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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A witty and wide-ranging investigation of the central problem of our time: how to save ourselves from what we want. This is journalist Akst's irreverent search for answers, delving into overeating, overspending, procrastination, anger, addiction, wayward sexual attraction and most of the other homely transgressions that bedevil us daily in a world of freedom, prosperity and technological empowerment. Akst ransacks history, literature, psychology,...
3) Easy to love, difficult to discipline: the seven basic skills for turning conflict into cooperation
Author
Publisher
Quill
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st Quill ed.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In Make Your Own Rules Diet, Tara Stiles introduces readers to easy and fun ways to bring yoga, meditation, and healthy food into their lives. As the designer and face of Reebok's first yoga lifestyle line, author of Yoga Cures and Slim, Calm, Sexy Yoga, and the founder of Strala--the movement-based system that ignites freedom, known for its laid-back and unpretentious vibe--Tara has long been a proponent of creating a tension-free healthy life by...
Author
Series
Way of the warrior kid volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marc hopes that his Uncle Jake can help him turn around his terrible summer, which he has to spend at camp with Nathan James, who is mean and annoying, while longing for a fancy new bike his parents will not buy him.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A Wall Street tech leader explains how small behavioral changes lead to major self-improvement Whether trying to lose weight, save money, or get organized, we're always setting goals and making resolutions but rarely following through on them. Determination and willpower aren't strong enough to defeat our mass of ingrained habits; to succeed we have to learn how to focus our self-control on precise behavioral targets and overwhelm them, according...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
After his encounter with Jack, Mr. Giant is living peacefully in a small village--so when a new baron shows up and demands more taxes from the villagers he must confront the baron without losing his temper.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air...
10) Good different
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse.
11) More!
Author
Series
Otto books (Tracey Corderoy) volume 3
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Otto loves to do everything BIG. He builds a space station, but it's not big enough. "More rockets!" he says. "More towers!" Then one day, Otto goes to a birthday costume party wearing a huge costume. Otto's costume is so big that he can't take part in the games and activities! Will he finally learn that sometimes, more can be too much?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The stories and lessons in this raw, revealing, unflinching memoir offer the reader a blueprint they can use to climb from the bottom of the barrel into a whole new stratosphere that once seemed unattainable. Whether you feel off-course in life, are looking to maximize your potential or drain your soul to break through your so-called glass ceiling, this is the only book you will ever need."--Back cover.
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