Brooks, David
Summary: "[The author] has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in [this book], he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives. Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, [the author] challenges us,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2015
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Summary: "Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The bestselling author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world." -- From Amazon.com summary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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Summary: "As David Brooks observes, "There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen--to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood." And yet we humans don't do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2023
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Summary: Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience, and from the worlds of theatre, history, and education, to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. He helps listeners become more understanding and considerate towards others, and find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way he offers a possible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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Summary: David Brooks reveals that success isn't all about money and fame, but about quality of life and the ability to provide for others. Here, listeners will discover that the most important aspects of success are often taken for granted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2011
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Summary: From the influential and hugely popular "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author of "Bobos in Paradise" comes a landmark exploration of how human beings and communities succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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Summary: From the influential and hugely popular "New York Times" columnist and bestselling author of "Bobos in Paradise" comes a landmark exploration of how human beings and communities succeed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2011
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Brooks, David
Summary: In his most eye-opening and deeply personal book yet, David Brooks tells the story of ten great lives that illustrate how character is developed, and how we can all strive to build rich inner lives, marked by humility and moral depth. In a society that emphasizes success and external achievement, The Road to Character is a book about inner worth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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Summary: Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy--who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were meant to climb. Their goals on this first mountain are the ones...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Ultra City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City's most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city's dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: Introduces major topics in the sciences, and suggests related activities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2011
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Contents: Diving woman -- Road head -- Machinist -- Planetary ambience -- Soft sounds from another planet -- Boyish -- 12 steps -- Jimmy Fallon big -- Body is a blade -- Till death -- This house -- Here come the tubular bells.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK JAPContents: Believe (4:24) -- Did I Make The Most Of Loving You? (Theme From "Downton Abbey") (4:26) -- Never Forget (4:39) -- Inamorata (3:18) -- Main Title (From "Game Of Thrones") (4:34) -- Clarity (3:39) -- Beautiful Storm (4:01) -- Don't Let Me Go (3:55) -- Harem (5:04) -- Invisible (4:12) -- Great Love (3:55) -- Lullaby For Belina (4:13).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Green Hill Productions 2015
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Summary: "A sleepwalking sister! Space dreams and scientific surveys! A sudden surge of songwriting inspiration! Slippery, silent worm hunting and the stealthy seeking of a warm bath! The search for a sticky ghost! There is no such thing as sweet slumber in the Loud House. Witness what kind of antics the Loud kids - Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, Lily, and Lincoln (plus best...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC CROSummary: Through extensive interviews with cast and creators, original show footage presented in HD. For the first time, and brand-new animated storyboards, directors Ira Steven Behr (showrunner of the original series) and David Zappone (Star Trek docs The Captains and For the Love of Spock) present an in-depth look at this beloved TV show, its fans, and its ongoing appeal to Trekkies of all ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Summary: New to Facebook? Then this essential guide will prove to be the perfect introduction to the world's largest social media site. Covering Facebook's key features.
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Publisher / Publication Date: In Easy Steps Limited 2017
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Summary: Designed specifically for the needs of seniors, an essential guide for newcomers to Facebook shares practical, beginner-level coverage of how to establish an online profile and use the world's largest media site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: In Easy Steps 2020
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Summary: Follows a shared encounter between an abandoned 7-year-old, a widowed shut-in and a nursing home escapee, who embark on a road trip across Western Australia to find the child's mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015