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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This program is read by the author.
A landmark audiobook about how we form habits, and what we can do with this knowledge to make positive change
We spend a shocking 43 percent of our day doing things without thinking about them. That means that almost half of our actions aren't conscious choices but the result of our non-conscious mind nudging our body to act along learned behaviors. How we respond to the people around
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
For a long time, when people asked Dr. Meera Shah what she did, she would tell them she was a doctor and leave it at that. But over the last few years, Shah decided it was time to be direct. I'm an abortion provider, she will now say. And an interesting thing started to happen each time she met someone new. One by one, people would confide at barbecues, at jury duty, in the middle of the greeting card aisle at Target that in fact they'd had an abortion...
Author
Publisher
Torrey House Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
San Juan County, Utah, contains some of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, rich in natural wonders and Indigenous culture and history. But it's also long been plagued with racism, bitterness, and politics as twisted as the beckoning canyons. In 2017, en route to the Valley of the Gods with his spouse, a Colorado man closed the gate on a corral. Two weeks later, the couple was facing felony charges. Award-winning journalist Jonathan P. Thompson...
10) Who Was Jesus?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This fascinating addition to our best-selling Who Was...? series does not settle questions of theology. Instead, it presents young readers with a biography that covers what is known historically about Jesus and places in his life in the context of his world when Jerusalem was part of the Roman Empire. In an even-handed and easy-to-read narrative, this title--illustrated with eighty black-and-white drawings--also explains the early origins of Christianity...
Author
Series
Anthropological papers volume no. 127
Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From a mindfulness expert and a leadership coach, a book that looks at the science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of silence by giving new context to the noise all around us--physical and metaphorical--to change the way we hear and experience the world"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In the first biography of Martin Luther King to look at his life through the prism of his evolving faith, distinguished historian Paul Harvey examines Martin Luther King's life through his complex, emerging, religious lives. Harvey's concise biography will allow readers to see King anew in the context of his time and today"--
15) Secret kindness agents - an educator's guide: how small acts of kindness can really change the world
Author
Publisher
WriteLife Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First.
Language
English
Description
" This is the book that teachers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school administrators have been looking for. With the current political climate, frequency of school shootings, and rising concern for students' mental health, schools are desperate for ideas on how to teach students to be kind. In this book, educators can find guidance on how different education professionals have implemented The Secret Kindness Agents Project, having...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The stories of two dozen fascinating female explorers, from a wide range of eras, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds, are profiled in this entertaining and educational resource. Each of the women profiled overcame many obstacles to satisfy her curiosity and passions, including Eleanor Creesy, who was a ship's navigator in the 1800s; Kate Jackson, an insatiable investigator of venomous snakes whose work has led her to remote Africa and Latin...
18) Paul Revere
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in its real historical context.
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