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"What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should...
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In a time when the human will increasingly imposes itself over every sphere of life, Peterson warns that too much security is dangerous. In 12 Rules for Life, he helped millions impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now Peterson delivers more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In offering strategies for overcoming the cultural, scientific, and psychological forces causing...
4) Don't make a black woman take off her earrings: Madea's uninhibited commentaries on love and life
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Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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The author's alter ego, the outspoken, worldly wise grandmother Madea, shares her thoughts on life, love, and everyone around her, reflecting on marriage, child-rearing, etiquette, the Bible and the church, beauty advice, and gun care.
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Twelve
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Explores modern life and how to find meaning and purpose in personal and professional lives, providing research findings from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and through-provoking words of great thinkers including Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf.
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English
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"In this revised and updated edition of her classic, bestselling book, Karen Kingston draws on her wealth of experience as a clutter clearing, space-clearing, and feng shui practitioner to show you how to transform your life by letting go of clutter. Her unique approach lies in understanding that clutter is stuck energy that has far-reaching physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual effects. You'll be motivated to clutter clear as never before when...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
850L
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears...
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A.J. explores the big issues of our time--happiness, dating, morality, marriage--by immersing himself in eye-opening situations. In his role as human guinea pig, Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series of life-altering challenges that provides readers with equal parts insight and humor. (And drives his patient wife, Julie, to the brink of insanity.) Among the many adventures: He outsources his life to a team of people in Bangalore, India. He spends a...
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"Wisdom for military marriages Marriage is hard enough for the everyday civilian. But imagine marriage when you're separated by thousands of miles, one of you faces daily the dangers of combat, and the other shoulders all the burden of home-front duties. Add to that the unpredictable schedules, frequent moves, and challenges of reintegration, and it's no wonder military marriages are under stress. Guided by input from dozens of military couples in...
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Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A modern, illustrated fable for readers of all ages that explores life's universal lessons from beloved British illustrator Charlie Mackesy"--
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Please won't you be my neighbor! Stroll down memory lane with this four-disc set featuring 30 iconic episodes from the beloved children's series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, hand-selected by Fred Rogers Productions. This set includes classic episodes about getting along with others, dealing with different feelings, and caring for your family.
16) Hud
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English
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Hud Bannon has always preferred drinking, fighting and womanizing to the very traditional ways of his father. Hud is a man who cares more for himself than he does his young nephew, his dad, or even their understanding housekeeper. When disease threatens the cattle on the Bannon Ranch, the conflict between Hud and his old-line father reaches an all-time high.
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Series
Pretty little liars volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.
20) City spies
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Series
City spies volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets sara released from jail but also offers her a chence to make a home for herself withing a secret team of your MI6 agents....