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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xi, 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Traces the author's unconventional marriage to her Harvard-educated publishing editor husband, describing how their sophisticated world crumbled with the deterioration of his mental health before his death revealed unexpected secrets.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
203 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
The legendary crime writer unsparingly describes his shattered childhood, his delinquent teens, his writing life, his love affairs and marriages, his nervous breakdown, and the beginning of a relationship with an extraordinary woman who may just be the long-sought "Her."
6) Bluebird
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
438 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, becauseher identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva...
Author
Publisher
Ig Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
240 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
The Hidden Persuaders is Vance Packard's pioneering and prescient work revealing how advertisers use psychological methods to tap into our unconscious desires in order to "persuade" us to buy the products they are selling.A classic examination of how our thoughts and feelings are manipulated by business, media and politicians, The Hidden Persuaders was the first book to expose the hidden world of "motivation research," the psychological technique...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
251 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
Author
Description
"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xx, 448 p., [16] p. of plates : maps ; 24 cm.
Description
World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In his riveting narrative, Hochschild brings it to life as never before while focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes.
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Formats
Description
A psychiatrist, Dick Diver, treats and eventually marries a wealthy patient, Nicole. Eventually, this marriage destroys him. A story of Americans living on the French Riviera in the 1930s is a portrait of psychological disintegration as a wealthy couple supports friends and hangers-on financially and emotionally at the cost of their own stability.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
Examines some puzzling aspects of human nature that have intrigued scientists and laypeople alike. Relying on the latest theories and research from psychology, neuroscience and other behavioral sciences, each lecture addresses a provocative question about human behavior.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
x, 207 pages ; 21 cm
Description
What you think and what you say when you talk to yourself each day literally wires your brain for success or failure. In this book, the author shows you that managing your own self-talk is something you can do starting immediately, and he gives you step-by-step directions on what to do and how to do it.--
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvi, 415 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Traditional economics assumes rational actors. Early in his research, Thaler realized these Spock-like automatons were nothing like real people. Whether buying a clock radio, selling basketball tickets, or applying for a mortgage, we all succumb to biases and make decisions that deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economists. In other words, we misbehave. More importantly, our misbehavior has serious consequences. Dismissed at first...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 835 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Each year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travels the world, offering teachings and public talks to individuals from many different faiths and backgrounds. In 2010, His Holiness traveled to New York City to teach 'A Commentary on Bodhicitta' by Nagarjuna and 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life' by Shantideva. In his talk, His Holiness discusses ways in which one can achieve the realization of selflessness and ultimately achieve inner peace, which...
16) A runner's high
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
256 pages
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Dean Karnazes was named by TIME magazine as one of the Hundred Most Influential People in the World. An ultramarathoning legend, Karnazes has raced and competed across the globe, from the heat of Death Valley to the frigid cold of the South Point. He once ran 50 marathons, in all 50 states, in 50 consecutive days. He's run for hundreds of hours without rest and was called a real superhero by Stan Lee. In A Runner's...
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 272 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"What happens when a trauma therapist is traumatized by loss? Meghan Riordan Jarvis lived a charmed childhood with her large Irish-Catholic family: loving parents, a house full of siblings, a top-tier education, and summers on Cape Cod. And yet, loss waspart of her story from the beginning. In therapy in her 20's after a break-up, Meghan discovered how the silence surrounding a childhood tragedy had laid the groundwork for a life spent trying to keep...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xii, 390 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"Richard Louv was the first to identify a phenomenon we all knew existed but couldn't quite articulate: nature-deficit disorder. His book Last Child in the Woods created a national conversation about the disconnection between children and nature, and his message has galvanized an international movement. Now, three years after its initial publication, we have reached a tipping point, with Leave No Child Inside initiatives adopted in at least 30 regions...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Many of us never learned--or have forgotten--how to make smart, long-term decisions, so we avoid making them. In a world where immediate satisfaction is the norm, it's easy to do. Whether it's decisions about our health (our chronic overuse of antibiotics has triggered a shocking rise in immunity to them), our finances (20% of us have nothing saved for retirement), or our jobs (we slash R and D to improve short-term balance sheets and then can't keep...
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