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Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old
John Leland - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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Based on the popular New York Times series, life-changing wisdom from an unexpected source: America's oldest oldIn 2015, the award-winning New York Times journalist John Leland set out to meet some of the city's oldest inhabitants for a series on America's fastest-growing... |
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Lisa and Francesca, mother and daughter, bring you the laughter of their lives." -- Delia Ephron, bestselling author The bestselling and "perennially hilarious" mother-daughter team is back with a new collection of stories from their real lives, guaranteed to make... |
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Mindful Games: Sharing Mindfulness and Meditation with Children, Teens, and Families
Susan Kaiser Greenland - Shambhala
Format: Print book
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A playful approach for cultivating mindfulness in kids, with sixty simple games to develop attention and focus, and identify and regulate emotions--by the author of The Mindful Child. Playing games is a great way for kids to develop their focusing and attention skills and to become... |
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Positive Parenting: An Essential Guide
Rebecca Eanes - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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"This is a must-read for every family that yearns to create peace and harmony."--Shefali Tsabary, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious ParentTired of yelling and nagging? True family connection is possible--and this essential guide shows us how.Popular... |
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Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers
Miriam Beloglovsky - Redleaf Press
Format: Print book
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Loose parts capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and encourage creativity. This form of play allows infants to be in control and recognize the power of their bodies and actions. A variety of new and innovative loose parts ideas are paired with beautiful photography... |
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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Jennifer Senior - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,... |
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Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting
Emily Flake - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake relates the hilarious horrors of pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in this funny, poignant, and beautifully illustrated book. For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike... |
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Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way
Deborah Carlisle Solomon - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach.Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST... |
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Understanding Autism: The essential guide for parents
Katrina Williams - Exisle Publishing
Format: Print book
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This is the essential reference for parents and carers of children with autism. Written by two leading experts in the field, it covers everything from the causes of autism to how it manifests at the various ages and stages of a child's life, as well as diet and nutrition, the importance... |
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My Daddy Loves Me: Just the Way I Was Made to Be
JASON GREENAWAY - BOOKBABY
Format: Print book
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My Daddy Loves Me: Just the Way I Was Made to BE by Jason J. Greenaway is an inspirational and exciting story that shares the precious relationship between a father and daughter. Jason insightfully shares the value and power words can have in the development of children. Follow a daughter's... |
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Baby Book: Pregnancy, birth, baby & childcare from 0 to 3
Dorling Kindersley Inc. - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Now available in paperback, The Baby Book is a guide to caring for your child - from pregnancy through age three - that celebrates the joy of being pregnant and of being a parent.Affirmative, encouraging, and practical, The Baby Book provides everything you need to know... |
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Watch My Baby Grow
DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover
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Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented... |
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Sh*tty Mom for All Seasons: Half-@ssing It All Year Long
Alicia Ybarbo - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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The authors of the New York Times-bestselling Sh*tty Mom are back with a hilarious guide presenting common parenting scenarios with advice for getting through the year the sh*tty mom way. Told in the same tongue-in-cheek voice as the original, this sequel is full of funny... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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What the Fun?!: 427 Simple Ways to Have Fantastic Family Fun
Donna Bozzo - Plume
Format: Print book
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Where is the fun in your family's life Have you sunk so deep in the day-to-day crunch of life, you've forgotten how to make things fun What The Fun! answers every parent's question, What can I do to make my family happy Creating more fun in your days will make you a joy to be around... |
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Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits
Robin Berman - Harperwave
Format: Hardcover
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After being bombarded by parenting fad after parenting fad, moms and dads finally have a friendly, commonsense guide to raising thriving children.Today, many parents have rejected the dictatorships they resented from their own childhoods. But they overcorrected by turning into child-pleasers.... |
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My Child Is Sick!: Expert Advice for Managing Common Illnesses and Injuries
Barton D Schmitt - Amer Acad Of Pediatrics
Format: Print book
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Know when to call your doctor - and when it's safe to treat your child at home! Caring for your sick child can be a daunting experience. You want to ensure the best for him or her, but you also know that every illness doesn't require a trip to the doctor's office or emergency... |
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Dear Dad: Letters from an Adult Child
Louie Anderson - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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The celebrated comedian presents letters that he has written to his alcoholic father that reveal some of the hurt and guilt he experienced as a child and provides a glance at a source of his best humor |
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Yours Always: Letters of Longing
Eleanor Bass - Icon Books
Format: Hardcover
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Love letters are potent. They breathe. They speak. They can arouse, comfort, captivate. They can also cut deep. The powerful, deeply personal letters collected here reveal the painful underside of love. Witness Winston Churchill 'grown with anger to be treated with benevolent indifference'... |
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Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture
Lisa Boucher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever wondered if social drinking has unintended consequences to your health, family, relationships, or your profession? Have you ever thought that losing control of your drinking couldn't happen to you or someone you love? All the women you know are too smart. Too rich. Too kind.... |
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The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be
Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press
Format: Hardcover
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The fourth edition of this best-selling, ground-breaking, information-packed guide for dads-to-be is now significantly, updated, revised, and expanded.We are expecting! The twentieth-anniversary edition of this thoroughly updated and revised parenting classic remains the most informative... |
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Jancee Dunn - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers... |
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.
Robert E Emery - Avery
Format: Print book
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A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation,... |
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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Margaret J Meeker - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Fogland Point
Doug Burgess - Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Fogland Point is a unique, surprising, moving, occasionally hilarious, and entirely marvelous book about the complicated mysteries that lie at the heart of all families - although the Hazard family is definitely more complicated and mysterious and interesting than most." --Nick... |
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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education
Ken Robinson - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their... |
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The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and ChildrenAnd the World
Roger Thurow - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book
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Based on compelling new scientific and social science research on early childhood malnutrition, a new generation of activists have been inspired to re-think old approaches to 'feeding the world.' The new target in the assault on malnutrition: the first 1,000 days of a child's... |
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Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive
Devorah Heitner - Bibliomotion
Format: Print book
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Screenwise offers a realistic and optimistic perspective on how to thoughtfully guide kids in the digital age. Many parents feel that their kids are addicted, detached, or distracted because of their digital devices. Media expert Devorah Heitner, however, believes that technology offers... |
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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting
Shefali Tsabary - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." - Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their... |
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Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting
Adam Carolla - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did - without... |
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the GIFT of Nighttime Sleep
Gary Ezzo - Parent-Wise Solutions
Format: Paperback
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Distinguished pediatrician Dr Robert Bucknam, M.D. and co-author Gary Ezzo are two of the world's leading experts on infant management concepts. In this revised 5th edition, they have updated their groundbreaking approach which has found favor with over six million parents in all 50 states... |
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Elder care journey : a view from the front lines
Laura Katz Olson - Excelsior Editions
Format: Print book
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For millions of Americans caregiving is the new normal. For Laura Katz Olson, a respected researcher of long-term care for the aging, "Elder Care Journey" chronicles the disruption of her world and how it is upended by the ever-increasing long-distance needs of her own mother.... |
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Raising Cooperative Kids: Proven Practices for a Connected, Happy Family
Marion Forgatch - Conari Press
Format: Paperback
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What's the recipe for a happy family? A spirit of cooperation. Instilling a spirit of cooperation in children is the real secret to providing the gift of a happy childhood, being a "good" parent, and building the family you've always wanted.In Raising Cooperative Kids,... |
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The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years
Tara Haelle - Perigee Books
Format: Paperback
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The latest scientific research on home birth, breastfeeding, sleep training, vaccines, and other key topics - to help parents make their own best-informed decisions. In the era of questionable Internet "facts" and parental oversharing, it's more important than ever to find... |
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Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
Ross W Greene - Scribner Book Company
Format: Hardcover
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In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important... |
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Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
Laurence Steinberg - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A leading authority draws on new research to explain why the adolescent years are so developmentally crucial, and what we must do to raise happier, more successful kids.Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. And as world-renowned expert on adolescent psychology Dr. Laurence Steinberg... |
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Temperament Tools: Working with Your Child's Inborn Traits
Helen Neville - Parenting Press
Format: Print book
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The most recent and respected research on how temperament can affect a child's progress toward developmental milestones and responses to new experiences Research shows that many challenging behaviors are connected to a child's inborn temperament, the unique set of characteristics... |
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Ask: Building Consent Culture
KITTY STRYKER - Thorntree Press
Format: Paperback
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Have you ever heard the phrase "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission?" Violating consent isn't limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldn't be, either. To resist rape culture, we need a consent culture - and one that is more... |
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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas
TOM PAPA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"I have been a close friend of Tom Papa for 17 years. His lack of ability to perceive even the most basic principles of human functioning have made him an invaluable asset to me as a friend and colleague. Because he sees nothing, knows nothing and understands nothing, I always seek... |
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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD
Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book
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By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely... |
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Uncommon Voyage: Parenting Children With Special Needs - A Guidebook
Laura Shapiro Kramer - BookBaby
Format: Paperback
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Laura Shapiro Kramer has turned her experience raising a special-needs child (already detailed in her successful memoir) into a guidebook for other parents.The e-book and web site contain multiple resources and she is building a community of support through Facebook, Twitter, and at uncommonvoyage.com. |
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You're Doing a Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting
Biz Ellis - Countryman Press
Format: Hardcover
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Stop feeling like sh*t for being a mom -- laugh-out-loud affirmations for every parentGuess what? This "parenting book" is not designed to make new parents feel bad. Authors and co-hosts of the popular comedy podcast One Bad Mother, Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn, know firsthand... |
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Simple Play: Easy Fun For Babies
Rachel Coley - Cando Kiddo
Format: Paperback
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PARENTING IS COMPLICATED. BABY PLAY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE. A busy parent's guide to totally do-able activities for little sitters, crawlers, standers and cruisers. Written by a pediatric Occupational Therapist and mommy, this much-anticipated sequel to Begin With a Blanket: Creative... |
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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements
David McCullough Jr. - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book
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David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares... |
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Business is Business: Reality Checks for Family-Owned Companies
Kathy Kolbe - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Hardcover
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Balancing the benefits and burdens of a family-owned business Working with family complicates the already daunting task of owning a business, and it's tough not to take work problems home with you. The best approach is to realize that family is family . . . and business is business.... |
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I Want My Epidural Back: Adventures in Mediocre Parenting
Karen Alpert - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book
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Now that I'm a mom, I know the most painful part isn't getting something giant through your hooha. It's having a real live child.If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo's organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create... |
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Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out
Kelly Rowland - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover
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When global pop star Kelly Rowland became a mom for the first time, giving birth to her son Titan, she felt the most incredible love she had ever experienced. But after spending nine months so focused on the baby growing inside her, she was caught completely off guard by how much... |
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At Mamas Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White
April Ryan - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the African American Literary Show Award for Best Non-FictionIn her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every... |
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition
TIM SELDIN - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback
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"A practical parenting program to help build a calm and happy home life with your child, from birth through age six. This guide is based on Montessori school methods and packed with creative activities to help children discover more about their world as well as foster independence,... |
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Its All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the Worlds Family Tree
A. J. Jacobs - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes family - where it begins and how far it goes - and attempts to untangle the true meaning of the "Family of Humankind.".... |
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How Do I Explain This to My Kids?: Parenting in the Age of Trump
Sarah Swong - The New Press
Format: Paperback
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The day after the 2016 presidential election, filmmaker Carlos Sandoval found Ku Klux Klan fliers on the seats of the Long Island Railroad and recounts how his Cuban American niece Lexi's world was "shattered" by the election - she is one of thousands of children wondering if they... |
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The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family's Method to College Ready by Age Twelve
Kip Harding - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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If the Harding family can do it, your family can too! Having six out of ten kids go to college is no small feat on its own, but having six kids in college by the age of twelve - that's nothing short of incredible. Meet Kip and Mona Lisa Harding, high school sweethearts whose simple... |
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The New Father: A Dad's Guide to the First Year
Armin A. Brott - Abbeville Press; Third Edition, Third Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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An indispensable handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first 12 months, by the author of The Expectant Father.The essential handbook for all things first-year father is now fully updated and revised. Not only will new dads get a month-by-month guide to their baby's development,... |
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