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  Above Ground

  Clint Smith

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  A New York Times bestselling poetry collection from Clint Smith, author of #1 bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner How the Word Is Passed.  "A joyful embrace and legacy of bright language and poignant questions." —Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of World of Wonders Clint Smith’s vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood, and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world. There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions. There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children, as they discover it for the first time. There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumult. Above Ground wrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands, how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body. Smith’s lyrical, narrative poems bring the reader on a journey not only through the early years of his children’s lives, but through the changing world in which they are growing up—through the changing world of which we are all a part.Above Ground is a breathtaking collection that follows Smith's first award-winning book of poetry, Counting Descent. A Best Book of the Year 2023: TIME • NPR’s Best Books • New York Public Library • Electric Lit • The Root • NBC Today • Mother Jones

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  If You Love Me Practice the 50

  Elsa Pena

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  If You Love Me is a guidebook for parents and caregivers, offering 50 different thoughts on how to best nurture and care for children. Author Maria Cordova covers a wide range of topics, from basic health and safety measures like washing your hands and avoiding harmful media, to more complex issues like self-esteem, mental health, and respecting other cultures. Cordova emphasizes the importance of positive reinforcement, discipline, and communication in raising happy, healthy, and respectful children. Each chapter is focused on a specific topic, with practical advice and guidance for parents and caregivers. Cordova urges readers to be role models for their children, to respect their individual needs and interests, and to always prioritize their safety and well-being. She stresses the importance of teaching children to make good choices, to be kind and courteous, and to develop a strong sense of self-worth. With its accessible writing style and practical advice, If You Love Me is an invaluable resource for anyone who cares for children. Whether you're parent, grandparent, teacher, or babysitter, Cordova's insights will help you navigate the challenges of raising happy and healthy kids.

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  Intended for Evil - A Survivor's...

  Les Sillars

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  How do you survive when everything you hold dear has been ripped away? 
  This is the question Radha Manickam asks himself during the three years and nine months he spends under the merciless rule of the Khmer Rouge. When Khmer Rouge forces take the city of Phnom Penh in 1975, Radha is a new Christian, passionate about living out his faith. Over the next years of his life, 1.7 million of his fellow Cambodians--including most of his own family--will perish due to starvation, disease, and unthinkable violence. 
  As he strives to hold tight to his faith, he finds that in the midst of hell on earth God has not forgotten him. Forced by the communist regime to marry a woman he doesn't know, Radha discovers that God has a plan for his life that he never would have imagined. 
  This compelling true story of survival against incredible odds shows that out of war, fear, despair, and betrayal, God can bring hope, faith, courage, and restoration. 
  "Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, Intended for Evil blazes with vivid detail."-- Lynn Vincent, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Same Kind of Different as Me and Heaven Is for Real

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  Thinking Sideways - How to Think...

  Jennifer Shahade

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  Essential life lessons from the world of chess—from making smarter choices to building focus and confidence—from a former U.S. champion.Chess is the art of the possible—after all, there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe.Chess players are experts in considering their options, allowing them to seize an opportunity, idea, or move that no one else saw. Two-time U.S. chess champion Jennifer Shahade calls this "thinking sideways." And in today's hyper competitive world, thinking sideways can help you win at life.In Thinking Sideways, Shahade shows you don't have to be a great chess player to think more like a chess player. From building mind palaces to crafting decision trees, she reveals the most useful strategies from the ancient game that we can use in our daily lives. Drawing on examples from business, sports, and psychology, as well as her own experiences touring the world as a chess and poker player, Shahade transforms our understanding of what success looks like, and how to achieve it for ourselves.This book is not about playing chess better, or even playing chess at all—it's about how thinking sideways can propel you to success and happiness.

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  The Dog's Mind - Understanding...

  Bruce Fogle

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  "Quite simply this is an excellent book. It is well-written, with snatches of dry humour. It should be mandatory reading for anybody who keeps a dog or has intentions of so doing." —R. W. F. Poole, Daily Telegraph 
   
  How do dogs perceive the world about them? How do they see, hear, learn, relate to their owners? How large are their brains, what is their emotional makeup? Why do they suffer from stress and how can it be coped with? 
   
  Over the last few years a substantial body of knowledge has been built up about the psychology of dog behavior. Combining more than twenty years of practical experience as a veterinary clinician with a personal knowledge and understanding of the latest international research, Dr. Bruce Fogle has written the most inclusive and relevant book on how the canine mind works.

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  Night Vision - Seeing Ourselves...

  Mariana Alessandri

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  This audiobook narrated by Gisela Chípe shares a philosopher's personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human
  
  Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief, anguish, and depression can seem irrational. When viewed through the lens of modern psychology, they can even look like mental disorders. The self-help industry, determined to sell us the promise of a brighter future, can sometimes leave us feeling ashamed that we are not more grateful, happy, or optimistic. Night Vision invites us to consider a different approach to life, one in which we stop feeling bad about feeling bad.
  
  In this powerful and disarmingly intimate book, Existentialist philosopher Mariana Alessandri draws on the stories of a diverse group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophers and writers to help us see that our suffering is a sign not that we are broken but that we are tender, perceptive, and intelligent. Thinkers such as Audre Lorde, María Lugones, Miguel de Unamuno, C. S. Lewis, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Søren Kierkegaard sat in their anger, sadness, and anxiety until their eyes adjusted to the dark. Alessandri explains how readers can cultivate "night vision" and discover new sides to their painful moods, such as wit and humor, closeness and warmth, and connection and clarity.
  Night Vision shows how, when we learn to embrace the dark, we begin to see these moods—and ourselves—as honorable, dignified, and unmistakably human.

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