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1) The ultimate survival guide to being a girl: on love, body image, school, and making it through life
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Presents a guide to navigating young adulthood for girls, providing advice on such topics as body image, fashion, nutrition, cyberbullying, and self-acceptance.
Navigating young adulthood can seem impossible: social media, body image, high school.... De Witte provides humorous and relatable advice on topics such as bullying, and dealing with (and loving!) your body. -- adapted from back cover
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The distinctive white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in Britain more than 200 years ago, but this immense predator will soon be making a return to our skies, thanks to Roy Dennis, an ornithologist, conservationist and arguably the driving force behind the UK's reintroduction agenda. Roy was instrumental in returning the Osprey, red kite and golden eagle to the British Isles, but the road to reintroduction isn't an easy one. In what will...
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With three children of her own, Holly knows that one-size-fits-all parenting doesn't work. So she's written a book that offers guidance and tips drawn from her own experiences in a way that is a calm guide through the chaos. Holly's book will encourage parents during their first twelve months of parenthood to trust their natural instincts and to care for their children in their own way, confidently and happily. Whilst she acknowledges the benefits...
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PRIX DU JURY OECUMENIQUE DE LA BD 2013
« Je suis comme un bout de bois, je regarde le ciel, les nuages, et je ne sens rien » m'a dit un jour Joséphine.
J'ai eu la chance de la rencontrer, elle, qui se disait la fille d'Arsène Lupin ! L'humour était notre langage, notre terrain de jeu et notre lien. Elle était drle et étonnamment vivante malgré les troubles dont elle souffrait. Joséphine a questionné des choses essentielles pour moi, m'a...
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Bertin Leblanc est québécois mais vit en France depuis quelques années. Cet homme de média se voit proposer un poste en or : porte-parole de la Francophonie.
Enfin poste en or, pas si certain : sa cheffe Michaëlle Jean, la Secrétaire générale de la Francophonie, pleine de verve et de dynamisme, a bien du mal à respecter les consignes en termes de concision, de communication et de diplomatie.
Au point d'épuiser ses collaborateurs mais aussi,...
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Dans la nuit, une jeune fille court pour attraper son train. Elle désire partir au plus vite. Mettre des kilomètres entre elle et cette secte o elle vient de passer plusieurs mois.
Dans la tranquillité du train qui file vers Paris, Marion se souvient de l'itinéraire qui l'a amenée jusqu'ici : publicitaire aux soirées aussi remplies que les jours, en rupture amoureuse et familiale, elle suit les conseils d'un ami qui lui propose de venir se...
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Tranquille professeur de dessin sédentaire, Sébastien se retrouve parfois «pris au piège» de dîners avec les amis de sa compagne, tous férus de course à pied.
Pour lui, qui n'a pas enfilé de chaussures de sport depuis l'adolescence, ces discussions demeurent bien hermétiques.
Jusqu'au jour o, au détour d'une conversation, ses amis évoquent la possibilité de courir le plus célèbre marathon du monde : celui de New York. Traversé par...
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C'est sous le crayon de Sylvain Dorange que Jacques Mathis conte sa propre histoire, celle d'un homme mégalomane coincé dans un corps étriqué en comparaison de ses idées. Son enfance, passée dans une petite bourgade lugubre de Lorraine, s'est arrêtée à 14 ans, l'année o il fait sa première vraie crise. Et puis les femmes, l'adolescence, le théâtre, la littérature ont eu raison de ses doutes.
Jacques Mathis nous livre avec Psychotique...
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This is the story of the incredible journey of David Good, the son of an American anthropologist father, and indigenous Yanomami mother who calls the Amazon rainforest her home. Overlapping the story of what David' s mother' s early years were like being raised in the rainforest, the book follows David from childhood to adulthood as he searches for identity, love, acceptance, and the one thing truly missing from his life, his mother. Growing up in...
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Whether a child is living with a facial difference or struggling with bullying, this heartwarming story explores the ups and downs of growing up with a visible difference. Told through the lens of four children with a spectrum of facial differences, including vitiligo, port wine stain, Treacher Collins Syndrome, and cleft palate, this gentle story guides young listeners to build a healthy relationship with their appearance and better understand the...
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Many Christians don't disciple others because they think it's the church leaders' responsibility. But Jesus commanded all his disciples to go and make disciples. If we're honest, many of us hesitate to disciple others because we don't feel qualified, fear we'll do more harm than good, and think we don't have time for it. Yolanda Solomon provides a practical guide to help us become disciples who are empowered by Jesus to make disciples.
Through biblical...
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These audio lectures are a unique learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Cultural Christians in the Early Church Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church,...
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In Bridging the Testaments, George Athas surveys the history of Israel during the post-exilic era (539–4 BC), providing the framework for understanding the place of Israel and Judah as God's covenant people in history, and the theological developments that occurred at the end of the Old Testament period, leading into the New Testament.
An accessible introduction to the historical and theological developments between the Old and New Testament.
Bridging...
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In Bridging the Testaments, George Athas surveys the history of Israel during the post-exilic era (539–4 BC), providing the framework for understanding the place of Israel and Judah as God's covenant people in history, and the theological developments that occurred at the end of the Old Testament period, leading into the New Testament.
An accessible introduction to the historical and theological developments between the Old and New Testament.
Bridging...
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In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude, and wearing excessive amounts of jewelry and makeup. The treatise appears even more striking, once we realize that the scandalous virgins to whom it was addressed were single women who had dedicated...
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Dans L'Immeuble d'en face, se trouvent trois appartements, un à chaque étage.
Au premier vit Béatrice, une maman célibataire, enceinte de son second enfant. Au second, un couple d'une bonne quarantaine, Fabienne et Jacky, qui n'a pas d'enfant mais un gros chien Gipsy ! Enfin au troisième logent deux jeunes tourtereaux, Claire et Louis, étudiants tous les deux.
Chacun de ces groupes mène son existence propre, avec ses joies, ses lassitudes,...
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An excellent book for young learners! If Animals Could Talk: Dogs is narrated by "Charlie" the dog. He teaches readers the communication devices dogs use to let humans know how they are feeling such as the types of bark they do, their body language and ear position. It also includes Pet Facts like "A dog who is about to bite, may wag its tail, but it's body will be rigid and its tail pointing up." Filled with full-color photos of real dog breeds,...
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Backyard Safari: Raccoons is told through two friends, Zoe and Ethan. Children learn all about what raccoons look like, hunt, eat and live. Includes full-color photos of raccoons in the wild, fun facts and further reading suggestions. Jump start a child's love of wildlife with this amazing book.
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Backyard Safari: Red Foxes is chock full of information and fun facts about red foxes. Children learn all about what red foxes look like, hunt, eat and live. Includes full-color photos of foxes in the wild, fun facts and further reading suggestions. Jump start a child's love of wildlife with this amazing book.