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The Inward Empire: Mapping the Wilds of Mortality and Fatherhood

CHRISTIAN DONLAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of The Noonday Demon and When Breath Becomes Air, a father's gorgeous account of navigating his own neurological decline while watching in wonder as his young daughter's brain activity blossoms, a stunning examination of neurology, loss, and the meaning of life.Soon after his daughter...
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Yoga Birth Method: A Step-by-Step Guide for a Calm and Natural Childbirth Experience

Dorothy Guerra · Yoga Birth Method Institute
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback

2ND EDITION 2018 Updates with new information. The only book for childbirth you will need. See below for special offer. Learn what happens in labor to you and your baby, and how to manage it with an eight step yoga pathway. The Yoga Birth Method teaches you to work with your baby with a detailed,...
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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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CO-SLEEPING

SUSAN D STEWART · ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
Format: Hardcover

Co-sleeping - parents and children sharing a bed - can be a fraught topic for parents. Some experts recommend parents never bring children into bed with them, while other experts extol the benefits of parents and children sharing a sleep space. Given the importance of sleep to our well-being,...
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Southern Lady Code: Essays

Helen Ellis · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely funny collection of essays on marriage and manners, thank-you notes and three-ways, ghosts,...
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No Kidding About Bullying: 126 Ready-to-Use Activities to Help Kids Manage Anger, Resolve Conflicts, Build Empathy, and Get Along

Naomi Drew · Free Spirit Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

With new lessons, an added foreword, and a revised introduction, this updated edition of No Kidding About Bullying gives educators and youth leaders hands-on activities to prevent bullying in schools and help kids in grades 3-6 cope with the effects of bullying when it does occur. Based...
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Making It Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships & Civil Unions

Frederick Hertz · NOLO
Pages: 279
Format: Paperback

The ultimate guide to the past, present, and future of same-sex relationship laws in the U.S. Same-sex relationships are treated differently under each state's laws, and more than a quarter of the U.S. population lives in a state with some form of legal recognition for same-sex couples....
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Baby Play for Every Day

Clare Halsey · DK
Format: Hardcover

New parents take heart - you can boost your baby's development, bond with your newborn and infant, and get back into shape after pregnancy through play! Baby Play for Every Day highlights a simple baby play activity for every day of the year, so you can combine bonding and baby development...
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Santa's Husband

DANIEL KIBBLESMITH · Harper Design
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Offering a fresh twist on Kris Kringle, a clever yet heartfelt book that tells the story of a black Santa, his white husband, and their life in the North Pole.Everyone knows that Santa Claus is jolly, but in Santa's Husband, this cherished symbol of the holiday season is also black...
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Wherever You Go, There They Are: Stories About My Family You Might Relate To

Annabelle Gurwitch · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

A hysterically funny and slyly insightful new collection of essays from New York Times bestselling author Annabelle Gurwitch, about her own family of scam artists and hucksters, as well as the sisterhoods, temporary tribes, communities, and cults who have become surrogates along the way.When...
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Single Girl Problems: Why Being Single Isn't a Problem to Be Solved

Andrea Bain · Dundurn
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

"If one more person tells me about their third cousin twice removed who met the love of their life online, I'm going to take out my weave and eat it." Being single sucks! Well, that's what everyone says, anyway. In pretty much every culture, single women over the age of twenty-nine...
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Mindful Games Activity Cards: 55 Fun Ways to Share Mindfulness with Kids and Teens

Susan Kaiser Greenland · Shambhala
Format: Paperback

A deck of 55 mindfulness games for kids that takes a playful approach to developing attention and focus, and identifying and regulating emotions--by the author of Mindful Games and The Mindful Child. Playing games is a great way for kids to develop their focusing and attention skills...
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Ready, Set, Go!: A Gentle Parenting Guide to Calmer, Quicker Potty Training

SARAH OCKWELL-SMITH · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

A calmer, simpler approach to potty training If you're like most parents, you're as nervous about potty training as your little one is. But help is on the way. This supportive guide provides step-by-step advice for a compassionate and emotionally aware process - one that focuses on positive...
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Baby Steps to STEM: Infant and Toddler Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Activities

Jean G Barbre · Redleaf Press
Pages: 181
Format: Paperback

Innately curious, infants and toddlers love to explore, investigate, and discover -- making the earliest years a perfect time to begin teaching the foundations of STEM. This book defines what science, technology, engineering, and math education looks like for this age group, and why it is so vital...
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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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