Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
Founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media company, Rachel Hollis has created an online fan base by sharing tips for living a better life while fearlessly revealing the messiness of her own. Each chapter begins with a specific lie Hollis once believed that left her feeling overwhelmed, unworthy, or ready to give up. As a working mother, a former foster parent, and a woman who has dealt with insecurities about her body...
Author
Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems that encourages kids to affirm the positive in themselves and their lives. "You're in this world to be just who you are and no one else. So, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and say, I love myself!"- From back cover
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Teach your kids how to understand their emotions and communicate in a healthy and productive way with this full-color guide to growth from Mallika Chopra, the daughter of Deepak Chopra. Following in the footsteps of wellness author Mallika Chopra's successful Just Breathe and Just Feel, her third book, Just Be You, is an engaging, easy-to-read guide for young kids to learn tools that will help them live a good life. The United States and other nations...
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Self-driving cars don't need a human to guide them. Instead, they have plenty of help in the form of sensors, cameras, and radar! In this fascinating title, engaging text and crisp photos show readers how self-driving cars work, how they developed, and how they are used.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seventh-grader Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to figure out just what makes her different--and why that is ok. Told in verse.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of Speak shares her transformative personal journey, during which she learned lessons about loss, love, body image, and self-confidence, offering an accessible blueprint for anyone looking to make a positive in their lives.
Author
Publisher
Soaring Kite Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
One-Deep breath in, nice and slow. Two? Now breathe out...there you go. Introduce self-regulation to the youngest readers early on by allowing them to model breathing, stretching, and movement with a parent or educator in 10 action-packed steps. This board book allows children to refocus their minds and energies to achieve calm or to regain attention before doing activities that require more concentration. The upbeat rhyming text paired with vibrant...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
In this groundbreaking and timely book, antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility. Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial...
14) I am the storm
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
As the climate shifts, families experience weather emergencies, including a tornado, a blizzard, a forest fire, and a hurricane, finding joy in preparedness and resilience.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life. The gap between what it's really like to be a woman and what people expect women to be is a primary cause of burnout, because we exhaust ourselves trying to close the space between the two. How can you "love your body" when everything around you...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on her own intimate struggles and based on cutting-edge research, Dr. Suzuki has developed an inspiring guidebook for managing unwarranted anxiety and turning it into a powerful asset. In the tradition of Quiet and Thinking, Fast and Slow, Good Anxiety has the power to permanently change how we understand anxiety and, more importantly, how we can use it to improve our lives for the better"--
Author
Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Therapy is not just for white women-no matter what your momma told you! After a lifetime of never truly relating to the personal development experts because of the color of her skin, Trey Anthony has written the book she needed to read as a black, gay woman trying to navigate a world filled with unique challenges that often acts like she doesn't exist. On the outside Trey Anthony was the overachieving, reliable, and strong black woman she was raised...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
JT is a gay high school senior determined to get out of Clearwater, Florida, and be the first person in his family to go to college, even though he cannot figure out how to pay for it--until his friends convince him to compete in a drag teen competition where the first prize is a college scholarship.
19) Mel fell
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"...follow Mel on her journey from downward fall to triumphant flight in this tale of self-confidence and taking a leap of faith."--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it ... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy...
In Marina
Didn't find what you need? Items that were published more than six months ago and which are not owned by AACPL can be requested from other Marina libraries in Maryland.
Didn't find a newly published title?
Looking for a title that was published in the past six months? You can submit a purchase suggestion. Please do not submit purchase suggestions for titles that have not yet been published. Submit Request