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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise April 2019
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RBDigital
RBDigital is a collection of current and back issues of your favorite magazines that can be read on your computer or mobile device. Enjoy magazines like Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, Eating Light, The Economist, ESPN, Kiplinger's, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Wired and more and keep them as long as you want. Explore our collection of over 300 titles!
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Audiobooks & eBooks
Enjoy audiobooks and eBooks for all ages and from all genres on your computer or mobile device. These titles can be checked out for 7 or 14 days (you choose!) and when the checkout period expires, they check themselves in so there are never any late fees!
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Build Your Small Business: Del City
Tuesday, May 14,
7:00 pm
Event Location
Larn how to start your own business or build and strengthen your existing small business! In this free program, Cindi Carter, Economic Development Specialist with the Oklahoma District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will share information about the SBA and how its resources can support your work.
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Lawyers in the Library: Downtown
Tuesday, April 30,
5:30 pm
Friends Event Room (Pre-Function) (4130)
Need legal advice? Lawyers in the Library is a free legal advice and referral service organized by the Oklahoma County Law Library and Attorneys in Oklahoma County. Consultations are offered on a first come, first served basis. Registration is recommended. Contact the Oklahoma County Law Library at 405-713-1353 to register.
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Total Wellness with OCCHD: Midwest City
Tuesday, April 23,
5:15 pm
Rooms A-B (AB)
The Total Wellness program provides FREE interactive weight loss classes for Oklahoma County residents to help prevent diabetes and heart disease. Classes meet one hour every week for eight weeks. All class participants have a goal of losing 5% of their body weight and being more active. To enroll, please call: 405-425-4422 or email totalwellness@occhd.org.Funded in part by the Oklahoma City County Health Department. Offered at other libraries.
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Zumba Gold: Northwest
Tuesday, April 16,
6:30 pm
Meeting Room B
Skip the gym and dance to get slim! All skill levels are welcome to move to the beat of this dance workout, build a stronger body, and be apart of the Zumba community! Zumba Gold modifies the original Zumba moves for a lower intensity workout. While you're at the library, check out our collection of fitness books and DVDs to take home with you! This is a recurring event taking place on Tuesday evenings in April and May.
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Oil and Gas Royalties Workshop: Edmond
Wednesday, April 3,
6:00 pm
Rooms A-B (AB)
Rescheduled from February 27th.Mineral Owners, learn what you NEED to include in your O&G Leases. Don't be taken advantage of. This is money in the Bank! Use it or lose it.Your Instructor is George Wilson, JD, CMM, Certified Minerals Manager, former US Federal Magistrate for the Western District of Oklahoma, TCU Energy Institute legal Scholar in Minerals Management and lead instructor in mineral owners training courses, and featured in The New York Times. His secrets have challenged even the toughest lease brokers. He has an elevated passion in educating and assisting anyone in the Oil and Gas Industry.
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Fresh From the Market: Choctaw
Sunday, April 28,
2:00 pm
Meeting Room A
Not sure how to pick fresh fruits and vegetables or what to do with them once you buy them? Join OSU Extension Specialist, Taylor Conner, to learn how to tell what fruits and vegetables are in season and if they are ripe. Sample some fresh produce and gather tips and recipes for using what is seasonally available.
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| Craftfulness: Mend Yourself by Making Things by Rosemary Davidson and Arzu TahsinWhat it is: a refreshing take on the concept of mindfulness practice, grounded in the value of creativity.
Who it's for: anyone who finds traditional meditation techniques too passive; crafters seeking new appreciation of their hobbies.
Reviewers say: "concise insights into the beauty and importance of creating" (Booklist).
Digital Resource Available: Ebook on Overdrive |
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| Help Me! One Woman's Quest to Find Out if Self-Help Really Can Change Her Life by Marianne PowerWhat it is: a refreshingly irreverent but still moving journey into the world of self-help books; the author's candid reflections on how advice taken from many of the world's most well-known self-help books has affected her life.
Who it's for: people curious about the past, present, and possible future of the self-improvement industry; anyone who has been told they should read The Secret one too many times.
Why you might like it: despite the tongue-in-cheek premise, the author is a longtime fan and consumer of self-help books and expresses affection for them throughout the book.
Digital Resource Available: EBook Available On HOOPLA |
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| It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond by Julia Cameron with Emma LivelyWhat it's about: how creativity can help retirees with navigating this new chapter in their lives; celebrating the freedom from career obligations to forge a new, satisfying path.
What makes it unique: While most retirement books focus on the practical side of retirement (finances, healthcare, etc.), It's Never Too Late to Begin Again is more concerned with cultivating emotional and spiritual enrichment.
Try this next: Julia Cameron's previous work about life and art The Artist's Way; Concerning the Spiritual in Art by artist Wassily Kandinsky.
Digital Resource Available: Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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| The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 by Jonathan RauchWhat it is: a science-based, journalistic examination of the titular "happiness curve," in which people report feelings of dissatisfaction in mid-life but a return to happiness in their later years.
Why you should read it: although the research suggests that a mid-life slump is very common, the author makes a point to recommend ways to counteract it.
Reviewers say: "Stimulating reading for those seeking enlightenment and joyfulness throughout middle age" (Kirkus Reviews).
Digital Resource Available: Ebook & EAudio Book On OVERDRIVE |
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| Happy Retirement: the Psychology of Reinvention by Kenneth S. ShultzWhat it's about: how to plan for and get the most out of retirement, based on recent research into retirement's psychological effects.
Read it for: the pragmatic advice, abundant illustrations, and the author's skillful evaluation of the cited research studies.
Chapters include: "Sunset or new dawn?," "Is my legacy secure?," "Passing the flame."
Digital Resource Available: Ebook on OVERDRIVE |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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