NCW Libraries

"A Psalm for the Wild-Built A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a story of kindness and love from one of the foremost practitioners of hopeful SF. After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning...

"A children's book that inspires dreams, kindles hopes, and empowers you to believe in yourself. permeate your children's minds and their actions with positivity"--

Useful Belief turns the "be positive" industry upside down with a fresh and modern approach to achievement. Sometimes things in life are not positive. Sometimes bad things happen to good people. If you've had a nightmare of a year, the last thing you want to hear is "Be positive!" Instead, you need an actual strategy to dig yourself out, and a truly useful guidebook to show you where to go next. This is that guidebook. Through the engaging tale of...

"En esta nueva obra, Consciencia, Alejandra Llamas nos revela los secretos de los grandes maestros espirituales para vivir con la mente despierta. A través de sus páginas la autora nos acompaña a salir de la confusión ocasionada por la programación no cuestionada y las emociones reprimidas. La confusión nos lleva a la reacción, mientras que la toma de conciencia nos lleva a la libertad mental y emocional. Este libro nos recuerda que cualquier...

"Spiritual leader, and founder of Rising Woman, the popular online community of over 2.1 Million, Sheleana Aiyana's BECOMING THE ONE is a practical, spiritual and inner-work journey to break free of the relationship patterns that keep you in a cycle of unhappiness and come home to the self. In the vein of Calling in "The One" (125K copies sold), and Melody Beattie's Codependent No More (1.2M copies sold), Sheleana empowers readers to reclaim their...

"Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The bestselling author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world." -- From Amazon.com summary. In this book, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment...

For everyone who's looking for answers in all the wrong places, this is a book about self-empowerment, self-awareness, and self-love. "Packed with moving observances, It Was You All Along gives fans a rare look into the man behind the music and the challenges he continues to face both personally and as an independent artist. Russ gets deeply personal in these pages, revealing how seeing a therapist helped him understand his relationship with his...

"A girl grows up visiting Snæfellsjökull, the glacier near her home, but when preteen life throws her off-center she must reconnect with her icy old friend"--

"More than 100 evidence-based practices for building the brain's ability to bounce back from adversity, written by a therapist and expert in the neuroscience of resilience"--

"When a young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city, the girl feels fine on her own. She would rather play by herself than meet new kids at the park or have a playdate with the other children in her building. And when her mom takes her to story time at the bookstore, she breaks down in tears. But things start to change when she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not too small. On their daily walks, Millie isn't afraid...