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It's OK to Feel Things Deeply

By: Carissa Potter

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This book is like a hug from a friend when you need it most: It's both a reminder that it's normal to feel things deeply and a companion for actually feeling better. With tons of empathy and a touch of humor, artist Carissa Potter offers wisdom on how to move through difficult emotions with practical steps to kick-start the process—ranging from soaking in a tub and having a good cry to talking to houseplants or hosting a private dance party. Illustrated in a vibrant eye-catching palette, this boldly authentic book is full of genuine support for pushing through life's tough times or whenever a little love is needed.

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Chronicle Books

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1452163642

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9781452163642

Cyborg Saints

Religion and Posthumanism in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

By: Carissa Smith

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Cyborg Saints

Religion and Posthumanism in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction

By: Carissa Smith

Saints are currently undergoing a resurrection in middle grade and young adult fiction, as recent prominent novels by Socorro Acioli, Julie Berry, Adam Gidwitz, Rachel Hartman, Merrie Haskell, Gene Luen Yang, and others demonstrate. Cyborg Saints: Religion and Posthumanism in Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction makes the radical claim that these holy medieval figures are actually the new cyborgs in that they dethrone the autonomous subject of humanist modernity. While young people navigate political and personal forces, as well as technologies, that threaten to fragment and thingify them, saints show that agency is still possible outside of the humanist construct of subjectivity. The saints of these neomedievalist novels, through living a life vulnerable to the other, attain a distributed agency that accomplishes miracles through bodies and places and things (relics, icons, pilgrimage sites, and ultimately the hagiographic text and its reader) spread across time. Cyborg Saints analyzes MG and YA fiction through the triple lens of posthumanism, neomedievalism, and postsecularism. Cyborg Saints charts new ground in joining religion and posthumanism to represent the creativity and diversity of young people’s fiction.

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336

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Routledge

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0429513798

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9780429513794

The Little Green Book of Mothers' Wisdom

By: Carissa Bonham

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The Little Green Book of Mothers' Wisdom

By: Carissa Bonham

“My home is green enough to be healthy but chill enough to be happy.” —Leah Segedie, Green Enough In an era of online mom‑shaming, Carissa Bonham likes to keep things authentic when discussing the struggles of modern motherhood. One popular meme shared on Carissa’s website, Creative Green Living, says “Some days I make beautiful dinners from scratch. Today my kids had cereal and ice cream for dinner. At least it was organic.” This is motherhood today. Carissa’s charming mix of inspirational and aspirational quotes mixed with real‑life mom moments will make The Little Green Book of Mothers’ Wisdom both encouraging and inspirational for moms of all ages, including millennial and Gen X mothers. Explore the journey of motherhood, the life-giving power of mothers, mom instincts, and cultural parenting through the quotes on these pages. Receive advice from crunchy moms, mothers of differently wired kids, and mothers of teens and adult children. This charming mix of inspiration and aspirational quotes mixed with a dash of reality about modern motherhood has something for every mom. “Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” ―Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel “Having a child flips your concept of love upside down into new depths, otherwise unknown to the human heart.” ―Julieanne O'Connor “By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.” ― Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Smart Parenting for Smart Kids

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119

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Simon and Schuster

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1510756035

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9781510756038

Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems

Wildland Fire Science, Policy, and Management

By: Devan Allen McGranahan,Carissa L. Wonkka

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Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems

Wildland Fire Science, Policy, and Management

By: Devan Allen McGranahan,Carissa L. Wonkka

Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems is brimming with intriguing ecological stories of how life has evolved with and diversified within the varied fire regimes that are experienced on earth. Moreover, the book places itself as a communication between students, fire scientists, and fire fighters, and each of these groups will find some familiar ground, and some challenging aspects in this text: something which ultimately will help to bring us closer together and enrich our different approaches to understanding and managing our changing planet. -- Sally Archibald, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Most textbooks are as dry as kindling and about as much fun to sink your teeth into. This is not that kind of textbook. Devan Allen McGranahan and Carissa L. Wonkka have taken a complex topic and somehow managed to synthesize it into a comprehensive, yet digestible form. This is a book you can read cover to cover – I know, I did it. As a result, I took an enlightening journey through the history and fundamentals of fire and its role in the natural and human world, ending with a thoughtful review of the evolving relationship between humans and wildland fire. -- Chris Helzer, Nebraska Director of Science, The Nature Conservancy, and author of The Prairie Ecologist blog Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems: Wildland Fire Science, Policy, and Management is intended for use in upper-level courses in fire ecology and wildland fire management and as a reference for researchers, managers, and other professionals involved with wildland fire science, practice, and policy. The book helps guide students and scientists to design and conduct robust wildland fire research projects and critically interpret and apply fire science in any management, education, or policy situation. It emphasizes variability in wildland fire as an ecological regime and provides tools for students, researchers, and managers to assess and connect fire environment and fire behaviour to fire effects. Fire has not only shaped social and ecological communities but pushed ecosystems beyond previous boundaries, yet understanding the nature and effects of fire as an ecological disturbance has been slow, hampered by the complexity of the dynamic interactions between vegetation and climate and the fear of the destruction fire can bring. This book will help those who study, manage, and use wildland fire to develop new answers and novel solutions, based on an understanding of how fire functions in natural and social environments. It reviews literature, synthesizes concepts, and identifies research gaps and policy needs. The text also explores the interaction of fire and human culture, demonstrating how fire policy can be made adaptable to cultural and socio-ecological objectives.

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540

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CRC Press

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0429944934

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9780429944932

Assembling Tomorrow

A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford d.school

By: Scott Doorley,Carissa Carter,Stanford d.school

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Assembling Tomorrow

A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford d.school

By: Scott Doorley,Carissa Carter,Stanford d.school

A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the intersection of design, technology, and learning at Stanford University’s acclaimed d.school. “This brilliant book offers a new approach to all creative work that will expand your understanding of what it means to make and open up possibilities you didn’t know existed—it did for me.”—Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master’s Son In Assembling Tomorrow, authors Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter explore the intangible forces that prevent us from anticipating just how fantastically technology can get out of control, and what might be in store for us if we don’t start using new tools and tactics. Despite our best intentions, our most transformative innovations tend to have consequences we can’t always predict. From the effects of social media to the uncertainty of AI and the consequences of climate change, the outcomes of our creations ripple across our lives. Time and again, our seemingly ceaseless capacity to create rubs up against our limited capacity to understand our impact. Assembling Tomorrow explores how to use readily accessible tools to both mend the mistakes of our past and shape our future for the better. We live in an era of “runaway design,” where innovations tangle with our lives in unpredictable ways. This book explores the off-kilter feelings of today and follows up with actionables to alter your perspective and help you find opportunities in these turbulent times. Mixed throughout are histories of the future, short pieces of speculative fiction that imagine the future as if it has already happened and consider the past with a critical yet hopeful eye so that all of us—as designers of our own futures—can create a better world for generations to come.

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321

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Ten Speed Press

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198485819X

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9781984858191

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

A breakup journal

By: Carissa Potter,Vera Kachouh

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How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

A breakup journal

By: Carissa Potter,Vera Kachouh

An interactive guide to help you work through the overlooked grief of a breakup. Breakups are messy. They’re emotional. They’re raw. But all of that pain doesn’t go away after the initial break. It sticks around—sometimes for a long time, sometimes forever—like grief. Whether you were the dumper or the dumpee, if you were together for four months or four years, going from a “we” to a “me” is not simple. This journal is the nonjudgmental friend you can share all of your feelings with. With questions that hit all of the stages, from shock and anger all the way to sort-of-acceptance, you will learn more about yourself and what you want in a relationship. And most important, you will learn that the love you gave was never—and will never be—a waste.

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241

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Penguin

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0593541103

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9780593541104

The Romance of California Vineyards

By: Carissa Chappellet

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The Romance of California Vineyards

By: Carissa Chappellet

Collects photographs, quotes, and anecdotes concerning the vineyards of California, from wine authorities and vintners.

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Universe Publishing(NY)

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0789301148

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9780789301147

Hawaii 2003

The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore on and Off the Beaten Path

By: Carissa Bluestone

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Hawaii 2003

The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore on and Off the Beaten Path

By: Carissa Bluestone

A guide to Hawaii for travelers in a range of budgets, providing reviews and ratings of various attractions, restaurants, and accommodations, with suggested itineraries and maps.

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Fodor's

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1400010322

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9781400010325

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada

By: Carissa Foo

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If It Were Up to Mrs Dada

By: Carissa Foo

Today is National Day. It is also Cheryl Dada’s birthday. As Elderflower Home prepares for the celebration, Cheryl Dada too gets ready for her party. Between the hours of noon and seven p.m., she encounters the cantankerous residents and caregivers, her mother and people of yesteryears. What unfolds is a story about a woman coming to terms with age, loss and love.

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Epigram Books

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9814785997

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9789814785990

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

A breakup journal

By: Carissa Potter,Vera Kachouh

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A breakup journal

By: Carissa Potter,Vera Kachouh

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It's OK to Feel Things Deeply

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The Little Green Book of Mothers' Wisdom

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Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems

Ecology of Fire-Dependent Ecosystems

Assembling Tomorrow

Assembling Tomorrow

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

The Romance of California Vineyards

The Romance of California Vineyards

Hawaii 2003

Hawaii 2003

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada

If It Were Up to Mrs Dada

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

How to Heal from Heartbreak (or at Least Feel Less Broken)

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