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Author
Language
English
Description
"In Suspicious Minds, Rob Brotherton explores the history and consequences of conspiracism, and delves into the research that offers insights into why so many of us are drawn to implausible, unproven and unproveable conspiracy theories. They resonate with some of our brain's built-in quirks and foibles, and tap into some of our deepest desires, fears, and assumptions about the world,"--Amazon.com.
3) Charlatans
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"--an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man....
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Libertarian author Woods sets the record straight with a provocative look at the hidden truths about our nation's history--the ones that have been buried because they're too politically incorrect to discuss. Woods draws on real scholarship--as opposed to the myths, platitudes, and slogans so many other "history" books are based on--to ask and answer tough questions about American history. Woods's eye-opening exploration reveals how much has been whitewashed...
7) Oopsie-do!
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
". . . a lively and bouncy story about what to do when you make a mistake." -- Publisher description from front flap.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Examining the social, medical, and economic ramifications of a health care system that unnecessarily diagnoses and treats patients, Welch makes a reasoned call for change that would save us from countless unneeded surgeries, debilitating anxiety, and exorbitant costs.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A New Yorker copy veteran presents laugh-out-loud descriptions of some of the most common and vexing errors in language and usage, drawing on examples from classic literature and pop culture while sharing anecdotes from her work with celebrated writers.
10) Breathe: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her...
12) Splatypus
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lonely Platypus tries looking for animals to play with, but he cannot find where he belongs until he happens upon the seashore.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Oops! Making mistakes isn't the end of the world. It's what we do about a mistake that really matters. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about owning mistakes fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we can say "I messed up!""--
14) The magical yet
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"After a fire devastates her hometown, Dr. Jess Bristol returns to save her mother's clinic--and comes face-to-face with her high school sweetheart. Over twenty years ago, Jess helped put Shane Stone in jail ... and later learned he was innocent. Now they must work together to restore their town. Though Shane has put his past behind him, can the single father forgive the woman he once loved?"--page 4 of cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
One day in 2009, twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a strange hospital room, strapped to her bed, under guard, and unable to move or speak. A wristband marked her as a "flight risk," and her medical records--chronicling a monthlong hospital stay of which she had no memory at all--showed hallucinations, violence, and dangerous instability. Cahalan tells the astonishing true story of her inexplicable descent into madness and the...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
The truth and nothing but the truth-Richard Shenkman sheds light on America's most believed legends.
The story of Columbus discovering the world was round was invented by Washington Irving.
The pilgrims never lived in log cabins.
In Concord, Massachusetts, a third of all babies born in the twenty years before the Revolution were conceived out of wedlock.
Washington may have never told a lie, but he loved to drink and dance, and he fell...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Daisy Cooper's life is just getting started, when suddenly it ends. Surprised to find herself in an Afterlife processing center, she is even more stunned to learn that she wasn't meant to die for another fifty years. One terrible, embarrassing clerical error is behind it--and an administrator named Death is to blame. But death, as they say, is final, and Daisy must now navigate this impossible new world. With the help of an unlikely ally, Daisy...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The in vitro fertilization mistake was simply stated: Carolyn Savage was pregnant with someone else's embryos. She and her husband Sean were forced to make a seemingly inconceivable choice: Either terminate the pregnancy, sue for custody, or deliver the baby--and relinquish it. The Savages decided to do what they would hope that another couple would do in a comparable situation. This is their story.--From publisher description.
Author
Publisher
One Elm Books, an imprint of Red Chair Press LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Satoshi Matsumoto spent the last three years living in Atlanta where he was the star of his middle-school baseball team. Satoshi has a chance to be a hero at his new school in Japan until he makes a major-league error."--
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