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It's an exciting morning for Joey the baby koala, high above the ground, in the shade of a eucalyptus tree, Joey the baby koala wakes up hungry! Crawling over his sleeping mom, Joey goes exploring ... only to find that his mother's arms is where he's supposed to be after all. Featuring simple text and stunning photographs of a rare interaction between a koala and her little one. Includes fun facts about koalas and their habitat.
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"A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú. Two young men were playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play, too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira-an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality-originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly...
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Phoenix International Publications, Inc
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2021
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What did the strawberry say to the banana? You've got a-peel! This laugh-out-loud book is full of pun-derful jokes to keep kids giggling as they read! Readers will even learn fun facts, hilarious history, and get a chance to write their own jokes.
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A quick, easy and important educational illustrated guide to giving and receiving consent in sex, relationships, and other physical contact. Includes tips on what affirmative consent looks like, advocating for what you want, and setting boundaries that honor your comfort and safety. The result is a positive resource illustrating how easy it really is to respect each other's bodies and desires.Includes a set of interrelated stories in comics strip...
6) Misbelief
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The renowned social scientist, professor, and bestselling author of Predictably Irrational delivers his most urgent and compelling book—an eye-opening exploration of the human side of the misinformation crisis—examining what drives otherwise rational people to adopt deeply irrational beliefs.
Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis—from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even...
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Carolyn Chen, a sociologist, is professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Getting Saved in America (Princeton) and the coeditor of Sustaining Faith Traditions. She lives in Kensington, California. Website carolynchen.org
How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity
Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus....
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Monsters of the Upside Down, beware!
Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors to explore these and other questions to shine a light on true human nature through the Netflix series and cultural phenomenon, Stranger Things.
When do feelings of grief, guilt, depression, fear, and isolation tear us down, and how do we transform them into hope, inspiration, forgiveness, acceptance, and...
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"Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay" "One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of the Year" "One of VULTURE'S 49 Books We Can't Wait to Read" "A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Jhumpa Lahiri is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program at Barnard College. A writer in both English and Italian, she is the author of Interpreter of Maladies, which won...
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Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world-from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña-gathered in one magnificent volume.
Daughters of Latin America collects the intergenerational voices of Latine women across time and space, capturing the power, strength,...
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Well beyond his passing in 2009, Michael Jackson remains one of the most adulated and mysterious stars in the world. Incredible singer, brilliant musician, amazing performer, he was just as talented as he was eccentric, adored as well as reviled with sordid accusations, sadly caught between a stolen childhood and a suffocating star system. Discover in this biography mixing comics and documentary chapters, how the youngest of the Jackson 5 was propelled...
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The story of how unexpected connections between music, technology, and race across three tumultuous decades changed American culture.
How did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock 'n' roll really come from? And how do all these things continue to reverberate in today's world?
In Revolutions in American
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Dear Mini volume 1
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A vivid debut graphic memoir of adolescent resiliency. This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025), is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author's teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale, however, it is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing Norris's journey from...
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"The deceptively simple through-line for Swedish media personality and activist Liv Strömquist's The Reddest Rose is the question: Why does Leonardo DiCaprio date an endless string of 20-something models? Her answer -- in the form of this collection of well-researched, humorous comics essays -- tracks how philosophers and artists, from the Ancient Greeks to Beyoncé, conceptualized romantic love. Strömquist's signature characters, drawn in a flat,...
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How can I approach God if I’m struggling to believe in His goodness?
So much of our belief can be formulaic. We often think that if we do A, B, and C, then God will do X, Y, and Z. We check things off the “Good Christian Checklist,” trusting we’ll be okay, and our trials will be minimal. But when our experiences inevitably deviate from that belief, our trust in God often crumbles. After a series of life-altering trials—including...
So much of our belief can be formulaic. We often think that if we do A, B, and C, then God will do X, Y, and Z. We check things off the “Good Christian Checklist,” trusting we’ll be okay, and our trials will be minimal. But when our experiences inevitably deviate from that belief, our trust in God often crumbles. After a series of life-altering trials—including...
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Existen más de 300 especies de tortugas. Estas viven desde en las aguas profundas del océano hasta a los hábitats secos del desierto, y varían de tamaños desde pequeñas tortugas de caja hasta tortugas gigantes de los Galápagos. Todas tienen caparazones como parte de sus esqueletos, pero algunos esqueletos son planos y los otros son domos grandes. Algunas tortugas pueden meter sus cabezas dentro de los caparazones para protegerse y otras no....
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Si vieras un oso en el bosque, ¿podrías darte cuenta si es un oso negro u oso pardo? Aprende qué tienen en común estas dos especies de osos y cómo diferenciarlas. ¿Los osos pardos siempre son castaños o los osos negros siempre son negros? ¿Cuáles tienen garras cortas y pronunciadamente curvas y cuáles tienen garras largas y ligeramente curvas? ¿Comen las mismas cosas? ¡Explora las similitudes y diferencias entre estos mamíferos en la...
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Desde los pequeños colibríes hasta las altas grullas trompeteras, las aves están entre los animales más diversos del planeta. Se les encuentra en todo tipo de hábitats alrededor del mundo, y son unos de los animales más abundantes, con más de 900 especies en Norteamérica. Las aves viven en montañas altas, bosques densos, desiertos o cerca de ríos y océanos. Algunas se alimentan de frutos secos y semillas, mientras que otras capturan y comen...
19) El rey Arthur
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This compelling novella, told from a dog's point of view, is based on the true events that turned Arthur, an Ecuadorian stray dog, into a global celebrity.
Arthur's journey began when he attached himself to the captain of an extreme sports team who was competing in the 2014 Adventure Racing World Championship. It wasn't easy but, in the end, Arthur was able to win exactly what he wanted...
The novella is told mostly in the present tense with a smattering...
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Los peces viven en todo el mundo, tanto en agua dulce como en salada, y en hábitats tropicales, templados y polares. Algunos peces tienen huesos y otros tienen esqueletos de cartílagos. Los tamaños varían desde diminutos peces dorados, hasta inmensos tiburones blancos, con todo tipo de tamaños en el medio. Desde especies planas que habitan en el fondo marino, hasta nadadores con velocidad de torpedo, las formas de sus cuerpos cumplen todas sus...
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