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"The term 'home economics' may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople that were otherwise foreclosed. In [this book], Danielle Dreilinger traces the field's...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
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Unabridged
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English
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Every minute of every day, our data is harvested and exploited... It is time to pull the plug on the surveillance economy.
Governments and hundreds of corporations are spying on you, and everyone you know. They're not just selling your data. They're selling the power to influence you and decide for you. Even when you've explicitly asked them not to.
Reclaiming privacy is the only way we can regain control of our lives and our societies. These governments...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
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Unabridged
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English
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Through riveting personal stories and the latest research, Harvard evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven shows how testosterone drives the behavior of the sexes apart and how understanding the science behind this hormone is empowering for all.
Since antiquity—from the eunuchs in the royal courts of ancient China to the booming market for "elixirs of youth" in nineteenth-century Europe—humans have understood that typically masculine
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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Unabridged
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English
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Sometimes love comes knocking when you least expect it.
Millie Parker just moved to a new town with her teen sister in tow. The only romance on her agenda is what she's writing in her secret novel, but sometimes romance can't be avoided.
Especially when your new neighbor is the insanely handsome and all around nice guy, Jameson Lane. He's everything a woman could want in a man, but Millie doesn't want a man. Not now; not ever. Too bad her heart didn't...
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Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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Featuring an introduction written and narrated by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the story of the one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by governments around the world
Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud's Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the story of the
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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A timely and compelling guide to managing the anxiety that comes with succeeding and leading, from entrepreneur, mental health advocate, and top-rated podcaster Morra Aarons-Mele.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the world. But in our workplaces, anxiety has been a hidden problem, there in plain sight but ignored. Until now.
“The Anxious Achiever” is a book with a mission: to normalize anxiety and leadership. As leadership...
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Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2021
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Unabridged
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English
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Drew Marshall may have let me move into his spare bedroom while my house is being renovated, but don't think for one second his kindness comes without strings—big, ugly fake-relationship strings. That's okay, though, Dr. Andrew. I'll agree to your terms, move into your house, and act like your girlfriend when the big day comes, but I also plan to make your life miserable—make you pay for what you did to me. I may not be good at forgiving...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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Unabridged
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English
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A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten?
On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind
Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
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Unabridged
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English
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you probably still struggle with anger, sadness, resentment, or shame. As a child, your emotional needs were not met, your feelings were dismissed, and you likely took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. Somewhere along the way, you lost your sense of self. And without this strong sense of self, you may feel like your own...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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Unabridged
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English
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Norah Sullivan thought she had said "goodbye" to her hometown, Waverly, Texas, for good, but circumstances beyond her control have her packing up and moving home. Now, it would seem fate is hell bent on shoving the one man she absolutely cannot stand in her face everywhere she goes. He's rude and grumpy, and it's a crying shame someone so handsome is so unlikeable.
Colby Stuart is certain of two things: 1. His life is just fine how it is. 2. Norah...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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Sometimes love is waiting right in front of you.
Hannah Stuart has spent her life loving a man who barely knows she exists. Finally fed up with her situation, she decides it's time to start over somewhere new, but a catastrophe brings her plans to a screeching halt and forces her to endure encounter after encounter with her brother's best friend. AKA: the man of her dreams.
Seth Miller has known Hannah her entire life. She's like the adorable little...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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This modern reimagining of Persuasion is full of witty banter, romantic angst, and compelling characters as it captures the heart of the classic Jane Austen novel.
When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eight years later, she’s not so sure.
In her scenic hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Anne is comfortable focusing on her successful career: filling her late mother’s...
When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eight years later, she’s not so sure.
In her scenic hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Anne is comfortable focusing on her successful career: filling her late mother’s...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met or dismissed-and you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, and abandonment. As an adult, you have fought hard to establish your own sense of self, and heal the wounds caused by your upbringing. But what about other emotionally immature people (EIP) in your life? As an adult...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
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Unabridged
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English
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American archaeology was forever scarred by an 1893 business proposition between cowboy-turned-excavator Richard Wetherill and socialites-turned-antiquarians Fred and Talbot Hyde. Wetherill had stumbled upon Mesa Verde's spectacular cliff dwellings and started selling artifacts, but with the Hydes' money behind him, well-there's no telling what they might discover. Thus begins the Hyde Exploring Expedition, a nine-year venture into Utah's Grand Gulch...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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Do you get upset easily, or struggle to manage difficult thoughts and feelings like sadness, anger, frustration, or worry? Many teens struggle to balance their emotions and manage stress. Awareness is a great first step, but you also need solid skills to successfully navigate your complex world, be your best, and reach your goals. In this friendly guide, psychologist Melanie McNally offers proven-effective tools to help you cultivate emotional intelligence-the...
17) Good Habits
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Ascent Audio
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
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English
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Improve the way you work-and feel-by forming better habits. We all have habits. Some of them we've carefully established; others we may have simply fallen into. Some help us get our work done; others hold us back. This book explores how to change your behavior to break counterproductive tendencies, combat everyday stressors, and ultimately reach your goals at work and in life. This volume includes the work of James Clear, Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
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Unabridged
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English
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Based on the self-help classic, Stop Walking on Eggshells, this essential guide offers powerful skills and strategies for parenting a child of any age with borderline personality disorder (BPD)-without sacrificing their family or themselves.
If you have a child with BPD, you are all-too-aware of the behavioral and emotional issues that are linked to this disorder-including rages, self-harm, sexual acting out, substance abuse, suicidal behaviors, physical...