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English
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All her life, Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter, her best friend, her confidant, and it provided a refuge from her fractured family. But when she stepped on the scale on her twentieth birthday and it registered a shocking 268 pounds, she knew she had to change the way she thought about food and herself: her life was at stake. She tells us how she discovered balance in an off-kilter world, finding beauty in acceptance...
5) Angelmaker
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Avoiding the lifestyle of his late gangster father by working as a clock repairman, Joe Spork fixes an unusual device that turns out to be a former secret agent's doomsday machine and incurs the wrath of the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator.
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Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c2008
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64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Travel back in time to medieval Europe and discover the secrets of castles, the life of knights, the lifestyle of people, government, and social and religious customs, and the strict laws.
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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"Soak up the sun with this delightful novel from New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer! Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself caught between two lifestyles and two very different men. Because this summer has taken an unexpected turn and now she must decide what she really wants"--
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Documents the author's efforts to eat food produced within ten miles of her home in Puget Sound, Washington, exposing the cause-and-effect consequences of a processed-foods diet while sharing the stories of the farmers she befriended who epitomized the sustainable lifestyle.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 23 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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They have made a difference and revolutionized the world. They come from all walks of life and from all corners of the globe. These remarkable individuals have pioneered, developed and forever improved their industry and the world in which we live. Engaging and relevant, these individuals will change the way you view the world, and remind you that it only takes one person to make a difference. Guerrilla Gardeners, Martha Stewart, Maharishi Mahesh...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Explore one of the ultimate applications of evolutionary principles: harnessing evolution to benefit human health. Study diseases such as malaria, AIDS, influenza, and cancer that evolve rapidly to outmaneuver the body’s changing defenses. Also contrast our modern lifestyle with the physiology we inherited from our prehistoric ancestors, who evolved to compete in a far different world.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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Want a fascinating glimpse of quirky American history? Look no further than a journey through the state parks of the San Juan Islands. Tour this mosaic of islands and waterways, home to state parks that reflect the archipelago’s bucolic lifestyles, including Lime Kiln Point State Park and Matia Island Marine State Park.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
13) A Day for dying
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1995
Edition
[1st Scribner ed.]
Physical Desc
279 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspector Luke Thanet is called to investigate when writer Max Jeopard is found dead in his future in-law's swimming pool on the night of his engagement party, and learns that the picture-perfect lifestyle Max portrayed to the public was just a facade.
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
265 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Want to unlock you creative potential? Change the way you eat! Living a creative life means continually trying new things: exploring innovative techniques and possibilities, asking "what if?" and letting your curiousity lead you to places you may be afraid to venture. We're always looking for more efficient, sustainable, and above all joyful ways of living entrepreneurs, a vegan lifestyle offers all that and more.
Author
Series
Part of your world volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"People expect big things from Alexis Montgomery. She's a thirty-seven-year-old doctor from a wealthy and prestigious family full of world-renowned surgeons. Only, Alexis is tired of living up to her family's dreams for her. Now she's about to take her bravest step yet: start living her life for herself. Daniel Grant is a twenty-eight-year-old small-town carpenter with a heart of gold and a legacy of his own. He may not have gone to college, but he's...
16) Grey
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Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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See the world of Fifty Shades of Grey anew through the eyes of Christian Grey. In Christian's own words, and through his thoughts, reflections, and dreams, E L James offers a fresh perspective on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the world. Christian Grey exercises control in all things; his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty--until the day that Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs...
17) The prisoner
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the handsome billionaire Jed Hawthorne. But then, Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, not knowing where she is. Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here, imprisoned, than she had begun...
18) Diper överlöde
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 17
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When he decides to tag along with his brother Rodrick's band, Löded Diper, Greg doesn't realize what he's getting into. But he soon learns that late nights, unpaid gigs, fighting between band members, and money troubles are all part of the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. Can Greg help Löded Diper become the legends they think they are? Or will too much time with Rodrick's band be a Diper Överlöde?"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Two Dollar Radio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"The Underneath follows Kay Ward, a former journalist struggling with the constraints of motherhood. Along with her husband and two children, she rents a quaint Vermont farmhouse for the summer. The idea is to disconnect from their work-based lifestyle―that had her doggedly pursuing a genocidal leader of child soldiers known as General Christmas, even through Kay's pregnancy and the birth of their second child―in an effort to repair their shaky...
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