Stephen M. Pollan

Mark Levine

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Wisconsin

Creating the Life You Really Want, Building the Career You Truly Desire

In his new book, Second Acts, Stephen Pollan shares with readers the idea that people are unnecessarily fearful of dramatic change, that they mistakenly believe that they are locked into the life or career course they are on.

In this book he shows them how to take a daring leap and create what he calls a 'second act' - a dramatic life change that can lead to happiness and fulfilment.

Drawing on his own consulting practice, his own life experiences, and working under the premise that 'everything is possible', Pollan shows readers how to live a life without boundaries. Now, in an age of uncertainty, he says, is the time for a second act - a time when anything and everything is possible. Whether it's changing careers, starting your own business, or dropping everything in order to pursue a life dream, Pollan shows how each and every one of us can overcome the biggest obstacles to happiness - those in our own mind - and create our personal second acts, resulting in a more gratifying and fulfilling life.

Second Acts

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Eve Bunting

Light wear. Paperback.  Name inside front cover. Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Duck's birthday gifts from his animal friends are wonderful but cannot be used away from the water, a problem eventually solved by the arrival of his last gift.

Happy Birthday, Dear Duck

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Gary Paulsen

Only mark on book is writimg on barcode. Pages clean. Binding tight. Smoke free home.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays. 

From three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen comes a beloved follow-up to his award-winning classic Hatchet that asks: What if Brian hadn't been rescued and had to face his deadliest enemy yet--winter?
 
In the Newbery Honor-winning Hatchet, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness, armed only with his hatchet. As millions of readers know, he was rescued at the end of the summer. But what if that hadn't happened? What if Brian had been left to face his deadliest enemy--winter?
 
Brian Paulsen raises the stakes for survival in this riveting and inspiring story as one boy confronts the ultimate adventure.
 
"Paulsen picks Hatchet's story up in midstream; read together, the two books make his finest tale of survival yet." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred
 
"Breathtaking descriptions of nature . . . Paulsen fans will not be disappointed." --School Library Journal

Read all the Hatchet Adventures!
Brian's Winter
The River
Brian's Return
Brian's Hunt

Brian's Winter

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4 books in slipcase. 3 are Hazelden Daily Affirmations- Nighttime, Daily, and Each Day is a New Beginning with something to read each day, plus a Daily Affirmations for Adult Children of Alcoholics published by Health Communications. Light wear, 2 books have hinge cracks in middle. Lots of wear on slipcase.  No odors or marks. I'll include 2 bookmarks and a poem card. Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Hazelden Daily Affirmations Books in Slipcase

Light wear to cover. Pages very good. No marks or odors. Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

The Strawberry Mother Goose

Shakespeare stories in a comic book or graphic novel style for young people ! Light wear to cover. No marks in book or odors. Smoke free home.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Seven Plays

Tales From Shakespeare 

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Art, Music, Drama/Theater

The Choruses 

G Schirmer Edition of Mikado or the Town of Titipu

Martin E. P. Seligman

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How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

An authority on cognitive psychology and motivation documents the positive effects of optimism on the quality of life and provides a program of specific exercises designed to break the pessimism habit while developing an optimistic outlook. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Learned Optimism

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Light wear to cover. Name written on title page. Pages good. Smoke free home.  I ship every  business day and most Saturdays.

Rotten Ralph 

Light wear to cover. Ex classroom book thus marked. Binding tight, pages clean. Smoke free home, no odors.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Miranda

Light wear and soiling on hardcover, end paper ripped out in front. Otherwise pages are good, no marks in book,  no odors.  Smoke free home.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

The Laughing Dragon

Donna Jo Napoli

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Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

One woman. One seed. One hope for the future. Thayu nyumba -- Peace, my people. Wangari grew up in the shadow of Mount Kenya listening to the stories about the people and land around her. Though the trees towered over her, she had loved them for as long as she could remember. So strong, so beautiful, how the trees made her smile. Wangari planted trees one by one to refresh her spirit. When the women came to her for help with their families, she told them to do the same. Soon the countryside was filled with trees. Kenya was strong once more. Wangari had changed her country, tree by tree. Donna Jo Napoli tells a story inspired by the life of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai that will touch the hearts and spirits of all who read it. Kadir Nelson's stunning collage illustrations honor the spirit of a land and of the woman who saved it.

Mama Miti

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Darling vintage Hallmark children's illustrated picture book. Light smudging on cover. Binding tight, pages good, no odors or marks. Smoke free home.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays. 

The Magic of Growing Up

Úrsula K. Le Guin

Sticker inside front cover. Light cover wear. Pages excellent.  No marks in book.  No odors. Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

The bestselling Catwings series has been redesigned for Fall 2006!

Mrs. Jane Tabby's kittens assume they are the only cats with wings in the world . . . until they discover a little kitten with wings of her own living in an abandoned building that is about to be demolished. Will they be able to rescue their new friend from the dangers of the city?

Catwings Return

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Russell Freedman

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The Story of Louis Braille

A biography of the modest Frenchman who, after being blinded at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.

Out of Darkness

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Ernest Hemingway

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Light wear to cover. Sticker and crayon marks in feont on end paper, a few smudhes on pages, otherwise good, no odors. Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Fish Head

Sherry A. Weddell

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The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus

These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these trends for the United States: Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God. If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized - in other words, Catholics in the pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff, and all Catholics transform parish life from within. Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through: Five thresholds of postmodern conversion. How to open a conversation about faith and belief. How to ask though-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust. When to tell the Great Story of Jesus. How to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship. And be prepared for conversion, because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change. Book jacket.

Forming Intentional Disciples

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Older book with timeless advice on greenhouse gardening. 1946, first printing. Lots of cover wear, name inside, bonding good , pages clean. Smoke free home.  I ship every business day and most Saturdays.

Greenhouse Gardening For Everyone 

Terri Cohlene

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A Cherokee Legend

Magnificent illustrations and captivating texts tell the legends of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Americas, and Native America.

Dancing Drum

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Joseph Butner

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The Disposables

Chihauhua Rangers

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Easy to understand book with bright engaging illustrations to teach young children about rainbows. Light wear to cover. Pages very good. No marks in book, no odors.  Smoke free home. I ship every business day and most Saturdays. 

A Just Ask Book

What is a Rainbow?

Kristin Souers

Pete Hall

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Strategies for Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom

In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching. Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. The authors--a mental health therapist and a veteran principal--provide proven, reliable strategies to help you * Understand what trauma is and how it hinders the learning, motivation, and success of all students in the classroom. * Build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to learn at high levels. * Adopt a strengths-based approach that leads you to recalibrate how you view destructive student behaviors and to perceive what students need to break negative cycles. * Head off frustration and burnout with essential self-care techniques that will help you and your students flourish. Each chapter also includes questions and exercises to encourage reflection and extension of the ideas in this book. As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in the classroom every day. Let this book be your guide to seeking solutions rather than dwelling on problems, to building relationships that allow students to grow, thrive, and--most assuredly--learn at high levels.

Fostering Resilient Learners

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Eric Jensen

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What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do about It

Examines the effects of long-term poverty on the brains of poor children and identifies several positive factors and strategies which can improve their academic success.

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