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Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron.... |
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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It
Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO
Format: Twelfth Edition
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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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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas
TOM PAPA - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"I have been a close friend of Tom Papa for 17 years. His lack of ability to perceive even the most basic principles of human functioning have made him an invaluable asset to me as a friend and colleague. Because he sees nothing, knows nothing and understands nothing, I always seek... |
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The 2014 Baby Names Almanac
Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and Forecasts An instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2014 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Heres a sneak peak at the ideas,... |
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Talking Baby: Helping Your Child Discover Language
Margaret Maclagen - Finch Publishing
Format: Paperback
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This book starts by describing a baby's language development alongside their physical development in the first 18 months. It then discusses play - the way young children learn. It also explores childrens' very early acquisition of words, and how they use them, and it covers the exciting... |
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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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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World Changer: A Mother's Story
Karen Vaughn - Karen Vaughn
Format: Paperback
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On August 6, 2011, 30 American soldiers aboard Extortion 17 perished in the single greatest loss of Navy SEAL lives. Among them - Aaron Carson Vaughn, a small-town boy who grew up in the hills of Tennessee and lived a life larger than most. Told through the eyes of Karen, Aaron's mother,... |
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The Impulsive, Disorganized Child: Solutions for Parenting Kids with Executive Functioning Difficulties
Mary Anne Richey - Prufrock Press
Format: Print book
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Impulsive, scattered, lost, unfocused, unprepared, disorganized: These are just a few of the words used to describe kids with executive functioning deficits, which commonly affect many children already diagnosed with ADHD, learning disabilities, and autism. The Impulsive, Disorganized Child:... |
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Autism Adulthood: Strategies and Insights for a Fulfilling Life
Susan Senator - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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One of the biggest fears of parents with children with autism is looming adulthood and all that it entails. In her new book Susan Senator takes the mystery out of adult life on the autism spectrum and conveys the positive message that even though autism adulthood is complicated and challenging,... |
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The Warner Boys: Our Familys Story of Autism and Hope
Curt Warner - Little A
Format: Hardcover
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An emotional, revealing memoir of one family's life in seclusion - and the love, strength, and faith it took to save it.Seahawks star running back Curt Warner and his wife, Ana, were prominent figures in Seattle in the early 1990s. When they dropped from the public eye after Curt's retirement,... |
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Permission to Parent: How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits
Robin Berman - Harperwave
Format: Hardcover
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After being bombarded by parenting fad after parenting fad, moms and dads finally have a friendly, commonsense guide to raising thriving children.Today, many parents have rejected the dictatorships they resented from their own childhoods. But they overcorrected by turning into child-pleasers.... |
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Proud Flesh: The Resurrection of Baby B: A Love Story
Cynthia Bowen - Gatekeeper Press
Format: Paperback
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This memoir is about a baby abused in an act of unspeakable brutality and one family's fight to rescue him. At times, disasters both man-made and natural, threaten to block Baby B's path to recovery and justice. More than a memoir, it is a call to action. About the Author Cynthia... |
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The Mommy Shorts Guide to Remarkably Average Parenting
Ilana Wiles - Harry N Abrams
Format: Print book
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Ilana Wiles is not a good mother. She's not a bad mother either. Like most of us, she's normal. From the creator of the wildly popular blog Mommy Shorts comes Ilana Wiles's first humor book on remarkably average parenting. If you want solid advice about raising kids, this book... |
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The Prodigy's Cousin: The Family Link Between Autism and Extraordinary Talent
Joanne Ruthsatz - Current
Format: Print book
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We all know the autistic genius stereotypes. The absentminded professor with untied shoelaces. The geeky Silicon Valley programmer who writes bulletproof code but can't get a date. But there is another set of (tiny) geniuses whom you would never add to those ranks - child prodigies.... |
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Celebrate Your Body
Sonya Renee Taylor - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback
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Puberty comes with a lot of changes. Celebrate Your Body (And It's Changes, Too!) will help girls understand (and love) their bodies now and as they continue to grow.For many girls, puberty can be an uncertain time. Celebrate Your Body (And Its Changes, Too!) includes everything... |
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The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One - For Baby and You
Elizabeth Pantley - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book
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Elizabeth Pantley spins her baby magic She towers above her competitors by showing us what babies really need, and how best to give it to them. James J. McKenna, PhD, Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame You have a newborn, so sleep is impossible,... |
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The Kids Will Be Fine: Guilt-Free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women
Daisy Waugh - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover
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A bracing, hilarious manifesto for motherhood as it ought to be: spontaneous, loving, and just a little bit selfishPre-chewing toddler food. Flash cards for two-year-olds. Endless hours of school gatherings to sit through in smiling silence. How did motherhood--which even under the best... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
Emily Doskow Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide... |
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No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident, and Compassionate Girls
Katie Hurley - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud.Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged... |
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Newborn 101: Secrets from Expert Nurses on Preparing and Caring for Your Baby at Home
Carole Kramer Arsenault - The Experiment
Format: Paperback
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National Parenting Publications Gold Award WinnerEver wish you could have a baby nurse at home to answer your most urgent questions around the clock? Now you can!Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities... |
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Homemade: 707 Products to Make Yourself to Save Money and the Earth
Editors of Reader's Digest - Reader's Digest
Format: Paperback
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Make your own pantry staples, cleaning products, pet food, health and beauty supplies, and hundreds of other household items - fast, fresh, and more naturally.Here are low-cost, all-natural replacement recipes for more than 700 name-brand products that you buy week in and week out at the supermarket,... |
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Dissident Doctor: My Life Catching Babies and Challenging the Medical Status Quo
Michael C. Klein - Douglas & McIntyre
Format: Hardcover
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How often do you hear a doctor saying doctors need to be more accountable, Medicare needs more support and family medicine deserves more respect? Dissident Doctor bristles with refreshingly frank criticisms from inside the health sector, and its author is not just any doctor but a distinguished... |
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Achieving a Healthy Weight for Your Child: An Action Plan for Families
SANDRA G HASSINK - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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Achieving a Healthy Weight for Your Child: An Action Plan for Families is an essential guide to help parents take action to support their child's healthy nutrition and physical activity at home, in school and in the community. Whether your child struggles with weight issues or you are working... |
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The Pregnant Majorette: Life in a Twisted Family, Volume One
Rechtbank 's-Hertogenbosch. - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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In this dark memoir of Tom Liggett's early life, he examines how Western masculinity has perpetuated violence, instability, and the cycle of abuse in numerous families. The first cowboy in Liggett's life was his father, who met his mother while she was living in a makeshift bordello.... |
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Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Maryanne Bruni - Woodbine House
Format: Print book
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The popular book, Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome is now available in a completely revised third edition. The author, an occupational therapist and parent of an adult with Down syndrome, describes how the characteristics of Down syndrome can impact the acquisition and progression... |
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Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne, and Growing Pains
Suanne Kowal-Connelly - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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Puberty is tough - on kids and maybe even more so on parents! Parenting Through Puberty explains the physical and emotional changes families can expect to see in their child. Dr. Kowal-Connelly covers the nitty-gritty of children's changing bodies, and, critically, she addresses... |
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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It
Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO; Tenth edition
Format: Paperback
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Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care... |
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Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
Robert Kolker - Harper Perennial; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of 2013Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a humanizing account of the true-life search for a serial killer still at large on Long Island, and presents the first detailed look at the shadow world of online escorts, where making a living... |
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Baby Names 2014
Eleanor Turner - Crimson Publishing; 3 edition
Format: Print book
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The original baby names annual, including the year’s most popular names, celebrity choices and names making a comeback. Baby Names 2014 includes over 7,000 of this year’s favourite names plus the top 20 most current baby names, names to avoid, popular baby names by state and naming... |
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My Brown Baby: On the Joys and Challenges of Raising African American Children
Denene Millner - Agate Bolden
Format: Paperback
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"The best site for thoughtful, fierce advice about parenting from a Black perspective" - EbonyFor almost a decade, national parenting expert and bestselling author Denene Millner has published thought-provoking, insightful, sometimes wickedly funny commentary about motherhood... |
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Teens 911: Snowbound
Deborah Morris - HCI Teens
Format: Paperback
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Kids and preteens devour reality-based dramas. Author Deborah Morris provides that and more in hair-raising detail in Teens 911, a brand new series filled with spine-tingling adventures of real teens saved from a life-threatening encounter by relying on their bravery and sheer survival... |
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I Need a Lifeguard Everywhere but the Pool
LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"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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The art and science of aging well : a physician's guide to a healthy body, mind, and spirit
Mark E Williams - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Print book
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In the past century, average life expectancies have nearly doubled, and today, for the first time in human history, many people have a realistic chance of living to eighty or beyond. As life expectancy increases, Americans need accurate, scientifically grounded information so that they... |
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Watch My Baby Grow
DK - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover
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Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented... |
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At Mamas Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White
April Ryan - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the African American Literary Show Award for Best Non-FictionIn her first book, The Presidency in Black and White, journalist April Ryan examined race in America through her experience as a White House reporter. In this book, she shifts the conversation from the White House to every... |
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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
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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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Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder, Second Edition
James Lock MD PhD - The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Tens of thousands of parents have turned to this compassionate guide for support and practical advice grounded in cutting-edge scientific knowledge. Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely... |
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The 2015 Baby Names Almanac
Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Book
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The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and ForecastsAn instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2015 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Here's a sneak peak at the ideas,... |
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said... |
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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead
Jennifer Lehr - Workman
Format: Print book
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A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can... |
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Southern Lady Code: Essays
Helen Ellis - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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"I loved it." - Ann Patchett The bestselling author of American Housewife ("Dark, deadpan and truly inventive." --The New York Times Book Review) is back with a fiercely... |
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Ready, Set, Go!: A Gentle Parenting Guide to Calmer, Quicker Potty Training
SARAH OCKWELL-SMITH - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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A calmer, simpler approach to potty training If you're like most parents, you're as nervous about potty training as your little one is. But help is on the way. This supportive guide provides step-by-step advice for a compassionate and emotionally aware process - one that focuses on positive... |
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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
Marc Freedman - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generationIn How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much... |
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Emotional Fitness for Couples: 10 Minutes a Day to a Better Relationship
Barton Goldsmith - New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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The 10-Minute Relationship WorkoutPeak athletic performance requires regular exercise, and a great relationship depends on regular emotional practice to stay in top form. Don't wait for a crisis to make you scramble to save your relationship. Start building emotional fitness today!... |
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Not So Fast: Parenting Your Teen Through the Dangers of Driving
TIM HOLLISTER - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
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Providing fully updated advice to parents, guardians, and other adults who supervise teen drivers, this second edition of Not So Fast will help to guide and empower readers. Parents will learn priceless information in teaching teenagers how to evaluate the circumstances of every driving... |
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Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce
Katherine Stoner Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Get essential information on how to end a marriage fairly and inexpensively. This book guides you through a negotiated divorce, using divorce mediation, or an increasingly popular approach called collaborative divorce. Encouraging and straightforward, Divorce Without Court explains: how mediation... |
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The Inward Empire: Mapping the Wilds of Mortality and Fatherhood
CHRISTIAN DONLAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of The Noonday Demon and When Breath Becomes Air, a father's gorgeous account of navigating his own neurological decline while watching in wonder as his young daughter's brain activity blossoms, a stunning examination of neurology, loss, and the meaning of life.Soon... |
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The Nanny Connie Way: Secrets to Mastering the First Four Months of Parenthood
CONNIE SIMPSON - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback
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From the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happy baby - and be happy parents.There is nothing like... |
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The 2016 Baby Names Almanac
Emily Larson - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and ForecastsAn instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2016 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Here's a sneak peak at the ideas,... |
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What to Believe When You're Expecting: A New Look at Old Wives' Tales in Pregnancy
Jonathan Schaffir - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Pregnant women encounter advice from many directions about how to have a healthy pregnancy - not only from health care providers, but from relatives, friends, and the Internet. Some of these pieces of advice (on topics that range from inducing labor to telling the baby's gender to improving... |
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Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out
Kelly Rowland - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Hardcover
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When global pop star Kelly Rowland became a mom for the first time, giving birth to her son Titan, she felt the most incredible love she had ever experienced. But after spending nine months so focused on the baby growing inside her, she was caught completely off guard by how much... |
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The Lines On Nanas Face
Simona Ciraolo - Flying Eye Books
Format: Hardcover
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Its grannys birthday, but her little granddaughter wonders why, because of the lines on her face, she looks so worried! But they are simply wrinkles, and grandma is very fond of her lines because they are where she keeps her memories.In this imaginative and charming story, Simona Ciraolo... |
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2017
Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Print book
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A great destination and thorough preparation are what make a wonderful vacation, and The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 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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The Awakened Family: A Revolution in Parenting
Shefali Tsabary - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE AWARD * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Parents . . . you will be wowed and awed by [Dr. Shefali]." - Oprah WinfreyAs seen on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, a radically transformative plan that shows parents how to raise children to be their... |
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Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Nishta J. Mehra - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown, White, Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's family: her wife, who is white; her adopted son, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed... |
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Baby Knows Best: Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE™ Way
Deborah Carlisle Solomon - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach.Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST... |
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Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating
Moira Weigel - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Print book
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Does anyone date anymore? Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older... |
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Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need
Meg Meeker - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Pediatrician and bestselling author Meg Meeker has a message: Stop undervaluing fatherhood.We live in a culture that hails motherhood as a woman's crowning achievement yet defines men first and foremost by their professional accomplishments, treating fatherhood as almost incidental - a bonus.... |
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On Becoming Childwise: Parenting Your Child from 3-7 Years
Gary Ezzo - Parent-Wise Solutions
Format: Paperback
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As a child moves beyond the toddler years, new challenges arise for parents. Be prepared for this exciting stage with fifteen "Childwise" principles for training children ages 3-7 in happy and responsible living. You became a parent overnight..... but it takes much longer to become... |
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Diaper Dude: The Ultimate Dad's Guide to Surviving the First Two Years
Chris Pegula - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book
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Dude, you're a dad now!Picking up where From Dude to Dad left off, author and founder of the popular Diaper Dude parenting brand Chris Pegula dives into the first two years of parenting and furthers his deeply held belief that you don't have to lose yourself when you become a father.Once... |
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Teenagers 101: What a Top Teacher Wishes You Knew About Helping Your Kid Succeed
Rebecca Deurlein Ed.D. - AMACOM
Format: Print book
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As a parent, you want to see your teen succeed in school and in life--and you do your best to help. But how do you know what will make a difference? Maybe it's time to listen to a teacher. Day in and day out, teachers watch kids interact with peers, make decisions, deal with difficulty,... |
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Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Margaret J Meeker - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Meg Meeker, M.D., acclaimed author of Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, now turns to an equally powerful relationship in the family: the one between mother and son. From the moment a mother holds her newborn son, his eyes tell her that she is his world. But often, as he grows up, the boy who needs... |
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.
Robert E Emery - Avery
Format: Print book
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A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation,... |
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Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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"Just the sort of thing that Philip Roth or John Updike might have produced in their prime (except, of course, that the author understands women) ." - Elizabeth Gilbert "This is a remarkable... |
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Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with Your Child
Ross W Greene - Scribner Book Company
Format: Hardcover
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In Raising Human Beings, the renowned child psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Lost at School and The Explosive Child explains how to cultivate a better parent-child relationship while also nurturing empathy, honesty, resilience, and independence. Parents have an important... |
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce
Emily Doskow - NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential... |
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Mama Natural's Week to Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth
Genevieve Grace - North Star Way
Format: Paperback
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With more than 1.3 million video views each month and over fifty-two million total views on her YouTube channel, Howland's (a.k.a. Mama Natural) funny but informational videos have empowered millions of women to embrace natural pregnancy and parenting. Now Howland is turning to the page,... |
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Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Peggy Orenstein - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the New York Times best seller Cinderella Ate My Daughter offers a clear-eyed picture of the new sexual landscape girls face in the postprincess stage - high school through college - and reveals how they are negotiating it. A generation gap has emerged between parents and their... |
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All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
Jennifer Senior - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior tries to tackle this question,... |
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Daddy, Stop Talking!: And Other Things My Kids Want But Won't Be Getting
Adam Carolla - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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The comedian, actor, television host, podcast king, and New York Times bestselling author of President Me, Not Taco Bell Material, and In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks now lays down the law on the plight of the modern parent.Parents, do you often think that if your kids had to grow up the way you did - without... |
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Tantrums!: Managing Meltdowns in Public and Private
Thomas W. Phelan - Parentmagic, Inc.
Format: Book
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A straightforward approach to managing tantrums. Noting that of all the behavioral problems parents face from their children, temper tantrums may be the most upsetting, this handbook arms confused and frustrated parents with simple, easy-to-follow directions on how to best manage the problem... |
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Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide
Penny Simkin PT - Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Print book
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If you only buy one pregnancy book, this should be the one! It's the most complete. It covers all aspects of childbearing, from conception through early infancy, and tells you what to expect. It offers detailed information, suggestions on decisions to make, and advice on steps to take... |
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Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook
Carol Fertig - Routledge
Format: Paperback
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From the author of the nations most popular blog on parenting gifted children comes the definitive how-to manual for parents, Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook, a gifted education Legacy Award winner. Raising gifted children isnt easy, but when armed with the practical... |
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
Jancee Dunn - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers... |
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Stop Staring at Screens!: A Digital Detox for the Whole Family
Tanya Goodin - Ilex Press
Format: Paperback
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Technology was designed to make our lives easier, and yet it's one of the biggest drivers of family rifts and stress. Making healthy and realistic decisions about when and where you really need technology can be tricky but is essential for restoring harmony in your home. Family Unplugged... |
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Fogland Point
Doug Burgess - Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Fogland Point is a unique, surprising, moving, occasionally hilarious, and entirely marvelous book about the complicated mysteries that lie at the heart of all families - although the Hazard family is definitely more complicated and mysterious and interesting than most." --Nick... |
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The Silent Garden: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Deaf Child
Paul W Ogden - Gallaudet University Press
Format: Print book
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For over 30 years, The Silent Garden has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children's potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents navigate the complex and unique challenges... |
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Infant Massage
Vimala Schneider McClure - Bantam
Format: Paperback
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Master the techniques of infant massage and incorporate this joyful and wonderful healing art into your baby's life with this revised and updated edition.For generations, mothers around the world have known that the soft touch of their hands soothes, calms, and communicates their love... |
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