Lee, Barbara Coombs
Summary: "...Finish Strong is for those of us who want an end-of-life experience to match the life we've enjoyed. We know we should prepare, but are unsure how to think and talk about it, how to live true to our values and priorities, and how to make our wishes stick. The usual advice about advance directives and conversations is important but woefully inadequate. This book describes concrete action in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compassion & Choices 2022
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Summary: "The news media and its role in society are topics of conversation and debate in today's world. News Literacy looks inside newsrooms, exploring key moments in the history of journalism and explaining how today's journalists work. Examine how news is presented, and learn how advertising, online algorithms, and other modern trends affect the way we experience news. Investigate the phenomenon of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J301.16 HARKrznaric, Roman
Summary: "This book is a call to save ourselves and our planet by targeting the root of our inaction: extreme short-sightedness. It outlines six practical ways we can retrain our brains to save our future and create a "time rebellion"-shifting our allegiance from our generation only to all humanity, present and future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2020
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Summary: "Through various examples, children learn about friendliness and how to apply it to everyday life. At school and at home, various situations are presented which teach readers about the importance of forgiving others. Additional features to aid comprehension include informative captions, a Think-About-It section, a table of contents, a glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wonder Books, an imprint of The Child's World 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 177.62 AMOSavage, Michael
Summary: Argues that progressives and radical Islamists are working toward similar ends by compromising democratic principles to instill a government of absolute power without representation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.5109 SAVMcGraw, Phillip C.
Summary: From a #1 New York Times best-selling author and beloved television host comes a new book on how to come home to our core values, fortify our families and re-embrace self-determination and self-governance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: 306.2 MCGWhybrow, Peter C.
Summary: An analysis of the American consumer culture cites modern statistics in obesity, depression, and panic disorders, drawing on detailed case studies to explain how today's affluent society is directly related to key social and medical issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 301 WHYCoonerty, Ryan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.022 COOJacoby, Susan
Summary: Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 JACKleinknecht, William
Summary: Since Ronald Reagan left office--and particularly after his death--his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator. This carefully calibrated image is complete fiction, argues journalist William Kleinknecht. The Reagan presidency...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.927 KLEPelley, Scott
Summary: Gallantry: The FDNY -- Resolve: President Bush on 9/11 -- Field note: Meeting the late Don Hewitt in Botswana -- Selflessness: Paulette Schank -- Authenticity: Bruce Springsteen -- Devotion: David Hall -- Field note: Kremlin rules -- Audacity: Ben Bernanke -- Invincibility: Nadia Murad -- Field note: No moss gathers -- Gratitude: early lessons -- Field note: Do you believe in signs? -- Duty:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B PELLEY PELSandel, Michael J.
Summary: Popular Harvard professor Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 172.2 SANFeifer, Gregory
Summary: Focuses on the author's years as a journalist in Russia and personal stories by everyday people to examine the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries, offering insight into apparent paradoxes in Russian culture, policies, and politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 FEIJeremiah, David
Summary: "David Jeremiah highlights the decline in Western culture, especially America, and calls on his readers to reverse this downward spiral"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 277.3 JERMautner, Raeleen D'Agostino.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 MAUMoeller, Hans-Georg
Summary: An expert on Eastern philosophies and social systems theory, Hans-Georg Moeller questions the perceived goodness of morality and those who claim morality is inherently positive. Critiquing the ethical "fanaticism" of Western moralists, such as Immanuel Kant, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Rawls, and the utilitarians, Moeller points to the absurd fundamentalisms and impracticable prescriptions arising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 171.7 MOESummary: Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 SHOBarna, George.
Summary: George Barna identifies, describes, and analyzes seven major "faith tribes" (Captive Christians, Casual Christians, Jews, Mormons, Pantheists, Muslims, and Skeptics) in America--documenting who they are, what they believe, how they vote, and what they are passionate about. --from publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barna 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 200.973 BARDerfner, Larry
Summary: No Country for Jewish Liberals is Larry Derfner’s personal and political story of life in contemporary Israel, describing how an American Jewish emigrant and his adopted country grew apart. Taking readers from his boyhood in Los Angeles as the son of Holocaust escapees, through his coming of age amidst the upheavals of 1960s America, to his move to Israel and controversial career in journalism,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Just World Books, an imprint of Just World Publishing, LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.94 DERHarris, Sam
Summary: Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 171.2 HARHollender, Jeffrey.
Contents: The making of a movement -- The Value of values -- Risk and reputation -- Sustainability -- Accountability -- Transparency -- Responsibility -- Ownership and social responsibility -- Epilogue: Next.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.408 HOLBloom, Paul
Summary: "A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From Sigmund Freud to Lawrence Kohlberg, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the parents' role to turn babies into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 BLONeedleman, Jacob.
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Publisher / Publication Date: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 NEEShapiro, Ben
Summary: Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro argues that Western Civilization is in the midst of a crisis of purpose and ideas. Our freedoms are built upon the twin notions that every human being is made in God's image and that human beings were created with reason capable of exploring God's world. We can thank these values for the birth of science, the dream of progress, human rights, prosperity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019