Summary: DS Sean Stone has an uncanny ability to identify and predict patterns of human behavior. He knows how people work, but he doesn't understand them. When no one else will work with the socially inept genius, Sean is cast out to the Missing Persons Bureau and partnered with empathetic analyst Ruth Hattersley. Despite the conflict and frustration between them, they make the perfect team as they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CHAOrozco, Daniel
Summary: In this collection, Orozco leads the reader through the secret lives and moral philosophies of bridge painters, men housebound by obesity, office temps, and warehouse workers. Each story in the collection has a gut-punch impact, softened only by lyricism and black humor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Faber and Faber, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OROCoffey, Maria
Contents: Spiritual addiction -- Fear -- Focus -- Suffering -- Only connect -- Remembering the future -- Strange intuitions -- Spirit friends -- Wandering spirits -- Spiritual tools -- Beyond extremes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Drexler, Peggy.
Summary: A research psychologist offers a study of boys raised in female-headed households without a male role model, arguing that such young men grow up more empathetic and well-rounded than those in traditional mother-father families.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 DRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.874 DREMcDermott, Alice
Summary: "A collection of essays, lectures, and observations on the art of writing fiction from Alice McDermott, winner of the National Book Award and unmatched "virtuoso of language and image" (Rebecca Steinitz, The Boston Globe)"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MCDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay McDermottSummary: The essence of poetry, metaphors unite disparate objects and ideas, resulting in a new perception of reality. In this program, contemporary Mexican poets Alberto Blanco, Luis Cortes Bargallo, and Jose Luis Rivas discuss the creation and use of the metaphor in their own poetry and in the poetic traditions of their homeland. Stunning visuals and computer graphics accompanying the poets' readings...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin has helped capture and publish some of the most compelling images ever seen, and he knows full well the power of the camera - its ability to not only render the truth but connect us to our world. In this TEDTalk, filled with glorious illustrations, Griffin examines how a good photojournalist tells stories, confronts issues, and helps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Brotherton, Rob
Summary: "In Suspicious Minds, Rob Brotherton explores the history and consequences of conspiracism, and delves into the research that offers insights into why so many of us are drawn to implausible, unproven and unproveable conspiracy theories. They resonate with some of our brain's built-in quirks and foibles, and tap into some of our deepest desires, fears, and assumptions about the world,"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ballykissangel has become a huge international hit since first hitting UK television screens in 1995, and continues to win millions of fans from across the world. This collection include every episode of this beloved BBC classic, full of Irish charm, quirky characters, strange shenanigans and tales of friendships, rivalry and love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007