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Bestselling Author Reveals How God Empowers Women for Leadership and Purpose. Christian women are often led to believe they are God's afterthoughts--as if they were created inferior to men or destined by God to play a secondary role in life. Not so, says bestselling author J. Lee Grady, father of four daughters and a leading international voice confronting the abuse of women. He counters that the Bible's message is neither sexist nor patronizing....
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It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready. But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family.
4) Our table
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A tender, lyrical story of multigenerational love, tradition, and family coming together with gratitude and thanks. An ode to traditions that unite families, 'Our Table' brings readers together with a universal message of gratitude.
5) Aubrey McKee
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I am from Halifax, salt-water city, a place of silted genius, sudden women, figures floating in all waters. "People from Halifax are all famous," my sister Faith has said. "Because everyone in Halifax knows each other's business." Set amidst the old-monied decadence of 70s-80s Halifax, the author follows a group of freaks and geeks as they navigate late adolescence and begin to come to terms with their privileged upbringing. In the tradition of Franny...
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After Ofelia, Aster, Cat, and Lane fail to persuade a local girls club to change an outdated tradition, they form an alternative group that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. Includes tips for beginning birders, characteristics of crystals, a cookie recipe, tips for aspiring journalists, directions for creating badges, and facts about the killing of birds for fashion.
10) Skating on Mars
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Still coping with the death of their father, twelve-year-old Mars tries to figure out their place on and off the rink as they navigate being nonbinary in a traditionally gendered sport.
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Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century's premier political philosophers, was critical of the modern dominance of economics over politics in both communism and liberal capitalism, and she called for a return to civic republicanism. Here, look closely at the ideas she puts forth in The Human Condition and related works.
12) Manbandhan
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Depicts the breaking of traditions and advent of a new social order.
13) The gathering
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Alex is attending her first Mi'kmaw spiritual gathering with her older cousin Matthew, and they learn about traditional Mi'kmaw culture.
15) The birth house
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Practicing midwife Dora Rare works in Scots Bay, Nova Scotia during the early part of the twentieth century, but the midwifery tradition is threatened when medical doctor Gilbert Thomas arrives with promises of fast, painless childbirth.
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Consider the relationship between customs and heritage, and uncover the language for French myths and traditions. Then hone the necessary skills to help you follow a story in French. Find out how to make your descriptions livelier with adjectives and adverbs, including words of "degree" - très, trop, peu, and the like.
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