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  Blue Pastures

  Mary Oliver

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  ""A gathering of gorgeous short pieces"" (Library Journal), Blue Pastures collects fifteen of Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver's prose works about nature, writing, and herself. 
  ""This transcendent collection is Oliver's joyful sharing of her love of her craft.""—Library Journal 
  With consummate craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has fashioned fifteen luminous prose pieces: on nature, writing, and herself and those around her. She praises Whitman, denounces cuteness, notes where to find the extraordinary, and extols solitude. Nature speaks to her and she speaks to nature. 
  ""This book is biased, opinionated; also it is also joyful, and probably there is despair here too...But the reader will find the pleasures more certain, and more constant, than the rills of despond. Thus it has turned out in my life thus far, influenced by the sustaining passions: love of the wild world, love of literature, love for and from another person."" –Mary Oliver

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  Lead with Truth - How to Make a...

  Dr. Qiana O'Leary

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  The sacrificial nature of juggling instructional, operational, managerial, and collegial goals often leaves school leaders feeling so desperate to resolve conflicts that they lose self, abandoning their core values and forgetting their "why." In this timely and impactful resource, author and professor "Dr. O" draws on her own leadership journey—a journey where she remained true to her beliefs and commitment to serve BIPOC communities, even when that meant choosing the road less traveled—offering nine anchor principles to help guide educational leaders in returning to their core values; communicate and build trusting relationships with staff members, students, and parents; and recognize their self-worth beyond their role on school campuses. 
   
   
   
  Lead with Truth is an interactive text that invites you to identify learning objectives and reflect on guided questions throughout the chapters, geared to help you make personal connections with the content. This engaging resource is for current and aspiring school leaders who aim to make lifelong impacts and transform their practice, while remaining true to their own beliefs.

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  {Un}Slumping - Experiencing Joy...

  Craig Hamlin

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  You Can Experience Joy in Every Season of Life! Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, writes, "Everyone will experience circumstances in life which are difficult to understand. In {Un}Slumping, Craig Hamlin writes with empathy for fellow travelers, having been down the road of shattered dreams to lasting joy. If you are there, or have a friend who is there this book is for you." 
  There are seasons in life full of prosperity and growth, while others are full of discouragement, pain and loss. In those moments when life gets challenging, we can find ourselves in a slump, a place where we feel spiritually or emotionally stuck. When this happens, our dreams seem out of reach, our confidence plummets and our focus is blurred. 
  But God has given you everything you need to regain your focus and find a greater perspective. In {Un} Slumping: Experiencing Joy in Every Season of Life, you will: Consider the reasons for slumps and how they impact you emotionally and spiritually; discover the remedies that will help you get unstuck and reflect on God’s reminders to help you experience genuine joy no matter your circumstances.

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  Against the Grain - How Farmers...

  Roger Thurow

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  Farmers in some of the world's oldest agricultural areas were toiling year after year, only to find that modern industrial agriculture was turning on itself. Industrial agriculture's effects on our climate and environment were multiplying and worsening, until the very families growing the world's food were starving. 
   
   
   
  They terraced the land to catch more rainwater and prevent soil runoff; they planted a diverse range of vegetables that would balance the nutrients in the soil; they replaced commercial fertilizers with organic matter from their own farms; they planted more trees and drought-resistant grains; and, perhaps most importantly, they taught their communities by example that these regenerative farming methods paid off—both in nourishing their families and in bringing their land back to life. 
   
   
   
  Award-winning author and journalist Roger Thurow has traveled to Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, India, Guatemala, Peru, and the United States to share their stories, highlighting the conflicts inherent in our most important human endeavor: feeding the world using the methods of industrial agriculture is stripping the land of its ability to feed future generations. But these farmers are starting a new kind of revolution, nourishing both humans and the land, and following their lead could help us solve one of the great crises of our time.

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  Women with ADHD - Loving...

  Jessica Gray

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  Do you often feel as if your life is out of control and that it has become impossible to meet demands?Is all your time and energy taken up with coping, staying organized and holding it together, with no time for fun or relaxation?Do memory lapses and inattention interfere with your routine, preventing you from achieving a happy life?Are you clueless as to how others manage to lead consistent, regular lives 
  ADHD in women often goes undiagnosed. Too many women have grown up being called lazy, selfish, spacey or dumb because their symptoms were simply ignored or disregarded. 
  Even if you have not been formally diagnosed, this manual is a must-read if: 
  ◆ Forgotten projects and unpaid bills just keep piling up. 
  ◆ Romantic relationships and friendships can be a struggle because social rules seem so very complicated. 
  ◆ You struggle to relax and unwind as your mind is on the go. 
  ◆ At social gatherings you feel overwhelmed and shy but can end up talking over people as you are nervous. 
  ◆ You are a high achiever but then feel frustrated that you have not met your full potential. 
  ◆ All your time and energy are taken up with coping, staying organized and holding it together, with no time for fun or relaxation. 
  ◆ You have trouble balancing your finances. 
  ◆ You struggle to move forward with your goals. 
  ◆ Your mind drifts during conversations unless you’re the one talking or it’s a topic you find very interesting.If you endured a childhood of insults and low self-esteem, don't get stuck there! Break the cycle of frustration and chaos and start working with your extraordinary mind.

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  Victimhood Memory and...

  David Goyes, Katja Franko

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  Inhabitants of Medellín, Colombia, suffered from the war-like violence perpetrated by drug cartels and other actors in the 1980s and 1990s. Thousands died, including innocent civilians, judges, and journalists, many more were injured and suffered psychological trauma. Three decades later, however, transnational media companies such as Netflix have transformed the traumatic memories into entertainment while the main perpetrator, Pablo Escobar, became a 
  recognizable brand name. 
   
   
   
  Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism: Profiting from Pablo documents the story of violence inflicted on Medellín, and critically examines the status of its victims. Drawing on unique empirical material, the book addresses the impact of commercial exploitation of the city's violent past on the victims of mass drug violence and on the present nature of the city. 
   
    
   
  Victimhood, Memory, and Consumerism offers a poignant critique of the role of the global market economy in the unequal distribution of narrative power among those engaged in processes of collective memory construction. A thoroughly compelling listen, this volume will appeal internationally to academics in criminology and victimology, as well as those interested in critical perspectives on Netflix, commercialism, and Colombian history.

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