Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?N=6196 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713970 Its been forty years since the sexual revolution, and the women of America have everything they want. Everything, that is, except a husband. Women may be schooled in the art of sex, but they have failed in the art of love. That isnt surprising. The modern generation is living in a culture that isnt the least bit interested in helping them get hitched. For decades women have been taught to sleep around indiscriminately, to pursue an education and career at all costs, and to never depend on a man. As a result, women delay marriage indefinitely or ignore it altogether -- as though marriage has. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1675805 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684883 Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742121 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738430 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731474 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741990 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711358 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668441 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677060 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696378 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731407 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687447 Examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history, and shares engaging cartography stories and map lore. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731330 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705062 An analytical and scientific look at the nature of competition and what is required to be the Top Dog. Authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman argue that while people are still competitive nowadays, they compete for futile and useless goals and are daunted by the prospect of true competition. They offer an analysis on how to be a true competitor, and how to ultimately become Top Dog. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742171 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713216 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734641 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742045 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732787 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1732569 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682648 The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink their basic assumptions about how the world works, and, even more fundamentally, how it should and can work. Borders matter less than ever. Technology is constantly reordering the way we live, think, work, learn, love, pray, and play-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687228 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712897 Meet the Saturday Night Widows: ringleader Becky, an unsentimental journalist who lost her husband to cancer; Tara, a polished mother of two, whose husband died in the throes of alcoholism after she filed for divorce; Denise, a widow of just five months, now struggling to get by; Marcia, a hard-driving corporate lawyer; Dawn, an alluring self-made entrepreneur whose husband was killed in a sporting accident, leaving two small children behind; and Lesley, a housewife who returned home one day to find that her husband had committed suicide. The women meet once a month, and over the course of a year, they strike out on ever more far-flung adventures, learning to live past the worst thing they thought could happen. They share emotional peaks and valleys-- dating, parenting, moving, finding meaningful work, and reinventing themselves-- while turning traditional thinking about loss and recovery upside down. Through it all runs the story of Aikmans own journey through grief and her love affair with a man who tempts her to marry again. In a transporting story of what friends can achieve when they hold each other up, Saturday Night Widows is a rare book that will make you laugh, think, and remind yourself that despite the utter unpredictability and occasional tragedy of life, it is also precious, fragile, and often more joyous than we recognize -- from publishers web site. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731378 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712782 Swoon is a glittering pageant of charismatic ladies men from Casanova to Lord Byron to Camus to Ashton Kutcher. It challenges every preconceived idea about great lovers and answers one of historys most vexing questions: what do women want? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687137 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695899 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693645 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687220 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738624 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1721083 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731356 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731393 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738291 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696092 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713134 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705719 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687147 An assessment of how Haiti has fared after the 2010 earthquake reveals how the country continues to suffer from poverty, illness, and a broken infrastructure, assessing the factors that prevent aid from reaching people in need. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693629 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734598 A portrait of the dynamic Emanuel brothers cites their achievements in medicine, politics, and Hollywood, offering insight into the family history, unique upbringing, and social atmosphere that influenced their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704098 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697604 Presents a narrative exploration of the health-care crisis in inner-city communities as drawn from the authors experiences as an emergency room resident in the Newark community where he grew up, in an account that illuminates the complicated human realities behind the statistics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742137 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742004 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712331 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696589 Describes the authors experiences as a young widow and the pivotal relationships she forged with five other widows, recounting the stories of their losses and bravery as exchanged throughout a year of monthly Saturday night meetings. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742016 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693790 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684862 On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived ordinary. Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679377 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734768 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742982 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687217 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693608 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1683942 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696408 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1671571 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704629 Describes the authors long and painful relationship with Haiti before and after the 2010 earthquake, tracing the countrys turbulent history and its status as a symbol of human rights activism and social transformation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711448 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704101 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715142 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731413 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705707 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711465 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693643 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741985 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742001 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693771 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682884 On Looking begins with inattention. It is about attending to the joys of the unattended, the perceived ordinary. Horowitz encourages us to rediscover the extraordinary things that we are missing in our ordinary activities. Even when engaged in the simplest of activities like taking a walk around the block, we pay so little attention to most of what is right before us that we are sleepwalkers in our own lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742089 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684930 Documents the authors decade-long search for identity and a place of belonging as inspired by African-American and Jewish history as well as the exoduses of black communities that left ancestral homes in search of promised lands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741980 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697563 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1714538 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743598 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694972 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731262 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1734638 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742063 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711464 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647609 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742054 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687132 To understand the problems that vast individual fortunes pose for democratic values, Robert Dalzell presents an intriguing cast of wealthy individuals from colonial times to the present, including George Washington, one of the richest Americans of his day, the robber baron John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey, for all of whom extreme wealth is inextricably tied to social concerns. In the process Dalzell uncovers the sources of our contradictory feelings toward the very rich, how they have sought to be perceived as the good rich, and the reality behind the widespread notion that wealth and generosity go hand in hand in America. Finally, in a thoughtful and balanced conclusion, the author explores the cost of our long-standing attitudes toward the rich.--pub. desc. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712758 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713175 Why do certain products and ideas go viral? Wharton professor Jonah Berger draws on his research to explain the six steps that make products or ideas contagious. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711760 Presents over four thousand accomplishments by African Americans in the fields of entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, journalism, religion, science, sports, and music. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731435 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742005 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697567 Covering everything from the suspicious deaths of Tutankhamun and Princess Diana to the Roswell, 9/11 and Arab Spring controversies, this guide sorts the myths from the realities, the allegations from the explanations and the paranoid from the probable. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1738453 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704118 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1697611 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1742705 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1741982 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712158 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1731402 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1743628 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682781