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The Secret Life of the Cheating Wife: Power, Pragmatism, and Pleasure in Women's Infidelity

Alicia M. Walker - Lexington Books
Format: Paperback

Using a sample collected from Ashley Madison, this book is the result of a yearlong inquiry into women's extramarital experiences. Ultimately, these women reject the binary proposition of marriage that assumes that either we work on our marriages and remain monogamous within them, or we break...
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Ten Conversations You Must Have with Your Son: Preparing Your Son for a Happy and Successful Life

Tim Hawkes - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

Making time to talk with your son is one thing; knowing what to talk about isanother.Every parent of a teenage boy knows there are certain conversations they musthave with their son but often they put them off - or worse, don't have them at all - because they simply don't know where...
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Parent Like a Pediatrician: All the Facts, None of the Fear

REBEKAH DIAMOND - Citadel
Format: Paperback

Pediatrician, working mom, and parent advocate Rebekah Diamond, M.D. expertly guides you through the noise to share her fresh, inclusive, sensible, no-nonsense take on making the right choices when it comes the first 12 months of your child's life. Becoming a new parent in the age of online...
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Unplug and Play: 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging

Brad Berger - Familius
Format: Print book

Unplug and Play! 50 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging brings people together for hours of hilarious, interactive, technology-free fun that requires virtually nothing more than pens and paper. This compact, travel-friendly book guarantees hours of engaging entertainment with...
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The Anxious Investor: Mastering the Mental Game of Investing

Scott Nations
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory new guide to building wealth amidst stock market crashes and uncertain economic conditions, drawing upon financial modeling, behavioral psychology, and market history to offer practical advice to everyday investors.Investing is scary. Never is that more true than during market...
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Advanced Parenting: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges

Kelly Fradin - Balance
Format: Hardcover

"An invaluable resource for parents and caregivers," this important, empathetic guidebook offers practical steps for managing children's health (Emily Oster, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Cribsheet and Expecting Better) .. Any parent who has ever walked out of a concerning...
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Your Kid's a Brat and It's All Your Fault: Nip the Attitude in the Bud--from Toddler to Tween

Elaine Glickman - Tarcher
Format: Print book

In this wise and hilarious parenting book, Elaine Rose Glickman tells parents that - when it comes to their bratty kids - the buck stops with them! You've seen them - kids running wild through restaurants while the parents avert their gaze and order another cappuccino. You've heard...
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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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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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Birth Control: What Everyone Needs to Know

Beth L. Sundstrom - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback

Birth control offers women the opportunity to prevent pregnancy, plan and space their births, or have no births at all. And yet, in the United States, half of all pregnancies remain unintended, and access to birth control is beset by inequities in education, access, and coverage. Research...
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