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Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human

Sarah DiGregorio - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by the author's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, a compelling and empathetic work that combines memoir with rigorous reporting to tell the story of neonatology - and to meditate on the questions raised by premature birth. The heart of many hospitals...
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BabyTalk: Strengthen Your Child's Ability to Listen, Understand, and Communicate

Sally Ward Dr. - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

Parents profoundly influence their child's language development, including their ability to listen, understand, and communicate. From birth to three years is the crucial window of opportunity during which a child's learning potential is at its fullest and most formative. Now with this amazing...
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The Last Things We Talk About: Your Guide to End of Life Transitions

Elizabeth T. Boatwright DMin - Bull Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

The Last Things We Talk About gives readers and their loved ones the opportunity as death approaches to affirm, celebrate, and remember the people and experiences they cherish in life. The author guides readers step-by-step through the process of making aging and death-related decisions....
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The Problem with the Other Side

Kwame Ivery - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

would rather watch old Westerns with his new girlfriend, Sallie, than get involved in his school's politics - why focus on the "bad" and "ugly" when his days with Sallie are so good? His older sister Regina feels differently. She is fed up with the way white school-body...
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool

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

"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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No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right

BECCA ANDREWS - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

An in-depth look at the legacy of Roe v. Wade, and on-the-ground reporting from the front lines of the battle to protect the right to choose The pieces started to fall In 2019 when a wave of anti-abortion laws went into effect. Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky banned abortion...
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The Best of Me

David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

For more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence....
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Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less

Christine K Koh - Bibliomotion, Inc
Format: Audiobook

Were in the midst of a parenting climate that feeds on "more": More expert advice, more gear, more fear about competition and safety, and more choices to make about education, nutrition, even entertainment. The result? Overwhelmed, confused parents and overscheduled, over-parented...
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Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome YearsNo Time-outs Needed

Jamie Glowacki - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlers - commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old - can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact...
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Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Barbara Klipper - Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Paperback

Those who understand the unique sensitivities of young people with autism spectrum disorder, now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, know that ordinary library programming guides are not up to the task of effectively serving these library users. Klipper...
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