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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1
Language
English
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What accounts for the remarkable ability to get inside another person's head—to know what they're thinking and feeling? "Mind reading" is the very heart of what it means to be human, creating a bridge between self and others that is fundamental to the development of culture and society. But until recently, scientists didn't understand what in the brain makes it possible.
This has all changed in the last decade. Marco Iacoboni, a leading
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex-all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...
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Language
English
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Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.
Utilizing the linguistic insights of her "witty and brilliant" (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations...
Utilizing the linguistic insights of her "witty and brilliant" (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Digger and his friends meet a hungry caterpillar who chooses Digger as its safe place to make a cocoon, making Digger cease his work to care for the small creature who surprises him and his friends.
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Updated and expanded edition.
Language
English
Description
Getting everything you want out of life isn't about doing more. It's about becoming more. Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning have helped millions of people become the person they need to be to create the life they've always wanted. Now, it's your turn.
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Publisher
Sheldon Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Every minute, more than 20 people in the UK or US are abused by their partner. Get Out, Get Love is an essential guide to the journey that anyone who is in, leaving or has left an abusive relationship must undertake. It takes the reader through three key stages - getting understanding (of the reasons we fall into abuse and why we tolerate it), getting out (escaping, breaking the cycle and staying away) and getting love (seeking closure, regaining...
10) Clone trouble
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2023
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
Criminal mastermind Cynthia Cyber has hatched her most devious plot yet. She's created an evil clone of The Gamer called Gamertron to defeat the superhero! Gamertron has the same powers and skills as The Gamer, and a group of digital ninjas is ready to do his bidding! Can The Gamer stop the villains, or will this be the superhero's final fight?
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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An instant New York Times, USA Today and Indie Bestseller!
#1 New York Times-bestselling phenomenon Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of "The Lightning Tree." Expanded to twice its previous length and lavishly illustrated by Nate Taylor, this touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike.
Bast knows how to bargain....
#1 New York Times-bestselling phenomenon Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of "The Lightning Tree." Expanded to twice its previous length and lavishly illustrated by Nate Taylor, this touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike.
Bast knows how to bargain....
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Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.”
—Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can...
“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would’ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress.”
—Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can...
13) Night song
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Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Bernardo the frog loves the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it's the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad. How does he fit in? How can he contribute to his woodland home? Does he belong?--
Author
Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"All too often society issues dire warnings about the risks of living single. But is finding a spouse or romantic partner really a requirement for a full life? In Single at Heart, Dr. Bella DePaulo speaks on behalf of the millions of people across the globe who are powerfully drawn to single life for all it has to offer and shares what it means to not just be happy being single for a time, but to be happy being single always This pivotal volume addresses...
15) Music monster!
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Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Tyler is enjoying the outdoor music festival when evil Cynthia Cyber turns the trumpet belonging to his cousin into a monster, forcing Tyler to once again become a superhero and defeat the musical monster before it reduces the city to rubble.
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Edition
6
Language
English
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For more than thirty years, On Being a Therapist has inspired generations of mental health professionals (and their clients) to explore the most private, confusing, and sacred aspects of helping others. In this thoroughly revised and updated sixth edition, Jeffrey Kottler explores many of the challenges that therapists face in their practices today, including pressures from increased technology, economic realities, and advances in theory and technique....
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Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
Feminism will ruin your life -- in the best way possible -- because society screams numerous messages every moment about how women must look, act, and speak in order to earn their right to be seen and heard. The only thing any human needs to do in order to earn their right to exist, however, is to exist. Break free of the insidious narratives that hold you back from being your most authentic self.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Cynthia Cyber pulls the Terror Beast out of the digital world and sends it out to attack Crescent City with nightmares, it is up to Tyler in his secret identity as The Gamer to overcome his own fears and defeat the monster.
19) Martyr!: a novel
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Random House Large Print.
Language
English
Description
"Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mothers plane was shot down over the skies of Tehran in a senseless accident; and his fathers life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past--toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed...
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