Adams, Scott
Summary: In Reframe Your Brain, Scott Adams, the contrarian genius behind Dilbert and author of the most influential personal success book of all time--How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big--gives you the complete operating system for lasting happiness. Are you familiar with this old saying? "All publicity is good publicity." That's a classic reframe. The quote shifts your thinking from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scott Adams, Inc. 2023
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Summary: ""Colin Andrews' work has revolutionized my UFO-related research, moving me from nuts and bolts to exploring consciousness as the basis of a new paradigm. On the Edge of Reality deals with the connection between our consciousness and physical reality. I highly recommend that everyone read the book." --Grant Cameron, coauthor of UFOs, Area 51, and Government Informants "On the Edge of Reality...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 130 ANDSummary: Demystifying the key ideas of the world's greatest philosophers, and exploring all of the most important branches of thought, including philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and feminist philosophy in a uniquely visual way, this resource is the perfect introduction to the subject.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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Summary: "The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to the weirdest questions you never thought to ask. The millions of people around the world who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help. Planning to ride a fire pole from the moon back to Earth?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 MUNLaw, Stephen
Summary: "Open your mind and prepare to explore some of philosophy's biggest, BOLDEST IDEAS -- from the ridiculously silly to the strikingly serious. Each question in this boko will unlock new ways of thinking and may lead you to some INTRIGUING ANSWERS. If you're daring enough to take on this mind-expanding challenge, then read on!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2022
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Summary: Since 1997, "The Four Agreements" has transformed the lives of many around the world with a simple but profound message--eliminating the learned practices of "agreements that go against ourselves and create needless suffering." With this sequel, readers are encouraged to recover the power of their authenticity -- to be who they really are.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amber-Allen Pub. 2010
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Summary: Presents advice on how to gain personal freedom by following the wisdom of the Toltecs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hierophant Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.7 RUIHardy, Grant
Summary: "[This series] is an epic, comprehensive survey of the East's most influential philosphers and thinkers. In 36 lectures, [the student will be introduced to] the men and women responsible for molding Asian philosophy and for giving birth to a wide variety of spiritual and ideological systems, including Hinduism, Daoism, Confucianism, Sufism, and Buddhism."--Www.thegreatcourses.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 109 GREKyi, Tanya Lloyd
Summary: "Kids 3 to 6 will be inspired to ask their own big questions after reading about the mysteries that scientists have yet to discover. This celebration of curiosity is an excellent resource for fostering an interest in STEM. Sometimes, it seems as if scientists know everything about the world. They've recorded the songs of humpback whales, dug up the bones of dinosaurs, and even tracked the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KYIRobert, Marie
Summary: When You Kant Figure It Out, Ask a Philosopher explains how pearls of wisdom from the greatest Western philosophers can help us face and make light of some of the daily challenges of modern life. In twelve clever, accessible chapters, you'll get advice from Epicurus about how to disconnect from constant news alerts and social media updates, Nietzsche's take on getting in shape, John Stuart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1994
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Summary: Retraces the journeys of forefront intellectuals from Epicurus and Gandhi to Thoreau and Beauvoir to illuminate how their practical and spiritual lessons can be applied in today's unsettled world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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Summary: "The Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, or the art of doing nothing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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Summary: Identifies four self-limiting beliefs that impede one's experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amber-Allen Pub. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299.792 RuiKaag, John J.
Summary: "John Kaag is a dispirited young philosopher at sea in his marriage and his career when he stumbles upon West Wind, a ruin of an estate in the hinterlands of New Hampshire that belonged to the eminent Harvard philosopher William Ernest Hocking. Hocking was one of the last true giants of American philosophy and a direct intellectual descendent of William James, the father of American philosophy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 190 KAANhất Hạnh
Summary: How can we clear the fog of illusion and see things as they really are? Nhất Hạnh show us how mindfulness practices can help us see our real selves. He brings his signature clarity, compassion and humour in these pithy meditations that will lead readers to achieve an awakened, more relaxed state of self-awareness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parallax Press 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2005
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Summary: "The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats-and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A million years ago, the Great Masters of Wisdom recorded a mysterious manuscript widely known as the Book of Dzyan — a Tibetan name meaning the Book of Secret Wisdom. Written in a language unfamiliar to modern philology, called Senzar, this oldest book in the world has served as the source of every ancient religion, philosophy, and science. The Masters stored it in the legendary realm of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Radiant Books, an imprint of Dushkova Publishing, LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 BOOKaplan, Eric
Summary: Philosopher and comedy writer (Futurama, Big Bang Theory) Kaplan tackles a metaphysical paradox: there are some things we dearly believe in that are not universally acknowledged as real. Here, Kaplan shows how philosophy giants Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein strove to smooth over this uncomfortable meeting of the real and unreal--and failed. From there he turns to mysticism's attempts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 KAPDawkins, Richard
Summary: The author of "The God delusion" addresses key scientific questions previously explained by rich mythologies, from the evolution of the first humans and the life cycle of stars to the principles of a rainbow and the origins of the universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 501 DAWHabib, Shahnaz
Summary: "The color of one's skin and passport have long dictated the conditions of travel. For Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Habib threads the history of travel with her personal story as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom roundtrips are an annual fact of life. Tracing the power dynamics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2023