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3) Noisy Nora
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A little mouse vies for the attention of her parents, who seem to only be interested in her baby brother.
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This encyclopedia highlights 26 different sharks. Alongside thrilling photographs of these underwater creatures, readers learn about what various sharks look like, where they live, what they eat, and more. Features include information about shark attacks, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
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This encyclopedia highlights more than 50 different cats. Alongside colorful photographs of both adult cats and kittens, readers learn about the history, appearance, and behavior of various breeds. Features include information about cat care, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
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This encyclopedia highlights 150 different dogs. Alongside colorful photographs of both adult dogs and puppies, readers learn about the history, appearance, and behavior of various breeds. Features include fact boxes, information about the AKC breed groups, notes about dog care, a glossary, additional resources, and an index.
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Shaun David Hutchinson discusses coming of age in the early 1990s when a lack of positive queer representation forced his own sexuality to become a thing of negativity that left him depressed and angry. He shares passages from his own diary at the time where he reveals the self-harm and abuse he suffered, and the constant messages from a society who told him to "repent" or he would never find love. He goes on to explain how he eventually found happiness...
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"Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict,...
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Explores the reasons why suicidal thoughts are on the rise in adolescents and young adults, and examines how suicidal thoughts affect people's lives. Highlights treatment options for people coping with suicidal thoughts. Includes color photographs and additional resources.
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"Now a teen self-help classic, Don't Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens has already helped more than 150,000 teen readers take charge of their emotions using proven-effective dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. This fully revised and updated second edition offers teens even more strategies for managing difficult feelings, and includes new material on acceptance, overcoming shame, the role of values in emotion regulation, body-based practices...
13) Teens and sex
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This volume examines the changing attitudes of teenagers toward contraception, abstinence, sexually transmitted diseases, media influences, and other issues involving young people and sex.
14) Health matters!
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v. 1. Addiction : tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs -- v. 2. Mental health : depression, suicide, and other issues -- v. 3. Sexuality and pregnancy -- v. 4. Physical activity, weight, and eating disorders -- v. 5. Injuries and violence -- v. 6. Environmental poisoning -- v. 7. HIV infections, AIDS, and STDs -- v. 8. Diseases and disabling conditions.
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This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.
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"Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people, and yet most of us are very reluctant to even broach the subject. This book takes an empathetic and honest look at this serious public health crisis. What causes people to consider taking their own lives? How have societal views of suicide evolved over time? And what can we do to help friends and family members get out of that dark place?"--Back cover.