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It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself
It Doesn't Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself

Laura A. Wasser · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Maria Shriver, Kim Kardashian, Stevie Wonder, Britney Spears . . . Who do they have in common? Top LA divorce lawyer Laura Wasser.If anyone ever had a platform to write a divorce book for today's generation, it's Laura Wasser. She has been practicing in her field for nearly twenty...
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Yell Less, Love More: How the Orange Rhino Mom Stopped Yelling at Her Kids - and How You Can Too!: A 30-Day Guide That Includes: - 100 Alternatives to ... Steps to Follow - Honest Stories to Inspire
Yell Less, Love More: How the Orange Rhino Mom Stopped Yelling at Her Kids - and How You Can Too!: A 30-Day Guide That Includes: - 100 Alternatives to ... Steps to Follow - Honest Stories to Inspire

Sheila McCraith · Fair Winds Pr
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Do you often find yourself losing your cool and yelling at your kids? It happens to us all, but it doesn't have to. With Yell Less, Love More you'll learn practical, simple solutions to keep you focused on loving more and yelling less, no matter what the circumstance. It is possible...
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron....
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Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids

Kim John Payne · Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

Todays busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and school, or even be diagnosed with behavioral problems. Now internationally renowned family consultant...
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101 Games and Activities for Children With Autism, Asperger's and Sensory Processing Disorders
101 Games and Activities for Children With Autism, Asperger's and Sensory Processing Disorders

Tara Delaney · McGraw-Hill
Pages: 227
Format: Paperback

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY One of the best ways for children with autism, Asperger's, and sensory processing disorders to learn is through play. Children improve their motor skills, language skills, and social skills by moving their bodies and interacting with their environment. Yet the biggest...
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The Jane Austen Rules: A Classic Guide to Modern Love
The Jane Austen Rules: A Classic Guide to Modern Love

Sinead Murphy · Melville House
Format: Book

What Would Jane Do?What’s a strong, independent-minded woman supposed to do in a world of insipid dating guides? Sinéad Murphy responds by asking: Who has more time-tested secrets than Jane Austen, whose novels continue to captivate us almost two hundred years later?Whether...
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The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption
The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption

Kathryn Joyce · PublicAffairs; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When Jessie Hawkins adopted daughter told her she had another mom back in Ethiopia, Jessie didnt, at first, know what to think. Shed wanted her adoption to be great story about a child who needed a home and got one, and a family led by God to adopt. Instead, she felt like shed done something...
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Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

Carol Burnett · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the one we bestow on a total stranger who needs it right then, and God has put us there to deliver. — Carrie Hamilton You are about to meet an extraordinary young woman, Carrie Hamilton....
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Banish Boredom: Activities to Do with Kids That You'll Actually Enjoy
Banish Boredom: Activities to Do with Kids That You'll Actually Enjoy

Rebecca Green · Gryphon House
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2016 Mom's Choice Awards - GOLD! Based on her popular blog, Not-So-SAHM , Rebecca Green takes readers on an inspiring journey using beautiful color photos that she took of her children doing activities she describes in the book. Taking a lighthearted approach to the serious...
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Another day in the death of America : a chronicle of ten short lives
Another day in the death of America : a chronicle of ten short lives

Gary Younge · Nation Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

On an average day in America, seven young people, aged nineteen or under, will be shot dead.In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on one random day - November 23, 2013. Ten children died that day. From Jaiden...
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We Love to Sew: 28 Pretty Things to Make: Jewelry, Headbands, Softies, T-shirts, Pillows, Bags & More
We Love to Sew: 28 Pretty Things to Make: Jewelry, Headbands, Softies, T-shirts, Pillows, Bags & More

Annabel Wrigley · C&T Publishing / FunStitch Studio
Format: Paperback

Inspire a child to start sewing with this how-to book We Love To Sew by Annabel Wrigley of the popular Little Pincushion Studio. Featuring a collection of 28 imaginative projects specifically designed for girls 8 & up, your aspiring seamstress will quickly learn a variety of sewing...
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The New Single: Finding, Fixing, and Falling Back in Love with Yourself After a Breakup or Divorce
The New Single: Finding, Fixing, and Falling Back in Love with Yourself After a Breakup or Divorce

Tamsen Fadal · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book

HOW TO MOVE PAST YOUR BREAKUP OR DIVORCE After the shock of a relationship change it can be tough to get out of bed in the morning, much less be at your best. But it doesn't have to be that way. With a realistic and proven game plan to help you get where you want to be, THE NEW SINGLE...
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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men

Margaret J Meeker · Ballantine Books
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs...
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Marriage Illustrated with Crappy Pictures
Marriage Illustrated with Crappy Pictures

Amber Dusick · Harlequin
Format: Hardcover

"Funny and flattering quote from loving, supportive, perfect husband." —Crappy Husband  MARRIAGE: ILLUSTRATED WITH CRAPPY PICTURES provides much-needed laughs about coping with another person's hygiene habits, cleaning rituals (including their ritual of not cleaning),...
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Raising Boy Readers
Raising Boy Readers

Michael Sullivan · Independent Pub Group
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Using stories and anecdotes to humanize the research presented, Raising Boy Readers conveys an understanding of the differences that are common among many boys and how these differences affect reading. It provides practical approaches to promote reading to boys, addressing physical differences,...
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