Emre, Merve
Summary: "An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century ago by a pair of homemakers and found today in boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 EMRKhalidi, Rashid.
Summary: Analyzes three historical moments from the past thirty-five years to reveal how the U.S. and Israel have worked together to prevent the emergence of a Palestinian state.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.053 KHASummary: Does addiction have a genetic factor? Can any type of addiction be treated medically? What steps can family members take to help a loved one struggling with addiction? This program provides answers to several addiction-related questions, focusing on the complexities of the addictive personality. Viewers will benefit from a case study featuring a patient with a serious gambling addiction, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Daniel Turnbull has a love of London, an obsession with hygiene, and a compulsion to dance. This program explores his rare personality disorder and describes one psychiatrist's attempt to help him create as normal a life as possible. Viewers will learn about Daniel's previous quests for independence, the behavior that got him blacklisted by most of London's assisted-living facilities, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a completely preventable medical condition. Studies show that the average MPD patient spends seven years and receives three incorrect diagnoses before receiving an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. It is now recognized that MPD is the result of severe childhood trauma, usually sexual and physical abuse-and it develops as a coping mechanism in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Personality disorders come in various varieties and degrees of severity, including persistent, ingrained behavior patterns; extreme deviant behavior; and problems in social functioning. Histrionic disorder, anankastic disorder, anxiety disorder, and dependent disorder are the common categories. This program, filmed in the U.K., looks at the most common disorders-paranoid, histrionic, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Green Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK GREBirkman Fink, Sharon
Contents: You are here! taking the Birkman -- Identifying your strengths -- The components -- Esteem and acceptance -- The power of structure -- Authority : a boss or just bossy? -- Advantage and activity: are you in it to win it -- Empathy and thought how your emotions can help or hurt a decision -- Are you a frustrated maverick in the workplace? -- Challenge the wide angle : how do i look?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.283 FINTieger, Paul D.
Summary: This book leads you step-by-step through the process of determining and verifying your personality type, providing real-life case studies of people who share your type and introducing you to the key ingredients your work must have for it to be genuinely fulfilling. Using workbook exercises and explaining specific job search strategies, Do What You Are identifies occupations that are popular...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.14 TIEKellerman, Henry.
Contents: Publisher's foreword -- Introduction -- The wiring of the personality -- Remembering -- Wishes and symptoms -- Acting-out -- Impulse versus control -- Defense mechanisms -- The basic personality styles -- The obsessive-compulsive style -- The paranoid style -- The schizoid style -- The histrionic style (hysterical) -- The narcissistic style -- The psychopathic style (antisocial) -- The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Mental Health Foundation 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 KELSummary: The 100 billion cells that make up the brain communicate electrically over 1,000 trillion neural connections at up to 250 miles per hour-and from this sparking of electrical power grows the personality and its behavior. This program explores how personalities are shaped during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, exposing how traits such as extroversion and introversion develop. Additional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Kreisman, Jerold J. (Jerold Jay)
Summary: People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) experience such violent and frightening mood swings that they often fear for their sanity. They can be euphoric one moment, despairing and depressed the next. There are an estimated 18 million sufferers of BPD living in America today, each displaying remarkably similar symptoms such as: a shaky sense of identity ; Sudden outbursts of anger ;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2010
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Summary: John Grisham, delivers another legal thriller of unparalled suspense. With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRIGrisham, John.
Summary: John Grisham, delivers another legal thriller of unparalled suspense. With fourteen years left on a twenty-year sentence, notorious Washington power broker, Joel Blackman, receives a surprise pardon from a lame-duck president. He is smuggled out of the country on a military cargo plane, given a new identity, and tucked away in a small town in Italy. But Blackman has serious enemies from his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRIMorrow, Emily
Summary: "Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star Really Very Crunchy. Are you tired of being bombarded by toxins at every turn? Do you want a more natural, "crunchy" approach to the world (with or without the beige aesthetic)? Well, grab your kombucha and join Emily Morrow on a journey to a more wholesome existence with Really Very Crunchy: A...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan Books 2024
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Summary: "From the most trusted name in real estate, a new and fully updated edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams What does "location, location, location" really mean? How do I decide what to offer on a house? What exactly is the closing?Buying a home is one of the most important decisions in any person's life. It will be the place where you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 GLIGomez, Gina
Summary: Unlock the power of personality types using the wisdom of the enneagram so you can strengthen your personal, professional, and romantic relationships today!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.26 GOMSummary: Jimmy is an ex-cop turned insurance investigator whose cunning and insight are well-suited to the business of exposing con men and fraudsters. With his police training, he's able to take on any case, no matter how dangerous. Fresh off a divorce and a breakup with his colleague and mistress, Jimmy still hasn't learned when to shut his wandering eyes and turn off his rakish charm. As he struggles...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BROFrey, Stephen W.
Summary: Exposing governmental corruption, conspiracy, and murder has garnered plenty of attention for Christian Gillette, young chairman of the New York private equity firm Everest Capital. Now his reputation has been noticed beyond the boardrooms of high finance--by powerful people with potentially devastating agendas. Christian's own attention is on Las Vegas, where he means to open a new casino and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006
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Summary: Profiles four broad personality types that are determined by brain chemistry to explain why people are attracted to specific partners, offering advice on how to pursue romantic relationships in accordance with natural compatibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 FISGlink, Ilyce R.
Contents: How do I know what I want? -- How do I look for a home? -- How do I identify what I need versus what I like in a home? -- How do I know what I can afford to spend? -- Putting together the deal -- Negotiating the deal -- Possession -- Financing your home -- Playing the mortgage game -- Before you close -- The closing -- Happily ever after.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Three Rivers Press 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned to a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from MPD (multiple personality disorder) and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after he manages to hunt down and kill his wife's murderer. Now a new series of murders have started and the suspect claimed to be Shinji Nishizono. Could it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eiji Ohtsuka Office/MPD Psycho Project 2000
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MPDCorso, Phil
Summary: "The martial art of tae kwon do is based on more than 5,000 years of Korean tradition. It's a combat system that focuses not only on physical performance but also on mental and spiritual wellness. The name of this martial art loosely means foot, fist, and discipline, and tae kwon do combines the strength of the body with the agility of the mind. Today, tae kwon do is a popular martial art for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.815 CORFrey, Stephen W.
Summary: Christian Gillette is confronted by a difficult choice when a mysterious organization sets out to gain a partnership in his company, Everest Capital, and charismatic politician Jesse Wood asks him to be his running mate in his candidacy for president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006