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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
Ideas, products, messages and behaviors "spread just like viruses do." Behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world. Gladwell develops these and other concepts (such as the "stickiness" of ideas or the effect of population size on information dispersal) through simple, clear explanations and entertainingly illustrative anecdotes.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Language
English
Description
The Freakonomics of the sociology world. This book shows how deeply irrational we humans are, and what we can do about it. When we try to understand our world, we ask “why?” a specific event occured. But this profoundly human question often leads us astray. In Cause, sociologist Gregory Smithsimon brings us a much sharper understanding of cause and effect, and shows how we can use it to approach some of our most daunting collective problems. Smithsimon...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers, a monumental work that radically redefines our conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for living a long, healthy life. After considering the discoveries that have led to progress in treating some diseases, Dr. David B. Agus asked an essential question: Why aren't we better at curing illnesses like cancer? Based on his groundbreaking research and the clinical...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this riveting and informative book, renowned zoonotic disease expert Steven Phillips, MD, and his patient-turned Lyme warrior Dana Parish explode conventional wisdom as they reveal the alarming connection between Lyme disease and other autoimmune disorders and detail what readers need to know in order to heal from their pain"--
6) And
Author
Publisher
Berbay Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes the smallest actions can have the biggest consequences... Crazy, chaotic consquences!"--
Series
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Children are encouraged to read by host LeVar Burton through a combination of field trips, music, animation, and live-action that bring stories to life.
A little boy offers a mouse a cookie and a chain reaction is set in motion, illustrating how one thing leads to another.
9) Oops!
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Readers are invited to physically interact with the pages in this book of humorous before-and-after scenarios.
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