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"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
2) The affair
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Language
English
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"Heads always turned when Rose McCarthy walked into a room. Nearly six foot tall, she was ramrod straight, and impeccably put together with faultless style, long graceful legs, her snow-white hair cut in a chin-length rounded cap. Her piercing blue eyes missed nothing. She could terrify anyone with a few, well chosen, soft-spoken, eloquent words, or comfort and delight a young employee with generous praise. For twenty-five years, she had been the...
3) The archer
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This is an inspiring fable about the importance of taking risks and overcoming difficulty. It is told from the perspective of Tetsuya, a famous former archer, and his apprentice"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Roxane Gay addresses the experience of living in a body that she calls 'wildly undisciplined.' She casts an insightful and critical eye over her childhood, teens, and twenties, with the bracing candor, vulnerability, and authority that have made her one of the most admired voices of her generation.
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Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
35 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book explains what sharing means and provides examples of different ways that two people can share what they both want, such as taking turns, dividing things, or playing together.
7) What now?
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
97 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An inspirational primer based on the author's 2006 commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College discusses how to manage life's crossroads, recounts times of struggle from her own life, and celebrates the benefits of not knowing what is to come.
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English
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"Saint Ambrose Prep is a place where the wealthy send their children for the best possible education, with teachers and administrators from the Ivy League, and graduates who become future lawyers, politicians, filmmakers, and CEOs. Traditionally a boys-only school, Saint Ambrose has just enrolled one hundred and forty female students for the first time. Even though most of the kids on the campus have all the privilege in the world, some are struggling,...
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to one another that isn't true? Talking to Strangers is a classic Gladwellian intellectual adventure, a challenging and controversial excursion through history, psychology, and scandals taken straight from the news. In it, Malcolm...
11) First love
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Runaways Axi, sixteen, and Robinson, seventeen, who met on a cancer ward, leave small-town Oregon on a cross-country trip to experience the best of life before it is too late.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 142 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers lessons for living a fulfilling and joyful life through a simple approach based on four principles--believing in one's destiny, escaping internal captivity, leading a magnified life, and choosing a love-centered life.
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Publisher
Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A guide to personal transformation discusses seven principles for moving beyond hopelessness, addiction, and damaging relationships to a life of meaning, purpose, and personal empowerment.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 230 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the 'un-survivable' and will challenge your notion of self-help books."--Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An exploration of the way in which women think brings together an understanding of the aspirations and contradictions that give women the advantage in a male-dominated world.
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brother Bear feels excited about joining Too-Tall Grizzly's gang until the members dare him to steal one of Farmer Ben's juicy watermelons.
19) Among the enemy
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.