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Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first...
2) Grey dog
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"A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women's historical fiction with delusions, wild beasts, and the uncontainable power of female rage The year is 1901, and Ada Byrd -- spinster, schoolmarm, amateur naturalist -- accepts a teaching post in isolated Lowry Bridge, grateful for the chance to re-establish herself where no one knows her secrets. She develops friendships with her neighbors, explores the woods with her students,...
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English
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"This eclectic history of unusual crowd behavior describes a rich assortment of mass phenomena ranging from the amusing and quirky to the shocking and deplorable. What do fads, crazes, manias, urban legends, moral panics, riots, stampedes, and other mass expressions of emotion have in common? By creating a typology of such behavior, past and present, the authors show how common extraordinary group reactions to fear or excitement are. And they offer...
4) Donnie Darko
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. Donnie Darko is a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past, and deadly predictions for the future.
5) Unsane
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
6) Unsane
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear, but is it real or a product of her delusion?
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
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Toby is a disillusioned advertising executive that becomes pulled into a world of a time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Don Quixote and Toby to be Sancho Panza, gradually becoming unable to tell dreams from reality.
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Artemis Fowl series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"Dabbling in fairy magic has led Artemis Fowl to develop the Atlantis Complex (aka multiple-personality disorder). And now, with the subterranean city of Atlantis under attack from vicious robots, he is too nice to be of use to anyone. Can Holly get devious Artemis back before they strike?"--
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Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2022.
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xiv, 338 pages : illustrations (black and white) photographs, facsimilies; 23 cm
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English
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Why would someone wake up and claim they're Napoleon? Or believe they have been turned into a wolf and demand to be fed raw meat? For centuries, we've dismissed delusions as a problem for the shrinks to sort out in distant asylums. But delusions are more than just bizarre case studies - they tell stories of collective anxieties and traumas. In this groundbreaking history, Victoria Shepherd explores delusions from ancient times to present and implores...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
Widescreen; [with English or Spanish dialogue options].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Lars is a sweet but shy guy who has a hard time talking with his family, coworkers, and neighbors. Although his family fears the worst when Lars brings home a life-sized companion doll who he thinks is a real girlfriend, named Bianca, a doctor encourages them to play along with him so that he can work through his delusions. The whole community rallies to his support, and Lars begins to deal with all of his emotions. He even begins to develop feelings...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xxv, 233 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"From the New York Times-bestselling author and host of NPR's Hidden Brain comes a counterintuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deception's role in human success. Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to ourcommunities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of NPR's Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can also play a vital role in human...
12) Nurse Betty
Publisher
USA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Betty never misses an episode of her favorite soap opera, "A reason to love." After a mind-altering run-in with two hit-men while watching an episode, Betty transforms into "Nurse Betty" and embarks on a mission to find her one true love, Dr. David Ravell.
13) Seven lies
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Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books, Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven. Growing up, they shared everything, they knew the other's deepest secrets, and they wouldn't have had it any other way. Jane was always happiest when it was just the two of them; in fact, she remembers those days as the best time of her life. And even when Jane married the man of her dreams, somehow, Jonathan only added to Jane's life, without subtracting from the perfect equation of her...
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Publisher
Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
163 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No faces, no eyes. Not if you want to survive. But when a new neighbor moves in down the road, Riley’s overwhelming need for human contact makes her throw caution to the wind. Somehow, in this world where other people can mean a gruesome, bloody death, Ellis makes her feel safe. As they grow closer, Riley’s grip on reality begins to slip and she can no longer fight her deepest...
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Publisher
Planeta
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Primera edición impresa en México en Booket: abril de 2023.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
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Alice Gould es ingresada en un hospital psiquiátrico. Afirma ser una investigadora privada que intenta resolver un caso complicado. Según una carta de su médico particular, la realidad es otra: su paranoica obsesión es atentar contra la vida de su marido. La extrema inteligencia de esta mujer y su actitud aparentemente normal confundirán a los médicos hasta el punto de no saber a ciencia cierta si Alice ha sido internada injustamente o en realidad...
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