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Summary: Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin lamented that English settlers were constantly fleeing over to the Indians -- but Indians almost never did the same. Tribal society has been exerting an almost gravitational pull on Westerners for hundreds of years, and the reason lies deep in our evolutionary past as a communal species. The most recent example of that attraction is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve Large Print 2016
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: The incredible true account of the most extraordinary storm of the 20th century, this is the story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed "perfect" and of the doomed fishing boat with her crew of six that was helpless in the midst of a force beyond comprehension.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.45 JUNJunger, Sebastian.
Summary: "The perfect storm" is a stark and compelling journey into the dark core of nature that leaves listeners with a breathless sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force beyond understanding or control.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 974.45 JUNJunger, Sebastian.
Summary: Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm," turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat in this on-the-ground account that follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010
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Summary: In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the Boston Strangler. Sensing a break in the case that has paralyzed the city of Boston, the police track down a black man, Roy Smith, who cleaned the victim's house that day and left a receipt with his name on the kitchen counter. Smith is hastily convicted of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2001
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Summary: "A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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Summary: "Draws on history, psychology, and anthropology to discuss how the tribal connection--the instinct to belong to small groups with a clear purpose and common understanding--can satisfy the human quest for meaning and belonging,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 Junger 2016Junger, Sebastian.
Summary: In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the Boston Strangler. Sensing a break in the case that has paralyzed the city of Boston, the police track down a black man, Roy Smith, who cleaned the victim's house that day and left a receipt with his name on the kitchen counter. Smith is hastily convicted of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.152 JUNJunger, Sebastian.
Summary: Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm," turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat in this on-the-ground account that follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010
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Summary: In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantly captures the awesome power of the raging sea and the often futile attempts of humans to withstand it" ( Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, Junger turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat--the fear, the honor, and the trust among men in an extreme situation whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2010
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Summary: Follows many of the soldiers featured in "Restrepo" after they've left combat in order to examine how war works, what it feels like, and what it does to the young men who fight it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KORSummary: This documentary chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, starting in 2007. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military. This is an entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films & Entertainment 2010
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Summary: "George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg lead a talented cast in this harrowing special-effects adventure intercutting the plight of seafarers struggling to reach safe harbor with the heroics of air/sea rescue crews"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000