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Get the Summary of Kara Goucher's The Longest Race in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Longest Race" is the memoir of Kara Goucher, chronicling her life from her family's history to her own experiences as a professional runner. The book details her mother Patty's marriage to Croatian soccer player Mirko Grgas, their life in New York, and Mirko's untimely death. Patty's activism with MADD and remarriage to Tom...
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A Quaker astronomer reflects asks the questions: Can a scientist also be religious? How, and with what limitations?
World renowned astronomer and Quaker Jocelyn Bell Burnell reflects on the big issues confronting scientists who also have a strong spiritual belief system. How can the principles of science be reconciled with the faith required by religion? Does scientific investigation call into question the givens of religion? While specific to...
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Join Norah and Joni as they educate children on body safety by demonstrating what it means to Use Your W.I.T.S!
Norah learns how to take ownership of her body, identifying moments where she feels safe. Using an easy-to-learn strategy, she shows how she can set boundaries and respond to instances where she feels unsafe and in instances where she simply does not want to be touched.
Use Your W.I.T.S! also includes additional resources and discussion...
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"Kathy Hamilton drives away from her sister-in-law's pristine-white suburban house in Maple Falls certain she's left her daughter in safe hands. On the hottest day of the year, a birthday is the perfect excuse to gather friends, family and neighbors around the pool for a barbecue. But when she returns hours later to find her little girl has vanished, her world shatters."--
6) Vigilante
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A brutally honest, uncompromising story about a teen girl who decides to take matters into her own hands It's senior year, and Hadley and her best friend, Magda, should be starting the year together. Instead, Magda is dead and Hadley is alone. Raped at a party the year before and humiliated, Magda was driven to take her own life and Hadley is forced to see her friend's attackers in the classroom every day. Devastated, enraged and needing an outlet...
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Everyone knows vampires don't really exist-so why are Carolyn and her sister haunted by the same nocturnal visits? Twin sisters Honey and Carolyn have a secret: Uncle Toddy must be a vampire. What else could explain the fact that his nightmarish nocturnal visits are sucking the life out of their family? Honey doesn't want to talk about it. She's a popular, pretty cheerleader with the perfect high school life. Why can't Carolyn pretend it isn't happening...
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2023
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-- "(This) fierce and brightly burning feminist roar…paints a devastating and haunting portrait of a vulnerable young woman discovering the power of her voice, her courage, and her rage." —Samira Ahmed, New York TimesInternment and Hollow Fires
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Poignant and chilling by turns, The Opposite of Innocent is award-winning author Sonya Sones's most gripping novel in verse yet. It's the story of a girl named Lily, who's been crushing on a man named Luke, a friend of her parents, ever since she can remember.
Luke has been away for two endless years, but he's finally returning today. Lily was only twelve when he left. But now, at fourteen, she feels transformed. She can't wait to see how Luke will...
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In America, 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls will be sexually abused before they turn 18. The sobering truth is that in 9 out of 10 cases, the child knows the perpetrator. It could be a relative, friend, neighbor or teacher. This is why educating our children about 'stranger danger' is not enough to protect them from harm. In my work with children who have been sexually abused I often hear from parents and teachers that they feel unsure about talking...
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I want to shake Rita. She thinks all the screwed-up things in the world are happening somewhere else. But bad things are happening right here.
It's a routine Libby's used to by now: pack up, move, start over, repeat. This time it's to Rubberville-population: faces, names, a few factories, and Angie, a girl who nearly-but-not-quite gets Libby killed the first day they meet. Angie is everything Libby wishes she were: outspoken, fearless, and happy...
12) Codependency Workbook: 7 Steps to Break Free From People Pleasing, Fear of Abandonment, Jealousy, An
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7 Steps to Break Free from the Chains of Codependency Once and for All Do you feel like you could never be independent?Are you tired of feeling like you can't say no in your relationships?Do you want to stop putting others before yourself? You're not alone. You want to be in a healthy, fulfilling relationship, but you don't know how to stop sabotaging yourself. It's not your fault that you don't know how to have better relationships. After all, no...
13) Maxxxed Out
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THE STORY OF PORN THAT'S NEVER BEEN TOLD: Maxxxed Out is based on the true story of Meg Foster's experience working in the office of a modern-day porn company.
Spanning six years, this collection of outrageous and unexpected stories weaves together a young woman's rise to extreme heights within the adult film business and her struggles along the way. Chock-full of industry insider tips and secrets, this story also reveals what it is really like...
14) Le secret (7)
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Aube aime son père. De tout son cœur. Il est le soleil de sa vie, son prince charmant, le gardien de ses rêves et de ses cauchemars.
Son père aime sa petite princesse. De tout son corps. Elle est l'inspiration de ses jeux interdits, son unique obsession, son pantin.
Ensemble, ils filent le parfait bonheur. Jusqu'au jour o il lui prend ce qui lui restait d'enfance et d'innocence. Aube commence alors à s'éteindre pour ne reprendre vie que bien...
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A fascinating and disturbing collection of true crime stories drawn from legal expert Linda Fairstein's real-life personal files. In this collection of horrifyingly true stories, Linda Fairstein provides an in-depth look inside the minds of such psychopaths as Ted Bundy and the Craigslist Killer. Drawing on decades of experience as a sex crimes prosecutor in New York City, she delves into the atrocities of these cold-blooded criminals and explains...
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À un jeune âge, Céline Jacobs a été victime d'attentats à la pudeur. Elle a courageusement dénoncé ses agresseurs plusieurs années plus tard. Cependant, sa souffrance a été minimisée et elle a été injustement placée en institution psychiatrique sans bénéficier d'un procès équitable. Ce récit dépeint l'injustice qui a entouré cette période troublante de sa vie. Il met en lumière une société o la violence et l'exploitation...
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A new edition of the 1988 classic text that exposed the extreme prevalence of rape in America, coining the term acquaintance rape and establishing the disturbing statistics on sexual assault that still hold just as true today-now featuring an original preface from Gloria Steinem, a new introduction by Salamishah Tillet, an updated afterword by Mary P. Koss, PH.D., as well as an updated resources section.
"Essential. . . . It is nonpolemical, lucid,...
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Some people will spend years, decades, a lifetime even, trying to seek peace and fulfillment and never achieve it. That is the sad reality of a fallen world.
Most recently, the subject of child sexual abuse, more notably child sex trafficking, has come to light publicly in a big way. But what about those children who have not been taken and sold into sex slavery; children who suffer sexual abuse from someone they know? When it comes to domestic child...
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An accessible guide to understanding what qualifies as sexual harassment and how to combat it, using the simple rules children learn on the playground.
One of today's most hotly discussed topics is sexual harassment in the workplace: what it looks like, how to prevent it, and what to do about it. So many people don't realize that they have been victims of sexual harassment or that they have a right to speak up and demand different treatment. Many...
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