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Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racismand How to Do It

Celeste Headlee - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.A self-described "light-skinned Black Jew," Celeste Headlee has been forced to speak...
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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

Rachel Louise Snyder - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Gut-wrenching, required reading."-Esquire, "Most Anticipated Books of 2019"An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens...
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Arrival Stories: Women Share Their Experiences of Becoming Mothers

Amy Schumer - Random House Large Print; Large type / Large print edition
Format: Paperback

Two pink lines on a pregnancy test. The primal scream of a woman pushing through her thirty-fifth hour of labor. The moment a still-wet newborn is placed in his mother's open arms after an unexpected c-section. The bottomless love reflected in the eyes of a father seeing his daughter...
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The Elder Care Playbook: How to organize care for your aging loved one

Petra Weggel - ‎Mokupuni Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback

How can you care for an aging parent without becoming a full-time home aide? What happens when you need to ensure an elderly loved one is being cared for, but giving up your own life and career isn't an option? These are the questions author Petra Weggel began asking herself when she suddenly...
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Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future

Jade Sasser - University of California Press
Format: Paperback

The first book-length exploration of climate-driven reproductive anxiety that places race and social justice at the center. Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing...
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It's Your Body: The Young Woman's Guide to Empowered Sexual Health

Dena Moes - Countryman Press
Format: Paperback

Detailed information on birth control, STIs, emergency contraception, and more: a guide to what today's young women need to know about their bodies, from a compassionate, experienced practitioner. Access to reproductive healthcare is no longer guaranteed, and information on the internet...
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My Tummy Book Vehicles: High-Contrast Fold-Out Book That Stands for Tummy Time, Baby-Safe Mirror Inside!

Mudpuppy - Mudpuppy
Format: Novelty Book

TUMMY BOOK - The Vehicles My Tummy Board Book by Mudpuppy is a fold out accordion bound book that can stand upright on a playmat, perfect for engaging baby during tummy time sessions. With a focus on transportation artwork, this tummy time is a perfect book to your baby's developing...
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Messy Time

Elizabeth Verdick
Format: Board book

Messy play is growing time - with lots of chances to have unstructured and sensory-rich play all day long. "Hello, dough! Squish Squash Squeeze." Little ones build their gross- and fine-motor skills through play, touch, and - yes - making a big mess. With its bouncy, friendly...
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Hard Landings: Looking Into the Future for a Child With Autism

Cammie McGovern - Avery
Format: Hardcover

After sleepless nights, intensive research, and twenty-one years of raising a child, Ethan, with autism and intellectual disability, Cammie McGovern is approaching a distinct catch-22. Once Ethan turns twenty-two, he will fall off the "Disability Cliff." By aging out of the school...
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When a Child Dies: A Hopeful Healing Guide for Surviving the Loss of a Child

Claire Aagaard
Format: Paperback

A caring and compassionate grief book for bereaved parents who have lost a child."This book is a lovely blend of the author's personal journey with the death of her son and supportive information that can help parents see light amidst the dark." -- Alan Wolfelt, Ph.D, CT, author,...
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