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Release your inner guru and unleash yoga's healing power. Relieve stress. Focus your mind. Build strength. Clear step-by-step instructions and photos guide you through more than 80 specific yoga poses. Study the perfect yoga poses and unlock the key to a healthy, fit, and calmer you!
3742) The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should Know About...Before It's Too Late
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People have been making predictions about how and when the world is going to end for ages. The End is a fun pop culture read about the top 50 movies, books, songs, and artworks-from the movie Shaun of the Dead to the song It's the End of the World as We Know It-about the apocalypse. Each item includes:
- A synopsis of the apocalyptic work
- Information about the apocalyptic theory behind it (from alien invasion to meteors, nuclear war, and natural...
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Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #Not Your Princess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman. Stories of abuse, humiliation, and stereotyping are countered by the voices of passionate...
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Coming of age has never been easy. Arguably, digital natives have an even more complicated adolescence than prior generations, due to much of their lives being lived online, in real time, via texting, apps, and social media. This book explores the alienation and rejection many youth experience from cyberbullying, a form of abuse that takes many forms and is often accompanied by social exclusion, physical abuse, and other perils. It helps readers identify...
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One life. Six words. What's yours? True tales of love, loss, good friends, and bad hair days filled Not Quite What I Was Planning, the New York Times bestselling first book in the Six-Word Memoir series-and an international phenomenon. Some of the most compelling were by teens, so now SMITH Magazine has compiled a book written entirely by these bold, brash truth-tellers. From cancer to creativity, prom dates to promiscuity, and breaking hearts to...
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Passion and Purpose is a complete collection of all 75 beautiful stories created to inspire women, everywhere to believe in the power of their dreams. This version of the book is without pictures of the doctors. These phenomenal women have experienced heartache and challenges along their paths that only served to make them more determined to accomplish their goals. You will laugh, cry, cheer them on, and find courage to reach your dreams whatever...
3747) Owen's Dream
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Owen's Dream profiles the detailed struggles of Owen, a 12-year-old seventh grader diagnosed with autism at the age of four. Despite his condition, Owen tries hard to fit in with his few friends and classmates. Owen's biggest desire is to make his school's basketball team so his family will be proud of him.Owen's story provides the inspirational details of his disappointments and the discovery of the special abilities that he possesses because of...
3749) Jungle Bugs & Vegetation
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The four largest remaining jungles of the world-the Amazon River Basin, Borneo, Papua New Guinea and Central Africa-contain a vast assortment of unique plants and fascinating insects, and more species are still being discovered. Species are also disappearing quickly as habitats dwindle due to human activity. Learn about carnivorous plants that trap and eat insects and small mammals, and deadly poisonous plants that have been used by humans for hunting...
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The teen years are a fertile and fevered period of self-doubt, self-exploration, and identity building. Teen boys experience enormous pressure to think and act in certain ways and to not "stick out" for any reason. This book seeks to lay bare the many pressures being exerted upon teen males to develop into a socially acceptable type of manhood. Tackling head-on issues such as bullying, peer pressure, parental disapproval, sexual confusion and anxiety,...
3752) Engineering Wonders
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From ancient wonders like the pyramids to tall modern skyscrapers, people have long been fascinated by building great structures. While many are constructed to solve problems, some are built purely for entertainment. Learn more about the engineering wonders of our past, present, and future.
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A crafty girl knows: when a plain old pencil holder is bringing you down, it's time to get crafty. Crafty Girl: Cool Stuff is your muse, your jolt of creative juice, your ticket to the crafty parade. Sure, an ordinary calculator adds it up, but a crafty girl's ultra-beaded glamulator makes math look good. With over 40 fabulous ways to say "I'm crafty," Cool Stuff will have crafty girls everywhere transforming ordinary anythings into glitter and rhinestone...
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This guide is a 21st century response to Selma Jeanne Cohen's landmark work, The Modern Dance: Seven Statements of Belief. The book consists of seven interviews with exemplary dance professionals including dance writer Deborah Jowitt, dancers and choreographers Carolyn Carlson and Garth Fagan, dance administrator Andrea Snyder, dance anthropologist JoAnn Keali'inohomoku, dance educator Bill Evans and dance librarian Madeleine Nichols. The interviews...
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"My name is Dino Henson and about a month ago I saw a T.V show that said keeping a journal is good for your mental health, so I figured I'd give it a try! As it turns out I actually enjoy journaling and I realized just how crazy my life is lol". Take a peek, inside of movie-like life and tell me you wouldn't keep a journal too!
3756) Silent No More
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"Of these female slave narratives, Harriet Jacobs's book is the crowning achievement. Manifesting a command of rhetorical devices and narrative strategies rivaled only by that of Frederick Douglass, Jacobs's autobiography is one of the major works of Afro-American literature."--Alida S. Becker, New York Times
Our long-term debate against rape and the objectivation of women as sexual slaves resounds in the pages of this book about a woman who lived...
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Want less of: Stress, Anxiety, Worries, Feeling Tired and Negative Thoughts?
Want more of: Sleep, Energy, Positive Thoughts, Calm Mind and Switch off From School?
You have been told to exercise and keep you body healthy, eat fruit and vegetables, clean your teeth each night, put on sunscreen, but it is as equally as important to look after your mental health. Be your own best friend, not your worst enemy! Small changes to make a big difference.
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3758) 16th Century Superstar
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What makes someone a "superstar"? If anyone ever earned that title, it is Leonardo da Vinci. He not only painted, he also designed architecture, created maps, and dreamed up countless machines that ended up getting built hundreds of years later. Learn all about this 16th century superstar with this biography! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and...
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IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Completely landlocked, Hungary has endured many invasions by foreign powers and has lived under many kinds of government. Through it all, music and food have remained important parts of Hungarian life. With delightful dishes such as goulash, chicken paprika, and strudel, Hungarian cuisine is savory and inviting.
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If you're an aviator or aviation enthusiast, you cannot be caught with an out-of-date edition of the FAR/AIM. In today's environment, there is no excuse for ignorance of the rules of the US airspace system. In the newest edition of the FAR/AIM, all regulations, procedures, and illustrations are brought up to date to reflect current FAA data. This handy reference book is an indispensable resource for members of the aviation community, as well as for...
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