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When poet Smith started writing daily Twitter posts in the wake of her divorce, they unexpectedly caught fire. Here she writes about new beginnings as opportunities for transformation. Like kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold, she celebrates the beauty and strength on the other side of loss. This is a book for anyone who has gone through a difficult time and is wondering: What comes next? -- adapted from Goodreads info
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2022.
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From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
As World War I stretches its cruel fingers across Europe, five young people, each from different backgrounds and nations, face the terror of...
4) White Fang
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Part wolf and part dog, orphaned White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his inborn strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness despite both animal and human predators but eventually comes to make his peace with man.
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"These days it's hard to count on the world outside. So it's vital to grow strengths inside like grit, gratitude, and compassion---the key to resilience, and to lasting well-being in a changing world. True resilience is much more than enduring terrible conditions. We need resilience every day to raise a family, work at a job, cope with stress, deal with health problems, navigate issues with others, heal from old pain, and simply keep on going. With...
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2022.
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From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia--a memoir in essays reflecting on radiance, resilience, and the constantly changing nature of reality. In her luminous new memoir in essays, Mary Pipher--as she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing North--taps into a cultural moment, to offer wisdom, hope, and insight into loss and change. Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing...
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes an atmospheric novel of intertwined fate and heart-wrenching suspense: A detective hiding away from the world. A series of disappearances that reach into her past. Can solving them help her heal? Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When unspeakable tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna,...
8) The microstress effect: how little things pile up and create big problems--and what to do about it
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2023.
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240 pages 24 cm
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"There is a force in our everyday lives that we aren't even aware of-and it's so powerful it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress. It's the hidden epidemic of small moments of anxiety that infiltrate both our work and personal lives. Because each individual microstress is so small, it doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us deal with it. Instead, the microstress just embeds in our minds,...
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[2022]
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287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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De Neil Pasricha, autor de la serie The Book of Awesome y The Happiness Equation, líder de pensamiento para la próxima generación y uno de los oradores de TED más populares del mundo, llega un libro revelador e inspirador. eso cambiará la forma en que vemos el fracaso y nos ayudará a construir resiliencia.
From Neil Pasricha--New York Times million-copy bestselling author of The Book of Awesome series and The Happiness Equation, thought...
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Kyle and DeFelice have collected true stories of suffering, survival, and triumph from people across America. In embodying the 'American spirit' of resilience, faith and togetherness that has built the nation, these anecdotes profile how love, passion, and service can combine to help us persevere over personal pain and heal our communities. The stories these individuals tell can teach us how to find purpose, no matter the difficulties we face. --...
11) I am darn tough
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[2020]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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A story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. Girls (and boys!) can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization.
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[2022]
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359 pages ; 22 cm
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Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she fits in.
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2022.
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Conoce a una nįa quien le encanta estar en su hogar, que huele a ť de canela y se siente como un pijama calientito. Pero todo es diferente cuando se va de paseo. A͠n as̕, encuentra la manera de sentirse tranquila. Al llegar la oscuridad de la noche sus pies se enfr̕an y su habitaci̤n a veces le da miedo. Es entonces cuando la nįa cierra los ojos y crea su propia luz al pensar en el sol.
"Meet a young girl who loves her cozy home. It smells...
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[2017]
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v, 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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"Girls being fearless. Girls being silly. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, through more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being 100% themselves. Real beauty isn't about being a certain size, acting a certain way, wearing the right clothes, or having your hair done (or even brushed). Real...
15) Zip, zoom!
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[2020]
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30 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Ty cannot wait to ride his new scooter, but when he has a hard time learning and wants to quit, a new friend encourages him to give it another try.
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Chip Gaines is well known as a TV star (HGTV's Fixer Upper), renovation expert, husband to Joanna, and father of 4 in Waco, Texas. But long before the world took notice, Chip was a serial entrepreneur who was always ready for the next challenge, even if it didn't quite work out as planned. Whether it was buying a neighborhood laundromat or talking a bank into a loan for some equipment to start a lawn-mowing service, Chip always knew that the most...
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
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One sunny day, Rabbit and his pals are playing outside and they couldn't be happier. But, oh, no!--the sky starts clouding up and before they know it, it's raining, it's pouring, and everyone has to run home. How boring! What will they do for the rest of the day? It doesn't take long for Rabbit to realize that fun can be had in the rain. With raincoats, boots, and umbrellas, let the splashing games begin.--
19) Florette
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2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"Mae echaba de menos jugar con sus amigos, escuchar el canto de los pájaros en los manzanos, perseguir mariposas sobre la ondulante hierba... Así que dibujó sus propias mariposas..."--Page 4 of cover. When Mae's family moves to a new home, she wishes she could bring her garden with her. She'll miss the apple trees, the daffodils, and chasing butterflies in the wavy grass. But there's no room for a garden in the city. Or is there? Mae's story,...
20) Bea by the sea
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2021.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"Bea loves lions and knows everything there is to know about them. She lives by the beach, but she doesn't like sand one little bit! One day, her mother persuades her to visit the beach, where she meets a sand sculpture of a lion who is afraid of water. Their developing friendship helps each of them to overcome their anxieties, but the next day the lion has disappeared! How will Bea cope?"--Inside front jacket flap.
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