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Py-Lieberman reflects on the profound connections between even outwardly dissimilar objects and offers insight and stories from Smithsonian experts. The book explores artworks, scientific specimens, historical artifacts, airplanes, spacecraft, plants, and so much more, contemplating how each item represents different facets of humanity and resonates with cultural meaning in surprising ways. Whimsical, affecting, and insightful, The Object at Hand offers an intimate and exclusive tour of the Smithsonian collections.

Elena is lost in the shuffle between her three overachieving siblings. But now that she’s on her own for a whole semester, she intends to keep the spotlight on herself—and Spain is just the place to do it. Once she starts living it up in tapas bars, lying out on the beach (even though it’s...

As a young girl in a working-class neighborhood of Sydney, Australia, Geraldine Brooks longed to discover the places where history happens and culture comes from, so she enlisted pen pals who offered her a window on adolescence in the Middle East, Europe, and America. Twenty years later Brooks...

While a lot of business owners bury their head in the sand and ignore reviews, especially bad ones, Adrian took a different approach. Locked in the poorly written sentences and scathing critique he saw diamonds. Through Adrian's book business owners will learn to look at themselves first, to find out exactly why they are avoiding negative criticisms of their business. With Adrian leading the way, you will learn how to see your guests as more than just bad reviews in waiting.

Seventeen-year-old Nicole dreams of spending the rest of her life with her boyfriend Nate. So when she finds herself on her way to Paris to study abroad without him, she’s less than thrilled. Paris is filled with cars that move at the speed of light, edible snails, and a language that Nicole...

Miami is full of creative people from all over the world. And on this show, artists living in the city go back to their homeland, to meet with fellow artists and thinkers and gather their favorite works of literature. Each season follows one artist, as they rediscover their roots and tell the stories of where they’re from.Bookleggers Library is Miami's first non-profit bookstore. We create access to free books as a way of building community. Follow us on Instagram @bookleggerslibrary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Story. The Place. The People. Three podcast series showcasing specially created audio celebrating the libraries of Bell Green, Foleshill and Tile Hill, and their communities. Digital Spaces present is the culmination of a Coventry Libraries Project supported by The Space and with funding from Arts Council England and the BFI.

Tune in to the Portico Podcast's inaugural series Rewriting the North, celebrating the diversity of the North of England through stories, voices and place. Each episode is written and presented by a different writer or performer in response to a place of personal significance in the North, recorded on-site.Rewriting the North is in association with the 2022 Portico Prize, a £10,000 award for the book that best evokes the spirit of the North of England. It is hosted by the Portico Library, a 215-year-old independent subscription library and registered charity in Manchester, UK. Rewriting the ...

Welcome to This Is Altadena, a podcast hosted by the Altadena Libraries, celebrating people's life experiences and stories, and the hidden histories of Altadena, California.

Experience the pure sounds of the sea with this audio download, Waves: The Sounds of Britain's Shores. From the gentle lapping of water on a Cornish beach to the powerful crashing of waves on a rocky shore, this collection of recordings explores the idea that each beach has its own signature sound and demonstrates the contrasting nature of Britain's shoreline.

ALRIGHT ATHENS: Tell Us Your Story! A podcast featuring the people of Athens and Limestone County, Alabama. Each story is as unique as the people themselves, but they all reveal the character, the culture, and the distinct voices of a classic Southern community. Entertaining. Thoughtful. Poignant. Listen to these sound snapshots from our latest Library Voices podcast series. From Athens-Limestone Public Library.

Join Chapel Hill Public Library staff and community members as we uncover the untold histories of Chapel Hill. We seek to reckon with our past to figure out where we came from and why it matters for our shared future. Season one of Re/Collecting Chapel Hill was supported by grant funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the federal Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.