Sanderson, Catherine Ashley
Summary: "Now and then, we hear about everyday heroes riding to the rescue when they see someone suffering or being harassed. But most bystanders don't intervene. Catherine Sanderson turns to cutting-edge research in social psychology and neuroscience to explain why we so often fail to act and offers practical strategies to nudge us into being brave"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 SANFlannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof)
Summary: Offers a powerful argument for immediate action on climate change, discussing issues ranging from balancing energy demands and food supply in India and China to the possibility of a viable electric car that could spell the end of big oil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 FLAMoalem, Sharon.
Summary: Neurogeneticist Moalem takes us on a trip from prehistory to the forefront of cutting-edge medical research, and through a bedroom or two, to tell the story of how human sexuality has developed over time. This book challenges common perceptions about our bodies and presents astonishing discoveries from the frontiers of science as it traces the transformation of sex across species and through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.6 MOAAriely, Dan.
Summary: How can confusing directions actually help us? Why can large bonuses make CEOs less productive? Why is there such a big difference between what we think will make us happy and what really makes us happy? In his groundbreaking book Predictably Irrational, social scientist Dan Ariely revealed the multiple biases that lead us into making unwise decisions. Now, in The Upside of Irrationality, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 ARIHawn, Goldie.
Summary: The actress, author, and founder of the Hawn Foundation provides easy physical and mental exercises that can help children reduce stress, manage emotions and behaviors, develop greater empathy, and be more optimistic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perigee Book 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 HAWSummary: Daniel Goleman brought the concept of "EI" to prominence as an alternative to more traditional measures of IQ with his mega-best-seller Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - and since the publication of that book, conferences and academic institutes have sprung up dedicated to the idea. In this TEDTalk, Goleman explores the question of why we aren't more compassionate more of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Sarnowski, Claire
Summary: "The true story of a young girl and a Holocaust survivor whose friendship led to a significant change in their community and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 SARHolmes, Tom (Thomas R.)
Summary: This book represents [the author's] own variant of the IFS [Internal Family Systems] model as [he has] used it for nearly twenty years in clinical practice, in the classroom with graduate students at Western Michigan University, and in workshops and trainings throughout the United States and Europe. [Here, he shares his] understanding of why we think, feel and act as we do and how we can move...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Winged Heart Press 2007
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Summary: "Diversity and anti-racism work is too often reduced to training, therapy, education, and policy, or what the author calls "Feel-Good" approaches that focus on emotions and morality and prevent us from taking collective action for racial justice, decolonization, and equity in our organizations and communities"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 SRICase, Peter.
Contents: Vanishing act -- Deja blues -- Dream about you -- When you don't come -- Never comin' home -- It's all mine -- Why don't we give it a go? -- Why? -- Last time I looked -- Wonderful 99 -- I've been looking for you -- Beyond the blues -- It don't matter what people say.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CASBishop, Gary John
Summary: "From the author of the New York Times and international bestseller Unfu*k Yourself Gary John Bishop presents a no-holds-barred guide to breaking through our cycles of self-sabotage to get what we want out of life.In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop toldus it was time to stop making excuses--to recognize and take responsibility for the negative self-talk holding us back. In Stop Doing That...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: "There is no age restriction on spiritual growth. So, why do we act like there is? For the last several decades, Western churches have focused the bulk of their resources on the early stages of discipleship-children's Sunday school, youth group, college ministry. These are all important, but we've neglected spiritual growth in the second half of life. In fact, an outside observer might think...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Publishers 2020