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(0)Andrea Gallo
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8 audio discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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The authors take us inside the lives and brains of geniuses, savants, virtuosos, and a wide variety of ordinary people who have acquired truly extraordinary talents, one way or another. Delving into the neurological underpinnings of these abilities, they even reveal how we can acquire some of them ourselves--from perfect pitch and lightning fast math skills to supercharged creativity.
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10 audio discs (12 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Librarian-turned-author Vicki Myron offers a book based on the cat she rescued from her library's book drop one freezing night. This compilation of nine inspiring stories is about cats who have helped their owners take special joy from their seemingly ordinary lives. These true tales--including two new ones about Dewey--are brimming with examples of how people experience vital connections to the animals in their lives.
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Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., discovers her neighbor's head bashed in; Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of elderly lothario; and, Maine reporter Lucy Stone investigates a four-year-old boy's disappearance. Includes recipes.
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"A university ombudsman (a.k.a. "chief complaint officer") gives readers practical methods to speak up for themselves, resolve conflicts amicably, and get what they really want. Strategies are illustrated with humorous anecdotes drawn from the author's experience."--Provided by publisher.
8) Emily, alone
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Newly independent widow Emily Maxwell dreams of visits by grandchildren and mourns changes in her quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood before realizing an inner strength to pursue developing opportunities.
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On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Originally this bird numbered in the millions before humans brought predators to the islands. Now on the isolated island refuge, a team of scientists is trying to restore the kakapo population.