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Summary: A compendium of true American life stories, drawn from an ambitious oral history project, features pieces representing every walk of life from all fifty states, in a nation-wide and thematically arranged celebration of the nation's shared humanity.
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Call #: CD BOOK 973.92 LIS
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Call #: CD BOOK 791.447 BES
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(804)
Summary: A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists.
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Call #: CD BOOK 910.4 BET
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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(53,040)
Summary: "[Crucial Conversations] draws our attention to those defining moments that literally shape our lives, our relationships, and our world. . . .This book deserves to take its place as one of the key...
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Call #: CD BOOK 158.2 CRU
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Summary: Presents a collection of stories from various storytelling events sponsored by the Moth, a non-profit organization that holds regular storytelling evenings in bars, restaurants, and a variety of other venues in New York and elsewhere.
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Call #: CD BOOK 818.6 BES
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(441)
Summary: A celebration of this anniversary milestone, featuring both new content and some of the most historic and iconic moments in NPR's first forty years on the air.
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Call #: CD BOOK 791.44 NPR
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(388)
Summary: A collection of Driveway Moments--stories that keep you in the car to listen to the end even after you've reached your destination. Stories from Jonathan Winters, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, David Sedaris, Larry David and more.
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Call #: CD BOOK 791.44 NPR
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Daron Acemoglu (read by Dan Woren)
(35,676)
Summary: Why are some nations more prosperous than others? "Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or...
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Call #: CD BOOK 330 ACE
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Jonathan M. Acuff (read by Jon Acuff)
(7,761)
Summary: The sneakiest obstacle to meeting your goals is not laziness, but perfectionism. We're our own worst critics, and if it looks like we're not going to do something right, we prefer not to do it at...
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Call #: CD BOOK 650.1 ACU
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Mitch Albom
(77,042)
Summary: When an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots and becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer...
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Call #: CD BOOK 296.7 ALB
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Patrick Allitt
Summary: Experience the grit and the glory of the early American West with an acclaimed Great Courses professor.
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Call #: CD BOOK 978 ALL
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Patrick Allitt , speaker
Summary: Examines how the Victorians lived with social and economic contradictions and how Britain changed between the 1830s and 1900.
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Call #: CD BOOK 941.081 ALL
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Stephen E Ambrose (read by Barrett Whitener)
(54,918)
Summary: In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the...
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Call #: CD BOOK 978.46 AMB
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Daniel G Amen
(700)
Summary: From a bestselling author and PBS star comes a brain-healthy program for readers to turn back the clock and keep their minds sharp and their bodies fit.
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Call #: CD BOOK 613 AME
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Daniel G. Amen (read by Marc Cashman )
(2,132)
Summary: Discusses ways in which maintaining a healthy brain can improve the health of the body, explaining how to: reach and maintain an ideal body weight; improve the condition of the skin; reduce stress...
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Call #: CD BOOK 613 AME
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Aziz Ansari (read by Aziz Ansari)
(172,037)
Summary: A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's most popular and sharpest comedic voices.
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Call #: CD BOOK 306.7 ANS
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Dorsey Armstrong
Summary: "Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages-- fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious...
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Call #: CD BOOK 940.1 ARM
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Karen Armstrong (read by Karen Armstrong)
(8,454)
Summary: The author presents a history of religious faith with an emphasis on Christianity and discusses the decline of faith and rise of dogmatic atheism of the present day.
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Call #: CD BOOK 211 ARM
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Karen Armstrong
(2,297)
Summary: From the author of A History of God, an exploration of religion's connection to violence. For the first time in American history, religious self-identification is on the decline. Some have cited a...
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Call #: CD BOOK 201.7 ARM
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Thomas S. Asbridge (read by Derek Perkins )
(3,034)
Summary: Thomas Asbridge draws upon the thirteenth-century biography and an array of other contemporary evidence to present a compelling account of William Marshal's life and times. Asbridge follows Marshal...
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Call #: CD BOOK 942.03 ASB
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Thomas S. Asbridge
Summary: An authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account...
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Call #: CD BOOK 909 ASB
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Dave Asprey
(1,727)
Summary: Offers techniques for becoming happier, healthier, and smarter, culled from the wisdom of world-class thought leaders and mavericks of science and business.
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Call #: CD BOOK 158.1 ASP
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Rick Atkinson (read by Rick Atkinson)
(1,543)
Summary: For soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division, the road to Baghdad began with a midnight flight in late February 2003. For Rick Atkinson, who would spend two months covering the division for The...
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Call #: CD BOOK 956.7 ATK
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Rick Atkinson (read by Rick Atkinson)
(17,175)
Summary: The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is an epic story of courage and calamity, of miscalculation and enduring triumph. In this first volume of the Liberation Trilogy, Rick...
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Call #: CD BOOK 940.5423 ATK
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David Attenborough
(8,851)
Summary: David Attenborough has had an extraordinary life. As a young man, Attenborough felt he was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world -- but he found it was an illusion. The...
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Call #: CD BOOK 508 ATT
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Fredrik Backman
(12,554)
Summary: Collects the personal dispatches from the front lines of one of the most daunting experiences any man can experience: fatherhood. As he conveys his profound awe at experiencing all the "firsts" that...
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Call #: CD BOOK 306.8742 BAC
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Alec Baldwin
(1,230)
Summary: A satirical memoir written in the style of Donald Trump shares lampooning insights into the forty-fifth president's election, disdain for the press, backroom strategy sessions with White House advisers, and world-changing decisions.
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Call #: CD BOOK 973.933 BAL
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Dave Barry (read by Patrick Frederic )
(1,326)
Summary: Dave Barry is sharing some of his thoughts on the past millennium.
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Call #: CD BOOK 818.54 BAR
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Dave Barry
Summary: First, take Barry's quiz to find out whether you are a guy. In the following chapters, you will soon understand the valuable contributions guys have made to the world (cherry bombs, remote...
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Call #: CD BOOK 818.54 BAR
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Joanna Barsh
(51)
Summary: How do real people succeed in the real world of work? That's the question Joanna Barsh sets out to answer by diving into the trenches with today's boldest, brightest leaders.
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Call #: CD BOOK 658.4 BAR
Location: Adult CD Books Nonfiction
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Mary Beard
(42,142)
Summary: Beard explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals.
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Call #: CD BOOK 937 BEA
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Glenn Beck (read by Glenn Beck)
(3,957)
Summary: The host of the popular CNN Headline News television show and conservative radio talk-show personality presents his perspectives on issues ranging from nuclear technology in the Middle East and poor...
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Call #: CD BOOK 973.92 BEC
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Jordan Belfort (read by Jordan Belfort)
(4,416)
Summary: Jordan Belfort, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street, reveals the step by step sales and persuasion system proven to turn anyone into a sales-closing, money-earning rock star.
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Call #: CD BOOK 658.85 BEL
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Mark Berkson
Summary: Religious belief has been innate to humans everywhere and in every age, from the time of the Neanderthals to the 21st century. It's also one of the strongest motivators of human behavior and has a...
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Call #: CD BOOK 200 BER
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Buzz Bissinger
(52,208)
Summary: Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place...
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Call #: CD BOOK 796.3326 BIS
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Nate Blakeslee (read by Nate Blakeslee)
(8,291)
Summary: The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her. Before men ruled the earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North...
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Call #: CD BOOK 599.773 BLA
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John R. Bolton
(11,453)
Summary: As President Trump's National Security Advisor, Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened. After working in the Reagan and both Bush presidencies, he has a great eye for the...
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Call #: CD BOOK 973.933 BOL
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