Summary: A rising young follower of Mussolini must assassinate his former professor, now in political exile, to demonstrate his loyalty to the Fascist state.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CONVincent, Rachel
Summary: In a world where everyone is the same, Trigger 17 convinces Dahlia 16 that she is unique but this proves that both are flawed, which could lead to dire consequences for their entire genomes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION VINSummary: Max Fischer, a tenth-grader at Rushmore Academy, is involved in too many extra-curricular activities, and, as he tries to avoid getting expelled because of his grades, Max befriends a first-grade teacher, whom he falls in love with, and a melancholy, self-made millionaire.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY RUSSummary: At a fashionable birthday party in Southern California, a parade of women playfully mingle and muse on their body image hang-ups, eating disorders, relationships, and a conformist society obsessed with beauty. For these partygoers, even their untouched slices of cake provide insight into the love-hate relationship between femmes and food. A hilarious and thought-provoking smorgasbord of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video NYC 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY EATPatterson, James
Summary: In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: LIttle, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y Fiction PatCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PATHaneke, Michael
Summary: A land surveyor tries to convince the local government of a small mountain village of the legitimacy of his position, but the more he struggles, the more obstructive the village's bureaucracy becomes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CASPatterson, James
Summary: Having been judged Different, Norbert, Drew, and Sophie are banished from the United State of Earth to Astronuts Camp on Zorquat 3 in the Orion Nebula, interfering with Norbert's quest to find his parents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PATRose, Todd
Summary: A social scientist draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to reveal how much of the ways we think of others are based on false assumptions that drive bad decisions and make us unhappy as individuals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 ROSSummary: An inventor's sudden death leaves his greatest creation unfinished with sharp shears of metal for hands.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE EdwardKashdan, Todd B.
Summary: "A research-based toolbox for anyone who wants to create a world with more justice, creativity, and innovation"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 KASLewis, Sinclair
Summary: Describes the life of an aggressive, prosperous realtor, reflecting an image of middle-class America.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEWCollins, Stephen
Summary: "On the island of Here, livin's easy. Conduct is orderly. Lawns are neat. Citizens are clean shaven--and Dave is the most fastidious of them all. Dave is bald, but for a single hair. He loves drawing, his desk job, and the Bangles. But on one fateful day, his life is upended...by an unstoppable (yet pretty impressive) beard" --
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 COLCushman, Karen.
Summary: In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2006
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Cushman 2006Haydu, Corey Ann
Summary: To Elodee, eleven, things seem a little too perfect in Eventown when she moves there with her parents and identical twin, Naomi, especially since forgetting the past is so highly valued.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HAYCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC HAYSummary: The story centers on Jonas, young man who lives in a supposedly ideal world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with the elder, who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. At extreme odds, Jonas knows that he must escape their world to protect them all; a challenge...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GIVColombet, Julie
Summary: When the lemmings encounter a bear, they are determined to help him be more "distinguished'--just like they are--but little do they realize this bear could be exactly what they need to save them from themselves.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE COLKarlsson, Jonas
Summary: "Björn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works--a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Björn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Björn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hogarth 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KARMarnier, Richard
Summary: When one resident of a place where all the houses are alike and everyone does things at the same time leaves the lights on at night, the neighbors are scandalized, but when he builds a new, distinctive house others begin to follow his lead.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Restless Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARYovanoff, Brenna.
Summary: When the creatures under the hill want him back, Mackie Doyle must decide where he belongs and what he wants.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When people decide whether or not to follow the crowd, what happens inside their brains? This ABC News program explores that question, highlighting neurological research that helps explain conformity and sheds light on the complex relationship between group and individual behavior. Placing test subjects in candid-camera style settings, the program illustrates how social pressures can alter...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Hewlett, Sylvia Ann
Summary: "Are you "leadership material?" More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed. You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 HEWSummary: Psychological experiments have shown that the natural human desire to conform can lead people to mistrust their own experiences, turn a blind eye to the suffering of others, and even inflict harm on the defenseless. But these findings have come at a price: the potential emotional damage of those being studied. This three-section program grapples with some of the thorny ethical issues arising...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Whether following stated procedures or complying with implicit rules of conduct, modern humans willingly modify their behavior dozens of times each day. In this program, the conformity necessary for mass interactions and the flexibility required to learn and use the behaviors of conformity are investigated. In addition to conventions such as air travel protocol and museum manners, instances of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Summary: Making a strong case for the importance of the individual--a core tenet of the transcendental movement--Emerson assails conformity with a series of sharp observations.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011