Brafman, Ori.
Summary: A journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making. Why is it so difficult to end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? Here, organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer these questions and more....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155 BRABrafman, Ori.
Summary: A psychological investigation of the forces behind what makes us click with certain people, or become fully immersed in whatever activity or situation we're involved in. These kinds of peak experiences, when our senses are completely focused on the moment, are something that individuals--and companies--strive to achieve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation BrafmanPfeffer, Wendy
Summary: Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2003
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.261 PFEPfeifer, Joseph
Summary: "From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live. When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. A few moments later, he watched the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PFEIFER, JOSEPH PFEPfeiffer, John.
Contents: And we're off -- Taking care of her -- Home away from home : the doctor's office -- Ch-ch-ch-changes -- Baby stuff -- Getting ready for the delivery -- Things to squeeze in before the baby squeezes out -- Babywatch -- The birth : special delivery -- Taking junior home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PFEPfeffer, Anshel
Summary: A deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel--its history, present, and future--without first understanding the life and worldview of the man who leads it Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in numerous scandals, all of his own making, and may soon be ousted from the office he has held longer than any prior Israeli Prime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN PFEKieffer, Sarah
Summary: "A festive baking book featuring more than 50 recipes to enjoy during the holiday season and all winter long"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.568 KIEPfeiffer, Ehrenfried
Summary: This title covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 632.5 PFEKieffer, Sarah
Summary: You don't have to be a professional baker to make delicious treats! Kieffer started out baking professionally, but home-baked treats for family and friends are what she loves to prepare. Here she shares tried-and-true recipes, and reinvented classics, while simplifying the processes so that you can make them part of your everyday baking routines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.86 KIEKieffer, Sarah
Summary: "From the beloved author of 100 Cookies, this baking book featuring 100 breakfast treats: muffins, scones, quick breads, savories, and pastries. For bakers of every stripe, breakfast lovers, or those who like a treat with their tea, 100 Morning Treats is the go-to sourcebook for 100 sweet and savory morning-themed recipes"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: "Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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Summary: Presents an exploration of the sobering history behind Asperger's Syndrome that reveals child psychiatrist Hans Asperger's influence by Nazi psychiatry and his use of one of the Reich's deadliest killing centers to experiment on disabled children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psych ShefferOgas, Ogi
Summary: "Why do minds exist? How did mud and stone develop into beings that can experience longing, regret, love, and compassion-beings that are aware of their own experience? Until recently, science offered few answers to these existential questions. Journey of the Mind is the first book to offer a unified account of the mind that explains how consciousness, language, the Self, and civilization...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 OGAFeifer, Gregory
Summary: Focuses on the author's years as a journalist in Russia and personal stories by everyday people to examine the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries, offering insight into apparent paradoxes in Russian culture, policies, and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 FEIMcKoy, Bri
Summary: "This foolproof, upbeat kitchen companion helps hesitant home cooks go beyond simple recipe reading, giving them the skills they need to master the art of confident cooking"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 MCKPrefer, Nathan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Presidio 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5421 PREOfri, Danielle
Summary: "Physician and author Danielle Ofri investigates how medical error could be killing 10% of patients and causing 33% of hospital deaths. These stories ask us to reconsider what happens when the medical system does us harm"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.89 OFRWeinzweig, Ari
Summary: In “Going into Business with Emma Goldman,” Ari brings together two seemingly incompatible approaches—the century-old, revolutionary, anarchist beliefs of Emma Goldman and the idea of implementing them in the business world with which she was, for most of her life, at odds. As Ari imagines it, the pamphlet is “an adventure in intellectual time travel—an uplifting, anarchist fable for the modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zingerman's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 335.83 WEIAmos, Tori
Summary: "Filled with compassionate guidance and actionable advice--and using some of the most powerful, political songs in Amos's canon--Resistance is for readers determined to steer the world back in the right direction."-Dust jacket. "A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult AmosPfeiffer, C. Boyd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Pub. International 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.79124 PFEPfeiffer, Charles F.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Moody Press 1962
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 220.7 WYCPfeiffer, C. Boyd.
Summary: An illustrated guide to baits and rigs that explains how to choose hooks, sinkers, floats, and lines, and gives tips on knots and splices, bait selection, effective bait and lure rigs, and both freshwater and saltwater fishing tactics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.1 PFEPfeiffer, C. Boyd.
Summary: "How to make your own fishing rods, fishing lures, and fishing accessories"--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 688.7 PFEPfeiffer, Laura Szucs
Summary: This is "an overview of a large number of sources that are often overlooked. It discusses where these records can be found, offers some options for locating these records through the Internet, and provides a selected bibliography of background information and methodology."--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry 2000