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In Sickness and in Health: Love, Disability, and a Quest to Understand the Perils and Pleasures of Inter-abled Romance

BEN MATTLIN - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

In this chronicle of will and hope, Ben Mattlin demystifies the inter-abled relationship, showing that it should be a matter neither of wonder nor of pity. This is an urgent, deeply felt, and sometimes hilarious account of marriages that feel as obvious to those within them as they do bewildering...
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Teach Like a Human: Essays for Parents and Teachers

Miriam Hirsch - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Teach Like a Human: Essays for Parents and Teachers is a collection of essays focused on educating children to care about themselves, their communities, and the world we are privileged to share. Written for parents and teachers, the book highlights the importance of listening, caring, communicating,...
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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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The Kickass Single Mom: Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children

EMMA JOHNSON - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

When Emma Johnson's marriage ended she found herself broke, pregnant, and alone with a toddler. Searching for the advice she needed to navigate her new life as a single professional woman and parent, she discovered there was very little sage wisdom available. In response, Johnson launched...
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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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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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STEP PARENTING: 50 One-Minute DOs and DON'Ts for Stepdads and Stepmoms

Randall Hicks - WordSlinger Press
Format: Print book

A great step parenting and blended families resource for both the stepparent and the existing parent. Tired of reading a book that is hundreds of pages in length, then thinking they could have boiled down the "important parts" and saved you a lot of time? Here's a book that...
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Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Laura A. Jana - American Academy of Pediatrics; Third Edition edition
Format: Print book

The new edition of this bestselling guide to newborn care has been fully revised and updated. Written by two pediatricians and focusing on the first few months of an infant's life, Heading Home With Your Newborn, 3rd Edition, includes new information on breastfeeding and the involvement...
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121 First Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating, Fall in Love, and Live Happily Ever After

Wendy Newman - Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2016.
Format: Print book

Based on years of research and 121 real-life first dates, relationship expert Wendy Newman dishes up practical wisdom for navigating the online dating trenches with grace, efficiency, and a strong dose of humor.Wendy Newman has made every imaginable dating mistake so you don't have to. Part...
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The Anti-Test Anxiety Society

Julia Cook - National Center for Youth Issues
Format: Print book

Bertha Billingsworth (BB for short) is basically a happy person until she has to take a test. To her, the word test stands for Terrible Every Single Time, because that's how she does on them, TERRIBLE! Whenever I see or hear the word test,The hair on the back of my neck stands up.My...
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