Carson, Rachel
Summary: This deluxe Library of America volume presents one of the landmark books of the twentieth century together with rare letters, speeches, and other writings that reveal the personal courage and passionate commitment of its author, Rachel Carson. A huge bestseller when published in September 1962, Silent Spring led not only to many of the laws and government agencies that protect our air, land,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 CARSummary: William James, more than anyone else, was responsible for introducing the wide range of topics that now make up the broad field of psychology. This program presents some of James’s most important formulations, including his discussions of habit, consciousness, will, and religious experience, as well as what he referred to as the fringe of experience: the hunches, inexpressible feelings, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Freud, Sigmund
Summary: Presents a selection of the important writings of the nineteenth-century psychiatrist, including "Psychopathology of Everyday Life," "The Interpretation of Dreams," and "Totem and Taboo."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1995
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This program brings to life five of psychology's most significant studies: Bandura's Bobo Doll Experiment, 1961; Milgram's Study of Obedience, 1963; Ainsworth's Strange Situation Experiment, 1971 and 1978; Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, 1973; and Loftus's Eyewitness Testimony Experiment, 1974. Footage from the original experiments and from contemporary reconstructions is featured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Destiny's Child (Musical group)
Contents: Intro (The writing's on the wall) -- So good -- Bills, bills, bills -- Confessions -- Bug a boo -- Temptation -- Now that she's gone -- Where'd you go -- Hey ladies -- If you leave -- Jumpin, jumpin -- Say my name -- She can't love you -- Stay -- Sweet sixteen -- Outro (Amazing grace...dedicated to Andretta Tillman).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES DESSummary: Better self-control begins with an understanding of the psychological factors that affect behavior. Section one of this program focuses on the influence of brain structure, brain chemistry, and genetics on behavior; section two illustrates key concepts of psychoanalytic theory; and section three distinguishes between classical and operant conditioning. Strengths and limitations of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
Contents: The birth of tragedy.--Seventy-five aphorisms from five volumes.--Beyond good and evil.--On the genealogy of morals.--The case of Wagner.--Ecce homo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1968
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Place a hold to request this item.Stein, Gertrude
Contents: Stanzas in meditation -- Lectures in America -- The geographical history of America -- Ida -- Brewsie and Willie -- Other works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.52 STESummary: This program presents non-experimental research methods-questionnaires, interviews, and naturalistic observation-through three studies on the effects of cell phone use. Section one explains good questionnaire design while considering both the advantages and limitations of this method. Section two examines the use of unstructured interviews, a more nuanced approach to data collection. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Thomson, Virgil
Summary: "In this second volume in the Library of America's definitive Virgil Thomson edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page collects for the first time the great composer's four witty, incisive, and compulsively readable full-length works. Written with authority and élan, these classic books offer an engrossing tour of the tumultuous twentieth-century musical scene and Thomson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780 THOVyse, Stuart A.
Summary: "While we live in a technologically and scientifically advanced age, superstition is as widespread as ever. Not limited to just athletes and actors, superstitious beliefs are common among people of all occupations, educational backgrounds, and income levels. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.43 VYSCount Basic
Contents: Sweet Luis -- This is your life -- Joy and pain -- Movin' in the right direction -- So far away -- On the move -- Got to do -- Love your life -- Speechless -- What's up -- Where did our love go.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Instinct Records 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ COUEaton, Gale
Summary: What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House Publishers 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 001.9 EATSummary: A career-defining album bursting with Montoya's fierce guitar and passion-laden vocals, and the first to feature his longtime road band. Thirteen tracks of searing blues, soulful R&B, and high-energy rock n' roll include ten originals, five co-written by Coco, and guest appearances by Lee Roy Parnell and Ronnie Baker Brooks.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL BLUES MONSummary: Drawing upon laboratory and field experiments, this program compares and contrasts experimental research methods through an attractiveness study involving young adults. Section one observes how subjects respond to photos in two lab environments-one comfortable, and one not. Then, section two repeats the experiment in two field locales: a trendy bar and a dull coffee shop. Does context make a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Lassieur, Allison
Summary: "Most people think of World War II battles raging in Europe and the Pacific. One lesser known, but very important, front was along the coasts of Northern Africa. Control of that area allowed supply ships to get much needed food, weapons, and supplies to forces into Europe. You have joined the Allied Forces in fighting for this land. YOU CHOOSE what to do amidst the action. See if you have what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: You Choose, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC LASSummary: Is the human brain hardwired for religion? This program examines work in the emerging field of neurotheology, focusing on links between religious ecstasy and the brain's temporal lobes. Dr. Michael Persinger, who has spent much of his career pursuing such a connection, uses magnetic field resonance to test his theories on renowned atheist Richard Dawkins. Inversely, Dr. Andrew Newberg performs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The work of Lev Vygotsky is cited as the theory and practice of constructivist education. This program reconsiders the life, vocabulary, and concepts of Vygotsky, illustrating four basic concepts integral to his work: children construct knowledge, learning can lead development, development cannot be separated from its social context, and language plays a central role in cognitive development....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: This program clarifies selected principles of science by contextualizing them through easily comprehensible applications of psychological research. Divided into five sections, the video illustrates the hypothetical-deductive model of scientific reasoning via Piaget's classic conservation experiment and Donaldson and McGarrigle's challenge of it; the analysis of statistics involving scenarios in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Mays, Kyle
Summary: "Mays explores the relationship and differences between the Black American quest for freedom and the Native American struggle for sovereignty in the U.S"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Jerusalem in My Heart (Musical group)
Contents: Al affaq, lau mat, lau lau lau lau lau lau -- A granular buzuk -- 7ebr el 3oyoun -- Qala li kafa kafa kafa kafa kafa kafa -- Lau ridyou bil hijaz -- Ah ya mal el sham -- 2asmar sa7ar -- Ta3mani ; Ta3meitu
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JERHarris, Duchess
Summary: Looks at different divisions of law enforcement on both the national and at the community level, discussing how they protect citizens, reduce crime, and serve their communities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 363.2 HARNnachi, Ngeri
Summary: "There is more to the history of the transcontinental than connecting the United States. Most of the workers were of Chinese descent and were treated unfairly. Learn how workers protested for better treatment"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Summary: A definitive edition of the landmark book that forever changed our understanding of the Civil War's aftermath and the legacy of racism in America. Upon publication in 1935, W.E.B. Du Bois's now classic Black Reconstruction offered a revelatory new assessment of Reconstruction--and of American democracy itself. One of the towering African American thinkers and activists of the twentieth century,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2021