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Libertie : a novel
by Kaitlyn Greenidge; read by Channie Waites
Coming of age as a free-born Black woman in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson struggles against her mother’s medical aspirations for her when she finds herself more drawn to a musical career that could compromise her autonomy.
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Breath : the new science of a lost art
by James Nestor; narrated by James Nestor
"No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how resilient your genes are, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Science journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong with our breathing and how to fix it. Why are we the only animals with chronically crooked teeth? Why didn't our ancestors snore? Nestor seeks out answers in muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again"
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The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
by V.E. Schwab; narrated by Julia Whelan
What it's about: Three centuries after she makes a Faustian bargain to live forever but to be unremembered, adventurous young French woman Addie Larue discovers that one person, New York bookstore owner Henry, may be the exception.
Narration: Award-winning narrator Julia Whelan wields an impressive array of character accents (including French and New York) in her leisurely-paced reading of this sweeping fantasy.
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Gilead [sound recording]
by Marilynne Robinson
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets
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The Bomber Mafia : A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
by Malcolm Gladwell; narrated by Malcolm Gladwell
A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war
In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the "Bomber Mafia," asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi; translated by Geoffrey Trousselot; narrated by Arina Li
Is time travel possible? It is in a tiny Tokyo café, where one particular chair allows its occupants to visit past experiences (though several rules apply).
Narration: Arina Li's calm and measured performance movingly captures the characters' longing and the novel's affecting tone.
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People strategy : how to invest in people and make culture your competitive advantage
by Jack Altman; read by Adam Barr
"The rise of technology and the information age has resulted in more companies that compete primarily based on their people. And it's no surprise that people-centric companies are the ones winning the talent war. And that's because people-centric companies invest in People Strategy. People Strategy provides a unique framework for executive, HR, and team leaders to use data to build company culture, increase employee motivation, and drive high-performing teams. The book will guide the reader through: establishing the values that will be the bedrock of your culture; show the feedback components that help employees feel heard, supported, and equipped to succeed; explain ways to monitor the temperature of employee engagement; and ultimately how to use the data and insights to ensure your People Strategy is showing business results. Each section will feature Lattice's best practices and how-to advice, and will also feature stories from leaders from companies like Salesforce, Stripe, and Google to help demonstrate how our system is working in the real world."
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