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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Gillian, Helen, and Carol are three suburban mothers who have known each other since their respective sons were babies, and have met in a regular coffee group for years. These days, their sons are a bunch of thirty-four-year-old slackers: they have no wives and no children, never call, and seem unlikely to outgrow their post-adolescent lifestyles anytime soon. After yet another fruitless Mother's Day, Carol has an outlandish but irresistible idea:...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Rydell. But when the doctor steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
6) How it ends
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jessica is a good student who hates school because she is bullied by the "cool" girls and she is startled and grateful when Annie, the new girl in her southern Ontario high school, seeks her out on the first day of tenth grade and defends her from the bullying--it is a friendship that both girls need, but one based on assumptions and misunderstandings that ultimately threaten to drive them apart.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Beatrice raises bees and her neighbor Abel raises apples, and the two live in harmony, until a misunderstanding causes them to get into a fight--and it takes an accident for them to realize how much they need each other.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Geeger the Robot gets along great with the class pet, Fudge the Hamster, and they both spend a lot of their time eating their favorite, mushy bananas, until Fudge goes missing and some of the kids in Ms. Bork's class think Geeger might have eaten him!
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Human Conflict: Disagreement, Misunderstanding, and Problematic Talk distinguishes between "effective" and "ineffective" forms of face-to-face interaction in cases where agreement, disagreement, understanding, or misunderstanding prevail. This study of miscommunication seeks to identify the basic dynamics at work in encounters that somehow fall short of success in a particularly telling manner. Following an in-depth look at the interplay of cognitive...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Amy Marsden has charmed her way to a charmed life. She has it all-- beauty, brains, and a dream position as Chair of the English Department of a small-town college. Her love life is upside down and backwards, and her professional learning curve is steep, but everything's going her way. Except it isn't. She feels like a fraud, as fake as her mother's fantasy that their family is a version of the March family in Little Women. Her real life's on hold,...
12) In the loop
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The British Prime Minister and the U.S. President infer that they want to embark on a war in the Middle East. Simon Foster, the British Minister for International Development states, off the cuff, in a radio interview that 'war is unforeseeable.' He later tries to recant his statement to news reporters with another statement. Both remarks start a series of manoeuvrings on both sides by both the pro- and anti-war factions in both governments. U.S....
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A monster meanders down a beach, dragging a stick behind them and leaving a line in the sand. Meanwhile, a group of friends is at play--flying kites, building sandcastles, tossing a ball--until two of them become curious about the line that now seemingly divides them"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Aladdin Quix hardcover edition, First Aladdin Quix paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Geeger the Robot is going to school. But not robot school...a school with kids, the human kind! Geeger isn't used to human ways, and his zany misunderstandings and overly literal responses to instructions lead to quite a few mishaps. He's starting to wonder if he can even make it until snack time! Will a bot made of wires, nuts, and bolts fit in with a classroom of kids?"--
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition for the U.S., its territories and dependencies, and Canada.
Language
English
Description
When Big Rabbit takes Small Rabbit out for a walk, the howling wind jumbles Big Rabbit's words, and Small Rabbit has fun jumping in the mud, rolling in the leaves, and doing everything he thinks Big Rabbit asks.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"From the Errors of Others is a collection of crisp, witty, and slyly informative essays for grownups with a sense of humor. The subject is communication--good, bad, and patently bizarre. The author is Rebecca Lyles, an experienced editor but not a wrist-slapping schoolmarm. Neither giggly nor ponderous, she eagerly tells tales out of school. There are boneheads and blowhards in our midst, she says, but we don't have to take them seriously. And we...
20) 8 Found dead
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Two couples head to a secluded desert hideaway for a weekend of relaxation and, unbeknownst to their friends, uneasy revelations. When they arrive, each couple is met by the same eccentric couple, claiming to have booked the rental on the same day at the same time. As two local police officers are drawn into the evening's strange and unpredictable events, depravity and derangement begin to consume everyone at the house. What begins as miscommunication...
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