"Over 40% of adults suffer from loneliness in their lifetime -- young adults being particularly vulnerable -- and research shows that direct loneliness impacts our physical health as much as cigarette addiction! ... loneliness can also make you vulnerable to violent, gender-based crimes, either as a victim, or as an offender. Shahla demonstrates how friends, particularly those of the opposite sex, can help manage your well-being, provide tough love, and act as an always-available personal therapist ... Friends With Benefits will teach you: How to find and be a better friend. Staying away from isolation-related habits. How to think outside the gender box, seeing yourself and others as humans. Dating and mating without sexual double standards ... Friends With Benefits shows you how to beat loneliness, make friends, date healthy, and end rape."--Amazon.com
Twelve-year-old Alexandra tries to figure out those strange creatures called "boys," especially the one she has a crush on and her annoying older brother.
My heart pounded as I read the article: Former sheriff of Athens, Howard Woodson, aged 58, just days after attending the funeral of his eldest son, Mark Woodson, after being killed in a drunk driving accident, was arrested in connection ...
Sometimes, we find friendship in the most unexpected places.
A man Jess had never seen before stood holding the flyscreen door open.
When best friends Jay, Franny, Emerson and Stevie reunite at their fifteen year college reunion, they catch up on their accomplishments and goals and learn the importance of friendship and acceptance.
The Tooth Ball
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
104 pages w/art by Sophie Blackall Barrows. Gr 3-9
Two young girls enjoy playing and exploring in the nearby pond where they discover tadpoles, insects, wildflowers in the summer, and a place to ice skate in the winter.
秘密花园