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- Radical confidence : 10 no-BS lessons on becoming the hero of your own life / by Bilyeu, Lisa,author.;
- 'Radical Confidence' is an inspiring and laugh-out-loud guide to building the kind of confidence it really takes to live the life of your dreams, from Impact Theory cofounder and growth mindset guru Lisa Bilyeu.
- Subjects: Confidence.; Performance.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-confidence.;
- I lived inside a whale / by Li, Xin,1979-;
- A young girl escapes from a too loud and busy world by living inside a whale, but when her retreat is disturbed by an intruder, she learns people will be quiet and listen whenever she tells a story.
- Subjects: Picture books.; Quietude; Storytelling; Whales;
- I am friendly : confessions of a helpful bear / by Tracy, Kristen,1972-; Kraan, Erin.;
- Enveloping readers in a big bear hug, this humorous and heartwarming story follows the adventures of a well-meaning grizzly bear whose good intentions complicate her forest friends' lives in laugh-out-loud moments.
- Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Picture books.; Bears; Forest animals; Helping behavior;
- The last days of Marilyn Monroe : a true crime thriller / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Edwards-Jones, Imogen,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."Her rise, her triumph, her tragic loss -- only James Patterson can tell the full story of America's tragedy. In the early hours of Sunday, August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe's live-in housekeeper wakes with a sinking feeling. She knocks loudly at her employer's locked bedroom door, and when there is no answer, she calls Monroe's psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson. Greenson breaks into Monroe's bedroom and finds a horrifying scene: the thirty-six-year-old movie star lying naked, lifeless, face down on her bed, still clutching the telephone receiver. At 4:20 a.m., Greenson alerts the LAPD. It is established protocol for the chief medical examiner to conduct celebrity autopsies, but inexplicably, junior medical examiner Dr. Thomas Noguchi performs the procedure on the five-four, 118-pound actress. "When you are a coroner," Noguchi believes, "you start from the assumption that every body you examine might be a murder victim." In those final summer days, did Marilyn Monroe have more enemies than friends?"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Motion picture actors and actresses;
- Big Words, Small Stories. by Roy, Chris,film director.; Morrison, Cory,film director.; Carr, Gillian,film director.; Turinui, Darci,actor.; Slavinskis, Elijah,actor.; Bliss, Ian,actor.; Benn, Jeriya,actor.; Benn, Keeva,actor.; Vandenberg, Leah,actor.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Darci Turinui, Elijah Slavinskis, Ian Bliss, Jeriya Benn, Keeva Benn, Leah VandenbergOriginally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2021.Big Words, Small Stories slides one big word into each silly episode in a laugh-out loud way! Our four main kid characters and their anthropomorphic animal friends provide education and entertainment for children at home.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Education films.; Television.; Animals.;
- The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day. by Lesnick, Charlotte,film director.; Craig, Lynn,actor.; Penguin Random House (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Lynn CraigOriginally produced by Penguin Random House in 2017.Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in this installment of Natasha Wing’s best-selling series, a fun read-aloud sure to keep kids engaged and laughing out loud! Written by Natasha Wing, illustrated by Amy Wummer.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Education films.; Children's stories.;
- The last days of Marilyn Monroe [text (large print)] : a true crime thriller / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Edwards-Jones, Imogen,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references."Her rise, her triumph, her tragic loss -- only James Patterson can tell the full story of America's tragedy. In the early hours of Sunday, August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe's live-in housekeeper wakes with a sinking feeling. She knocks loudly at her employer's locked bedroom door, and when there is no answer, she calls Monroe's psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson. Greenson breaks into Monroe's bedroom and finds a horrifying scene: the thirty-six-year-old movie star lying naked, lifeless, face down on her bed, still clutching the telephone receiver. At 4:20 a.m., Greenson alerts the LAPD. It is established protocol for the chief medical examiner to conduct celebrity autopsies, but inexplicably, junior medical examiner Dr. Thomas Noguchi performs the procedure on the five-four, 118-pound actress. "When you are a coroner," Noguchi believes, "you start from the assumption that every body you examine might be a murder victim." In those final summer days, did Marilyn Monroe have more enemies than friends?"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Motion picture actors and actresses;
- You've changed / by Williams, Ian,1979-author.;
- "Middle-aged and about to be dumped from his construction job, Beckett is not feeling his best -- especially since his wife, Princess, is already pressuring him to improve himself. She's a fitness instructor who spends a lot of time and energy finetuning every inch of her body. Still, they both think their marriage is basically fine, until a couple of friends show up for a visit, their mutual affection and sexual chemistry loudly on display. In one weekend, they upset the tenuous balance between Beckett and Princess, throwing them into parallel midlife crises. Princess thinks the problem is physical, and attempts to revive Beckett's interest with relentless surgical alterations and bodily enhancements that have the opposite effect on her husband. Beckett tries to woo Princess back to him by relaunching his contracting business, laying his manly accomplishments at her feet. Then, while Princess is away pursuing even more drastic beauty measures, Beckett meets Gluten, an energetic and erratic man devoted to living in the moment, whom Beckett feels drawn to in ways that surprise him. Beckett is changing, Princess is changing: what will happen to their already stressed marriage?"--
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Identity (Psychology); Marriage;
- Lies my mother told me : tall tales from a short woman / by Rivers, Melissa,1969-author.;
- "If you think Joan Rivers said funny, outrageous, and ridiculous things ONSTAGE, wait 'til you read the funny, outrageous, and ridiculous things she said OFFSTAGE ... things that will make you laugh out loud ... and keep Melissa in therapy for the foreseeable future"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Anecdotes.; Humor.; Personal narratives.; Rivers, Joan; Rivers, Melissa, 1969-; American wit and humor.; Comedians; Women comedians;
- Payal Mehta's romance revenge plot / by Chhibber, Preeti,author.;
- This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her long-time crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis...
- Subjects: Young adult fiction.; School fiction.; Novels.; Love; High school students; Enemies; Love; High school students; Enemies;
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