Wheaton Public Library: Grow with Us!
In this riveting behind-the-scenes, three-part DVD series, City in the Sky, one of the many questions asked and answered includes, “What does it take to get a million people and their luggage off the ground and up in the air?” Read more
Presenter Steven Johnson, in this six-part DVD series, takes the viewer on an exploration through the beginning of ideas and the innovators (mostly never heard of) that shaped and created the modern world. Each single titled episode – Clean, Time, Read more
Prominent Astrophysicists, Astronomers, and Scientists including Phil Plait, Michelle Thaller, Lawrence Krauss, Michio Kaku, among others, take viewers on a journey of the incredible, fascinating, and mind-blowing inner workings of the cosmos. Enhanced by stunning and vibrant computer imagery, discover Read more
Looking back on her life on and off the screen, Sally Field brings a mature, sensitive, and poignant reading to her intimate, hauntingly honest, as well as authentic and fresh memoir, In Pieces. She takes us through her personal life Read more
In this comprehensive account, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Walter Isaacson explains how and why some entrepreneurs and inventors – with just as many talents, creativity and visionary ideas as others Read more
Billy Crystal has just turned 65 as he reflects on his personal and professional life while providing his observations on aging in his memoir, Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where I’ve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys. Read more
Not only does the Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler read her enormously entertaining memoir – Yes Please – she is also joined by cameo appearances from her parents, Carol Burnett, Seth Meyers, Michael Schur, Patrick Read more
Anne Frank’s timeless The Diary of a Young Girl, has become a world classic since it was discovered and subsequently published in the Dutch language in 1947. Since then, it has been translated into numerous languages and been adapted into Read more
First published in 1989, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change is Stephen R. Covey’s timeless business and self-help book that reveals his principles or habits for solving people’s problems in their personal as well Read more
In these turbulent times of rapid crisis and change, masterful leadership is vital. Key faculty members of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University present a framework and practice method called Meta Leadership in which the leader seeks a Read more