Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+7104+4294967015+4294948680 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694357 California billionaire Jonah Shacknais eight-year-old son dies falling off a balcony in his mansion. Several days later, Jonahs live-in girlfriend, Rebecca, is found hanging, nude, with her hands tied behind her. A police investigation rules her death a suicide-however, this seems unlikely to everyone who knew her. There are several suspects in this case: Jonahs brother, Adam, who arrived the day after Jonahs son fell. There are Jonahs two ex-wives; the second being Maxs mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694337 An honest, irreverent, chronological account of a woman forging her identity in bars, an almost exclusively male world, while living in New York, Dublin, and Montreal, among other locales. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674762 Americas pastor Max Lucado defines Gods grace and illuminates the changes it can bring into a persons life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693079 Professor Richard Wiseman, a renowned psychologist, presents a radical new insight into your body and brain, that it is your actions that have the power to instantly change the way you think and feel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694358 Tom Hartwig makes gag shovel handles, parts for quarter-million-dollar farm equipment, and now and then, batches of potentially extralegal explosives. As he approaches his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Arlene, Tom, famous for driving a team of oxen in local parades, has an endless reservoir of stories dating back to days of his prize Model A. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684880 New Jersey senator Bill Bradley offers his personal review of the state of the nation. He criticizes the role that money plays in politics, discusses flaws in existing foreign, electoral, and economic policies, and offer an opinion on steps the U.S. can take to return to prosperity. Topics covered include the financial meltdown, intensifying political gridlock, the Tea Party and Occupy movements, job creation, deficit reduction, education, and immigration. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679149 The story of how one thoroughly confused, kitchen-mad perfectionist broke off her engagement to a handsome New Yorker, quit her dream job, and found her way to a new life, a new man, and a new home in Berlin--one recipe at a time. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674771 When Jill Smokler was first home with her children, she thought her blog would keep friends and family updated. To her surprise, she hit a chord in the hearts of mothers everywhere. In a culture that idealizes motherhood, its scary to confess that being a mother is beautiful, dirty, joyful, and frustrating all at once. Admitting that its not easy doesnt make you a bad mom. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679141 Penn Jillettes Every Day Is an Atheist Holiday! will entertain zealots and skeptics alike. Whether hes contemplating the possibility of life after death, deconstructing popular Christmas carols, or just calling shenanigans on Donald Trumps apprentice training, Jillette does not fail to shock and delight his fans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684858 No recent futurist has been more influential (or, in some quarters, more controversial) than Ray Kurzweil. His optimistic vision of the Singularity, the point at which man and machine are melded into a new entity, expounded in his bestselling The Singularity Is Near, has been welcomed and challenged in equal measures as the next logical step in human evolution. Although a single chapter in The Singularity Is Near discussed the brain, in the eight years since that book was published relevant technologies to examine the brain have become a hundred times more powerful, which are beginning to enable us to reverse-engineer the brain and fully understand its workings. We have already succeeded in doing so for the auditory and visual cortex, but the great project is to understand, model, and simulate the cerebral cortex, the origin of ideas, and a uniquely human capability. How to Create a Mind will, like Singularity, present an overview of the state of current technology (in which the amount of data that we gather about the brain doubles each year) as well as offering predictions for what can be achieved within the coming decades, both in terms of amplifying human intelligence and applying newfound knowledge to machines. In it Kurzweil will discuss in depth how the brain works, how the mind emerges from the brain, and the implications of vastly increasing the powers of our intelligence in addressing the worlds problems. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681622 When he was three, Anastas found himself in his mothers fringe-therapy group in Massachusetts, a sign around his neck: Too Good to Be True. The phrase haunted him through his life. This is his deeply moving memoir of fathers and sons, crushing debt and infidelity-- and the first, cautious steps taken toward piecing a life back together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674776 Once upon a time, people knew their neighbors. They talked to them, had cook-outs with them, and went to church with them. In our time of unprecedented mobility and increasing isolationism, its hard to make lasting connections with those who live right outside our front door. We have hundreds of friends through online social networking, but we often dont even know the full name of the person who lives right next door. This unique and inspiring book asks the question: What is the most loving thing I can do for the people who live on my street or in my apartment building? Through compelling true stories of lives impacted, the author shows listeners how to create genuine friendships with the people who live in closest proximity to them. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter make this book perfect for small groups or individual study. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693077 Drawing on her own experience with personal reinvention, Brett Blumenthals professional work as a change management consultant and her studies in the fields of psychology and human behavior, Blumenthal breaks down how the listener can successfully reinvent their life in six steps. Each stage is comprehensively explained, with action items, tools, and resources that enables the listener to follow through and effect change in their life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681625 In the summer of 1913, under the cover of Londons perpetual smoggy dusk, two brilliant minds are pitted against each other, a celebrated gentleman thief and a talented Scotland Yard detective, in the greatest jewel heist of the century. Molly Caldwell Crosby investigates the true story of how the strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, vanishes without a trace while in transit to London from Paris and the cat-and-mouse game between Scotland Yard and the thief. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684869 Finding God can be difficult even in times of joy. But consider the times, and profound sorrows, of Abraham Lincoln. Stephen Mansfield presents a Lincoln ever on a journey of faith, cut short by an assassin and obscured by scholarly bias and conflicting evidence. Lincolns spiritual journey offers profound insight into the man who is today perceived as nearly the soul of America. His spiritual battles are not unlike those of our nation, which makes Lincolns story of faith vital for our times. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674772 Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open ones mind, forcing one to confront their demons and discover their true self. Andrew McCarthy details his excursions around the world. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: His wedding day. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=992351 Tim Blake finds himself asking questions when his daughter Sydney vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she was supposedly working, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends cant tell him what Sydney was really doing in the weeks before her disappearance. Now, as the days pass without a word, Tim is forced to face not only the fact that Sydney is missing but that the daughter hes loved and nurtured, the daughter he thought he knew as well as anyone, is a virtual stranger.