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1) The help
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In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
2) The help
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2011
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1 videodisc (146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1960s Mississippi, Skeeter, a southern society girl, returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives, and a small Mississippi town, upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen, Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up, to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.
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2019.
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"The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." This spy was Virginia Hall, a young American woman--rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg--who talked her way into the spy organization dubbed Churchill's "ministry of ungentlemanly...
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"Valiant Women is the story of the 350,000 American women who served in uniform during World War II. They were pilots, codebreakers, chemists, translators, truck drivers, and more. Their work was at the heart of the Allied strategy that won World War II. Yet, until now, their stories have been relegated to the dusty shelves of military archives or a passing mention in the local paper. Now, military analyst Lena Andrews corrects the record with the...
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Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence, character, and even humor of the great animals who hauled logs through the remote jungles, he became a gifted "elephant wallah." Increasingly skilled at treating their illnesses and injuries, he also championed more humane treatment for them, even establishing an elephant "school"...
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2018.
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300 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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A guide to the therapeutic Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, demonstrates how it can reduce stress levels, improve the immune system, and promote health and happiness, and includes more than one hundred photographs from forests around the world.
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Dooner blends memoir and blistering social observation as she reflects on her desperate attempts to use extreme diets and culty self-help methods to cures her hunger, anxiety, and imperfections. She takes a good look at the dark side of self-help, and the never-ending self-improvement projects that can in themselves be a recipe for burnout. Instead, Dooner encourages readers to say no to the things that drain us, and carve out our own time to slow...
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This cookbook companion to the New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly serves up 150 great tasting wheat-free recipes to help readers lose weight and beat disease. Recipes include: breakfast quesadillas, braised pot roast with vegetables, velvety peanut butter pie--and surprising wheat-free hits like blueberry French toast, bruschetta chicken on angel hair, spaghetti bolognese and velvety scones.
9) Kaleo helps
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2023.
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16 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Kaleo helps a friend at school. With decodable text and adorable illustrations, young readers can learn what it means to care for others. Pairs with the nonfiction title I Care for a Friend"--
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2023.
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vii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"The conditions that allowed humans to live on Earth are incredibly fragile. Climate variability has at times created new niches that humans or their ancestors could potentially exploit, and challenges that at times have spurred innovation. But there's a relatively narrow envelope of climate variability within which human civilization remains viable, and our survival depends on conditions remaining within that range. In this book, renowned climate...
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"A timely and powerful chronicle of a generation's great civil rights battle as witnessed through the experiences of five young undocumented immigrants fighting to become Americans. We often call them DREAMers: young people who were brought or sent to the United States as children. They attend our local schools; work jobs that contribute to our economy. Some apply to attend university here, only to discover their immigration status when the time comes...
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[2021]
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vii, 101 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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"This beautifully illustrated book is a collection of quotes from 50 inspirational Black women who have shaped the world we live in, from Toni Morrison to Angela Davis, from Solange and Beyonce Knowles to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex"--
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[2022]
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xvi, 296 pages ; 24 cm
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"Anyone on the front lines of caring for girls today-parents, school nurses, guidance counselors-knows that girls are more anxious and more prone to depression and self-harming than ever before. New science confirms this a biologically-rooted phenomenon, set in motion by the earlier onset of puberty, the evolutionary predisposition of the female brain to react to perceived threats, and the many new social pressures (like social media and entrenched...
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2012, c2011
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vi, 186 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Baby-led weaning sets the stage for healthy eating habits in the years ahead by helping babies learn to feed themselves, to gauge appetite, and to love a variety of nutritious foods. Now, with this cookbook, cooking family meals that your little one can share will be a cinch. Contains 130 recipes plus advice on where to start, ideas for healthy snacks and meals, and tips on minimizing the mess and keeping food the right size for little hands, and...
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[2022]
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98 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
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"Pupkin is Lemon Bird's new best friend on the farm! They LOVE exploring and playing games. But when a quick nap in the back of a truck leaves these buds stranded and far from home, they'll need to do some quick thinking to find their way back. On their journey, Lemon Bird and Pupkin stick together and lend a hand to the many new friends they meet, even the mischievous Keylime. After all, helping others is easy! It's finding their way home that's...
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