Summary: Tells the story of Oblio, a round-headed boy living in the land of "Point," where everything and everybody has one. Oblio, along with his trusty dog, Arrow, is banished to the Pointless Forest. Once there, the adventure begins. The tale is narrated by Ringo Starr and includes songs written and sung by Harry Nilsson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2012
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Summary: "When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school -- we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. Professor and TED presenter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Cult RoslingHonders, Christine
Summary: It's impossible to know exactly what other people are thinking, but if a person has perspective, it can be much easier to have an idea of those thoughts. This volume introduces students to the idea of perspective-taking, or seeing things from another person's point of view. Students will learn that perspective-taking can help them build better relationships with friends and family. They will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302 HONRose, Emily
Summary: Introduces young readers on how to grow their social awareness with examples of how their actions affects others around them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Emo Intel RoseDe Becker, Gavin
Summary: Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust -- and act on -- our own intuitions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners Pub. Corp. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 152.46 GLARosling, Hans
Summary: "When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school -- we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. Professor and TED presenter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.9 ROSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 155.9 ROSTodorov, Alexander B
Summary: " We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example, politicians who simply look more competent are more likely to win elections. Yet the character judgments we make from faces are as inaccurate as they are irresistible; in most situations, we would guess more accurately if we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2017
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Summary: A provocative look at how our private spaces--from boardroom to bedroom--reveal our personalities. For ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected--and unplanned--ways, but also how we...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.91 GOSLevine, Michael
Contents: Broken windows in business -- Can McDonald's be saved? -- Obsession and compulsion -- How the mighty have fallen -- Expectation vs. reality -- Branding and broken windows -- The employee as broken window -- Why Krispy Kreme is better than Dunkin' Donuts (and vice versa) -- Fly the what skies? -- Doing it right -- Do you Google? -- Broken wires : broken windows on the Net -- The public, watchdog...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 659.2 LEVLevine, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: BasicBooks 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.23 LEVWilson, Timothy D.
Summary: A psychologist proposes techniques to tweak and reframe internal self-narratives to lead healthy, more productive lives and discusses the best way to recover from trauma and explains why self-help books may make you feel less happy after reading them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.25 WILLancaster, Jen
Summary: Every day, Americans are bombarded with terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and the health consequences of the foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media users, pressured into maintaining a perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO (fear of missing out), and the disparity between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little a 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 LANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 LANBach, Mette
Summary: Freyja, leader of her school's Gay-Straight Alliance, has always identified as a lesbian when she starts volunteering at the local food bank, she learns about food justice and begins to develop feelings for her male team leader, Sanjay.
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Publisher / Publication Date: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BACKeplinger, Kody.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEPWeingarten, Lynn
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Sasha, desperate to save her best friend Xavier from more heartache, creates a social media trap for his ex-girlfriend with the hopes of exposing her cheating ways, but Sasha's plan takes a dangerous turn that dramatically changes the course of everyone's life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WEIFridland, Valerie
Summary: In Language and Society: What Your Speech Says About You, sociolinguist Valerie Fridland of the University of Nevada, Reno guides you in a wide-ranging voyage into the extraordinary world of our language, with a penetrating focus on the multiple ways in which societies and language intersect. In these 24 highly engaging lectures, you'll look closely at the different facets of language and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2014
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Gerber, Alyson
Summary: "Weatherby is a fish out of water. When she lands a scholarship to the prestigious Boston School, she's excited to be in the same world as her dad, whom she's never met, and make real friends. But Weatherby has a secret she'll risk everything to protect, one that could destroy her new life. Every member of Jack's wealthy and privileged family has made their mark at the Boston School. Everyone,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dr. Cal Lightman is a psychologist whose uncanny ability to read the truth behind people's facial expressions and body language makes him the world's foremost deception expert. Aided by Dr. Gillian Foster, FBI Agent Ben Reynolds, and a dedicated team of investigators, Lightman faces new lies, new cases, and new challenges, including a murder suspect with multiple personalities, a terrifying...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LIESummary: Complete your collection with this thrilling and compelling third and final season. The world's foremost expert on detecting lies and deception, returns as he and his brilliant investigative team take on their most intriguing cases to date, ranging from museum heists and kidnappings to mysterious cults and murder. Featuring exclusive deleted scenes found only on DVD, the thought-provoking and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LIEHill, Marc Lamont
Summary: "A riveting exploration of how the power of visual media over the last few years has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the New York Times bestselling author of the "worthy and necessary" (The New York Times) Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill, and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. With his signature "clear and courageous" (Cornel West)...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 HILCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.3 HILGodfrey, Bradeigh
Summary: "Molly Sullivan is used to sharing intimate details of her life with millions of followers. A thirty-one-year-old single mom, she has built a career out of fearless posts about parenthood and dating. But when Molly shares a photo of her new fiancé, Scott, she is shocked by his negative reaction. For the sake of their relationship, Molly agrees to remove the post and keep Scott and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2023
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Summary: Raina Hamish suddenly has a terrifying vision of a murdered corpse in the Everglades. Special Agent Axel Tiger will nurture Raina's abilities to find the killer, but it will put her directly in the crosshairs.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harlequin Audio 2020