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The Happiest Mommy You Know: Why Putting Your Kids First Is the LAST Thing You Should Do

Genevieve Shaw Brown - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

ABC News reporter (and mom to three) Genevieve Shaw Brown reveals the deceptively simple golden rule for maternal happiness and how today's busy moms can live better, healthier lives.ABC News reporter Genevieve Shaw Brown was hell-bent on raising her kids to like vegetables and eat more...
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To Raise a Boy: Classrooms, Locker Rooms, Bedrooms, and the Hidden Struggles of American Boyhood

Emma Brown - Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover

How will I raise my son to be different? This question gripped Washington Post investigative reporter Emma Brown, who was at home nursing her six-week-old son when the #MeToo movement erupted. In search of an answer, Brown traveled around the country for two years, through towns urban and rural,...
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We Dissent: Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan on Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court's Decision Banning Abortion

Stephen Breyer - Melville House
Format: Paperback

The full text of one of the most radical and controversial Supreme Court decisions in American history, highlighting the galvanizing dissent by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan ...Dobbs v Jackson, the landmark decision to overthrow the rights first granted to women in the Roe v Wade...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2018

Kubersky. Seth - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

A great destination and thorough preparation are what make a wonderful vacation, and The Unofficial Guide toDisneyland 2018 makes Disneyland one of the most accessible theme parks in the world. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes the guesswork out of the reader's...
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"You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption

Angela Tucker - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cultures. "Your parents are so amazing for adopting you! You should be grateful that you were adopted.". Angela Tucker is a Black woman,...
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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

Susan Wise Bauer - W W Norton
Format: Print book

Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child's education -- by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically...
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Unhitched: Unlock Your Courage and Clarity to Unstick Your Bad Marriage

Sunny Joy McMillan - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Paperback

Unhitched: Unlock Your Courage and Clarity and Unstick Your Bad Marriage is a heart-centered, yet practical guide for helping women in unhappy marriages answer the question of whether to stay or go. Unhitched tracks Sunny Joy McMillan's own journey, from once living a seemingly perfect...
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. On a hot August night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow Attorney - ?NOLO; Ninth edition
Format: Ninth Edition

Divorce guidance you can count on Divorce is never easy, but with the information in Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce, you can make the process as simple, inexpensive, and conflict-free as possible. With compassion and expertise, family law attorney Emily Doskow explains how to make...
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Special Needs Trusts: Protect Your Child's Financial Future

Kevin Urbatsch Attorney - NOLO
Format: Print book

Special Needs Trusts shows you how to leave any amount of money to your disabled loved one -- without jeopardizing government benefits. It provides plain-English information and forms you need to create a special needs trust. Funds in a special needs trust can make a big difference in quality...
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