Tag: Audiobook

  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 04/05/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the UniverseSpaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that’s about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour? Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope, wondering if the emergency repair you’re about to make will inadvertently ruin humankind’s chance to unlock the universe’s secrets? Mike Massimino has been there, and in Spaceman he puts you inside the suit, with all the zip and buoyancy of life in microgravity.

    Massimino’s childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia and then MIT, only to flunk his first doctoral exam and be rejected three times by NASA before making it through the final round of astronaut selection. Taking us through the surreal wonder and beauty of his first spacewalk, the tragedy of losing friends in the Columbia shuttle accident, and the development of his enduring love for the Hubble Telescope – which he and his fellow astronauts were tasked with saving on his final mission – Massimino has written an ode to never giving up and the power of teamwork to make anything possible.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: Greyhound

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: Greyhound

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 04/04/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    GreyhoundGreyhound by Steffan Piper

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    Sebastien’s single mom and her feckless boyfriend can’t be bothered to take care of a stuttering 12-year-old. Banished to live with his grandmother on the far side of the country, the boy can barely understand a bus schedule when he gets dumped at the Greyhound station in Stockton, California. Given $35 and a one-way ticket to Altoona, Pennsylvania, Sebastien must cross the country – alone, without a clue how to fend for himself.

    Filled with youthful anger and naïveté, Sebastien heads out into the "Morning in America" of Ronald Reagan’s 1980s, encountering temperamental bus drivers, charming, shifty, and downright dangerous strangers, the music of Daryl Hall and John Oates, and an ex-con named Marcus, who takes the boy under his wing. In an unforgettable trek that evokes Oliver Twist and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the unlikely pair lurch from one misadventure to another, tumbling toward an elusive understanding of where and how, in a troubling world, to look for light.

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  • AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: The Hoarder in You

    AUDIBLE Deal of the Day: The Hoarder in You

    A new deal every day from Audible. Today’s deal ends 04/02/2017 @ 11:59PM PT.

    The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered LifeThe Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life by Dr. Robin Zasio

    We all have treasured possessions – a favorite pair of shoes, a much-beloved chair, an ever-expanding record collection. But sometimes this emotional attachment to our belongings can spiral out of control. From hobbyists and collectors to pack rats and compulsive shoppers – it is close to impossible for hoarders to relinquish their precious objects, even if it means that stuff takes over their lives and their homes.

    According to psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, our fascination with hoarding stems from the fact that most of us fall somewhere on the hoarding continuum. Even though it may not regularly interfere with our everyday lives, to some degree or another, many of us hoard.

    The Hoarder in You provides practical advice for decluttering and organizing, including how to tame the emotional pull of acquiring additional things, make order out of chaos by getting a handle on clutter, and create an organizational system that reduces stress and anxiety. Dr. Zasio also shares some of the most serious cases of hoarding that she’s encountered, and explains how we can learn from these extreme examples – no matter where we are on the hoarding continuum.

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