make these towns their home. For the last five years, James and Deborah Fallows have been traveling across America in a single-prop airplane, visiting small cities and meeting civic leaders, factory workers, recent immigrants, and...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
869 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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"An evidence-based plan to reduce cancer risk and support treatment, featuring six pillars of lifestyle change to support health and well-being. Most patients (and many doctors) do not realize that changes in our daily choices and habits can reduce cancer risk; and improve quality of life, increase the chances of survival, and aid in the healing process for those with cancer. Drawing on the latest scientific evidence and a clinical trial developed...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Death is the last taboo in our society, and grief is still profoundly misunderstood. So many of us feel awkward and uncertain around death, and shy away from talking honestly with family and friends. Grief Works is a compassionate guide that will inform and engage anyone who is grieving, from the "expected" death of a parent to the sudden unexpected death of a small child, and provide clear advice for those seeking to comfort the bereaved. With deeply...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"A guide to personal and professional empowerment through civility and social skills, written by two White House Social Secretaries who offer an important fundamental message: everyone is important and deserves to be treated well. These Washington insiders share what they've learned through first person examples of their own glamorous (and sometimes harrowing) moments with celebrities, foreign leaders and American politicians"--Provided by the publisher....
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Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
545 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"That Julie Yip-Williams survived infancy was a miracle. Born blind in Vietnam, she narrowly escaped euthanasia. Her family fled their country's political upheaval in the late 1970s, and in America a surgeon at UCLA gave Julie partial sight. She became a Harvard-educated lawyer with a husband, two little girls, and a life that once seemed impossible. Then, at thirty-seven, she was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, and a different...