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Every day we see body ideals depicted in movies, magazines, and social media. And, all too often, these outdated standards make us feel like we need to change how we look and who we are. The truth is that many teens feel self-conscious about their bodies and being a teen girl of color is hard in unique ways. So, how can you start feeling good about yourself when you're surrounded by these unrealistic -- and problematic -- images of what bodies are...
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"If I could take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault...
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In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s. The product of 20 years of research and dozens of interviews with many key players, including medical staff, Hells Angels members, the stage crew, and...
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PBS Kids
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[2016]
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English
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Celebrate Valentine's Day with friends from PBS Kids! Join Caillou, Buddy, Peg, Cat, Daniel Tiger, Whyatt, Dog, Sheep, and many others for eight Valentine's Day stories. The compilation includes adventures from Caillou, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Dinosaur Train, Peg + Cat, SUPER WHY!, and WordWorld.
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Boxer Books Limited
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2018.
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English
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What kind of friends do you have? And what kind of friend will you be? In this endearing, adorably illustrated story, a little bear discovers the many meanings of friendship. And whether it's a cuddle-by-the-fire friend, a party friend for special days, a wet friend to share an umbrella, or a pet friend at home, he loves each and every one.
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Grosset & Dunlap
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2020.
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English
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Whether your sister is making you laugh with silly jokes or telling funny stories, she's always there to brighten up your day. With the help of Little Miss Chatterbox, Twins, Hug, and many more, you can show your sister how much you love her.
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"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." --Siddhartha Mukherjee,author of the Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called "If Our Bodies Could Talk." With it, the doctor-turned-journalist established himself as a seriously entertaining authority in the field of health. Now, in illuminating and genuinely funny prose,...
9) Journal sparks: fire up your creativity with spontaneous art, wild writing, and inventive thinking
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Storey Publishing
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2017.
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English
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Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story.
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"In March 1942, at the age of 25, kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger was deported from her hometown in Slovakia along with 998 other young women. They were some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Very few would survive the next three years until liberation. The SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in day-to-day charge of the accommodation blocks and even the camps at large-so called Blockalteste and Lageralteste...
11) Colorado
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse release their first new album together since 2012's Psychedelic Pill. It includes many songs that Young has been performing during his recent concerts, including Rainbow of Colors.
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"In recent years, the world has learned just what is required to bravely serve America through the navy's most elite SEAL Team. Now, for the first time, we hear from their commander. For more than half a decade, Ryan Zinke was a commander at the most elite SEAL unit. A 23-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs, Zinke is a decorated officer and earned two Bronze Stars as the acting commander of Joint Special Forces in Iraq. Zinke trained and commanded many...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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A complete history of America's longest and most controversial war.
It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention,...
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"A deeply stirring memoir of fathers, sons, and the oldest bar in New York City. Since it opened in 1854, McSorley's Old Ale House has been a New York institution. This is the landmark watering hole where Abraham Lincoln campaigned and Boss Tweed kicked back with the Tammany Hall machine. Where a pair of Houdini's handcuffs found their final resting place. And where soldiers left behind wishbones before departing for the First World War, never to...
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Convergent
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[2017]
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English
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"A world-famous bow hunter who defies the stereotype that hunting is a man's game, Eva Shockey is a real-life Katniss Everdeen--a TV and social media star at the forefront of a new wave of women and girls in outdoor sports. Eva Shockey grew up aspiring to be a dancer, like her glamorous mother. But something about spending family vacations RV-ing across North America and going on hunts with her dad sparked in her an unduring passion for a different...
17) S&M2
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Rhino/Blackened Recordings
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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The concert event from Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony features twenty songs from the two-night event that opened San Francisco’s new Chase Center, with many Metallica fan favorites and two unique classical songs chosen by San Francisco Symphony Musical Director Michael Tilson Thomas. The two CD/Blu-Ray set includes two CDs, and BLU with the concert and behind the scenes bonus footage.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Reynold Levy joined Lincoln Center in 2002. When he did so America's leading arts venue was routinely described in terms like this: "Behind the scenes, however, Lincoln Center is a community in deep distress, riven by conflict over a grandiose $1 billion redevelopment plan ... instead of uniting the Center's constituent arts organizations behind a common goal, the project has pitted them against one another in open warfare more reminiscent of the...
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University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Nonstop Metropolis, the culminating volume in a trilogy of atlases, conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts-from linguists to music historians, ethnographers, urbanists, and environmental journalists-amplified by cartographers, artists, and photographers, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby...