Doering, Amanda F.
Summary: "Sensitive, narrative text from illustrated animal characters shows readers what verbal bullying is and provides possible solutions to stop it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 302.3 DOESummary: Set in Argentina during the Dirty War of the mid-seventies, on the eve of the nation's descent into a military dictatorship, ... follows Claudio, a renowned lawyer living a seemingly picture-perfect life in a deceptively quiet provincial city. One night, a stranger starts insulting Claudio in a restaurant for no apparent reason. Later that night, the stranger intercepts Claudio and his wife...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ROJBattistella, Edwin L.
Summary: History of insults aimed at United States presidents, from George Washington to Donald Trump.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 417 BATSummary: "It's the Comedy Central roast of William Shatner. Watch as he's feted by comics and co-stars alike, ranging from Andy Dick, Greg Giraldo, Patton Oswalt, and Fred Willard to fellow "Trekkers" George Takei and Nichelle Nichols. Whether it's Jeffrey Ross lambasting Shatner's overacting or "The Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli commenting on his one-of-a-kind singing career, you won't want to miss it...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COMShea, Ammon
Summary: "The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct-or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428 SHEEvans, Patricia (Patricia G.)
Contents: What is verbal abuse? -- Why verbal abuse isn't okay -- The teen world -- The code of silence -- Verbal abuse precedes violence -- How verbal abuse impacts teens -- Verbal abuse is media and sports -- Verbal abuse at home -- Verbal abuse at school -- The teen who verbally abuses -- Stopping verbal abuse -- For parents -- For teachers -- For teens -- Boyfriends and girlfriends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corporation 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.6083 EVAGlass, Lillian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 GLAGrothe, Mardy.
Summary: A collection of some of history's most celebrated wisecracks and humorous remarks includes contributions by such names as Mark Twain, Mae West, and Groucho Marx.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Collins 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 082.02 GROKaram, Adel
Summary: After an insult leads to a heated exchange between two men in Beirut, the men find themselves in the middle of a socially charged court case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2018