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ID: 61230

Title: Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption

Author: Edward Hallowell, Melissa Orlov, Sue Hallowell

Narrator: Edward Hallowell, Sue Hallowell

Format: Abridged

Length: 05:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Non-Fiction, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family, Psychology, Parenting

Summary:

Modern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments. Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples’ therapist, to explain the subtle but dangerous toll today’s overstretched, undernurtured lifestyle takes on our most intimate relationship. The good news is that there are straightforward and effective ways to maneuver your marriage out of the destructive roadblocks created by the avalanche of busy living.

• Observe the natural sequence of sustaining love: attention, time, connection, and play.

• Develop and nurture empathy—the essential building block to healthy communication.

• Carve out small moments of uninterrupted attention for each other.

• Identify the pressures that our crazybusy lifestyles put on love and marriage, and fight back with tenderness and appreciation.

            All of us who have been part of a couple for more than a few years will recognize ourselves in this reassuring book. Married to Distraction will set couples on a course of understanding, healing, and love.

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ID: 60938

Title: Getting Organized in the Google Era: How to Get Stuff out of Your Head, Find It When You Need It, and Get It Done Right

Author: Douglas Merrill, James A. Martin

Narrator: Douglas Merrill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development, HR & Office Administration

Summary:

Whether it's a faulty memory, a tendency to multitask, or difficulty managing our time, every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But, as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out, it isn't our fault. Our brains simply aren't designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention in today's fast-paced, information-saturated, digital world. What's more, he says, many of the ways in which our society is structured are outdated, imposing additional chaos that makes us feel stressed, scattered, and disorganized.

But it doesn't have to be this way. Luckily, we have a myriad of amazing new digital tools and technologies at our fingertips to help us manage the strains on our brains and on our lives; the trick is knowing when and how to use them. This is why Merrill, who helped spearhead Google's effort to 'organize the world's information,' offers a wealth of tips and strategies for how to use these new tools to become more organized, efficient, and successful than ever.

But if you're looking for traditional, rigid, one-size-fits-all strategies for organization, this isn't the book for you. Instead, Merrill draws on his intimate knowledge of how the brain works to help us develop fresh, innovative, and flexible systems of organization tailored to our individual goals, constraints, and lifestyles.

    

From how to harness the amazing power of search, to how to get the most out of cloud computing, to techniques for filtering through the enormous avalanche of information that assaults us at every turn, to tips for minimizing distractions and better integrating work and life, Getting Organized in the Google Era is chock-full of practical, invaluable, and often counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be more organized and productive–and less stressed--in our 21st-century world.

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ID: 154790

Title: Showers in Season

Author: Beverly LaHaye, Terri Blackstock

Narrator: Kathy Garver

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11:24:13

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Religious & Inspirational, Family Life

Summary:

On the quiet cul-de-sac of Cedar Circle, where neighbors are close friends, fierce winds of circumstance threaten to sweep one couple away. Their Down's Syndrome pregnancy is shattering news for Tory and Barry Sullivan, but the option Barry proposes is abhorrent to Tory. It will take a wisdom and strength greater than their own to carry them through. That, and the encouragement only a loving, close-knit community can provide. Over kitchen counters and across the miles, the women of Cedar Circle lend their support to Tory and to each other as all of them face their personal struggles, heartaches, and joys. Shining with bright faith and friendship that illuminates the stormiest night, Showers in Season explores the junction of life's realities, the cost of obedience, the power of relationships, and the promises of God.

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ID: 156198

Title: Letters to God: From the Major Motion Picture

Author: John Perry, Patrick Doughtie

Narrator: Kate Mulligan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:20:23

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Fiction & Literature, General

Summary:

This audio download novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to hear more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God. He turns his suffering into spiritual lessons for his widowed mother, his embittered adolescent brother, and a troubled postman. Letters to God probes some of the most important and most-often-asked questions that trouble people of faith: “Why do we suffer?” “Where is God?” “Why do godly, faithful children have to battle cancer?” This inspiring story of hope will help people from all walks work toward greater understanding of God’s presence and care.

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ID: 60659

Title: Once A Spy: A Novel

Author: Keith Thomson

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Format: Abridged

Length: 06:30:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Thriller & Horror, Espionage, International Mystery

Summary:

Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions.  Now Alzheimer’s disease has taken its toll and he’s just a confused old man who’s wandered away from home, waiting for his son to fetch him. 

 

When Charlie Clark takes a break from his latest losing streak at the track to bring Drummond back to his Brooklyn home, they find it blown sky high—and then bullets start flying in every direction.  At first, Charlie thinks his Russian “creditors” are employing aggressive collection tactics.  But once Drummond effortlessly hot-wires a car as their escape vehicle, Charlie begins to suspect there’s much more to his father than meets the eye.  He soon discovers that Drummond’s unremarkable career as an appliance salesman was actually a clever cover for an elaborate plan to sell would-be terrorists faulty nuclear detonators.  Drummond’s intricate knowledge of the “device” is extremely dangerous information to have rattling around in an Alzheimer’s-addled brain.  The CIA wants to “contain” him--and so do some other shady characters who send Charlie and Drummond on a wild chase that gives  “father and son quality time” a whole new meaning.

 

With Once a Spy, Keith Thomson makes his debut on the thriller stage with energy, wit, and style to spare.

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ID: 60658

Title: Rework

Author: David Heinemeier Hansson, Jason Fried

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 03:00:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Business & Economics, Career Development, Business Development

Summary:

Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business. 

Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.

Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The truth is, you need less than you think. You don't need to be a workaholic. You don't need to staff up. You don't need to waste time on paperwork or meetings. You don't even need an office. Those are all just excuses. 

What you really need to do is stop talking and start working. This book shows you the way. You'll learn how to be more productive, how to get exposure without breaking the bank, and tons more counterintuitive ideas that will inspire and provoke you.

With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of 'downsizing,' and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.

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ID: 154643

Title: Women of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study

Author: Ann Spangler, Jean E. Syswerda

Narrator: Sarah Rutan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13:30:06

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Prayer, Biblical Studies, Counseling & Inspirational

Summary:

Over 1 million copies sold!

Gain a fresh perspective of God's amazing story through the eyes of fifty-two remarkable women in Scripture.

This updated and expanded year-long devotional draws you into the stories of 52 prominent (and not-so-prominent) women in the Bible. From Eve to the Proverbs 31 woman, you'll learn more about their struggles to live with faith and courage. And you'll see that their stories aren't far from our own.

Each week, you'll learn:

- Her story—an inspirational portrait of this character's life.

- Her life and times—background information about the culture of her day.

- Her legacy in Scripture—a short Bible study on her life with application to your own.

- Her promise—the Bible's promises that apply to her life and yours.

- Her legacy of prayer—praying in light of her story.

Perfect for personal prayer and Bible study or for use in small groups, Women of the Bible offers a new perspective that will strengthen your personal relationship with God and will give you a deeper appreciation for the women of faith who have come before us

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ID: 61408

Title: Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life

Author: Frances Mayes

Narrator: Frances Mayes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:56:00

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Europe, Essays & Travelogues

Summary:

In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated 'bard of Tuscany' (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.

 

Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the timeless beauty and vivid pleasures of Italian life. Among the themes Mayes explores are how her experience of Tuscany dramatically expanded when she renovated and became a part-time resident of a 13th century house with a stone roof in the mountains above Cortona, how life in the mountains introduced her to a 'wilder' side of Tuscany--and with it a lively  engagement with Tuscany's mountain people. Throughout, she reveals the concrete joys of life in her adopted hill town, with particular attention to life in the piazza, the art of Luca Signorelli (Renaissance painter from Cortona), and the pastoral pleasures of feasting from her garden.  Moving always toward a deeper engagement, Mayes writes of Tuscan icons that have become for her storehouses of memory, of crucible moments from which bigger ideas emerged, and of the writing life she has enjoyed in the room where Under the Tuscan Sun began.

 

With more on the pleasures of life at Bramasole, the delights and challenges of living in Italy day-to-day and favorite recipes, Every Day in Tuscany is a passionate and inviting account of the richness and complexity of Italian life.

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ID: 60656

Title: Split

Author: Swati Avasthi

Narrator: Joshua Swanson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:17:43

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)

Genres: Teen, Tough Topics

Summary:

A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.

Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

At least so far.

Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

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ID: 154880

Title: How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth: A Guide to Understanding and Using Bible Versions

Author: Gordon D. Fee, Mark L. Strauss

Narrator: Don Reed

Format: Unabridged

Length: 06:22:54

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-10

Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Language Instruction, ESL, Reference & Study Guides, Biblical Studies

Summary:

With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself literal and one that is more meaning-based? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of Gods Word?How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and translation theories. Written by two seasoned Bible translators, here is an authoritative guide through the maze of translations issues, written in language that everyday Bible readers can understand.Learn the truth about both the word-for-word and meaning-for-meaning translations approaches. Find out what goes into the whole process of translation, and what makes a translation accurate and reliable. Discover the strengths and potential weaknesses of different contemporary English Bible versions. In the midst of the present confusion over translations, this authoritative book speaks with an objective, fair-minded, and reassuring voice to help pastors, everyday Bible readers, and students make wise, well-informed choices about which Bible translations they can depend on and which will best meet their needs.

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