Crowley County Combined Library

"Thailand, 1996: Supot, a postman with the Royal Thai Postal Service, hates his job. The only bright light in his life is watching classic movies with his best friend, Ali, the owner of a video store. These cinephiles adore the charisma of the old Western stars, particularly the actresses, and bemoan the state of modern Thai cinema-until a mysterious cassette, entitled Bangkok 2010, arrives at Ali's store. Bangkok 2010 is a dystopian film set in a...

Explores the impact Beethoven's deafness had in shaping his music and career. Examples from two of his symphonies illustrate how his writing evolved as his hearing deteriorated.

Clinical psychologist and child discipline expert Thomas W. Phelan tells parents in a workshop how to get children to stop doing what they do not want them to do; encourage children to do what they want them to do; handle misbehavior in public; deal with six types of testing and manipulation; improve children's self-esteem and avoid the "talk-persuade-argue-yell-hit syndrome."