Cipolla, Carlo M.
Summary: "An economist explores the five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and do rule the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listen & Live Audio 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listen & Live Audio 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 081 NORBrafman, Ori.
Summary: A journey into the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making. Why is it so difficult to end a doomed relationship? Why do we listen to advice just because it came from someone "important"? Why are we more likely to fall in love when there's danger involved? Here, organizational thinker Ori Brafman and his brother, psychologist Rom Brafman, answer these questions and more....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008
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Contents: The Darwin awards: What are they? -- Natural selection: Animal misadventures -- Relatively dangerous: A family affair -- "I fought the law ... ": Stupid criminal tricks -- Up in smoke: Fire and explosives -- Leaps of faith: Fatal falls -- Military intelligence: Uninformed men -- Testosterone poisoning: Macho men -- Dangerous liaisons: Unsafe sex -- Davey Jones' locker: Watery demise -- Man's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2002
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Summary: An incredible runaway bestseller and cult phenomenon, The Darwin awards returns with all new tales of trial and awe-inspiring error. More award winners, honorable mentions, and urban legends, together with personal accounts never before heard. Appealing to Darwin fans old and new, The Darwin awards II: unnatural selection audiobook proves that we aren't done yet with the ongoing saga of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2001
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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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Group 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Fleming, Crystal Marie
Summary: Half-truths and misconceptions have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Our nation was founded on genocide, settler colonialism, and slavery-- and today white supremacy and racial injustice are more visible than ever before. Fleming draws upon critical race theory, as well as her own experiences as a queer black millennial college...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 FLEDublanica, Steve.
Summary: Taken from the popular blog, WaiterRant.net, tells the story from the server's point of view about customer stupidity, arrogance, misbehavior and even human grace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2009