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- How to know a person : the art of seeing others deeply and being deeply seen / by Brooks, David,1961-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.According to David Brooks, "There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen-to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood." Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. 'How to Know a Person' is a practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives.
- Subjects: Caring.; Interpersonal relations.; Social interaction.; Social psychology.;
- Dark souls [electronic resource]. by Microsoft Corporation.;
- Game.Live through a million deaths & earn your legacy. Enter a dark world filled with despair and threaded by hope where your ability to creatively strategize, learn and overcome unpredictable and unique challenges determines your fate. Dark Souls will demand your absolute concentration, unflinchingly punish your mistakes, but reward your ability to learn from death. Each challenge is a mind game met with endless combinations that will test your ability to creatively strategize a way to conquer unimaginable monsters and progress deeper into this bleak and forbidding environment filled with the un-dead.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (blood and gore, Partial nudity, violence).DVD compatible with Xbox 360 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game Dolby Digital ; content download ; 2-4 player online multiplayer (co-op 2-4) with leaderboards and voice (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required).
- Subjects: Computer adventure games; Computer games.; Dark souls (Game); Video games.; Xbox 360 (Video game console);
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- The savage storm : the battle for Italy 1943 / by Holland, James,1970-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of war. Following victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. Italy quickly surrendered but German divisions fiercely resisted, and the hoped-for quick victory descended into one of the most challenging and protracted battles of the entire war. Chronicling the dramatic opening months of the Italian Campaign in unflinching and insightful detail, The Savage Storm is unlike any campaign history yet written. Holland has always narrated war at ground level, but here goes further by chronicling events almost entirely through the contemporary eyes of those who were there on all sides and at all levels-Allied, Axis, and civilians alike. Weaving together a wealth of letters, diaries, and other documents-from the likes of American General Mark Clark, German battalion commander Georg Zellner, New Zealand lance-corporal Roger Smith, and legendary war reporter Ernie Pyle-Holland traces the battles as they were experienced across plains, over mountains, through shattered villages and cities, in intense heat and, towards the end of December 1943, frigid cold and relentless rain. Such close-up views persuade Holland to recast important aspects of the campaign, reappraising the reputation of Mark Clark himself and other senior commanders of the U.S. Fifth and British Eighth armies. Given the shortage of Allied shipping and materiel allocated to Italy because of the build-up for D-Day, more was expected of Allied troops in Italy than anywhere else, and, as accounts at the time attest, a huge price was paid by everyone for each bloodily contested mile. Putting readers vividly in the moment as events unfolded, with characters made unforgettable by their own words, The Savage Storm is a defining account of the pivotal months leading to Monte Cassino, and a landmark in the writing about war"--
- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- Marilyn Monroe : the private life of a public icon / by Casillo, Charles,author.;
- Subjects: Biographies.; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962.; Motion picture actors and actresses;
- The light between worlds / by Weymouth, Laura E.;
- Six years ago, when sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell cowered from air strikes in a London bomb shelter, they were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years in a forest out of myth and legend. When they returned to their lives in post-WWII England, no time had passed and nothing had changed--except themselves. Now Evelyn is desperate to return, while Philippa just wants to move on. But when Ev goes missing, Philippa must confront the depth of her sister<U+2019>s despair and the painful truths they<U+2019>ve been running from.LSC
- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Sisters; Missing persons; Loss (Psychology); Imaginary places;
- The Office: S3. by Gervais, Ricky,film director.; Merchant, Stephen,film director.; Berrington, Elizabeth,actor.; Beckett, Joel,actor.; Davies, Lucy,actor.; Davis, Lucy,actor.; Crook, Mackenzie,actor.; Freeman, Martin,actor.; Baladi, Patrick,actor.; Ineson, Ralph,actor.; Gervais, Ricky,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Elizabeth Berrington, Joel Beckett, Lucy Davies, Lucy Davis, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Freeman, Patrick Baladi, Ralph Ineson, Ricky GervaisOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2003.David Brent and the Wernham Hogg team bid farewell in the last ever episodes of the multi-award winning comedy starring Ricky Gervais. Three years after the cameras stopped rolling, the BBC returns to Wernham Hogg to catch up with the staff, past and present, of the most famous paper merchants in Slough. Gareth is now an office manager, driving Tim to the point of despair, David Brent has blown all his redundancy on releasing a single and Dawn has moved to Florida with her fiancé Lee. But everyone is about to be reunited for an unforgettable office Christmas party.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.;
- Meet me at the museum [text (large print)] / by Youngson, Anne,author.;
- "In Denmark, Professor Anders Larsen has lost his wife and his hopes for the future. On an isolated English farm, Tina Hopgood is trapped in a life she doesn't remember choosing. Brought together by a shared fascination with the Tollund Man, subject of Seamus Heaney's famous poem, they begin writing letters to one another. From their vastly different worlds, they find they have more in common than they could have imagined, and an unexpected friendship blooms. When Tina's letters stop coming, Anders is thrown into despair. How far are they willing to go to write a new story for themselves?"-- Adapted from page [4] of cover.
- Subjects: Large type books.; Epistolary fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Widowers; Letters; Self-actualization (Psychology); Friendship; Man-woman relationships;
- Everyday utopia : what 2,000 years of wild experiments can teach us about the good life / by Ghodsee, Kristen Rogheh,1970-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."A spirited tour through 2,500 years of utopian thinking and experiments to tease out better ways of imagining our domestic lives - from childrearing and housing to gender roles and private property - and a look at the communities putting these seemingly fanciful visions into practice today"--
- Subjects: Communal living; Utopian socialism; Utopias;
- Die walking : a child's journey through genocide / by M., Obadiah,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."In 1994, Obadiah was the thirteen-year-old son of a Hutu pastor who dreamt of becoming a pilot when he heard something was wrong in Kigali, Rwanda. He didn't understand the politics, but an uncle appeared, a family meeting was held, then they were fleeing genocide. They were under gunfire, soldiers in pursuit. Everywhere were bodies, hunger, that smell. Stalked by terror, Obadiah kept moving through unrelenting danger and the darkest despair. He was sustained by faith and the philosophy of Ubuntu--finding one's self through others. But not even escape led to safety, as Obadiah had to face the American refugee detention system. Die Walking is one boy's horrific story of shared humanity in a chaotic world."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; M., Obadiah.; Genocide survivors; Refugees; Refugees; Teenage refugees; Teenage refugees;
- High road leadership : bringing people together in a world that divides / by Maxwell, John C.,1947-author.;
- The world's most influential leadership expert, John C. Maxwell, tackles the problem of our divided world in his latest book High Road Leadership. "Everything rises and falls on leadership," says Maxwell. "Today it is causing people to fall -- into disputes, frustration, anger, and despair. His solution is to expose the problems of taking the low and middle roads when interacting with others and teach people how to instead take the high road. Leaders who practice high road leadership value all people, do the right things for the right reasons, take accountability for their actions, and place people above their own agenda. In his trademark communication style, Maxwell teaches the principles and practices of high-road leadership that can increase anyone's influence and help them make their world a better place.
- Subjects: Leadership.; Management.;
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