Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This informative title highlights the life of Whitney Houston. Readers will learn about Houston's childhood in Newark, New Jersey including her strong family life and her beginnings as a singer at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston's musical work is discussed from her days as a backup singer for Chaka Kahn, Jermaine Jackson and the Neville Brothers and her collaboration with cousin Dionne Warwick and aunt Aretha Franklin through her superstardom as...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this laughter-through-tears memoir, Sallie Weissinger, a late-in-life widow, recounts the highs and lows of navigating the tricky online dating world of the 2000s. Interwoven throughout her adventures in search of a new relationship are stories from her childhood as a military brat, her southern heritage, her various marriages, and the volunteer work in Central and South America that helped her keep moving forward through it all.
Weissinger keeps...
Author
Language
English
Description
USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor ListIn this book, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few who are trying to build new lives in North America. Some families have left Iraq with money; others are penniless and ill or disabled. Most of the children have parents who are working illegally or not at all, and the...
4004) Neverfall
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A thrilling new novella from the author of the Everneath series!
Jack is trapped for eternity in the Tunnels while Nikki has managed to evade Cole's grasp . . . for now. But Cole is more desperate than ever to find answers about Nikki, his best chance for taking over the throne of the underworld. How did she survive the Feed? Can Cole find another Forfeit like her who can survive it too?
Cole's quest leads him to the other side of the world,...
Author
Language
English
Description
A Palliative Care Book of the Month: IAHPC (International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care)
From a medical insider comes a plea to renew medicine's mandate to relieve suffering. The philosophy and practice of palliative care shows how this is possible by easing pain, by embracing the human side of illness, by inviting patients to be full participants in their care, and by incorporating the wisdom of these injured storytellers to guide...
4007) Mitochondrial Night
Author
Language
English
Description
Taking mitochondrial DNA as his guide, Lee explores familial and national legacies, and their persistence across shifting boundaries and the erosions of time. In these poems, the trait of an ancestor appears in the face of a newborn, and in her cry generations of women's voices echo. Stories, both benign and traumatic, travel as lore and DNA. Using lush, exact imagery, whether about the corner bar or a hilltop in Korea, Lee is a careful observer,...
4008) Together Apart
Author
Language
English
Description
Isaac, on the run from his oppressive stepfather, needs time to hammer out a plan for his future. Hannah needs space to mend the hurt of losing two brothers to the blizzard-space she can't find in her family's crowded soddie. Determination, a healthy dose of luck, and a handbill advertising a position for an "Apprentice in a Growing Business Concern" draw first one, then the other of these former schoolmates to the stately home of the unconventional...
4009) Restored Heart & Soul
Author
Language
English
Description
Hank Johnson is a bitter man. After losing his wife, Anne, to a long illness, he loses his faith. He becomes a creature of routine, spending his days visiting his wife's gravesite and hanging out with the "baker's dozen," a group of guys who gather at the local diner for breakfast and car talk. When Hank receives news from his estranged daughter that he is about to become "Grandpa Hank", his best friend, Joe, talks him into selling his house in Bakersfield...
Author
Language
English
Description
"I regret to inform you the test is negative."
"I'm sorry, but the baby doesn't have a heartbeat."
In an instant, one defining moment, the hope for a baby is ripped away.
While some couples conceive and carry a baby very easily, others, like Stacey and Kevin, travel on a journey that takes years to bring them the children they desire. The road to create their family included a spiritual awakening as well—one that was realized only years after...
Author
Language
Français
Description
De la tendresse à la tristesse est l'expression d'une large gamme d'émotions ressenties par l'auteur. Au fil des pages, il partage sa perception du monde, à la fois beau et sombre, sous un nouvel éclairage. Ce recueil est une invitation au voyage de l'esprit.
À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR
En écrivant "De la tendresse à la tristesse", John Billotet réalise enfin une promesse qu'il s'est faite : écrire un ouvrage. Pour lui, cela est synonyme d'exister....
Author
Series
Language
Français
Description
Malgré la terrible tragédie qui a frappé sa famille, Liv parviendra-t-elle à redonner sa confiance à autrui?
Liv, jeune étudiante solitaire, a vécu dans l'ombre d'elle-même durant six ans. Après avoir perdu ses parents dans un accident de voiture, elle s'est renfermée sur elle-même. De ce fameux soir, il ne lui reste que son frère, Zach. Sauvage et asociale, elle n'arrive pas à s'ouvrir aux autres. Seule sa meilleure amie, Harper, a...
4013) Breath by Breath
Author
Language
English
Description
A real-time account of coping with acute grief, Breath by Breath: A Journey of Yoga & Loss explores the intersection of tragedy and spiritual practice. After the sudden death of her beloved mother, yoga teacher and author Julie Holly, struggles with reconciling her loss with what she knows to be true: we are made from indestructible and we return to the indestructible.
An unflinching account of what happens to the human heart and soul in the...
4014) Grief and Loss
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This title explains what grief is, the many forms it takes, and ways children can healthfully process and express it. The book includes easy-to-read text and vibrant photos, making it a great choice for beginning readers.
Grades PreK-2.
4015) Glowstick
Author
Language
English
Description
"If the world can still shine after all it's been through, then Darling, so can you."
Featuring 98 poems and little short stories, Glowstick guides the reader on a roller-coaster journey through the gradual decline of mental health before striving for acceptance and recovery. Glowstick never paints a rosy picture, where mental illness is miraculously cured. Instead, this collection celebrates self-love, quiet resilience and compassion, both for yourself...
Author
Language
Français
Description
Émotions croisées entre une enfant grièvement blessée et l'urgentiste qui lutte pour la sauver.
C'était un samedi de printemps.
Le train s'arrêta net entre deux gares. L'endroit était presque désert, sans habitations construites. Proches du quai, quelques baraquements étaient disloqués, au milieu de mauvaises herbes jaunies.
Le contrleur demanda un médecin dans les wagons de Première. Je me levai. Parvenue à sa hauteur, il rectifia:...
4017) Les mots de mes nuits
Author
Language
Français
Description
Les mots de mes nuits se dévoile comme une fresque poétique o les mots s'entrelacent tels des pinceaux virevoltants. Issus des nuits d'insomnie de l'auteur, ces éclats de prose transcendent la vie, dévoilent les sentiers intemporels, caressent les mystères de la mort et célèbrent les émotions de l'amour. Comme un peintre de l'invisible, Éric Finance esquisse des tableaux verbaux empreints d'une magie envoûtante.
À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR
Éric...
Author
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed biographer Patricia Bosworth recalls her emotional coming of age in 1950s New York in this profound and powerful memoir, a story of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from the period.
From Bosworth-acclaimed biographer of Montgomery Clift, Diane Arbus, Marlon Brando, and Jane Fonda-comes a series of vivid confessions about her remarkable journey into womanhood....
4019) Reasons to Be Happy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
REASONS TO BE HAPPY: 21. Cat purr vibrating through your skin 22. Jumping on a trampoline in the rain 23. Raw cookie dough 24. Getting yourself all freaked out after a scary movie 25. Dancing like an idiot when no one is watching What happened to the girl who wrote those things? I miss that girl. She used to be bold and fun. Now she's a big chicken loser. How could so much change so fast? Let's see, you could be the plain Jane daughter of two gorgeous...
Author
Language
English
Description
How we go on is the most frequently asked question of our lives. It is also one of the most important. Our willingness and ability to meet life's changes, challenges, crises, losses, and opportunities, determines the quality of our lives. Clearing the path forward to our best possible future involves skillfully and courageously overcoming adversity, strengthening our relationships, being more self-compassionate, socially responsible and making peace...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Salina Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request