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The author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw draws upon history, psychology, and powerful storytelling to challenge how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, and to fundamentally reshape the way we think about suffering and adversity.
This book uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty and the powerful and the dispossessed. In it the author challenges how we think about obstacles...
3) The kip
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Perfect Balance Gymnastics volume 5
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English
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"Marissa is a gymnast, violinist, and chess player. This summer she is busy in an orchestra, chess tournament, and learning her Level 4 gymnastics skills. In the past, doing all three activities has been a snap for Marissa. She is hardworking and smart. But this summer she can't seem to get her kip, a difficult skill on bars. If she doesn't learn a kip she won't be competing Level 4 in the fall with her friends at Perfect Balance Gymnastics Academy....
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Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
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English
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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
5) Krik? Krak!
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English
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When Haitians tell a story, they say "Krik?" and the eager listeners answer "Krak!" In Krik? Krak!, Edwidge Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with ten stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life. Examining the lives of ordinary Haitians, particularly those struggling to survive under the brutal Duvalier regime, Danticat illuminates the distance between people's desires and...
7) Score out
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Perfect Balance Gymnastics volume 6
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English
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"Carmen Alvarez is new to competitive gymnastics, and it isn't quite what she expected. Her Level 4 season is having a rough start with silly mistakes and several falls. Carmen continues to work hard. But just when she has competition figured out, she learns she must score a 34.00 All-Around to be eligible for Level 5. What will Carmen do if her season ends without getting the coveted 34.00 All-Around?"--Page 4 of cover
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Sometimes things are really tough. It's just too hard. You've had enough. Grumble, rumble, bump and roar, The Struggle Bus is at your door! You can cry, or you can shout, kick and scream or have a pout. Feel your feelings for a bit. Just keep moving--don't you quit!
10) Footloose
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English
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Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
11) Agony
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New York Review Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Amy and Jordan are just like us: hoping for the best, even when things go from bad to worse. They are menaced by bears, beheaded by ghosts, and hunted by the cops, but still they struggle on, bickering and reconciling, scraping together the rent and trying to find a decent movie. It's the perfect solace for anxious modern minds, courtesy of one of the great innovators of American comics. Now if only Amy's skin would grow back...
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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An inspirational fable by the author of the best-selling The Energy Bus follows the story of a short-statured football rookie whose constant struggles for acceptance are eased by his coach's introduction of nine life-changing lessons on how to develop mental strength and personal excellence.
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding without trying, and that's a lesson the French have mastered. We can see it in their laissez-faire parenting, chic style, haute cuisine, and enviable...
15) The shift
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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In one twelve-hour hospital shift in the ER a veteran male nurse, struggling with the haunting guilt of his brother's drowning, is forced to train a new nurse. The two are at odds throughout the story, because, while they both struggle with the spiritual turmoil of right and wrong, they both come to very different philosophies. One plays life-saving nurse. The other plays God and allows patients to die or even helps them to die.
Publisher
Movie Time Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Hindi
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The film presents a fictional storyline centred around the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir. A series of interviews about the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in 1990, exploring the course of events and reasons for it.
Publisher
House Lights Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Many years after a catastrophic event has decimated society, humanity is on the verge of extinction. The last few people continue in search of life, struggling to survive as they confront their mortality and purpose in a dying world.
Author
Series
Varekai novellas volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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She comes into existence atop a flat, rough slab of stone. She had no memory. She is not alone, and is bound to a task they set. She sets off on an unexplained quest which she feels she needs to complete. Along the way, the obstacles will continue to grow, and the final choice will be the biggest sacrifice.
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