Toumani, Meline.
Summary: A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOUMANI, MELINE TOULevine, Madeline.
Summary: Explores the epidemic of emotional and psychological problems crippling America's privileged youth, identifying parenting practices that hinder self-development--exemplified by depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and other extreme ailments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 LEVLevine, Madeline.
Summary: Focusing on views of success and child rearing, a renowned psychologist combines cutting-edge research with thirty years of clinical experience to explain how to shift focus to a parenting style that promotes academic success, a sense of purpose, and meaning in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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Summary: Mindfulness--the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is--is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. This little book is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for children and their parents. In a simple and accessible way, it describes what mindfulness is and how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649 SNEHourani, Albert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.09174 HOULevine, Melvin D.
Summary: Different Minds Learn Differently, writes Dr. Mel Levine, one of the best-known education experts and pediatricians in America today. And that's a problem for many children, because most schools still cling to a one-size-fits-all education philosophy. As a result, these children struggle because their learning patterns don't fit the schools they are in. In A Mind at a Time, Dr. Levine shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.1523 LEVClein, Emmeline
Summary: "A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought. In Dead Weight, Emmeline Clein tells the story of her own disordered eating alongside and through other women from history, pop culture and the girls she's known and loved. Tracing the medical and cultural history of Anorexia, Bulimia, and Orthorexia,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Summary: With proven CBT-based skills and mindfulness techniques, this book can be your guide out of the spiraling stress of anxiety and get you back on track to living a happy and healthy life. Getting good grades, keeping up with social media, maintaining friendships... you have a lot on your plate and it's more difficult when you add anxiety to the mix. You may even be avoiding situations, events, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 616.852 Galanti 2020Helmink, Eveline
Summary: "A vital source of solace and compassion for those whose loved one has dementia, rooted in the author's unflinching experience of caring for her mother."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 HELMellin, Laurel.
Contents: A revolution from within -- Brain basics -- It's just a wire! -- What's a brain state? -- How brain states get stuck -- Getting wired for joy : your personal plan -- How to score a joy point -- Knowing your number -- The tools of transformation -- Break that stress circuit! -- Personal freedom -- Joy no matter what.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.1 MELMerlino, Doug.
Summary: Doug Merlino takes us from the cage to the training gyms to the fighters' living rooms in a character-driven examination of the world's fastest-growing sport: MMA.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 MERWorth, Melyni.
Summary: Covering everything from general dietary requirements to pasture management and food solutions for common health problems, this feeding handbook is your complete guide to equine nutrition and one of the most important investments you will ever make to your horse's health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.08 WORSanborn, Melinde Lutz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1995
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.374 TORREY SANSanborn, Melinde Lutz.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.374 TORREY SANAmerine, Jami
Summary: "Female readers of all ages will find a sassy, funny, authentic, and encouraging friend in master word weaver Jami Amerine, as she comes alongside you to share God's overwhelming grace and peace in an inside-out journey to true, life-sustaining rest. In a climate that is steeped in stress and worries, this book offers a priceless opportunity to walk in faith to experience the overwhelming...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.8 AMEMcAlister, Melani
Summary: "More than forty years ago, conservative Christianity emerged as a major force in American political life. Since then the movement has been analyzed and over-analyzed, declared triumphant and, more than once, given up for dead. But because outside observers have maintained a near-relentless focus on domestic politics, the most transformative development over the last several decades--the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270 MCAMellin, Laurel.
Summary: A program for overcoming behavioral excesses, including alcoholism, overeating, overspending, and perfectionism, in order to achieve emotional and spiritual balance includes examples, case histories, and supporting scientific evidence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 MELGalanti, Regine
Summary: "Most parents are not child psychologists and that's why it can be hard to discern what are normal childhood anxieties and what is more problematic . However, even with childhood anxieties, parents can learn how to raise resilient, independent, and healthy children with the help of licensed clinical psychologist, Regine Galanti, PhD. Galanti offers a research-based, practical guide for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 155.4 GALHastings, Selina
Summary: "From the celebrated biographer of Nancy Mitford, and Evelyn Waugh: a full and fascinating biography--the very first--of the long-admired and universally-acclaimed English writer. When Sybille Bedford died in 2006 at the age of 94, she had written ten books, including four novels and a biography of Aldous Huxley. Her novels--the last of which was shortlisted for the Booker--all fictionalized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEDFORD, SYBILLE HASCastrovilla, Selene
Summary: "Introduces the reader to the founding mothers of the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CASHolland, Merlin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828.809 HOLBecker, Helaine
Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of various prehistoric insects, including trilobites, griffinflies, cockroaches, and centipedes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 565 BECBecker, Helaine
Summary: "The most powerful pirate in history was a woman who was born into poverty in Guangzhou, China, in the early 1800s. When pirates attacked her town and the captain took a liking to her, she saw a way out. Zheng Yi Sao agreed to marry him only if she got an equal share of his business. When her husband died six years later, she took command of the fleet. Over the next decade, the pirate queen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BECFuhrman, Elina
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016