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Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learn how to step back when life's pace gets overwhelming in this insightful guide to mental balance and wellbeing.
We are always on the go. Balancing work, family, friends, and everything in between is a never-ending cycle that can easily lead to burnout. It becomes easy to forget the beauty of the smaller moments. Sometimes we even forget ourselves. In Stopping, Dr. David Kundtz offers a simple yet powerful corrective to the manic...
We are always on the go. Balancing work, family, friends, and everything in between is a never-ending cycle that can easily lead to burnout. It becomes easy to forget the beauty of the smaller moments. Sometimes we even forget ourselves. In Stopping, Dr. David Kundtz offers a simple yet powerful corrective to the manic...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text explore the quiet moments of Christmas, such as searching for hidden presents, forgetting a line during a Christmas pageant, and listing for Santa's sleigh bells.
Author
Publisher
Worthy
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"We all long for moments when we can slow down and for opportunities to be still. Life can get hectic, as we continuously hop from one thing to another. Days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do when the life you created isn't what you expected it to be? What can you do to slow it all down? Author Mirjam van der Vegt encourages each of us to focus on stillness and literal silence, creating space for moments...
7) Quiet
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Synopsis: There are many kinds of quiet: Quiet can be delicate; Quiet can be thundering!; Quiet can be sweet and cozy; and can most definitely help you fall asleep. With kid-centric descriptions and irresistible artwork, this gentle picture book explores all the different quiets that can fill a child's days from morning to night.
Author
Language
English
Description
All great leaders, thinkers, artists, athletes, and visionaries share one indelible quality. Ryan Holiday calls it stillness -- to be steady while the world spins around you. Drawing on a wide range of history's greatest thinkers, from Confucius to Seneca, Marcus Aurelius to Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stuart Mill to Nietzsche, he argues that stillness is not mere inactivity, but the doorway to self-mastery, discipline, and focus. Holiday also examines...
11) Quiet!
Author
Publisher
Milky Way Picture Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mr. Martin enjoys tranquility. He likes to drink his coffee in silence, read his newspaper quietly, and take peaceful naps. His neighbours are aware of that, but they easily forget it. So much so that the noise they make drive Mr. Martin up the wall. One day, he decides to take matters into his own hands..."--
12) Spark
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic weather comes at a steep cost.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 241 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Quiet, Naomi Vacaro offers hope and a unique solution for creating (and maintaining) a quiettime habit. By exploring personal stories and offering helpful insights, Naomi shows you that having daily time with God is simple, attractive, and achievable, no matter what season of life you're in."--Page [4] of cover.
14) A quiet girl
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary, a young girl with a meditative disposition, finds her quiet curiosity at odds with her boisterous family. Eventually, Mary is so still that she seems to fade from her family's sight. When calling loudly for her gets no result, the family tries quiet waiting instead and find both Mary and the simple beauty in slowing down to listen to the world."--
15) Alone!
Author
Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
There once was a boy called Billy McGill who lived by himself at the top of a hill. He spent every day in his house all alone for Billy McGill liked to be on his own. But life doesn't always turn out how you plan it... One day, Billy hears the squeak of a mouse -- destroying his perfectly peaceful existence. So he gets a cat to catch the mouse. But the cat and the mouse make friends. So he gets a dog to chase the cat. But they all play together too....
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A party? Oh no! Parties are full of tías with their flashy fashions and boom-and-bellow laughter. It's far too much for Martina! At least with all the noise, no one notices when she slips away. She finds herself in a magical place: a warm, familiar island where she can finally play in peace and quiet. Martina is home at last-- or is she? Lively and magical, this is a fresh retelling of the beloved Caribbean folktale "La Cucaracha Martina."
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