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1) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"On a hot August day in Paris, just over a century ago, a desperate guard burst into the office of the director of the Louvre and shouted, La Joconde, c'est partie! The Mona Lisa, she's gone! No one knew who was behind the heist. Was it an international gang of thieves? Was it an art-hungry American millionaire? Was it the young Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, who was about to remake the very art of painting? Travel back to an extraordinary period...
2) Courage
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Canada Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
Language
Français
Description
See below for English description.
Une vraie histoire de Raina Telgemeier, la bédéiste à succès deSouris!,Soeurs,DrameetFantômes.
Un soir, Raina se réveille avec des maux d'estomac. Comme sa mère en souffre aussi, elle se dit que c'est probablement une gastro. Raina retourne à l'école où elle vit les mêmes hauts et bas que d'habitude. Elle se rend compte que ses problèmes d'estomac coïncident avec ses inquiétudes
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater--an opportunity to savor quiet moments during...
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Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Plant-based eating is easy, budget-friendly, and inclusive with these 500+ crowd-pleasing recipes you can make vegan or vegetarian!
This award-winning book from America’s Test Kitchen offers their best tips for preparing vegetables and plant-based meats, boosting flavor and nutrition, and stocking your pantry with healthy staples.
Plant-based cooking means different things to different people. ATK’s diverse, modern plant-based...
This award-winning book from America’s Test Kitchen offers their best tips for preparing vegetables and plant-based meats, boosting flavor and nutrition, and stocking your pantry with healthy staples.
Plant-based cooking means different things to different people. ATK’s diverse, modern plant-based...
Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
An existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists, and compassionate doomers
With global warming projected to rocket past the 1.5°C limit, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd is thrown into a crisis of hope, and off on a quest to learn how to live with the "impossible news" of our climate doom.
He searches out eight of today's leading climate thinkers-from activist Tim DeChristopher to collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht, grassroots strategist...
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Publisher
S&S/Simon Element
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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The only official Noom cookbook! Easy, healthy, nutritious recipes for achieving your health goals deliciously!
Noom is a global phenomenon—their digital health and weight management program has helped millions lose weight and feel better by focusing on the psychology of food and behavior change. The Noom Kitchen—follow-up to Noom's bestselling book The Noom Mindset—offers spectacularly delicious recipes...
Noom is a global phenomenon—their digital health and weight management program has helped millions lose weight and feel better by focusing on the psychology of food and behavior change. The Noom Kitchen—follow-up to Noom's bestselling book The Noom Mindset—offers spectacularly delicious recipes...
Author
Publisher
Hearst Home
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
158 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Decluttering your home has never been easier with this step-by-step action plan. Plus, hundreds of genius tricks help you create a calm and tidy life. Often the hardest part of organizing is getting started. This attractive book from the experts at Good Housekeeping breaks down your decluttering to-do list into smaller zones so you can tidy up and whip your home into shape. Whether you're looking to take on every room in the house or focus on trouble...
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English
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The internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner speaks out for the first time about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, when an attempt was made on his life, in this deeply personal meditation on violence, art, loss, love and finding the strength to stand up again.
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Publisher
Zibby Books
Language
English
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"For Julie, an elementary school librarian and mother of two boys, there was no time for debilitating anxiety. Yet, the aftershocks of her first panic attack left her grappling with questions about the causes of her mental health crisis and where it would lead next. What follows is a hopeful, honest account of love, loss, a husband who isn't a mindreader, disastrous family outings, and finding a path (with help from loved ones and a few key new friends)...
Author
Publisher
ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Combining history and science, a sweeping look at the smallest substance and the biggest challenges facing people and the planet
Four and a half billion years ago, planet Earth was formed from a vast spinning nebula of cosmic dust, the detritus left over from the birth of the sun. Within the next one hundred years, life on Earth would be profoundly changed by heat, drought, fire, and, again, dust. Dust is a legacy of twentieth-century progress and...
11) The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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NYT - Audio Nonfiction
NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
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NYT - Audio Nonfiction
NYT - Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction
Description
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist...
12) Volcanoes
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text introduce different kinds of volcanoes, where they are located, how and why they erupt, and other interesting data about volcanoes.