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How to Raise Successful People: Simple Lessons for Radical Results

Esther Wojcicki · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The Godmother of Silicon Valley, legendary teacher, and mother of a Super Family shares her tried-and-tested methods for raising happy, healthy, successful children using Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness: TRICK.

Esther Wojcicki - "Woj" to her many...

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The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting

Nicci Gerrard · Penguin Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journeys of the people who live with the condition and those of their loved ones

After a diagnosis of dementia, Nicci Gerrard's father, John, continued to live...
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family

MASHONDA TIFRERE · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A wise and inspiring guide to creating a happy and healthy blended family by Mashonda Tifrere with contributions from her co-parents--Swizz Beatz and his wife, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.In January 2010, founder of ArtLeadHer Mashonda Tifrere and music producer...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

EMILY DOSKOW · NOLO
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney.

With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential...
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Mother Is a Verb: An Unconventional History

Sarah Knott · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to a work of history unlike any other.

Mothering is as old as human existence. But how has this most essential experience changed over time and cultures? What is the history of maternity -- the history of pregnancy, birth, the encounter with an infant? Can one capture the historical...

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Why Will No One Play with Me?: The Play Better Plan to Help Children of All Ages Make Friends and Thrive

Caroline Maguire · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From renowned parent expert Caroline Maguire, Why Will No One Play with Me? is a groundbreaking program that has helped thousands of children struggling with social skills to make friends, find acceptance, and have a happy childhood.
Every parent wants their child to be okay--to...
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The Irishman's Daughter

V.S. Alexander · Kensington
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set against the backdrop of the Irish famine.

Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige,...
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To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma

Molly Millwood PhD · Harper Wave
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A clinical psychologist's exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood

When Molly Millwood became a mother, she was fully prepared for what she would gain: an adorable baby boy; hard-won mothering skills; and a messy, chaotic, beautiful life. But what...

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The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess: How to Raise a Girl Who's Authentic, Joyful, and Fearless--Even If She Refuses to Wear Anything but a Pink Tutu

Devorah Blachor · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

"May God grant me the serenity to accept the color pink, the courage to not let my house become a shrine to pink and princesses, and the wisdom to know that pink is just a color, not a decision to never attend college in the hopes of marrying wealthy."
- from The Feminist's...
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

Julia Bueno · Penguin Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You

Though approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's...
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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations

Marc Freedman · PublicAffairs
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generation

In How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living...
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Act Natural: A Cultural History of Misadventures in Parenting

Jennifer Traig · Ecco
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Western parenting

Why do we read our kids fairy tales about homicidal stepparents? How did helicopter parenting develop if it used to be perfectly...

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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

Joseph Matthews · NOLO
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, Long-Term Care helps you understand nursing home costs, the alternatives to nursing facilities, and how to find the best...
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