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41) The death of the grown-up: how America's arrested development is bringing down Western civilization
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Atria
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"Mary Laura Philpott thought she'd cracked the code: Always be right, and you'll always be happy. But once she'd completed her life's to-do list (job, spouse, house, babies--check!), she found that instead of feeling content and successful, she felt anxious. Lost. Stuck in a daily grind of overflowing calendars, grueling small talk, and sprawling traffic. She'd done everything "right," but she felt all wrong. What's the worse failure, she wondered:...
Series
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Seven disc special edition including all eight films: Seven UP, 7 Plus Seven, 21 UP, 28 UP, 35 UP, 42 UP, 49 UP, and 56 UP.
From the container. "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, the UP Series has exploed this Jesuit maxim. The original concept as to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every...
44) Big
Language
English
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Description
Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush on a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn...
45) 56 up
Series
Publisher
ITV Studios Limited
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The latest installment of ITV's landmark documentary series returns to visit the people whose lives have been followed since they were just seven-years-old. The original '7 Up' was broadcast in 1964 as a one-off World in Action Special featuring children chosen from different backgrounds to talk about their hopes and dreams for the future. The series was inspired by World in Action founder editor Tim Hewat's interest in both the saying: 'Give me...
Author
Series
7 good reasons not to grow up volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Kirby creates online videos showing kids why growing up isn't all it's cracked up to be, but when his best friend, Raja, finds out that Kirby isn't the person he's pretending to be, they may be forced to grow up sooner than they think.
48) Adulting
Author
Series
Publisher
For Dummies, a Wiley brand
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Learn to adult even better than your parents Even though it’s tougher than ever, this adulting thing doesn’t come with instructions!The moment you turn 18 you’re expected to be a master of everything from personal finance to household chores, even if you’ve never done any of these things before. It’s no wonder that a lot of people just like you are looking for a guide to adulthood that doesn’t assume you magically learned how to do laundry...
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Each of the book's three sections begins with the illustrated story of "The Incredible Floating Girl." Brad weaves this story together with lessons of success, fear, regret, gratitude, love, happiness, and dreams to reveal the true reason we are here: to fly, and to help others fly. When his first book tour ended, Brad Montague missed hearing other people's stories so much that he launched what he dubbed a Listening Tour. First visiting elementary...
50) Bea Wolf
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups. Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy’s clarion call! Somewhere in a generic suburb stands Treeheart, a kid-forged sanctuary where generations of tireless tykes have spent their youths making merry, spilling soda,...
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