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30381) The Unwelcome Guest
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SHE HAD THE PERFECT MARRIAGE. UNTIL HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MOVED IN…
Saffron vowed to love Miles no matter what life threw at them both. But when her mother-in-law moves into their happy family home, Saffron’s shiny life begins to tarnish.
Even as Caprice’s barbed comments turn to something more sinister, Saffron hopes the new nanny’s arrival will shield her from the worst of it. She’s starting to feel paranoid in her own home.
Little does...
30382) And Nanny Makes Three: Mothers and Nannies Tell the Truth About Work, Love, Money, and Each Other
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From the playground to the playroom, mothers and nannies are engaged in a relationship like no other — they are sometimes co-parents and comrades, often confidants, and much more than employer and employee. It is a complex relationship that touches on issues of love, trust, and money. It can be a wonderful collaboration between two women who care for the same child or it can be a difficult situation with unfulfilled expectations on both sides.
Mothers...
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The author wrote More than a Village to give some insight into how raising black men in American took more than two parents.
There are stories about how aunties and uncles were instrumental in the three men's lives as they grew up, and even how grandpas and grandmas play a role. In addition, the neighbors, neighborhoods, schools, and churches helped shape and influence black men in America.
There were positive, and a few negative experiences that...
30384) The Exalted
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Alskad Empire chronicles volume 2
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Since the founding of the Empire, Alskad has been ruled by the singleborn...but the new heir to the throne carries a secret that will change everything.
When an assassin's bullet takes the life of Queen Runa and allows an impostor to steal the throne, Bo Trousillion is forced to flee the empire that is his birthright. With few choices left and burdened with a secret that could disinherit him, Bo pursues an alliance with Noriava, the Queen of Denor,...
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This warm and funny tale of an earnest preppy editor finding himself trapped behind the counter of a Brooklyn convenience store is about family, culture and identity in an age of discombobulation.
It starts with a gift, when Ben Ryder Howe's wife, the daughter of Korean immigrants, decides to repay her parents' self-sacrifice by buying them a store. Howe, an editor at the rarefied Paris Review, agrees to go along. Things soon become a lot more complicated....
30386) I Share My Name
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New picture book shines a light on an important Jewish naming custom.
The Sephardic Jewish custom of naming a child after their paternal or maternal grandparent is depicted in a warm and vibrant story about a young boy who has many cousins with his name, Jojo.
"Jojo Nissim" is proud that he has many cousins who share his name. "Big Jojo" is his oldest cousin who can do lots of things like ride his scooter super fast. "Jojo-man" is another cousin,...
30387) Missing Monkey!
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Good crooks volume 1
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When their parents steal a monkey from the zoo to help them pick pockets, our heroes rush into action and return the wily animal using disguises, inventions, and old-fashioned shoe leather.
30388) Water I Won't Touch
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Both radically tender and desperate for change, Water I Won't Touch is a life raft and a self-portrait, concerned with the vitality of trans people living in a dangerous and inhospitable landscape. Through the brambles of the Pennsylvania forest to a stretch of the Jersey Shore, in quiet moments and violent memories, Kayleb Rae Candrilli touches the broken earth and examines the whole in its parts. Written during the body's healing from a double mastectomy-in...
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Build collaborative partnerships with families to help the whole family thrive. This book explores the reasons and methods for developing cooperative partnerships, along with tools and strategies to help build the support network for family-centered care. The new edition includes information on how to:-Use technology to increase the effectiveness of communication with families-Interact with a more diverse population-Build your program for continued...
30390) Finding Sanctuary in the Midst of Alzheimer's: A Spiritual Guide for Families Facing Dementia
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There are currently over 16 million people in the United States providing care to a person with dementia. While caregiving can be very rewarding, many caregivers also experience a significant amount of stress and struggle to find meaning in their role as a caregiver.
Unlike typical support groups, Finding Sanctuary in the Midst of Alzheimer's offers a spiritual component. Also, unlike typical Bible studies, it directly addresses common challenges...
30391) Pourquoi ?
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« Je l'aimais encore assez pour croire que ma docilité l'amènerait à plus de douceur et de respect. Comme j'étais naïve ! Un homme comme celui-là ne peut pas être doux. Un homme comme celui-là ne peut pas être respectueux. »
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Dany Thierelle, heureuse maman et institutrice, a été une femme épanouie le jour et une épouse victime d'un pervers narcissique la nuit. Elle n'a pas su dire « non » dès la première...
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"Te acordás, cuando yo era pequeño, tuve problemas". "Cuando nací, yo no estaba ahí... ". Estas son las palabras de Vincent, de 11 años, al hablar de su historia. Cuando tenía un poco más de 2 años, Vincent fue diagnosticado de autismo. En los años siguientes, tuvo la suerte de recibir una atención multidimensional. Hoy, está fuera de su burbuja autista. Ha accedido a la comunicación, a la simbolización y al lenguaje.
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30393) Los días animales
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En Los días animales, libro ganador del Premio Nacional de Narrativa "Gerardo Cornejo Murrieta" 2019, cuatro historias que parecen independientes unen a diversos personajes en diferentes tiempos y espacios a través un hilo en común: las relaciones humanas.
En este compilado, Jorge Zúñiga nos muestra cómo padres, cuñados, (ex)parejas y hermanos se enredan en una maraña de revanchas, nostalgia, resentimientos, amores complejos y abrumadores...
30394) De l'autre cté
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Jérme et Georges forment un couple et vivent ensemble depuis plus de vingt ans. Pour la troisième fois, ils se rendent à San Francisco o leurs enfants se sont installés. Enfin, à leur grande surprise, un éditeur américain accepte de publier le premier roman de Georges. Cette opportunité les entraîne dans une aventure éditoriale qui ne manquera pas d'ébranler leur sérénité.
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Après une vie entièrement consacrée...
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Psychologist Carl Pickhardt offers insight from his thirty years of experience counseling caregivers on how to navigate the adolescent development process, from eight to eighteen. For most parents, the onset of puberty brings an unexpected, even unwelcome change in their child's behavior, which can cause bewilderment, confusion, and sadness. Dr. Pickhardt's comforting and knowledgeable voice points out that not only can growth change many beloved...
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Your Second Wedding: How to Handle Issues, Make Plans, and Ensure it's a Great Success will teach you everything you need to know to make your second wedding run smoothly. You will learn what types of vows and ceremonies you should consider and how to deal with religious differences and etiquette for speeches and toasts. There is also advice on how to plan your reception - from appropriate décor to the right entertainment. This book includes easy-to-use...
30397) Ante Body
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An incisive poetic sequence that tracks the relationship between migration and complex traumas in this unsparing critique of the unjust conditions that brought us the global pandemic.
Ante body is a poetics of [un]rest. A project that started as an exploration of how the psychological impacts of migration and complex traumas manifest as autoimmune disease and grew into a critique of the ongoing unjust conditions that brought on the global pandemic....
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Marriage… To the highest bidder Lady Lydia Barton cannot seem to avoid Owen Wolfe since he's returned after being wrongly transported for stealing her family's jewels! But Lydia has more pressing problems, like her impending arranged marriage. Until Owen makes her father a counteroffer for her hand. Is Owen purely after her society connections, or dare Lydia hope that the charming stable boy she once loved is still within her ruthless, wealthy...
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The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, each doing their part to run the family grocery store and tobacco concession. The oldest daughter, Shoshana, had many friends, her sister Esther was meticulous as she worked at the family store, and young David was doted on by them all. But that life is shattered in 1939 when Germany invades Poland and Jewish people are forced into the streets; their homes, schools, and businesses burned.
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30400) Mi otra madre
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Con la habilidad y el coraje de los grandes talentos, Andy Anderson abre en este relato crudo y audaz la caja de las experiencias familiares que nos atraviesan para siempre. Escrita con aguda sensibilidad literaria, esta narración habla de la familia, de la vida y de la muerte, del envejecimiento de quienes han sido importantes para nosotros. Habla sobre todo de la memoria, la propia y la ajena. Esa memoria que nos pertenece y nos configura, hasta...
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