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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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Emily's Strange To-Do List: 1.) Lose (and regain) mind. 2.) Reprogram golem. 3.) Locate secret book vault. 4.) Commune with Dead Dark Aunts. 5.) Rescue Cousin Jakey. 6.) Redecorate souvenir kiosk. 7.) Thwart Thought Thief. 8.) Endure hero worship. 9.) Grant ancestral enemy's deepest wish. 10.) Save cat-napped kitty. 11.) Summon black rock. 12.) Defeat Shady Uncles. 13.) Guard family legacy & claim inheritance!
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English
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Pax is an artist who suffers from schizophrenia. He believes he sees threatening ghosts and spends his life either pretending to not see them, or protecting those he feels may be at risk of being institutionalized if he can't get a grip on his erratic behavior and descends into madness.
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English
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Unable to relate to people or hold a job after suffering a head injury in early childhood, talented artist Lucy is forced out of her protective Jewish home and into a New York City studio apartment with her college-age brother, where she struggles to adapt to life without a safety net.
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English
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"Piece of Mind: Journal of a Healed Heart (Volume 2) is a follow-up non-fiction book to the first volume that Christine Musa has released back in 2021, focusing on her healing journey after experiencing abandonment, betrayal, and a failed marriage.
This second volume contains a collection of all-original literary pieces, short articles, quotes, and anecdotes based on Christine's personal ups and downs, spanning from year 2018 up to 2021 --- the...
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Painkiller Jane volume 3
Language
English
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Reports start coming in of people experiencing selective amnesia, losing all knowledge of just one area of their memory. A train runs off the tracks when its veteran engineer can't remember how to slow it down, a brilliant cardiologist loses all his understanding of medicine, and a software genius can't figure out basic computer procedures. The only link between the victims is that they have all earned a high degree of expertise on a specific subject....
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English
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If there was one thing you could do to change how you think, feel, and act - would you do it?
If you feel stressed, anxious, depressed, or unfocused, then meditation can help you harness the changing nature of the brain in order to increase peacefulness and quality of life.
A practical, research-focused look at mindfulness and meditation that is proven to relieve stress, anxiety, pain, improve your awareness, and help you live a more peaceful life...
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Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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reflections and insights on health, disease, and healing
Now in paperback for the first time, A Piece of My Mind brings together revealing personal essays that first appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). These engrossing, moving vignettes--written by physicians, patients, family members, medical students, and others--offer a unique glimpse into the everyday experiences and relationships in the
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English
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From the author of To the Finland Station comes a deeply personal and incisive memoir, A Piece of My Mind.
Edmund Wilson, often considered to be the greatest American literary critic of the twentieth century, reflects back on life in his sixth decade with this insightful intellectual autobiography that covers topics ranging from Religion, War, the USA, Europe, Russia, Jews, Education, Science, Sex, and much more, all examined with his characteristic...
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Language
English
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reflections and insights on health, disease, and healing
Now in paperback for the first time, A Piece of My Mind brings together revealing personal essays that first appeared in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). These engrossing, moving vignettes--written by physicians, patients, family members, medical students, and others--offer a unique glimpse into the everyday experiences and relationships in the medical world.
Baring...
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English
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This laugh-fest from Chonda Pierce is for anybody who has exploded with exasperation--only to see the funny side after the dust settles. With true stories that nobody would dare invent, America's most hilarious lady will have you holding your sides with her trademark wise-cracks and down-to-earth insights on shopping, diets, menopause, raising kids, and more. Special guests: comedian and actress Sheri Shepherd, The WOC Choir, and Zachary Pierce.
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Emily the Strange visits modern-day Seasidetown and attempts to avoid a "thought thief," save her psychic cousin, thwart her ancestral enemy, and finally claim her unusual inheritance.
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English
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WRITING. LIVING. LOVING. SURVIVING...
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE A FULL-TIME FICTION WRITER?
Featuring a brand new introduction by the author on how he willingly gave up his birthright as the heir apparent to a multi-million dollar commercial construction firm in order to pursue his writing passion, Pieces of Mind contains essays on topics as diverse as lost love, sex, divorce, coping with a child's severe depression, experiencing Carnival in Venice,...