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Starfish by lisa fipps6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() A deeply meaningful read, this book can spark conversations about how to fight anti-fat bias in a world obsessed with thinness. Start vandaag nog een proefperiode van 30 dagen en ontvang. Readers who've been targeted for their own body size will relate, and readers who haven't will be enlightened and motivated to adopt the ally behaviors modeled in this story. Luister naar Starfish door Lisa Fipps, verkrijgbaar bij Rakuten Kobo. Wood are funny and moving, with witty banter and emotional realizations. Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, shes been bullied about her weight. There's acute relief when dad is being wonderful, and when Ellie is connecting with Viv or Catalina, who empathize and accept Ellie as she is. And all the people - sister, peers, and adults - who don't defend her when she's targeted. Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, shes been bullied about her weight. There's the mom, who's so cruel about Ellie's body that Ellie isn't sure her mom loves her. A Printz Honor winner Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse. ![]() ![]() There's the unspoken rules about being fat that Ellie learns only by breaking them and suffering the consequences. Starfish, which is author Lisa Fipps' first novel, is a quick read, but it packs a lot into its honest, sad, and hilarious verse. This charming, though at times heart-wrenching novel-in-verse is a story of healing and self-advocacy that readers won't soon forget. ![]()
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Janette sadik khan book6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Surprisingly, at the end of my presentation no one screamed that I was possessed by the devil, hell-bent on destroying everything good in the world. In most cases, the streets that had been transformed saw more business. To make my case, I referenced a report that Sadik-Khan’s New York City Department of Transportation put together using tax receipt data to compare streets that had added bike lanes and pedestrian plazas and reduced speeding by better coordinating the space dedicated to cars. I was talking about the Better Broadway project that will open one auto lane of Broadway up for businesses and people for one week next month. ![]() Last week, I presented to a group of business leaders in the Lloyd District, most of whom commute by car from the suburbs. She writes “streets are the social, political, and commercial arteries of cities … These are the spaces where life and history happen.” ![]() Janette Sadik-Khan’s “Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution” is a necessary chronicle and persuasive argument for giving street space back to people. How these spaces are designed have profound impacts on how we think about communities and the policies we create. Our streets make up the vast majority of our public space in cities. A specter is haunting our cities - the specter of street life! ![]()
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How emotions are made lisa feldman6/30/2023 ![]() Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose theory of emotion is driving a deeper understanding of the mind and brain and sheds new light on what it means to be human. Today, the science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology - and this paradigm shift has immense implications for us all. ![]() ![]() Why do emotions feel automatic and uncontrollable? Does rational thought really control emotion? How does emotion affect disease? How can you make your children more emotionally intelligent? „How Emotions Are Made“ answers these questions and many more, revealing the latest research and intriguing practical applications of the new science of emotion, mind, and brain. ![]()
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Wither by lauren destefano6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() I started Wither fully expecting to enjoy it. ![]() With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limited time she has left. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. ![]() But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape - to find her twin brother and go home. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. What if you knew exactly when you would die? Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb - males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. ![]()
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Spell of the Witch World by Andre Norton6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() OL473421W Page_number_confidence 86.93 Pages 178 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220420145050 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 713 Scandate 20220407105955 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0839823541 Tts_version 4. Once again, Andre Norton has managed to bore me to apathy, even with a volume as slim as this one. This was my first Witch World novel, and likely to be my last. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Spell of Witch World (1972) by Andre Norton is a collection of three stories assembled into one slim novel, all taking place in Witch World, in an area called the Dales. ![]() Urn:lcp:spellofwitchworl0000nort_m3u9:epub:bc080aa6-cc8b-4efe-b04d-da6541929b66 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier spellofwitchworl0000nort_m3u9 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2d8jmj0hp2 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0839823541 Lccn 77023206 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.8877 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0001135 Openlibrary_edition Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. ![]() Urn:lcp:spellofwitchworl0000nort_m3u9:lcpdf:0906e91c-442a-4b78-b440-2baea3541a32 Spell of Witch World (1972) by Andre Norton is a collection of three stories assembled into one slim novel, all taking place in Witch World, in an area called the Dales. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:36:37 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA40431416 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() |