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We Don't Talk Anymore: Healing after Parents and Their Adult Children Become Estranged

Kathy McCoy · Sourcebooks
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Break the silence and heal the riftEstrangement or partial estrangement from an adult son or daughter is one of a parent's worst nightmares. It can mean angry silences and anguished days and nights wondering what went wrong. Becoming estranged from a parent can be equally painful for an adult...
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The Organized Child: An Effective Program to Maximize Your Kid's Potential?in School and in Life

RICHARD GALLAGHER · The Guilford Press
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover

Whether it's perpetually forgetting to write down homework, misplacing backpacks, or cramming month-long assignments into a single night, organizational skills problems get in the way of school success--and wreak havoc at home. Fortunately for children and their frustrated parents,...
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Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation

David J Lieberman · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Never Get Angry Again is New York Times and internationally bestselling author David J. Lieberman's comprehensive, holistic look at the underlying emotional, physical, and spiritual causes of anger, and a practical guide to what the reader can do to gain perspective.David J. Lieberman...
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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich · Twelve
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare...
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Playful Intelligence: The Power of Living Lightly in a Serious World

Anthony T DeBenedet · Santa Monica Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

As adults, we have more responsibilities than we could have ever imagined growing up. Learning the work of marriage. Navigating the bumpy terrain of parenting. Maintaining social relationships. Facing grave hardship. Finding contentment in our career. As the years pass by, we sense how the good...
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Get A Life: His & Hers Survival Guide to IVF

Richard Mackney · Orion
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Richard and Rosie started trying to conceive after five years of being together but, two and a half years and countless prenatal vitamins and ovulation kits later, there hadn't been even a phantom pregnancy. So began their adventure into IVF, via blood tests, sperm tests, injections...
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Love Rules: How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World

JOANNA COLES · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further." - Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity"While I'm not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today's new world of dating, I do know this: armed with Love Rules,...
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The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Gayatri Devi · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's...
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Love Your Age: The Small-Step Solution to a Better, Longer, Happier Life

Barbara Hannah Grufferman · National Geographic
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Filled with healthy habits to help you take charge of your life with wit, energy, and confidence, this inspiring guide will show you how to look, feel, and be your best in a busy, fast-paced world.Warm, engaging, and user-friendly, this powerful, practical guide to aging gracefully will...
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Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch

Michael Perry · Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

"Every writer has advice for aspiring writers. Mine is predicated on formative years spent cleaning my father's calf pens: Just keep shoveling until you've got a pile so big, someone has to notice. The fact that I cast my life's work as slung manure simply proves that I recognize...
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