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Children are like sponges. It is easy for them to learn a second language. But what about for an adult?

Growing up, I took fourteen years of French (this is not an exaggeration).

9 years in grade school and 4 years in high school.

As an adult I can understand the language, but unfortunately cannot speak it.

I thought, maybe foreign languages wasn’t my thing.

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2017 was an incredible year for memoirs narrated by their respective authors. They come in all shapes and sizes, from  David Sedaris’ funny and heartwarming Theft, to the thought provoking Hunger from Roxanne Gay, to the critically acclaimed Born a Crime from Trevor Noah, and the bestselling Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance.

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There was a time (not long ago) when I never listened to audiobooks.

Audiobooks made me think of CDs...disks that could get lost or scratched, that needed a portable player, or even worse required a car.

Nope, nope, nope.

Continue Reading "Audiobooks, Take Me Away." →

From the salt and grime of winter’s duration to the beating our windshield wipers take to improving heating and air-conditioning and more, Springtime is a perfect time to bring our vehicles up to standards which will most likely save you cha-ching down the road (no pun).

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I'm not gonna lie.

Something ALWAYS catches my eye when I stop by the Quick Picks display in the DPPL lobby.

Have you ever browsed Quick Picks? 

Think of them as a small collection of the best of our best.

Continue Reading "10 Non-Fiction Picks for Someone Who’s Into a Little Bit of Everything" →