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The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage

Kimberly Meyer · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senior year of college, the bohemian life...
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The Cool Factor: A Guide to Achieving Effortless Style, with Secrets from the Women Who Have It

Andrea Linett · Artisan
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Trendsetter Andrea Linett has that rare ability to distill fashion talk into advice that everyone can follow, and in this book she shares the style wisdom she s gathered over years of working in the fashion industry. Here is only the content that matters wardrobe classics, leather, denim,...
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UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World

Michele Borba · Touchstone
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood - and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in the future.Is the Selfie Syndrome Undermining...
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Failed It!: How to turn mistakes into ideas and other advice for successfully screwing up

Erik Kessels · Phaidon Press Ltd. 2016.
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

A fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process.Failed it! celebrates the power of mistakes and shows how they can enrich the creative process. This is part photobook...
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4 Keys to College Admissions Success: Unlocking the Gate to the Right College for Your Teen

Pamela Donnelly · Morgan James Publishing

Parenting teenagers is hard enough without feeling locked out of knowing how to apply to and pay for college. With the right information to turn the key, moms and dads can open the gate so their sons and daughters enter successfully into the futures they deserve. Join Pamela Donnelly in her humorous,...
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God Is Always Hiring: 50 Lessons for Finding Fulfilling Work

Regina Brett · Grand Central Publishing, 2015.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Beloved columnist and bestselling author Regina Brett offers her special brand of uplifting, yet practical advice to help readers find fulfillment in their work . . . and to deal with unexpected challenges.
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The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook

Ellen McCarthy · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

From a Washington Post weddings reporter who's covered more than two hundred walks down the aisle comes a warm, witty, and wise book about relationships - the mystery, the science, and the secrets of how we find love and make it last. Ellen McCarthy has explored the complete journey...
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The Wild Oats Project: One Woman's Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost

Robin Rinaldi · Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

What if for just one year you let desire call the shots?The project was simple Robin Rinaldi, a successful magazine journalist, would move into a San Francisco apartment, join a dating site, and get laid. Never mind that she already owned a beautiful flat a few blocks away, that she was forty-four,...
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No Time for Tears: Coping with Grief in a Busy World

Judy Heath psychotherapist (LISW-CP) , · Chicago Review Press; Second edition, Revised & Updated edition

Facing the loss of a loved one in a death-avoidant culture can be excruciating. Grievers may be expected to put on a brave face, to "move on" quickly, and to seek medication if they are still grief-stricken after an "acceptable" amount of time. Psycho­therapist Judy...
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Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children

Rita Eichenstein PhD · Perigee Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A pediatric neuropsychologist presents strategies to help parents of special-needs children navigate the emotional challenges they face.As diagnosis rates continue to rise for autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, and other developmental differences, parents face a maze of medical, psychological,...
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