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2) Evergreen
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Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many things: thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. But when her mother tasks Evergreen with delivering soup to her sick Granny Oak, the little squirrel must face her fears and make the journey. Along the way, Evergreen is met by other forest dwellers - some want to help her, but some want her mother's delicious soup! It's up to Evergreen to stay the course, and those who help her will surprise...
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"For millennia, we have viewed thinking and feeling as fundamentally opposed processes. According to this persistent, age-old belief, to truly live well we must marshal our logical and rational capacities to master our emotions. This perceived dichotomy lies at the heart of our historical pursuits in theology, philosophy, and psychology. But extraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience, including neuroimaging and other related technologies,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 23
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"In the underground city of Caverna, the world's most skilled craftspeople toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare-- wines that remove memories, cheeses that make you hallucinate, and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as he slits your throat. On the surface, the people of Caverna seem ordinary, except for one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous Facesmiths...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"A cogent, gorgeous examination of empathy, illuminating the myths, the science, and the power behind this transformative emotion. Empathy has become a gaping fault line in American culture. Pioneering programs aim to infuse our legal and educational systems with more empathic thinking, even as pundits argue over whether we should bother empathizing with our political opposites at all. Meanwhile, we are inundated with the buzzily termed "empathic...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2015]
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"For as long as we've gathered by campfires to tell ghost stories, humans have always loved a good scare. From the splatter flicks of the 70s, to Japan's obsession with drowned girls, to creepy modern experiences like the overnight ghost hunt at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the horror industry has thrived across time and cultures. Our obsession with getting scared is obvious to anyone who visits ScareHouse, a haunted house in Pittsburgh that...
15) Wild feelings
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Do you ever feel as stubborn as a mule? Or as chicken as a chicken? Of course you do. Looks at the normal, natural feelings we all have"--
20) Destructive emotions: how can we overcome them? : a scientific collaboration with the Dalai Lama
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2003
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