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Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"The King of France--thinking he was made of glass--was terrified he might shatter...and he wasn't alone. After the Emperor met his end at Waterloo, an epidemic of Napoleons piled into France's asylums. Throughout the nineteenth century, dozens of middle-aged women tried to convince their physicians that they were, in fact, dead. For centuries we've dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind locked doors. But delusions are more...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A wealthy New York judge believes he is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. When his brother and sister-in-law attempt to get him committed, he is put under the care of analyst Dr. Mildred Watson. To her amazement, she finds there is something very real in his delusion and the two take to the streets of Manhattan to seek out the detective's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxv, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"From the New York Times-bestselling author and host of NPR's Hidden Brain comes a counterintuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deception's role in human success. Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to ourcommunities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of NPR's Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can also play a vital role in human...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
576 pages cm
Description
""We are the apes who tell stories," writes William Bernstein. "And no matter how misleading the narrative, if it is compelling enough it will nearly always trump the facts." As Bernstein shows in his eloquent and persuasive new book, The Delusions of Crowds, throughout human history, compelling stories have catalyzed the spread of contagious narratives through susceptible groups-with enormous, often disastrous consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay's...
5) Seven lies
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books, Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven. Growing up, they shared everything, they knew the other's deepest secrets, and they wouldn't have had it any other way. Jane was always happiest when it was just the two of them; in fact, she remembers those days as the best time of her life. And even when Jane married the man of her dreams, somehow, Jonathan only added to Jane's life, without subtracting from the perfect equation of her...
6) Unsane
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
7) Donnie Darko
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. Donnie Darko is a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past, and deadly predictions for the future.
8) Unsane
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
9) Donnie Darko
Publisher
Twentienth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (133 min., 103 min.): sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A high school student must face his dark destiny as delusions bring him face to face with a demonic rabbit who has eerie visions of the past and deadly predictions for the future in this intricate web that will leave you questioning what is real and what is mere hallucination. The director's cut runs about 20 minutes longer than the originally-released version.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
268 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
Taking the case of an extraordinary young patient in her mental health unit, child psychologist Anya observes the sensitive boy's manifestations of deeply disturbing symptoms linked to his mother's destructive tendencies.
12) Nurse Betty
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Betty never misses an episode of her favorite soap opera, "A reason to love." After a mind-altering run-in with two hit-men while watching an episode, Betty transforms into "Nurse Betty" and embarks on a mission to find her one true love, Dr. David Ravell.
14) Ordet
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A study of spiritual faith and love ; the film tells of the death of Inger in childbirth and her resurrection, a miracle that is seen as the result of human love. The film opens as a family of marshland farmers trail a seemingly mad son (Johannes) who calls himself Christ. It closes as Johannes approaches the open coffin of his sister-in-law and, at the urgings of her child, brings her back to life.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lars is a sweet but shy guy who has a hard time talking with his family, coworkers, and neighbors. Although his family fears the worst when Lars brings home a life-sized companion doll who he thinks is a real girlfriend, named Bianca, a doctor encourages them to play along with him so that he can work through his delusions. The whole community rallies to his support, and Lars begins to deal with all of his emotions. He even begins to develop feelings...
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
Toby is a disillusioned advertising executive that becomes pulled into a world of a time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Don Quixote and Toby to be Sancho Panza, gradually becoming unable to tell dreams from reality.
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 7
Formats
Description
Teenaged criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must save the underwater fairy metropolis of Atlantis from danger, while battling a psychological affliction known as the Atlantis Complex.
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