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Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
95 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents advice for girls on how to feel their best in all kinds of situations, discussing how high self-esteem can turn a good day into a great one, while low self-esteem can make a bad day even worse.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same cultural forces as their female peers. They are steeped...
8) Chicken soup for the soul: my kind (of) America : 101 stories about the true spirit of our country
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
ix, 401 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
More than ever, Americans are refocusing on what we are known for: kindness, tolerance and compassion. This is not a book about politics. This is a book about people one at a time doing what we do best. These 101 stories proudly serve as testimony that America is still a country filled with good people who volunteer in our communities, help people who need help, and pride ourselves on doing the right thing. Our huge and varied country is known for...
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Atria Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The author draws on her experiences as both a nurse and a patient with breast cancer to share positive insights about the disease's diagnosis, treatments, side effects, and recovery.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
The newly expanded ed., Simon Spotlight Entertainment trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 187 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Based on an episode of "Sex and the City," offers a lighthearted, no-nonsense look at dead-end relationships, providing advice for letting go and moving on.
13) Toughlove
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1982
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
15) Survival lessons
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 83 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Inspires readers to find the beauty in everyday life during tough times by re-envisioning everything from relationships to family.
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
328 p.
Language
English
Description
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty--it's fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too...