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The super life of Ben Braver / by Emerson, Marcus.;
"It all started with a peanut butter cup... which leads Ben Braver to a secret school for kids with super abilities. Ben has never had any special powers-- and maybe never will. But could this be his chance to become the superhero he's always dreamed of?"--Back cover.LSC
Subjects: Middle schools; Superheroes; Good and evil; Gifted children;
© 2018., Roaring Brook Press,
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This thing called life : Prince's odyssey, on and off the record / by Karlen, Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A warm and surprisingly real-life biography, featuring never-before-seen photos, of one of rock's greatest talents: Prince. Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Karlen interviewed Prince for three Rolling Stone cover stories, wrote "3 Chains o' Gold," Prince's "rock video opera," as well as the star's last testament, which may be buried with Prince's will underneath Prince's vast and private compound, Paisley Park. According to Prince's former fiancée Susannah Melvoin, Karlen was "the only reporter who made Prince sound like what he really sounded like." Karlen quit writing about Prince a quarter-century before the mega-star died, but he never quit Prince, and the two remained friends for the last thirty-one years of the superstar's life. Well before they met as writer and subject, Prince and Karlen knew each other as two of the gang of kids who biked around Minneapolis's mostly-segregated Northside. (They played basketball at the Dairy Queen next door to Karlen's grandparents, two blocks from the budding musician.) He asserts that Prince can't be understood without first understanding '70s Minneapolis, and that even Prince's best friends knew only 15 percent of him: that was all he was willing and able to give, no matter how much he cared for them. Going back to Prince Rogers Nelson's roots, especially his contradictory, often tortured, and sometimes violent relationship with his father, This Thing Called Life profoundly changes what we know about Prince, and explains him as no biography has: a superstar who calls in the middle of the night to talk, who loved The Wire and could quote from every episode of The Office, who frequented libraries and jammed spontaneously for local crowds (and fed everyone pancakes afterward), who was lonely but craved being alone. Readers will drive around Minneapolis with Prince in a convertible, talk about movies and music and life, and watch as he tries not to curse, instead dishing a healthy dose of "mamma jammas.""--
Subjects: Biographies.; Prince.; Rock musicians;
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Life to the extreme : how a chaotic kid became America's favorite carpenter. by Pennington, Ty.;
In 'Life to the Extreme', America's favourite carpenter, Ty Pennington shares his remarkable life story. In his characteristic humorous style, he takes you racing through his life with ADD-infused diversions, he shares about how he was diagnosed with ADD in college, and what it has meant to be an advocate for ADD awareness. He shares about his start as a model and carpenter, and his eventual move to television where he starred in the hit shows 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' and 'Trading Spaces'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; SELF-HELP / Motivational;
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A life with ghosts : true, terrifying, and insightful tales from my favorite haunts / by Gonsalves, Steve,author.; Aloisi, Michael,author.;
"Steve Gonsalves -- already considered to be one of the top paranormal investigators in the world and a pioneer in the industry -- now presents his debut book, 'A Life with Ghosts'. Widely known as a lead investigator of the TV series 'Ghost Hunters', Gonsalves presents a collection of his most meaningful paranormal experiences from some of his favourite haunted locations."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Gonsalves, Steve.; Ghost hunters (Television program); Ghosts; Haunted places;
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How to navigate life : the new science of finding your way in school, career, and beyond / by Liang, Belle,author.; Klein, Timothy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An essential guide to tackling what students, families, and educators can do now to cut through stress and performance pressure, and find a path to purpose. Today's college-bound kids are stressed, anxious, and navigating demands in their lives unimaginable to a previous generation. They're performance machines, hitting the benchmarks they're "supposed" to in order to reach the next tier of a relentless ladder. Then, their mental and physical exhaustion carries over right into first jobs. What have traditionally been considered the best years of life have become the beaten-down years of life. Belle Liang and Timothy Klein devote their careers both to counseling individual students and to cutting through the daily pressures to show a better way, a framework, and set of questions to find kids' "true north": what really turns them on in life, and how to harness the core qualities that reveal, allowing them to choose a course of study, a college, and a career. Even the gentlest parents and teachers tend to play into pervasive societal pressure for students to perform. And when we take the foot off the gas, we beg the kids to just figure out what their passion is. Neither is a recipe for mental or physical health, or, ironically, for performance or passion. How to Navigate Life shows that successful human beings instead tap into their purpose-the why behind the what and how. Best of all, purpose is a completely translatable quality to every aspect of life, from first jobs to last jobs and everything in between"--
Subjects: Academic achievement.; College student orientation.; College students; Educational psychology.; High school students; School-to-work transition.;
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Tidy up your life : rethinking how to organize, declutter, and make space for what matters most / by Moore, Tyler,author.;
"A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much-for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves-he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him. Chronicling his progress as "Tidy Dad" on Instagram, he learned that tidying is about so much more than the aesthetics and decluttering of a physical space. When he stepped back, analyzed, and named what was just enough, he was able to devise systems and hacks that brought order to his whole life. Drawing on his experience with the everyday highs and lows of parenting, home management, and work/life balance, and filled with his signature warmth and wit, Tidy Up Your Life includes: Tidy Dad's process for tackling Big Picture overwhelm-how to identify what really matters both emotionally and physically to you and the people who share your space. How to arrive at your own definition of "enough" as well as thought experiments for appreciating what you already have. The goal is not "always tidy" but "easily tidied" and other principles for lifting some of the mental and physical burdens we feel when managing our homes. Tips for making a "one-area-a-weekday" cleaning schedule and other simple routines that compliment household rhythms and eliminate intensive weekend cleaning. Helpful illustrations of Tidy Dad's innovative organizing concepts"--
Subjects: House cleaning.; Mind and body.; Self-management (Psychology); Storage in the home.;
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Life in five senses : how exploring the senses got me out of my head and into the world / by Rubin, Gretchen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250)."The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world rediscovered by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching. In this revelatory journey of self-experimentation, she explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world. From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Met and attending Flavor University, Rubin show us how to experience each day with depth, delight, and connection. In the rush of daily life, she finds, our five senses offer us an immediate, sustainable way to cheer up, calm down, and engage the world around us-as well as a way to glimpse the soul and touch the transcendent. A Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives-and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love"--
Subjects: Happiness.; Perception.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Senses and sensation.;
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The forever dog life : 120+ recipes, longevity tips, and new science for better bowls and healthier homes / by Becker, Karen Shaw,author.; Durand, Sarah,contributor.; Habib, Rodney,author.;
"In this guide, the authors show how to create a healthy, sustainable lifestyle and environment to help your dog live a longer, happier, and healthier life"--
Subjects: Recipes.; Dogs; Dogs; Dogs; Dogs;
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My little book of life cycles / by De la Bédoyère, Camilla.;
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Subjects: Animal life cycles; Life cycles (Biology);
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Munsch Mania! : a Robert Munsch collection / by Munsch, Robert N.,1945-; Martchenko, Michael.; Odjick, Jay.;
Includes six stories with all the original illustrations: Just One Goal!, No Clean Clothes, Class Clown, I'm So Embarrassed!, Look at Me! and The Ocean Goes on Forever, plus the story behind each of the books and the kids who inspired them.
Subjects: Picture books.; Children; Conduct of life;
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