Wilson, David Sloan.
Summary: An evolutionary biologist applies the ideas of evolutionary science to his post-industrial hometown and uses the "traits" he discovers, including what bullying feeds on and how neighborhood quality affects test scores, to improve the lives of his fellow citizens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307.76 WILWilson, David Sloan
Summary: David Sloan Wilson, one of the world’s leading evolutionists, addresses a question that has puzzled philosophers, psychologists, and evolutionary biologists for centuries: Does altruism exist naturally among the Earth’s creatures? The key to understanding the existence of altruism, Wilson argues, is by understanding the role it plays in the social organization of groups. Groups that function...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576 WILSloan, Annie
Summary: How to decorate beds, tables, chests, chairs, picture frames and other common household items. Includes such decorative techniques as woodgraining, color washing, combing, ragging, sponging, marbling, stencilling, trompe l'oeil, printing, dragging, and decoupage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Weidenfeld 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 749 SLOSummary: Nell's a newly single mom who wants this Christmas to be extra - special for her two kids. It turns out to be special, indeed, but it's not what she had in mind. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Chaos reigns in this entertaining comedy, and the notion of 'family' takes on a whole new meaning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions 2014
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family OneSummary: The mummy, is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of British archaeologists. It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she had been sacrificed. Alive again, he sets out to find his lost love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014