Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"With unflinching honesty, E. Dolores Johnson shares an enthralling story of identity, independence, family, and love. This timely and beautifully written memoir ends on a complicated yet hopeful note, something we need in this time of racial strife." —De'Shawn Charles Winslow, author of In West Mills
Say I'm Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial...
Say I'm Dead is the true story of family secrets, separation, courage, and transformation through five generations of interracial...
82) Eden: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Becca Meister Fitzpatrick - wife, mother, grandmother, and pillar of the community - is the dutiful steward of her family's iconic summer tradition. That is until she discovers her recently deceased husband squandered their nest egg. As she struggles to accept that this is likely her last season in Long Harbor, Becca is inspired by her granddaughter's boldness in the face of impending single-motherhood and summons the courage to reveal a secret she...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Spanning from World War II to the present, three generations of women struggle to find freedom and happiness in their small Midwestern college town as they face trials, small and large: social slights and heartbreaks; marital disappointments and infidelities; familial dysfunction; mortality"--
Author
Series
Cape Sanctuary volume 2
Language
English
Description
"She knows what's best for everyone but herself ... With a past like hers, Jessica Clayton feels safer in a life spent on the road. She's made a career out of helping others downsize - because she's learned the hard way that the less "stuff," the better, a policy she applies equally to her relationships. But a new client is taking Jess back to Cape Sanctuary, a town she once called home ... and that her little sister, Rachel, still does. The years...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarah writes letters to her hero, To Kill a Mockingbird's Atticus Finch, for help understanding her mentally ill mother, her first real crush, and life in her small Texas town, all in the course of one momentous summer.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Bledsoe, Georgia during a sticky summer in the mid-2000s, twelve-year-old Kay Whitaker stumbles on a stilt house in the midst of a neighboring swamp, and upon Andy, a boy about her age. Andy and his father Nile Webber have recently moved back to Georgia from California, and rumors about Nile's wife's death have chased them there and back. Andy-tall, unschooled, and living in poverty with Nile-fascinates and enamors Kay. Kay is willful and loud-mouthed...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is the story of my family's adventure. We left the Canadian west coast on Vancouver Island, travelled to the North Peace River area in northern British Columbia, Canada, established our home there, and then left. It is the story of six children who managed to live this adventure and build a new life after the journey ended. It is a tale of poverty and determination, heartwrenching loss and a testament to grit and a bittersweet life, Here is...
Author
Language
English
Description
Author Brenda Lancaster invites you to take a break from the chaos of everyday life and discover nine basic principles, that when applied, can revolutionize your life and family. Brenda says, "Women can't be all things to all people. I know. I tried and it never worked. But when, I discovered and applied these nine basic principles, the light of hope at the end of the tunnel no long felt like an approaching freight train! Our marriage was revitalized,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Are you burdened by your workload and an overwhelming desire to please others?
When you want to be friendly and pleasant to the people around you, you may experience the urge to people-please with your family, friends, and people you encounter on the street.
It places unrealistic expectations on individuals, leaves them without time for self-care, and results in greater stress and anxiety.
This overwhelming feeling of "please" poses a danger to...
Author
Language
English
Description
Ladies want to know if your man is walking on the dark side and possibly gay or just have the tendency of being a queer suspect.
Well here in this book, I highlight a 100 ways to identify guys, who could be undercover gay or just have symptomatic traits of being one.
Are you a woman in a relationship with a man and your starting to question his masculinity and feeling unsure and suspicious by his demeanor ways. If so this book outlines the behavior...
91) Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends, He's Gonna Toot And I'm Gonna Scoot, and Living Somewhere
Author
Language
English
Description
Grab your giggle box! Here comes Barbara Johnson with another helping heap of joy for women of all ages, aches, and "architecture."
Author Barbara Johnson's encouraging book about a woman's adventures in aging, Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death, became the number-one best-selling paperback in the Christian market for the year in which it was published. Soon hordes of happy readers were flooding Barbara's mailbox with their own favorite...
Author
Language
'>Spanish 4748""",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Description
Este libro presenta los resultados de una extensa investigación que identifica la manera en que se asumen las formas de organización familiar contemporánea, para comprender las implicaciones que representan estas nuevas condiciones en la vida de los hijos y las hijas. Realizada por expertos en distintas disciplinas sociales, contó con el apoyo de familias diversas y de distintas configuraciones socioeconómicas y culturales.
Author
Language
English
Description
Are you truly taking care of yourself?
Or are you too busy taking care of everyone else?
So many of us find it easier to love other people than to love ourselves. We struggle to put our own needs first and have a hard time asking for what we want, let alone going after it. Instead, we attach ourselves to selfish people, trying over and over to win love from those who simply can't offer it.
If that sounds familiar, you may be the victim of narcissistic...
95) Changes
Author
Language
English
Description
Ready, Set, Drama!Adriana Banovic's 15th birthday sucked! She was fired after eight years of playing Shayanne Montgomery on the #1 soap in the country, found out that her family was on the verge of bankruptcy and worst of all, forced to return to Westwood Academy. Her only saving grace was a chance glance at dreamy mystery boy Haze Lyndon. Armed with only his picture and a determination to find him-even if it means turning Los Angeles over on its...
Author
Language
English
Description
In "Breaking the Cycle: Understanding the Psychology of Bullying," acclaimed author Desmond Gahan delves into the intricate web of factors that contribute to the pervasive issue of bullying. This comprehensive exploration goes beyond surface-level analyses, providing readers with a deep understanding of the psychological underpinnings that sustain the cycle of aggression.Drawing on the latest research in psychology, sociology, and education, Desmond...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Hiding in Plain Sight, a U.S. Air Force veteran comes home to a family very different and unrecognizable than the one he left behind more than twenty years ago. He quickly learns that the long-duration battle he's about to fight on the home front will take every ounce of his strength... a battle as formidable and horrifying as one could ever conceive imaginable.
Sean Torean McFadden was a happy boy in childhood and a happy man through much of...
Author
Language
English
Description
Unplug your grade-schooler with 200 screen-free games and activities!
From Fortune-Teller to Draw Me a Story, Spillin' the Beans to Monkeyshines, here are more than 200 screen-free games and activities to help kids enjoy the wholesome, old-fashioned experience of playing creatively and freely... without technology. There are outdoor games and indoor games, games to play solo and games to play with others, guessing games, arts and crafts, musical...
Author
Language
English
Description
If you have a school age child, you probably know bullying is a problem that is quickly gaining ground in our nation's schools. A quick surf of the internet or television channels reveals horrific news stories of bullying in all areas of our country and it's escalating at an alarming rate.The first in a three-part series, Taking the Bully by the Horns discusses the kindergarten to high school bully, how to identify bullies and their victims, as well...
100) Bittersweet dreams
Author
Language
English
Description
"Mayfair Cummings is a beautiful, gifted teenager. But her intelligence makes her the outcast at both home and school. When she catches the eye of both a popular senior and her handsome English teacher, not even her brilliant mind can help her navigate the explosive new relationships she is forming, or a scandal that is brewing"--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request