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3121) Daughters of Shandong
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"'Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood'--Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram--un-Islamic, forbidden--and girls rarely leave...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Marc Levinson offers a brief history of globalization through the stories of the fascinating people and companies that built global supply chains. In Small World he will follow the thread of the balance between people in the private sector pursuing new ways to make goods and do business and governments eliminating barriers. These two spheres-the private sector and government-did not go global in tandem, and many developments in one sphere were far...
Author
Publisher
Kids Castle Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What is Growth Mindset? It is the difference between "I can't" and "I can't yet", between "I‘m not good at this" and "I'm learning to do this"! Growth Mindset is a basic mindset that shapes your life. People with a growth mindset see failures as part of the journey towards reaching goals, and see skills as adaptable and improveable through dedication and hard work. People with a fixed mindset see skills and characters as ingrained and unchangeable....
Series
Defense and technology papers volume no. 73
Publisher
Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the country. They frequently subsisted in sheds, tents, and, most notably, motorhomes. They often lived a dysfunctional drifter existence, camping out in their motorhome...
Author
Publisher
Hatchett Go
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Uncover the healing power of your story, express your authentic voice, and find connection with this positive holistic guide to writing and creativity. Lisa Weinert's work is based on the premise that we hold our stories in our bodies. The extent that we learn how to release them affects how we perceive and approach our lives - but what if we don't have the tools to understand our narrative outside of what's been told to us? What if we don't have...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A love letter to the Southern biscuit, honoring its place in Black culinary culture and beyond with over 50 delicious recipes and a striking story to tell. Part cookbook, part cultural history, part memoir, Still We Rise is a tribute to the glories of flour, butter, and buttermilk baked tall, tender, and flaky. Erika Council is the founder and head baker of the renowned Bomb Biscuit Company in Atlanta, Georgia. The granddaughter of legendary soul...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Of course you think you're doing a sh*tty job. Every parent does. It's pretty much a byproduct of our society, with its incessant demands coupled with the in-your-face competitiveness parents see on social media. Unfortunately, the pandemic only made things worse, as parents juggled the stresses of helping their kids navigate online schooling while they also had to work from home. All of which makes Carla Naumburg's new book utterly necessary. Author...
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Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Miss Layla Beck, the daughter of a powerful Senator from Delaware refuses to marry the gentleman her father has chosen for her and is forced to get a job working for the FWP to write the first official account of Maecdonian History. Her notions of real life--the social whirl of Newport and New York--are totally upended and she despairs in rooming with the overly eccentric Romeyn family in such a small backwater town. The Romeyn family is a fixture...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography is the life story of Muppet performer Richard Hunt. As one of the "Original Five" performers in the Muppet troupe, Hunt's characteristic irreverence was an integral part of Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, three major Muppet movies, a handful of short-lived shows, countless specials and even a couple of non-Muppet films. Hunt died in the AIDS epidemic at just 40 years old, predeceased by many friends...
Author
Publisher
Boldwood Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1930s, Stalin's activists marched through the Soviet Union, espousing the greatness of collective farming. It was the first step in creating a man-made famine that, in Ukraine, stole almost 4 million lives. Inspired by the history the world forgot, and the Russian government denies, Erin Litteken reimagines their story. In 1929, Katya is 16 years old, surrounded by family and in love with the boy next door. When Stalin's activists arrive in...
Publisher
Medical Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global)
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This book provides the latest research for diagnosing and treating mental health issues experienced by emergency personnel and describes the unique circumstances encountered by these professionals. Covers topics such as anxiety disorders and stress management, and is for clinicians, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, practitioners, medical professionals, EMTs, law enforcement, fire departments, military, academicians, researchers, policymakers,...
3135) Agnes Grey
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2016
Language
English
Description
Written when women-and workers generally-had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governess's life. At the Bloomfields and later the Murrays, she suffers under...
Author
Publisher
Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The United States increasingly relies on unmanned aerial vehicles to target insurgent and terrorist groups around the world. This monograph analyzes the available research and evidence that assesses the political and military consequences of drone strikes. It is not clear if drone strikes have degraded their targets, or that they kill enough civilians to create sizable public backlashes against the United States. Drones are a politically and militarily...
Author
Publisher
Center Street, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"For an undocumented immigrant, what is the true cost of the American dream? Julissa Arce shares her story in a riveting memoir. When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game...
Author
Publisher
Books Circle Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Hungary 1944. The war comes late to Budapest. Nineteen-year-old Marika, forced out of nursing school, believes she and her Jewish family will remain safe, even as Nazi soldiers fill their cobbled streets. With Russians to their east, the Allies to their west, everyone assumes the war is nearly over. Her father, once a prominent engineer, returns to his passion for puppet making. Soon, she is pulled into the resistance to rescue orphans and displaced...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Abridged
Language
English
Description
Author, syndicated columnist, occasional actress, and businesswoman Ariana Huffington examines the ways in which fear affects the lives of women, and the steps anyone can take to conquer fear.
Observing that her own teenage daughters were beginning to experience some of the same fears that had once burdened her
— How attractive am I? Do people like me? Do I dare speak up? —
Arianna Huffington was compelled to look...
Observing that her own teenage daughters were beginning to experience some of the same fears that had once burdened her
— How attractive am I? Do people like me? Do I dare speak up? —
Arianna Huffington was compelled to look...
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