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2004., Ballantine Books Call No: 616.8589 H193d Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view More...
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By Odell, Jenny2019., Adult, Melville House Call No: NEW 323.042 O24h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention--and our personal information--that redefines what we think of as productivity, reconnects us with the environment, and reveals all that we've been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity. doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. So argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious--and overdrawn--resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention, she writes, we can undertake bolder forms of political action, reimagine humankind's role in the environment, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. Far from the simple anti-technology screed, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent.
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[2019]., BenBella Books, Inc. Call No: 153.733 E97i Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold. What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?
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2021., Adult, Esplanade Books Call No: QWF Fic Mor Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A much-celebrated auto-fictional feminist memoir, finally available in English. In this frank and unforgettable book, celebrated Québécois writer Alexie Morin becomes the subject of her own story as she places a childhood friendship under a microscope. An autobiographical novel set in a small industrial town in Québec during the 1990s, Open Your Heart recounts the story of a difficult friendship between two girls brought together by illness and operations suffered at a young age. One girl suffers from severe strabismus, while the other was born blue. The first, defiant, feels that something is wrong with her, while the second is an angelic child loved by all. One becomes a writer, and the other dies at eighteen, during an operation that should have saved her life. In this debut novel, Morin stakes out an exceptional pursuit for truth in these old memories as she grapples with death, love, bonding and solitude.
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2016., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 650.1 B154p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "After obtaining his business degree, Chris Bailey created the AYearOfProductivity.com website to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, along with his interviews with productivity experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. Bailey tried out going several weeks with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he tried getting up at 5:30 every morning for three months -- all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work. Among the winning strategies: Slowing down to work more deliberately. Shrinking or eliminating the unimportant. The rule of three. Striving for imperfection. Scheduling less time for important tasks. The 20 second rule to distract yourself from the inevitable distractions. The concept of productive procrastination. Bailey offers a treasure trove of insights and over 25 best practices that will help you accomplish more. Chris Bailey is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa. His new website is ALifeOfProductivity.com"--Provided by publisher.
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By Maté, Gaborc1999., Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: 616.8589 M425s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2023., 07:44:38, Macmillan Audio Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Summary Note: Listeners will be captivated as the narrators create tension and drop hints about the real problem in this "ideal" family." —Booklist on The Younger Wife Get ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate . There's a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa's dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the ledge. Until he doesn't. When Pippa discovers Gabe knew the victim, the questions spiral...Did the victim jump? Was she pushed? And would Gabe, the love of Pippa's life, her soulmate...lie? As the perfect facade of their marriage begins to crack, the deepest and darkest secrets begin to unravel. .
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-- Mindfulness meditation in everyday life1994., Hyperion Call No: NEW 155.9042 K11w Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mindfulness is considered the heart of Buddhist meditation but its essence is universal and of deep practical benefit to all. In essence, mindfulness is about wakefulness. Our minds are such that we are often more asleep than awake to the unique beauty and possibilities of each present moment as it unfolds. While it is in the nature of our mind to go on automatic pilot and lose touch with the only time we actually have to live, to grow, to feel, to love, to learn, to give shape to things, to heal, our mind also holds the deep innate capacity to help us awaken to our moments and use them to advantage for ourselves, for others, and for the world we inhabit. Just as a garden requires attending to if we hope to cultivate flowers and not have it be overrun with weeds, mindfulness also requires regular cultivating. We call the cultivating of our own mind to bring it to wakefulness meditation. The beauty of it is that we carry this garden with us, wherever we go, wherever we are, whenever we remember. It is outside of time as well as in it. In this book, Jon Kabat-Zinn maps out a simple path for cultivating mindfulness in one's own life. It speaks both to those coming to meditation for the first time and to longtime practitioners, anyone who cares deeply about reclaiming the richness of his or her moments. .
