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Thinking Differently: An Inspiring Guide for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities

David Flink - William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book

An innovative, comprehensive guide - the first of its kind - to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.In Thinking Differently,...
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Baby Names 2017: This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State

Eleanor Turner - Crimson Publishing
Format: Print book

Choosing a name for your baby has never been easier or more enjoyable than with Baby Names 2017. Whether you are looking for a traditional name or something more adventurous, Baby Names 2017 will help solve your baby-naming dilemmas.Did you know that the name Elizabeth is the most popular...
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Just Keep Breathing

Reggie Dabbs - W Publishing Group
Format: Print book

"I get abused and hurt so much, and no one seems to care ... " These are real words written by a real girl. There are thousands more just like her. Her pain is real. Her story is true. But her voice has been hidden ... until now. For those who will dare to listen to the truth,...
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Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Exchanged at Birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture

NANCY SEGAL - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The riveting story of two sets of identical twins separated at birth and improbably reunited as adults, a dream case for exploring nature and nurture.Accidental Brothers tells the unique story of two sets of identical Colombian twin brothers who discovered at age 25 that they were...
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Another day in the death of America : a chronicle of ten short lives

Gary Younge - Nation Books
Format: Print book

On an average day in America, seven young people, aged nineteen or under, will be shot dead.In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost on one random day - November 23, 2013. Ten children died that day....
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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO
Format: Twelfth Edition

Get the best care, in the right place, at the right priceTo find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices....
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Co-parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Putting Your Children First

Jann Blackstone - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Parents going through separation or divorce are understandably worried about how the change in the family will affect their children. This guide walks parents through all the factors they should consider and offers step-by-step guidance on how to work together to put their children first....
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Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change in a Nonlinear Age

Bruce Feiler - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets of Happy Families and Council of Dads, a pioneering study of the disruptions upending contemporary life and a bold guide for how to navigate life's growing number of transitions with more meaning, balance, and joy. Bruce Feiler...
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Redefining Aging: A Caregiver's Guide to Living Your Best Life

Ann Kaiser Stearns - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Paperback

Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming. But fulfilling life experiences are still possible for both caregivers and their loved ones, despite the stress and fatigue of caregiving. Even an elderly spouse, parent, or other family member who is significantly impaired or increasingly...
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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare...
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Quick & Legal Will Book

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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Wonderful Wisdom from Everyone's Favorite Neighbor

Melissa Wagner - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From Fred Rogers Productions, comes a delightful gift book that shows how the wisdom of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is as relevant for adults as it is for children. With colorful illustrations and quotes that touch on themes of kindness, empathy, self-care, respect, and love, this...
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Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill, Revised and Updated Edition: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman - Harmony; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping America's youth Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine. Thereis no bigger or more important issue in America...
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Parenting Well in a Media Age: Keeping Our Kids Human

Gloria DeGaetano - Personhood Press
Format: Book

This illuminating investigation takes a fresh look at the role of media in children's lives. An overview of the formidable challenges parents face and creative ways to overcome them are included, as are strategies for turning a home environment from "high-tech" to "high-touch."...
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The Adoptive Parents' Handbook: A Guide to Healing Trauma and Thriving with Your Foster or Adopted Child

Barbara Tantrum - North Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback

Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids, which can make it difficult for them to trust, relax, regulate their emotions, and connect with their new families. As a parent, learning how to heal attachment...
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Letting Go, Sixth Edition: A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years

Karen Levin Coburn - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

The sixth edition of this classic parents' guide and college orientation staple has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the realities of college today. For more than a decade, Letting Go has provided hundreds of thousands of parents with valuable insights, information, comfort,...
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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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Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children

Therese Oneill - Hachette B and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook

From the author of the ""hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating""* New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing [*Jenny Lawson] Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate...
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Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler's Guide to Understanding Death

Bonnie Zucker - Magination Press
Format: Print book

Something Very Sad Happened is a useful tool for parents, caregivers, therapists, and teachers to help young children understand the concept of death and begin the process of coping with the loss. Intended for children ages 2 and 3, the book explains death and loss to a very young...
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Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process

SHERYL GONZALEZ-ZIEGLER - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate must-read handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom," filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect...
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Teenagers Suck: What to do when missed curfews, texting, and "Mom, can I have the keys" make you miserable

Joanne Kimes - Adams Media
Format: Book

Moodswings? Check. Eye rolls? Check. Slamming doors and easily annoyed teens? Check. Check.Let's face it: Teenagers Suck. Tacklers of Teenage Terrors R.J. Colleary and Joanne Kimes take you on a humorous but helpful ride through teenage troubles, such as how to pick your battles (do you ignore...
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