Sixteen Years Breathing
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Author | : Ibrihim Goodman |
Publisher | : Ibrihim Goodman |
Total Pages | : 184 |
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Genre | : Fiction |
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In Westside Detroit, Michigan, a group of adolescents are faced with not only navigating the curves of life, but the oppression of the police. A city where protests are called public disturbances and its citizens have the right to remain silent. Children are being arrested, fathers are being shot and killed, leaving mothers to carry the world on their shoulders. Soon it's understood that getting aid from the government is futile, when it's the government whose corruption reaches deep into the pockets of the city. Malcolm, a young African American and one of his closest friends, a white teenager named Peter, begin the journey to uproot the unjust system created before them. The stakes get high and the chamber gets loaded, there's no turning back, they'll either prevail against the government or be silenced by this unjust system.
Author | : Alex Flinn |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2012-03-13 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062208209 |
Don’t miss this timely contemporary young adult novel from Alex Flinn, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beastly, about a teenage boy’s struggle to break free from the cycle of abuse. “Gripping.” —Publishers Weekly Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect—on the outside, at least. What no one knows—not even his best friend—is the terror and anger that Nick faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love, and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person he can confide in, the only person who understands him. But when Nick’s anger and jealousy overtake him, things begin to spiral out of control and Nick realizes that he’s more his father’s son than he wants to be. Now Nick must confront his inner demons to stop the history of violence from repeating itself. Winner of the Black-Eyed Susan Award An ALA Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults An International Reading Association Young Adult Choices List Pick A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age Pick
Author | : Patrick McKeown |
Publisher | : Humanix Books |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2021-07-27 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1630061980 |
NOSES ARE FOR BREATHING, MOUTHS ARE FOR EATING “Many people believe that taking a deep breath increases body oxygenation. The opposite is the case.” — Patrick McKeown, bestselling author of The Oxygen Advantage Imagine a breathing technique that can increase oxygen uptake and delivery to the cells, improve blood circulation, and unblock the nose. Perhaps it can help open the airways of the lungs, enhance blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain, improve sleep and bring calmness to the mind. It might even restore bodily functions disturbed by stress, build greater resilience and help you to live longer. You might think this description sounds farfetched. But it isn’t. The Breathing Cure will guide you through techniques that embody the key to healthy breathing and healthy living. McKeown’s goal is to enable you to take responsibility for your own health, to prevent and significantly reduce a number of common ailments, to help you realize your potential and to offer simple, scientifically-based ways to change your breathing habits. On a day-to-day basis, you will experience an increase in energy and concentration, an enhanced ability to deal with stress and a better quality of life. The essential guide to functional breathing, learn techniques tried and tested by Olympic athletes and elite military. Clear your blocked nose, stress and relax your nervous system, improve lung function, prepare for competition and more. For use at home, in professional/amateur sports, by breathing instructors, dentists, doctors, physical therapists, strength and conditioning coaches, Pilates and yoga teachers, and anyone interested in health and fitness – from everyday wellbeing through to sporting excellence. Breathe Light: experience optimal blood circulation, peak oxygenation, maximal exercise performance, relief from respiratory symptoms and the best sleep you ever had. Breathe Slow: stress is a risk factor in 75 to 90 percent of all human diseases. Discover and apply the breathing rate scientifically proven to stimulate relaxation, reduce high blood pressure, boost your immune system, maximize HRV and improve blood glucose control. Breathe Deep: physical and emotional balance comes from within. Learn how to strengthen your diaphragm muscle to achieve greater endurance and resilience, calmness of mind, focused concentration and ease of movement. From the bestselling author of The Oxygen Advantage, The Breathing Cure: Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life covers new, ground-breaking topics such as how breathing techniques can support functional movement of the muscles and joints; improve debilitating conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, lower back pain, PMS and high blood pressure; how the nasal breathing technique can be a weapon against influenza and related infections especially Covid-19; and last but not least, help you to enjoy deeper sleep and improved intimacy. Tap into your innate resilience. Fire up your potential. Enhance your health. BREATHE BETTER NOW!
Author | : Sarah Alexander |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2016-04-26 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0544634586 |
Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets in her favorite boathouse hangout. When Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea.
Author | : Alex Flinn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Anger |
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Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
Author | : Paul Kalanithi |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2016-02-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1473523494 |
**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** 'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful,' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal What makes life worth living in the face of death? At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient struggling to live. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity - the brain - and finally into a patient and a new father. Paul Kalanithi died while working on this profoundly moving book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all. When Breath Becomes Air is a life-affirming reflection on facing our mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. 'A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living' Nigella Lawson
Author | : Sarah Crossan |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1408827190 |
When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides who will live inside the pod. Everyone else will slowly suffocate. Years later, society has divided into Premiums and Auxiliaries. Only Premiums can afford enough oxygen to live a normal life
Author | : Kuala Lumpur Dhammajoti (Venerable).) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 2008 |
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Author | : Tim Winton |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-05-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780374116347 |
Falling under the spell of an enigmatic extreme-sports surfer, a thrill-seeking pair of western Australian adolescents is initiated into a world of high-stakes adventures and dangerous boundary testing.
Author | : Perfection Learning Corporation |
Publisher | : Turtleback |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-02 |
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ISBN | : 9781663606891 |