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This title explains what disappointment is and how to deal with the emotion. The book includes easy-to-read text and vibrant photos, making it a great choice for beginning readers. It also includes a table of contents, picture glossary, and index. This Little Blue Readers book is at Level 2, aligned to reading levels of grades K-1 and interest levels of grades PreK-2.
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Is it possible that love is the most powerful magic of all?
Growing up, her family insisted upon her destiny as a powerful healer based on a two-hundred year old prophecy. But Kay Baker was always more interested in forging her own path.
After completing medical school, she's ready to leave her "medicine woman" status behind in favor of a new life in New York City.
However, Kay finds herself back in her hometown near Cape Disappointment after tragedy...
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""Advice for handling disappointments in career, relationships, and life goals. Guidance for using them as opportunities to find insight, purpose, and fulfillment, and for learning from them for each next step. Addresses anxiety, self-judgment, courage, faith, and surrender"--Provided by publisher"
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We have all experienced disappointment at one time or another, and it usually shows up unexpectedly. Life can be difficult when a hope is not realized or an expectation is not met, especially one of significance.
In Disempower the Disappointment, Rosirma Corney shares her deepest fears, revealed through an unexpected turn in life. As Rosirma examines the genuine and authentic yet vulnerable sides of disappointment, she takes you on a journey to inner...
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In this wise, witty and moving story, fifteen-year-old Lucy arrives from inner-city Melbourne to live on a farm in the early 1980s. Wandong hosts the second largest truck and country music festival in the southern hemisphere…and nothing else.
'It is rare to find a story that takes us into that liminal territory of adolescence with such force and such heart. Desire, disappointment, betrayal and forgiveness written in libretto, an ode to the tumult...
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When death shakes your world, who will you trust?
On a cold day in March a somber man walks into Kim Norby's office at the McPherson Foundation. He thrusts a sealed manila envelope into her hands and says, "I'm sorry to tell you Mac is dead." The envelope's contents turn Kim's world upside down. The aftershocks drive her into the wilderness in a quest to uncover the truth. She will have to dig deep into herself and her past; she will also have to...
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Life is largely a matter of expectation. Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), who coined the phrase "Carpe diem" or "Seize the day," seems to suggest that from the moment we rise each morning to the moment we lay down to sleep, we are filled with expectation. Yet, others would disagree asserting that it is best to live without expectations in order to avoid painful disappointment. I submit to you that we can neither live without expectation...
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Are you experiencing a season of disappointment? Have some of your plans, dreams, and goals failed to reach fulfillment? If you struggle with the challenges of disappointment, you are not alone. Navigating Disappointment guides you on a biblical journey to discover what the scriptures teach about disappointment and explores practical ways to respond in the midst of pain and despair. The theme of disappointment can be traced throughout the Bible. Froehlich...
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278 pages ; 22 cm
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"An ingenious novel about art and revenge, insisting on your dreams and hitting on your doctor, told in the form of 80 movie reviews In near-future America, film critic Noah Body uploads his reviews to an underread content aggregator. His job is dreary routine: watch, seethe, pan. He dreams of making his own film, free of the hackery of commercial cinema. Faced with writing on lousy movies for a website that no one reads, Noah smuggles into his reviews...
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An elderly dying woman is taken surfing by her carer. A young Australian traveller receives a marriage proposal at an oasis in Algeria. Disarming a violent adult student inspires a teacher to leave her abusive husband. A sixty-something grandmother-to-be rejoices in her first one-night stand. The characters in this collection of thirty-one stories kick over the rock of life's disappointments and discover freedom, joy, love, laughter and well-satisfied...
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This brilliant guidebook, "Our Unfulfilled Wishes: How to Handle Disappointment," is your key to understanding and managing expectations, and consequently, learning how to handle disappointment more effectively. This book takes you through an enriching journey that covers various aspects of expectation dynamics.The contents start by analyzing the concept of expectations and the role they play in our day-to-day lives. It will provide you with crucial...
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To most people, death is a heart-rending, mind-boggling, terrifying experience. However, according to the Bible, we should not be fearful or sorrowful at the departure of a loved one because physical death is not the end of life. While it is natural to mourn the departure of a loved one, there is a difference between mourning (which is a normal, temporary emotion), and grief (which is a demonic spirit of oppression). In this illuminating book, Dr....
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Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about increasing your resilience with this practical guide.
Although overcoming setbacks may sometimes seem impossible, every individual has the strength to continue making progress and to live a happy and fulfilling life. Since problems in life are inevitable, it is a good idea to learn how to use this inner strength and develop resilience as soon as possible.
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