NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman ()
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In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter? Why do cross-racial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated? If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie? What's the single most important thing that helps infants learn language?
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6:54 pm by Sylvhania
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In the Tall Grass
by J. Coll Metcalfe (2006-10-24)
Choices, Inc (57 minutes)
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In the Tall Grass picks up where Hotel Rwanda left off, focusing on the Hutu and Tutsi as they struggle through Rwanda's unique reconciliation process Gacaca, a network of grassroots community courts.
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Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:30 am by Sylvhania
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The Assault on Reason
by Al Gore ()
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As scathing as it is meticulous, Gore's treatise on reason juggernauts its way through the Bush administration, never even needing to include the controversial nature of Bush's presidential elections. He identifies the growing concentration of power in the executive branch virtually ignored by mainstream media.
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Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:15 am by Sylvhania
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Celebutards
by Andrea Peyser ()
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(47)
A longtime observer of the celebutard species, award-winning New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser warns us that, in an age in which fabulousness is too often mistaken for gravitas, we must be ever vigilant of the hypocrites who walk among us.
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Posted: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 12:12 am by Sylvhania
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A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures
by Quinn Bradlee ()
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A frank, funny, inspiring memoir of growing up with developmental and learning disabilities (VCFS)—and famously accomplished parents (Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn).
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Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 11:36 pm by Sylvhania
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
by Simon Callow (2000-04-18)
Sony Pictures (101 minutes)
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A fable about unhappy love in a tiny Deep South mill town. The story describes a perfect circle of unrequited love among its three main characters: Miss Amelia Evans, a tall, awkward, forbidding eccentric; her cousin Lymon, a hunchbacked dwarf; and Marvin Macy, who was once, briefly, Amelia's husband.
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Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 1:38 pm by Sylvhania
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by David Fincher (2009-05-05)
Paramount (166 minutes)
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The story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
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Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:46 pm by Sylvhania
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Vantage Point
by Pete Travis (2008-07-01)
Sony Pictures (90 minutes)
average customer review: (181)
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
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Posted: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:00 am by Sylvhania
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Coraline
by Henry Selick (2009-07-21)
Universal Studios (96 minutes)
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An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
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Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 9:46 pm by Sylvhania
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Mr. Sardonicus
by (2002-03-12)
Sony Pictures (89 minutes)
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A search for a winning lottery ticket in his dead father's grave causes Sardonicus' face to freeze in a horrible grimace. He pressures a London doctor into working miracles on his hideously disfigured face.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10:00 pm by Sylvhania
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