(0)Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Labor Day and After Her returns with a poignant story about the true meaning--and the true price--of friendship. Drinking cost Helen her marriage and custody of her seven-year-old son, Ollie. Once an aspiring art photographer, she now makes ends meet taking portraits of school children and working for a caterer. Recovering from her addiction, she spends lonely evenings checking out profiles on an online dating...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Devil Wears Prada meets The Assistants in this compulsively readable workplace novel following a young woman who takes a job working for an enigmatic influencer and who quickly discovers that having it all and being it all comes with a price"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a revelatory look at the power and potential of social context. As psychologists have long understood, social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes for the better, but often for the worse. Less widely noted is that social influence is a two-way street: Our environments are in large part themselves a product of the choices we make. Society embraces regulations...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Terry O'Reilly, host of the popular radio show Under the Influence, provides the best stories about smart marketing for small business ... This I Know is more than applied business techniques. It offers a unique view of contemporary life through the lens of advertising. Skillfully revealing the machinations behind the marketing curtains, O'Reilly explains how small business can harness the tricks of the trade that the biggest corporations use to...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The now-classic guide to alcoholism returns with new, enlightening research that confirms the revolutionary ideas first trailblazed by this book in a time when such theories were unheard of--now featuring a new foreword, new resources, and the same reliable insights and easy-to-read style. Ten of millions of Americans suffer from alcoholism, yet most people still wrongly believe that alcoholism is a psychological or moral problem that can be "cured"...
Author
Series
OJJDP fact sheet volume 67
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Heliotrope Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Born to hippie parents and raised in New York City's East Village in the 1970s, Lisa's early years were a mixture of encounter groups, primal screams, macrobiotic diets, communes, Indian ashrams, Jefferson Airplane concerts in Central Park, and watching naked actors on off Broadway stages during the musical HAIR. By the time Lisa was ten, Lisa's mother had them pledging their lives to the Unification Church (the Moonies) and self-appointed Messiah,...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Part memoir, part parenting guide, part American and part French, Parents Under the Influence offers a unique view of the challenges of parenting, and fresh perspectives on how to find a beneficial path forward for parents and children alike. How should we raise our children? It should be a simple enough question to answer but in fact it is an intimidating and complex one. We often address it either by doing exactly what our parents did, or by doing...
15) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs
Publisher
Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Dept of Justice
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Author
Series
We set the dark on fire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia's critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set the Dark on Fire, Perfect for fans of The Handmaid's Tale and Anna-Marie McLemore.Being a part of the resistance group La Voz is an act of devotion and desperation. On the other side of Medio's border wall, the oppressed class fights for freedom and liberty, sacrificing what little they have to become defenders of the cause. Carmen Santos is one of La Voz's...