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Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants: An Introduction to Ethics

Ruwen Ogien - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun, tactile, and popular. Moral thinking is simple, Ruwen Ogien argues, and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences, in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness, we develop an understanding of right...
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Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls

Janice Johnson Dias PhD
Format: Hardcover

Renowned sociologist Janice Johnson Dias has devoted her life to nurturing and training girls to become changemakers - whether through her investment in her daughter Marley's humanitarian projects or through her work with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation "SuperCamp" she co-founded...
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How to Educate a Citizen: The Power of Shared Knowledge to Unify a Nation

E. D. Hirsch - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Profound, vital and correct. Hirsch highlights the essence of our American being and the radical changes in education necessary to sustain that essence. Concerned citizens, teachers, and parents take note! We ignore this book at our peril." - Joel Klein, former Chancellor of New York...
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Preschool Clues: Raising Smart, Inspired, and Engaged Kids in a Screen-Filled World

Angela C. Santomero - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

The award-winning creator of Blue's Clues, Super Why!, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood shares the secret sauce behind her shows' powerful, transformative results in the form of eleven research-based, foundational "clues" to ensure that preschoolers flourish...
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The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President

Bandy X Lee - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

The consensus view of two dozen psychiatrists and psychologists that Trump is dangerously mentally ill and that he presents a clear and present danger to the nation and our own mental health.This is not normal.Since the start of Donald Trump's presidential run, one question has quietly...
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Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age

Mary Bray Pipher - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller * Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly BestsellerThe instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Reviving Ophelia--a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they...
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A Deal with the Devil: The Dark and Twisted True Story of One of the Biggest Cons in History

Blake Ellis - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In this spellbinding true story, a pair of award-winning CNN investigative journalists track down the mysterious French psychic at the center of an international scam targeting the elderly and emotionally vulnerable, resulting in an expos of one of the longest running cons in history.While...
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Bread: A Memoir of Hunger

Lisa Knopp - University of Missouri Press
Format: Print book

When she was 54, Lisa Knopp's weight dropped to a number on the scale that she hadn't seen since seventh grade. The severe food restricting that left her thin and sick when she was 15 and 25 had returned. This time, she was determined to understand the causes of her malady and how she could...
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Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues

David Bradford Ph.D.
Format: Hardcover

The ability to create strong relationships with others is crucial to living a full life and becoming more effective at work. Yet many of us find ourselves struggling to build solid personal and professional connections or unable to handle challenges that inevitably arise when we grow closer...
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The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance

Ben Sasse - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn an era of safe spaces, trigger warnings, and an unprecedented election, the country's youth are in crisis. Senator Ben Sasse warns the nation about the existential threat to America's future.Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents...
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