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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Our brain's negativity bias makes evolutionary sense because it kept our ancestors alert to fatal dangers, but it distorts our perspective in today's media environment. The steady barrage of bad news and crisismongering makes us feel helpless and leaves us needlessly fearful and angry. We ignore our many blessings, preferring to heed--and vote for--the voices telling us the world is going to hell. But once we recognize our negativity bias, the rational...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In How to Be Miserable, psychologist Randy Paterson outlines 40 specific behaviors and habits, which-if followed-are sure to lead to a lifetime of unhappiness. On the other hand, if you do the opposite, you may yet join the ranks of happy people everywhere! There are stacks upon stacks of self-help books that will promise you love, happiness, and a fabulous life. But how can you pinpoint the exact behaviors that cause you to be miserable in the first...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
"In this bestselling and delightfully quirky debut novel from Sweden, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Meet Ove. He's a curmudgeon - the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a short fuse. People call him "the bitter neighbor from hell." But must Ove...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door.
Author
Publisher
New Harvest
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
x, 223 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bob Knight argues that the greatest leaders anticipate and prepare for a negative scenario. They succeed by expecting things to go wrong at any moment, and by building a realistic strategy that takes all potential obstacles into account. Knight uses fascinating behind-the-scenes examples from his long career to convey the power of negative thinking in sports, business, and life.
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Teaches school-age children cognitive-behavioral techniques to reduce and overcome negativity, through writing and drawing activities and self-help exercises and strategies. Includes introduction for parents"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Story About Positive Ways to Turn Complaints Into Solutions, Innovations, and Success
Every complaint represents an opportunity to turn something negative into a positive!
It's Tuesday morning and Hope walks into her office with puffy eyes, a swollen head, and a broken heart. But unfortunately, her company-EZ Tech-is in worse shape than she is. The fact that their computer batteries are catching on fire is the least of their problems. Employees...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
1a edition.
Physical Desc
497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Con compasión y sentido del humor, la autora nos enseña cómo se identifican y superan las emociones negativas más potentes para transformarlas en esperanza, amor y valentía." --From publisher's description.
A practicing psychiatrist offers strategies for avoiding emotional "vampires" and tackling life's most difficult challenges.
14) A Man Called Ove
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door.
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