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2014., Harvard University Press Call No: 158.2 L961a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Narcissism's rich and complex history is also the history of the shifting fortunes and powerful influence of psychoanalysis in American thought and culture. Telling this story, The Americanization of Narcissism" ultimately opens a new view on the central questions faced by the self struggling amid the tumultuous crosscurrents of modernity.
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c1996., Thorndike Press Call No: LP 306.85 W529v Edition: Large print ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2005, c2004., Doubleday Call No: Bio L736li Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: This intellectual biography uncovers the heart of Lincoln's public philosophy and places his ideals and presidential decisions within the context of his times. Lind dispels the popular image of Lincoln as a self-made man and a naive, inspired genius, and shows that the president was very much a product of his time and place, influenced by the pragmatism of his fellow Kentuckian Henry Clay, and by Enlightenment thinking. Lind asserts that Lincoln fought the Civil War not to free the slaves, or even to preserve the Constitution, but to ensure the survival of democracy. With the failure of numerous liberal revolutions throughout Europe in 1848 heightening the possibility that democracy itself would be deemed a noble but failed experiment, Lincoln realized that the stakes in the Civil War were nothing less than the future freedom and prosperity of all mankind. It was this conviction that determined his policies and compelled him to wage the war to the bitter end. Lind also reveals that Lincoln was not a Christian, but a deist who believed in the abstract deity posited by Enlightenment philosophers; and that although he believed slavery was evil, he opposed the idea of a multiracial country and supported the relocation of black Americans abroad.
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c2009., General, Little, Brown and company Call No: 814.6 G543w Edition: 1st ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwell's writing from "The""New Yorker" in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer." Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias," and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.
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2017., General, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Call No: Bio P314r Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "At a moment of crisis over our national identity, journalist Dan Rather reflects on what it means to be an American. He reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and medicine, Rather brings to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories. As a living witness to historical change, he offers up an intimate view of history, tracing where we have been in order to help us chart a way forward and heal our bitter divisions. Dan Rather is one of the world<U+2019>s best-known journalists. In 1981 he became anchor of the CBS Evening News, which he held for twenty-four years. Elliot Kirschner is a journalist and filmmaker. At CBS, he was a producer for the CBS Evening News, CBS Sunday Morning, and 60 Minutes"--Provided by publisher.
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2016., Mongrel Media Call No: DVD 303.4 M823w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of "invader," visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms.
![Where to invade next [DVD] (2016). Directed by Michael Moore.](/Library/images/~imageCT82995.JPG "Where to invade next [DVD] (2016). Directed by Michael Moore.")