Rindsberg, Ashley
Summary: As flagship of the American news media, the New York Times is the world's most powerful news outlet. With thousands of reporters covering events from all corners of the globe, the Times has the power to influence wars, foment revolution, shape economies and change the very nature of our culture. It doesn't just cover the news: it creates it. But the institution that is the New York Times is...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Midnight Oil Publishers LLC 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 071 RINBrooke-Hitching, Edward
Summary: The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms, non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations and other fictitious geography - were all at various times presented as facts on maps and atlases. This book is a collection of striking antique maps that display the most erroneous...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Cahalan, Susannah.
Summary: One day in 2009, twenty-four-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records, chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all, showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Only weeks earlier, Susannah had been on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mister Rogers taught generations of children how to accept and respect others and how to feel valued and encouraged. Watch memorable episodes where Mister Rogers helps children understand that everyone makes mistakes from time to time. World-famous pianist Andre Watts performs for Mister Rogers, and together they talk about learning from mistakes!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MISCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MiAllen, Marshall
Summary: "From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win. Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.28 ALLBouchard, R. Philip
Summary: R. Philip Bouchard takes a closer look at 13 pervasive scientific untruths tackling a range of topics from gravity and radiation to global warming, pandemics and humorously shares the real science behind them. You'll learn why trees do not store carbon dioxide, why getting your genome sequenced tells you much less than you think it does, and why a day is not actually 24 hours.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BOUMountain, David
Summary: The stories we tell about our past matter. But those stories have been shaped by prejudice, hoaxes and misinterpretations that have whitewashed entire chapters of history, erased women and invented civilisations. Today history is often used to justify xenophobia, nationalism and inequality as we cling to grand origin stories and heroic tales of extraordinary men. Exploring myths, mysteries and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Icon Books, Limited 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 MOUSummary: In this volume set, kids will learn how accidents and mistakes can lead to discovery, how the shape of an object impacts the way it bounces, and how changing the direction of a force can make heavier things easier to move. But the discoveries don't end there! Learn how mirrors reflect and bounce images, and how to change the volume and pitch of a sound, and much, much more!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NCircle Entertainment 2019
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Luyken, Corinna
Summary: "As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LUYNorris, Mary
Summary: A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 428.2 NORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 NORCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 808 NORTidd, Natasha
Summary: "Taking readers on a global journey through human history, historian Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar's deceptive PR machine to the cover ups that caused Chernobyl. From forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, the Protocols of Zion and the mysterious Testament of Peter the Great, to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Michael O'Mara Books Limited 2023
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 TIDApplegate, Katherine
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text remind the reader that any achievement may be preceded by mistakes, and learning from them makes accomplishments sweeter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Applegate 2018Dreyer, Benjamin
Summary: "Full of advice, insider wisdom, and fascinating facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone who wants to be confident in their writing skills, or anyone who enjoys the power of language. Explored throughout are the mysteries of using punctuation, word choice decisions, and more, presented in a clear, concise and accessible manner made fun!"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Word DreyerGoldhill, David.
Summary: "A visionary and completely original investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding insurance coverage will only make things worse, and how it can be transformed into a transparent, affordable,successful system. In 2007, David Goldhill's father died from a series of infections acquired in a well-regarded New York hospital. The bill...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 GOLGraedon, Joe.
Summary: Medical mistakes happen all the time. Each year, 6.1 million Americans are harmed by diagnostic mistakes, drug disasters, and medical treatments. A decade ago, the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98,000 people died in hospitals each year from preventable medical errors--and new research suggests the toll is much higher. Patient advocates Joe and Teresa Graedon came face-to-face with...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.28 GRAHarrison, Christy
Summary: ""It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle." You've probably heard this phrase from any number of people in the wellness space. But as Christy Harrison reveals in her latest book, wellness culture promotes a standard of health that is often both unattainable and deeply harmful. Many people with chronic illness understandably feel dismissed or abandoned by the healthcare system and find solace in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Ofri, 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"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.89 OFRPetras, Kathryn
Summary: "An entertaining and informative guide to the most common 150 words even smart people use incorrectly, along with pithy forays into their fascinating etymologies and tangled histories of use and misuse"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.1 PETPosamentier, Alfred S.
Summary: "Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, all-important science"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2013
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Faruqi, Saadia
Summary: Second grader Ali Tahir considers himself to be a dinosaur expert, but on a class field trip to the natural history museum, Ali keeps getting his facts wrong, and is embarrassed in front of his friends and classmates.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FARRichardson, Heather Cox
Summary: "From historian and author of the popular daily newsletter LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN, a vital narrative that explains how America, once a beacon of democracy, now teeters on the brink of autocracy--and how we can turn back. In the midst of the impeachment crisis of 2019, Heather Cox Richardson launched a daily Facebook essay providing the historical background of the daily torrent of news. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.473 RICCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.473 RICSummary: Explores efforts to improve patient safety in the United States health care system and reduce medical mistakes that lead to preventable deaths and harm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TOFord, Debbie.
Summary: Identifies the forces that cause people to commit acts of self-sabotage and self-destruction, in a guide that offers advice on how to make choices in accordance with one's true goals and values.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Gaddis, Juliana
Summary: "From debut talent Juliana Gaddis and NY Times bestselling illustrator John Joseph comes the story of two families with identical minivans (save for one tiny bumper sticker!) who unknowingly switch vehicles for the day when their respective toddlers swapkey fobs at the grocery store"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023