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Shattering the myth that the battle for reproductive rights has already been won, Fired Up About Reproductive Rights shows us the many ways our reproductive lives remain subject to state control. Engaging with the reproductive justice framework advanced by women of color, the book presents the fight for reproductive rights as contingent with other social justice issues and forces us to grapple with the weaknesses of the feminist and reproductive rights movement as it exists.

Become your best self. Figuring out how to make friends, develop relationships, and be confident is a step-by-step process. Now help is available in Embracing the Awkward, written by the popular teen-advice YouTuber, The Josh Speaks. This isn't another dry instructional book written by a boring adult disconnected from the millennial reality; it's a guide, a workbook, an empowering step towards trying things out, discovering who you are, and becoming your best self.

Where can your average teen go to get all the reliable and accurate answers they need? In Case You're Curious, a text-and-answer program conceived by Planned Parenthood, has been providing this educational service for teens for years. And now In Case You're Curious is a big book of answers to the most popular and most interesting questions young people have about birth control, development, sexually transmitted diseases, and so much more.

The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices will help you navigate the digital world with 21 refreshingly honest and humorous tips that will not only inform, but that also just might change the way you think about your social media interaction.

What if your phone truly helped you connect with the people more than disconnect with those around you? Author and youth-culture expert, Jonathan McKee, and his daughter Alyssa McKee, uncover 40 random realizations they've discovered over the last five years. Screens provide fun platforms to connect with faraway friends; and sometimes the people we love the most are the people we ignore all day. Jonathan and Alyssa help young adults navigate face-to-face communication in a screen-to-screen world.

Lo cierto es que el Liderazgo es un tema muy importante para la vida de cualquier persona y si de jóvenes nos comprometemos a desarrollarlo y a entrenarnos en él, se convertirá en Un Factor Detonante que generará una Ventaja Competitiva frente a los demás jóvenes.

A modern update on the ageless idea that girls should know appropriate and courteous responses to any situation. Good manners aren’t just a quaint and old-fashioned concept. They’re an essential aspect of every young lady’s path to adulthood and the skills she’ll need in whatever she chooses to do.

In this moving, personal account, chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her journey with food and how creating a relationship with food -- however simple or complicated -- is a form of activism in its own right.

When it comes to sex, relationships, and consent, establishing boundaries and figuring out who you are and what you want is never simple—especially as a teenager. What’s the line between a friendship and a romantic partner? How can you learn to trust your body's signals? And what if you’re not quite sure what your sexuality is? In this book, renowned celebrity M.D. Dr. Drew and his daughter Paulina Pinsky take on those awkward, incredibly important questions teens today are asking themselves and parents wish they had a better grasp on.

Nigerian hall parties. Black girl gangs. Being at one with nature. Creating a home. Finding love. Belonging to a fandom. Joy can be found in many places. Bringing together the most exciting Black British voices today, Black Joy is an extraordinary anthology that celebrates everything that is brilliant and beautiful about being Black British.

Author and motivational speaker Laura Simmons does it again with her highly recommended new book for our li'l brothers. This time she gets some outstanding and powerful words from men who have shared lots of valuable information that will guide young men on their journey to success.

Forget coding. Help your children learn how to think first! Packed with practical illustrations and simple language to inspire learning! Mental Models for Kids is the first book in this series created to help train the young mind, equip it with dynamic tools, and remove any blind spots. In a world that is driven more and more by narrative and less by fact, mental models are, perhaps, the only mechanism effectively separating the signal from all the noise.

Silvia, estudiante de Medicina, marcha a la India para trabajar como cooperante durante el verano en un hospital ubicado en un recóndito lugar lejos del mundo. Al hacerlo, se opone a sus padres, a su novio, y toma así, siguiendo su instinto y su corazón, una decisión que cambiará su vida y su forma de pensar. En ese país lejano conocerá el dolor y el sufrimiento de los que no tienen nada, pero también la alegría y la paz de su conciencia.

Destruction. In a family of healers who save, all I do is destroy. My enforced solitude is for my own safety as well as that of the world, or so my mother tells me. When the boy next door beckons, I can't help but sneak out to forge a friendship with him. Loneliness leads me to defy my family, but desperation prevails when I discover that the grounds of his private academy hold a secret that could help me learn why my ability is so disastrous...or push me to create a catastrophe that will bring about my family's deaths.

Your self-esteem affects you every day, even when you don’t realize it. It affects whether or not you make smart decisions, how you approach relationships, how well you do in school or at work, how you talk to yourself, and your overall happiness. A healthy self-esteem is vital to living a healthy, balanced, purposeful life. And yet, many people struggle with it, especially girls. Many girls feel that they’re not good enough, not pretty enough, not talented enough. They feel defeated and lack confidence.

I would like to acknowledge your desire to blast acne. My goal is to provide you with the tools and understanding for you to be able to seek professional skin care treatments and manage your home care program. After completion of this audiobook you will have learned several options that will help to improve your skin condition.

Mark Edwards is infatuated with Vicky Thornton. Right after he enters the seventh grade at Tecumseh Junior High School, he decides to participate in a pie-eating contest. Not just any pie- eating contest, but The Great Lemon Meringue Pie Eating Contest of the seventh grade. Mark has to win to prove his worth to Vicky Thornton.

Resozialisierung ist hart. Dominik Forster war drogensüchtig, hat im Knast gesessen und steht nun da - mit nichts in der Hand. Welcher Arbeitgeber wartet schon auf so einen? Und wo soll der Ex-Junkie Halt finden? In dem Dreckloch, das seine erste Bleibe wird? Das Elternhaus ist nicht mehr, was es war. Die Drogenszene mit ihren Verführungen besteht fort. Forster steckt voller Sehnsüchte und Träume, er muss Rückschläge einstecken. Aber er kämpft. Und er hat eine Mission.

In Shame: An Unconventional Memoir, Josh Roggie doesn't just reveal the guilt, disappointment, and embarrassment that has been present in his life - he seeks to overcome it through wit and abundant oversharing. From being born into a puritanical household, to dealing with bullying throughout school and heavy doses of anxiety, he reveals the foundation that would define his longest lasting pains. By including stories on infertility, ever-evolving theology, and even masturbation, he makes it clear that no topic is off-limits.

Through the Pacific Northwest forests and along the rugged coastal shores of California, Wolf Girl is a young environmentalist's coming-of-age story about learning, discovery, and survival. Wolf Girl takes listeners on Doniga’s journey: from the wilderness immersion school where she was taught by Indigenous elders and wildlife trackers, to hitchhiking across the Pacific Northwest, to Alaska, where she fell in love with tracking wolves. These experiences shaped and inspired Doniga to become the leader in the regenerative agricultural movement that she is today.