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"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old...
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English
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Everyone has a breaking point . . . "Probably no other suspense writer takes readers as deeply into the heart of darkness as Cook." -Chicago Tribune
There are no witnesses nor evidence to link him to the crime, but the police are sure that vagrant Albert Jay Smalls killed a child. Their interviews have led nowhere, but now-with a 6:00 a.m. deadline looming at which he must be released from custody-they will try one more interrogation. Detective...
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English
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Ten years ago, Grace saw something that would forever change the course of history. When evil in its purest form is unleashed on the world, she and others from their religious community are already hidden deep in the hills of Tennessee, abiding by every rule that will keep them safe, pure--and alive. As long as they stay there, behind the red perimeter.
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English
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In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at his chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn't want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn't answer...
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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In the UK in the near future, Civil war rages, and martial law has been declared by a military government hellbent on squashing the opposition. A woman wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell, where General Zakarian uses increasingly sophisticated and cruel methods to torture her for information, information she claims not to have. As questions of trust are placed both on captor and captive, they find themselves embroiled in an increasingly spiraling...
7) Dark music
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2022.
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English
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"Summer 2003: A soccer referee -- an immigrant from war-torn Afghanistan -- is found dead after a youth match in a Stockholm suburb. The father of one of the players, who had threatened the ref, is quickly arrested, but he protests his innocence. The police decide to consult Professor Hans Rekke, a world-renowned authority on interrogation and prisoner confessions. Things do not proceed as planned as Rekke challenges the team's assumptions and demolishes...
12) Rendition
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
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English
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The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xv, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This conclusive and comprehensive book reveals the psychology behind why innocent men and women, intensely stressed and befuddled by the promises, threats, trickery, and deception of a police interrogation, are duped into confession, no matter how horrific the crime. Featuring riveting case studies, highly original research, work done in tandem with the Innocence Project, and quotes from individuals who confessed to crimes they did not commit, Duped...
15) ¿Para qué sirve?
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Publisher
Editorial Destellos LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
Español
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"Yo soy un libro al que le gusta hacer preguntas. Me gusta más un mundo con preguntas que un mundo con respuetas porque me gusta investigar y también me gusta confundir. Hacer preguntas es confundir el mundo y un mundo sin confusión e investigación es un mundo triste y aburrido. Es por ello que, en vez de responder las preguntas, prefiero hace preguntas a las preguntas. Sobre todo a las preguntas que me preguntan muchas veces"--
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Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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When it comes to dealing with bizarre situations, the agents of Odd Squad are ready for the challenge. Join agents Olive and Otto as they interrogate a mummy, a unicorn, and a robot that escaped from library books; work to find a powerful weapon that can defeat the Hydraclops; and go back in time to prevent dinosaurs from destroying headquarters. Olive and Otto work to save the day and set things right!
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