Dear Rachel Maddow


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In Adrienne Kisner's Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brother’s death by drafting emails to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in this funny and heartfelt YA debut. Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force--Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project--and actually getting a response--Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out. Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Brynn's archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. When she runs for the position, the knives are out. So she begins to ask herself: What Would Rachel Maddow Do?




Live Like Paul


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Grief after the passing of a loved one is difficult, but the grief after losing a child is incomprehensible. There are no words or sentiments to describe the unending heartache.LIVE LIKE PAUL is not only the journey of a mother after losing her dear son Paul, but it's an observation and commentary by the author on all that she learned in the process of trying to heal her broken heart. Readers will laugh and cry throughout as the author admits she did while writing the book. Be prepared for lots of controversial topics, transparency, thought provoking topics and lots of photos!It becomes quite clear that Paul was an exceptional human being, well known for his kindness, affecting everyone he came in contact with, as shown in the testimonial section of the book. These were just a few of the hundreds that were sent to author Adrienne Falzon.After reading this book, one walks away with the realization and underscoring that the kindness of even just one person goes a very long way and can positively effect the like of many.




Your Hidden Superpower


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Kindness isn’t merely about getting along with people and being nice. It’s a game changer in business, the door-opener to opportunity, and the key to authenticity and confidence. Discover the true potential of kindness and harness its power. Through years of developing her own kindness practices and studying those of others, Good Morning America correspondent and ABC News journalist Adrienne Bankert has experienced firsthand the unbeatable power of kindness and witnessed its transformative impact on others. Adjusting our perspective from being closed off and self-centered to a mindset of kindness ripples into a staggering amount of personal fulfillment and growth. No matter our age or ethnicity, where we come from, or how much money we make, every one of us can be kind. Every one of us can be a change agent. In Your Hidden Superpower, Adrienne will help you: See simple acts of kindness from a new and empowering perspective; Learn how to make kindness a habit and experience more peace, inspiration, and impact; Engage kindness at work and enjoy remarkable opportunities—plus, know how to get from “here” to “there” quickly; and Activate kindness as a force to reconnect you to your authentic self, replenish your passion and creativity, and find your voice. Your Hidden Superpower describes how kindness is a superpower that can be honed through an intentional lifestyle of kindness and is especially important in these divisive times.




She Suffered in Silence


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This is an inspiring true story I was molested as a child and, later on, raped as a teenager and as an adult. Life is not safe, nor is it easy for children or adults, but I thank God Im still here, singing and giving Him praise for his goodness. I could have been dead and gone, but God has a plan for my life. It was a blessing for me to be able to write this book. I thank God for keeping me through it all. He blessed me to write this book as an example to other young women everywhere. Because I didnt know the Lord for myself, I made a lot of wrong choices in my life. I went about doing what I thought was right, looking for love in all the wrong places, trying to find peace for my soul, but I was running so fast I ran right into evil everywhere I went. I want to encourage you to seek God first in your life, and he will direct your past. Call on the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. The way to seek Him is to read and study the Bible daily, starting with the Ten Commandments. The book of Proverbs tells us how we should live and not live, for His Word is our everyday instructions, if we listen to what He is telling us. Get to know God for yourself. Mothers and fathers, teach your children the ways of God. Proverbs 22:6 says, Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Isaiah 54:13 says, And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children. The Word tells us that we are born into a world of sin, but God does not intend for us to stay in sin. He is giving us a choice to change and do right for eternal life or to continue in evil and burn in the lake of fire forever. A child should never have to go through abuse of any kind in life, but it exists more often than not. It is the parents job to teach and protect their children by teaching them to speak up and speak out against the evil one and that its all right to say no so they wont make the wrong choices in their lives. Ladies, we have to be careful of whom we leave our children with or whom we bring into our home and with our children. Evil is everywhere. There are all kinds of people in this world. Children are being molested or killed every day at the hands of a friend, stranger, boyfriend, uncle, cousin, father, brotherthe list goes on! God said to trust no man. Man will continue to molest children as long as he can get away with it. If a person molests you, more than likely he has and will molest someone else. The cycle continues unless theyre stopped. The enemy wants to steal, kill, and destroy us because of the plan God has for our lives. The devil wants to destroy our children, to keep them from getting to where God wants them to be. I seek ed after the Lord for myself, and I found Him. What I didnt know was, through it all, he was keeping me. Its all a test to see where your faith lies in Christ Jesus. Lord I just want to thank You!




Reading Foucault for Social Work


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A book-length introduction to the work of Michel Foucault in social work. Each chapter of the text emphasizes different notions from Foucault's writings. Contributions include conceptual, philosophical, and methodological considerations, and discussions from various fields and levels of practice.




Notable Native People


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An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation An American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award Young Adult Honor Book! Celebrate the lives, stories, and contributions of Indigenous artists, activists, scientists, athletes, and other changemakers in this beautifully illustrated collection. From luminaries of the past, like nineteenth-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis—the first Black and Native American female artist to achieve international fame—to contemporary figures like linguist jessie little doe baird, who revived the Wampanoag language, Notable Native People highlights the vital impact Indigenous dreamers and leaders have made on the world. This powerful and informative collection also offers accessible primers on important Indigenous issues, from the legacy of colonialism and cultural appropriation to food sovereignty, land and water rights, and more. An indispensable read for people of all backgrounds seeking to learn about Native American heritage, histories, and cultures, Notable Native People will educate and inspire readers of all ages.




Butterfly Flow


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Butterfly Flow is a book of poetry about the transformation of love, life and learning. In the first stage, we are learning about life through the loves that we have encountered. In the second stage, we are taking what we have learned about love and trying out how to apply it to our life. In the third and final stage, we've lived life and learned that the biggest love of all is the love of yourself.




Journalism as Activism


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In the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater shares of real-world power. Corporate battles and guerrilla wars are fought on Twitter. Facebook is the new Berlin, home to tinkers, tailors, spies and terrorist recruiters. We recognize the power shift instinctively but, in our attempts to understand it, we keep using conceptual and theoretical models that are not changing fast, that are barely changing at all, that are laid over from the past. Journalism remains one of the main sites of communication power, an expanded space where citizens, protesters, PR professionals, tech developers and hackers can directly shape the news. Adrienne Russell reports on media power from one of the most vibrant corners of the journalism field, the corner where journalists and activists from countries around the world cross digital streams and end up updating media practices and strategies. Russell demonstrates the way the relationship between digital journalism and digital activism has shaped coverage of the online civil liberties movement, the Occupy movement, and the climate change movement. Journalism as Activism explores the ways everyday meaning and the material realities of media power are tied to the communication tools and platforms we have access to, the architectures of digital space we navigate, and our ability to master and modify our media environments.




Skin


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You don't have to be thin to feel small. Donnie's life is unraveling. His parents' marriage is falling apart, and his sister is slowly slipping away in the grip of her illness. To top it all off, he accidentally starts a rumor at school that hurts someone he cares about and leaves him an outcast. So Donnie does the only thing he knows how to do: He tries to fix things, to make everything the way it was before. Before his parents stopped loving each other, before his sister disappeared, before he was alone. But some things are beyond repair, and it will take all Donnie's strength to stop looking back and start moving forward again.




Wild Game


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On a hot July night on Cape Cod, at the age of 14, Brodeur became a confidante to her mother's affair with her husband's closest friend. Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help, but when the affair had calamitous consequences for everyone involved, Brodeau was driven into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. In her memoir she examines how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. -- adapted from jacket