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Hardback. Condition: Good. Whatever age you are--16 or 60--you can always reshape how you define yourself. To honor what has been and tap into what can be. This activity book offers a bridge between where you are and where you want to go. It's a messy, creative, and even beautiful place of rediscovery. Inside you'll find quotes, exercises, and prompts to help you mindfully embrace your past while intentionally building an incredible future. Each activity is an invitation to look within, connect with yourself, and make meaningful changes from the inside out. The book's guiding questions will help you reimagine your future and create a life you love--whether you're graduating from school, entering retirement, moving to a new home, sending a child off to college, or starting a new relationship. Edge, Justine (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. On the heels of Miriam Körner's critically acclaimed first novel, Yellow Dog, comes the highly anticipated young adult adventure -- Qaqavii -- set amongst the unforgettable land and people of the vast windswept North. When 15-year-old Emmylou arrives in Churchill, Manitoba, all she can think about is getting out of town before she ends up on the wrong end of a polar bear dinner. But things are rarely what they seem in the North and Emmylou's outlook begins to change -- fast. It all starts when she meets Barnabas, a young Inuk who is training sled dogs for the gruelling Arctic Quest. But her real Northern adventure begins when she falls for a spirited yet unruly puppy by the name of Qaqavii who turns her entire world upside down. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A Designer Dog book dedicated to the world's most popular crossbred, Labradoodle celebrates the breed created from the pairing of a Poodle and a Labrador Retriever. Professional animal trainer and author Miriam Fields-Babineau presents a look at the origins of both parent breeds as well as a glance at the unique nature of a Doodle-the special characteristics of the Labradoodle that combine the best traits of both parent breeds. The book includes the International Labradoodle Association's standard for the Labradoodle as well as chapters on feeding, grooming, house-training and obedience. The final chapter of the book Experience Labradoodle Fun talks about all of the fun activities for owners and their Doodles, including agility, flyball, dancing with dogs, and more.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Helps your baby learn through creative play. This title provides you with age-appropriate activities for each stage of development that fit into just one hour. It features suggestions for activities that develop specific areas, such as nursery rhymes, games and how to massage.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Your reward is a well-behaved dog! Young and old, large and small, pedigreed and mixed-breed, dogs respond to clicker training. Preferred by many professionals, clicker training is a positive, precise, and effective method of reinforcing good behavior. Noted dog trainer Miriam Fields-Babineau explains clicker training techniques step by step so that all dog owners can use the approach. Whether you want to train your dog to obey basic commands, perform tricks, compete in performance sports, or do service work, clicker training gets results and enhances your relationship with your dog. Focusing on actual techniques rather than theory and science, this book explains how to: Use the three-step pattern: lure, click, reward Use an appropriate tone of voice and the right verbal cues Incorporate visual cues, with suggestions for signals for specific actions Distraction-proof your dog, teaching him to focus on you (and the clicker) even when there's lots of commotion With real-life examples from the author's experiences plus photos that illustrate proper form, this book will get you and your dog enthusiastic about training.It's truly rewarding.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. A little boy idolizes his older brother. So when his big brother leaves for the army, the boy has some very big shoes to fill. This poignant story of a family dealing with a loved one's absence delicately captures the deep loss children feel when a significant person is missing from their lives. Himler, Ronald (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Yoel Judowitz; The YJ Studios Team (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Life after high school wasn't at all how Miriam imagined it. Instead of having big plans and excitement for the future, she had no idea what she wanted to do with her life and struggled to find her purpose. When the man she thought would save her from herself married her sister, she traveled to the Wild West of Canada on a journey of selfdiscovery and found much more than she bargained for: she fell headoverheels in love with Richard, twentyfive years her senior and a father of four. When she introduced him to her shocked family, they tried to persuade her to leave him. Failing, they did the next best thing: they pretended it was normal. Let's Pretend This Is Normal is a testament to what can happen when you listen to your heart instead of the opinions of others. This tale of romance and self discovery is proof that even if you have no idea what the hell you're doing, with some patience and trust in yourself, you'll figure it out.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Hardlucky is - as his name implies - always falling victim to his bad luck. He falls down stairs, accidentally hits a cow with his cart, and burns down his house. Blaming his hometown for his bad luck, Hardlucky sets out to find a new home. But his bad luck seems to follow him - and he even lands in jail. Lisowski, Gabriel (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An introduction to similarities for the youngest readers.A little girl describes all the things she and her twin sister have in common. Janovitz, Marilyn (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. A Designer Dog book dedicated to the world's most popular crossbred, Labradoodle celebrates the breed created from the pairing of a Poodle and a Labrador Retriever. Professional animal trainer and author Miriam Fields-Babineau presents a look at the origins of both parent breeds as well as a glance at the unique nature of a Doodle-the special characteristics of the Labradoodle that combine the best traits of both parent breeds. The book includes the International Labradoodle Association's standard for the Labradoodle as well as chapters on feeding, grooming, house-training and obedience. The final chapter of the book Experience Labradoodle Fun talks about all of the fun activities for owners and their Doodles, including agility, flyball, dancing with dogs, and more.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 A Guardian Book of the Year 2018 The owl has captivated the human imagination for millennia.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Are you bothered by the roles accorded to girls and women in Bible stories? If so, Lois Miriam Wilson's Stories Seldom Told is for you.Her collection features more than 40 stories of women in the Bible. Though the stories are sometimes difficult to hear, Wilson tells them in new ways, affirming the struggles and perspectives of contemporary women.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Unwrap the gifts of tradition and celebration from cultures around the globe in this illustrated Christmas storybook as Daniel discovers the true meaning behind Christmas pinatas, pickles, kangaroos, gingerbread houses, stockings, and candy canes the birth of Jesus Christ Brightly-colored, brushstroke illustrations adorn this festive, hardcover book. A great read aloud for children ages 6-8 to help them learn about the religious meanings of secular symbols in the Christmas season at home or in the classroom.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. When Mr. Bettss eight different pets develop spots, he takes them to the vet. Dr. Pottss medicine cures the spotsbut gives them stripes instead! This hilarious rhyming story rollicks along from one problem to the next as Dr. Potts finally cures Mr. Bettss wacky collection of pets. Latimer, Miriam (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. When fifteen-year-old Lydia Pasternak's popular older brother Danny disappears late one summer night, she unwillingly becomes a celebrity in her community and an afterthought to her bereaved parents. In Danny's absence, Lydia blossoms from a bookish outcast to the center of attention, all while grappling with her grudging grief for a brother she never particularly liked. When an intriguing private investigator enters the picture, Lydia finds herself drawn into the search for clues to Danny's whereabouts. The shocking end to that trail of clues--an end that Lydia never prepares for--will haunt her for the rest of her life. An authentic and at times surprisingly funny dissection of public and private grief, The Local News is an accomplished, affecting debut.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. This volume invites you to share in a conversation around the power and efficacy of embedding experiential learning models, tools and techniques into appreciative inquiry in order to accelerate positive change, motivate teams and individuals, generate buy-in and engage people at all levels. By sharing and learning from experience, people attain the high levels of rapport, empathy, trust and mutual understanding necessary to risk and embrace change together. When integrated into each stage of an Appreciative Inquiry, Experiential Learning supports and illuminates the AI process, making AI come alive for all stakeholders. When designed into an AI process, experiential learning allows participants to actually experience the best of what exist (Discovery), creates opportunities for organizational peak experiences (Dream), provides opportunities to experience, practice and refine provocative propositions (Design), and builds critical mass as change is cascaded throughout the community (Destiny).…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Chapman, Lynne (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Talks about the Great Barrier Reef and the significance it has on the marine life forms that it feeds, sheltures and protects. Kennaway, Adrienne (illustrator).

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Paperback. Condition: Good. The forecasts are grim and time is running out, but that's not the end of the story. In this book, Fred Krupp, longtime president of Environmental Defense Fund, brings a surprisingly hopeful message: We can solve global warming. And in doing so, we will build the new industries, jobs, and fortunes of the twenty-first century.In these pages the reader will encounter the bold innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it. These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world's biggest business and save the planet--if America's political leaders give them a fair chance to compete.…

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Condition: Good. Everything a teacher of young children needs to justify and implement writing instruction, including drawing, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and song.

Hardback. Condition: Good. An exciting as well as thought-provoking novel about a teen who finds an injured illegal immigrant and must make a complex moral decision about his fate. For fourteen-year-old Alix, life on Hayling Island off the coast of England seems insulated from problems such as war, terrorism and refugees. But when Alix and her friend Samir go to the beach and pull a drowning man out of the incoming tide, her world changes. Mohammed, an illegal immigrant and student, has been tortured by rebels in Iraq for helping the allied forces and has spent all his money to escape. Desperate not to be deported, Mohammed's destiny now lies in Alix's hands, and she is faced with the biggest moral dilemma of her life. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A little boy idolizes his older brother. So when his big brother leaves for the army, the boy has some very big shoes to fill. This poignant story of a family dealing with a loved one's absence delicately captures the deep loss children feel when a significant person is missing from their lives.…

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