Sweetz's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:22:12 -0800 60 Sweetz's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Antiracist Baby 52535437 Antiracist Baby introduces the youngest readers and the grown-ups in their lives to the concept and power of antiracism. Providing the language necessary to begin critical conversations at the earliest age, Antiracist Baby is the perfect gift for readers of all ages dedicated to forming a just society.]]> 24 Ibram X. Kendi 0593110412 Sweetz 0 4.04 2020 Antiracist Baby
author: Ibram X. Kendi
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.04
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]]> This Is Music: Drums 59627465 Make music with this hands-on introduction to the four instrument families: drums, horns, strings, and voice in this new board book series by a world-renown music educator.

What do a set of bongos, a tambourine, and a cooking pot have in common? They are all drums! This first introduction to instruments in the drum family begins with a simple explanation of what defines a drum. Young readers are then invited on a global exploration of a variety of percussive instruments and are encouraged to find drums of their own in the world around them.

Each title in the THIS IS MUSIC series features an interactive novelty musical element that invites the reader to play the book!]]> 28 Rekha S. Rajan 0593387007 Sweetz 0 3.82 This Is Music: Drums
author: Rekha S. Rajan
name: Sweetz
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]]> <![CDATA[No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America]]> 45449496 In this rousing call to leadership, the self-described millennial spokesperson for the culture, CNN’s designated "woke AF" former commentator, and the youngest national press secretary in the history of the United States shares her take-no-prisoners approach to life, politics, and career success, and shows a new generation how to be loud and powerful in their own right.

Many people—most notably white older men—may try to stop Symone Sanders from speaking up and out. But Symone will NOT shut up. And neither should you. In this inspiring call-to-action, Symone tells stories from her own life of not-shutting-up alongside loud young revolutionaries who came before her to help you find your authentic voice and use it to your advantage; to fight ideological battles more effectively; and to resist those who try to silence you.

We are all gurus, masterminds, artists, entrepreneurs—we are the change agents we have been waiting for. IT IS US. And the time is RIGHT NOW. I know you’re wondering, “But HOW?â€� And we don’t have all the answers! Symone is the first to admit we’re all winging it in one way or another. But the point is we’re out there doing it. So get started. Open your mouth and start talking. Loudly.Ěý

No You Shut Up goes beyond the surplus of “Vote-Or-Die� books we’ve seen before. Because change doesn’t just happen at the ballot box. We need people fighting oppression, injustice, and inequality—in the workplace, on the cultural battlefield, in government, in every corner of the world. With spirited storytelling filtered through a voice that cannot and will not be ignored, Symone inspires you to start now. You don’t need to have all the answers, or wait your turn to help create the change you want to see. All you need is a new toolbox, an unshakeable commitment, and the confidence and guidance to wield those tools effectively.


]]> 245 Symone D. Sanders 0062942697 Sweetz 0 3.99 2020 No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America
author: Symone D. Sanders
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Baby Food (Look Baby! Books) 438819 14 Margaret Miller 0689831900 Sweetz 0 jordi 3.58 2000 Baby Food (Look Baby! Books)
author: Margaret Miller
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> My Hair, My Crown Board Book 60707126 � 30 pages
� 6.25" x 6.25", 15.88 x 15.88 cm
� Includes a mirror!
� All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations.
� Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.]]> 28 Mudpuppy 0735374619 Sweetz 0 jordi 4.56 My Hair, My Crown Board Book
author: Mudpuppy
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.56
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date added: 2024/09/17
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rescue Mission (Pokemon The Series XYZ, Level 2 Reader)]]> 29563563 32 Maria S. Barbo 1338112902 Sweetz 5 bj-books 4.22 2016 The Rescue Mission (Pokemon The Series XYZ, Level 2 Reader)
author: Maria S. Barbo
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Mary Can!: Mary J Blige's Debut Children's Book about Self-Confidence and Ambition]]> 63391947 From multi-award-winning singer, artist, actress, and icon Mary J. Blige comes a fun and inspirational story that teaches young readers they can be anything, and they are enough.

Most of the time, people say “no� or “you can’t� because they dream too small.

Young Mary has been told that there are many things she can’t do. Like stay up past bedtime, or be an astronaut or become president. But what she really wants is to sing, and she isn’t about to let anyone tell her she can’t do it!

A powerful motivating tale about a confident and ambitious girl who doesn’t feed into negativity, this debut children’s book from legendary artist Mary J. Blige proves that anyone can make their dreams come true by believing in themselves. It's a great conversation starter for overcoming discouragement from others.

Brought to life with imaginative illustrations by Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin, Mary Can! is perfect for go-getters who aren’t afraid to be a YES in a world full of NOs.]]> 40 Mary J. Blige 0063216396 Sweetz 0 jordi 4.04 2023 Mary Can!: Mary J Blige's Debut Children's Book about Self-Confidence and Ambition
author: Mary J. Blige
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Good Night Chicago (Good Night Our World)]]> 250206
Chicago can’t wait for your family to explore what makes it the most fascinating city in the US. Watch as your toddler discovers the wonders of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, the Field Museum of Natural History, and so much more. Reminisce on a recent trip, or teach them about what makes Chicago so special. This book is the perfect gift for little Chicagoans everywhere, for birthdays, baby showers, housewarming and going away parties.

With the Good Night Our World series, toddlers and preschool-age kids can build listening and memory skills by identifying famous landmarks and the distinct character of real places.Ěý Perfect for bedtime or naptime, reading simple, soothing phrases to your infant, toddler or preschooler will help them fall gently to sleep. Our readers love that their child will pick a favorite portion of the story to read along with you, and on top of that, these classic board books were built to last!Ěý Made from thick paperboard construction, it was designed with your kids in mind.

Introduce stories of exploration to your little one using colorful illustrations and distinct vocabulary with Good Night Books, and be sure to look through our entire line of kids picture books about Chicago, including Good Night Illinois, Good Night Michigan, Good Night Wisconsin, and many more!Ěý

Surprise your future traveler today with Good Night Chicago!]]> 20 Adam Gamble 0977797929 Sweetz 0 3.69 2006 Good Night Chicago (Good Night Our World)
author: Adam Gamble
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Play Ball, Pikachu! (Pokémon: Scholastic Reader, Level 2)]]> 210710080
Join Ash and Pikachu on their latest adventure in Alola!The kids from Pokémon School can't wait to play Pokémon Base with the famous sports star Oluolu and his partner, Snorlax. But when Team Rocket tries to get on the game, the play turns foul! Can Ash and his Pokémon help Snorlax save the game... and the day?]]> 0 Sonia Sander 154614398X Sweetz 0 currently-reading 5.00 Play Ball, Pikachu! (Pokémon: Scholastic Reader, Level 2)
author: Sonia Sander
name: Sweetz
average rating: 5.00
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]]> <![CDATA[God Made Nature, God Made Friends, God Made Family, God Cares for Me]]> 142885521 Design on covers vary. 8 Inc. The Clever Factory Sweetz 0 bj-books, jordi 5.00 God Made Nature, God Made Friends, God Made Family, God Cares for Me
author: Inc. The Clever Factory
name: Sweetz
average rating: 5.00
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]]> Brown Sugar Baby 58135086
What a yummy-tummy baby you are!

This poetic read-aloud celebrates the sweetness of babies--from their sugar-sparkle eyes to their tasty little toes.]]> 22 Kevin Lewis 1646384105 Sweetz 4 jordi 3.96 Brown Sugar Baby
author: Kevin Lewis
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.96
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]]> Curls 54304223
Me
Morning

Mirror Smile

Shine big
hair love

This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four friends who celebrate the joy of their hairstyles from bouncing curls to swinging braids.]]> 26 Ruth Forman 1534446311 Sweetz 4 jordi 3.81 Curls
author: Ruth Forman
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.81
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]]> <![CDATA[Batman: An Origin Story (DC Super Heroes Origins) by John Sazaklis (2015-01-06)]]> 144160831 0 John Sazaklis Sweetz 0 bj-books 0.0 2015 Batman: An Origin Story (DC Super Heroes Origins) by John Sazaklis (2015-01-06)
author: John Sazaklis
name: Sweetz
average rating: 0.0
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]]> <![CDATA[Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth � An Inclusive Holiday Board Book for Babies and Toddlers]]> 76121594 0 Mudpuppy 0735377537 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.38 Let’s Celebrate Juneteenth – An Inclusive Holiday Board Book for Babies and Toddlers
author: Mudpuppy
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.38
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]]> <![CDATA[Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life]]> 165059495
Building on the lessons she learned on Wall Street about money and the markets, Vivian now offers her best personal finance tips and tricks to readers of all ages and demographics, so that anyone can get rich, whether you grew up knowing the rules to the game or not. Vivian will be your mentor, dispensing fresh, no-BS advice on how to think like a rich person and create smart money habits. Throughout the pages of Rich AF , Vivian will break down her best recommendations to help
And much more!

Rich AF will equip readers with the tools and knowledge to not only understand the financial landscape, but to build a financial strategy of their own. And with Your Rich BFF at your side, you’ll be able to start your financial journey already in an affluent mindset, making the most of your money and growing your wealth for years to come.]]> 336 Vivian Tu 0593714911 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 4.04 2023 Rich AF: The Winning Money Mindset That Will Change Your Life
author: Vivian Tu
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.04
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]]> Cars (Mighty Machines) 9132749 24 Ian Graham 1554076277 Sweetz 0 3.75 2000 Cars (Mighty Machines)
author: Ian Graham
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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]]> Max and the Tag-Along Moon 58473026 Has the moon ever followed you home at night?

Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after a visit, Grandpa reminds Max that the moon above them at Grandpa’s house is the same moon that will follow him all the way home. And on that swervy-curvy car ride back home Max smiles as the moon tags along, thinking of Grandpa.

But when the sky darkens and the moon disappears behind clouds, Max worries that it did not follow him home after all. Yet when the clouds part and light streams through his window, he realizes that Grandpa was right—the moon was with him all along.]]> 32 Floyd Cooper 0425287459 Sweetz 0 4.29 2013 Max and the Tag-Along Moon
author: Floyd Cooper
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Last Stop on Market Street 40078783 32 Matt de la Peña 0399546308 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.29 2015 Last Stop on Market Street
author: Matt de la Peña
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at: 2024/01/16
date added: 2024/01/16
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]]> Like Lava In My Veins 62121448 All it takes is a loving teacher to help a boy get control of his sizzling superpowers, in this vibrant picture book by bestselling author Derrick Barnes.

Bobby Beacon's got fire flowing through his veins. And now he's psyched to attend a new school that'll help him get a better grip on his powers. But right off the bat, his new teacher is not too welcoming. That causes Bobby's hot temper to land him in the principal's office. It ain't easy to stay calm when people don't seem to understand you and are always pushing you to the edge. Good thing Bobby gets moved to a class with an understanding teacher who clues him in on ways to calm himself and shows him that caring for others is its own kind of superpower. With her help--and some cool new friends--he just might be on his way to becoming the best version of himself possible.]]> 40 Derrick Barnes 0525518746 Sweetz 5 bj-books 4.03 Like Lava In My Veins
author: Derrick Barnes
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/15
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]]> <![CDATA[Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe]]> 72364204 272 Jeezy 1400236258 Sweetz 4 4.03 Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe
author: Jeezy
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.03
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Graded English Grammer Practice - Part 4]]> 30733908 176 144 Sangit Kaushik 9350895900 Sweetz 0 0.0 Graded English Grammer Practice - Part 4
author: Sangit Kaushik
name: Sweetz
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]]> Never Touch the Sharks 52027216
Little ones will love counting down from five and watching the bumpy silicone sharks disappear at the turn of every page.

With fun illustrations and a silly rhyme, this shark-themed counting book has plenty to explore.]]> 14 Rosie Greening 178947373X Sweetz 4 bj-books 4.04 Never Touch the Sharks
author: Rosie Greening
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.04
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]]> Afro-Bets 1,2,3 2846213 24 Cheryl Willis Hudson 0439429161 Sweetz 3 bj-books 4.48 1988 Afro-Bets 1,2,3
author: Cheryl Willis Hudson
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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]]> The Spooky Cabin (PAW Patrol) 35993020 13 Nickelodeon Publishing 1681075393 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.86 The Spooky Cabin (PAW Patrol)
author: Nickelodeon Publishing
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.86
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]]> ABC Oakland 31324160 32 Michael Wertz 1597143715 Sweetz 5 bj-books 4.73 ABC Oakland
author: Michael Wertz
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.73
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rating: 5
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]]> Oh No, George! 12908814
George is a dog with all the best intentions. And his owner, Harry, has all the best hopes that George will be a well-behaved dog when he leaves him alone for the day. But when George spies a delicious cake sitting on the kitchen table, his resolve starts to waver. You see, George loves cake. . . . Uh-oh. What to do now? It’s so hard to be a good dog when there are cats to chase and flowers to dig up! What ever will Harry say when he gets back? Chris Haughton’s fetchingly funny story and vibrant, retro illustrations are sure to lure dog lovers of all ages � and anyone who has ever met a temptation too good to resist.]]> 32 Chris Haughton 0763655465 Sweetz 5 bj-books 4.08 2012 Oh No, George!
author: Chris Haughton
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/07
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]]> Baby's First Book of Prayers 1469519 0 melody-carlson 1859855369 Sweetz 0 bj-books 5.00 2002 Baby's First Book of Prayers
author: melody-carlson
name: Sweetz
average rating: 5.00
book published: 2002
rating: 0
read at: 2024/08/20
date added: 2023/11/01
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]]> <![CDATA[My Mom Loves Me! by Marianne Richmond (2009-04-01)]]> 164344414 0 unknown author Sweetz 0 bj-books 0.0 My Mom Loves Me! by Marianne Richmond (2009-04-01)
author: unknown author
name: Sweetz
average rating: 0.0
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]]> <![CDATA[Black Panther: My Mighty Marvel First Book]]> 51075370
Pounce into action with the Black Panther, an Avenger and king of the mighty nation of Wakanda!

Learn all about his abilities, skills, and friends in this bright and bold board book, with art from the classic comics by John Buscema. Vivid colors and three special gatefolds make for a fun-filled read perfect for the youngest kids and long-time Marvel fans alike.]]> 24 Marvel Comics 1419748165 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.62 Black Panther: My Mighty Marvel First Book
author: Marvel Comics
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.62
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Blockchain: An Illustrated Guidebook to Understanding Blockchain]]> 42367486
Blockchain should be easy to understand, but the so-called “experts� always explain it in such a complicated way! Through 200 original illustrations, this book provides simple explanation of Blockchain what Blockchain is and how it works. This book will help you, understand everything about Blockchain. The Table of Contents

Topics cover include finance, internet management, energy, government, copyright, and more. The Appendix offers additional material, including, “What Is It Like to Be a COOO in a Blockchain Startup?� and “It Might Take 100 Picassos to Help You Understand the Abstract Nature of Blockchain.�

This is essential reading for everyone in the field, or thinking of getting into the high stakes world of Blockchain.]]> 256 Xu Mingxing 1510744843 Sweetz 0 to-read 2.67 Blockchain: An Illustrated Guidebook to Understanding Blockchain
author: Xu Mingxing
name: Sweetz
average rating: 2.67
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]]> I Am Not a Chair! 30320050
From the acclaimed author-illustrator of There’s a Giraffe in My Soup, Ross Burach, comes a curious tale about finding one’s courage and standing up for oneself. Full of vibrant and playful illustrations and hilariously absurd logic, kids will want to read it again and again.

Could there be anything worse for Giraffe? Maybe being sat on by a skunk or smooshed by two hapless hippos, or worst of all—cornered by a hungry lion? No one seems to notice that Giraffe is not standing around just to be sat upon. Will he be able to find his voice and make his friends realize who he really is?

Ěý±Ő±Ő> 40 Ross Burach 0062360167 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.01 2017 I Am Not a Chair!
author: Ross Burach
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> No, David! 1062516 David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words:

No, David!

...And a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. But some things never change...

Here's the semi-autobiographical story of writer and artist David Shannon, the once little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!", and this is his story.

David Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington. He has written and illustrated numerous popular books for children, including How Georgie Saved Baseball, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists: and most recently A Bad Case of Stripes, a selection of the Junior Library Guild. In 1996, he also Illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ABC Children's Bookseller' Choice award Winner. David Shannon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Heidi, and their dog, Fergus.

Edition ISBN: 9780590930024
Edition MSRP: $17âąâą USD / $19âąâą CAN]]> 32 David Shannon 0590930028 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.16 1998 No, David!
author: David Shannon
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1998
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]]> <![CDATA[Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type]]> 766955
Farmer Brown
has a problem.
His cows like to type.
All day long he hears
Click, clack, MOO.
Click, clack, MOO.
Clickety, clack, MOO.
But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes....
Doreen Cronin's understated text and Betsy Lewin's expressive illustrations make the most of this hilarious situation. Come join the fun as a bunch of literate cows turn Farmer Brown's farm upside down.]]> 32 Doreen Cronin 0689832133 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.28 1999 Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
author: Doreen Cronin
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1999
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Monster at the End of this Book]]> 44186 "On the first page, what did that say? Did that say there will be a Monster at the end of the book???"

Read along as Grover begs you not to turn the page—because there is a monster at this end of this book!

Lovable, furry old Grover is distressed to learn that there's a monster at the end of this book! He begs readers not to turn the pages, but of course kids feel they just have to see this monster for themselves. Grover is astonished—and toddlers will be delighted—to discover who is really the monster at the end of the book!

Many adults name this book as their favorite Little Golden Book. This all-time favorite is now available as a Big Little Golden Book—perfect for lap-time reading.

Jon Stone (1931�1997) is the author of this book, but he was also Sesame Street's principal director until 1996. Working with Jim Henson, he helped create many of the Muppet characters, including Big Bird and Cookie Monster. He was also responsible for the show's format and setting. Stone contributed occasional announcer voices (such as the soap opera promo spoof "School in the Afternoon"), and served similar duty on two Muppet Meeting Films. Stone died of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease on March 30th, 1997. In his New York Times obituary, Joan Ganz Cooney describes Stone as "probably the most brilliant writer of children's television material in America".]]> 32 Jon Stone 037582913X Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.45 1971 The Monster at the End of this Book
author: Jon Stone
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1971
rating: 0
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]]> The Little Engine That Could 824204 48 Watty Piper 0448405202 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.20 1930 The Little Engine That Could
author: Watty Piper
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1930
rating: 0
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]]> Guess How Much I Love You 301736 20 Sam McBratney 076360013X Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.38 1988 Guess How Much I Love You
author: Sam McBratney
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1988
rating: 0
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]]> Little Fires Everywhere 51704136 Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned--from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren--an enigmatic artist and single mother--who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood--and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Ĺ·±¦ÓéŔÖ, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more...

Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more. ]]> 368 Celeste Ng 0143135163 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.06 2017 Little Fires Everywhere
author: Celeste Ng
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Om Child: I Am Kind: Ahimsa, Compassion, and Community (Om Child, 2)]]> 55893797 Yoga has many benefits as an ancient Indian mind-and-body practice, and it’s never too early to start your little one!

I Am Kind:ĚýA Gentle Introduction to Compassion and EmpathyĚýexplores ahimsa, or nonviolence, and shows children how to practice compassion and gratefulness in their daily lives to themselves, to others, and to the world. This practice is focused on the key preschool concept of being polite—knowing when to say thank you and I'm sorry.

About Om Child: This calm and colorful series features kids from all backgrounds enjoying yoga and teaches readers about mindfulness and philosophy, which is often neglected in order to focus on teaching poses.Ěý±Ő±Ő> 18 Lisa Edwards 0063068400 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.05 Om Child: I Am Kind: Ahimsa, Compassion, and Community (Om Child, 2)
author: Lisa Edwards
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.05
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Breebe's Brand New Baby Brother]]> 29756105 12 Brianna Lauren Sweetz 0 0.0 Breebe's Brand New Baby Brother
author: Brianna Lauren
name: Sweetz
average rating: 0.0
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]]> <![CDATA[Quiet Loud / Silencioso ruidoso (Leslie Patricelli Board Books)]]> 36739491 "Funny, spirited board books by Leslie Patricelli explore opposites. . . . Clever pairings, bold graphic art, and an expressive toddler in diapers make the concepts fun." -- Publishers Weekly

Sniffles are quiet, but sneezes are loud. Crayons are quiet, but pots and pans are loud. Whether you read it quietly or loudly, learning about these opposites has never been more fun -- or funny -- than with this winning board book.]]> 24 Leslie Patricelli 0763699764 Sweetz 5 bj-books 3.93 2003 Quiet Loud / Silencioso ruidoso (Leslie Patricelli Board Books)
author: Leslie Patricelli
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/04
date added: 2022/12/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Thomas Saves Easter! (Thomas & Friends)]]> 13642567 12 W. Awdry 0307981584 Sweetz 0 3.57 2013 Thomas Saves Easter! (Thomas & Friends)
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/04
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]]> <![CDATA[Baby Happy Baby Sad/Bebe Feliz Bebe Triste]]> 38398971 YES! Now in a dual language Spanish-English edition, this must-have toddler title sheds light on some concepts with a comical flair that will make readers HAPPY.

A towering ice-cream cone makes Baby HAPPY. But when that delectable treat goes splat, it makes Baby SAD. And how quickly HAPPY turns to SAD when a favorite red balloon flies away! Even the littlest listeners will relate to this playful look at a pair of emotions that are part of every baby's day.]]> 24 Leslie Patricelli 1536203483 Sweetz 0 3.64 2008 Baby Happy Baby Sad/Bebe Feliz Bebe Triste
author: Leslie Patricelli
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> Spot's Thanksgiving 1113395
It's Thanksgiving, and Spot wants to make a pumpkin pie. Everyone celebrates together as his whole family helps prepare the treat!]]> 10 Eric Hill 0399241868 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.45 2003 Spot's Thanksgiving
author: Eric Hill
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2003
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/01
date added: 2022/12/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Start Your Own Vending Machine Business: Collect Monthly Full-Time Income on Autopilot by Building a Vending Machine Empire | The Complete Beginners� Guide | Includes Inventory & Routes Spreadsheets]]> 61638189
If what you’re looking for is a business without high startup costs and unbeatable profit margins , you have found exactly what you need. Let's be a 9-to-5 will never take you where you want to be.
It will keep you exactly where you are now... and the dreams you're chasing, they will remain dreams.

There's no fooling what you need to do is start your own business.
That's what I did, and what helped me turn my life around was selling little everyday items, beverages, and snacks thanks to a trustworthy a vending machine.
6 months down the road, I had a personal robot army, always on duty, collecting money for me, even when I was sleeping. And that's where my life's perspective started to change.

Every new entrepreneur's dream is to have a business with minimal upfront costs and high margins. That's why the Vending Machines Business is the little-known secret that got many successful entrepreneurs started on the right track.

Vending machines are a very cost-effective way to distribute any kind of goods wherever there is a good flow of people, and once they’re set they operate continuously so that you can focus your energy on scaling the business. Today vending machines are everywhere, and they can sell virtually everything, which makes it a HUGE market to tap into. The U.S. vending machine market size alone is close to $40 billion a year, while the global market is projected to hit $146.6 billion by 2027! And the best thing is that you can be part of this huge industry with almost no money down . This comprehensive manual will guide you step-by-step to reach the level of monthly cashflow that you need, Inside you’ll And much much more! I can hardly explain the thrilling feeling of returning to a machine and finding it filled with you’ll never get used to it and it will boost your motivation to grow more and more. Take the decision to become your own boss and grab the opportunity to make yourself a steady income that can easily surpass and replace your salary.]]> 123 Liam Buckley Sweetz 0 to-read 3.67 Start Your Own Vending Machine Business: Collect Monthly Full-Time Income on Autopilot by Building a Vending Machine Empire | The Complete Beginners’ Guide | Includes Inventory & Routes Spreadsheets
author: Liam Buckley
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Going Buggy!: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Super Gross)]]> 59365651
Did you know there are more than one BILLION insects for every human on Earth? Or that mango flies can bite someone and give them a disease called eye worms? Mango fly larva will grow and live inside the person’s eyeballs! Learn more super gross insect facts with Dr. Ick and Sam the Dog if you dare!]]> 32 Patty Michaels 1665913401 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.00 Going Buggy!: Ready-to-Read Level 2 (Super Gross)
author: Patty Michaels
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.00
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read at: 2022/11/20
date added: 2022/11/20
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]]> La sombrilla grande 52759352 Siguiendo los pasos de Alison McGhee en su clásico Someday, la popular ilustradora Amy June Bates debuta como autora junto a su hija de once años con este oportuno y perenne libro sobre la aceptación.

Al lado de la puerta delantera hay una sombrilla. Es grande. Es tan grande que cuando comienza a llover hay espacio para todos debajo de ella. No importa si eres alta. O si llevas ropa a cuadros. O si eres peludo. No importa cuántas piernas o patas tienes.

No te preocupes de que no habrá suficiente espacio bajo la sombrilla. Porque siempre habrá espacio.

Exuberantes ilustraciones y un sencillo texto lĂ­rico tocan con sutileza los temas de inclusiĂłn y tolerancia en este cuento encantador que la exitosa ilustradora Amy June Bates escribiĂł a cuatro manos con su hija, Juniper, mientras caminaban juntas a la escuela bajo la lluvia.]]> 34 Amy June Bates 1534468447 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.92 2018 La sombrilla grande
author: Amy June Bates
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2022/11/15
date added: 2022/11/20
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]]> 8 Little Planets 37813693 A delightfully fun, fact-filled planetary tale from the creator of the Baby University series!

Travel around the solar system and celebrate what makes each planet unique! From Neptune to Mercury and all the planets in between, each one is different and each one is happy to be what they are.

Old slow Neptune looks a bit behind.
Orbiting the Sun takes an awful long time.
But the 8th little planet doesn't need to worry.
It spins on its axis in a really big hurry!

Vibrant, joyful art, playful verse, and a fun die-cut shape are sure to have astronomers of all ages celebrating their own uniqueness while they party with the planets.]]> 18 Chris Ferrie 149267124X Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.24 8 Little Planets
author: Chris Ferrie
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!)]]> 41438747 0 Rachel Isadora 1524738786 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.41 2016 I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!)
author: Rachel Isadora
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.41
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2022/11/03
date added: 2022/11/03
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]]> Never Touch a Shark 43275154
You must never touch a shark . . . unless it's in this book! This ocean-themed touch-and-feel board book is great for children of all ages and fits perfectly into tiny hands. Kids will love reading the silly rhymes that warn the dangers of touching the animals--and then ignoring the advice!

Children of all ages, 0 and up, will enjoy:


The innovative and engaging silicone touch-and-feel features on every spread
The bright and vibrant illustrations
The silly and easy-to-read rhymes that involve the fun ocean creatures
Receiving this fun book as a birthday gift, stocking stuffer, Easter basket goody, road trip activity, or just because
Parents and their little ones will enjoy reading aloud Never Touch a Shark again and again.

If your child enjoys Never Touch a Shark, check out the rest of the Never Touch � series Never Touch a Polar Bear, Never Touch a Porcupine, Never Touch a Spider, Never Touch a Dinosaur, Never Touch a Dragon, Never Touch a Monster, and Never Touch a Tiger.]]> 12 Rosie Greening 1788436539 Sweetz 0 bj-books, to-read 4.18 Never Touch a Shark
author: Rosie Greening
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.18
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date added: 2022/10/04
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]]> The Rainbow Fish 766020 The Rainbow Fish is an international bestseller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foilstamping, glittering on every page, offers instant child-appeal, but it is the universal message at the heart of this simple story about a beautiful fish, who learns to make friends by sharing his most prized possessions, that gives the book its lasting value.]]> 32 Marcus Pfister 1558580093 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.21 1992 The Rainbow Fish
author: Marcus Pfister
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> Thick: And Other Essays 40365093 Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more—by one of today's most intrepid public intellectuals

Tressie McMillan Cottom, the writer, professor, and acclaimed author of Lower Ed, now brilliantly shifts gears from running regression analyses on college data to unleashing another identity: a purveyor of wit, wisdom—and of course Black Twitter snark—about all that is right and much that is so very wrong about this thing we call society. In the bestselling tradition of bell hooks and Roxane Gay, McMillan Cottom’s freshman collection illuminates a particular trait of her tribe: being thick. In form, and in substance.

This bold compendium, likely to find its place on shelves alongside Lindy West, Rebecca Solnit, and Maggie Nelson, dissects everything from beauty to Obama to pumpkin spice lattes. Yet Thick will also fill a void on those very shelves: a modern black American female voice waxing poetic on self and society, serving up a healthy portion of clever prose and southern aphorisms in a style uniquely her own.

McMillan Cottom has crafted a black woman’s cultural bible, as she mines for meaning in places many of us miss and reveals precisely how—when you’re in the thick of it—the political, the social, and the personal are almost always one and the same.

Thick --
In the name of beauty --
Dying to be competent --
Know your whites --
Black is over (or, special black) --
The price of fabulousness --
Black girlhood, interrupted --
Girl 6 --
Notes]]> 248 Tressie McMillan Cottom 1620974363 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 4.43 2019 Thick: And Other Essays
author: Tressie McMillan Cottom
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Cry Like a Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration]]> 41110784 Ěý
His grandfather’s lynching in the deep South, the murders of his two older brothers, and his verbally harsh and absent father all worked together to form Jason Wilson’s childhood. But it was his decision to acknowledge his emotions and yield to God’s call on his life that made Wilson the man and leader he is today.Ěý
Ěý
As the founder of one of the country’s most esteemed youth organizations, Wilson has decades of experience in strengthening the physical, mental, and emotional spirit of boys and men. In Cry Like a Man , Wilson explains the dangers men face in our culture’s definition of “masculinity� and gives readers hope that healing is possible.
Ěý
As Wilson writes, “My passion is to help boys and men find strength to become courageously transparent about their own brokenness as I shed light on the symptoms and causes of childhood trauma and â€father wounds.â€� I long to see men free themselves from emotional incarceration—to see their minds renewed, souls weaned, and relationships restored.â€�
Ěý±Ő±Ő> 224 Jason Wilson 0830775943 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.13 2019 Cry Like a Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration
author: Jason Wilson
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Let's Go, Rescue Trucks! (Spin Me!)]]> 37825472 12 Scholastic Inc. 1338256807 Sweetz 5 bj-books
My son loves cars so its one of our faves. ]]> 4.03 Let's Go, Rescue Trucks! (Spin Me!)
author: Scholastic Inc.
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.03
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/15
date added: 2022/09/20
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Great book for toddlers that are learning to read. Its interactive. The words are repetitive and it has learning elements.

My son loves cars so its one of our faves.
]]> <![CDATA[Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There]]> 987892 Go for No! chronicles four days in the life of fictional character Eric Bratton, a call reluctant copier salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself in a strange house with no idea of how he got there. But this house doesn t belong to just anyone! It belongs to him... a wildly successful, ten years in the future version of the person he could become if he learns to overcome his self-limiting beliefs and overcome his fear of failure.

Through the dialogue of the two main characters the authors have fashioned an entertaining story to present the key concepts essential to sales success. Readers learn...

...What it takes to outperform 92% of the world s salespeople
...That failing and failure are two very different things
...Why it s important to celebrate success and failure
...How to get past failures quickly and move on
...That the most empowering word in the world is not yes... it s NO!

Written to be intentionally short and to the point, Go for No! is a quick, fun read with valuable lessons that can change the way you think, sell, and live!]]> 80 Richard Fenton 0966398130 Sweetz 4
The premise of Go For No is totally opposite of what a lot of people tell you in the sales industry. The word NO itself also gets a bad rap for being negative. But the point was to go for no. Dont stop yourself. Push past the uncomfortable because our boundaries are usually limits we place on ourselves that have nothing to do with external forces.

I needed this exact book, at the exact time I discovered it. Its so short, you can revisit it again and again as a mindset refresher. ]]> 4.24 2007 Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There
author: Richard Fenton
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/04
date added: 2022/09/20
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Got this book on audible. A quarter of the way in, I was about to ask for a refund! No joke. The lead up was brutal. But so many people in the sales industry HIGHLY recommended this book. Once I realize, the author was probably laying the groundwork for a great point, I kept reading. I’m glad I did.

The premise of Go For No is totally opposite of what a lot of people tell you in the sales industry. The word NO itself also gets a bad rap for being negative. But the point was to go for no. Dont stop yourself. Push past the uncomfortable because our boundaries are usually limits we place on ourselves that have nothing to do with external forces.

I needed this exact book, at the exact time I discovered it. Its so short, you can revisit it again and again as a mindset refresher.
]]> <![CDATA[Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments]]> 58950692
"If I had two wishes, it would be that D. Watkins spend an entire book writing through the terrifying wonder of Black boyness in America, and for every human to read and share this book. I am shaken.Ěý Black Boy SmileĚý changed my relationship to writing and me."â€� Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal
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At nine years old, D. Watkins has three concerns in picking his dad’s Lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of the crack epidemic just hours from the nation’s capital. Watkins, like many boys around him, is thrust out of childhood and into a world where manhood means surviving by slinging crack on street corners and finding oneself on the right side of pistols. For thirty years, Watkins is forced to safeguard every moment of joy he experiences or risk losing himself entirely. Now, for the first time, Watkins harnesses these moments to tell the story of how he matured into the D. Watkins we know today—beloved author, college professor, editor-at-large ofĚýSalon, Ěýand devoted husband and father.

Black Boy Smile Ěýlays bare Watkins’s relationship with his father and his brotherhood with the boys around him. He shares candid recollections of early assaults on his body and mind and reveals how he coped using stoic silence disguised as manhood. His harrowing pursuit of redemption, written in his signature street style, pinpoints how generational hardship, left raw and unnurtured, breeds toxic masculinity. Watkins discovers a love for books, is admitted to two graduate programs, meets with his future wife, an attorney—and finds true freedom in fatherhood. Ěý

Equally moving and liberating,Ěý Black Boy Smile Ěýis D. Watkins’s love letter to Black boys in concrete cities, a daring testimony that brings to life the contradictions, fears, and hopes of boys hurdling headfirst into adulthood.Ěý Black Boy SmileĚý is a story proving that when we acknowledge the fallacies of our past, we can uncover the path toward self-discovery.Ěý Black Boy Smile Ěýis the story of a Black boy who healed.]]> 240 D. Watkins 0306924005 Sweetz 4 I perceive the book to be a love letter, NO, love journey to his daughter on how he is able to love her FULLY. I say a love journey because he speaks about how he was raised. In his family affection and physical acts of love weren’t a thing. He was taught, like so many black boys not to cry and suck that s#!+ up! He went from a kid that was sexually assaulted (and didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone) to a man that learned to love, embrace affection and become a loving father and husband.

I was able to feel the love he has for his wife through his words. I was able to relate to her and found myself wanting to know more about her as the story progressed.

Being from the DMV, I never understand the east vs west beef. So when D Watkins posed the question in the book, I thought that was interesting.

I love that he took his time to find true love and kept it real with the ones he saw no future with. Fighting for true love when he was able to identify it. Most importantly, letting go or shedding some of the PTSD black men develop in the community to SMILE and love fully. This changes the black dynamic in so many ways.

I enjoyed the section about his love journey with literature and discovering so many authors. (I think we all started out with The Coldest Winter Ever!) Books will do that to you. It opens you up to worlds you didn’t know. Before, you know it, you’re down a rabbit hole not knowing where you started. I was introduced to a lot of new authors from this read. Level up my bookish status!

Last tidbit, it wasn’t lost on me that his daughters middle name was an ode to his neighborhood.

Great read. ]]> 4.36 2022 Black Boy Smile: A Memoir in Moments
author: D. Watkins
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/08/31
date added: 2022/09/20
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I saw this book on the news and instantly wanted to read it knowing the author was a Baltimore native. Once I realized he also narrated the book, I went straight to audible.
I perceive the book to be a love letter, NO, love journey to his daughter on how he is able to love her FULLY. I say a love journey because he speaks about how he was raised. In his family affection and physical acts of love weren’t a thing. He was taught, like so many black boys not to cry and suck that s#!+ up! He went from a kid that was sexually assaulted (and didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone) to a man that learned to love, embrace affection and become a loving father and husband.

I was able to feel the love he has for his wife through his words. I was able to relate to her and found myself wanting to know more about her as the story progressed.

Being from the DMV, I never understand the east vs west beef. So when D Watkins posed the question in the book, I thought that was interesting.

I love that he took his time to find true love and kept it real with the ones he saw no future with. Fighting for true love when he was able to identify it. Most importantly, letting go or shedding some of the PTSD black men develop in the community to SMILE and love fully. This changes the black dynamic in so many ways.

I enjoyed the section about his love journey with literature and discovering so many authors. (I think we all started out with The Coldest Winter Ever!) Books will do that to you. It opens you up to worlds you didn’t know. Before, you know it, you’re down a rabbit hole not knowing where you started. I was introduced to a lot of new authors from this read. Level up my bookish status!

Last tidbit, it wasn’t lost on me that his daughters middle name was an ode to his neighborhood.

Great read.
]]> Scenes from My Life: A Memoir 60254856 A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back--from the late iconic actor beloved for his roles in The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, and Lovecraft Country

When Michael K. Williams died on September 6, 2021, he left behind a career as one of the most electrifying actors of his generation. From his star turn as Omar Little in The Wire to Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire to Emmy-nominated roles in HBO's The Night Of and Lovecraft Country, Williams inhabited a slew of indelible roles that he portrayed with a rawness and vulnerability that leapt off the screen. Beyond the nominations and acclaim, Williams played characters who connected, whose humanity couldn't be denied, whose stories were too often left out of the main narrative.

At the time of his death, Williams had nearly finished a memoir that tells the story of his past while looking to the future, a book that merges his life and his life's work. Mike, as his friends knew him, was so much more than an actor. In Scenes from My Life, he traces his life in whole, from his childhood in East Flatbush and his early years as a dancer to his battles with addiction and the bar fight that left his face with his distinguishing scar. He was a committed Brooklyn resident and activist who dedicated his life to working with social justice organizations and his community, especially in helping at-risk youth find their voice and carve out their future. Williams worked to keep the spotlight on those he fought for and with, whom he believed in with his whole heart.

Imbued with poignance and raw honesty, Scenes from My Life is the story of a performer who gave his all to everything he did--in his own voice, in his own words, as only he could.]]> 259 Michael K. Williams 0593240375 Sweetz 4 4.46 2022 Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
author: Michael K. Williams
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire]]> 79424 The Ultimate Spiritual Guide for Men

What is your true purpose in life? What do women really want? What makes a good lover? If you're a man reading this, you've undoubtedly asked yourself these questions—but you may not have had much luck answering them. Until now.

In The Way of the Superior Man, David Deida explores the most important issues in men's lives—from career and family to women and intimacy to love and spirituality and relationships—to offer a practical guidebook for living a masculine life of integrity, authenticity, and freedom. Join this bestselling author and internationally renowned expert on sexual spirituality for straightforward advice, empowering skills, body practices, and more to help you realize a life of fulfillment, immediately and without compromise.

"It is time to evolve beyond the macho jerk ideal, all spine and no heart," writes David Deida. "It is also time to evolve beyond the sensitive and caring wimp ideal, all heart and no spine." The Way of the Superior Man presents the ultimate challenge—and reward—for today's man: to discover the 'unity of heart and spine' through the full expression of consciousness and love in the infinite openness of the present moment.

Contents

Part One: A Man's Way
Part Two: Dealing With Women
Part Three: Working With Polarity and Energy
Part Four: What Women Really Want
Part Five: Your Dark Side
Part Six: Feminine Attractiveness
Part Seven: Body Practices
Part Eight: Men's and Women's Yoga of Intimacy


Excerpt:

This book is a guide for a specific kind of newly evolving man. This man is unabashedly masculine—he is purposeful, confident, and directed, living his chosen way of life with deep integrity and humor—and he is sensitive, spontaneous, and spiritually alive, with a heart-commitment to discovering and living his deepest truth.]]> 202 David Deida 1591792576 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 4.04 1997 The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire
author: David Deida
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> Crying in H Mart 54814676
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band � and meeting the man who would become her husband � her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

It was her mother’s diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner’s voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner 0525657746 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 4.25 2021 Crying in H Mart
author: Michelle Zauner
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Finding Tamika 60480965
Kevin Hart and Charlamagne Tha God’s SBH productions present their debut Audible Original Finding Tamika. In it, host Erika Alexander summons a new generation to help raise the dead, expose a hidden past, and give a dark warning for our future. In Finding Tamika, what we’ll actually discover is the awful truth that a Black girl does not have to go missing for us not to see her. No matter the cost, though, we must look for Tamika, because until she is found, we are all lost.

Please Note: This content is for mature audiences only. It contains adult language and themes. Discretion is advised.]]> 6 Erika Alexander Sweetz 5 3.83 2022 Finding Tamika
author: Erika Alexander
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/12
date added: 2022/08/12
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]]> The Secret (The Secret, #1) 52529 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781582701707.

The worldwide bestselling phenomenon that has helped millions tap the power of the law that governs all our lives to create—intentionally and effortlessly—a joyful life.

In 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe�The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that became a worldwide bestseller.

Fragments of a Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions, and philosophies throughout the centuries. For the first time, all the pieces of The Secret come together in an incredible revelation that will be life-transforming for all who experience it.

In this book, you’ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life—money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You’ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that’s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.

The Secret contains wisdom from modern-day teachers—men and women who have used it to achieve health, wealth, and happiness. By applying the knowledge of The Secret, they bring to light compelling stories of eradicating disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcoming obstacles, and achieving what many would regard as impossible.]]> 199 Rhonda Byrne Sweetz 5 fave 3.74 2006 The Secret (The Secret, #1)
author: Rhonda Byrne
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2006
rating: 5
read at: 2022/08/11
date added: 2022/08/11
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]]> Green Eggs and Ham 23772
Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning.]]> 64 Dr. Seuss 0394800168 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.31 1960 Green Eggs and Ham
author: Dr. Seuss
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1960
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/08/11
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]]> <![CDATA[May the Best Engine Win! (Thomas & Friends)]]> 2653409 24 W. Awdry 0375843817 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.65 2006 May the Best Engine Win! (Thomas & Friends)
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2006
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/11
date added: 2022/08/09
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]]> Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe 30026085
Pop Pop and Me and A Recipe is the perfect book for a child's birthday, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, a Grandfather's birthday, family reunions, family celebrations, Father's Day, Grandparents day and baking fun any day of the year.

Purchase a copy of Pop Pop and Me and A Recipe and cook up your own delicious day of joy.

For Ages 4-7 Preschool - Grade 2]]> 30 Irene Smalls 1623955866 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.25 Pop Pop and Me and a Recipe
author: Irene Smalls
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/02
date added: 2022/08/02
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]]> Baby Builders 49645149 Caution: Babies at Work! These babies are busy building a wonderful playhouse in this bustling picture book for fans of Mighty, Mighty Construction Site .

Wearing their hard hats, safety goggles, and work boots, a team of toddlers are busy building away. Using excavators, shovels, and bulldozers, they are hard at work making their perfect playhouse blueprint come to life. Jaunty rhyme perfectly complements the playful and bouncing illustrations in this kid pleaser.]]> 32 Elissa Haden Guest 0525552707 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.58 2020 Baby Builders
author: Elissa Haden Guest
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/02
date added: 2022/08/02
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]]> <![CDATA[Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch (Pete the Cat: I Can Read)]]> 15818449 Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch is a My First I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for shared reading with a child.

Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, and Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses.

Supports the Common Core State Standards]]> 32 James Dean 0062110691 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.22 2013 Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch (Pete the Cat: I Can Read)
author: James Dean
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/27
date added: 2022/07/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Loteria: More First Words / Más primeras palabras: A Bilingual Picture Book (Lil' Libros)]]> 55376391 22 Patty Rodríguez 1947971565 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.85 Loteria: More First Words / Más primeras palabras: A Bilingual Picture Book (Lil' Libros)
author: Patty RodrĂ­guez
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/24
date added: 2022/07/24
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships]]> 35210 "You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills." -- Larry King

"The lost art of verbal communication may be revitalized by Leil Lowndes." -- Harvey McKay, author of "How to Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive"

What is that magic quality makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their "Midas touch?"

What it boils down to is a more skillful way of dealing with people.

The author has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success. In her book How to Talk to Anyone (Contemporary Books, October 2003) Lowndes offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques-- she takes the reader from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life. In this information-packed book you'll find:


9 ways to make a dynamite first impression 14 ways to master small talk, "big talk," and body language 14 ways to walk and talk like a VIP or celebrity 6 ways to sound like an insider in any crowd 7 ways to establish deep subliminal rapport with anyone 9 ways to feed someone's ego (and know when NOT to!) 11 ways to make your phone a powerful communications tool 15 ways to work a party like a politician works a room 7 ways to talk with tigers and not get eaten alive
In her trademark entertaining and straight-shooting style, Leil gives the techniques catchy names so you'll remember them when you really need them, including: "Rubberneck the Room," "Be a Copyclass," "Come Hither Hands," "Bare Their Hot Button," "The Great Scorecard in the Sky," and "Play the Tombstone Game," for big success in your social life, romance, and business.

How to Talk to Anyone, which is an update of her popular book, Talking the Winner's Way (see the 5-star reviews of the latter) is based on solid research about techniques that work!

By the way, don't confuse How to Talk to Anyone with one of Leil's previous books, How to Talk to Anybody About Anything. This one is completely different!]]> 345 Leil Lowndes 007141858X Sweetz 0 currently-reading 3.68 1998 How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
author: Leil Lowndes
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.68
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> Alex's Good Fortune 53169191 32 Benson Shum 0593222938 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.95 2020 Alex's Good Fortune
author: Benson Shum
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/21
date added: 2022/07/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Pete the Cat's Super Cool Reading Collection (My First I Can Read)]]> 20306806 160 Kimberly Dean 0062304240 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.35 2014 Pete the Cat's Super Cool Reading Collection (My First I Can Read)
author: Kimberly Dean
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/11
date added: 2022/07/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons]]> 12875557 An award-winning and bestselling Pete the Cat hardcover picture book!

Count down with Pete in this rocking story that makes counting fun! Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt—the one with the four totally groovy buttons.

But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He just keeps on singing his song—after all, what could be groovier than three groovy buttons? The winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award.

The fun never stops—download the free groovin� song!]]> 32 Eric Litwin 0062110586 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.40 2012 Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
author: Eric Litwin
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> I'm a Truck Driver 37508632 24 Jonathan London 1250175062 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.25 2010 I'm a Truck Driver
author: Jonathan London
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.25
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/01
date added: 2022/07/20
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]]> <![CDATA[Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In]]> 313605 200 Roger Fisher 0140157352 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 3.95 1981 Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
author: Roger Fisher
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1981
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Where Is? - Donde Esta? El Chavo: A Bilingual Hide-And-Seek Book]]> 42879838 22 Patty RodrĂ­guez 1947971271 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.58 Where Is? - Donde Esta? El Chavo: A Bilingual Hide-And-Seek Book
author: Patty RodrĂ­guez
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.58
book published:
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/19
date added: 2022/07/06
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]]> <![CDATA[Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be]]> 59345231 From Tunde Oyeneyin, the massively popular Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of SPEAK, comes an empowering, inspiring book that shows how she transformed grief, setbacks, and flaws into growth, self-confidence, and triumph—for fans of Shonda Rhimes, Brene Brown, and Glennon Doyle.

On any given day, thousands of devoted people clip into their bikes and have their lives changed by Tunde Oyeneyin. From her platform in a Peloton studio, she encourages riders with her trademark blend of positivity, empathy, and motivational “Tunde-isms,� to push themselves to their limits both on and off the bike. Now, fans and readers everywhere can learn about her personal journey, and discover how they too can “live a life of purpose, on purpose� with Speak, a memoir-manifesto-guide to life inspired by her immensely popular Instagram Live series of the same name.

Taking us through each step of the SPEAK acronym�Surrender, Power, Empathy, Authenticity, and Knowledge—Oyeneyin shares the lessons she has learned about loss, love, body image, and how she has successfully created an intentional, joyful life for herself, offering an accessible blueprint for anyone looking to make a positive change in their lives.]]> 240 Tunde Oyeneyin 1982195444 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.29 2022 Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
author: Tunde Oyeneyin
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.29
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist]]> 55200381 From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut.

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned early on how to hustle, stay on her toes, and champion other Black women and femmes as she navigated Blackness, queerness, fatness, friendship, poverty, sex work, and self-love.Ěý

Her love of trap music led her to the top of hip-hop journalism, profiling game-changing artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, and Janelle Monae.ĚýBut despite all the beauty, complexity, and general badassery she saw, Bowen found none of that nuance represented in mainstream feminism. Thus, she coined Trap Feminism, a contemporary framework that interrogates where feminism and hip-hop intersect.

Notes from a Trap FeministĚýoffers a new, inclusive feminism for the modern world. Weaving together searing personal essay and cultural commentary, Bowen interrogates sexism, fatphobia, and capitalism all within the context of race and hip-hop. In the process, she continues a Black feminist legacy of unmatched sheer determination and creative resilience.

Bad bitches: this one’s for you.]]> 272 Sesali Bowen 0063028719 Sweetz 3 4.46 2021 Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist
author: Sesali Bowen
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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date added: 2022/06/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Un Elefante: Numbers / NĂşmeros: A Bilingual Counting Book (Lil' Libros)]]> 31686520 22 Patty RodrĂ­guez 0986109940 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.06 2016 Un Elefante: Numbers / NĂşmeros: A Bilingual Counting Book (Lil' Libros)
author: Patty RodrĂ­guez
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2022/07/19
date added: 2022/06/28
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]]> <![CDATA[VĂMONOS: Santo Domingo (Lil' Libros)]]> 57468626 22 Patty RodrĂ­guez 1947971697 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.52 VĂMONOS: Santo Domingo (Lil' Libros)
author: Patty RodrĂ­guez
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.52
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rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[In Winter / En Invierno (Seasons/Estaciones)]]> 39090912 14 Susana Madinabeitia Manso 1936669668 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.76 In Winter / En Invierno (Seasons/Estaciones)
author: Susana Madinabeitia Manso
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.76
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rating: 0
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date added: 2022/06/28
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]]> Go, Train, Go! 734541 24 W. Awdry 0375834613 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.96 2005 Go, Train, Go!
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at: 2022/08/21
date added: 2022/06/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Blue Train, Green Train (Thomas & Friends)]]> 734539 24 W. Awdry 0375839844 Sweetz 0 3.70 2006 Blue Train, Green Train (Thomas & Friends)
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Thomas & Friends: First Look and Find]]> 13541105 Search, point, and match
Make Comparisons
Explore size, shape, and counting
Follow simple directions
"Read" a book alone]]> 16 Publications International Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.11 2011 Thomas & Friends: First Look and Find
author: Publications International
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2022/06/20
date added: 2022/06/21
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]]> The Three Little Pigs 52429271 Bedtime Classics: charmingly illustrated board book editions of perennial favorites, simplified for the youngest readers!

Bedtime Classics introduce classic works of fiction to little literary scholars through character-driven narratives and colorful illustrations. Designed to be the perfect one-minute bedtime story (or five minutes--if you're begged to read it over and over), parents can feel good about exposing their children to some of the most iconic pieces of literature while building their child's bookshelf with these trendy editions!

Three little pigs set out to make their fortunes. The first little pig builds a house of straw. When he refuses to let the big bad wolf inside, he blows the house down, and the first little pig flees to his brother's house made of sticks. When both pigs deny the wolf once more, he blows their house down. The two pigs scurry to the brick house their brother built, which, try as he might, the wolf can't seem to blow down, and he leaves the pigs alone once and for all.]]> 16 Carly Gledhill 0593115457 Sweetz 5 bj-books 4.07 The Three Little Pigs
author: Carly Gledhill
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.07
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rating: 5
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]]> Goodnight Zoom 54830976 “Do not socially distance yourself from this book!�

“Hits close to home for everyone staying close to home. Which, during a global pandemic, is just about everyone.�

“A joy to read, with or without pants on.�

…are what you’ll soon be saying about Goodnight Zoom, the faithful parody of an illustrated children’s classic for anyone who knows what it’s like living in lockdown. Funny, relatable and honest, award-winning ad man and parenting author Andy Ankowski’s take on life during the coronavirus quarantine serves as a time capsule for the moment the world was asked to stay at home, and the new normal that soon followed.

With charming illustrations by his parenting co-author wife Amber Ankowski and their 10-year-old daughter Sammy, this family-friendly book with jokes for readers young and old captures the fear, the frustration � and the fun � that we’ve all been experiencing together, because we’ve had to stay apart.

So wash your hands, cover your face, and read something about the pandemic that actually makes you smile for a change.]]> 36 Andy Ankowski Sweetz 0 to-read 4.48 Goodnight Zoom
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name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap]]> 34758210 ―Ta-Nehisi Coates

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, the black community owned less than one percent of the United States� total wealth. More than 150 years later, that number has barely budged. The Color of Money pursues the persistence of this racial wealth gap by focusing on the generators of wealth in the black community: black banks. Studying these institutions over time, Mehrsa Baradaran challenges the myth that black communities could ever accumulate wealth in a segregated economy. Instead, housing segregation, racism, and Jim Crow credit policies created an inescapable, but hard to detect, economic trap for black communities and their banks.

The catch-22 of black banking is that the very institutions needed to help communities escape the deep poverty caused by discrimination and segregation inevitably became victims of that same poverty. Not only could black banks not “control the black dollar� due to the dynamics of bank depositing and lending but they drained black capital into white banks, leaving the black economy with the scraps.

Baradaran challenges the long-standing notion that black banking and community self-help is the solution to the racial wealth gap. These initiatives have functioned as a potent political decoy to avoid more fundamental reforms and racial redress. Examining the fruits of past policies and the operation of banking in a segregated economy, she makes clear that only bolder, more realistic views of banking’s relation to black communities will end the cycle of poverty and promote black wealth.]]> 371 Mehrsa Baradaran 0674970950 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.48 2017 The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
author: Mehrsa Baradaran
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> Good Night, Thomas 13155499 12 W. Awdry 0307976971 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.03 2012 Good Night, Thomas
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2022/12/04
date added: 2022/02/07
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]]> Hello, New Orleans! 10785986 16 Martha Day Zschock 1933212632 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.35 2011 Hello, New Orleans!
author: Martha Day Zschock
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2011
rating: 0
read at: 2022/09/14
date added: 2022/02/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank Engine Story (Thomas & Friends) (Beginner Books(R))]]> 734531 48 W. Awdry 0679858067 Sweetz 0 3.94 1995 Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank Engine Story (Thomas & Friends) (Beginner Books(R))
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1995
rating: 0
read at: 2024/09/17
date added: 2022/02/03
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]]> A Crack in the Track 734537 24 W. Awdry 0375827552 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.78 2001 A Crack in the Track
author: W. Awdry
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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date added: 2022/02/03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward]]> 58446721 From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of When and Drive, a new book about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret.

Everybody has regrets, Daniel H. Pink explains in The Power of Regret. They're a universal and healthy part of being human. And understanding how regret works can help us make smarter decisions, perform better at work and school, and bring greater meaning to our lives.

Drawing on research in social psychology, neuroscience, and biology, Pink debunks the myth of the "no regrets" philosophy of life. And using the largest sampling of American attitudes about regret ever conducted as well as his own World Regret Survey--which has collected regrets from more than 15,000 people in 105 countries--he lays out the four core regrets that each of us has. These deep regrets offer compelling insights into how we live and how we can find a better path forward.

As he did in his bestsellers Drive, When, and A Whole New Mind, Pink lays out a dynamic new way of thinking about regret and frames his ideas in ways that are clear, accessible, and pragmatic. Packed with true stories of people's regrets as well as practical takeaways for reimagining regret as a positive force, The Power of Regret shows how we can live richer, more engaged lives.]]> 239 Daniel H. Pink 0735210659 Sweetz 0 to-read 3.80 2022 The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
author: Daniel H. Pink
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.80
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]]> Trust 58210933 An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception

Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly boundless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.

Hernan Diaz's TRUST elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another—and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.

At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.]]> 402 Hernan Diaz 0593420314 Sweetz 0 to-read 3.77 2022 Trust
author: Hernan Diaz
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.77
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]]> Memphis 52268640
Summer 1995: Ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father’s explosive temper and seek refuge at her mother’s ancestral home in Memphis. This is not the first time violence has altered the course of the family’s trajectory. Half a century earlier, Joan’s grandfather built this majestic house in the historic Black neighborhood of Douglass—only to be lynched days after becoming the first Black detective in the city. Joan tries to settle into her new life, but family secrets cast a longer shadow than any of them expected.

As she grows up, Joan finds relief in her artwork, painting portraits of the community in Memphis. One of her subjects is their enigmatic neighbor Miss Dawn, who claims to know something about curses, and whose stories about the past help Joan see how her passion, imagination, and relentless hope are, in fact, the continuation of a long matrilineal tradition. Joan begins to understand that her mother, her mother’s mother, and the mothers before them persevered, made impossible choices, and put their dreams on hold so that her life would not have to be defined by loss and anger—that the sole instrument she needs for healing is her paintbrush.

Unfolding over seventy years through a chorus of unforgettable voices that move back and forth in time, Memphis paints an indelible portrait of inheritance, celebrating the full complexity of what we pass down, in a family and as a country: brutality and justice, faith and forgiveness, sacrifice and love.]]> 272 Tara M. Stringfellow 0593230485 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.05 2022 Memphis
author: Tara M. Stringfellow
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[I'm Fast! (Kate and Jim Mcmullan)]]> 12886238 Racin� and a-rumblin� the FREIGHT TRAIN song�
Chooka chooka chooka chooka

Meet one hard workin� freight train. He’s got to get to Chicago on time and nothing is going to stop him. Mountains? Not a chance! Cows? Out of his way, ladies! He’s going to get there—and fast!]]> 40 Kate McMullan 0061920851 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.60 2012 I'm Fast! (Kate and Jim Mcmullan)
author: Kate McMullan
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2022/10/03
date added: 2022/01/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Illusion of Money: Why Chasing Money Is Stopping You from Receiving It]]> 43198140 New York Times best-selling author and comedian-turned-motivational speaker, Kyle Cease, shows how your obsession with money is actually preventing you from living the life of your dreams."I can't afford that." "Now's not the right time . . . I need to save up." "Quit my job? Are you nuts?!" Sound familiar? Money is one of the biggest excuses we make to not go after what we really want. Our fixation with money--the desire for more of it, and the fear of not having enough of it--is often really just a longing to feel safe. But this obsession with money is coming at a much bigger our sanity, our creativity, our freedom, and our ability to step into our true power.This book is about eliminating the need to seek safety through the illusion of money, and learning to see ourselves for the perfection that we are--so that we can bring our gifts to the world in an authentic way, and allow ourselves to receive massive, true abundance as a result.Kyle Cease has heard excuses like the ones above countless times at his live events, and he has shown people how to completely break through them. In The Illusion of Money, he shares his own experiences as well as practical tools to help readers understand their ingrained beliefs and attachments to money, and how they can tap into our infinite assets and talents."After 25 years as a successful comedian, actor, transformational speaker, author and junior-league amateur bowler, I've experienced many times how chasing money is not an effective way to create an abundant and fulfilling life. The most alive I've ever felt was after I left my comedy career at its peak to become a transformational speaker. I left tons of guaranteed money and so-called security for a complete unknown. It was terrifying--but what was on the other side of that terror was a completely different life that is not only more abundant financially, but has more freedom, more ease, more passion, more impact and more joy." -- Kyle Cease]]> 170 Kyle Cease 1401957455 Sweetz 0 currently-reading 4.28 2019 The Illusion of Money: Why Chasing Money Is Stopping You from Receiving It
author: Kyle Cease
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Go! Go! Cory Carson: Meet Cory Carson Board Book]]> 50496914 18 Netflix 0063002221 Sweetz 0 bj-books 3.18 Go! Go! Cory Carson: Meet Cory Carson Board Book
author: Netflix
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.18
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]]> Good Morning Zoom 53563413 23 Lindsay Rechler Sweetz 5 bj-books 3.49 2020 Good Morning Zoom
author: Lindsay Rechler
name: Sweetz
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/07
date added: 2022/01/10
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]]> The Mighty Golden Gate Bridge 40603586 20 Lieberman, Robert 1932519270 Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.31 The Mighty Golden Gate Bridge
author: Lieberman, Robert
name: Sweetz
average rating: 4.31
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date added: 2022/01/10
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]]> <![CDATA[Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork]]> 54502643
In its earliest days, WeWork promised the impossible: to make the American work place cool. Adam Neumann, an immigrant determined to make his fortune in the United States, landed on the idea of repurposing surplus New York office space for the burgeoning freelance class. Over the course of ten years, WeWork attracted billions of dollars from some of the most sought-after investors in the world, while spending it to build a global real estate empire that he insisted was much more than that: an organization that aspired to nothing less than "elevating the world's consciousness."

Moving between New York real estate, Silicon Valley venture capital, and the very specific force field of spirituality and ambition erected by Adam Neumann himself, Billion Dollar Loser lays bare the internal drama inside WeWork. Based on more than two hundred interviews, this book chronicles the breakneck speed at which WeWork’s CEO built and grew his company along with Neumann’s relationship to a world of investors, including Masayoshi Son of Softbank, who fueled its chaotic expansion into everything from apartment buildings to elementary schools.

Culminating in a day-by-day account of the five weeks leading up to WeWork’s botched IPO and Neumann’s dramatic ouster, Wiedeman exposes the story of the company’s desperate attempt to secure the funding it needed in the final moments of a decade defined by excess. Billion Dollar Loser is the first book to indelibly capture the highly leveraged, all-blue-sky world of American business in President Trump’s first term, and also offers a sober reckoning with its fallout as a new era begins.]]> 352 Reeves Wiedeman 0316461369 Sweetz 0 to-read 4.05 2020 Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
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]]> <![CDATA[Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book]]> 809849
Dear Zoo is twenty-five years old -- and still as popular as ever!

And with an updated look, this children's classic is sure to delight a new generation of readers!]]> 18 Rod Campbell 141694737X Sweetz 0 bj-books 4.29 1982 Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
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]]> Superheroes Are Everywhere 42356927
Before Kamala Harris became a district attorney and a United States senator, she was a little girl who loved superheroes. And when she looked around, she was amazed to find them everywhere! In her family, among her friends, even down the street--there were superheroes wherever she looked. And those superheroes showed her that all you need to do to be a superhero is to be the best that you can be.

In this empowering and joyful picture-book memoir that speaks directly to kids, Kamala Harris takes readers through her life and shows them that the power to make the world a better place is inside all of us. And with fun and engaging art by Mechal Renee Roe, as well as a guide to being a superhero at the end, this book is sure to have kids taking up the superhero mantle (cape and mask optional).]]> 40 Kamala Harris 1984837494 Sweetz 0 4.11 2019 Superheroes Are Everywhere
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]]> <![CDATA[I'm Growing Great (Happy Hair)]]> 58502711 Confident, empowered girls are celebrated in this follow-up to Happy Hair, a flower-filled, nature-loving, read-together picture book that encourages growth and positivity,

Lovely and wise, shine at sunrise! I am growing each day!

Beautiful Black girls with gorgeous natural hairstyles full of flowers, butterflies, and other garden treasures are the stars of this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author/illustrator of Happy Hair and Cool Cuts. Set in a backdrop of nature's glorious color and bounty, it's a great springtime read-aloud to promote confidence and self-esteem for girls of all ages.

Also available in the Happy Hair series:
- Happy Hair
- Cool Cuts
- I Love Being Me! ]]> 32 Mechal Renee Roe 0593428919 Sweetz 0 to-read 3.84 2022 I'm Growing Great (Happy Hair)
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