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Auckland Libraries Staff Picks: Breakthrough: how one teen innovator is changing the world by Jack Andraka
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02 August, 2015. Breakthrough: how one teen innovator is changing the world by Jack Andraka. If you are like me and enjoy the successes of others, then this is the book for you! Jack Andraka faced many problems in his young life but nothing could compare to the pressures of high school bullying and a close family friend was dying of cancer. Instead of giving in to the homophobic bullying and the despair, he took another path. He turned to science. Breakthrough: how one teen innovator is changing the world.
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Auckland Libraries Staff Picks: The art of stillness: adventures in going nowhere by Pico Iyer
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14 August, 2015. The art of stillness: adventures in going nowhere by Pico Iyer. 8220;In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”. I enjoyed this small book with a big message simply because it makes you think about living life more mindfully. And what could be more important than that? Particularly e...
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Auckland Libraries Staff Picks: Common people by Alison Light
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05 August, 2015. Common people by Alison Light. How better to acknowledge Family History Month. Than to check out a family history book? Alison Light may be a professor of literature and culture, but she is also a family historian. Divided into four sections – one for each grandparent and their family – Common people. Is an exploration into her family’s past. A past that was mostly forgotten and not discussed. Inspired by this, check out Writing your family history: a New Zealand guide. And get a curated...
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Auckland Libraries Stories: April 2015
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Books, beaches and buses: Auckland Libraries' scorching summer holiday programme. Heading to the beach over the Christmas holidays is as Kiwi as Watties Tomato Sauce, hokey pokey ice-cream and jandals. And with many beach-goers looking to relax there with a book or magazine, it was a natural fit for Auckland Libraries to hit the beach last summer! From this idea, the #ALBeachBus. Was born, and the response from local media. And the public exceeded Matthew and his teams wildest expectations. Libraries Adv...
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Auckland Libraries Staff Picks: May 2015
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29 May, 2015. Nature anatomy : the curious parts and pieces of the natural world by Julia Rothman. Is an author, illustrator and designer who recently released Nature Anatomy - a book about the science behind a little bit of everything. Which I'm reading now) about the wonderful things happening all around us, if only we take care to look. If you like this one, you are sure to like many of her others. That we luckily have for you to borrow. Author: Julia Rothman with John Niekrasz. Where she mostly just ...
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Auckland Libraries Stories: June 2014
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Focusing the lens on youth at Auckland Libraries. Getting youth behind the lens and learning about the power of imagery was the aim of Auckland Libraries’ May school holiday photography programme. Images from Waiheke Librarys workshops. Participating libraries across the city held free workshops for young people aged 11-14 years in conjunction with the Auckland Festival of Photography. Growing great things at Kumeu Library. This is what is happening right now through the Kumeu Library seed exchange.
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Auckland Libraries Staff Picks: The intern's handbook by Shane Kuhn
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14 August, 2015. The intern's handbook by Shane Kuhn. At 25 John Lago is about to retire, but is recruited into the H.R. organisation after offing his drug-running foster parents. John infiltrates high-level companies as an intern and eliminates their executives. Interns are invisible - between making photocopies and getting coffee they gain the trust of their targets and, by doing the grunt work, they gain access, allowing them to pull off clean untraceable hits. Is plotted like a good B-movie. Go set a...
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Auckland Libraries Stories: Books, beaches and buses: Auckland Libraries' scorching summer holiday programme
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Books, beaches and buses: Auckland Libraries' scorching summer holiday programme. Heading to the beach over the Christmas holidays is as Kiwi as Wattie's Tomato Sauce, hokey pokey ice-cream and jandals. And with many beach-goers looking to relax there with a book or magazine, it was a natural fit for Auckland Libraries to hit the beach last summer! From this idea, the #ALBeachBus. Was born, and the response from local media. And the public exceeded Matthew and his team's wildest expectations. As well as ...
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