Irvine, William Braxton
Summary: "Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. Irvine combines key lessons from the ancient Stoics with modern psychological techniques to develop a surprisingly simple strategy for dealing with life's unpleasant surprises. By using the updated Stoic strategy, we can transform life's setbacks into opportunities for becoming calmer, tougher, and more resilient." -- adapted from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The ideas of rationalist philosophers Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Leibniz are examined in this program by world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and philosopher Anthony Quinton. Spinoza favors a pantheistic God who has matter and mind as two attributes, and who is the ultimate substance and explanation of the world. Leibniz sees the real world as consisting of an infinity of things...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: By replacing paganism with monotheism and tribal life with empire-building, the Arabs of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties effected a complete paradigm shift in their worldview. This program studies the codification of Islamic law and assimilation of non-Arab texts-and the ensuing competition between the ulema, or doctors of the law, and the philosophers, who saw reason as an equal to divine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Lachman, Gary
Summary: xplorers of occult mysteries and the edges of consciousness change the way we view not only the nature of reality, but also our deepest sense of self. Insightful author Gary Lachman presents punchy, enlightening, and intriguing biographies of some of the most influential esoteric luminaries in recent history. His 16 subjects include Swedish mystical scientist Emanuel Swedenborg; H. P....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quest Books-Theosophical Pub. House 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133 LACHeller, Anne Conover.
Summary: A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAND, AYN HELFitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
Contents: The offshore pirate -- The ice palace -- Head and shoulders -- The cut-glass bowl -- Bernice bobs her hair -- Benediction -- Dalrymple goes wrong -- The four fists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FITNadler, Steven M.
Summary: "In the spring of 1672, the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris on a furtive diplomatic mission. That project was quickly abandoned, but Leibniz remained in Paris with a specific goal: to get the most he could out of the city's intellectual and cultural riches. He benefited, above all, from his friendships with France's two greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 190.9032 NADSummary: In contrast to empiricist and rationalist traditions, existentialism proposes an order-less world, vaguely hostile, where people choose their character and goals, have an obligation only to be "authentic," and may only observe the truth (reality) in moments of anxiety. In this program, world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and University of California, Berkeley, philosopher Herbert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Van Lente, Fred.
Contents: v. 1. Plato ; Bodhidharma ; Friedrich Nietzsche ; Thomas Jefferson ; St. Augustine ; Ayn Rand ; Sigmund Freud ; C.G. Jung ; Joseph Campbell -- v. 2. Karl Marx ; Macchiavelli ; The Kabbalah ; Descartes ; Sartre ; Derrida ; Wittgenstein ; St. Thomas Aquinas ; Kierkegaard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Evil Twin Comics 2006
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 Van LenteSummary: Part 1 includes an introduction to the entire series and to the enduring problems of philosophy. The critical tensions in Western thought are identified and the context is set for the great conversation that follows. This first part of the series is foundational, designed to teach basic facts about the philosophers and traditions covered. Classical Origins examines the origins of philosophy in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREVieweg, Klaus
Summary: "A monumental new biography of a pivotal yet poorly understood pioneer in modern philosophy. When a painter once told Goethe that he wanted to paint the most famous man of the age, Goethe directed him to Georg Friederich Wilhelm Hegel. Hegel, the most famous figure in modern philosophy, arguably its father, believed that to philosophize is to learn to live freely. He was slow and cautious in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stanford University Press 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HEGEL, GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH VIESummary: Ernesto "Che" Guevara was both a romantic and a rebel, honored by many for his commitment to liberation yet vilified by others as a rogue. This compelling program traces the life of a man whose idealism and determination gripped the imagination of an era. Interviews with family members, partisans, enemies, and others-including the photographer who immortalized him-share their recollections and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: This program examines the ideas of the medieval philosophic theologians, particularly St. Thomas Aquinas. World-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Oxford medieval philosopher Anthony Kenny discuss Aristotelian logic as the basis of Aquinas' thought, and dispute charges that medieval philosophy merely reinforced extant Christian views. Logical methods employed by Aquinas are discussed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Brown, Jeffrey
Summary: "Lucy and her goofball brother Andy, two Neanderthal siblings living 40,000 years ago, take on a wandering baby sibling, bossy teens, cave paintings, and a mammoth hunt. But what will happen when they encounter a group of humans? Includes a special paleontologist section that helps to dispel common Neanderthal myths"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BROCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC LUCSummary: Vehement repudiation of Christian and liberal ethics; the detestation of democratic ideals; the celebration of the "superman"; the death of God; and a life-affirming "will to power" are the philosophical legacies of Friedrich Nietzsche. In this program, world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Nietzsche philosopher J. P. Stern discuss these concepts as the genesis of existentialism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Follows a team of thieves, hackers, and con artists who act as modern-day Robin Hoods, standing up for the little guy who has been victimized by the rich and powerful. The team takes on corrupt bankers, high fashion, the tabloid media, and, most shockingly, an old nemesis from their past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD LEVTunng (Musical group)
Contents: Hustle -- It breaks -- Don't look down or back -- Roadside -- October -- Sashimi -- With whiskey -- By dusk they were in the city -- These wins -- Santiago -- Weekend away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thrill Jockey Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC TUNSummary: I think, therefore I am. Rationalist philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes, considered the father of modern philosophy, held this as self-evidently true. In this program, world-renowned author and professor Bryan Magee and Bernard Williams of Kings College examine Descartes's theory of knowledge and his use of skeptical inquiry to affirm reality, including the existence of God....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Behling, Steve
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Avengers' Civil War, Scott Lang, the incredible Ant-Man, is grappling with the consequences of his choices -- as a Super Hero, a father, and a friend. While he struggles to rebalance his life (and get used to living under house arrest), Hope Van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym have been forced into hiding, and Hope has taken up her own Super Hero mantle: the Wasp. With Hope and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Contents: Nimbus -- Untitled 7 -- Fantasynth -- Blue window -- Cyn -- X22rme -- Runner -- Falling rizlas -- Dancing in the smoke -- Faure in chrome -- There's an angel in the shower -- Visa.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC ACTCallahan, Gail.
Contents: A very reasonable craft. The Big Three : fiber, color heat -- Your dye studio. Setting up your studio ; Safety first ; Be environmentally responsible ; Organizing your supplies ; Heat sources -- Fibers to dye for. What to expect from protein fibers ; The many elements that affect dye color ; Preparing fiber for the dyebath -- Dyes to try. Types of dyes ; Some dying warm ups ; Playing with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.6 CALDiCampo, Fausto
Summary: "This book is a detailed guide on developing mental discipline. The concept as understood here consists of control of one's own thoughts and emotions. The control is based on philosophy, primarily Stoicism, and meditation. Philosophy promotes critical thinking, self-knowledge, and objective self-criticism. Stoicism helps one form an individualistic, independent mentality resistant to negative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Thygerson, Alton L.
Contents: Background information -- Action at an emergency -- The human body -- Finding out what's wrong -- CPR -- Automated external defibrillators -- Shock -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Bandaging wounds -- Burns -- Head and spinal injuries -- Chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Extremity injuries -- Splinting extremities -- Sudden illnesses -- Poisoning -- Bites and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.0252 THYContents: Disc 1: High noon in Mayberry -- The loaded goat -- Class reunion -- Rafe Hollister sings -- Opie and the spoiled kid -- The great filling station robbery -- Disc 2: Andy discovers America -- Aunt Bee's medicine man -- The Darlings are coming -- Andy's English valet -- Barney's first car -- The rivals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timeless Media Group 2012