Celena Lewis' Library
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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 0060734000 | Touching Spirit Bear | Mikaelsen, Ben | within Cole Matthews Lie Anger, Rage, And Hate. Cole Has Been Stealing, Fighting, And Lying For Years. His Attack On A Classmate Has Left The Boy With Permanent Physical And Deep Psychological Damage And Cole In The Biggest Trouble Of His Life. To Most, Cole Seems Beyond Hope. But When He's Offered A Chance At An Alternative Path Called Circle Justice, Based On Native American Tradition, Cole Finds Himself Banished To A Remote Alaskan Island, Where His Rage And Isolation Lead Him To Another Brazen Attack. This Time, His Intended Victim Is The Spirit Bear Of Native American Legend—and The Clumsy Assault Ends With Cole Mauled Nearly To Death, Desperately Clinging To The Life He Has Tried So Hard To Waste. rescuers Arrive To Save Cole's Life, But It Is The Attack Of The Spirit Bear That Is The Start Of Cole's Long Journey To Accepting Responsibility For His Life And Saving His Soul.this Gripping, Graphic Survival Story From An Award-winning Writer Paints An Unsparing Picture Of One Violent Teen And Offers A Poignant Testimony To The Power Of Pain That Can Destroy And May Also Heal.about The Author:ben Mikaelsen Is The Author Of A Number Of Award-winning Books For Young Readers, Including rescue Josh Mcguire, Sparrow Hawk Red, And Most Revently, petey. He Lives In Montana With His Wife And A 650-pound Bear.bulletin[cole's] Solitary Life On The Island Is Just The Ticket For Paulsen Fans, Who Will Appreciate The Survival Story. | HarperCollins |
| 9780767905923 | Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man, And Life's Greatest Lesson, 25Th Anniversary Edition | Albom, Mitch | it S Been Ten Years Since Mitch Albom First Shared The Wisdom Of Morrie Schwartz With The World. Now Twelve Million Copies Later In A New Foreword, Mitch Albom Reflects Again On The Meaning Of Morrie S Life Lessons And The Gentle, Irrevocable Impact Of Their Tuesday Sessions All Those Years Ago...maybe It Was A Grandparent, Or A Teacher, Or A Colleague. Someone Older, Patient And Wise, Who Understood You When You Were Young And Searching, Helped You See The World As A More Profound Place, Gave You Sound Advice To Help You Make Your Way Through It. For Mitch Albom, That Person Was Morrie Schwartz, His College Professor From Nearly Twenty Years Ago. Maybe, Like Mitch, You Lost Track Of This Mentor As You Made Your Way, And The Insights Faded, And The World Seemed Colder. Wouldn't You Like To See That Person Again, Ask The Bigger Questions That Still Haunt You, Receive Wisdom For Your Busy Life Today The Way You Once Did When You Were Younger? publishers Weekly as A Student At Brandeis University In The Late 1970s, Albom Was Especially Drawn To His Sociology Professor, Morris Schwartz. On Graduation He Vowed To Keep In Touch With Him, Which He Failed To Do Until 1994, When He Saw A Segment About Schwartz On The Tv Program nightline, And Learned That He Had Just Been Diagnosed With Lou Gehrig's Disease. By Then A Sports Columnist For The detroit Free Press And Author Of Six Books, Including fab Five, Albom Was Idled By The Newspaper Strike In The Motor City And So Had The Opportunity To Visit Schwartz In Boston Every Week Until The Older Man Died. Their Dialogue Is The Subject Of This Moving Book In Which Schwartz Discourses On Life, Self-pity, Regrets, Aging, Love And Death, Offering Aphorisms About Each E.g., After You Have Wept And Grieved For Your Physical Losses, Cherish The Functions And The Life You Have Left. Far From Being Awash In Sentiment, The Dying Man Retains A Firm Grasp On Reality. An Emotionally Rich Book And A Deeply Affecting Memorial To A Wise Mentor, Who Was 79 When He Died In 1995. | Crown |
| 9780316070522 | Twilight: Director's Notebook: The Story Of How We Made The Movie Based On The Novel By Stephenie Meyer | Hardwicke, Catherine | Little, Brown Young Readers | |
| 9780972814362 | Voices Rising:: Stories From The Katrina Narrative Project | In October 2005, The University Of New Orleans Reopened Online And Asked Students To Submit Interviews And Accounts Of Citizens' Experiences During Hurricane Katrina. Hundreds Of Manuscripts, Interviews, And Transcripts Were Collected From Students And Other Residents Who Were Willing To Share Their Personal Stories Of The Disaster. Voices Rising Is A Sampling Of This Greater Collection.--from Publisher Description. Editor's Introduction / Rebeca Antoine -- We Thought We Made The Right Decision / The Lozanos, As Told To Carline Skinner -- Welcome To Oklahoma / Philip Weber, As Told To Mary Sparacello -- More And More People But No Food / Theron Bolds, Interviewed By Zachary George -- No Definitive News / Keith Wagner, As Told To Nicole Pugh -- If We Got On Tv Our Families Might See Us / Lux Saturnine, Interviewed By Nicole Pugh -- In The Same Financial Boat / Michelle Balot, In Her Own Words -- It Was A Very Peculiar Time / John T. Martin, As Told To Nicole Pugh -- Even The Crow On The Roof Is Smiling / James Andrew Busenlener, As Told To Sylvia Schneller -- I'm Not Interested In Talking / New Orleans Police Officer, Interviewed By Matthew Peters -- The City Wasn't Prepared / Dwight Robinette, Jr., Interviewed By Sheila Willis -- Something Terrible Was Happening / Peter Ward, As Told To Sylvia Schneller -- We Still Didn't Have The Big Picture / Donovan Livaccari, As Told To Sylvia Schneller --^ I Just Need To Get These Old Bones Home / The Ferrara Family, As Told By Amy Ferrara-smith -- The House Became An Island / Lora Crayon And Sabrina Avalos, As Told By Susanna Dienes -- I Was Covering The Story And I Was The Story / Kim Bondy, In Her Own Words -- We Are Lucky Our House Still Stands / Jana Salmon Mackin, In Her Own Words -- I Am So-and-so And This Is My Social Security Number / James Welch, As Told By Susanna Dienes -- Bill You're Alive! / Bill Scheile, Interviewed By Nicole Pugh -- I Don't Have Friends I Have Associates / Chiquita Carpenter, As Told By Dena Vassey -- When You're On My Bus You're My Family / Oscar Cade, Sr., As Told To Mary Sparacello -- It Was Going To Be A Tiny Little Storm / Rebekah Reuben-stroup, As Told To Amy Judith Reuben Pickholtz -- We Have Got To Go / The Belton Family, As Told By Dena Vassey -- I'm The Leak Expert / Wayne Wilson, Interviewed By Jana Mackin -- Didn't You Hear? / Amber Green, Interviewed By Carol Mccarthy --^ This Could Happen Again Next Year / Marjorie And Ralph Guidry, Interviewed By Kristin Schwartz -- What Was In That Water? / The Dawson Family, As Told By Amy Ferrara-smith -- What Are We Going To Do With These Old People? / Third Street, Kenner, La, As Told To Mary Sparacello -- Everything Is Scattered / Mary Fleetwood, Interviewed By Eileen Guillory -- I Hate The City; I Want To Live In St. Bernard / Sue Leblanc, As Told By Carol Mccarthy -- Like Pockets Turned Inside Out / Echo Olander, As Told To Missy Bowen -- Us, Two Dogs, A Cat, And A Bird / I.j. Shelton, Jr., In His Own Words -- Afterword: Breaches Of Faith / Fredrick Barton. Edited By Rebeca Antoine ; [afterword By Fredrick Barton]. | University of New Orleans Press | |
| 9788072576913 | Vysoká Hra Patriotů | Tom Clancy | ||
| 9781779501127 | Watchmen | Moore, Alan | Dc Comics | |
| 9780553257380 | When The Legends Die | Borland, Hal | when His Father Killed Another Brave, Thomas Black Bull And His Parents Sought Refuge In The Wilderness. There They Took Up Life As It Had Been In The Old Days, Hunting And Fishing, Battling For Survival. But An Accident Claimed The Father's Life And The Grieving Mother Died Shortly Afterward. Left Alone, The Young Indian Boy Vowed Never To Retum To The White Man's World, To The Alien Laws That Had Condemned His Father. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9781416939399 | Woodsong | Gary Paulsen | The author describes his love for the natural world, his involvement in dogsledding, and his experiences taking part in the Iditarod, the 1,180-mile dogsled race across Alaska. | Simon and Schuster |