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The Wealthy Gardener: Lessons on Prosperity Between Father and Son

John Soforic
Format: Hardcover

A heartwarming series of stories and practical wisdom on entrepreneurship and wealth in the vein of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written by a financially independent father for his ambitious son.Soon after he opened his vineyard for business many years ago, the Wealthy Gardener noticed a puzzling...
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The Organized Home for New Parents: Create Routine-Ready Spaces for Your Baby's First Years

Ría Safford - Blue Star Press
Format: Hardcover

"A must-have for any new or expecting parent." - Jesse Tyler Ferguson . Learn how to safely and conveniently prepare your home for life with a baby or toddler. As a new or expecting parent, you're bombarded with seemingly endless advice - from how to nurse or feed your child...
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Life Skills for Teens: How to Cook, Clean, Manage Money, Fix Your Car, Perform First Aid, and Just About Everything in Between

Karen Harris - Spotlight Media
Format: Paperback

Congratulations, you are a teenager! The big question is, now what?! The teenage years are an exciting yet ever-changing period of your life. New challenges and tasks seem to pop up almost daily - not to mention all the transitions your body is going through.As you get older and take on more...
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Differently Wired: The Parent's Guide to Raising an Atypical Child: Adhd, Asperger's/Asd, Giftedness, Learning Disabilities, Sensory Issu

Reber, Deborah - WORKMAN PR


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Getting Pregnant for Dummies

Dummies - FOR DUMMIES


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Stones: Poems

Kevin Young - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

"We sleep long, / if not sound," Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end/ we sing / into the wind." In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, "Kith," exploring that...
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Taking the Stress Out of Homework: Organizational, Content-Specific, and Test-Prep Strategies to Help Your Children Help Themselves

Abby Freireich
Format: Paperback

In their sought-after tutoring business, veteran teachers Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer hear the frustrations of parents daily as they struggle to find the right balance in helping their child with homework. For parents and kids alike, homework can become a source of dread, and in some...
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The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

Emily Oster - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

In The Family Firm, Brown professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the key issues of the elementary years: school, health, extracurricular activities, and more.Unlike the hourly...
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The Progressive Parent: Harnessing the Power of Science and Social Justice to Raise Awesome Kids

Kavin Senapathy - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

An evidence-based, social justice-minded exploration of modern parenting, from an award-winning science journalist and cofounder of SciMoms. How can we raise happy, well-adjusted kids today amid so much injustice and uncertainty? This is the question at the heart of the progressive parent's...
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. "Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your...
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