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'HER' and Other Extremes: A Guide for Older Men Who Fall In Love With Younger Women [MultiFormat]
by Jack Turley
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Retired screenwriter Jack Turley looks back at his long-suffering relationship with a stunning Hollywood woman-child half his age. He'll take you along on his emotional rollercoaster ride down Memory Lane--and it is a trip, indeed. This bittersweet true story is beautifully told in Turley's lyrical trademark writing style. (Published: 2006)
Words: 56149 - Reading Time: 160-224 min.
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5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Terri L. Orbuch
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What makes marriages last? What makes couples happy? Is it possible for a so-so marriage to become a great one? From Dr. Terri Orbuch, the renowned therapist and nationally recognized relationship expert known as The Love Doctor, comes a book that breaks new ground in marital relationships. The head researcher in a large-scale, unprecedented study funded by the National Institutes of Health--which has followed 373 couples for more than twenty-two years and is ongoing--Dr. Orbuch made some remar... more info>>
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7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It! [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Susan Zimmermann
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It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children. 7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers--those who aren't already using this valuable program--practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking strategies that proficient readers use: * Connecting reading to thei... more info>>
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7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You: And How to Talk About Them Anyway [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Jenifer Lippincott
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YES, YOU CAN TALK WITH YOUR TEENAGER.... Every teenager keeps secrets. If you're like most parents, you worry about what your kids don't tell you. In this guide to keeping pace--and peace--with teens, authors Jenifer Lippincott and Robin Deutsch offer a deceptively simple plan for talking to your kids that's based on a simple set of rules: Teens need to stay safe, show respect, and keep in touch.
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A Child of My Own [MultiFormat]
by Virginia Gill
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The adoption of a baby is always special, but when that adoption comes as a special gift from God, both families know they are blessed. This is a true story of how love can build bridges and bring two families together to share in the blessed event of the birth of one special baby and keep these families close to share in the love and joy as she grows up. (Published: 2002)
Words: 1735 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
Category: Family/Relationships/Spiritual/Religion
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A Good Start in Life: Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, Norbert Herschkowitz
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"It was time for such a text to be published," writes Jerome Kagan of Harvard University in his foreword to A Good Start in Life, "and Elinore and Norbert Herschkowitz have performed this service for the parents of millions of infants who will be born this year." One of the world's leading pediatric neuroscientist-clinicians, Dr. Norbert Herschkowitz of Switzerland and his American-born wife, the educator-writer Elinore Chapman Herschkowitz, M.A., distill a lifetime studying infants and children... more info>>
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A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Hara Estroff Marano
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Wake up, America: We're raising a nation of wimps. Hara Marano, editor-at-large and the former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, has been watching a disturbing trend: kids are growing up to be wimps. They can't make their own decisions, cope with anxiety, or handle difficult emotions without going off the deep end. Teens lack leadership skills. College students engage in deadly binge drinking. Graduates can't even negotiate their own salaries without bringing mom or dad in for a consult. Why?... more info>>
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A Tearful Celebration: Finding God in the Midst of Loss [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by James Dr Means
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Trust the God Who Allows THIS?
The last thing you want to do when crushed with indescribable pain and suffering is turn to the very God who allows it all to happen. What right does He have, especially now, to ask for your loyalty, your obedience, your love? When cancer took his wife and left him despairing alone, James Means unwillingly had to ask God the same questions facing you. A Tearful Celebration is the candid, pull-no-punches account of his struggle to understand God's ways and to sta... more info>>
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A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Melinda Blanchard
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This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a small restaurant on an island paradise--and discover that even paradise has its pitfalls. It's a story filled with calamities and comedy, culinary disasters and triumphs, and indelible portraits of people who live and work on a sliver of beauty set in the Caribbean Sea. It's about the maddening, exhausting, outlandish complications of trying to live the simple life--and... more info>> (Published: 2001)
Words: 100000 - Reading Time: 285-400 min.
Category: Family/Relationships/Travel
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Adventure Lessons: Teachings of an Existential Vagabond [Secure Adobe PDF]
by Joe Grutzik
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Life is weird, whacked, and wonderful if you lead it. Some float through simply and quietly, always doing the right thing, choosing the path of least resistance, and getting by. While others charge over, under, and through it; they run at Mach 10 holding a pair of scissors in one hand and a bottle of tequila in the other straight into a brick wall just to see how it feels; they question authority, responsibility and reality every six seconds; if someone's going big, they go bigger (or backwards)... more info>>
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Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings [Secure eReader]
by Colleen Curran
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Original essays by Top Women Writers Julianna Baggott, Curtis Sittenfeld, Catherine Ingrassia, Elizabeth Crane Lara Vapnyar, Lisa Carver, Carina Chocano, Rory Evans, Jennifer Armstrong, Elise Mac Adam, Janelle Brown, Daisy de Villeneuve, Meghan Daum, Amy Sohn, Samina Ali, Farah L. Miller, Gina Zucker, Kathleen Hughes, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Ruth Davis Konigsberg, Lori Leibovich, Julie Powell, Jill Eisenstadt, Anne Carle, Amanda Eyre Ward, Amy Bloom, Dani Shapiro Anyone who is intimated by the pros... more info>>
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An Unfinished Marriage [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Joan Anderson
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In this moving sequel to her national bestseller A Year by the Sea, Joan Anderson explores the challenges of rebuilding and renewing a marriage with her trademark candor, compassion, and insight. With A Year by the Sea, Joan Anderson struck a chord in many tens of thousands of readers. Her brave decision to take a year for herself away from her marriage, her frank assessment of herself at midlife, and her openness in sharing her fears as well as her triumphs won her admirers and inspired women a... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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And Baby Makes Three: The Six Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance after Baby Arrives [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by John M. Gottman, Ph.D.
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Having a baby is a joyous experience, but even the best relationships are strained during the transition from duo to trio. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework, and new fiscal concerns often lead to conflict, disappointment, and hurt feelings. In And Baby Makes Three, Love experts John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills from their successful workshops, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: maintaining intimacy and romance; replacing a culture of criticism... more info>>
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Aunties: Thirty-Five Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother [Secure eReader]
by Ingrid Sturgis
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An aunt is not just another mother--and aunts defy any sort of archetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, from down-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts are smart, others are crazy. Some act bravely, others downright foolish. Now in Ingrid Sturgis's marvelous Aunties, she gives these extraordinary women their due, sharing a wonderful, eclectic collection of thirty personal essays that explore the complex, seldom-profiled bond between aunts and their nieces and ... more info>>
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Autobiography of a One-Year-Old [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Rohan Candappa
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"I am a one-year-old and this is my autobiography...." Have you ever looked at your baby and wondered what he or she is thinking? Are you ready to find out? I thought it was about time someone told it like it is. So I'm spilling the beans on the world of a one-year-old. A world where you're left in the charge of totally inept parents. Where everything's at completely the wrong height. Where you're not allowed to splash in the bath but you are in the pool. Where nobody understands a single word y... more info>>
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Baby Hearts: A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Susan Goodwyn
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Who says your baby can't "talk" about his or her feelings? In fact, babies' actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions--and responding appropriately to them--is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. Now the authors of the bestselling Baby Minds and Baby Signs translate the latest research on the rich inner life of babies into practical, fun activities that will foster your child's emotional skills during the most critical period--between... more info>>
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Baby Prodigy: A Guidg to Raising a Smarter, Happier Baby [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Barbara Candiano-Marcus
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ENHANCE YOUR BABYS POTENTIAL! Winner of thirteen national awards, the Baby Prodigy Companys DVDs and CDs have opened up an exciting new world for babies to explore. Now the creator of this landmark series presents a simple, straightforward guide no parent should be without. This fascinating book shows how stimulation affects the intelligence and happiness of your baby. It provides a program of activities that will enrich your infants sensory awarenesshearing, seeing, touching, feeling, and tast... more info>>
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Baby Tips for Dads [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Simon Brett
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Congratulations! The nine-month wait is over, your son or daughter is in your arms ... but what happens now? Help is at hand in this nifty book that provides quick and quirky advice on everything from nappies to night-time nibbles. Whether you are a new dad or the seasoned father of a lively horde, make this little book the latest addition to your household. (Published: 2004)
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Baby Tips for Mums [Secure eReader]
by Simon Brett
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So you've served your nine months, been through the pains and stresses of the birth itself, produced this lovely baby? surely it's time you had a wellearned rest? Just when you're at your most knackered, you have to deal with a whole lot of burping, whining and tantrums--and that's just from your partner! This handy book by the author of Baby Tips for Dads is full of helpful advice on how to deal with your growing family, and still manage to get some time to yourself. (Published: 2005)
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BabyTalk: Maximise Your Child's Potential in Just 30 Minutes a Day [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Sally Dr Ward
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Parents profoundly influence their childs language development, including their ability to listen, understand, and communicate. From birth to three years is the crucial window of opportunity during which a childs learning potential is at its fullest and most formative. Now with this amazing book, parents can use the revolutionary BabyTalk program to maximize their babys language skills and provide a solid foundation for later learningin just thirty minutes a day!A simple and fun one-on-one progr... more info>>
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Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Ayelet Waldman
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In the tradition of recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Perfect Madness comes a hilarious and controversial book that every woman will have an opinion about, written by America's most outrageous writer. In our mothers' day there were good mothers, neglectful mothers, and occasionally great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers. If you work, you're neglectful; if you stay home, you're smothering. If you discipline, you're buying them a spot on the shrink's couch; if you let them run wil... more info>>
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Basic Black: Home Training for Modern Times [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe PDF]
by Karen Bates
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Etiquette for real people who live real lives. In Basic Black, Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson have gathered those elements that are, well, just basic to making life more livable--and they've added something specific to modern life. The information in Basic Black goes from "CP Time" to "Don't You Dare," from addressing your wedding invitations to addressing a police officer who has perhaps arbitrarily stopped you as you're driving through the city. It covers traditional etiquette, suc... more info>>
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Be the Coolest Dad on the Block: All of the Tricks, Games, Puzzles and Jokes You Need to Impress Your Kids (and keep them entertained for years to come!) [Secure eReader (recommended)/Adobe EPUB]
by Steve Caplin
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An all-encompassing guide to entertaining, amazing, and possibly even educating children, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block provides the perfect excuse to stand on a balloon, play with grated cheese in the microwave, and unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, all in the name of spending time with your kids. Written by a comedy writer and a cartoonist with thirty years' combined experience as dads, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block is a cornucopia of practical parenting advice, like how to skip stone... more info>>
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Bedroom Games: Stripteases, Seductions, and Other Surprises to Keep Your Partner Coming Back for More [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Mary Taylor
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The lights are low. Your favorite sultry tunes are playing quietly in the background. The phone is off the hook. A scented candle is burning. Your man sits in the center of the room, eagerly awaiting the surprise you've been planning for weeks. Slowly, you make your entrance, dressed in a little black number you bought on the sly. As his jaw drops you slink toward him, moving to the rhythm of the music. You've got his attention now, and the night has only just begun. The art of the striptease i... more info>>
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Before You Conceive [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by John R. Sussman
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The Complete Pregnancy Guide
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