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Breaking Night

A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

by Liz Murray ...

This memoir of a young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds, reveals her journey from homelessness to Harvard.Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the ... Read more

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This memoir of a young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds, reveals her journey from homelessness to Harvard.Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the
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Not Just Painful Periods

Endometriosis, Fibroids and Menstrual Health

by Dr Liz Murray ...

'In this essential book, Dr Liz Murray provides accurate, practical and empowering information that every woman should have access to.' - Professor Andrew Horne, Director of Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh; Speciality Advisor to CMO for OBGYN, Scottish Government; and President of World Endometriosis SocietyFor generations, women's health concerns have been dismissed, ... Read more

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'In this essential book, Dr Liz Murray provides accurate, practical and empowering information that every woman should have access to.' - Professor Andrew Horne, Director of Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh; Speciality Advisor to CMO for OBGYN, Scottish Government; and President of World Endometriosis SocietyFor generations, women's health concerns have been dismissed,
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Advancing Culturally Responsive and Socially Just Approaches to Multilingual Family-School Partnerships

by Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer, Susan Chambers Cantrell, Eileen Cardona Osieja, Rami Christophi, Nino Dzotsenidze, Wenyu Guo, Michelle Haj-Broussard, Ling Hao, Barbara Hoekje, Kyungjin Hwang, Nicole King0, Melissa Ledesma1, Clara Lee Brown2, Jacqueline Lynch3, Lorena Mancilla4, Brittany Manion5, Jennifer Mirabal6, John Mooneyham7, Liz Murray8, Christine Nganga9, Jael Ovalle0, Sara Saberimoghaddam1, Anu Sachdev2, Lenny Sánchez3, Stephanie Smith Budhai4, Kim Song5, Jen Stacy6, Yang Wang7, Natalia Ward8, Xiaoran Yu9, Xinwei Zhang0, Vera J. Lee2, Kristine S. Lewis Grant4, María Isolina Bravo-Ruiz5, Karena A. Escalante6, Peggy A. Kong7, Kristen H. Perry9, Amanda N. Spalter0 ...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings ... Read more

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This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings
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Breaking Night

A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard

by Liz Murray ...

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14 hours 14 min

Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to ... Read more

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Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. In school she was taunted for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair, eventually skipping so many classes that she was put into a girls' home. At age fifteen, Liz found herself on the streets when her family finally unraveled. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to
... Read more

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Not Just Painful Periods

Endometriosis, Fibroids and Menstrual Health

by Dr Liz Murray ...

Narrated by Dr Liz Murray ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

'In this essential book, Dr Liz Murray provides accurate, practical and empowering information that every woman should have access to.' - Professor Andrew Horne, Director of Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh; Speciality Advisor to CMO for OBGYN, Scottish Government; and President of World Endometriosis SocietyFor generations, women's health concerns have been dismissed, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

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'In this essential book, Dr Liz Murray provides accurate, practical and empowering information that every woman should have access to.' - Professor Andrew Horne, Director of Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh; Speciality Advisor to CMO for OBGYN, Scottish Government; and President of World Endometriosis SocietyFor generations, women's health concerns have been dismissed,
... Read more

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Made in China

A Memoir of Love and Labor

by Anna Qu ...

Narrated by Catherine Ho ...

Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother ... Read more

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A young girl forced to work in a Queens sweatshop calls child services on her mother in this powerful debut memoir about labor and self-worth that traces a Chinese immigrant’s journey to an American future.As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in her family’s garment factory in Queens. At home, she is treated as a maid and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother
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Renia's Diary

A Holocaust Journal

by Renia Spiegel, Elizabeth Bellak ...

A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A New York Times bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerThe long-hidden diary of a young Polish woman's life during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into EnglishRenia Spiegel was born in 1924 to an upper-middle class Jewish family living in southeastern Poland, near what was at that time the border with Romania. At the start of 1939 Renia began a diary. "I just want a friend. I want somebody
... Read more
Two Thousand Minnows

A Young Girl's Story of Separation, Hope, and Forgiveness

by Sandra Leigh Vaughan ...

When Sandra Vaughan was seven years old, she fell into the role of protector of her mother and three younger siblings. One winter night, she ushered her mother out of the house during one of her father’s tirades, and then snuck her back into the dark home through a window.Sandra was used to events like these; what she wasn’t used to were the mountains and nature surrounding her new home in West ... Read more

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When Sandra Vaughan was seven years old, she fell into the role of protector of her mother and three younger siblings. One winter night, she ushered her mother out of the house during one of her father’s tirades, and then snuck her back into the dark home through a window.Sandra was used to events like these; what she wasn’t used to were the mountains and nature surrounding her new home in West
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A Light in the Northern Sea

Denmark's Incredible Rescue of Their Jewish Citizens During WWII

by Tim Brady ...

From the bestselling author of Three Ordinary Girls, the gripping, remarkably little-known true story of how the people of Denmark banded together during WWII to rescue nearly all of their Jewish citizens from Nazi persecution by ferrying them just a few at a time to sanctuary in Sweden.August 25, 1943. A lone bicyclist transports a cache of explosives, hidden in a beer crate, to a Copenhagen hall ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Three Ordinary Girls, the gripping, remarkably little-known true story of how the people of Denmark banded together during WWII to rescue nearly all of their Jewish citizens from Nazi persecution by ferrying them just a few at a time to sanctuary in Sweden.August 25, 1943. A lone bicyclist transports a cache of explosives, hidden in a beer crate, to a Copenhagen hall
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A Secret in Tuscany

by Alan Hlad ...

The Tuscan Child meets Beneath a Scarlet Sky in this bittersweet tale of wartime heroism, love, and redemption, spanning two generations and encompassing a real-life mystery, from the author of The Long Flight Home and Churchill’s Secret Messenger.Italy, 1943: With war blazing through Europe, nowhere is entirely safe—not even the remote hills of the Tuscan countryside. It’s here that Italian ... Read more

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The Tuscan Child meets Beneath a Scarlet Sky in this bittersweet tale of wartime heroism, love, and redemption, spanning two generations and encompassing a real-life mystery, from the author of The Long Flight Home and Churchill’s Secret Messenger.Italy, 1943: With war blazing through Europe, nowhere is entirely safe—not even the remote hills of the Tuscan countryside. It’s here that Italian
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The Orphan’s Last Goodbye

by Glynis Peters ...

Series Book 4 - The Red Cross Orphans
The final installment in The Red Cross Orphans series from the Globe & Mail bestselling author!When the war is over, what will remain?With six hard years of war behind her, former nurse Kitty McCarthy should be facing a bright future. But her husband Michael shatters her peace in an instant when he tells her he feels hemmed in by Britain, and wants to return to the wide-open plains of the Canadian ... Read more

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The final installment in The Red Cross Orphans series from the Globe & Mail bestselling author!When the war is over, what will remain?With six hard years of war behind her, former nurse Kitty McCarthy should be facing a bright future. But her husband Michael shatters her peace in an instant when he tells her he feels hemmed in by Britain, and wants to return to the wide-open plains of the Canadian
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Talking with Bears

Conversations with Charlie Russell

by G. A. Bradshaw ...

"Extraordinary . . . [this] series of true stories about the authentic nature of bears reveals them as the sensitive and intelligent beings they are." ―Carl Safina, New York Times– bestselling author of Becoming Wild and Beyond WordsGrizzly bears have long been feared as unpredictable and dangerous. But one man, Charlie Russell, was key in breaking do... ... Read more

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"Extraordinary . . . [this] series of true stories about the authentic nature of bears reveals them as the sensitive and intelligent beings they are." ―Carl Safina, New York Times– bestselling author of Becoming Wild and Beyond WordsGrizzly bears have long been feared as unpredictable and dangerous. But one man, Charlie Russell, was key in breaking do...
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