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027284
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2006.
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xvi, 571pBronze spine
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A fictional autobiography in which Marie Antoinette shares the story of her life, from her baptism, to the royal courts of France, to the guillotine.
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9780060825409 Pb.
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| I02552 | 813.54/NAS | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020128
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2005.
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213pDark Blue Spine
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The Cartoon Guide to
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If you think a negative charge is something that shows up on your credit card bill -- if you imagine that Ohm's Law dictates how long to meditate - if you believe that Newtonian mechanics will fix your car - you need The Cartoon Guide to Physics to set you straight.
You don't have to be a scientist to grasp these and many other complex ideas, because The Cartoon Guide to Physics explains them all: velocity, acceleration, explosions, electricity and magnetism, circuits - even a taste of relativity theory - and much more, in simple, clear, and, yes, funny illustrations. Physics will never be the same!
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9780062376299 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 018887 | 530/GON | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017976
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London, Harper Perennial, 2014.
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300pBlue Spine
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Three fables by Bengal s most remarkable children s writer and artist. Adapted from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Nobel prize winning Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, Booro Angla is an allegorical tale about a boy s adventures in a forest in British-occupied Bengal. Alor Phulki is an adaptation of the play Chantecler written by the French poet Edmond Rostand. It is a satire inspired by the barnyard animals in his home in the south of France. Khirer Putul is a charming fable that draws on the rich oral tradition of Bengal. An all-time favourite children s classic by Abanindranath Tagore, it is the story of the sugar doll and the two queens, and tells us how Duorani triumphs over her jealous co-wife with the help of her clever monkey-son.
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9789351362463 Pb.
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| 017236 | FIC/TAG | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020381
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New York, Harper Perennial, 1990.
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xii, 303p
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Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.
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9780061339202
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01797 | 155.2/CSI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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012973
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2006.
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viii, 344pBlack Spine
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The mapping of the human genome has enormous implications on issues like longevity, eugenics, disease and gene therapy. Ridley recounts the history of our species from the dawn of life to the brink of future medicine and probes the scientific, moral and philosophical issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome.
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Life
Species
History
Fate
Environment
Intelligence
Instinct
Conflict
Self-interest
Disease
Stress
Personality
Self-assembly
Pre-history
Immortality
Sex
Memory
Death
Cures
Prevention
Politics
Eugenics
Free will
Bibliography and notes
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9780060894085 Pb.
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| I00535 | 599.935/RID | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022244
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2011.
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xxxii, 408pBlue spine
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A lively and eclectic sequence of more than 150 concise and intellectually challenging essays in which the world's leading thinkers reflect on how the internet has changed their modes of thought.
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9780062020444 Pb.
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| I02010 | 004.678/BRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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022476
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2017.
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xxviii, 572pBlack spine
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The world's most innovative and brilliant thinkers discuss recent scientific breakthroughs that will shape the future.Scientific developments radically alter our understanding of the world. Whether it's technology, climate change, health research, or the latest revelations of neuroscience, physics, or psychology, science has, as Edge editor John Brockman says, "become a big story, if not the big story." Contributors include: Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel JARED DIAMOND on the best way to understand complex problems; author of Seven Brief Lesson on Physics CARLO ROVELLI on the mystery of black holes; Harvard psychologist STEVEN PINKER on the quantification of human progress; TED conferences curator CHRIS J. ANDERSON on the growth of the global brain; Harvard physicist LISA RANDALL on the true measure of breakthrough discoveries.
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9780062562067 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I02060 | 500/BRO | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
015907
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1990
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New York, Harper Perennial, 1973.
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300pCream Spine
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The first practical explanation of how creativity works, this results-oriented bestseller trains listeners to move beyond a "vertical" mode of thought to tap the potential of lateral thinking.
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Preface
Introduction
Use of this book
The way the mind works
Difference between lateral and vertical thinking
Attitudes towards lateral thinking
Basic nature of lateral thinking
The use of lateral thinking
Techniques
The generation of alternatives
Challenging assumptions
Innovation
Suspended judgement
Design
Dominant ideas and crucial factors
Fractionation
The reversal method
Brainstorming
Analogies
Choice of entry point and attention area
Random stimulation
Concepts/divisions/polarization
The new word po
Blocked by openness
Description/problem solving/design
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9780060903251 Pb.
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| 015583 | 153.35/DeB | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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ID:
019638
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London, Harper Perennial, 2014.
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165pPale yellow spine
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These travel diaries capture the essence and exuberance of the young legend, Che Guevara. In January 1952, Che set out from Buenos Aires to explore South America on an ancient Norton motorcycle. He encounters an extraordinary range of people, from native Indians to copper miners, lepers and tourists, experiencing hardships and adventures that informed much of his later life.
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9780007272907 Pb.
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| I01555 | 918.0435/GUE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
019959
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2010.
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xxx, 329pOrange and red spine
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The most influential critique of psychiatry ever written, this classic book revolutionized thinking about the nature of the psychiatric profession and the moral implications of its practices. By diagnosing unwanted behaviour as mental illness, psychiatrists absolve individuals of responsibility for their actions and instead blame their alleged illness. He also critiques Freudian psychology as a pseudoscience and warns against the dangerous overreach of psychiatry into all aspects of modern life.
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9780061771224 Pb.
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| I01684 | 616.8907/SZA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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020373
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New York, Harper Perennial, 1974.
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xxv, 224pBrown spine
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The experiments that forever challenged perceptions of morality and free will. The subjects or "teachers" were instructed to administer electroshocks to a human "learner," with the shocks becoming progressively more powerful and painful. Controversial but now strongly vindicated by the scientific community, these experiments attempted to determine to what extent peple will obey orders from authority figures regardless of consequences. This is Milgram's fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his conclusions.
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The dilemma of obedience
Method of inquiry
Expected behavior
Closeness of the victim
Individuals confront authority
Further variations and controls
Individuals confront authority II
Role permutations
Group effects
Why obedience? An analysis
The process of obedience : applying the analysis to the experiment
Strain and disobedience
An alternative theory : is aggression the key?
Problems of method
Epilogue.
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9780061765216 Pb.
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ID:
017884
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Noida, Harper Perennial, 2008.
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150pCream Spine
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A collection of short stories about different people from the author's childhood to youth.
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Cotton figure
Samson
Black dog
Boomerang
Dinsy
Confession
Chamak
Gandhiji
Rose De Bahama
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9788172237912 Pb.
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012093
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2008.
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xxii, 349pRed and blue spine
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A book that refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. In making decisions, we constantly over and under spend, underestimate and vice-versa, procrastinate and make spontaneous decisions too. However this behaviour is neither random nor senseless, but predictably irrational which is the subject of this book.
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9780061353246 Pb.
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022503
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2009.
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xxvii, 386pBlue spine
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Even geniuses change their mind sometimes. EDGE, the influential online salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations,
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9780061686542 Pb.
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018662
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2011.
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The mysteries of language are explored in this original and hugely entertaining book. Steven Pinker uses a deceptively simple phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs to illuminate an astonishing array of topics; the history of languages, what we can learn from children's grammatical mistakes, the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of language and some of the major themes in Western philosophy.
The key idea - that language comprises a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar of creative rules - extends beyond language, offering insight into the nature of thinking.
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9780062011909
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