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1) Daring greatly: how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Author
Language
English
Description
Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of research, Dr. Brené Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage. Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The imminent philosopher and theologian examines religion in light of science and philosophy in modern society.
Originally published more than fifty years ago, The Courage to Be has become a classic of twentieth-century religious and philosophical thought. The great Christian existentialist thinker Paul Tillich describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the prob-lem of anxiety. This edition includes a new introduction...
Author
Series
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From Ryan Holiday, the New York Times bestselling author of Stillness Is the Key, The Obstacle Is the Way, and Ego Is the Enemy, comes the first book in a four-book series about Stoic virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom As Ryan Holiday wrote in his previous books, Stoicism is a philosophy for the people. Stoicism isn't fraught with complexities, contradictions, or circular arguments about the meaning of life. Rather, Stoicism offers...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection tells us what it takes to get back up, and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle, Brene Brown writes, can be our greatest call to courage, and rising strong our clearest path to a...
8) Brave dragon
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
190L
Language
English
Description
Despite being all better after falling down and getting covered by burs while playing, Stuffy has trouble being brave enough to play again.
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
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Description
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. Nothing is...
10) Courage
Author
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This book defines courage and describes ways to show courage within the family, at school, with friends, and in the community.
13) Jabari jumps
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
14) Otter B brave
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
15) Say something!
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Series
Language
English
Description
A child is encouraged to find their own voice, and to say something, even though it may, at times, be difficult to speak out.
16) The invaders
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
"Hal and the other Herons face many perils as they track down the pirates who stole Skandia's most prized artifact, the Andomal"--
19) The hunters
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight to the finish.
20) Rescue cat
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When rescue cat Butterscotch spots a lion cub in danger in the television, she jumps in the set to save it.
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