Subject(s): Self-control
Summary: "Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior lat
Blue : a Novel
Knowledge Resources | Dar Al-hikmah Library | Public Access
Subject(s): Life change events -- Fiction | Human rights workers -- Fiction | Traffic accident victims -- Fiction | Homeless children -- Fiction | Child sexual abuse by clergy -- Fiction | Bereavement -- Fiction | Children -- Fiction -- Death | Widows -- Fiction | Grief -- Fiction
Summary: Ginny Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married
Subject(s): Civilization, Modern -- 17th century | Seventeenth century | Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century | Europe -- History -- 17th century
Summary: "Explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of c
Undercover
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Summary: For DEA Special Agent Marshall Everett, life as he knows it is over once a gunshot wound renders his arm useless. Barred forever from the undercover work he loves, he has nothing -- no close friends, no family, no hometown or base, and no desire to settle for life behind a desk. He's called to action in the most unlikely of places
Subject(s): Sustainable living | Human ecology | Social change -- Environmental aspects | Social evolution
Summary: "A worldwide movement is afoot. The search for meaning, embodied by such values as mindfulness, creativity, compassion and empathy, is driving global transformation. The Heart of Sustainability explores the ways this paradigm
