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Altruistic Travel
Posted about 15 days ago by Erin Connolly
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fitness, Nature, & Travel, Science, Medicine, & Technology and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with conduct of life, Ecotourism, environmentalism, nature conservation, Research - Citizen Participation, travel, Voluntarism and volunteering
Continue reading to learn how you can build a better world through travel.
Continue ReadingFREE Yoga - At the Library!
Posted about 1 month ago by Heather H
Posted in Children & Parenting, Education, Fitness, Nature, & Travel, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Programs, Self-help & Spirituality and Teen | Tagged with hoopla, yoga books, yoga classes, yoga kids, yoga teens and yoga videos
I love yoga because it’s good for your body and soul. Unfortunately, those who have practiced yoga in a studio know that it can get pretty expensive – so why not mark your calendar, and join us for FREE yoga programs this summer!
Continue ReadingAn LGBTQ Reading List for Children & Young Adults
Posted about 1 month ago by Katie M
Posted in Children & Parenting, Education, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, History, Politics, & Biography, New, Self-help & Spirituality and Teen | Tagged with diversity , gay pride, gay rights, lesbian, LGBT, pride, pride month and transgender
June is GLTB Book Month, and Toledo Library is offering a list of books for young readers that explore the LGBTQ experience!
Continue ReadingFabulously Frugal
Posted 3 months ago by April S
Posted in Business & Investing, Cooking, Home, & Garden, eBooks & eAudiobooks, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Resources and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with budgeting, Business & Economics, consumer education, frugal living, home economics, housekeeping, low budget cooking, money management, personal finance, Sustainable living -- Economic aspects and thriftiness
Frugality isn’t just for cheapskates anymore. Check out this blog post to explore a variety of resources designed to help you save money and live a fabulously frugal lifestyle.
Continue ReadingWe Shall Overcome: Great True Stories of Overcoming Hardship
Posted 5 months ago by Amy H
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, History, Politics, & Biography, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with bravery, civil rights, grit, guts, oppression, overcoming odds, perseverance, poverty, refugees, rising up, strength, struggle, survival and World War II
Tough times call for inspiring stories of people overcoming long odds or bad situations – take a look and be amazed.
Continue ReadingCaring & Compassion
Posted 5 months ago by Suzanne S
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with altruism, altruistic behavior in animals, caring, compassion, conduct of life, helpfulness, helping behavior and kindness
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” - the Dalai Lama. Continue reading for a list of resources exploring the topic of compassion.
Continue ReadingSports Roundup
Posted 7 months ago by Jan C
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fitness, Nature, & Travel, History, Politics, & Biography and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with baseball, boxing, boxing history, chess, Christianity, football, gymnastics, hockey, inspirational, National Football League, NFL, olympic history, olympics, ski jumping, soccer, sports, sports casting, success and swimming
Do you have a favorite sport or are you one of those sports-in-general fans? One thing’s for sure, if you’re not playing it, or watching it, there’s always something to be learned from sports books and movies.
Continue ReadingNew Year, New You
Posted 7 months ago by Amy H
Posted in Cooking, Home, & Garden, eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fitness, Nature, & Travel, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, New and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with beauty, diet, eVideo, exercise, health, meditation, mind-body, mindfulness, nutrition, psychology, resolutions, streaming video, stress management, weight-loss, wellness and Yoga
No resolutions necessary! You can always work on improving (fill in the lifestyle issue of your choice); it just takes a bit of time and baby steps in the right direction. Here are some titles that will help.
Continue ReadingBoost Your Mind & Body – At the Library!
Posted 7 months ago by Heather H
Posted in eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fitness, Nature, & Travel, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, Programs and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with health, meditation, mental health, mind-body, streaming video, well-being and Yoga
Let’s make 2017 the year of the mind AND the body. After all, without your minds and bodies, we wouldn’t be needed, so we want to help you make yours the best it can be!
Continue ReadingBest Nonfiction Books of 2016
Posted 7 months ago by April S
Posted in Business & Investing, eBooks & eAudiobooks, Fiction, Literature, Poetry & Graphic Novels, History, Politics, & Biography, Movies, Music, & Audiobooks, New, Science, Medicine, & Technology and Self-help & Spirituality | Tagged with astronomy, cancer patients, leadership, management, mathematicians, memoir, musicals, nonfiction, poverty, professional development, psychology, race relations, racism, social conditions, social sciences, space race, success and women's history
If you're a fan of nonfiction books, then you'll love this blog post. It includes the best of the best nonfiction books of 2016.
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