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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? What do we lose when we expect a spouse to meet all our needs? And what can we learn about commitment, love, and family from people who put deep friendship at the center of their lives? ... Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner--these are friends who are home co-owners, co-parents, or each other's caregivers....
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can help. He offers us a map for navigating rough terrain, from personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world. In this profound and personal book, Setiya shows how the tools of philosophy can help us find our way. Drawing on ancient and modern philosophy as well as fiction, history, memoir, film, comedy, social science, and stories from Setiya's...
3) Wonka
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Based on the major motion picturean intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humorWonka introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time...proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if youre lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible."--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]
Language
English
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Sumo of the opera: Larry is a wrestler who somehow manages never to finish what he starts. Eventually his ability to take anything seriously lands him in the ring with Apollo Gourd. Will Larry hang in there to complete the match?
The penniless princess:Sweet Sara Crewe has everything a little girl could want: A loving family, lots of friends and a closet full of frilly dresses, but when life takes a turn and Sara goes from riches to rags, will she...
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Ethan Allen Hawley, the protagonist of the novel, works as a clerk in a grocery store that his family once owned. With the decline in their status, his wife is restless, and his teenage children are hungry for the material comforts they can no longer afford provide. Then one day, in a moment of moral crisis, Ethan decides to take a holiday from his own scrupulous standards
8) Discovering the inner mother: a guide to healing the mother wound and claiming your personal power
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Why do women keep themselves small and quiet? Why do they hold back professionally and personally? What fuels the uncertainty and lack of confidence so many women often feel? In this paradigm-shifting book, leading feminist thinker Bethany Webster identifies the source of women's trauma. She calls it the Mother Wound, the systemic disenfranchisement of women by the patriarchy, and reveals how this cycle is perpetuated by wounded mothers who unconsciously...
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English
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Jonathan Abernathy is a self-proclaimed loser. . . he’s behind on his debts, has no prospects, no friends, and no ambitions. But when a government loan forgiveness program offers him a literal dream job, he thinks he’s found his big break. If he can appear to be competent at his new job, entering the minds of middle class workers while they sleep and removing the unsavory detritus of their waking lives from their unconscious, he might have a chance...
10) La mala semilla
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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Miente sobre tonterías. Se cuela constantemente. Nunca se lava las manos ... ni los pies. Y hace muchas otras cosas malas. Pero ¿qué pasa cuando una mala semilla quiere eejar de ser mala? ¿Podrá combiar sus maaaaaalas maneras?
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"This is an invaluable, nuanced, and deeply needed guide to parenting diverse children as we move, together, toward a future in which all brains and bodies are supported-and belong." -Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD
What if parenting were an act of social justice?
In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various...
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No more-- (Bernette Ford) volume 5
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Little Hamster learns to use his hands for playing with his friends instead of hitting them"--Front jacket flap.
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Hua wen chuang zuo volume BLC112
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
中文(繁體)
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Following "Man in My Generation" and "In My Name", Zhang Manjuan's Middle-Aged Awakening Trilogy contains 28 essays with true feelings and clarity, and 28 life gazes, writing the difficulties and abundance of middle age in the huge hourglass of time. Walks a lot of precious things, but it's sure to leave some treasures behind as well. Focus on the present moment as it leads us into the future. Only this one, no other branches. Unique, Magnificent...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The midlife crisis is the butt of so many jokes, but this long-derided life stage has an upside. What if we could reframe our thinking about the natural transition of midlife not as a crisis, but as a chrysalis--a time when something profound awakens in us, as we shed our skin, spread our wings, and pollinate our wisdom to the world? In [this book], Chip Conley offers an alternative narrative to the way we commonly think of our 40s, 50s and 60s....
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"From Emmy Award-winning journalist Elisa Boxer comes an inspiring YA anthology of thirty-five trailblazing women from all walks of life detailing their struggles and achievements and featuring a personal message from each woman written just for this book, telling their younger selves what they wish they had known growing up"--
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English
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It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a brutal encounter with a ghost from his past sees him beaten, battered and almost drowning in the Thames. He wakes the next day to find he's in a messy, derelict room he's never seen before, in grimy clothes he doesn't recognize, with no idea of how he got there. A glimpse...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"Years ago, Tabitha Brown started a 30-day personal challenge that she called 'I Did a New Thing!' The challenge was simple: every day she would do something she'd never done before. In this book, Tab shares her own stories and those of others, alongside gentle guidance and encouragement to create these incredible changes for yourself and see what good can come from them."--
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