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Kaplan Word Power: Vocabulary Building for Success
by Kaplan ()
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Designed to help listeners communicate more effectively, enhance SAT test scores, and achieve success in school or business, a vocabulary-building program presents a wide range of words that often appear on standardized tests or that are frequently misinterpreted.
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Posted: Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 11:23 pm by Sylvhania
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Take the Risk
by Ben Carson M.D. ()
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You can find our culture's obsession with avoiding risk everywhere, from multiple insurance policies to crash-tested vehicles. But is ducking risk the most productive way for us to live? Surgeon and author Dr. Ben Carson, who faces risk on a daily basis, offers an inspiring message on how accepting risk can lead us to a higher purpose.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 6:16 pm by Sylvhania
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter ()
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One frigid Midwestern winter night in 1988, a ginger kitten was shoved into the after-hours book-return slot at the public library in Spencer, Iowa. And in this tender story, Myron, the library director, tells of the impact the cat, named Dewey Readmore Books, had on the library and its patrons, and on Myron herself.
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Posted: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 6:58 pm by Sylvhania
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Breaking the Ring: The Rise and Fall of the Walker Family Spy Network
by John Barron ()
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On August 28, 1986, a federal judge sentenced Jerry Whitworth to 365 years in prison for espionage. During the preceding year, news reports jolted the American public with revelations about the Walker family spy ring, who for over two decades sold the Soviet KGB keys to the U.S. Navy's encrypted communications.
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Posted: Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 11:41 am by Sylvhania
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely ()
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A challenging mate to Freakonomics, Predictably Irrational examines how the world often works according to principles of irrationality in the places where we least expect it.
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 6:42 pm by Sylvhania
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The Unnatural History of the Sea
by Callum Roberts (2008-12-19)
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Marine conservation biologist Roberts presents a devastating account of the effects of fishing on the sea. Intensive fishing since medieval times has caused this decline gradually over the centuries, so that the fish-deprived sea seems normal to today's generations. Industrial fishing, especially trawling, has virtually eliminated entire habitats.
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Posted: Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:25 am by Sylvhania
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This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
by (2007-08-21)
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In the 1950s, the Edward R. Murrow–hosted radio program This I Believe prompted Americans to briefly explain their most cherished beliefs, be they religious or purely pragmatic. Since the program's 2005 renaissance as a weekly NPR segment, Allison and Gediman have collected some of the best essays from This I Believe then and now.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 7:56 pm by Sylvhania
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Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government
by Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe ()
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Glenn Beck, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers An Inconvenient Book and Glenn Beck's Common Sense, has stumbled upon the secret formula to winning arguments against people with big mouths but small minds: knowing the facts. And this book is full of them.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 2:03 pm by Sylvhania
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My Father, Maker of the Trees: How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide
by Tracey Lawrence, Eric Irivuzumugabe ()
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In 1994, 16-year-old Eric Irivuzumugabe climbed a cypress tree and remained there for 15 days without food or water. He wasn't trying to win a bet with his friends--he was attempting to save his life. Eric is a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide that claimed the lives of 1 million people in just 100 days.
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Posted: Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 9:33 pm by Sylvhania
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Eckhart Tolle’s Findhorn Retreat: Stillness Amidst the World
by Eckhart Tolle ()
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A two-day retreat at Findhorn, Scotland — famous as a spiritual center on the leading edge of personal and global transformation — offered an ideal showcase for Eckhart Tolle's transformative concepts.
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Posted: Friday, January 8, 2010 at 9:00 pm by Sylvhania
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