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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

Rachel Louise Snyder · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"Gut-wrenching, required reading."-Esquire, "Most Anticipated Books of 2019"An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that...
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Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times

Peter L. Steinke · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

If "these are the times that test men's souls," never more than for the leader's ability to think clearly, to be present calmly, and to challenge effectively. It's a time when leaders cannot be as anxious as those they serve; otherwise, the system is leaderless. Anxiety...
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Childless Living: The Joys and Challenges of Life without Children

Lisette Schuitemaker · Findhorn Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

An exploration of the self-fulfilling lives of people who, by chance or choice, have no children of their own * Investigates the life choices people make around having children and alternate ways of finding purpose in life * Based on a global survey and more than 50 in-depth interviews...
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Slay Like a Mother: How to Destroy What's Holding You Back So You Can Live the Life You Want

Katherine Wintsch · Sourcebooks
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Come Slay with Me You Need This Book If: You're a people-pleaser by day and an overthinker by night. The negative voice in your head is the meanest mean girl you know.You feel broken and believe you must hide that brokenness to be loved.You're tired. Like fall-down-after-running-a-marathon...
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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

Anna Quindlen · Random House
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

A bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling authorIt's a little challenging to suss out why exactly it can be so magical. . . . All I know is: The hand....
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Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions

Patricia Marx · Celadon Books
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Marx heard from her mother, accompanied by full-color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast.Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx's knows better....
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Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault: Essays from the Grown-up Years

Cathy Guisewite · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of the iconic "Cathy" comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays about being a woman in what she lovingly calls "the panini generation."As the creator of "Cathy," Cathy Guisewite found her way into...
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The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy

Kenyatta D. Berry · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

The popularity of Family History has increased over the past five years due to TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has opened up the one time hobby for genealogy enthusiasts to the mainstream. Companies...
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