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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"We congratulate ourselves when we resist the donut in the office breakroom. We celebrate our restraint when we hold back from sending an email in anger. We feel virtuous when we wake up at dawn to get a jump on the day. We put others' needs ahead of our own and believe this makes us exemplary. In On Our Best Behavior, journalist Elise Loehnen explains that these impulses - often lauded as unselfish, distinctly feminine instincts - are actually ingrained...
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Publisher
Lava Bee Well
Pub. Date
��2020.
Physical Desc
271 pages: colored illustrations.
Language
English
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"A brutifal journey from ego stripping to transformation. Our society's recent dark night of the soul during the pandemic and other world crises left many of us longing to continue awakening to find a new purpose, meaning, and coming together. Elisabeth's tale of spiritual emergency shows us how to heal, grow, search for truth, find a greater purpose, and arrive at wholeness. She shares tips and resources for others who may experience such a rapid...
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Language
English
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • An engaging, deeply researched guide to flourishing in a world of increasing stress and negativity—the inspiration for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time
“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium
Happiness...
“Powerful [and] charming . . . A book for just about anyone . . . The philosophies in this book are easily the best wire frames to build a happy and successful life.”—Medium
Happiness...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A simple question, isn't it? So why does it feel so hard to answer? What's happening behind our smiles, our busyness, our to-do lists? It's time to sit with all the questions we've been avoiding, ignoring, or just not hearing, to find a path to something real. Crack open this spine and get ready. We're about to get really honest. Because this book? It's not about my truth, it's about yours. -- Back cover.
106) Moonflower
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Moon is convinced that they do not belong to this world: that most of the time they are invisible (unless they stay still too long), that they belong to the stars, and want to go back to them--they live entirely in their imagination with an imaginary spirit guide who can appear in any shape and refuses to speak to anyone, lest their words tie them to a world they reject.
107) We're all wonders
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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All Together Now - Children's Books about Kindness, Friendship, and Community
Children's Books about Kindness
Children's Books Celebrating Neurogically and Physically Diverse Kids
Children's Books about Kindness
Children's Books Celebrating Neurogically and Physically Diverse Kids
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Auggie knows he is a wonder, but he wants everybody to realize they are all wonders, too.
108) Writings, 1878-1899
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Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
1212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Selection of writings by philosopher, psychologist, and champion of religious pluralism William James, including "The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy," "Psychology: Briefer Course," and ten other essays.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xvi, 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
There are certain days in life that stand out because they are among the toughest that you or someone you love will experience. Your quality of life and your experience on the journey through this world are a function of how you handle these days when they arrive. Will you be ready? Will you be strong? Will you survive and be better for it, or will you cave? In Real Life: Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life, bestselling author and...
110) The female brain
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Language
English
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Every brain begins as a female brain. It only becomes male eight weeks after conception, when excess testosterone shrinks the communications center, reduces the hearing cortex, and makes the part of the brain that processes sex twice as large. Louann Brizendine, M.D. is a pioneering neuropsychiatrist who brings together the latest findings to show how the unique structure of the female brain determines how women think, what they value, how they communicate,...
111) Darkstalker
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Long before the SandWing and the Dragonet Prophecy, Darkstalker, half NightWing and half IceWing, is hatched under the three moons -- born into a divided heritage, he is destined to become the most powerful and dangerous dragon Pyrhhia will ever know, and it will take the combined efforts of a SeaWing named Fatham and a NightWing seer named Clearsight to come up with a way to save all the kingdoms from his anger.
Author
Publisher
Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
256 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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"This introduction to the science of psychology for young readers features chapters on the brain, personality, intelligence, emotions, social relationships, and more"--
Author
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 379 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This groundbreaking new book from New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., introduces readers to his pioneering, science-based meditation practice. Aware provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a life-changing tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in one's day-to-day life. An in-depth look at the science that underlies meditation's effectiveness, this book teaches readers how to harness...
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Language
English
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Description
The ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book — a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world's top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors, their short profiles can help you answer life's most challenging questions, achieve extraordinary results, and transform your life. No matter your challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help. Among other things, you will...
115) Lexicon: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics -- at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science .Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. The very best will graduate...
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Language
English
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Description
A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate. When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than...
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Language
English
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What separates your mind from an animal’s? Maybe you think it’s your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future ― all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet’s preeminent species. But in recent decades, these claims have eroded, or even been disproven outright, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition. Take the way octopuses use coconut shells as tools; elephants that classify humans...
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns...
120) Barefoot: a novel
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Language
English
Description
It's summer on Nantucket, and as the season begins, three women arrive at the local airport, observed by Josh, a local boy, home from college. Burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues, the women -- two isters and one friend -- make their way to the sisters' tiny cottage, inherited from an aunt. They're all trying to escape from something: Melanie, after seven failed in-vitro attempts, discovered her husband's...
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