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1) I love you
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Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
Description
Mama Cat reassures Kitten that she will always love her.
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
Description
"Honorable Mention for Classic Christian Spirituality, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore "Three things will last forever -- faith, hope, and love -- and the greatest of these is love." -- 1 Corinthians 13:13 What are the pathways that lead us to God? This is a book about what happens when we find those pathways. You will discover the values and virtues that grow out of our experiences, and practices that encourage us to be with God in...
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Pub. Date
2004.
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English
Description
This one-of-a-kind collection reminds weary adults not to lose sight of the values and virtues they learned as kids. Here are over three hundred quotations from over two hundred well-loved children's books, such as Charlotte's Web, Peter Pan, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Eloise, Sounder, Number the Stars, and Goodnight Moon, organized by topic, among them Acceptance, Goodness, Family Woes, and Growing Old. On Silence: "I assure you that...
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This volume completes Ben Witherington's contributions to the set of Eerdmans socio-rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament. In addition to the usual features of these commentaries, Witherington offers an innovative way of looking at Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon as interrelated documents written at different levels of moral discourse. Colossians is first-order moral discourse (the opening gambit), Ephesians is second-order moral discourse...
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English
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New York Times columnist David Brooks examines the deeper values that should inform our lives. Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "resume virtues"--Achieving wealth, fame, and status -- and our "eulogy virtues," those that exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of...
8) Wake up America: the nine virtues that made our nation great--and why we need them more than ever
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"A co-host of Fox News Channel's "The Five" draws on his life story to identify nine values on which America was built; including manliness, profit and religious faith&; arguing that said values are under attack by Democratic leaders and must be embraced to revive the nation's dominance,"--NoveList.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a conversation in which everybody wants to be right? Did you know that the city, the forest, and the night have their own music? Being able to listen shows respect, but it is also a way of learning about yourself, from others, and from your surroundings. The Virtue of Listening provides fifteen illustrated mini stories that highlight the importance of listening and how we can put this virtue into practice....
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
Have you ever imagined that homework gets done by itself? Or that your bedroom gets tidied up by magic? Or that you can go from one place to another in an instant, without having to walk? Effort is necessary in each of these situations. It helps us learn, develop good habits, and enjoy everyday activities. The Virtue of Effort provides fifteen illustrated mini stories that highlight the importance of effort and how we can put this virtue into practice....
12) Pazienza Pizza
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Anna is so excited to learn how to make her Nonna's pizza this weekend! But as the hours and days pass, Anna begins to wonder if she will ever learn how to make pizza. Patience is a hard virtue to learn, but it might just make all the difference.
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Disagreement is inevitable, particularly in our current context, marked by the close coexistence of conflicting values and perspectives in politics, religion, and ethics. How can we deal with disagreement ethically and constructively in our pluralistic world? In Disagreeing Virtuously Olli-Pekka Vainio presents a valuable interdisciplinary approach to that question, drawing on insights from intellectual history, the cognitive sciences, philosophy...
14) The way I act
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English
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"The Way I Act explores thirteen ways of behaving. The friendly verses and bold illustrations convey many positive ideas of how to act in a variety of situations. In the companion book, The Way I Feel, children learned that feelings come and go and simply are. A little older now, they are ready to think about the ability they have to control how things turn out. Like The Way I Feel, this book is ideal for children with autism.(Ages 4-9)"--
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Updated and Expanded Edition of the Leadership Bestseller
Harness the meaning of love, the verb, to improve your corporate culture and bottom line with the help of Joel Manby, former President and CEO of both SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and Herschend Enterprises. Joel won the respect of America with his appearance on the CBS reality TV series Undercover Boss.
A highly successful corporate executive, Joel Manby is unlike most other CEOs. As the...
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English
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"This definitive collection of beloved Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's finest speeches covers topics as varied as the law, faith, virtue, pastimes, and his heroes and friends. Featuring a foreword by longtime friend Ruth Bader Ginsburg and an intimate introduction by his youngest son, this volume includes dozens of speeches, some deeply personal, that have never before been published"--
"By any measure, Antonin Scalia lived an extraordinary...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From singer, model and YouTube celebrity Natasha Bure, the daughter of Candace Cameron Bure, comes a real, honest conversational book that doesn't hold back. Everywhere she goes and every video she posts has one basic message: this is real, this is life, and we all go through it. Whether it's acne, boyfriends, faith, stress, or having fun, Natasha's view is to simply be honest, simply be real, no matter what you face. Natasha's real and relatable...
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English
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"Fox News host and New York Times bestselling author Pete Hegseth delivers his most important book yet: an excoriating examination of the state of America's broken education system that offers a helpful road map to raising children to uphold the values Americans have always treasured"--
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Can you teach a child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided. We all want our kids to be kind. But that is not the same as knowing what to do when you catch your son being unkind. A world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools for forty years. Now he shares with parents the vital tools they need to bring peace...
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