Emily Smith

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Thinking Bigger about Loving Our Neighbors

Join Dr. Emily Smith, creator of the popular Facebook page Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist, as she dives into what loving your neighbor--as illustrated in the parable of the Good Samaritan--truly means and how it helps us bridge the gap of society's disparities and inequities in a more practical, global way as we refocus on who our neighbors are.

The Science of the Good Samaritan

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The Green Book

Kalyan Ray

Bought from a library, extra protection on the inside of the cover.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Spanning two centuries and three continents, from famine-stricken Ireland to colonial India to modern-day upstate New York, No Country is a riveting, enchanting melting pot of a story about history, family, fate, and the enduring ties of friendship.

In rural Ireland in 1843, Padraig Aherne leaves behind his best friend, Brendan, and girlfriend, Brigid, and sets off to Dublin to rally for his country's independence, unaware that Brigid is pregnant with his child. But once he reaches the big city, a dangerous mistake forces him on a ship destined for Calcutta. As the potato famine devastates their home, Brendan escapes with Padraig's young daughter across the ocean, aboard one of the infamous "coffin ships" headed for America. As two family trees expand, moving towards a disastrous convergence from opposite sides of the world, Padraig's descendants struggle to define themselves and find their places in the world. From Padraig's reckless mother, to his precocious daughter Maeve who grows up to run a farm in Vermont, to Robert, a young policeman in British-era Calcutta who grapples with his mixed-blood heritage as an Anglo-Indian, to Billy Swint, a boy driven blind by his anger at his father, these are profoundly sympathetic women and men who transcend their eras and set up home in our hearts.

Unfurling against the fickle backdrop of history that includes terrorism on the Indian subcontinent, an East European pogrom, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, and the terrible intimacy of a murder in a sleepy New England town, the repercussions of the lives torn apart in No Country will echo through the generations to come. This is a sprawling, ambitious, and endlessly satisfying read about love and its betrayals, hardship, family, and belonging...and how all history is ultimately deeply personal.

No Country

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Chase Pletts

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

When a run-in with his outlaw brother—and the murderous gang pursuing him—ends in the tragic death of his son, widowed farmer Eldon Quint journeys six-hundred miles through lawless, snowbound territory to bury his boy next to his wife’s grave in Missouri. On the way, he contends with his other young son who refuses to speak, a coterie of thieves and road agents, and the vengeful brother he left for dead. Meanwhile, in Kansas, Minn Barker, an immigrant housemaid who has suffered some form of bondage ever since her time on the notorious Orphan Train, plots a daring escape from her lecherous overlord—and father to her unborn child—to pursue her dream of attending one of the first female colleges in America. When her getaway goes awry, she finds herself penniless, pregnant, and on the run. But a chance encounter with Eldon sets the stage for an unexpected future that will alter both of their lives forever.

The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint

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Fiona Hill

Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and draws on her personal journey out of poverty, and her unique perspectives as an historian and policy maker, to show how we can return hope to our forgotten places.

There Is Nothing for You Here

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Shirley Babior

Carol Goldman

New Strategies to Free Yourself from Worry and Fear

A practical and engaging book which contains specific scientifically based cognitive-behavioral strategies to help people with panic, excess worry, social fears such as public speaking,being in social groups, phobias such as fear of flying, driving, etc. to manage their problems step-by step. There are fourteen stories from people who have suffered these anxiety problems and recovered. It's particularly helpful to know that you're not alone.The book is clearly written, has forms to record and help manage scary thoughts and body sensations, learn to face feared situations and manage any setbacks. There is a chapter to help family and friends better understand how to help. This is an outstanding book and will give help and comfort to it's readers.The authors are trained counselers who specialize in the treatment of anxiety disorders.C. Barr Taylor,M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Stanford University Medical Center states "Shirley Babior and Carol Goldman have written a terrific handbook to help the many millions of people who suffer from panic and other anxiety disorders. Their approach is sound and effective."

Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, and Phobias

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Sydney Derick

Sydney Derick

@sydney598984

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Emily Smith

The Science of the Good Samaritan

Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen

The Green Book

Kalyan Ray

No Country

Chase Pletts

The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint

Fiona Hill

There Is Nothing for You Here

Shirley Babior; Carol Goldman

Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, and Phobias

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Emily Smith

The Science of the Good Samaritan

Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen

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Kalyan Ray

No Country

Chase Pletts

The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint

Fiona Hill

There Is Nothing for You Here

Shirley Babior; Carol Goldman

Overcoming Panic, Anxiety, and Phobias

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