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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

Joanna Faber · Scribner
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed "The Parenting Bible."For over thirty-five...
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HOW TO BREAK UP WITH YOUR PHONE : the 30-day plan to take back your life

CATHERINE PRICE · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone. Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? Do you frequently pick it up "just to check,"...
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Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle: Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect

Neil D Brown · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 180
Format: Print book

"Full of practical expectations ... Warmly ­recommended." - Library Journal starred review Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist...
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

MITCH PRINSTEIN · Viking
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover

A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your teenage...
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Women with Controlling Partners: Taking Back Your Life from a Manipulative or Abusive Partner

Carol A Lambert · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 226
Format: Print book

"A poignant and necessary book for all women who live in fear in their own homes." - Library Journal A controlling or abusive partner can break even the strongest person - unless you know what to look for. Written by an expert in intimate partner abuse and based on her highly...
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Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process

Joe Fassler · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A stunning guide to finding creative inspiration and how it can illuminate your life, your work, and your art - from Stephen King, Junot Díaz, Elizabeth Gilbert, Amy Tan, Khaled Hosseini, Roxane Gay, Neil Gaiman, and many more acclaimed writers What inspires you? That's the simple, but profound...
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Reconcilable Differences: Connecting in a Disconnected World

Dawna Markova · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable new way to move beyond biases and blind spots, (especially if you don't think you have any!) so you can understand and communicate more effectively with a friend, lover, relative, or colleague You know what it feels like to be "at odds" with someone. Sometimes...
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The Optimist's Guide to Divorce: How to Get Through Your Breakup and Create a New Life You Love

Suzanne Riss · Workman
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

For the more than one million women who get divorced each year, welcome to your support group. Wise, comforting, and uplifting, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce captures the experience of sisterhood through the voices of its authors and their community of women in the Maplewood Divorce Club...
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Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up

Shelly Fisher · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Real stories and real feedback on what should be said, what should be kept to yourself, and what can be done when trying to support someone you care about as they navigate loss. Breaking Sad helps us start conversations through its pages of personal stories and suggestions from everyday...
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Friend of a Friend . . .: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career

David Burkus · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

What if the advice we've all heard about networking was wrong? What if the best way to grow your network ISN'T by introducing yourself to strangers at cocktail parties, handing out business cards, or signing up for the latest online tool, but by developing a better understanding of the existing...
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How to Make Custom-Fit Bras & Lingerie

Donald H McCunn · Design Enterprises of San Francisco
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

In How to Make Custom-Fit Bras & Lingerie Don McCunn draws on a decade's experience teaching online classes, this compendium of pattern making and sewing instructions provides instructions for making five kinds of bras - conventional, bikini, bandeau, bust sling, and athletic - as well...
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Caring for the Dying: The Doula Approach to a Meaningful Death

Henry Fersko-Weiss · Conari Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Caring for the Dying describes a whole new way to approach death and dying. It explores how the dying and their families can bring deep meaning and great comfort to the care given at the end of a life. Created by Henry Fersko-Weiss, the end-of-life doula model is adapted from the work of birth...
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On the Road: Surviving the Loss of a Spouse (On the Road Series) (On the Road (Dearborn))

Sheryl Garrett · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

"These straightforward guides… are confidence-building resources in situations that could otherwise be a tangled money maze." -- BookPage
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52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life

Karen Casey · Conari Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The impact A Course In Miracles (ACIM) has had on Karen Casey's life is immeasurable. First introduced to ACIM during the early stages of sobriety when she hung on to Alcoholics Anonymous like her life depended on it (and, of course, it did) , she yearned for something that could quiet...
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