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Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
xxviii, 301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a wholehearted...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the Number One New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending.
4) Jabari jumps
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. Looks easy, says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xii, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Now and then, we hear about everyday heroes riding to the rescue when they see someone suffering or being harassed. But most bystanders don't intervene. Catherine Sanderson turns to cutting-edge research in social psychology and neuroscience to explain why we so often fail to act and offers practical strategies to nudge us into being brave"--
9) Zero
Author
Publisher
Ko Kids Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zero, dismayed by her big, empty, roundness, tries to force herself into the shape of the much-admired One, but must finally accept that she can only be Zero.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume
Language
English
Description
"What does a different path to success look like if you say tough titties to society's expectations? What if you are lazy, desperately approval-seeking, [poor in the romance department], and ... chronically stuck? As Laura shows through her own unconventional path to success and happiness, you can live your best life--even if you're the f-ing worst. Beyond being very funny, this book gives readers permission to be themselves--and to feel better about...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Indigenous women have always worked tirelessly to protect our water -- keeping it pure and clean for the generations to come. Yet there was a time when their voices and teachings were nearly drowned out, leaving entire communities and environments in danger and without clean water. But then came Grandma Josephine and her great-niece, Autumn. Speak for the water. Sing for the water. Dance for the water. With moving lyricism and arresting illustrations,...
12) Theater of war
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 95 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker John Walter artfully captures Meryl Streep groping for, and then seizing the character in her unforgettable portrayal of Mother Courage in Tony Kushner's adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht masterpiece Mother Courage and her children.
Author
Publisher
Winters Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
198 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In honoration of Navy SEAL Danny Dietz, the Dietz family with the author Jeremy Dunlap consider the values of love, family and a good heart that were all part of the difference Danny made in the world. Danny Dietz joined the Navy at 19 and was killed at age 25. This is a different kind of Navy SEAL book. There are no mentions of major military operations. There are no harrowing battle scenes ... This is a book of essays focused on the values of an...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xiii, 430 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.
16) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two decorated American war heroes survive combat in Afghanistan only to find themselves on an unfamiliar battlefield--the courtroom--in this true story by the commander of Delta Company, 1/506th a.k.a. Dog Company. The deaths of two of his men is agony for Captain Roger Hill and the agony is intensified when he realizes those responsible--12 Taliban spies--have been working right under his nose on the American base. When unreasonable military regulations...
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the moments after 9/11 people ran for shelter in lower Manhattan. But a handful of New Yorkers turned to face the towers. In their hands, digital video cameras captured sounds and images few could ever have imagined. Featuring footage shot as early as 10:05 a.m. on the day of the tragedy, it looks at the way 9/11 changed the lives of a firefighter₂s wife, a Muslim-American woman, an eleven-year-old boy, and many others.
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