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1) Hangar 4
Author
Publisher
Acorn Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Best of the Best . . . Risk taker. Son. Badass. Husband. Combat aviator. Father. From Officer Candidates School to squadron Commanding Officer, Isaac G. Lee, Lieutenant Colonel USMC (Ret.), reached the finish line at HANGAR 4 on MCAS Miramar at the conclusion of seven deployments during his two decades of service. In this memoir, he shares the lessons, the rewards, the losses, and ultimately, the personal cost. Isaac pushed every boundary...
2) Lost on me
Author
Publisher
Black Cat
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Already a bestseller and award-winner in Italy, Lost on Me is a burningly witty coming-of-age novel of a young woman in a wildly eccentric family from one of Italy's most celebrated young writers working today. In this distinctly contemporary, irreverent, and hilariously inverted bildungsroman, award-winning Italian author Veronica Raimo transforms neurosis, sex, and family disaster into brilliant comedy reminiscent of Fleabag and Portnoy's Complaint....
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"If you have a family member or loved one who suffers from mental illness--but refuses to seek treatment--you may feel helpless, trapped, or emotionally drained. When you encourage them to seek treatment, they may become angry, defensive, or shut down altogether. And even if your loved one does agree to seek therapy, they may not follow through. So how can you help the "recovery avoider" in your life, while still making room for your own needs?...
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to her "other" family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
Author
Publisher
FormatteedBooks
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This book is about a large baby boomer family from the unique perspective of father and son. The father's early formation, his trials and training leading to Arial Combat during WWll as a nineteen-year-old Pilot in a B-24 over Germany. It's a story about a man finding something he likes to do and finding he's good at it, not knowing the price to be paid in active and repressed PTSD. The story of a military wife, who has to deal with that dichotomy...
Author
Publisher
Button Poetry/Exploding Pinecone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, whose poem Explaining My Depression to My Mother has become a cultural phenomenon with over 5,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Benaim's wit, empathy, and gift for language produce a work of endless wonder.
8) Homegrown
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
While her mother puts the finishing touches on her twists, a young girl asks what it means to be "homegrown". Touring precious memories and lively rooms warmed by family, Mama and Granny explain that home isn't just a place, but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another. With lush, cozy illustrations, Homegrown is a beautiful author-illustrator debut picture book that reminds us to lift up the places—and people—we call home....
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 8
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
10) Bhai for now
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"When Ashar and Shaheer meet, they quickly discover they're twins and will stop at nothing to get to know the parent they've been separated from, learning along the way that they may not like each other, but they definitely need each other"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Finding a mysterious letter from her late Grandpa, Dally is led straight to a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, and she must find the courage to write her own life story as she “checks out” adventure after adventure.
12) ¡Día de playa!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"¡Vamos a la playa! La familia de ¡A recoger manzanas! regresa para un fabuloso día en la costa. La hermana y el hermano se divierten recogiendo caracoles marinos, construyendo un castillo de arena y chapoteando en el mar."--
A family spends a fun day at the beach, collecting shells, building sandcastles, and flying kites.
Author
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can't live without them? These questions lie at the heart of Jente Posthuma's deceptively simple What I'd Rather Not Think About. The narrator is a twin whose brother has recently taken his own life. She looks back on their childhood, and tells of their adult lives, and of how her brother tried to find happiness, but lost himself in various men and the Bhagwan movement,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ivan has been happily living in a wildlife sanctuary, with his friend Ruby next door in the elephant enclosure, frequent visits from his canine friend Bob, and his mate Kinyani by his side. And in the happiest turn of all, Ivan and Kinyani have welcomed a set of twins to their family!
15) We see: Volume 9
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 9
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 12
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 11
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 3
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2003?], ñ984.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 10
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.
Series
Dick and Jane reading collection volume 6
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.