Author: Gabaldon, Diana author.
Published: 2014
Call Number: F GABALDON
Format: Books
Summary: "In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743...Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie's wife, Claire, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland, or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family's secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Hertenstein, Matthew J., author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: 153.69 HERTENSTEIN
Format: Books
Summary: "What does a yearbook photo have to do with future marital success? Can the CEO's appearance tell you anything about a company's quarterly earnings? In The Tell, psychologist Matthew Hertenstein reveals that our intuition is surprisingly good at using small clues to make big predictions, and shows how we can make better decisions by homing in on the right details. Drawing on rigorous research in psychology and brain science, Hertenstein explains how to hone our powers of observation to increase our predictive capacities. By training ourselves to read facial and bodily cues, we can accurately predict everything from divorce rates to sexual preferences, election results to the likelihood of corporate success. A charming testament to the power of the human mind, The Tell will, to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, show us how to notice what we see"-- "Matthew Hertenstein shows that by training ourselves to read facial and bodily cues, we can learn the art of previsioning--the ability to predict the thoughts and behaviors of others in almost every aspect of our lives. Through cutting-edge research and stories, The Tell offers tools to significantly increase our perceptive acumen. This ability is hard-wired via Darwinian natural selection to a large degree; our stone-age minds have developed to allow us to make predictions in a modern world. In contrast to a recent spate of books in behavioral economics and psychology showing where we falter in decision making, The Tell shows us where we succeed, and how we can do better"--
Author: Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.
Published: 2013
Call Number: 155.24 GLADWELL
Format: Books
Summary: Uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed.
Author: Miller, Madeline, author.
Published: 2012
Call Number: F MILLER
Format: Books
Summary: Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War. "Achilles, 'the best of all the Greeks,' son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary King Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful--irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath." --Front jacket flap
Author: Jennings, Ken, 1974-
Published: 2012
Call Number: 031.02 JENNINGS
Format: Books
Summary: "New York Times" bestselling author and all-time "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings delivers a characteristically engaging and surprisingly useful new book, revealing the truth behind all the terrible things our parents used to warn us about.
Author: Katz, Jon.
Published: 2011
Call Number: 155.937 KATZ
Format: Books
Summary: Presents a meditation on coping with the loss of an animal who has enriched one's life, sharing observations on the ways in which people grieve for their pets, related philosophical quesions, and the process of letting go.
Author: Reiss, Michele.
Published: 2010
Call Number: 155.937 REISS
Format: Books
Summary: Psychotherapist Dr. Michele Reiss specializes in helping clients cope with life-threatening illnesses and helping their families through the grieving process. She counseled Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, and his wife, Jai, as Randy was dying of pancreatic cancer. Here, Dr. Reiss provides comfort and counsel for readers who are coping with the challenges of serious illness or grief. Through real-life examples of people who have dealt with cancer and other illnesses, she has given us a book about hope and the art of living and loving well, despite significant adversity. Dr. Reiss also reminds us that it should not take a life-threatening illness, or loss, or trauma to awaken us to living each day with joy, blessings, passion, and purpose.--From publisher description.
Author: Iyengar, Sheena.
Published: 2010
Call Number: 153.83 IYENGAR
Format: Books
Summary: Sheena Iyengar's award-winning research reveals how and why we choose: whether or not choice is innate or bound by culture, why we sometimes choose against our best interests, and how much control we really have over what we choose.
Author: Karabell, Zachary.
Published: 2007
Call Number: 201 KARABELL
Format: Books
Summary: Includes information on Abbasid caliphate, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Alexandria, Andalusia, Antioch, Arabic language, Armenians, Baghdad, Balkans, Beirut, Berbers, Byzantine Empire, Cairo, Christianity, Christians, Constantinople, Cordoba, Crusades, Damascus, Egypt, England, Europe, Fatimid dynasty, France, Franks, Greek Orthodox Church, ancient Greeks, Habsburgs, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, Hebrew language, Heraclius (Byzantine Emperor), Hezbollah, Holy Land, Hospitallers, Sharif Husayn ibn Ali, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, Jews, jihad, Judaism, Latin language, Lebanon, Moses Maimonides, Maronite Christian Church, Mecca, Medina, Mediterranean Sea, Sultan Mehmed II, monks, monasteries, Morocco, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Prophet), Muslims, mysticism, nationalism, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Pakistan, Palestine, Paris, People of the Book, People of the Pact, Persia, poetry, Quran (Koran), Quraysh tribe, reform movements, Roman Catholic Church, Rome, Russia, Saladin, Salonica, Seljuk dynasty, September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Spain, sultan Suleyman I, Syria, Templars, Torah, Turkey, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, World War I, World War II, Zionism, Zoroastrians, etc.
Author: Vonnegut, Kurt, author.
Published: 2006 1974
Call Number: B VONNEGUT
Format: Books
Summary: Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions) is a rare opportunity to experience Kurt Vonnegut speaking in his own voice about his own life, his views of the world, his writing, and the writing of others. An indignant, outrageous, always witty, and deeply felt collection of reviews, essays, and speeches, this work is a window not only into Vonnegut' s mind ... but also into his heart. "A great cosmic comedian and a rattler of human skeletons, an idealist disguised as a pessimist ... has written a book filled with madness and truth and absurdity and self-revelation"--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "He is our strongest writer ... the most stubbornly imaginative"--John Irving.
Author: Chopra, Deepak.
Published: 2006
Call Number: 202.3 CHOPRA
Format: Books
Author: Walter, Philippe, 1952-
Published: 2006
Call Number: 263 WALTER
Format: Books
Author: Armstrong, Karen, 1944-
Published: 2006
Call Number: 200.9014 ARMSTRONG
Format: Books
Summary: In the ninth century BCE, the peoples of four distinct regions of the civilized world created the religious and philosophical traditions that have continued to nourish humanity to the present day: Confucianism and Daoism in China, Hinduism and Buddhism in India, monotheism in Israel, and philosophical rationalism in Greece. Later generations further developed these initial insights, but we have never grown beyond them. Now, Karen Armstrong reveals how the sages of this pivotal "Axial Age" can speak clearly and helpfully to the violence and desperation that we experience in our own times. The Axial Age faiths began in recoil from the unprecedented violence of their time. There was a remarkable consensus in their call for an abandonment of selfishness and a spirituality of compassion. The traditions of the Axial Age were not about dogma--all insisted on the primacy of compassion even in the midst of suffering.--From publisher description.
Author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Published: 2005
Call Number: B LINCOLN
Format: Books
Summary: This multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. Historian Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius, as the one-term congressman rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. When Lincoln emerged as the victor at the Republican National Convention, his rivals were dismayed. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery led inexorably to civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was because of his extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. It was this that enabled Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union.
Author: Ehrman, Bart D.
Published: 2005
Call Number: 225.486 EHRMAN
Format: Books
Summary: When Biblical scholar Ehrman first began to study the texts of the Bible in their original languages, he was startled to discover the multitude of mistakes and intentional alterations that had been made by earlier translators. For almost 1500 years these manuscripts were hand copied by scribes who were influenced by the cultural, theological and political disputes of their day. Both mistakes and intentional changes abound in the surviving manuscripts, making the original words difficult to reconstruct. Ehrman reveals where and why these changes were made and how scholars go about reconstructing the original words of the New Testament as closely as possible. He makes the provocative case that many of our cherished biblical stories and beliefs stem from both intentional and accidental alterations by scribes--alterations that dramatically affected subsequent versions.--From publisher description.
Author: Feiler, Bruce, 1964-
Published: 2005
Call Number: 200.956 FEILER
Format: Books
Author: MacCulloch, Diarmaid.
Published: 2004 2003
Call Number: 270.6 MAC CULLOCH
Format: Books
Author: Hamm, Thomas D.
Published: 2003
Call Number: 289.673 HAMM
Format: Books
Author: Chidester, David.
Published: 2001 2000
Call Number: 270 CHIDESTER
Format: Books
Author: Harris, Joanne, 1964- author.
Published: 2001 2000
Call Number: F HARRIS
Format: Books
Summary: From the author of "Chocolat" comes an intoxicating tale of love lost and found, set in a small French village. As a boy Jay spent summers in Europe hanging out with his friend Joe and his homemade wines. Now a young man, Jay returns to France to recapture some of the magic of his lost youth.
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