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Making An Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End2024"For her clients and everyone who has been inspired by her humanity, Alua Arthur is a friend at the end of the world. As our country's leading death doula, she's spreading a transformative message:…Catalogue Item
*and Those Who Love Them : A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying2018From the sublime (the faint sound of Mozart as you take your last breath) to the ridiculous (lessons on how to close the sagging jaw of a corpse), Tisdale leads the reader through the peaks and…Catalogue Item
Big Questions From Tiny Mortals About Death2019"Best-selling author and licensed mortician Caitlin Doughty answers real questions from kids about death, dead bodies, and decomposition. Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens…Catalogue Item
How to Organize your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later2020"A step-by-step program for getting your life in order, so you're prepared for the unexpected. The odds of getting hit by a bus are 495,000 to 1. But the odds that you're going to die some day?…
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2025"Bulldozer is nervous about his new school year and worried he won't fit in. His friend Millie tries to reassure him, but Bulldozer isn't convinced, especially when he gets to the classroom and…Catalogue Item
2025"A story of the first day of school from both a child and pet dog's perspective"--Provided by publisher.Catalogue Item
2023When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in merry mayhem as the kids…Catalogue Item
2024When Little Chick starts school, he discovers that there are lots of different kinds of families, all of them full of love.
Capital Pride
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A Novel2025Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her…Catalogue Item
2024"In a tight-knit Levantine Christian family in 1960s Cairo, Tarek's entire life is written in advance. He'll be a doctor like his father, marry, and have children. Under the watchful eye of the…Catalogue Item
2025"In 2007, Pitchfork writer Rob Mitchum described the indie rock band Wilco's new work as "an album of unapologetic straightforwardness. Sky Blue Sky nakedly exposes the dad-rock gene Wilco has always…Catalogue Item
2025Casper Han grew up the dutiful son of immigrants who never felt entirely welcome in their remote corner of British Columbia. Now an adult, living in Vancouver with a boyfriend whose privilege he…
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