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Language
English
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Seldom do a husband and wife have the same primary emotional love language. We tend to speak our primary love language, and we become confused when our spouse does not understand what we are communicating. Included is an assessment tool in order for the reader to identify his own and his spouse's love language.
2) Devoted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"We all know people who seem capable of connecting with almost anyone. They are the ones we turn to for advice, the ones who ask deep questions but also seem to hear what we are trying to say. What do they know about conversation that makes them so special? And what can they tell us about how communication really works? Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues, understand--some by intuition, some by hard-won experience--that there is a science to...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
""An essential book for our times. How well we listen determines how we love, learn, and connect with one another, and in this moment when we need to hear and be heard more than ever, this thought-provoking and engaging book shows us how." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone At work, we're taught to lead the conversation. On social media, we shape our personal narratives. At parties, we talk over one...
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Series
Language
English
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Are trees social beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending...
11) Chicken talk
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When the chickens start leaving messages for the farmer, they create chaos on the farm.
12) Out of my mind
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
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Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
Author
Series
Kitty volume 6
Publisher
GreenWillow Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 120 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kitty is looking forward to visiting the carnival with her family and her cat crew. But her feline friend, Pixie, is too busy spending time with Hazel, a new superhero. When near disaster strikes at the carnival, Kitty uses her catlike superpowers to help. Hazel thinks she can save the day without any assistance from Kitty. Can Kitty show Hazel what being a true superhero means before someone gets hurt?"--Provided by publisher.
16) Why?
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio / Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxii, 296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Outlines recommendations for business leaders on how to maximize a working team's professional productivity by improving administrative support and streamlining digital traffic.
Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back-and-forth digital conversation-a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform...
Author
Series
Land of Elyon volume 2
Publisher
Orchard Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Alexa embarks on a mysterious quest, she finds her old friends Yipes the little man, Murphy the squirrel, Odessa the wolf, and Squire the hawk have been designated to help her.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
As animals tell one another about Hippo's strange behavior, each makes up something terrible to add to the story, until they are frightened that Hippo will destroy the Serengeti itself.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.