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1) Be Amazing
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In Be Amazing, drag kid Desmond is Amazing walks you through the history of the LGBTQ community, all while encouraging you to embrace your own uniqueness and ignore the haters.
Desmond is amazing-and you are, too.
Throughout history, courageous people like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul have paved the way for a safer, more inclusive society for LGBTQ individuals, and it's thanks to them that people just like Desmond can be free to...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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2020.
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Desmond is Amazing is a drag-kid, model, fashion icon, and social justice activist. When he isn't slaying on the catwalk or performing drag, he's an outspoken anti-bullying and LGBTQ advocate. In this uplifting picture book about being yourself, Desmond shows how he can be amazing thanks to courageous people like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul who paved the way for a safer, more inclusive society for LGBTQ individuals. A kid-friendly...
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"Be Amazing is a motivational and inspiring call to action for people who want more out of life, guiding them and helping them discover how to be amazing in their everyday work and personal lives. Using the signature gentle, conversational style that made Paul Boynton's Begin with Yes so popular, Paul captivates readers with stories of extraordinary people in everyday circumstances, and then zeroes in on the qualities and habits that make them so...
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From engaging science experiments, effective role-play scenarios and useful digital technologies through to intriguing Maker spaces, colorful science fairs and community collaboration in your school, there are so many ways that you can be the spark that ignites a passion in students for understanding how the world works. This book takes you through the practical and realistic ways you can teach the kind of science that kids care about!
Discover how...
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You've asked the big question: who will you be next?
It's time to answer.
It's time to dare.
Many of us shy away from asking the tough questions we asked in book one, Ask.
Can tiny daily actions have an effect on our future?
Is it possible to change who we are?
Could it be that we have a say in what type of person we become?
When is it too late?
What can I do now to change my future?
We've asked the tough questions. It's time to dare answer them.
In...
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FROM AWARD-WINNING HORRIBLE HISTORIES WRITER BILLY MORAN, COMES 2020's MOST COMPELLING AND UNIQUE NEW WHODUNNIT 'Zany, energetic and completely original!'★★★★★ ROSAMUND LUPTON (AUTHOR, THREE HOURS) 'You won't put it down.'★★★★★ THE MIDNIGHT REVIEW 'An absolute blast - a riveting mystery that will satisfy any crime buff.'★★★★★ JAMES NALLY (AUTHOR, THE PC DONAL LYNCH THRILLERS) 'A murder mystery full of surprises and revelations...
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Chris Pringle: simpleton, casualty or local hero?
Propped up by biscuits, benefits and a baffling faith in his plan, he lives in a world where every day is the same: wedged in his recliner, watching murder mysteries, taking notes. Until the day, a peculiar crime stumps the local police, and Chris announces he can solve it.
Accompanied by a loyal crew of chancers, committed to making amends, and pursued by a depressed Detective, with demons of his...
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Start with Vision: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Be Amazing, by Susan Sullivan
Having a clear, compelling vision and being ample to execute it is essential to effective self and team leadership.
If you don't know where you're going, how on earth will you get there?
So the big question is, how do you craft that vision?
How do you get others on board?
And how do you put that vision into practice at every level of your life and organizatio?...
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Dr. Ashanti is an ambitious woman with an established career in education. She loses her first true love in college, which leads her down a road she would have never predicted. Through a couple of casual relationships, she finds herself pregnant and taking on the role of single mother with love and enthusiasm, while attempting to further her career. Though challenges are ever-present, she doesn't give up on her goals nor the possibility of finding...
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Kyle Ervin, by all accounts, was a happy man with a wife he adored, three great kids, and one on the way. He wrote humorous and newsy Christmas letters to family and friends each year that expressed his profound gratitude for the fullness of love in his life. But weeks before Christmas in 2009, FEAR took center stage in Kyle Ervin's life. After a fragile and frightening pregnancy, Anthony Ervin was born a month premature via emergency C-section. He...
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This book is about a journey rather than a destination. I did not set out to write a theological textbook, but a letter to my friend, James. James is a Christian who is uncertain of his beliefs. He is genuinely seeking to know the Lord and have a solid faith on firm ground, but James feels stuck because of his religious background. Just as Dr. Luke sought to enlighten Theophilus in Luke 1:1-4, I too desire to help James open his eyes of understanding...
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Are you ready to learn how to become an amazing kisser? In this course, join relationship and body language expert Katia Loisel as she reveals the top signs that they want to kiss you, why we kiss, what their kiss really means, kissing turn-offs, and a step-by-step guide to being an amazing kisser.
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Prince charming, dragon slayer, mischievous prankster ... More often than not, these are the role-models boys encounter in the books they read at home and at school. As a boy, there is an assumption that you will conform to a stereotypical idea of masculinity. But what if you're the introvert kind? What if you prefer to pick up a book rather than a sword? What if you want to cry when you're feeling sad or angry? What if you like the idea of wearing...
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This hilarious collection of stories from the New York Times -bestselling author of Look Again features the author's take on being caught braless in the emergency room, Spanx as public enemy number one, and the pursuit of finding jeans that actually fit.
Lisa Scottoline's "Philadelphia Inquirer" columns are, at last, together in one collection. In her column, Lisa lets her hair down, roots and all, to show the humorous side of life from a woman's...
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Be amazing.
Who says you can't? It's time to get off the couch and take your life to the next level.
Step one: stand on the shoulders of geniuses.
What good are the world's greatest geniuses if you can't muddy their shoulder pads and use their accomplishments as a step stool? Mental floss has combed through every success story in history to deliver this ultimate how-to guide for climbing your way to greatness.
Step two: bask in the glow of...
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Acting like an animal isn't always a bad thing-in fact, there's a lot we can learn about good manners from our friends in the wild!
Did you know that orangutans make their beds every day? Or that warthogs sit down to dine? Packed with interesting facts about animal behaviors, this nonfiction picture book shows children the healthy habits they can learn from creatures in the wild. Encourage kids to embrace their inner elephant, octopus, or sloth...
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Sometimes competing in a sport is about more than playing a game. It can be about proving to yourself that you can overcome an obstacle. It can demonstrate to others that a disability can't stop you. With this volume, readers will find many reasons to play sports as they admire the biographical details of featured athletes and competitors. These sedulous stars come from many different backgrounds and disciplines including Bruce Lee and Serena Williams....
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"It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces....
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The present collection of essays examines specific texts by Charles Wesley in multiple dimensions (theological, poetical, historical, biographical, etc.), demonstrating both the profound nature of the hymns and their continued relevance for Christians today. The discussions are organized by theological/liturgical topics, and each essay treats us to the hymn in its complete original form (noting significant variants as necessary), explains the historical...
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