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2016-2017 Common Read Handbook for an Unpredictable Life by Rosie Perez: Important Themes

"Handbook for an Unpredictable Life is a profoundly moving exploration of human perseverance, the theme for this year’s Common Read.

Coping Strategies

Handbook of Self-Regulation, Second Edition by Kathleen D. Vohs (Editor); Roy F. Baumeister (Editor)
Call Number: BF632 .H262 2011
ISBN: 9781606239483
Publication Date: 10-19-11
Introduction to Teaching by Donna M. Gollnick; Linda F. Quinn; Gene E. Hall
Call Number: LB1025.3 .H35 2014
ISBN: 9781452202914
Publication Date: 1-04-13

Spanglish

Living in Spanglish by Ed Morales
Call Number: E 184 .S75 M667 2002
ISBN: 0312262329
Publication Date: 3-20-02

Grit

How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
Call Number: LB1139.25 .T68 2012
ISBN: 9780547564654
Publication Date: 9-04-12
The Making of a Blockbuster by Gail DeGeorge
Call Number: HC 102.5 .H83 D43 1996
ISBN: 0471122696
Publication Date: 10-31-95

Perseverance

A Reason to Believe by Deval Patrick
Call Number: F71.22 .P37 A3 2011
ISBN: 9780767931120
Publication Date: 4-12-11
Vincent Van Gogh - Ever Yours by Vincent van Gogh; Leo Jansen (Editor); Hans Luijten (Editor); Nienke Bakker (Editor)
Call Number: N6953 .G63 A3 2014
ISBN: 9780300209471
Publication Date: 12-02-14

Smart Goals

The Sceptical Optimist by Nicholas Agar
Call Number: T14.5 .A33 2015
ISBN: 9780198717058
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Be Smart about Your Career by Amy Graham
Call Number: HF5381.2 .G73 2013
ISBN: 9780766042865
Publication Date: 1-01-13

Foster Care

Orphans of the Living by Jennifer Toth
Call Number: HV 881 .T67 1997
ISBN: 0684800977
Publication Date: 5-08-97
Nobody's Children by Elizabeth Bartholet
Call Number: HV 741 .B315 1999
ISBN: 0807023183
Publication Date: 10-10-99

Women in Media

The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
Call Number: HQ29 .V338 2010
ISBN: 9781580053143
Publication Date: 12-29-09
Gendered Media by Karen Ross
Call Number: P96 .S45 R67 2010
ISBN: 0742554066
Publication Date: 12-16-09
Girl Zines by Alison Piepmeier; Andi Zeisler (Foreword by)
Call Number: PN4836 .P54 2009
ISBN: 9780814767528
Publication Date: 11-18-09

Puerto Rico

Puerto Ricans in the United States by Edna Acosta-Belén; Carlos E. Santiago
Call Number: E184 .P85 A23 2006
ISBN: 1588263991
Publication Date: 2-01-06
Eating Puerto Rico by Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra
Call Number: GT2853 .P83 O7713 2013
ISBN: 1469608820
Publication Date: 10-14-13