Watsa, Mahinder
Summary: Does size matter? Is masturbation harmful? What is the G-spot? Do men have a G-spot? Should you feel anxious and guilty about 'bad' thoughts? 'Relax! It's perfectly normal, ' says Dr Mahinder Watsa, India's foremost sexologist. In this book he addresses and explains all the issues and concerns that you might have about sex and sexuality. From understanding your body to teenage troubles, from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 WATGallo, Carmine.
Summary: Public speaking coach and bestselling author Gallo has broken down hundreds of TED talks and interviewed the most popular TED (technology, entertainment, design) presenters as well as the top researchers in the fields of psychology, communications, and neuroscience to get their cutting-edge insights and to reveal the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 658.4 GALDriver, Janine.
Summary: What if you could increase your salary by 15 percent, kick problems and worries to the curb, and get a better night's rest simply by learning how to detect a lie the moment it starts (or even before)? What if you had an easy-to-use test that tipped you off the instant someone held something back from you? An innate lie detector so powerful it becomes an unconscious skill, applicable with any...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2012
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Harrington, Justine
Summary: "Lonely Planet's Texas is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the state has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Delight in live music at an Austin club, get lost in Big Bend National Park and visit NASA's Space Center in Houston; all with your trusted travel companion."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Global Limited 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USAPicardie, Justine.
Summary: Sleek. Chic. Notoriously guarded. Welcome to the secret world ofGabrielle Chanel. The story of Chanel begins with an abandoned child, as lost as a girl in a dark fairy tale. Unveiling remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel's early years in a convent orphanage and her flight into unconventional adulthood, Justine Picardie explores what lies beneath the glossy surface of a mythic fashion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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Hesse, María
Summary: "Frida Kahlo fue algo más que dolor y angustia. Quiso ser fiel a su arrolladora personalidad y se convirtió en una artista llena de vida. Su pintura es sangre y sufrimiento, pero también fiesta, color. Fue una luchadora que decidió ponerse el mundo por montera, una mujer apasionada que no se conformó con estar a la sombra de su gran amor, el pintor Diego Rivera, y peleó por alcanzar cada uno de...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lumen 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH HESVargas, Elizabeth
Summary: "From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served in Vietnam-and how she dealt with this anxiety as she came...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VARGAS VARZimmerman, Karla
Summary: Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet Route 66 Road Trips . Featuring trips from Chicago to Los Angeles, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you'll visit along the way, you can visit all of Route 66's kooky roadside attractions and friendly towns with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, turn up the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd. 2015
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Summary: "Anna Stoltzfus lives a quiet but fulfilling life in Promise Glen. Though she lost her beloved brother in a tragic accident, her family is supportive and close-knit, and her job as a cherished teacher at the Orchard Hill Amish School fills her heart with joy each day. Anna knows one day she'll find someone she can love and marry, but she's perfectly happy with the life she created. Anna's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC PERZimmerman, Karla
Summary: Highlights the eastern U.S.'s top travel experiences, providing a monthly calendar of popular events, road trip and scenic drive ideas, and information on sights, dining, accommodations, shopping, and entertainment in each area profiled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USAVargas, Fred
Summary: Si on aime l'insolite tant dans l'intrigue que chez les personnages, voici un roman policier tráes âecrit et rempli de digressions divertissantes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions J'ai lu 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHVargas, Fred.
Summary: Une jeune fille assassinée par trois coups de poinçon, un ivrogne qui ne se souvient de rien mais que tout accuse... Pour le commissaire Adamsberg, il n'y a aucun doute : le passé refait surface. Le tueur au trident est de retour. Celui-là même qui avait poignardé la fiancée de Raphaël, le frère du commissaire, des années plus tôt dans leur contrée natale des Pyrénées. Seul hic : l'homme est...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J'ai lu 2013
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHGarza, Carmen Lomas.
Summary: The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in an Hispanic community in Texas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Book 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: SPANISH J468 GARHeller, Marla
Summary: "The most trusted brand in diets just got more healthful than ever with a delicious Mediterranean-inspired overhaul! Combining the key elements of the highly lauded, doctor-recommended DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet, bestselling author, foremost DASH dietitian, and leading nutrition expert Marla Heller has created the ultimate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Life & Style 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 613.2 HELVargas, Fred.
Summary: When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press take up the story with amusement and psychiatrists trot out their theories. Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, a policeman, is alone in thinking that this is not a game and far from amusing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions J'ai lu 2008
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHVargas Llosa, Mario
Summary: "Publicado a comienzos de la década de los setenta y desaparecido de las librerías desde hace muchos años, este ensayo, que en su origen fue la tesis que le valió a Vargas Llosa en 1971 el título de doctor por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, muestra la admiración del Nobel peruano por García Márquez y por su novela Cien años de soledad. En él se analiza en profundidad la obra del autor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfaguara 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 SPANISH LLOMooney, Carla
Summary: "This book explores academic anxiety and how it affects people both mentally and physically, examining the causes and symptoms of academic anxiety as well as strategies to overcome it. Features include a glossary, online resources, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 373.18 MOOCornejo Villavicencio, Karla
Summary: "Traveling across the country, journalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio risked arrest at every turn to report the extraordinary stories of her fellow undocumented Americans. Her subjects have every reason to be wary around reporters, but Cornejo Villavicencio has unmatched access to their stories. Her work culminates in a stunning, essential read for our times. Born in Ecuador and brought to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2019
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2 available in Adult, Call number: 364.1 CORWilson, Karma.
Summary: A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WilVargas, Jose Antonio
Summary: "The movement of people--what Americans call 'immigration' and the rest of the world calls 'migration'--is among the defining issues of our time. Technology and information crosses countries and continents at blistering speed. Corporations thrive on being multinational and polyglot. Yet the world's estimated 244 million total migrant population, particularly those deemed 'illegal' by countries...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B VARGAS VARWeiss, Dara-Lynn.
Summary: For readers of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Bringing Up Bebe, a mother's unflinching memoir about helping her seven year-old daughter lose weight, and the challenges of modern parenting. When a doctor pronounced Dara-Lynn Weiss's daughter Bea obese at age seven, the mother of two knew she had to take action. But how can a woman with her own food and body issues--not to mention...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Publishing Group 2013
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Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: One winter, when the people of her village become terribly ill, Running Flower braves the snow and freezing cold to race to the village on the other side of the forest for medicine. Based on an Ojibwe legend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARWargin, Kathy-jo.
Summary: Challenges children to notice the difference from one picture to the next. Each photograph represents Michigan in a unique way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2007
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Summary: An illustrated counting book that celebrates the many attractions of the State of Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2000