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Readers get the truth about dating in this frank and insightful volume, including real-life experiences and guidance about determining whether an individual is ready to date. Tips are given on how to handle peer pressure, what to do when feelings change about friends, how to handle flirting, how to read body language, what to do when one is asked out and on the first date and beyond, what to do about other friendships once you are dating, how to talk...
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We're better together! When we work as a team, we can do everything from scoring a goal to tackling a school project or cleaning the garage. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about teamwork fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we pull together.
3) 49 Pulses
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On June 12, 2016 a gunman walked into a crowded nightclub in Orlando, Florida and shot 102 people, murdering 49 of them. At 2 AM, the Pulse nightclub was winding down on its weekly Latino night. The building was dark, crowded, and loud. Patrons were making plans to leave when they were ambushed by a gunman, who began firing in every direction. Customers tried to escape, but the killer followed. For the next three hours, the gunman terrorized victims...
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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience!
Migration is a natural, human act-seeking food, shelter, and comfortable environments is essential for survival. With the existence of national borders, migration becomes immigration-an intensely political issue.
Immigration and the history of America are inextricably linked. Author Lars Ortiz explores the history of immigration...
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Are you suffering from untreated feelings resulting from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)?
Trauma lingers in your body and impacts your mental and physical health unless you excavate and process your traumas effectively. But how do you achieve this?
I compiled a list of practical strategies that my friends, students, and loved ones used to overcome their childhood trauma.
Their success is my motivation for writing this book and sharing strategies...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Imagine looking out your window and seeing a horde of moaning, rotting zombies lumbering your way. What would happen if a mysterious virus were to suddenly sweep through your town, turning people into crazed flesh-eaters? Where would be the safest places to hide? And what should you pack in your zombie survival kit? This fascinating new title gives zombie fans all the information they need to navigate and survive a zombie apocalypse. Packed with gruesome,...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Our TV screens are filled with terrifying images of the walking dead. However, people have been frightened of zombies long before movies and TV shows. This book uncovers the blood-curdling history of the undead--from Viking draugar to dancing Tibetan corpses to medieval revenants that crawled out of the ground, spreading plague and death. This fascinating new title introduces zombie fans to a horrifying host of zombies, both past and present. Packed...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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On the island of Haiti, stories tell of corpses brought back to life. Fact or fiction? Do voodoo witch doctors, called bokors, really have the power to raise people from their graves? Or is there a scientific--but just as chilling--explanation involving powerful poisons and ruthless con-men? This fascinating new title introduces zombie fans to the spine-chilling world of Haitian zombies. Did a man named Clairvius Narcisse really live as a zombie for...
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou
In Manage My Emotions for Kids, author and kids' emotional intelligence expert Dr. Kenneth Martz draws on over 25 years of experience helping children and families manage emotions and improve family communication to teach you how to help your elementary school children how to understand emotions,...
10) Self-Control
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There are few character strengths more essential and central to success--academic, social, professional, familial--than self-control. Without self-control, no amount of intelligence, wealth, social connections, good grades, or charm will allow the individual to attain and maintain success and happiness. More than many character strengths, self-control can be readily learned and practiced. Readers will discover here that self-control is a discipline...
11) This book is gay
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Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Queer. Straight. Curious. This book is for everyone, regardless of gender or sexual preference. This book is for anyone who's ever dared to wonder. This book is for YOU. There's a long-running joke that, after "coming out," a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card and instruction manual. THIS IS THAT INSTRUCTION MANUAL. You're welcome. Inside you'll find the answers to all...
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Plan for it! Creating smart goals, breaking down tasks, and organizing helps us stay on track so we can take on anything. Bright, cheerful illustrations paired with engaging photos and lively text make learning about planning ahead fun, while hands-on activities put the social and emotional engagement into action. Explore how life works when we think it out.
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Get the help you need. This book gives you the tools needed to manage your mental health. From understanding what causes your mental health to mastering mindfulness, each chapter provides a supportive exploration of a single topic. Mental health can be in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains-but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines,...
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You've been hit and wounded. Life hasn't turned out to be what you expected, wanted, or hoped for. No one seems to care. You feel alone and isolated.
Something is wrong. You can sense it. Your heart says, "There's got to be more."
Yes, there is.
It's time to turn things around. It's time to expose the lies you've been fed about yourself and embrace the truth.
What's the truth?
You're a Difference Maker. And it's time to start living that way.
For...
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Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced. Rania Abouzeid, one of the foremost journalists on the topic, follows two pairs of sisters from opposite sides of the conflict to give readers a firsthand glimpse of the turmoil and devastation this strife has wrought. Sunni Muslim Ruha and her younger sister Alaa withstand constant attacks by...
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Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people when you don't mean to? Do you cry or get scared and you aren't sure why? Does it feel like your feelings control you? All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody, but sometimes they're just too much and it seems like you're the only one on the planet that feels them. Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead. And, sometimes we hurt people...
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Do you ever wonder what it might be like to know what's going on in your child(ren)'s life? Why they are so irritable or behaving differently than you'd expect?
The good news is you no longer have to feel alone and isolated as a parent who doesn't understand their teen.
You, Me, and Anxiety helps you identify anxiety, recognize its symptoms, and help your child(ren) take intentional action to manage and overcome it so that it no longer has a negative...
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Our teens are living on the edge.
Life is tough. Bad things happen to them and to those they love and care about.
Teens wonder what's coming next. They're scared, anxious, angry, and sad.
They try, but never feel good enough, smart enough, or attractive enough. They wear masks. They try to fit in. They live lies.
If course, this is true about all us.
Our teens might be on a downward spiral. Maybe you are too.
Our teens have felt this. Perhaps...
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The dual language edition, in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe) Nbisiing dialect and English, of the award-winning I Am Not a Number. When eight-year-old Irene is removed from her First Nations family to live in a residential school she is confused, frightened, and terribly homesick. She tries to remember who she is and where she came from, despite the efforts of the nuns who are in charge at the school and who tell her that she is not to use her own name but...
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