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Rescue & Jessica : a life-changing friendship / by Kensky, Jessica.; Downes, Patrick,1968-; Magoon, Scott.;
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Subjects: Service dogs; Women amputees; Human-animal relationships;
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The out-of-sync child grows up : coping with sensory processing disorder in the adolescent and young adult years / by Kranowitz, Carol Stock.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Sensory integration dysfunction; Sensory integration dysfunction in children; Children with social disabilities;
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Of time and turtles : mending the world, shell by shattered shell / by Montgomery, Sy,author.; Patterson, Matt,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When acclaimed naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson arrive at Turtle Rescue League, they are greeted by hundreds of turtles recovering from injury and illness. Endangered by cars and highways, pollution and poachers, these turtles--with wounds so severe that even veterinarians would have dismissed them as fatal--are given a second chance at life. The League's founders, Natasha and Alexxia, live by one motto: Never give up on a turtle. But why turtles? What is it about them that inspires such devotion? Ancient and unhurried, long-lived and majestic, their lineage stretches back to the time of the dinosaurs. Some live to two hundred years, or longer. Others spend months buried under cold winter water. Montgomery turns to these little understood yet endlessly surprising creatures to probe the eternal question: How can we make peace with our time? In pursuit of the answer, Sy and Matt immerse themselves in the delicate work of protecting turtle nests, incubating eggs, rescuing sea turtles, and releasing hatchlings to their homes in the wild. We follow the snapping turtle Fire Chief on his astonishing journey as he battles against injuries incurred by a truck. Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world. Elegantly blending science, memoir, philosophy, and drawing on cultures from across the globe, this compassionate portrait of injured turtles and their determined rescuers invites us all to slow down and slip into turtle time."--
Subjects: Human-animal relationships.; Turtles; Turtles.; Wildlife rehabilitation; Wildlife rescue;
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Animal hospital : rescuing urban wildlife / by Coey, Julia,1977-;
Includes Internet addresses and index.Text and photographs show the care that goes into the rehabilitation of sick, injured, and orphaned wild animals in Toronto and other places.LSC
Subjects: Toronto Wildlife Centre; Wildlife rehabilitation; Wildlife rescue;
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Lost child : the true story of a girl who couldn't ask for help / by Hayden, Torey L.,author.;
Jessie is nine years old and looks like the perfect little girl, with red hair, green eyes and a beguiling smile. She even has a talent for drawing gorgeous and intricate pictures. But Jessie also knows how to get her own way and will lie, scream, shout and hurt to get just exactly what she wants. Her parents say they can't take her back, and her social workers struggle to deal with her destructive behaviour and wild mood swings. After her chaotic passage through numerous foster placements, Jessie has finally received a diagnosis of an attachment disorder. Attachment disorders arise when children are deprived of the all- important close bonds with trustworthy adults that allow them to develop emotionally and thrive. Finally educational psychologist Torey Hayden is called in to help. Torey agrees to weekly meetings with Jessie to try and uncover why she is acting out. Torey's gentle care and attention reveal shocking truths behind Jessie's lies. Can Torey and the other social workers help to provide the consistent loving care that has so far been missing in Jessie's life, or will she push them away too?
Subjects: Hayden, Torey L.; Abused children; Attachment disorder in children; Attachment disorder in children.; Problem children;
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Love for beginners : a novel / by Shalvis, Jill,author.;
Starting a new life after waking up from a coma, Emma Harris finds her plans of opening up a doggy day care derailed by her childhood nemesis, but she soon learns that life isn't what you are given, it's what you make of it.
Subjects: Chick lit.; Coma; Dog day care; Friendship; Physical therapists; Man-woman relationships;
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The urge : our history of addiction / by Fisher, Carl Erik,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction-a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives-by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Fisher, Carl Erik,; Addicts; Alcoholics; Alcoholics; Psychiatrists;
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Bleed for this [videorecording] / by Younger, Ben,1972-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Cohen, Bruce,1961-film producer.; Koskoff, Emma Tillinger,film producer.; Verdi, Chad A.,film producer.; Kraft, Noah,film producer.; Thur, Pamela,film producer.; Bianco, Pippa,screenwriter.; Pizzo, Angelo,screenwriter.; Holter, Julia,1984-composer (expression); Stuart-Pontier, Zac,1983-editor of moving image work.; Seiple, Larkin,director of photography.; Teller, Miles,actor.; Eckhart, Aaron,actor.; Sagal, Katey,actor.; Hinds, Ciarán,1953-actor.; Levine, Ted,actor.; Magna Global Entertainment (Firm),presenter.; Sikelia Productions,production company.; Verdi Productions,production company.; Bruce Cohen Productions,production company.; Younger Than You Productions,production company.; Solution Entertainment Group,production company.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Music, Julia Holter ; editor, Zac Stuart-Pointer ; director of photography, Larkin Seiple.Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, Ted Levine.The inspirational story of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, who, after a near-fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Sports films.; Biographical films.; Pazienza, Vinny; Boxers (Sports); Traffic accident victims; Physical therapy;
For private home use only.
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One hour in Paris : a true story of rape and recovery / by Freedman, Karyn L.(Karyn Lynne),1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Karyn L. Freeman's terrifying and shattering story, One Hour in Paris, reveals the devastating truth about rape - that it is not confined to one terrible moment, but it determines and shapes a lifetime. If you want to understand why we need to do everything in our power to end rape, read this book."--Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Freedman, Karyn L. (Karyn Lynne), 1968-; Rape victims; Rape victims; Rape victims; Women;
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Children of the state : stories of survival and hope in the juvenile justice system / by Hobbs, Jeff,1980-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Very little has been written about juvenile justice. In the greater consciousness, the word "justice" in this context has been leeched of meaning; it just signifies prison for kids. But to those living and working in various capacities within that system, the word "justice" holds a sepulchral gravity. In Children of the State, bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs presents three different true stories that show the day-to-day life and the existential challenges faced by those living and working in juvenile programs: educators, counselors, administrators, and--most importantly--children. While serving a year-long detention in Wilmington, DE--perennially one of the violent crime capitols of America--a bright but stunted young man considers the benefits and also the immense costs of striving for college acceptance while imprisoned. A career juvenile hall English Language Arts teacher struggles to align the small moments of wonder in her work alongside its overall statistical futility, all while the city government presumes to design a new juvenile system without cinderblocks--and possibly without those teaching in the current system. A territorial fistfight in Paterson, NJ is characterized by the media as a hate crime, and the boy held accountable for that crime seeks redemption and friendship in a rigorous Life & Professional Skills class in lower Manhattan. These stories are followed to their knotty conclusions in triptych form. In chronicling the work of this constellation of people trying to accomplish good work in abjectly horrible systems and circumstances, Children of the State asks: What should society do with young people who have made terrible decisions? For many kids, a woeful mistake made at age thirteen or fourteen--often as a result of external factors bearing upon a biologically immature brain--will resonate through the rest of their lives, making high school difficult, college nearly impossible, and a middle class life a foolish fantasy. To observe these missteps and raw challenges and small triumphs from shoulder height, through the experiences of thinking, feeling, poignant young people, is to be moved to consider altering the fixed narrative currently laid out of them. As Hobbs demonstrates in piercing, vivid prose: No one so young should ever be considered irredeemable"--
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile delinquents; Juvenile justice, Administration of;
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