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21) Halsey street
Author
Publisher
Little A
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Penelope Grand has scrapped her failed career as an artist in Pittsburgh and moved back to Brooklyn to keep an eye on her ailing father. She's accepted that her future won't be what she'd dreamed, but now, as gentrification has completely reshaped her old neighborhood, even her past is unrecognizable. Old haunts have been razed, and wealthy white strangers have replaced every familiar face in Bed-Stuy. Even her mother, Mirella, has abandoned the family...
Author
Publisher
Tarcher
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"How can we forgive someone who has caused us pain? Must we forgive and forget? How does forgiveness help us move forward in life? How can we forgive ourselves and move forward in life? Joan Gattuso, bestselling author of A Course in Love, brings her wisdom to a topic that affects everyone--how to forgive when forgiveness seems impossible. Gattuso's practical and inspiring teaching serves as a compass to the spiritual principles that can transform...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us to let go of negative emotions and that it has a unique power to heal our wounds. In Failures of Forgiveness, Myisha Cherry argues that these beliefs couldn't be more wrong--and that the ways we think about and use forgiveness, personally and as a society, can often do more harm than good. She presents a new and healthier understanding of forgiveness--one that will give us a better...
25) City on fire
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The all-too-human individuals who live within this extraordinary first novel are: Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's biggest fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Sam, two Long Island teenagers seduced by downtown's nascent punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter; his spunky, West Coast-transplant neighbor; and the detective trying to figure out what they all have...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Daniel travels through America's countryside, creating astonishing crop circles that leave communities mystified. But when a dying Vermont corn farmer hires Daniel in an effort to breathe new life into the town he loves, Daniel is drawn into a community struggling to stitch itself back together. For once he is forced to stand still, and face the past he's been running from all this years. For fans of Phaedra Patrick and Fredrick Backman, this astonishing...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"To err is human; to forgive divine." But what if the person who hurt you most refuses to apologize or express any regret? That's the question haunting Manhattan journalist Susan Shapiro when her trusted advisor of fifteen years repeatedly lies to her. Stunned by the betrayal, she can barely eat or sleep. She's always seen herself as big-hearted and benevolent, someone who will forgive anyone anything - as long as they're remorseful. Yet the addiction...
31) All my rage
Author
Language
English
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Description
A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds' Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now. Salahudin and Noor are more than best friends; they are family....
32) Accident
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a clumsy armadillo named Lola knocks over a glass pitcher, she sets off a silly chain of events, encountering chaos wherever she goes.
33) Somebody told me
Author
Language
English
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Description
After an assault, bigender seventeen-year-old Aleks/Alexis is looking for a fresh start-so they voluntarily move in with their uncle, a Catholic priest. In their new bedroom, Aleks/Alexis discovers they can overhear parishioners in the church confessional. Moved by the struggles of these "sinners," Aleks/Alexis decides to anonymously help them, finding solace in their secret identity: a guardian angel instead of a victim. But then Aleks/Alexis overhears...
Author
Publisher
BakerBooks, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When we live with unresolved anger or hurt, the result is nearly always bitterness, broken relationships, and unhealthy behaviors. Unforgiveness not only sabotages our interactions with those around us, it impedes our own spiritual growth and inner peace. And it can happen to anyone.In her most vulnerable writing yet, Ruth Graham reveals how a visit to Angola Prison inspired her to release the unforgiveness lurking in her own heart--toward others,...
Author
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In The Knowing, Saje and Serena share how they recommitted to the teachings of their father and, in doing so, created their own evolution of his principles that they teach today. They share the 11 lessons that cracked them open and sparked their own spiritual journey-including insights on death, coincidences, embracing silence, receiving and accepting messages from spirit, and much more"--
Author
Language
English
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Description
Kachemak Winkel's mother used to tell him that Alaska doesn't forgive mistakes. A lot of mistakes where made the day she died in a plane crash with Kache's father and brother-- and Kache still feels responsible. He fled Alaska for good, but now his aunt Snag insists on his return. Returning to his family's cabin in the woods, he finds smoke rising from the chimney and a mysterious Russian woman hiding from her own troubled past. Nadia has stayed there,...
37) A winter dream
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A holiday tale inspired by the biblical story of Joseph and the coat of many colors follows the modern story of Joe, who after being forced out of the family business by jealous siblings becomes the chief adviser to the CEO of another company and his own family's savior in the face of a troubled economy.
Series
Publisher
[Walt Disney Home Video]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Forte, a grumpy pipe organ, has threatened to ruin the holiday festivities! But with a little bit of Christmas magic, Belle and her loyal friends deck the halls of the castle, melt the Beast's heart with love and wonder, and give this enchanted tale a holly-jolly ending. Get into the spirit of the season with this delightful holiday adventure -- inspired by one of Disney's most celebrated animated feature films! Spread the cheer with joyful songs...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
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Description
"A stunning novel of friendship, guilt, and madness: two friends, torn apart by a terrible secret, and the dark adventure that neither of them ever meant to embark upon. It's been ten years since the 'incident,' and Adam has long decided he's better off without his former best friend, Thomas. Adam is working as a tutor, sleeping with the mother of a student, spending lonely nights looking up his ex-girlfriend on Facebook, and pretending that he has...
Author
Publisher
Océano
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Por qué el perdón es nuestro mejor regalo y nuestra única esperanza. "Las formas creativas en que los seres humanos podemos lastimarnos unos a otros parecen no tener fin, como tampoco las razones de que creamos justificado hacerlo. Pero la capacidad humana para sanar tampoco tiene fin. Cada uno de nosotros posee una aptitud innata para extraer felicidad del sufrimiento, hallar esperanza en las situaciones más difíciles y curar toda relación...
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