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Gender Roles in American Life
Constance L. Shehan - ABC-CLIO Format: Hardcover
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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
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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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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder - Bloomsbury Publishing Format: Hardcover
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"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
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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
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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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Baby Names 2018: This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State
ELEANOR TURNER - Crimson Publishing Format: Paperback
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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
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"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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Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Alice Gregory - Bloomsbury Sigma Format: Book
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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
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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
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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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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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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
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"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
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"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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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Mom Knows Best: 101 Stories of Love, Gratitude & Wisdom
Amy Newmark - Chicken Soup for the Soul Format: Paperback
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Your Birth Plan: A Guide to Navigating All of Your Choices in Childbirth
Megan Davidson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Paperback
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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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What to Expect Before You're Expecting: The Complete Guide to Getting Pregnant
HEIDI MURKOFF - Workman Publishing Format: Paperback(Second Edition)
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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
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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
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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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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD
Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc Format: Print book
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Quichotte: A Novel
Salman Rushdie - Random House Format: Hardcover
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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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Caring for Your Adopted Child: An Essential Guide for Parents
Elaine E. Schulte - American Academy of Pediatrics Format: Paperback
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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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Celebrate Your Body
Sonya Renee Taylor - Rockridge Press Format: Paperback
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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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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
Marc Freedman - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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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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Why Don't You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother's Suggestions
Patricia Marx - Celadon Books Format: Hardcover
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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
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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
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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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Adopting Hope
Lorri Antosz Benson - Familius Format: Paperback
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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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Become Your Childs Sleep Coach
Lynelle Schneeberg - Da Capo Lifelong Books Format: Paperback
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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
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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
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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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You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education
Ken Robinson - Viking Format: Hardcover
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Random House Format: Hardcover
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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#IMomSoHard
Kristin Hensley - HarperOne Format: Hardcover
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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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Starting with Character: Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
Cathy Waggoner - Redleaf Press, 2016. Format: Print book
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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
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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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The Gift of a Happy Mother: Letting Go of Perfection and Embracing Everyday Joy
Rebecca Eanes - TarcherPerigee Format: Hardcover
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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
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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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Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief
David Kessler - Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing Format: Audiobook
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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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