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Gender Roles in American Life

Constance L. Shehan - ABC-CLIO
Format: Hardcover

This two-volume set examines how the evolution of gender roles in the United States has changed family dynamics, business practices, and our concepts of womanhood and manhood as well as affected debates about equality, political and military service, and childrearing roles and practices.*...
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples

Frederick Hertz Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Find answers you need br> Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, Unmarried couples living together should take certain precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply considering the idea. For over...
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Women with Controlling Partners: Taking Back Your Life from a Manipulative or Abusive Partner

Carol A Lambert - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

"A poignant and necessary book for all women who live in fear in their own homes." - Library Journal A controlling or abusive partner can break even the strongest person - unless you know what to look for. Written by an expert in intimate partner abuse and based on her highly...
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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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Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome YearsNo Time-outs Needed

Jamie Glowacki - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training. Toddlers - commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old - can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact...
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The Last Ocean: A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting

Nicci Gerrard - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journeys of the people who live with the condition and those of their loved onesAfter a diagnosis of dementia, Nicci Gerrard's father, John, continued to live life on his own terms,...
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My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims

John Michael Leventhal - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

The problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened...
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Baby Names 2018: This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State

ELEANOR TURNER - Crimson Publishing
Format: Paperback

Choosing a name for your baby has never been easier or more enjoyable than with Baby Names 2018. Whether you are looking for a traditional name or something more adventurous, Baby Names 2018 will help solve your baby-naming dilemmas.Popular culture continues to affect baby naming. The recent...
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition

TIM SELDIN - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback

"A practical parenting program to help build a calm and happy home life with your child, from birth through age six. This guide is based on Montessori school methods and packed with creative activities to help children discover more about their world as well as foster independence,...
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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

Amy Blackstone - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means...
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Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave

Alice Gregory - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Book

Sleep is vital to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, our wellbeing, and our mental and physical health. It is essential for life itself.

In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep,...

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Beyond Mars and Venus: The Power of Evolutionary Relationships

John Gray - Benbella Books
Format: Print book

For more than twenty years, John Gray's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus has helped couples deepen their intimacy and rejuvenate their love lives. Men and women, it revealed, communicate so differently, we might as well be from different planets. By learning to speak each other's...
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

HEIDI MURKOFF - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika.What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250,000 copies in print, has everything...
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Beyond the Checkup from Birth to Age Four: A Pediatrician's Guide to Calm, Confident Parenting

Luke Voytas - Sasquatch Books
Format: Paperback

This health and wellness handbook follows the typical checkup schedule from birth to age four with the goal of instilling calm and confidence in new or anxious parents. With the tangle of information available on the internet, it's easy for new parents to become overwhelmed. In this handbook,...
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

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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Family fun night

Cynthia L Copeland - Cider Mill Press
Format: Print book

"Discover a year's worth of creative and engaged ways to bring your family together with Family Fun Night. From clever twists on timeless classics to brand new games your family will love, this book offers something for every family, during every month of the year. Interested...
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

Julia Bueno - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of YouThough approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's...
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Playful Learning Lab for Kids: Whole-Body Sensory Adventures to Enhance Focus, Engagement, and Curiosity (Volume 18) (Lab for Kids, 18)

Claire Heffron - Quarry Books
Format: Flexibound

Playful Learning Lab for Kids is a hands-on activity book that offers games and activities that revolve around the senses and concepts in reading, math, art, and science.. Recent research has shown that children learn and develop new skills more quickly when they engage in playful, whole...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best: 101 Stories of Love, Gratitude & Wisdom

Amy Newmark - Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: Paperback

Every mom knows that she's usually right. It just takes a while for the kids to catch on. These stories celebrate the experience, understanding and wisdom of mothers, grandmothers, stepmothers, and mothers-in-law. What a great way to show the mothers in your family that you know they...
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Every Parent Needs to Know

American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

This guide helps parents understand how ASDs are defined and diagnosed and offers an overview of the most current behavioral and developmental therapies. Topics include: symptoms and types of ASDs, accessing care, services in the community, and the role of complementary and alternative...
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Working with Children and Young People who have displayed Harmful Sexual Behaviour

Stuart Allardyce - Dunedin Academic Press Ltd.
Format: Paperback

Approximately one third of child sexual abuse is carried out by children and young people themselves. There is a developing awareness of this issue among professionals whose work involves safeguarding children. Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour...
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Family Foraging: A Fun Guide to Gathering and Eating Wild Plants

David Hamilton - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

The ultimate family-friendly guide to foraging with kids.Children are natural foragers - they love to get outside and search for hidden treasures. And once they get the foraging bug, there's no turning back. Before you know it, they'll be asking where they can find the sweetest summer...
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The Artful Parent: Simple Ways to Fill Your Familys Life with Art and Creativity

Jean Vant Hul - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Bring out your childs creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition. Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening...
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Dad's Maybe Book

Tim O'Brien - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Tim O'Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons."We are all writing our maybe books full of maybe tomorrows, and each maybe tomorrow brings another maybe tomorrow, and then...
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Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults

Mitch Weiss - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover

"I can't imagine a more important book." - Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling authorAn explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulationIn 1979, Jane Whaley, a fiery preacher...
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Your Birth Plan: A Guide to Navigating All of Your Choices in Childbirth

Megan Davidson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback

There is no right way or best way to give birth, but if you're pregnant, you're likely already hearing advice and stories about what you should do, how you should feel, and what you should want from your birth experience. Your Birth Plan is an intervention: it's a birth book that equally...
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The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids

Jessica Joelle Alexander - TarcherPerigee
Format: Print book

What makes Denmark the happiest country in the world--and what are the secrets of Danish parents for raising happy, confident, succesful kids, year after year? This upbeat and practical guide brings together the insights of a licensed psychotherapist and a mom -- a Dane and an American...
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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant

HEIDI MURKOFF - Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback(Second Edition)

It's a cover-to-cover revision of America's bestselling guide to getting pregnant, with updated information about genetic screening, ovulation tracking, fertility treatments, and risks like Zika. What to Expect Before You're Expecting, with over 250, 000 copies in print, has everything...
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Eldercare 101: A Practical Guide to Later Life Planning, Care, and Wellbeing

Mary Jo Saavedra - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

The Silver Tsunami is upon us as elder care and crisis management reaches a tipping point with the graying of America. By 2020, 54 million people in the U.S. will be over the age of 65; by 2030, that number will top 80 million. Feeling the squeeze of multi-generational home demands, children...
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Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture

Lisa Boucher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

Have you ever wondered if social drinking has unintended consequences to your health, family, relationships, or your profession? Have you ever thought that losing control of your drinking couldn't happen to you or someone you love? All the women you know are too smart. Too rich. Too kind....
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Raising an Organized Child: 5 Steps to Boost Independence, Ease Frustration, and Promote Confidence

Damon Korb
Format: Book

Guidance that can boost your child's organization and lower your frustration. It includes specific activities for your child's age and developmental level to improve executive function.

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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD

Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely...
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Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate

Gabrielle Hartley - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

Marital strife and divorce can be your chance to profoundly transform yourself, your mindset and your relationship with a more harmonious and steady vision. While many of us may be better together, some of us can actually become better apart.What if you emerged from your divorce stronger...
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I See Life Through Ros-Colored Glasses

LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In I See Life Through Ros Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

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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Mothers of the Military: Support and Politics during Wartime

Wendy M Christensen - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Mothers of the Military examines the distinctive kinds of support required during an increasingly privatized war, specifically material, moral and healthcare support. Mothers are a particularly key part of the current support system for service members, and Wendy Christensen follows the mothers...
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All the Sweeter: Families Share Their Stories of Adopting from Foster Care

Jean Minton - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

All the Sweeter tells the stories of families who have adopted one or more children from the US foster care system. Each of the twelve families interviewed has a dedicated chapter in which at least one representative tells their family's adoption story. Woven through these stories are topical...
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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 End of American Childhood: A History of Parenting from Life on the Frontier to the Managed Child

Paula S Fass - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book

The End of American Childhood takes a sweeping look at the history of American childhood and parenting, from the nation's founding to the present day. Renowned historian Paula Fass shows how, since the beginning of the American republic, independence, self-definition, and individual...
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Quichotte: A Novel

Salman Rushdie - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An epic Don Quixote for the modern age, "a brilliant, funny, world-encompassing wonder" (Time) from internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE * "Lovely, unsentimental, heart-affirming . . . a remembrance...
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Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

Rachel Simmons - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth and well-being....
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Caring for Your Adopted Child: An Essential Guide for Parents

Elaine E. Schulte - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

With knowledge and compassion, Caring for Your Adopted Child offers the wisdom that adoptive parents need to provide the best possible care for their children. Whether a child joins a family through domestic adoption, international adoption, or foster care, he or she may have needs...
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The Family Tree Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Uncovering Your Ancestry and Researching Genealogy

Kenyatta D. Berry - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

The popularity of Family History has increased over the past five years due to TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has opened up the one time hobby for genealogy enthusiasts to the mainstream. Companies...
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The Divorce Hacker's Guide to Untying the Knot: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Finances, Child Custody, Lawyers, and Planning Ahead

ANN GRANT - New World Library
Format: Paperback

Feelings of loss, grief, and rage are common during divorce. But one of the most debilitating feelings women going through divorce experience is paralyzing impotence. While a woman may act forcefully to protect her children during the process, she is less likely to be as vigilant about...
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Celebrate Your Body

Sonya Renee Taylor - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback

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 Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Gayatri Devi - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing...
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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations

Marc Freedman - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

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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Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities

Gary Chapman - Northfield Publishing
Format: Paperback

"With a frank and honest observation on how disability can unravel family unity, this book inspires and equips us to live out our faith as we interact with those we love."-Joni Eareckson Tada, founder & CEO, Joni and FriendsBetween the worry, the doctor's appointments,...
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Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions

Patricia Marx - Celadon Books
Format: Hardcover

The perfect Mother's Day gift: A collection of witty one-line advice New Yorker writer Patricia Marx heard from her mother, accompanied by full-color illustrations by New Yorker staff cartoonist Roz Chast.Every mother knows best, but New Yorker writer Patty Marx's knows...
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2017 Baby Names Almanac

Emily Larson - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

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 2017 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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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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Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society

Judy Christie - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann...
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Adopting Hope

Lorri Antosz Benson - Familius
Format: Paperback

All My Children actress Jill Larson moved mountains as a single mother to adopt her daughter from China. George Fadok, a former Navy commander, grappled with "changing the rules" eighteen years after placing his daughter in a closed adoption. Angela Paxton, wife of the Texas attorney...
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The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward

FRANS X PLOOIJ - Kiddy World Publishing
Format: Paperback

-- The worldwide bestseller and multiple award winning -- The Wonder Weeks. How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward describes the incredible mental developmental changes (leaps) and regression...
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Graceful Exit: How to Advocate Effectively, Take Care of Yourself, and Be Present for the Death of a Loved One

Gustavo Ferrer - Sounds True
Format: Paperback

When we are thrust into the role of caregiver for a loved one who is in the process of dying, it's easy to get overwhelmed. Yet it's a situation millions of us face every year with virtually no sort of preparation or guidance. With Graceful Exit, Dr. Gustavo Ferrer offers an all-in-one...
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Become Your Childs Sleep Coach

Lynelle Schneeberg - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

Proven bedtime solutions for parents of preschool and elementary school children -- from a Yale doctorWhile there are plenty of resources available to establish healthy sleeping patterns for babies and toddlers, theres very little guidance for parents who want to help their preschool and elementary...
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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World

DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing...
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HELP! My Child Hates School: An Awakened Parents Guide To Action

Mara Linaberger - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Paperback

Were you just Googling this: "Help! My child hates school"? Is your child depressed, unmotivated, resentful, or angry when its time to go to school each morning? Does your child come home from school and share stories of being bullied, made fun of, or just plain feeling unheard...
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Connoisseur Kids: Etiquette, Manners, and Living Well for Parents and Their Little Ones

Jennifer L. Scott - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

From Jennifer Scott - author of the New York Times bestselling Madame Chic series and founder of the Daily Connoisseur blog - comes this playful take on manners and being a good global citizen. Parents and younger children work together to read about a wide range of topics: communication,...
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How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain

Thomas Lickona - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

Can you teach your child to be kind? This vital question is taking on a new urgency as our culture grows ever more abrasive and divided.We all want our kids to be kind. But recognizing that abstractly is not the same as knowing what to do when your son tunes you out or you catch your daughter...
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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education

Ken Robinson - Viking
Format: Hardcover

An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their...
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The Compassionate Connection: The Healing Power of Empathy and Mindful Listening

David Rakel - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

"This book explains not only the healing power of compassionate human connection, but in the most accessible and practical ways, how to cultivate our capacity to create that connection and thereby empower others to find their best selves." -- John Makransky, author of Awakening...
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Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children

Therese Oneill - Hachette B and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook

From the author of the ""hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating""* New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing [*Jenny Lawson] Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate...
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. "Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your...
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To Have and to Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma

Molly Millwood PhD - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

A clinical psychologist's exploration of the modern dilemmas women face in the wake of new motherhood When Molly Millwood became a mother, she was fully prepared for what she would gain: an adorable baby boy; hard-won mothering skills; and a messy, chaotic, beautiful life. But what she did not expect...
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Camp Grandma: Next-Generation Grandparenting―Beyond Babysitting

Marianne Waggoner Day - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

Warm cookies and milk are still okay, but what if they came with a workshop on goal setting or writing a business plan for the school year? Camp Grandma is full of innovative ideas that Marianne Waggoner Day, a highly successful businesswoman who became a committed and dedicated grandmother,...
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Kids, Sex & Screens: Raising Strong, Resilient Children in the Sexualized Digital Age

Jillian Roberts - Fair Winds Press
Format: Paperback

Kids, Sex & Screens is Dr. Jillian Roberts' primer for parents that know they need to speak with their children about sexualized media, but don't know where to start. Our kids are being exposed to sexual content at a younger and younger age, whether through the Internet, advertisements,...
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Big Science for Little People: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Child Discover the Wonders of Science

Lynn Brunelle - Roost Books
Format: Print book

Make your child's first forays into science fun! 52 clever and easy experiments for things that will zip, zoom, and fly, and fizz, bubble, and burst. For children ages 4 to 8.Introduce future engineers, inventors, naturalists, and artists to the physics and chemistry, biology and ecology...
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Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel

Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"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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When Your Partner Has an Addiction: How Compassion Can Transform Your Relationship

Christopher Kennedy Lawford - Benbella Books
Format: Print book

Your partner's addiction takes a toll on both of your lives.That doesn't mean you should turn your back on the person you love. We've been told that staying with a partner who struggles with addiction - whether it be with drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors - means that we're enabling...
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Beautiful Boy (tie-In): A Fathers Journey Through His Sons Addiction

David Sheff - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times best-selling story of addiction and a fathers love: "A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." - Anne Lamott. What had happened to my beautiful...
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The Power of Nunchi: The Korean Secret to Happiness and Success

Euny Hong - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

The Korean sixth sense for winning friends and influencing people, nunchi (pronounced noon-chee) can help you connect with others so you can succeed in everything from business to love. The Power of Nunchi will show you how.If you're thinking, "Not another Eastern...
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Tending Dandelions: Honest Meditations for Mothers with Addicted Children

Sandra Swenson - Hazelden Publishing
Format: Paperback

Mothers of addicted and alcoholic children share a deep connection - one that is rarely understood by anyone who hasn't experienced a similar path. Sharing our perspectives helps us all grow stronger, together. "We all need to take a closer look at the things we've avoided...
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Just Feel: How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healthier, and More

Mallika Chopra - Running Press Kids
Format: Paperback

From the author of Just Breathe, Mallika Chopra, daughter of Deepak Chopra, comes a full-color guide empowering kids ages 8-12 to problem solve, harness inner strength, and gain grit and emotional awareness.

Featuring full-color illustrations, Just Feel is an engaging...

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville...
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Where to Retire: America's Best & Most Affordable Places

John Howells - Globe Pequot
Format: Paperback

Where to Retire offers the best advice not only on where to relocate in the retirement years, but why people should pick up and move just as life is settling down and provides well-researched and completely revised and updated information on how to find the ideal home base for the retirement...
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The Everything STEM Handbook: Help Your Child Learn and Succeed in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Rihab Sawah - Everything
Format: Paperback

Projects and experiments to inspire and challenge your kids!The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) are top education priorities in the United States--and they are growing fields with a high demand for jobs. If you want to make sure your children are prepared for the future...
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Kristin Hensley - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Has it been months since you've read a book with actual adult words that had nothing to do with farm animals or superheroes or going potty? Well then, it's time to take a break. Pour yourself some wine. Put on your comfy pants. All good? Ok, welcome to the party.Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley,...
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The Confident Parent: A Pediatricians Guide to Caring for Your Little One--Without Losing Your Joy, Your Mind, or Yourself

Jane Scott - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

A much-needed guide that delivers essential baby and child-care advice while reminding parents to calm down and trust themselves.. Parents are more overwhelmed than ever before -- juggling demands on their time as well as conflicting advice from family, friends, frenemies and "experts"...
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Starting with Character: Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos

Cathy Waggoner - Redleaf Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

Starting with Character focuses on character development in infants, toddlers, and twos. This guide provides everything needed for preparing the environment, creating routines, and evaluating individual learning styles. Lesson plans and steps for creating new lessons are provided, as well...
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ADHD: What Every Parent Needs to Know

American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Fully updated with the latest AAP recommendations, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them manage this condition. Topics include: evaluation and diagnosis, coexisting conditions, behavior therapy, ADHD and academics, the role of medication,...
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Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--and How Parents Can Help

Phyllis L. Fagell - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage...
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The Gift of a Happy Mother: Letting Go of Perfection and Embracing Everyday Joy

Rebecca Eanes - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

A supportive guide that gives busy moms permission to care for themselves, from a popular parenting blogger with one million Facebook followers"Would you rather have a perfect mom, or a happy one?" This is the question that popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes couldn't...
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Navigating Your Later Years For Dummies

Arthur Alcock Rambaut - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Long-Term Care: Planning for Finance, Medical, and Living Expenses We're living exciting bonus years - decades that our parents and grandparents didn't have. But how to navigate this complex terrain? Questions abound around long-term care planning: Where to live? How to get the best medical...
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The New Rules of Pregnancy: What to Eat, Do, Think About, and Let Go Of While Your Body Is Making a Baby

Adrienne L. Simone MD - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Picture this: a calm, chill pregnancy book with the magical soothing powers of a yoga class. That's the approach of The New Rules of Pregnancy. Here the experts guide you, the modern pregnant woman, through all aspects of pregnant life in an easy-to-digest, compassionate, and motivating...
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A Parent's Guide to Divorce: How to Raise Happy, Resilient Kids Through Turbulent Times

Karen Becker MA - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

A Parent's Guide to Divorce is every family's reference for raising healthy, happy children of all ages through divorce at all stages.Healthy, thriving children have strong family bonds -- but that doesn't mean their parents need to stay married. A Parent's Guide to Divorce...
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The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being

Simone Davies - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

Turn your home into a Montessori home - and become a more mindful, attentive, and easygoing parent. It's time to change the way we see toddlers. Using the principles developed by the educator Dr. Maria Montessori, Simone Davies shows how to turn life with a "terrible two"...
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Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

David Kessler - Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing
Format: Audiobook

In this groundbreaking new work, David Kessler an expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kbler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning.In 1969, Elisabeth Kbler Ross first identified the stages of dying...
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