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Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Anne Helen Petersen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you're too exhausted to pick up a book? Are you mired in debt, or feel like you work all the time, or feel pressure to take whatever gives you joy and turn it into...
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Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong

Steven Petrow - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old" - mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included "You won't have to shout at me that...
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The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2017

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Print book

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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My Child Is Sick!: Expert Advice for Managing Common Illnesses and Injuries

Barton D Schmitt - Amer Acad Of Pediatrics
Format: Print book

Know when to call your doctor - and when it's safe to treat your child at home! Caring for your sick child can be a daunting experience. You want to ensure the best for him or her, but you also know that every illness doesn't require a trip to the doctor's office or emergency...
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A Life Without Regrets

Marci Bolden - Pink Sand Press
Format: Paperback

"A Life Without Regrets is the perfect ending to a perfect series." ~Dauntless Novels"This is a book I will think about for a long time." ~Bookbubbe"Not just for women's fiction fans, but for everyone who enjoys a heroine who digs deep to find the ability to survive...
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The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home

Susan Wise Bauer - W W Norton
Format: Print book

Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child's education -- by doing it yourself.The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically...
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Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults

Lisa Heffernan - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster...
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You Don't Know My Story: A Bedtime Book for Parents of Autistic Kids

Elise R. Johnston - Tellwell Talent
Format: Paperback

Are you or someone you know, blessed with a child on the autistic spectrum? Despite all the extra practice that we parents get in developing patience and unconditional love, we could certainly use a little help in reducing our stresses, especially the unnecessary ones contributed by others...
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Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World

B Brett Finlay - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book

"A must-read . . . Takes you inside a child's gut and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life." - William Sears, MD, coauthor of The Baby BookLike the culture-changing Last Child in the Woods, here is the first parenting book to apply the latest...
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

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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