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Mothers, Fathers, and Others: Essays

Siri Hustvedt
Format: Hardcover

Described as "a 21st-century Virginia Woolf" in the Literary Review (UK) , Man Booker longlisted Hustvedt displays her expansive intellect and interdisciplinary knowledge in this collection that moves effortlessly between stories of her mother, grandmother, and daughter to artistic...
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I See Life Through Ros-Colored Glasses

LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In I See Life Through Ros Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike...
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Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons

Cara Natterson - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

When boys enter puberty, they tend to get quiet - or at least quieter than before - and parents often misread their signals. Here's how to navigate their retreat and steer them through this confusing passage, by the bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series and Guy Stuff:...
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The 36-hour day : a family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease, related dementing illnesses, and memory loss in later life

Nancy L Mace - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family...
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The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son

Tracie White
Format: Hardcover

At the age of 27, Whitney Dafoe was forced to give up his life as a photographer who traveled the world. Bit by bit a mysterious illness stole away the pieces of his life: First, it took the strength of his legs, then his voice, and his ability to eat. Finally, even the sound of a footstep...
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Raising Grandkids: Inside Skipped-Generation Families

GARY GARRISON - University of Regina Press
Format: Paperback

Raising Grandkids focuses on "skipped generation" families or grandparent-headed households. Collecting together stories from grandparents and reflecting on his own experience as an older caregiver to his stepchildren, Gary Garrison paints a compassionate yet compelling...
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Embracing the Awkward: A Guide for Teens to Succeed at School, Life and Relationships (Teen girl gift)

Joshua Rodriguez - Mango
Format: Paperback

Find Friends. Build Confidence. Gain Self-Esteem."This is one of the best guides out there today." -- Sean Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective TeensFind friends and earn self-confidence by taking awkwardness head on Who are you? As a young adult you struggle...
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The Adventurous Eaters Club: Mastering the Art of Family Mealtime

Misha Collins - HarperOne; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLERTV star Misha Collins and his wife, journalist and historian Vicki Collins, show families how to be mealtime adventurers so that kids might have a lifelong relationship with real foodChicken nuggets. Hot dogs. Macaroni and cheese. These are just some of the greatest hits...
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What to Believe When You're Expecting: A New Look at Old Wives' Tales in Pregnancy

Jonathan Schaffir - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy - not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving...
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Parent Alert: How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online

Will Geddes - DK
Format: Paperback

Protect your children from cybercrime, sexting, cyberbullying, phishing, cyberstalking, grooming, nude selfies, and other internet dangers. You can't shield your kids from the risks if you don't know what they are.Kids spend hours online, exploring the best the internet has to offer--but...
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