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1. About face
Author:
NoveList Series:
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 18.
Series:
Guido Brunetti mysteries volume 18
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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Description:
At the request of a carabiniere investigator, Commissario Guido Brunetti looks into illegal garbage hauling that has resulted in a murder, while Brunetti's father-in-law asks him to investigate a potential business partner with a mysterious wife.
Author:
Publisher:
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Description:
"A tragicomic novel of a fame-obsessed American society yet again on the brink. Evoking such classics as Elmer Gantry and The Day of the Locust, William Giraldi's About Face boldly transfers the perennial literary themes of celebrity, ambition, and obsession to twenty-first-century Boston. There we meet Val Face, a charismatic self-help guru who captivates multitudes with his uncanny ability to heal adherents using only the power of his words, the...
Author:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD
Discover how to become the joyous, confident woman you were meant to be.
Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie.
If you have ever said any of these things to yourself . . .
7. Fish
Author:
NoveList Series:
Series:
Publisher:
DK Publishing
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Photographs and text explore the characteristics, habitats, and variety of fishes and other undersea life.
Author:
Series:
Publisher:
Children's Press
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
For thousands of years, criminals called pirates have taken to the sea to hijack boats, steal valuable goods, and take hostages. Todays pirates are more advanced than ever before, able to quickly overtake huge ships using powerful weapons and high-tech communication devices. Readers will find out what effect piracy has on the world today and what government and law enforcement agencies around the world are doing to stop it.
Author:
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past."--Provided by publisher.
11. LGBTQ YA Books
Created By:
alexandra g h.
Number of Titles:
831 titles are in this list.
Description:
Young Adult books featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or trans, queer, questioning, asexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, two spirit, demisexual, or other romantic and sexual orientations and gender identities. Not exhaustive or complete.
Created By:
marissa s.
Number of Titles:
265 titles are in this list.
Description:
This list has been created by a Library Assistant at Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL) and encompasses *most* of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus other identitites such as, intersex, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, nonbinary, genderqueer, and more) titles categorized under "Nonfiction" and "Biography" in the WCPL collection as of March 11, 2025.
Publisher:
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date:
[2016]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
The author relates how a chance encounter in a magic shop with a woman who taught him exercises to ease his sufferings and manifest his greatest desires gave him a glimpse of the relationship between the brain and the heart, and drove him to explore the neuroscience of compassion and altruism.
Author:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Formats:
Description:
In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, in a book that doubles as a shocking, unedited examination of our healthcare system.
Author:
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Women are pursuing their health like never before. Whether it's juicing, biohacking, clutching crystals, or sipping collagen, today there is something for everyone, as the wellness industry has grown from modest roots into a $4.4 trillion entity and a full-blown movement promising health and vitality in the most fashionable package. But why suddenly are we all feeling so unwell? The truth is that deep within the underbelly of self-care-hidden beneath...
Author:
Publisher:
Owl Books
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
Description:
Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions--anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness--and shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink, Ekman's Facial Action Coding System offers intense training in recognizing feelings in spouses, children, colleagues, even strangers on the street. Ekman distills decades of research...
Author:
Publisher:
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
Description:
Unoffendable, now revised and updated with two new chapters, gives you a concrete, practical way to live life with less stress. In our easily offended, cancel-culture society, learn how to replace perpetual frustration and anger with refreshing humility and gratitude. It turns out giving up your "right" to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It's a...
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