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The good wife. [videorecording] / by Czuchry, Matt,1977-actor.; Kennedy, Brooke,director.; Margulies, Julianna,1966-actor.(CARDINAL)892079; McDougall, Charles,director.; Panjabi, Archie,actor.(CARDINAL)545250; Zinberg, Michael,director.(CARDINAL)847982;
season 1. Pilot -- Stripped -- Home -- Fixed -- Crash -- Conjugal -- Unorthodox -- Unprepared -- Threesome -- Lifeguard -- Infamy -- Painkiller -- Bad -- Hi -- Bang -- Fleas -- Heart -- Doubt -- Boom -- Mock -- Unplugged -- Hybristophilia -- Running -- season 2. Taking control -- Double jeopardy -- Breaking fast -- Cleaning house -- VIP treatment -- Poisoned pill -- Bad girls -- On tap -- Nine hours -- Breaking up -- Two courts -- Silly seaon -- Real deal -- Net worth -- Silver bullet -- Great firewall -- Ham sandwich -- Killer song -- Wrongful termination -- Foreign affairs -- In sickness -- Getting off -- Closing arguments -- season 3. A new day -- The death zone -- Get a room -- Feeding the rat -- Marthas and Caitlins -- Affairs of state -- Executive order 13224 -- Death row tip -- Whiskey tango foxtrot -- Parenting made easy -- What went wrong -- Alienation of affection -- Bitcoin for dummies -- Another ham sandwich -- Live from Damascus -- After the fall -- Long way home -- Gloves come off -- Blue ribbon panel -- Pants on fire -- The penalty box -- The dream team -- season 4. I fought the law -- And the law won -- Two girls, one code -- Don't haze me, bro -- Waiting for the knock -- The art of war -- Anatomy of a joke -- Here comes the judge -- A defense of marriage -- Battle of the proxies -- Boom de yah da -- Je ne sais what? -- The seven day rule -- Red team, blue team -- Going for the gold -- Runnin' with the devil -- Invitation to an inquest -- Death of a client -- The wheels of justice -- Rape : a modern perspective -- A more perfect union -- What's in the box?Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth.Follows a politician's wife who pursues her own career as a defense attorney after her politician husband is sent to jail on charges of corruption. TV rating: Not rated.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Legal television programs.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Defense (Civil procedure); Legal drama.; Man-woman relationships; Spouses; Women lawyers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Invasive species in a changing world / by Mooney, Harold A.(CARDINAL)333038; Hobbs, R. J.(Richard J.)(CARDINAL)333648;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Invasive Species in a Changing World brings together leading scientists from around the world to examine the invasive species phenomenon and to consider the mutual interactions between global change and invasives that are likely to occur over the next century. Contributors focus on the proposition that global change will exacerbate the invasive species problem, and they set forth the idea that invasives are themselves a global change element that need to be considered in global change scenarios." "Invasive Species in a Changing World provides readers with the background and knowledge they need to begin developing strategies to combat the invasive species problem, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with the impact of invasive species on ecosystem health and functioning."--Jacket.
Subjects: Biological invasions.; Nonindigenous pests.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Intraterrestrials : discovering the strangest life on earth / by Lloyd, Karen G.,1978-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What lives inside Earth and how do we get to it? Is there a "habitat" inside Earth's crust? ; Cracking into solid earth ; The two DNA revolutions -- How do intraterrestrials change our basic notions of what life is like on Earth? Humans and other plants ; How to live inside a volcano ; Breathing rocks ; Living on the edge -- How do intraterrestrials affect our conceptions of ourselves? Immortal microbes ; Rethinking our beginnings ; Equilibrium is death ; What can intraterrestrials do for us? -- Conclusion: The future, maybe.Life thrives in the deepest, darkest recesses of Earth's crust -- from methane seeps in the ocean floor to the highest reaches of Arctic permafrost -- and it is unlike anything seen on the surface. Intraterrestrials shares what scientists are learning about these strange types of microbial life -- and how research expeditions to some of the most extreme locales on the planet are broadening our understanding of what life is and how its earliest forms may have evolved. Drawing on her experiences and those of her fellow scientists working in challenging and often dangerous conditions, Karen Lloyd takes readers on an adventure from the bottom of the ocean through the jungles of Central America to the high-altitude volcanoes of the Andes. Only discovered in recent decades, "intraterrestrials" -- subsurface beings that are truly alien -- are demonstrating how life can exist in boiling water, pure acid, and bleach. They enable us to peer back to the very dawn of life on Earth, disclosing deep branches on the tree of life that push the limits of what we thought possible. Some can "breathe" rocks or even electrons. Others may live for hundreds of thousands of years or longer. All of them are living in ways that are totally foreign to us surface dwellers. Blending captivating storytelling with the latest science, Intraterrestrials reveals what microbes in Earth's deep subsurface biosphere can tell us about the prospects for finding life on other planets -- and the future of life on our own. --
Subjects: Informational works.; Extreme environments; Subsurface bacteria; Microorganisms.; Underground areas.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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An autobiography of skin / by Carr, Lakiesha,author.(CARDINAL)860360;
"In this magisterial, intimate novel, debut writer Lakiesha Carr captures the essence of Black womanhood, richly articulating the private lives of a cast of women from East Texas, illuminating the grief that is carried inside them, as well as the bonds of love that both define them and give them strength. A middle-aged colon hydrotherapist feeds the slots at a secret parlor, fighting memories of gendered violence with plastic cups of Crown Royal. A mother attempts to bleach her infant son's skin in response to watching police brutality and the cold truth that no amount of success can erase Blackness. A young woman comes home and spends several days with Mama Eloise, Lena, Peaches, Aunt Bee, and the other women in her family, jopining with them to conduct spiritual combat with the ghosts of their past abusers. She, like the others who populate Lakiesha Carr's dazzling debut, needs healing, strength, and it is with these older women, those who come before her, that she will find it. A masterful and commanding writer, and a singular new voice, Carr composes a portrait of generations of interconnected women confined by the pressures on their lives and by their alienation from their roots. Deeply affecting, tender and vulnerable, An Autobiography of Skin offers a raw and tender view into the interior, private life of Black womanhood. It lays bare how pain, how trauma, is carried inside the body, inside flesh and skin. And, it reveals that healing may be found inside us, ultimately celebrating Black life, and the places where love, mercy, gratitude, and freedom can be found"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Women, Black; Psychic trauma; Racism against Black people;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 29
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Midnight City [sound recording] / by Mitchell, J. Barton.;
Read by Kirby Heyborne. Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The adult human population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone - a powerful, telekinetic super-signal that has reduced them to a state of complete subservience. But the Tone has one critical flaw: it only affects those over the age of twenty, which means that there is one group left to fight: teens. Two teens and a young girl with amazing powers must now stop the aliens' mysterious plan.
Subjects: Human-alien encounters -- Fiction.; Science fiction.; Adventure stories.; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Misbelief : what makes rational people believe irrational things / by Ariely, Dan,author.(CARDINAL)354827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-298) and index.Demonized: An introduction that you should read even if you are the kind of person who usually skips introductions -- Part I. The funnel of misbelief -- How could that person believe that thing? ; The funnel at work ; Part II. The emotional elements and the story of stress -- Pressure, stress, bending, and breaking ; Picking a villain as a way to regain control ; Part III. The cognitive elements and the story of our dysfunctional information-processing machinery -- Our search for the truth we want to believe in ; Working hard to believe what we already believe ; Part IV. The personality elements and the story of our individual differences -- Lessons on personality from alien abductees ; An attempt to classify the role of personality in the funnel of misbelief ; Part V. The social elements and the story of tribalism -- Ostracism, belonging, and the social attraction of misbelief ; The social accelerator ; Par VI. Misbelief, trust, and the story of our future -- Can we afford to trust again--and can we afford not to? ; Why superman gives me hope: a final word (not really)."Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis, from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex, far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve, and too often our limited solutions are shaped by partisan politics and individual interpretations of truth. ... Ariely argues that to understand the irrational appeal of misinformation, we must first understand the behavior of 'misbelief,' the psychological and social journey that leads people to mistrust accepted truths, entertain alternative facts, and even embrace full-blown conspiracy theories. Misinformation, it turns out, appeals to something innate in all of us, ... and it is only by understanding this psychology that we can blunt its effects"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Misinformation.; Disinformation.; Conspiracy theories.; Online manipulation.; Belief and doubt;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 32
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Why people pay taxes : tax compliance and enforcement / by Slemrod, Joel.(CARDINAL)144312;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Why people pay taxes: introduction / Joel Slemrod -- Taxpayer adaptation to the 1986 Tax Reform Act: do new tax laws affect the way taxpayers think about taxes? / Marco R. Steenbergen, Kathleen M. McGraw, John T. Scholz -- How taxpayers think about their taxes: frames and values / John S. Carroll -- The effect of audits and socioeconomic variables on compliance / Kurt J. Beron, Helen V. Tauchen, Ann Dryden Witte -- The influence of tax audits on reporting behavior / Brian Erard -- The corporate tax gap: evidence on tax compliance by small corporations / Eric M. Rice -- Analyzing income tax evasion using amnesty data with self-selection correction: the case of the Michigan tax amnesty program / Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad -- Can brute deterrence backfire? perceptions and attitudes in taxpayer compliance / Steven M. Sheffrin, Robert K. Triest -- Reciprocity and fairness: positive incentives for tax compliance / Kent W. Smith -- Deterrence and alienation effects of IRS enforcement: an analysis of survey data / Karyl A. Kinsey -- Does deterrence deter: measuring the effect of deterrence on tax compliance in field studies and experimental studies / Dick J. Hessing, Henk Elffers, Henry S. J. Robben, Paul Webley -- Deterrence and beyond: toward a kinder, gentler IRS / James Alm, Betty Jackson, Michael McKee -- The construction of compliance and the challenge for control: the limits of noncompliance research / Doreen McBarnet.
Subjects: Taxpayer compliance; Tax evasion; Income tax;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The wolf and the woodsman : a novel / by Reid, Ava,author(CARDINAL)870589;
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power, making her an outcast clearly abandoned by the gods. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline--her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, Évike is betrayed by her fellow villagers and surrendered. But when monsters attack the Woodsmen and their captive en route, slaughtering everyone but Évike and the cold, one-eyed captain, they have no choice but to rely on each other. Except he's no ordinary Woodsman--he's the disgraced prince, Gáspár Bárány, whose father needs pagan magic to consolidate his power. Gáspár fears that his cruelly zealous brother plans to seize the throne and instigate a violent reign that would damn the pagans and the Yehuli alike. As the son of a reviled foreign queen, Gáspár understands what it's like to be an outcast, and he and Évike make a tenuous pact to stop his brother. As their mission takes them from the bitter northern tundra to the smog-choked capital, their mutual loathing slowly turns to affection, bound by a shared history of alienation and oppression. However, trust can easily turn to betrayal, and as Évike reconnects with her estranged father and discovers her own hidden magic, she and Gáspár need to decide whose side they're on, and what they're willing to give up for a nation that never cared for them at all.--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Fiction.; Magic; Outcasts; Princes;
Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 28
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Tunguska : a Siberian mystery and its environmental legacy / by Bruno, Andy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-285) and index.List of Maps -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Sources, Abbreviations, Terminology, and Transliteration -- Landscape of Mystery -- Destruction from the Sky -- Reaching the Inaccessible Terrain -- Poking and Prodding for Answers -- Cosmic Fantasies -- Volunteers Take Charge -- Life in Tunguska -- Protecting the Taiga -- Views from Afar -- Siberian and Planetary Futures -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index."In 1908, thunderous blasts and blazing fires from the sky descended upon the desolate Tunguska territory of Siberia. The explosion knocked down an area of forest larger than London and was powerful enough to obliterate Manhattan. The mysterious nature of the event has prompted a wide array of speculation and investigation, including from those who suspected that aliens from outer space had been involved. In this deeply researched account of the Tunguska explosion and its legacy in Russian society, culture, and the environment, Andy Bruno recounts the intriguing history of the disaster and researchers' attempts to understand it. Taking readers inside the numerous expeditions and investigations that have long occupied scientists, he foregrounds the significance of mystery in environmental history. His engaging and accessible account shows how the explosion has shaped the treatment of the landscape, how uncertainty allowed unusual ideas to enter scientific conversations, and how cosmic disasters have influenced the past and might affect the future."--
Subjects: Tunguska meteorite.; Meteorites; Unidentified flying objects; Human ecology;
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Doctor Who and the web of fear / by Dicks, Terrance,author.(CARDINAL)719505;
Affected by a strange force, the TARDIS is dragged down to the desolate planet of Vortis. Until they can discover what is holding them there, the Doctor and his friends are trapped on the planet. The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are captured by the Zarbi - huge ant-like creatures controlled by the parasitic alien Animus. Meanwhile, Barbara runs into a group of Menoptra, butterfly-like creatures that have been driven from their home planet by the Animus, and plan to return with an invasion force. But the Zarbi know their plans and are waiting for the Menoptra. This novel is based on a Doctor Who story which was originally broadcast from 13 February-20 March 1965.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Radio and television novels.; Novels.; Doctor (Fictitious character);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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