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41) Guest artist
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero an exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.
42) Island book
Author
Series
Island book volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Sola is cursed. (At least, that's what everyone tells her.) It all started the day the Monster came to the island. While others fled, Sola stood before the creature, alone and unafraid. Since then she's been treated like an outcast. Shamed and feared for an event she doesn't understand, Sola sets out to sea looking for answers. In uncharted waters far from home, she discovers that her island isn't alone in the endless ocean--and the Monster isn't...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of 21 riotous tales and riddles about the Mullah Nasruddin. Why does Mulla Nasruddin spoon yogurt into the river? What is the reason he rides his donkey backwards? Why does he paint a picture that is blank? And is he crazy to move into the house of the man who's just burgled him? Find out all about the amazing antics of Nasruddin in these twenty-one hilarious stories and riddles, famous throughout the Middle East for their jokes, riddles...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A giftable collection of inspiring, uplifting, and enlightening words of wisdom from one of the most important voices in spirituality and self-help--"the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra). For decades, people have turned to the words of Alan Watts for guidance, support, and spiritual sustenance. In his classic works of philosophy--which helped to interpret and promote Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism to Western readers--Watts...
Publisher
Disinformation Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This book collects surprising, jolting, discomforting, and comforting insights into living a full, unbridled life, questioning authority and reality, relating to fellow humans, creating, risking, loving, living with uncertainty, and staying sane in an insane world"--
The right quotation can change your life. That compressed idea--expressed in just a few words, a sentence or two--can shift your thinking, trigger an epiphany, or alter your way of...
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Join award-winning author Mitali Perkins as she explores the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times. Through works by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary uncles and aunts, Perkins unpacks wisdom to help us thrive.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Este libro alude a algo más profundo que la belleza física, es una celebración de nuestro pasado (la sabiduría ancestral) y nuestra cultura. Tocará nuestra nostalgia (lo que aprendimos de nuestras abuelas tiempo atrás) y seguirá pasando a la familia y a los amigos para celebrar la identidad latina simultáneamente de manera individual y global, tanto dentro como fuera de Latinoamérica (la diáspora en EE. UU.). El hecho de que abarque remedios...
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