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Popular Culture September 2019
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Range : why generalists triumph in a specialized world
by David J. Epstein
The Sports Illustrated senior writer and author of the best-selling The Sports Gene shares counterintuitive advice on the most effective path to success in any domain while revealing the essential contributions of generalist, not specialist, team members
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The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read : And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did
by Philippa Perry
The definitive guide for any parent looking to navigate their past, avoid repeating their own parents' mistakes, and ensure they don't land their own kids in therapy. Through the combination of case studies, her own experiences as a parent, and therapeutic insight gained from a career spanning over 20 years, Perry tackles the wider issues of what it actually means to be a parent, rather than getting bogged down in the little details. This isn't a book about meeting developmental milestones, training your child to have enviable manners, or how to get the much idealised 'perfect' family, it's about creating functional relationships with your children so that they grow up feeling secure, knowing who they are and what they want - giving both them and you a shot at real happiness. Full of refreshing, sage and sane advice on the bigger picture of parenthood, this is the only book you'll ever really need to ensure you don't mess your kids up.
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The Gulf Country : The Story of People and Place in Outback Queensland
by Richard J. Martin
'There is something about the Gulf Country that seems to become part of you.' With its great rivers, grassy plains, and mangrove-fringed coastline, Queensland's remote gulf country is rich and fertile land. It has long been home to Aboriginal people, and since 1865, also to Europeans and to settlers with Chinese, Japanese and Afghan ancestry. Richard Martin tells the story of a century and a half of exploration and colonisation, the growth of pastoral and mining industries, and the impact of Christian missionaries and two world wars, through to the present day. He recounts the brutal realities of violence and dispossession, as well as the contributions of hard work and entrepreneurialism across the decades. Drawing on his extensive interviews with people across the Gulf community, this is a lively and colourful account of tight knit communities, changing relationships to land, and resilience in the face of adversity."--Publisher.
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Have dog, will travel : a poet's journey
by Stephen Kuusisto
A blind poet describes how being laid off from his job as a small college town professor led him into acquiring his first guide dog and how it changed his life and gave him a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.
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The Choice Factory : How 25 Behavioural Biases Influence the Products We Decide to Buy
by Richard Shotton
"By observing a typical day of decision-making, from trivial food choices to significant work-place moves, he investigates how our behavior is shaped by psychological shortcuts. With a clear focus on the marketing potential of knowing what makes us tick, Shotton has drawn on evidence from academia, real-life ad campaigns and his own original research"--Back cover.
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The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth : A Comprehensive Examination
by Stephen Spignesi
"In a mothership full of entertaining and informative chapters, authors Stephen Spignesi and William Birnes, writers of many books dealing with the intriguing, weird, and unexplained, shed a revealing beam of light on the UFO phenomenon. From inexplicable cattle mutilations and modern astronauts who have seen UFOs, to close encounters of the third and fourth kind, and, it's all here. The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth is at once a valuable reference and an engrossing guide for all those fascinated with unexplained phenomenon. Turning to any page at random, readers are sure to find new facts and information, as well as dozens of rare, irrefutable photos. In addition, readers will learn how they can access a special website which includes actual video evidence of UFOs. This just may be the most comprehensive UFO guide available."
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Howard Stern comes again
by Howard Stern
Presents a look at the author's four-decade career in radio, highlighting his most poignant interviews with such celebrities as Tracy Morgan, Lady Gaga, Jerry Seinfeld, and Harvey Weinstein
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Feel free : essays
by Zadie Smith
In a collection of essays arranged into five sections—In the World, In the Audience, In the Gallery, On the Bookshelf, and Feel Free—the best-selling author of Swing Time discusses important questions about our world that readers will immediately recognize.
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