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English
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"Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening-and how to get our attention back. Like so many of us, Johann Hari was finding it much harder to focus than he used to. He found that a life of constantly switching from device to device, from tab to tab, is diminishing and depressing. He tried all sorts of self-help...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Hosted by renowned neuroscientist and M.D., Ph.D., Dr. Adam Gazzaley, The distracted mind delves deeply into attention, distraction, the myth of multi-tasking, and how to use the latest research to possibly improve our skills and abilities at any point during our lives. While the brain can seem almost boundless in its potential, it has limitations, such as processing speed, attentional limitations, working memory limitations, and sensitivity to interference,...
3) Banana
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Language
English
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"A quirky and hilarious picture book parable about parental distraction and a daughter's clever solution"--
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Language
English
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During the pandemic, an aging screenwriter is holed up in a coastal South Carolina town with his beloved second wife, Peaches. He's been binge-eating for a year and developed a notable rapport with the local fast-food chain Hippo King. He struggles to work--on a ludicrous screenplay about a Nazi attempt to kidnap FDR and, naturally, an article for Etymology Today on English words of Carthaginian origin. He thinks he has Covid. His wife thinks he is...
5) Organaizate con eficacia cuaderno de trabajo: 10 acciones para aumentar la productividad sin estraes
Author
Publisher
Empresa Activa
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1a. ediciaon.
Language
Español
Description
"While Getting Things Done remains the definitive way to gain perspective for creativity and mindfulness, The Getting Things Done Workbook enhances the original by providing a guide to the methodology. The workbook divides the process into small, manageable segments to allow for easier learning and doing"--
6) 100 chapatis
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Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"'When will the baby come?' Simon asks his pappa. Knowing how hard it is to wait and how much it helps to keep busy, Pappa starts Simon on a project of making one hundred chapatis, meant to be ready when mom and dad and the new baby come home. They measure the ingredients, knead and roll the dough, and then drop them one by one into a giant frying pan. Simon continues to be anxious. "Will the baby eat all my chapatis?" But it's not long before he...
Author
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015-
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Toshinari Seki takes goofing off to new heights. Every day, on or around his school desk, he masterfully creates his own little worlds of wonder, often hidden to most of his classmates. Unfortunately for Rumi Yokoi, his neighbor at the back of their homeroom, his many games, dioramas, and projects are often way too interesting to ignore; even when they are hurting her grades.
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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"Little Flo isn't very good at following her daddy. She would rather chase and hide. Luckily, Daddy Duck has a trick to make sure Flo stays be his side. He sings his follow song: 'Follow me up. Follow me down. Look straight ahead and not around!' But on the way to visit Auntie Jenna, Flot decides to sing her own louder, higher version of the follow song with surprising results!" --book jaket (standard version)
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