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Bonner, William

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.743 BON

Patterson, James

Summary: My name is Hannah Dory and I need you to believe me. Now. Hannah Doe is brought to Belman Psych, kicking and screaming, told she is suffering from hallucinations and delusions. 1347. Hannah Dory and her village are starving to death in a brutal winter. Hannah seeks out food and salvation in the baron's castle. If she is caught stealing, she will surely hang. Now. Hannah knows the truth - she is...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Bernstein, William J.

Summary: ""We are the apes who tell stories," writes William Bernstein. "And no matter how misleading the narrative, if it is compelling enough it will nearly always trump the facts." As Bernstein shows in his eloquent and persuasive new book, The Delusions of Crowds, throughout human history, compelling stories have catalyzed the spread of contagious narratives through susceptible groups-with enormous,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021

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Mackay, Charles

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1932

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Vedantam, Shankar

Summary: "From the New York Times-bestselling author and host of NPR's Hidden Brain comes a counterintuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deception's role in human success. Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to ourcommunities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of NPR's Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 VED

Smith, Mychal Denzel

Summary: "We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 SMI

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