Davidson, Anya
Summary: "Dana Drucker fights boredom in her Florida beach town by crafting special-effects makeup--the more gruesome, the better. But when a messy prank with Dana's best friend Lily gets the wrong kind of attention, the girls have two choices: find a new creative outlet or leave high school without graduating. To save their shot at diplomas, Dana and Lily join a community college film class. It gives...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 DAVSinger, Michael A.
Summary: "The book you need right now is finally here! From beloved spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Untethered Soul-this transformative and highly anticipated guide will be your compass on an exciting new journey toward self-realization and unconditional happiness. Now more than ever, we're all looking to feel more joy, happiness, and deeper meaning in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. / Sounds True 2022
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Summary: n this enriching 21-day programme, Dianne Buswell shows you how to make joyful movement a habit. Forget gruelling exercise regimes or punishing diets – Dianne’s unique approach nourishes your body and mind using her four pillars of rest, movement, nutrition and positivity. Move Yourself Happy offers step-by-step explanations of core moves from yoga, Pilates and dance, including jive, tap and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Watkins 2023
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Summary: "This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it-for good. Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most damaging habits, building emotional intelligence by better understanding our brains and bodies,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thought Catalog Books 2020
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Summary: Judge Rosemarie Aquilina made headlines with her unprecedented judicial decisions during the Nassar sentencing hearing, but in a life filled with unconventional choices and bold decisions, this was only one of her many extraordinary moments. In this empowering memoir, Judge Aquilina finally shares her own deeply personal story. Every time Rosemarie was told she couldn't do something, her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sabieha Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AQUILINA, ROSEMARIE AQUPerry, Bruce D. (Bruce Duncan)
Summary: Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift to asking what happened to a person, rather than what's wrong with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: Kondo encourages you to visualize your ideal life, from the moment you wake up until the end of each day. This mental picture becomes a touchpoint for helping you make conscious, mindful choices: from how you use every corner of your living space to how you take advantage of every moment. This will help you focus not on what to get rid of, but what to keep. This will empower you to embrace what...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2022
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Summary: "One of America's few female astronauts reveals the wisdom that helped her overcome the barriers of others' expectations--and learn to work on a team both in close quarters and remotely. In 2010, the day after her fiftieth birthday--and despite having faced feedback for years that she was not astronaut material--Cady Coleman boarded a rocket and blasted off into space for her third NASA...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Life 2024
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Summary: "For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different possibilities, and it lays the groundwork for a kinder, better world. Doty grounds us in the practices that change our brain structures: attention, meditation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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Summary: Be Kind to Yourself." "You need to let it go." "Just don't let it bother you." Have you ever heard such advice and thought, "Sure, but HOW?" That's the trick, isn't it? We are given similar messages all the time and with the best of intentions, yet no one seems to have a blueprint to help us get there. Many sources provide theories but give minimal suggestions on How to create a better life....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Micleru Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 FEASestanovich, Clare
Summary: "At sixteen, Rosa meets Jamie by chance. She lives in middle-class South Brooklyn; he comes from the super-rich of upper Manhattan. She's observant, cautious, eager to seem normal; he's curious, bold, full of mysteries. She keeps a keen intelligence under wraps; his eccentric brilliance is all but impossible to repress. While Rosa welcomes Jamie into her family's embrace, he avoids going home;...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SESVellekoop, Maurice
Summary: "Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of five children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970s in a middle class suburb of Toronto. He loves watching Cher and Carol Burnett on TV, making clothes for his best friend's Barbie dolls, and helping his mum with her hair salon which she runs out of the basement of the house. In short: he is really, really gay. Which is a huge problem, because...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2024
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Summary: "With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and how embracing the bittersweetness at the heart of life is the true path to creativity, connection,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2022
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Summary: "A transformative guide to embrace your own mortality and live a more fulfilling life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2024
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Summary: In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional stand-up comedian, doting on his cats). If...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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Summary: Scott Free, a student at the Goodness Academy on the planet Apokolips, wants to escape to Earth but falls in love with the head of the Female Furies--the one person tasked with ensuring he never escapes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 JOHMorin, Amy
Summary: You balance it all: homework, extracurricular activities, chores, friendship drama, and family, all while trying to give the impression that you know exactly what you're doing. Sometimes when we try to look perfect on the outside, we can feel rotten on the inside. This book offers advice on building healthy habits and mental strength, training your brain to be resilient and strong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 158.1 MORLozano, César
Summary: "Esta es una obra en la que el Dr. César Lozano nos exhorta a valorar lo que tenemos; es un reconocimiento de que nuestra vida es breve y pasajera pero que, para aquellos que tenemos esperanza, siempre nos lleva al verdadero despertar. ¡Despierta!... que la vida sigue ofrece valiosas fórmulas y técnicas que te sacudirán para que no te quedes enredado en tus problemas y disfrutes de los mejores...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aguilar 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 LOZTawwab, Nedra Glover
Summary: "Every family has a story. For some of us, our family of origin is a solid foundation that feeds our confidence and helps us navigate life's challenges. For others, it's a source of pain, hurt, and conflict that can feel like a lifelong burden. In this empowering guide, licensed therapist and bestselling relationship expert Nedra Glover Tawwab offers clear advice for identifying dysfunctional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Summary: "In her first collection of short comics stories, Tillie Walden opens windows into strange new worlds with works such as 'The End of Summer,' 'I Love This Part,' 'A City Inside,' and never-before collected sketches, webcomics, and short comics for magazines"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Hill Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WALRuiz, Miguel
Summary: The ancient Toltecs believed that life as we perceive it is a dream. We each live in our own personal dream, and all of our dreams come together to make the Dream of the Planet. Problems arise when we forget that the dream is just a dream and fall victim to believing that we have no control over it. The Mastery of Self takes the Toltec philosophy of the Dream of the Planet and the personal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hierophant Publishing 2016
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Summary: "What I Learned from the Trees delves into the intricate relationship between humans and nature, and how these often overlooked, everyday interactions affect us as individuals, families, and communities. With a backbone rooted in primordial imagery and allegory, and a focus on how the growing disconnect with our own wants, needs, and fears creates deeper divides in our relationships, this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Button Poetry / Exploding Pinecone Press 2021
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Summary: "In Search of You is a revolutionary guide from an acclaimed therapist who gets it and will help you embark on a path toward authentic, lasting fulfillment-and more joy than you thought possible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books, Inc. 2024
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Summary: "Relationships are usually the most important part of a person's life. But they're often stressful and frustrating, or simply awkward, distant, and lonely. We feel the weight of things unsaid, needs unmet, conflicts unresolved. It's easy to feel stuck. But actually, new research shows that we create our relationships with our thoughts and words, giving us the ability to improve them-as long as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2023