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""Coming September 22nd From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of. Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
New edition.
Physical Desc
82 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
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Uses bird and bee cartoon characters to present straightforward explanations of topics related to sexual development, love, reproduction, adoption, sexually transmitted diseases, and more.
4) Hokey Pokey
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Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey."
5) Silverwing
Author
Series
Silverwing saga volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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In this graphic novel edition of a best-selling story, young silverwing bat Shade is blown off course during his colony's migration to Hibernaculum, during which he meets other winged loners on his journey back to his family, but with a long and dangerous flight ahead, he must figure out who he can trust.
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2019.
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English
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"From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she)."--
7) The prophet
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Series
Publisher
A. A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1923
Physical Desc
107 p. front., plates. 22 cm.
Language
English
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"In Kahlil Gibran's inspirational masterpiece--the most famous work of spiritual fiction of the twentieth century--a prophet named Almustafa is about to board a ship to travel back to his homeland after twelve years in exile when he's stopped by a group of people who ask him to share his wisdom before he leaves. In twenty-eight poetic essays, he does so, offering profound and timeless insights on many aspects of life, including love, pain, friendship,...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Discusses the changes that take place in a boy's body during puberty, including information on the body's changing size and shape, the growth spurt, reproductive organs, pubic hair, beards, pimples, voice changes, wet dreams, and puberty in girls.
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Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First board book edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 14 x 17 cm.
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English
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An illustrated presentation of Raffi's song which shows that animals, plants, children, and even parents grow and grow. Includes sheet music.
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English
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"With her mega-bestseller Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now, she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and love. Bittersweetness...
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Zondervan
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"A collection of essays that focuses on the journey from frantic and tired to connected and free and encourages readers to experience the unconditional love of God in a way that sets them free from the pressure to perform and to maintain an image of perfection"--
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English
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"Written with remarkable grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity. Biologist David George Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Beginning with simple observations--a salamander scuttling across the...
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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"So nobody knows more about happiness--what the Danes call lykke--than Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and author of the bestselling sensation The Little Book of Hygge. But he believes that, while we can certainly learn a lot from the Danes about finding fulfillment, the keys to happiness are actually buried all around the globe. In this captivating book, he takes us on a treasure hunt to unlock the doors to the...
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Westminster John Knox Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
169 p.
Language
English
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"C.S. Lewis has long been recognized as a beloved author of children's literature and an apologist for Christian belief to a skeptical modern world. In this new volume, Gregory S. Cootsona shows us how Lewis can also serve as a guide to the ups and downs of the Christian journey. Like many of us, Lewis suffered from a variety of crises of faith and personal experience. Like us, he came to faith in a world that no longer respects Christian commitment...
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Pub. Date
2017
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English
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The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude...
16) We are growing!
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
49 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searches for his 'est' in this hilarious story about growing up"--
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Two leading spiritual masters share their wisdom about living with joy even in the face of adversity, sharing personal stories and teachings about the science of profound happiness and the daily practices that anchor their emotional and spiritual lives.
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated story, written as a non-rhyming sestina poem, about a little girl who is lured outside by the moon on Halloween night, attempts to fly on her broom like a witch, and eventually soars through the sky before returning to her family.
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 Poster.
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English
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"From 1775 to the present, the landscape around a lone oak tree goes through significant changes"--
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