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- The myth of normal : trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture / by Maté, Gabor,author.; Maté, Daniel,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."From our most trusted, compassionate authority on stress, trauma and mental well-being--a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. In the richest, most technically advanced, most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic illnesses were on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, over 30 percent of the population suffers from hypertension. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the increase. So what is really 'normal' when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, Gabor Maté has come to recognize this version of 'normal' as misleading, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of life in the modern world, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all its expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, which in turn stresses the body, burdens the immune system and undermines emotional balance. Now, Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of commonly held myths about what makes us sick, and connects the dots between personal suffering and the pressures of modern-day living. Filled with stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, The Myth of Normal is Gabor Maté's most life-affirming and urgent book yet."--
- Subjects: Civilization, Modern; Social medicine.; Diseases; Health;
- Melissa (previously published as GEORGE) [electronic resource] : by Gino, Alex.aut; cloudLibrary;
- BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Bullying; LGBT; Friendship;
- © 2015., Scholastic Inc.,
- Social media for business : foolproof tips to help you promote your business or your brand / by Coles, Linda,author.; Coles, Linda.Learn marketing with social media in 7 days.; Coles, Linda.Marketing with social media: 10 easy steps to success for business.;
- Subjects: Business networks.; Internet marketing.; Social media.;
- Pay it forward kids : small acts, big changes / by Runstedler, Nancy.;
- Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Meet ordinary kids who have done extraordinary things. They have set out to Pay It Forward - with astonishing results. The ripple effect of their deeds has inspired others to join their causes. These kids have raised both money and awareness proving you're never too young to make a difference. LSC
- Subjects: Social reformers; Social action;
- © 2013., Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
- The power of story : on truth, the trickster, and new fictions for a new era / by Johnson, Harold,1954-2022,author.; Lindberg, Tracey,1967-writer of foreword.;
- "Award-winning Indigenous author Harold R. Johnson discusses the promise and potential of storytelling. Approached by an ecumenical society representing many faiths, from Judeo-Christians to fellow members of First Nations, Harold R. Johnson agreed to host a group who wanted to hear him speak about the power of storytelling. This book is the outcome of that gathering. In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societies, and illustrates how we can direct its potential to re-create and reform not only our own lives, but the life we share. Companionable, clear-eyed, and, above all, optimistic, Johnson's message is both a dire warning and a direct invitation to each of us to imagine and create, together, the world we want to live in."--
- Subjects: Narration (Rhetoric); Storytelling.; Rhetoric; Storytelling;
- Jennie's Boy A Newfoundland Childhood [electronic resource] : by Johnston, Wayne.aut; Johnston, Wayne.nrt; cloudLibrary;
- NATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBC WINNER OF THE 2023 LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOUR Consummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely funny memoir of his Newfoundland boyhood. For six months between 1966 and 1967, Wayne Johnston and his family lived in a wreck of a house across from his grandparents in Goulds, Newfoundland. At seven, Wayne was sickly and skinny, unable to keep food down, plagued with insomnia and a relentless cough that no doctor could diagnose, though they had already removed his tonsils, adenoids and appendix. To the neigh­bours, he was known as “Jennie’s boy,” a back­handed salute to his tiny, ferocious mother, who felt judged for Wayne’s condition at the same time as worried he might never grow up. Unable to go to school, Wayne spent his days with his witty, religious, deeply eccentric mater­nal grandmother, Lucy. During these six months of Wayne’s childhood, he and Lucy faced two life-or-death crises, and only one of them lived to tell the tale. Jennie’s Boy is Wayne’s tribute to a family and a community that were simultaneously fiercely protective of him and fed up with having to make allowances for him. His boyhood was full of pain, yes, but also tenderness and Newfoundland wit. By that wit, and through love—often expressed in the most unloving ways—Wayne survived.
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Social Classes; Personal Memoirs; Literary;
- © 2022., Penguin Random House,
- Memes to movements : how the world's most viral media is changing social protest and power / by Mina, An Xiao,1983-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."This is a book about how global movements build power with Internet memes"--
- Subjects: Social media; Internet; Social movements.;
- Revenge of the Tipping Point Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering [electronic resource] : by Gladwell, Malcolm.aut; cloudLibrary;
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Statistics; Research; Social Psychology;
- © 2024., Little, Brown and Company,
- The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / by Fisher, Max,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Brimming with astounding human stories and precise reporting on a willful corporate obliviousness nothing short of criminal, 'The Chaos Machine' captures the full inside story of Big Techs monomaniacal race to drive engagement - and profits - at all costs. Max Fisher is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a co-author of a column called The Interpreter, which uses social science and other tools to explain global trends and major world events.
- Subjects: Internet; Social media and society.; Social media;
- Spirit Service [electronic resource] : by Nanua, Sarena.aut; Nanua, Sasha.aut; CloudLibrary;
- Four seventh graders start a small business helping their local neighborhood spirits pass on to the other side in this supremely sweet and spooky story that’s “a perfect fit for fans of The Baby-Sitters Club series craving a haunted vibe” (Booklist). All Raveena wants is to bring back her school’s beloved arts program. It’s been six months since her music-loving grandmother passed, and four since Hollows’ Peak Middle School cut its entire arts budget. Now Raveena has no way to practice music, and worse, no way to honor Grandmama’s memory. But Raveena’s world turns on its head when she and her friends stumble upon an otherworldly discovery: an old-fashioned telephone with the ability to contact ghosts! With her newfound possession, Raveena devises the perfect plan to raise funds for the arts program: Spirit Service, an agency that guides deceased townspeople to the afterlife by reconnecting them with their living loved ones. The best part? There are tons of spirits in need of assistance—and people willing to pay big bucks to communicate with them. But not all spirits are interested in peacefully moving on… To keep their neighborhood safe, Raveena and her friends must dive into the history of their town and the mysterious phone, and in the process, uncover secrets that are much closer to home.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Paranormal; Emotions & Feelings; Friendship;
- © 2025., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
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