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"Describes a [self-harming] woman's charged attachment to a mental health professional and the dangerous compulsion to keep him in her life at all costs"--Amazon.com.
"As a young college graduate a year into treatment with a psychiatrist, Cree LeFavour began to organize her days around the cruel, compulsive logic of self-harm: with each newly lit cigarette, the world would drop away as her focus narrowed on the blooming release of pleasure-pain as...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Clarence and his grandmother pick wild blueberries and meet ant, spider, and fox in a beautiful woodland landscape.
Clarence, a young Cree Indian, and his grandmother pick blueberries together as they sing, look out for the animals, and enjoy sampling the fruit.
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228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"As a small boy in remote Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod is immersed in his Cree family's history, passed down in the stories of his mother, Bertha. But after a series of tragic losses, Bertha turns wild and unstable, and their home life becomes chaotic. Meanwhile, he begins to question and grapple with his sexual identity -- a reckoning complicated by the repercussions of his abuse and his sibling's own gender transition. Thrillingly written in a series...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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One winter afternoon, Joe and Cody went ice fishing with their papa, their mama, and Cody's little black dog, Ootsie. It was the perfect day to fish. The sky was clear, and the sun made the snow sparkle like diamonds. Brothers Joe and Cody are spending a chilly winter afternoon ice fishing with their parents. Cody is helping Papa fish, while Mama and Joe doze in the sled. Suddenly the sled dogs sit up and sniff. A fox is across the lake, her fur as...
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"When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of these things were taken away. When We Were Alone is a story...
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315 pages ; 22 cm.
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"Aurora vive en Valira, un pequeño pueblo situado entre montañas. No cree en los cuentos de hadas, pero sí en la magia. Al fin y al cabo, Valira debe su nombre a una reina feérica. Dice la leyenda que la sangre de las hadas aún corre por las venas de sus habitantes, que el pozo del pueblo alberga el espíritu de la reina y que el antiguo carrusel de la plaza posee poderes extraños. No, en Valira nadie se atrevería a negar la existencia de la...
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140 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"¿Te gustar̕a comprender a tu gato?, ¿saber c̤mo funciona su cerebro para conseguir una amistad inquebrantable? ¿Crees que tu gato no es feliz al cien por cien, pero no sabes exactamente qǔ puede estar fallando? ¿Has pensado alguna vez en adiestrarlo?, ¿o en c̤mo mejorar la convivencia con tu fiel compąero? ¿Se pueden evitar los problemas de comportamiento? ¿Qǔ te parecer̕a poder comunicarte con ľ de manera eficaz? A veces, miras atentamente...
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220 pages ; 22 cm
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o¿Temes tu próximo cumpleaños? ¿Te avergüenza confesar tu edad? ¿Te asustan los cambios físicos que trae consigo el paso del tiempo? ¿Crees que a estas alturas ya deberías haber conocido al hombre de tu vida, tenido hijos, conseguido el trabajo de tus sueños o escrito la novela del siglo? Si es así, no eres la única. Desafortunadamente, muchas mujeres comparten estos sentimientos. Tu mejor edad explica por qué los años que tenemos en...
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351 pages ; 22 cm
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Jennette tenía seis años cuando fue a su primera audición. El sueño de su madre era que su única hija fuera una estrella, y Jennette estaba dispuesta a todo para hacerla feliz. Aceptó su plan de �restricción de calorías�, que consistía en comer poco y pesarse cinco veces al día. Soportó sus maquillajes y reproches: �Tus pestañas son invisibles, �vale? �Crees que Dakota Fanning no se tiñe las suyas?�. Su madre...
13) Camino al placer
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366 pages ; 22 cm.
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Si perseveras, todas las fantasías tarde o temprano se hacen realidad. Pero Natalia, una apasionada lectora de novelas románticas y escritora oculta, no lo cree así. Reparte sus días entre enseñar Literatura, seguir atada al pasado y atender con agobio los reclamos de su madre. No sabe ni imagina siquiera que un extraño puede cambiar su vida. Entre la multitud que invade las calles de Quilmes y la intimidad de un bar, está Julián, un empresario...
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x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"En los meses que siguieron a la trágica muerte de su madre, el mundo de Chiquis Rivera cayó en picada. Después de dejar de lado sus sueños para apoyar la metamorfosis de Jenni Rivera de cantante en ciernes a legendaria "Diva de la Banda", un desgarrador malentendido impulsó a Jenni a excluir a Chiquis de su testamento y a desterrar a su hija de su vida. Aun abatida y procesando esta peripecia, Chiquis luego se vio sumida en la oscuridad con...
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343 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color), maps ; 31 cm
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"Women have long been the creative force behind Native American art, yet their individual contributions have been largely unrecognized, instead treated as anonymous representations of entire cultures. 'Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists' explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world. This lavishly illustrated book, a companion to the landmark exhibition, includes works of art from...
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