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- Digital minimalism : choosing a focused life in a noisy world / by Newport, Cal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to our personal technology. It's the key to living a focused life in an increasingly noisy world. In this timely and enlightening book, the bestselling author of Deep Work introduces a philosophy for technology use that has already improved countless lives. Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction. Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions. Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude. He then shares strategies for integrating these practices into your life, starting with a thirty-day "digital declutter" process that has already helped thousands feel less overwhelmed and more in control. Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.- Subjects: Self-help publications.; Information technology; Internet addiction; Technological innovations;
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- This Country. by Cooper, Charlie,actor.; May, Daisy,actor.; Chahidi, Paul,actor.; Cooper, Trevor,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charlie Cooper, Daisy May Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor CooperOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2017.Praised as one of the best British comedies in years, this mockumentary hit has catapulted its young writer-performers - Charlie and Daisy May Cooper - to instant star status. Feckless cousins Kerry and Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe live in the picturesque, but depressingly dull, village of Northleach. As they fritter away their days in the most pointless ways possible, they push their friendship to breaking point by constantly winding each other up. But, whether suffering the indignity of Kerry's house being pelted with plums, or celebrating the death of their old woodwork teacher with a bottle of cheap fizzy booze, these two miscreants always manage to stay loyal to each other.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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- This Country: S1. by George, Tom,film director.; Cooper, Charlie,actor.; May, Daisy,actor.; Chahidi, Paul,actor.; Cooper, Trevor,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Charlie Cooper, Daisy May Cooper, Paul Chahidi, Trevor CooperOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2017.Praised as one of the best British comedies in years, this mockumentary hit has catapulted its young writer-performers - Charlie and Daisy May Cooper - to instant star status. Feckless cousins Kerry and Lee 'Kurtan' Mucklowe live in the picturesque, but depressingly dull, village of Northleach. As they fritter away their days in the most pointless ways possible, they push their friendship to breaking point by constantly winding each other up. But, whether suffering the indignity of Kerry's house being pelted with plums, or celebrating the death of their old woodwork teacher with a bottle of cheap fizzy booze, these two miscreants always manage to stay loyal to each other.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.;
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- X-Men. [graphic novel] / by Duggan, Gerry,author.; Noto, Phil,illustrator,colourist.; Cassara, Joshua,illustrator.; Cowles, Clayton,letterer.; Fajardo, Romulo,colourist.;
The X-Men's last stand! As the chaos of mutantkind's fight back against their fall at the hands of Orchis rages in Fall of the House of X, other forgotten foes come out of the woodwork to take on the X-Men in their time of peril! Synch and Talon find themselves once more besieged by the High Evolutionary and his creations to reap the consequences of their last encounter - and the results will be devastating! Then Nimrod shows just why the X-Men lived in fear of its creation! The ultimate weapon of mutant extinction is ever-adapting, ever-evolving, with only one goal: death to mutantkind! But with the end nigh, Kate Pryde and Illyana Rasputin fight side by side - blades in hand! And the X-Men assemble for what might be the last battle of the heroes of Krakoa!T+.- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Mutation (Biology); Superheroes; X-Men (Fictitious characters);
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- Never rescue a rogue / by Heath, Virginia,1968-author.;
"Virginia Heath's Never Rescue a Rogue, the next book in the Merriwell Sisters series, is filled with whip-smart banter, swoony romance, hilarious mishaps, and twisty reveals that will make you gasp and laugh in delight. Diana Merriwell and Giles Sinclair only tolerate one another for the sake of their nearest and dearest. Everyone believes that the two of them are meant to be together, but Diana and Giles know that their constant pithy barbs come from a shared disdain--not a hidden attraction. Diana loves the freedom of working at the newspaper too much to give it up for marriage, and Giles is happily married to his bachelor lifestyle. But they do have one thing in common--the secrets they can't risk escaping. When Giles' father, the curmudgeonly Duke of Harpenden, unexpectedly turns up his toes, it's only a matter of time before someone comes crawling out of the woodwork who knows the true circumstances of his only son's birth. As the threat of blackmail becomes real, Giles must uncover the truth of his parentage first, or else he and all those who depend upon him will be ruined--and dogged bloodhound Diana is his best hope at sniffing out the truth. As Giles and Diana dive into his family's past, the attraction that the two of them insisted wasn't there proves impossible to ignore. Soon, the future of the Sinclair estate isn't the only thing on the line ... "--- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Illegitimacy; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Women journalists;
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