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Author
Series
Owl diaries volume 2
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Incorporated
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof.
Author
Language
English
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Description
The story of a small town on Lake Michigan that gets worldwide attention when its citizens start receiving phone calls from the afterlife. Is it the greatest miracle ever or a massive hoax? Sully Harding, a grief-stricken single father, is determined to find out.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole. The Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will make his Christmas wish. This is a story for all who believe in the spirit of Christmas and those who treasure the sound of a reindeer’s silver bell.
The Polar Express is the 1986 Caldecott Medal winner, and reading the story together is a beloved holiday tradition held...
Publisher
Audio Renaissance
Pub. Date
p2006
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this thought-provoking book, which is based on the NPR series, 80 essayists use the three little title words as a jumping-off point to a discussion of their deepest personal beliefs. The list of contributors includes Colin Powell, Isabel Allende, Bill Gates, John Updike, William F. Buckley Jr., Gloria Steinem, and Penn Jillette; but it also includes relatively unknown people with everyday jobs.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old...
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
397 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For Sarah Krasnostein, it begins with a Mennonite choir performing on a subway platform, a fleeting moment of witness that sets her on a fascinating journey to discover why people need to believe in absolute truths and what happens when their beliefs crash into her own. Some of the people Krasnostein interviews believe in things many people do not: ghosts, UFOs, the literal creation of the universe in six days. Some believe in things most people...
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 551 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty, and celebrates the heroes of doubt who have challenged widely held beliefs throughout history.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Description
From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.
“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which...
“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to denialism, explaining the causes and characteristics, and describing how social fears and superstitions hinder scientific progress, which can impact the environment and individual lives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gildan Media Corp
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, Harrison invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the skeptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1982
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : illustrations (cheifly in color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. A Prayer for Owen Meany is a coming-of-age tale that ranks among the most cherished American classics....
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It’s 1967, and for young Richard it’s a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother’s abandoned home in Utah; and his parents make the painful decision to separate.
With uncertainty rattling every corner of his life, Richard does his best to remain strong—but when he’s run down by bullies at his new...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 238 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The day the train fell in the lake, Cassie stopped believing in much of anything, despite growing up in a devout Catholic family. Then she set her mind to forgetting the strange boy named Elias who was with her when it happened. When Elias comes back to town after many years away, Cassie finds herself talked into sneaking out at night to follow him ghost-hunting--though she knows better than to believe they will find any spirits. Still, the more...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When their mother suddenly dies, sisters Charlotte and Maddi begin to suspect that their father and his new girlfriend played a part in her death, and they spiral into paranoia with horrifying consequences.
18) The sign
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
464 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this gripping thriller, a scientific expedition in Antarctica stops for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist Gracie Logan begins her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous world audience. Meanwhile, a monk in Egypt experiences visions that seemed connected, and back in...
Author
Series
Seven faceless saints volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
During Ombrazia's Second War of Saints, former friends Rossana Lacertosa and Damian Venturi--she is a rebel who wants to dismantle the corrupt system responsible for her father's death while he is the young head of security who serves the city and the saints with unswerving devotion--must work together to investigate murders within the city.
Author
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
417 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Neon Yang's The Genesis of Misery gives a space opera twist to Joan of Arc's story, full of high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs. It's an old, familiar story: a young person hears the voice of an angel saying they have been chosen as a warrior to lead their people to victory in a holy war. But Misery Nomaki knows they are a fraud. Raised on a remote moon...
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