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Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn't the only feeling that dominates Will's life. He's also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn't have a chance with, string beans only date string beans, but he can't help wondering what if? Will's best shot at attracting Jules's attention...
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When Lady Justine Harfield drowned in the stream that runs through the village of Prinsted, the coroner had returned a verdict of accidental death. Twenty years later, Lady Justine's daughter, Rose, who was only five years old at the time of her mother's death, remained to be convinced of the correctness of that verdict. She asks Brazelle, a man she has only recently met, to investigate.
Brazelle is at first reluctant to agree, but is eventually persuaded...
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In this intimate memoir of life beyond the camera, Connor Franta shares the lessons he has learned on his journey from small-town boy to Internet sensation--so far. Connor offers a look at his Midwestern upbringing as one of four children in the home and one of five in the classroom; his struggles with identity, body image, and sexuality in his teen years; and his decision to finally pursue his creative and artistic passions in his early twenties,...
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A Work in Progress offers women practical, biblical advice on marriage, divorce and singleness. From handling sexual temptation and heartbreak, to fulfilling your God-given role as a wife, Ashley Smith helps you identify the places of disconnect in your love-driven relationships in order to restore your foundation and position you as the woman you were destined to be.
This book teaches you how to recognize unhealthy unions while also establishing...
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Like a skipping stone's impact on water, I have hoped my every act of gratitude causes ripples of appreciation.
Gratitude: A Work in Progress devises a five-phase framework for developing and deploying gratitude in a personal, educational, and business context.
Author Austen Brower often quips that he, "wrote the book by accident." Having started a 365-day thank you note journey in January 2020, writing became a way to reflect and cope with the...
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Phaidon Press
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2013.
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"A Work in Progress is a collectible set of three beautifully designed books: a cookbook with 100 new recipes from Noma; a personal journal written by Redzepi in which he explores creativity, innovation, and the meaning of success; and a pocket book of candid, Instagram-style snapshots featuring the influential chef and his team."--
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He thought he'd be better at this Christianity thing by now. All his life, John Alan Turner has wanted to be different, to be better than who he is, to improve. Instead, he helped plant a church that folded within a year. He got divorced. He was diagnosed with depression. His car was rear-ended and totaled, which left him with life-altering injuries. It seemed like the harder he pushed to become the person he was supposed to be, the farther away it...
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"Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those that have been tried before." - Winston Churchill.
So how should mankind organise itself to ensure a civilised society?
In this personal, and sometimes challenging, work the author argues that an idealised form of political government has been the goal of mankind since Plato himself. But political thinking has overwhelmingly been a theoretical exercise detached from reality. Little...
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Learn to Lead, Lead to Learn is based on the assumption that learning is essential to our ability to adapt and innovate as individuals and organizations. For our schools and organizations to thrive, our leaders must be, first and foremost, voracious learners who create, nurture and sustain conditions that enhance learning individually and collectively.
The purpose of this book is to help uncover some of the essential attributes and practices key...
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"Few people have done as much to change how we view the world as Charles Darwin. Yet On the Origin of Species is more cited than read, and parts of it are even considered outdated. In some ways, it has been consigned to the nineteenth century. In The Theory That Changed Everything, the renowned cognitive scientist Philip Lieberman demonstrates that there is no better guide to the world's living--and still evolving--things than Darwin and that the...
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"In this work of literary excavation, an award-winning author transcribes, compiles, and organizes a final unfinished novel by celebrated American fiction writer Flannery O'Connor. This book introduces O'Connor's final work to the public for the first time and imagines themes and directions the novel might have taken"--
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The debate team faces Harvard. Rodney and Sebastian complete their 100-page senior projects and give final presentations, but Giovannie gets in trouble, is sent to SHU, and may not be able to complete his project before going home. At graduation at Taconic, Tamara, Tamika and Shawnta receive their AA degrees, while at Eastern, Rodney and Sebastian walk the stage to receive their Bachelor's.
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Candlewick Press
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2016
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In a return to middle-grade fiction, master of perspectives Jo Knowles depicts a younger sibling struggling to maintain his everyday life when his older sister is in crisis.
Noah is just trying to make it through seventh grade. The girls are confusing, the homework is boring, and even his friends are starting to bug him. Not to mention that his older sister, Emma, has been acting pretty strange, even though Noah thought she'd been doing
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In Ellie McAfee's debut work, YOU NEED TO GET HELP: A Shameless Work in Progress, the author uncovers the mental health stigmas that many adults, herself included, carry with them from their childhood. Wanting others to feel comfortable enough to seek out resources, treatment, and boundaries, she sets out to spread one underlying message: It is okay to not be okay.
Within these pages, you will be exposed to the common, yet detrimental, language choices...
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