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"Wellness and travel journalist Annie Daly will take readers way off the beaten path to explore five little-known wellness practices from across the globe. She will travel to Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, India, Norway, and Hawaii to learn why their inhabitants are so much healthier than Americans, and what we can learn from them. And while these traditions may appear to have little in common, at their root is an essential truth: living well isn't a trend--or...
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2021.
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Español
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De la querida y superventas Anne Tyler, una nueva y brillante novela sobre percepciones erróneas, segundas oportunidades y el poder a veces esquivo de la conexión humana. Micah Mortimer es una criatura de hábitos. Un experto en tecnología que trabaja por cuenta propia, superintendente de su edificio de apartamentos en Baltimore, cauteloso ante una falla detrás del volante, parece contento de llevar una vida estable y circunscrita. Pero un...
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2019.
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English
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"As we become a more digital society, the gains that have been made for the environment by moving toward a paperless world with more and more efficient devices will soon be or already have been offset by the number of devices in our lives that are always using energy. But many don't think about the impact on the environment of the "Internet of things." Whether it's a microwave connected to the internet, use of Netflix, or online shopping, these technological...
11) In & out
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[2017]
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English
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Welcome to Greenleaf, a picture-postcard Indiana town where the high school is the proud focus of attention and 'alternative lifestyle' means you bowl on alternate Tuesdays. But on the night of the Oscars. telecast, the town's, and the world's, center of attention is Greenleaf teacher Howard Brackett. A former student who's now a superstar actor tells an audience of millions that Howard is gay. Poor Howard. He's outted when he didn't know he was in!...
13) Bridge of sighs
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2007
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English
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Louis Charles ("Lucy") Lynch has spent all his sixty years in upstate Thomaston, New York, married to the same woman, Sarah, for forty of them, their son now a grown man. Like his late, beloved father, Lucy is an optimist, though he's had plenty of reasons not to be--chief among them his mother, still indomitably alive. Yet it was her shrewdness, combined with that Lynch optimism, that had propelled them years ago to the right side of the tracks and...
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¿Cómo era ser agricultor en el pasado? Los lectores pueden encontrar en este libro en español que compara los equipos agrícolas y agrícolas de hoy con la agricultura del pasado. Los lectores jóvenes aprenderán sobre la historia de la agricultura con este libro que incluye detalles sobre herramientas agrícolas, sistemas de riego, pesticidas y agricultura orgánica. La tabla de contenido, el glosario y el índice brindan a los lectores las herramientas...
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Take a trip to the rodeo, and learn to count along the way! This nonfiction math reader builds mathematics and literacy skills, combining informational text, problem solving, and real-world connections to help first grade students explore math in a meaningful way. Let's Do Math! sidebars feature clear diagrams that provide students with opportunities to practice what they've learned. The Problem Solving activity enhances the learning experience and...
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Trabajadores que me cuidan (Trabajadores que me cuidan) desarrolla habilidades críticas de alfabetización con este emocionante lector de no ficción traducido al español. Involucre a los estudiantes con contenido fascinante que los mantendrá cautivados desde la primera página hasta la última. Centrándonos en diferentes tipos de trabajadores, los niños conocerán a todas las personas que trabajan duro para cuidarnos. Este texto informativo...
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