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03/04/2014
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Social Issues, Values
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02/24/2014
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them A pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals how our social instincts turn Me into Us, but turn Us against Them - and what we can do about it. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Relationships, Social Issues, Values
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02/19/2014
The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal subject. Procrastinators will be relieved to learn that actually you can accomplish quite a lot while procrastinating. More >>

Tags: Humor, Personal Responsibility, Values
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02/11/2014
Following Atticus:  Forty Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship A middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute to her by attempting to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Friendships, Health, Personal Responsibility, Relationships, Values
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02/04/2014
Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes, and Politics A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges conventional wisdom at every turn, Charles Krauthammer has for decades dazzled readers with his keen insight into politics and government. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Personal Responsibility, Politics, Social Issues, Values
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01/28/2014
Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves More than half a century ago, the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Values
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01/20/2014
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education... She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Education, Politics, Social Issues, Values, Women's Point of View
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01/14/2014
Night Film On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-Conscience, Personal Responsibility, Relationships, Relatives, Social Issues, Values
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01/08/2014
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) Written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, this is a brilliant mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide. More >>

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12/16/2013
Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child Confessions of a So-Called Middle Child is a comedy about a 12-year-old girl named Charlie Cooper who gets kicked out of her school in Malibu, is forced to see a therapist to stop bullying, scheming and pranking her way through life. More >>

Tags: Behavior, Parenting, Personal Responsibility, Relationships, Social Issues, Stay-at-Home Mom, Teens, Values
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