Patryce Williams
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn't easy--some Marvellers mistrust her magic. Eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher, Masterji Thakur, and fellow misfits Brigit and Jason. When a dangerous criminal escapes prison, supposedly...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind... New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of Harlem with an absentee mother meant that they had to have each other's backs. Now young, smart mothers they are determined to survive in New York City while raising their two sons, who have bright futures ahead...
Author
Series
Three Mrs. Greys volume 2
Publisher
Dafina
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Three women scorned, one wealthy, vengeful bigamist--and killer bad news no one saw coming. In Shelly Ellis' shocking follow-up to 'The Three Mrs. Greys,' a trio of betrayed wives finds that no one can be trusted--definitely not their wealthy, vengeful, bigamist husband, and maybe not even themselves¿́Œ"--
Author
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Decolonizing the Body explores the traumatic physical and emotional effects of colonization and systemic racism on the body and mind. Written by a woman of color for women of color, it offers body-centered somatic practices to free women from internalized oppression, so they can reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth"--
"Powerful, body-based practices to help you reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth. As a woman of color, you are more...
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Many Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and hire nannies to care for kids. Getting Me Cheap is a riveting portrait of the lives of the low-wage workers-primarily women-who make this lifestyle possible. Sociologists Lisa Dodson and Amanda Freeman follow women in the food, health care, home care, and other low-wage industries as they struggle to balance mothering with bad jobs and...
6) No explanation required: a woman's guide to assert your confidence and master communication at work
Author
Publisher
McGraw Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Real-world communication strategies to help you break into the C-suite-and thrive when you arrive! With only 5.8% of CEO positions in the S&P 500 held by women, it's clear that there are more women who deserve a seat at the table than actually have one.In No Explanation Required!, Carol Sankar gives you the strategies you need to create the success you deserve-today. As founder of the global leadership firm, The Confidence Factor for Women, her goal...