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Grooming, gossip, and the evolution of language / by Dunbar, R. I. M.(Robin Ian MacDonald),1947-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-218).
Subjects: Human evolution.; Social evolution.; Language and languages; Gossip; Human behavior.; Group identity.; Interpersonal relations.;
© c1996., Harvard University Press,
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The future of reputation : gossip, rumor, and privacy on the Internet / by Solove, Daniel J.,1972-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Privacy, Right of.; Internet; Reputation (Law); Libel and slander.; Confidential communications.;
© 2008., Yale University Press,
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Cranford [videorecording] : return to Cranford / by Birtwistle, Sue,creator.; Conklin, Susie,creator.; Thomas, Heidi,1962-screenwriter.; Curtis, Simon,1960-director.; Dench, Judi,1934-; Atkins, Eileen,1934-; Glenister, Philip.; Gambon, Michael.; Annis, Francesca,1945-; Staunton, Imelda,1953-; McKenzie, Julia.; Wise, Greg,1966-; Manville, Lesley.; Jennings, Alex.; Davis, Carl,1936-; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,1810-1865.Cranford.; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,1810-1865.Mr. Harrison's confessions.; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,1810-1865.My Lady Ludlow.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Chestermead Ltd.; British Broadcasting Corporation.; BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; Warner Home Video (Firm);
DVD9, region 1; 16x9 enhanced; Dolby Digital stereo; NTSC.Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis, Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Greg Wise, Lesley Manville, Alex Jennings, Dean Lennox Kelly.Music, Carl David.Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William, and his niece, Erminia, Miss Matty becomes concerned about another young person, Peggy Bell, who lives in an isolated cottage with her mother and domineering brother. She decides to intervene and engineers an invitation that will bring the four young people together. But when tragedy strikes, she fears she has opened a Pandora's box from which Cranford will never recover.Part one : August 1844 -- Part two : October 1844.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Market towns; Single women; Older women; Gossip; Sisters; Social norms;
© c2010., BBC Video ; Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Distributed by Warner Home Video,
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Cranford : the original BBC miniseries : Elizabeth Gaskell's classic tale of a Victorian country village / by David, Hugh,television director.; McRae, John,1953-television producer.; Voysey, Michael,screenwriter.; Withers, Margery,1905-1999,actor.; Coombs, Pat,1926-2002,actor.; Culver, Roland,1900-1984,actor.; Penfold, Ann,actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn,1810-1865.Cranford.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company,broadcaster.; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.,film distributor.;
DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital.Gabrielle Hamilton, Margery Withers, Pat Coombs, Helen Christie, Fabia Drake, Roland Culver, Ann Penfold.Set in the early 1840s, this is the original BBC miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's classic tale of a fictional Victorian country village in which the genteel ladies of Cranford struggle to face an uncertain future with dignity and 19th Century decorum.MPAA Rating: Not rated.
Subjects: Television melodramas.; Fiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television adaptations.; Market towns; Single women; Older women; Gossip; Social norms;
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Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other tales / by Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.; Luckhurst, Roger.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiv]-xxxvii).The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -- The body snatcher -- Markheim -- Olalla -- A gossip on romance -- A chapter on dreams.A collection of short stories and essays written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the 1880s, including the title work in which Dr. Jekyll, a kind and well-respected London physician, is transformed into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug of his own creation.
Subjects: Good and evil;
© 2008, c2006., Oxford University Press,
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Wife for hire : [electronic resource] : Elsie Hawkins series, book 3. by Evanovich, Janet.; Critt, C. J..;
Narrator: C. J. Critt.Hank Mallone knows he's in trouble when Maggie Toone agrees to pretend to be his wife in order to improve his rogue's reputation. Will his harebrained scheme to get a bank loan for his business backfire once Maggie arrives in his small Vermont town and lets the gossips take a look? Maggie never expected her employer to be drop-dead handsome, but she's too intrigued by his offer to say no . . . and too eager to escape a life that made her feel trapped. The deal is strictly business, both agree, until Hank turns out to be every fantasy she ever had.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 147262 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Literature.;
© 2007., HarperAudio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=144975 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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The hungry mind : the origins of curiosity in childhood / by Engel, Susan L.,1959-;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A deeply researched ... exploration of what curiosity is, how it can be measured, how it develops in childhood, and how it can be fostered in school."--Jacket.Capturing curiosity -- Safe havens and expeditions -- The conversationalist -- Invitations and prohibitions -- Curiosity goes to school -- What fuels learning -- The gossip -- The uses of time and solitude -- Cultivating curiosity.
Subjects: Curiosity in children.;
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Odd girl out : the hidden culture of aggression in girls / by Simmons, Rachel,1974-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index.The hidden culture of aggression in girls -- Intimate enemies -- The truth hurts -- BFF 2.0, cyber bullying and cyberdrama -- She's all that -- The bully in the mirror -- Popular -- Resistance -- Parents speak -- Helping her through drama, bullying, and everything in between -- Raising kids in a digital age -- The road ahead for educators and administrators.There is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons's brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder, gentler gender. Odd Girl Out begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them. Lacking cultural permission to acknowledge conflict, girls develop what Simmons calls "a hidden culture of silent and indirect aggression." The author, who visited 30 schools and talked to 300 girls, catalogues chilling and heartbreaking acts of aggression, including the silent treatment, note-passing, glaring, gossiping, ganging up, fashion police, and being nice in private/mean in public. She decodes the vocabulary of these sneak attacks, explaining, for example, three ways to parse the meaning of "I'm fat."--Amazon.
Subjects: Aggressiveness in girls.; Bullying; Cyberbullying; Girls;
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Death on the downs / [electronic resource] : by Brett, Simon.; Howard, Geoffrey.;
Narrator: Geoffrey Howard.It wasn't the rain that upset Carole Seddon during her walk on the West Sussex Downs, nor was it the dilapidated barn in which she sought shelter. What upset her was the human skeleton she discovered there, neatly packed into two blue fertilizer bags. Thus begins the mystery for strait-laced Carole and her more laid-back neighbor Jude, whose investigation takes them to the small hamlet of Weldisham. There gossips quickly identify the corpse as Tamsin Lutteridge, a young woman who disappeared from the village months before, after becoming involved with several practitioners of alternative medicine. But Detective Sergeant Baylis will confirm nothing, and Tamsin's mother is adamant that her daughter is still alive. Others believe a serial killer is on the loose. As Jude sets out to find Tamsin -- either dead or alive -- Carole digs deeper into Weldisham's history and the bitter relationships simmering beneath the village's gentle façade.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 214683 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Mystery.;
© 2004., Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC,
On-line resources: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=61407 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Claws and effect : [electronic resource] : Mrs. Murphy mysteries series, book 9. by Brown, Rita Mae.; Forbes, Kate.;
Narrator: Kate Forbes.Winter puts tiny Crozet, Virginia, in a deep freeze and everyone seems to be suffering from the winter blahs, including postmistress Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. So all are ripe for the juicy gossip coming out of Crozet Hospital–until the main source of that gossip turns up dead. It’s not like Harry to resist a mystery, and she soon finds the hospital a hotbed of ego, jealousy, and illicit love.But it’s tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, roaming the netherworld of Crozet Hospital, who sniffs out a secret that dates back to the Underground Railroad. Then Harry is attacked and a doctor is executed in cold blood.Soon only a quick-witted cat and her animal pals feline Pewter and corgi Tee Tucker stand between Harry and a coldly calculating killer with a prescription for murder.Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Mystery.;
© 2001., Recorded Books Inc.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=3142987 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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