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Ebookit.com El poder de un no cortés
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Mariner Books The Essential Dykes to Watch Out for
Book SynopsisSettle in to this wittily illustrated soap opera (Bechdel calls it “half op-ed column and half endless serialized Victorian novel”) of the lives, loves, and politics of Mo, Lois, Sydney, Sparrow, Ginger, Stuart, Clarice, and the rest of the cast of cult-fav characters. Most of them are lesbians, living in a midsize American city that may or may not be Minneapolis. Bechdel’s brilliantly imagined countercultural band of friends—academics, social workers, bookstore clerks—fall in and out of love, negotiate friendships, raise children, switch careers, and cope with aging parents. Bechdel fuses high and low culture—from foreign policy to domestic routine, hot sex to postmodern theory—in a serial graphic narrative “suitable for humanists of all persuasions.”
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers The Anatomy of Peace Fifth Edition
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Milkweed Editions Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and
Book SynopsisNamed a "Best Book of the Year" by New Statesman, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Washington Independent Review of BooksSouthern Book Prize FinalistFrom New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family—and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world.Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents—her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father—and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child’s transition to caregiver.And here, braided into the overall narrative, Renkl offers observations on the world surrounding her suburban Nashville home. Ringing with rapture and heartache, these essays convey the dignity of bluebirds and rat snakes, monarch butterflies and native bees. As these two threads haunt and harmonize with each other, Renkl suggests that there is astonishment to be found in common things: in what seems ordinary, in what we all share. For in both worlds—the natural one and our own—“the shadow side of love is always loss, and grief is only love’s own twin.”Gorgeously illustrated by the author’s brother, Billy Renkl, Late Migrations is an assured and memorable debut.Trade ReviewPraise for Margaret Renkl’s Late Migrations “Beautifully written, masterfully structured, and brimming with insight into the natural world, Late Migrations can claim its place alongside Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and A Death in the Family. It has the makings of an American classic.”—Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth "[Margaret Renkl] is the most beautiful writer! I love this book. It's about the South, and growing up there, and about her love of nature and animals and her wonderful family." —Reese Witherspoon "A perfect book to read in the summer . . . This is the kind of writing that makes me want to just stay put, reread and savor everything about that moment." —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "Equal parts Annie Dillard and Anne Lamott with a healthy sprinkle of Tennessee dry rub thrown in." —New York Times Book Review"A beautiful accretion of poetic prose musings"—Oprah Daily “A compact glory, crosscutting between consummate family memoir and keenly observed backyard natural history. Renkl’s deft juxtapositions close up the gap between humans and nonhumans and revive our lost kinship with other living things.”—Richard Powers, author of The Overstory "Magnificent . . . Conjure your favorite place in the natural world: beach, mountain, lake, forest, porch, windowsill rooftop? Precisely there is the best place in which to savor this book." —NPR.org "Late Migrations has echoes of Annie Dillard's The Writing Life—with grandparents, sons, dogs and birds sharing the spotlight, it's a witty, warm and unaccountably soothing all-American story." —People "[Renkl] guides us through a South lush with bluebirds, pecan orchards, and glasses of whiskey shared at dusk in this collection of prose in poetry-size bits; as it celebrates bounty, it also mourns the profound losses we face every day." —O, the Oprah Magazine "Graceful . . . like a belated answer to [E.B.] White." —Wall Street Journal "A lovely collection of essays about life, nature, and family. It will make you laugh, cry—and breathe more deeply." —Parade Magazine “This warm, rich memoir might be the sleeper of the summer. [Renkl] grew up in the South, nursed her aging parents, and never once lost her love for life, light, and the natural world. Beautiful is the word, beautiful all the way through.”—Philadelphia Inquirer "Like the spirituality of Krista Tippett's On Being meets the brevity of Joe Brainard . . . The miniature essays in Late Migrations approach with modesty, deliver bittersweet epiphanies, and feel like small doses of religion."—Literary Hub "In her poignant debut, a memoir, Renkl weaves together observations from her current home in Nashville and short vignettes of nature and growing up in the South.—Garden & Gun “Renkl feels the lives and struggles of each creature that enters her yard as keenly as she feels the paths followed by her mother, grandmother, her people. Learning to accept the sometimes harsh, always lush natural world may crack open a window to acceptance of our own losses. In Late Migrations, we welcome new life, mourn its passing, and honor it along the way.”—Indie Next List (July 2019), selected by Kat Baird, The Book Bin "[A] stunning collection of essays merging the natural landscapes of Alabama and Tennessee with generations of family history, grief and renewal. Renkl's voice sounds very close to the reader's ear: intimate, confiding, candid and alert." —Shelf Awareness "A book that will be treasured."—Minneapolis Star Tribune "One of the best books I've read in a long time . . . [and] one of the most beautiful essay collections that I have ever read. It will give you chills."—Silas House, author of Southernmost “A close and vigilant witness to loss and gain, Renkl wrenches meaning from the intimate moments that define us. Her work is a chronicle of being. And a challenge to cynicism. Late Migrations is flat-out brilliant and it has arrived right on time.”—John T. Edge, author of The Potlikker Papers “Gracefully written and closely observed, Renkl’s lovely essays are tinged with the longing for family and places now gone while rejoicing in the flutter of birds and life still alive.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams “Here is an extraordinary mind combined with a poet’s soul to register our own old world in a way we have not quite seen before. Late Migrations is the psychological and spiritual portrait of an entire family and place presented in quick takes—snapshots—a soul’s true memoir. The dire dreams and fears of childhood, the mother’s mysterious tears, the imperfect beloved family . . . all are part of a charged and vibrant natural world also filled with rivalry, conflict, the occasional resolution, loss, and delight. Late Migrations is a continual revelation.”—Lee Smith, author of The Last Girls “Renkl holds my attention with essays about plants and caterpillars in a way no other nature writer can.”—Mary Laura Philpott, author of I Miss You When I Blink “This is the story of grief accelerated by beauty and beauty made richer by grief. . . . Like Patti Smith in Woolgathering, Renkl aligns natural history with personal history so completely that the one becomes the other. Like Annie Dillard in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Renkl makes, of a ring of suburbia, an alchemical exotica.”—The Rumpus “[A] magnificent debut . . . Renkl instructs that even amid life’s most devastating moments, there are reasons for hope and celebration. Readers will savor each page and the many gems of wisdom they contain.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Compelling, rich, satisfying . . . The short, potent essays of Late Migrations are objects as worthy of marvel and study as the birds and other creatures they observe.”—Foreword Reviews (starred review) “A melding of flora, fauna and family . . . Renkl captures the spirit and contemporary culture of the American South better than anyone.”—Book Page, A 2019 Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book “[Late Migrations] is shot through with deep wonder and a profound sense of loss. It is a fine feat, this book. Renkl intimately knows that ‘this life thrives on death’ and chooses to sing the glory of being alive all the same.”—Booklist “A series of redolent snapshots and memories that seem to halt time. . . . [Renkl’s] narrative metaphor becomes the miraculous order of nature . . . in all its glory and cruelty; she vividly captures ‘the splendor of decay.’”—Kirkus “A captivating, beautifully written story of growing up, love, loss, living, and a close extended family by a talented nature writer and memoirist that will appeal to those who enjoy introspective memoirs and the natural world close to home.”—Library Journal
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Shambhala Publications Inc Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love
Book SynopsisThe best-selling author of How to Be an Adult in Relationships explains how to build trust—the essential ingredient in successful relationships—in spite of fear or past betrayals Most relationship problems are essentially trust issues, explains psychotherapist David Richo. Whether it’s fear of commitment, insecurity, jealousy, or a tendency to be controlling, the real obstacle is a fundamental lack of trust—both in ourselves and in our partner.Daring to Trust explores the importance of trust throughout our emotional lives: how it develops in childhood and how it becomes an essential ingredient in healthy adult relationships. It offers key insights and practical exercises for exploring and addressing our trust issues in relationships. Topics include:• How we learn early in life to trust others (or not to trust them)• Why we fear trusting• Developing greater trust in ourselves as the basis for trusting others• How to know if someone is trustworthy• Naïve trust vs. healthy, adult trust• What to do when trust is brokenUltimately, Richo explains, we must develop trust in four directions: toward ourselves, toward others, toward life as it is, and toward a higher power or spiritual path. These four types of trust are not only the basis of healthy relationships, they are also the foundation of emotional well-being and freedom from fear.
£14.39
Blurb Women's Hockey Notebook - She Shoots She Scores -
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William Henry Divorcezen
Book SynopsisDo you suffer because of divorce? Are you overwhelmed by feelings of sadness, rejection, betrayal, anger, loneliness, fear, frustration, helplessness, and hopelessness? Does your expartner still have the power to ‘push your buttons’? Divorce is one of the most traumatic life events that can befall anyone. It rocks the very foundations of your being. It causes toxic thoughts and emotions that fester inside you and scream for attention. The bad news is that the pain is inevitable. The good news is that the suffering is optional. Escaping the misery of divorce requires a radical shift in mindset. divorceZen uncovers the simple techniques that will enable readers to: conquer their thoughts and emotions rather than being ruled by them; take back control over their emotional well-being from their partners; use their minds to guide them rather than tyrannize them; strengthen their inner resources; realize deeply that their lives have direction and meaning; live the life they desire rather than the one thrust upon them in divorce.
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Ebury Publishing Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human
Book SynopsisDo you ever think you're the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your partner with disastrous results? Do long, rambling answers drive you crazy? Or does your colleague's abrasive manner get your back up? You are not alone. After a disastrous meeting with a highly successful entrepreneur, who was genuinely convinced he was 'surrounded by idiots', communication expert and bestselling author, Thomas Erikson dedicated himself to understanding how people function and why we often struggle to connect with certain types of people.Originally published in Swedish in 2014 as Omgiven Av Idioter, Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots is already an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide, of which over 750,000 copies have been sold in Sweden alone. It offers a simple, yet ground-breaking method for assessing the personalities of people we communicate with - in and out of the office - based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow), and provides insights into how we can adjust the way(s) we speak and share information. Erikson will help you understand yourself better, hone communication and social skills, handle conflict with confidence, improve dynamics with your boss and team, and get the best out of the people you deal with and manage. He also shares simple tricks on body language, improving written communication and advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or indeed shut up. Packed with 'aha!' and 'oh no!' moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and influence those around you, even people you currently think are beyond all comprehension. And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn't you!Trade Review'Anyone who does not read this book is actually an idiot.' * Kvalitets Magasinet *'A useful guide to communicating with the uncommunicable . . . clearly, dynamically presented and easy to grasp.' * Publishers Weekly *'Readers will be delighted. Most everyone can benefit from this book, especially those in the workplace. In addition, parents, educators, and students will find these insights valuable.' * Booklist *
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Olympia Publishers Gustav's High School Diary
Book SynopsisGustav is sixteen, and the only things on his mind are girls and finishing high school. His friends have much the same mindset, and join him on his quest to finding a relationship. Gustav may have found a lasting bond with Babs, but will it last? Or will other forces get in the way? At first, it seems his only problem will be the school''s senior students, but he will soon discover a whole new side of his family, school, and subsequently his town. Gustav is to learn the true importance of friendships and keeping an open mind in this tale about the universal realities of one''s time at school.Gustav''s High School Diary is a comedic story that follows the true highs and lows of the high school experience in the ''60s.
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Olympia Publishers The Death of Farah
Book SynopsisThe Death of Farah is the story of a young, ambitious girl navigating her way through life in the Middle East. As she makes a new life in Turkey, she meets a new friend, Farah, who is very good at reading the future in coffee cups. As she reflects on her childhood in Syria, stories about family and strangers, and the tragedies she has seen in the midst of war and conflict, she dreams of going to university and building a better life. As we follow her memories from living with her grandma, to her first love, to the bombings that killed loved ones, and returning once again to her old home, her fragmented story becomes clear as the pieces of her life start to come together. Caught in between a traumatic past and an uncertain future, what can she do but talk about those that loved her?
£999.99
Champ Readers Publishers Relationship
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
Book SynopsisThe Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein offers essential principles for successful speeches, helping readers improve articulation, overcome stage fright, engage listeners, and craft influential speeches.
£15.52
Chronicle Books Dads Are the Original Hipsters
Book SynopsisThey drank whiskey before you did. They wore skinny jeans before you did. They had mustaches before you did. Admit it, they were hip before you were!
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Chronicle Books Family One Line a Day: A Three-Year Memory
Book SynopsisThis addition to the One Line a Day line offers families a journal to fill out together and record their precious memories for three years. Now families have a way to capture and keep their fondest and funniest memories with this journal, part of the bestselling One Line a Day series (over 2 million copies sold). With enough space for three years' worth of short, daily entries, this book is the perfect way to record the events that happen as your little ones grow up. Fill the journal out as a family and let everyone take their turn writing about how your household spends time together. Once the journal is filled with memories of this wonderful time, you'll have the perfect memento to turn to for rushes of nostalgia for years to come. This sweet journal features a playful cover, a ribbon marker, and gilded page edges that make it an object of beauty as well as a diary. It's a perfect keepsake gift and a chic coffee table companion for the family room. • A PERFECT BONDING ACTIVITY: Capture memories and kick start conversations about your day. This journal is a great way to begin the day or reflect before bedtime. • JUST THE RIGHT GIFT: A great baby shower or new parent gift, holiday present, or an add-on gift to a larger purchase. • SIMPLE AND QUICK TO USE: Just jot down a short note for each day. • FOR EVERY FAMILY: A fun way to re-envision the "what did you do today?" question, Family One Line a Day will appeal to those looking to start a journaling habit and seasoned journalers alike. • MEMORIES THAT LAST A LIFETIME: Journal day by day and create a keepsake diary that will remind you of busy years that go by too soon and be a treasure for years to come. • EVERYONE CAN DO IT: Wider lines than our traditional five-year One Line a Day journal allow small hands to help with the writing. Perfect for: • Mothers • Fathers • Families • Grandparents • Expectant parents • New parents
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Author Academy Elite A Parent's Best Gift - Hard Copy: A Practical
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Live Your Life
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Poignant… [Kloots’s] is a thoroughly contemporary story, and not only because it’s about coronavirus. It is a tale of vulnerability, authenticity, and what it means to grieve in public, which, for better or worse, is how we grieve now, especially this year.” — Elle “Amanda’s story should’ve left me heartbroken, yet I found myself filled with a renewed belief in the goodness of humankind. If you’re looking for comfort and hope, you’ll find it in the pages of this book. We all have a lot to learn from the way Amanda lives her life.” — Sarah Michelle Gellar “Kloots’ story…is one of resilience in the face of unbelievable loss.” — Los Angeles Times “During a worldwide pandemic, Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots taught me the true value of living your life. This book captures the human spirit, the fighter in all of us, and the love of family, and shows that even strangers can help hold us up in our darkest of times if we are willing to let them.” — Jennifer Love Hewitt “[Kloots] writes of their romance, careers and dreams, and the grief that comes with the quiet… a ticktock of her husband’s plight, her search for hope for herself and their son, Elvis, who turns 2 this month, and new details that will surprise even the most avid watchers of her Insta-stories." — New York Times “Reading Live Your Life was like having an intimate and powerful conversation with Amanda. The writing was so honest and inclusive, I felt like I was taking the whole beautiful and painful ride with Amanda and her son, Elvis. Such a wonderful way to honor Nick. What an incredible person.” — Courteney Cox “Amanda is a hero of our time. Her willingness to grieve publicly shows us the healing power of living with an open heart even in the darkest moments. Live Your Life teaches readers the power of spiritual faith, community, and an ever-present connection to love, no matter what.” — Gabrielle Bernstein, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The wrenching story of the death of Kloots’s husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero, from COVID-19—and how she found strength to carry on.” — People “It's extremely emotional and honest, and will make you want to hug your loved ones” — The Skimm
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Money and Love
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The authors’ emphasis on planning ahead and their helpful exercises go a long way toward highlighting their simple but powerful point that love and one’s finances are interdependent, and key life conversations should account for both. Readers struggling with big decisions will find this a handy resource.” — Publishers Weekly “A useful, logical guide for couples on the verge of big life decisions… a readable approach with nuggets of wisdom throughout.” — BookPage “Our personal and professional lives have never been more intertwined than they are today and Strober and Davisson clearly prove that fully embracing both in an integrated way is the best way to lead a fulfilling life.” — John Donahoe, CEO of Nike "A thoughtful, practical guide that will help readers make wiser and more fulfilling decisions." — Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big & Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, married partners and parents “Money and Love offers an approachable guide to help you find a fair partner, set up your relationship for success, and most importantly provide the tools needed to make it last. Strober & Davisson use a well-balanced mix of storytelling, real-world experiences, and science to approach a very heavy and often overwhelming subject.” — Eve Rodsky, New York Times best-selling author of Fair Play and National Bestseller, Find Your Unicorn Space "This book should be required reading for anyone seeking to optimize decisions about money and love. Strober and Davisson’s approach is life-changing.” — Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life “ A truly extraordinary and actionable resource for having thoughtful, informed, and brave conversations about what matters most.” — Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas, parents and cofounders of EmbraceRace “Having been CEO of three brands while raising four children, I believe it’s possible to have both money and love – but only if you’re intentional. In a real and relatable way, Strober and Davisson guide us through the big decisions we make, empowering us to build a full joyful and purposeful life.” — Nancy Green, former CEO of Old Navy, Athleta, and Shabby Chic “According to The Beatles ‘money can’t buy me love’ but Strober and Davisson show how to think about your choices so that careers and relationships can jointly flourish. Great reading on life’s most difficult and important decisions.” — Andrew Scott, professor of economics at London Business School and author of The 100-Year Life "There is a huge difference between spending and investing. That's true with money. It's true with time. And it's true with love. And it's beautifully illustrated by Strober and Davisson in their book, Money and Love. With all the tradeoffs we face in life, let this book be your operating handbook for making your most important decisions." — Greg McKeown, podcaster and author of two New York Times bestsellers, Effortless and Essentialism "Strober and Davisson have written a book that delivers on provocative ideas and information – and, far more importantly, a truly useful framework – for tackling life's most important decisions." — Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Don’t Trust Your Gut and Everybody Lies "Reframing big problems into manageable ones and adopting a doable decision making process are power tools for navigating the complexities of modern adult life. And nothing is more complex than money and love." — Dave Evans, co-author, Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
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Pearson Education Brilliant Relationships
Book SynopsisAnnie Lionnet is a professional life coach with many years' experience in both coaching and personal development. She runs affordable Life Coaching (www.affordablelifecoaching.org), an organisation which provides one-to-one coaching for both personal and professional development. Annie is also a professional astrologer and tutor for the faculty of astrological Studies. She has a busy practice in both London and the west Country and runs workshops worldwide. She has published books on life coaching, astrology and the tarot and has a passionate interest in helping others to empower themselves and live to their fullest potential. She is also author of another Brilliant title: Brilliant Life Coach. Table of ContentsAbout the author Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction 1 Get to know you 2 Create positive beliefs and transform your expectations 3 Become a great communicator &
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Random House USA Inc Cosmic Love
Book SynopsisA world-renowned astrologer reveals the path to successful relationships.... In this powerful guide, astrology expert Jan Spiller shows you how the practical science of astrology can lead to real-life results in the realm of intimate relationships. Moving beyond the commonly known sun-sign profiles, Spiller delves into the meanings and mysteries of your personal North Node—the vital point where the orbits of the earth, moon, and sun intersect—to help you bring love into your life. For more than thirty years, she has studied how the effects of the Nodes of the Moon help us steer our life force in positive ways, accept the possibilities the universe has placed in our path, and stop sabotaging relationships. By locating the position of your North Node, which can be found in the chart provided, and the house in which it falls in an important relationship, Spiller helps you discover the astrological, psychological, and spiritual tools to: • Learn the secrets to open up intimacy and enjoy satisfying, lifelong romance • Move beyond old hurts that can tear a relationship apart • Allow others to be themselves–and not try to change them • Experiment with new ways of interacting in important relationships • Discover what gifts your partner brings to you–and what gifts you bring to your partner • Navigate the energy of pastlife connections
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Workman Publishing Cure Your Child with Food
Book SynopsisGrounded in cutting-edge science, Cure Your Child with Food reveals the hidden connections between nutrition and chronic childhood ailments, and gives parents the simple, straightforward solutions they need to help their children thrive. Discover how zinc deficiency can cause picky eating and affect growth. The panoply of problems caused by dairy and gluten. How to cure sleep disorders with melatonin, hyperactivity with magnesium, anxiety with fish oil. Kelly Dorfman, a nutritionist whose typical patient arrives at her practice after seeing three or more specialists, gives parents the tools to become nutrition detectives themselves. She shows how to recalibrate children''s diets through the easy E.A.T. program, and how to get kids off drugsantibiotics, laxatives, Prozac, Ritalinand back to a state of natural well-being. In her terrific book, Kelly Dorfman clearly explains how to decipher the clues to nutritional disorders that affect the body and brain. Parents will find it packed withTrade Review"Dorfman does an excellent job of outlining how nutrition can affect a child's development and when to turn to other medical approaches; she persuasively argues for greater knowledge from pediatricians and specialists. Recommended." --Library Journal "Her research is solid, her insights are excellent and her advice is just what you need." --Washington Post "Informative and inspiring. . . . Offers solutions that can change the lives of children and their families." --Kirkus Reviews "This fascinating and potentially life-changing advice reveals that nutrition isn't a simple matter of finishing one's broccoli. Food has a significant impact on a child's health and well-being, and Dorfman helps parents ensure that the impact is positive." --Publishers Weekly "Important advice for parents . . ." --CNN "Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman's book gives parents the tools they need to be nutritional detectives and help their children thrive." --USA Weekend "This book is a wealth of easy-to-read information for parents--or anyone wondering whether food could be causing their health problems." --Gluten Intolerance Group Magazine "In her terrific book, Kelly Dorfman clearly explains how to decipher the clues to nutritional disorders that affect the body and brain. Parents will find it packed with sound advice and useful information." --Maurine Packard, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center "Nutrition is the key to so many underlying issues in child development and behavior. This book is a great resource for any parent." --Natalie Geary, MD, Pediatrician and co-author of The Food Cure for Kids "Dorfman does an excellent job of outlining how nutrition can affect a child's development and when to turn to other medical approaches; she persuasively argues for greater knowledge from pediatricians and specialists. Recommended." --Library Journal "Her research is solid, her insights are excellent and her advice is just what you need." --Washington Post "Informative and inspiring. . . . Offers solutions that can change the lives of children and their families." --Kirkus Reviews "This fascinating and potentially life-changing advice reveals that nutrition isn't a simple matter of finishing one's broccoli. Food has a significant impact on a child's health and well-being, and Dorfman helps parents ensure that the impact is positive." --Publishers Weekly "Important advice for parents . . ." --CNN "Nutritionist Kelly Dorfman's book gives parents the tools they need to be nutritional detectives and help their children thrive." --USA Weekend "This book is a wealth of easy-to-read information for parents--or anyone wondering whether food could be causing their health problems." --Gluten Intolerance Group Magazine
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Running Press,U.S. Stark Raving Dad
Book Synopsis Finally! The pain of parenting . . . in poetic form! Stark Raving Dad is an illustrated collection of poems (no claims of being Walt Whitman here) that humorously captures fatherly angst in comedic verse and pairs it with talented art from the author''s own kids.Let''s be honest: Most gifts for Dad usually end up being a golf club or a tie. But what about the Dad in desperate need of a laugh? Give him reassurance he''s not the only father trying to figure it all out.Over the years Sanderson Dean has turned all his fatherly angst into poetry, accompanied by crudely drawn images by his children. But before your eyes glaze over at the word poetry, you should know it''s more hapless than highbrow. From surviving road trips to being puked on, and from plunging clogged toilets to finding Craisins in the couch cushions, Sanderson covers many of the rarely talked about adventures that make the journey of parenthood so very exciting.
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) What I Love about You
Book SynopsisWhat I Love About You offers a fresh way to say I love you.This fill-in-the-blank book prompts you to say what is in your heart, but may not always be at the tip of your tongue. Tell the most important person in your life just how much they mean to you by completing the scores of unique, evocative checklists, short answers, and phrases in this attractive gift book:If we''d first met in a comic strip, the thought bubble over my head would have said...• I adore this little daily ritual or habit we have...• One of your most irresistible physical features is...• I missed you when...Playful, tender, and personal, this is the perfect gift for the person in your life who makes your pulse race.
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Beacon Press The Daddy Shift How StayAtHome Dads Breadwinning
Book SynopsisA revealing look at stay-at-home fatherhood-for men, their families, and for American society It's a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who cut back on paid work to focus on raising children. But what happens when dads stay home? What do stay-at-home fathers struggle with-and what do they rejoice in? How does taking up the mother's traditional role affect a father's relationship with his partner, children, and extended family? And what does stay-at-home fatherhood mean for the larger society?In chapters that alternate between large-scale analysis and intimate portraits of men and their families, journalist Jeremy Adam Smith traces the complications, myths, psychology, sociology, and history of a new set of social relationships with far-reaching implications. As the American economy faces its greatest crisis since the Great Depression, Smith reveals that many mothers today have the ability to support families and fathers are no longer narrowl
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Holiday House Inc Nothing Is Little
Book SynopsisThe case of a missing father is hard to crack . . . even for Felix, a tiny kid with a huge heart and an eye for detail.Eleven-year-old Felix likes being the smallest kid in school.At least he knows where he fits in. Plus his nickname, ?Short-lock Holmes,? is perfect for someone who?s killing it in forensic science club. To Felix, Growth Hormone Deficiency is no big deal.And then Felix learns that his biological dad was short, too. This one, tiny, itty-bitty piece of information opens up a massive hole in his life. Felix must find his father. He only has a few small clues to work from, but as Sherlock Holmes said, ?To a great mind, nothing is little.?The further Felix gets in his investigation, though, the more he starts to wonder: What if his dad doesn?t want to be found? And what if Felix?s family?his mom, his stepdad, the baby on the way?needs him right where he is?Tender and uplifting, this warm novel from Christopher Award?winner Carmella Van Vleet celebrates little differences in us that can make a big impact.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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Goose Lane Editions The M Word
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The M Word: Conversations about Motherhood, a powerful, female-driven anthology of short personal essays, poems, and illustrations, tells the many stories women so rarely share. ... The M Word is a meditation on the fickle emotional uncertainty awarded to mothers. It breaks down the walls of maternal isolation and offers companionship to anyone who has not had the fairy-tale journey to motherhood. These stories show us that the extraordinary gift of motherhood cannot be accepted without relinquishing something spectacular." -- Rachel Harry * National Post *"That's what makes The M Word so surprising, and also moving, gripping, funny, and, occasionally, really uncomfortable to read: the writers put it all on the table, all the confusion, ambivalence, difficulty, suffering, hope, despair, and insight that swirl around people's different experiences with motherhood, whether they are or aren't mothers, however motherhood is defined, and whether their situation arose from choice or accident, gift or tragedy. As many of the writers observe, there's a popular public story about motherhood that is all bliss, smiles, and cuddles. For many of them, there is plenty of bliss, but that's rarely the whole story and often not the story at all. The M Word doesn't try to tell one story: it allows, even insists, on the coexistence of many different ones." * Open Letters Monthly *"There is a strong Canadian tradition of public discourse on motherhood, from the late journalist June Callwood's interviews with unwed teenaged mothers to Marni Jackson's memoirs, and anthologies like Double Lives and Between Interruptions. The M Word adds 25 thoughtful voices to the mix ... You won't keep this book; you'll pass it on to friends whose current vocation is changing diapers, or to friends who want a child, and those who don't." * Herizons *"A book about motherhood that includes those who never gave birth? Those who've been pregnant but never held a child? Halleluiah! Finally: a conversation with no 'us versus them.' Here is only 'us,' those who desire to 'be connected by this understanding of what it is to love and celebrate your children.' The M Word offers what mothers (new and old) need most: to know we're not alone." * Winnipeg Review *"Stop everything. Withhold judgement for a minute. I promise you The M Word is not like any book you've read about motherhood." * The Fernie Fix *"Rather than attempting to resolve issues once and for all, or to glorify and idealize a madonna-like figure, The M Word presents in alphabetical order a wide variety of the experiences of women who have embraced, eschewed or endured the experiences of motherhood in its many, different realities ... This book was a pleasure to read." * Kitchener-Waterloo Record *"The M Word felt like a kind of emotional labour for the three days I was reading. This is a motherlode of deeply personal truths, generous and courageous souls, bearing witness to lives shaped, if not defined, by, well, 'life with a uterus,' as the foreword suggests." * Telegraph-Journal *"I'm not normally drawn to mothering books but I like Kerry Clare's work, so it was impossible not to be drawn to her anthology, The M Word: Conversations about Motherhood, I knew I'd be in the hands of good taste and good writing, even if, as a Childless Woman, I couldn't actually relate. Well, what happened was this: I found myself not only enjoying the read, but relating. In a major way. Because, as it turns out, the essays are both about mothering and not mothering, about the exultant and the reluctant, the non-mothers by choice, the stepmothers by circumstance, women who will do anything to become a mother and those who will do anything to not. and in every scenario, the difficulties, joys, fears, the way life is changed for the better and sometimes for the not entirely better. There are celebrations, regrets, and such honesty that it's really quite impossible not to relate." -- Matilda Magtree"The M Word is a book I would have benefited from reading when I was a young mother more than 30 years ago." * Coastal Spectator *
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Massey University Press Aspiring
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Gotracee Publishing Conquer Your Karmic Relationships
Book SynopsisIn this multi-award-winning book, Dunblazier takes an in depth look at your karmic relationships: the spiritual imprints and repetitive patterns that position you in life. Karma is not punishment and reward; it is the reassurance that we will inevitably experience all we are, and all we have created for others through our spiritual patterning.
£19.79
Thomas Nelson Publishers Second Happy Seven Practices to Make Your
Book SynopsisWhat is the secret to a healthy, happy, fulfilling marriage?Nearly every marriage starts out happy, and if we''re honest, nearly every marriage at some point becomes unhappy. Is there a solution? Can an unhappy marriage really get back to being happy? Can it be truly and authentically happy--even better than it was at first? Kevin and Marcia Myers, married for thirty-seven years through nearly every challenge a couple can face, emphatically say yes. Revealing seven practices that offer help and hope for a happy and enduring marriage, The Second Happy is a captivating, practical resource that provides the tools necessary to tune-up, overhaul, or even rebuild your marriage. Practices to sustain and strengthen marriage include the following: breaking the quit cycle; picking a fair fight so both people win; keeping disagreements from escalating; and removing pretense from your relatio
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Bridge Publications Inc On the Second Dynamic Sex Children and the
Book SynopsisIn his search to understand Man, L. Ron Hubbard discovered that there is a single common denominator to existence: Survive! No matter the varied experiences or activities of individuals, everyone is seeking to survive andthat is the only common denominator to all life. Then, examining life still more closely, he further discovered that survival subdivided into eight separate urges or drives, known as the Eight Dynamics. In brief, one seeks to survive for oneself (1), the family and the future generation (2), one's group (3), Mankind (4), all life organisms (5), the physical universe (6), as or for spirits (7) and the Supreme Being, or infinity (8). The Second Dynamic has long been a source of mystery and confusion, in no small part because previous studies of Man erroneously targeted sex as the sole reason for existence and, simultaneously, the primary cause of irrationality. Not knowing about the Eight Dynamics, these practitioners led many people to fail-not only in regard to the
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The Baby Detective Solve your baby problems your
Book SynopsisThe only parenting book that offers a unique, step-by-step guide to enable parents to solve baby care problems for themselves.
£9.74
Simon & Schuster The Collaborative Habit
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Headline Publishing Group But Why
Book Synopsis''''When faced with the endless ''But Whys?'' look no further than this brilliant & essential parenting compendium. It is laugh-out-loud AND educational. We are grabbing for it from the toilet, to the dinner table and all places in between, when cornered without an answer.'' Laura and Russell BrandBut Why? aims to help you tackle those awkward questions that can floor the best of us. Imagine the scene: you''re trying to put the kids to bed, your brain has checked out for the day and suddenly, from nowhere, all manner of unrelated, but potentially important, questions are flung into the night-time routine as you''re trying to get them to brush their teeth properly:* But why are humans ruining the planet?* But why don''t boys wear dresses? * But why do people get married? * But why do we have feelings? * But why can''t I look like everyone else? * But why do you have to work? With a foreword by leading psychotheTrade ReviewA bloody brilliant book. Clemmie is a very clever, very sensitive, very thoughtful woman who has put all of her brilliance into But Why? It's what we've been waiting for. Back of the net! -- Cherry HealeyThe way Clemmie pulls together people and knowledge and then delivers her findings in such an accessible way is quite the talent! A thoroughly informative and enjoyable read. I learnt LOADS! -- Giovanna FletcherWhen faced with the endless 'But Whys?' look no further than this brilliant & essential parenting compendium. It is laugh-out-loud AND educational. We are grabbing for it from the toilet, to the dinner table and all places in between, when cornered without an answer. * Laura and Russell Brand *The constant questions that parents face can be hard going when kids are tiny tots - but it gets even harder as they get older. This book will help you answer some of the trickiest. * The Sun *
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Hodder & Stoughton Dadlife
Book SynopsisSunday Times top ten bestseller Forever Outnumbered is real life parenting through the eyes of a modern day dad by Simon Hooper, aka Instagram's Father of Daughters
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Collapsing The 9 Love Struggles: A Practical
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Born in 1953. Birthday Nostalgia.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. A Homeopathic Guide to Partnership and
Book SynopsisFrom a homeopathic 'constitutional analysis' standpoint, a true romantic partnership is only possible through an understanding of self and what makes one fulfilled. This unusual guide analyzes the personality types and emotional dynamics of 50 different film characters to show readers how to discover themselves and their ideal partner. Drawing on her vast film knowledge, Liz Lalor uses examples ranging from Bogart and Hepburn in The African Queen to characters from American Splendor to demonstrate how self-knowledge is the key component in finding lasting love.
£19.95
Nova Science Publishers Inc Marriage: Owner's Manual
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New Falcon Publications,U.S. Mother Looks at the Gay Child
Book SynopsisTen percent of the population is homosexual. These people are not just numbers on a graph. They come into this world as infants, born to everyday mums and dads. They go to school, play, grow up just like everybody else. But when they get to young adulthood they are in a no-man''s land. No help, no understanding, no acceptance. Here is a book that gives hope to these lonely, perplexed kids -- and their parents.
£22.09
North Atlantic Books,U.S. Love in the Age of Ecological Apocalypse:
Book SynopsisGiven the daunting, dire predicament in which we find ourselves on this planet, what is described by social critic James Howard Kunstler as a "Long Emergency" may in fact become a "Last Emergency" for humanity. Whether we encounter a "long" or a "last" emergency, Carolyn Baker seeks to offer inspiration and guidance for inhabiting our remaining days with passion, vitality, empathy, intimate contact with our emotions, kindness in our relationships with all species, gratitude, open-hearted receptivity, exquisite creations of beauty, and utilizing every occasion, even our demise, as an opportunity to invoke and "inflict" joy in our world. Love in the Age of Ecological Apolcalypse addresses an array of relationships in the Last Emergency and how one''s relationship with oneself may enrich or impede interactions with all other beings.Drawing upon her deep experience as a life coach, Baker writes of the specific need to understand our key relationships in a society in collapse, and how to navigate through differing levels of acceptance of collapse, trauma, and grief. Key relationships include those with our partners, children, friends, neighbors, as well as relationships with our work, our bodies, our natural resources, food and eating, animals, future generations, Eros, and indeed, the powers of the universe. Baker''s writing is engaging, inspiring, and often beautiful in its depth and candor. She introduces a variety of spiritual practices facilitate our developing a relationship with the deeper Self. With these practices and giving and receiving support from others who are walking a similar path, we begin to live more frequently from the deeper Self, or at least are able to access it more quickly when we find ourselves becoming embroiled in the ego.Table Of Contents • Introduction • Chapter 1: Living, Loving, and Preparing With A Reluctant Partner • Chapter 2: Children And Collapse • Chapter 3: Friends, Neighbors, and The Community • Chapter 4: Work and The Creative Soul • Chapter 5: Our Relationship With Resources • Chapter 6: Loving The Body As The World Falls Apart • Chapter 7: Our Relationship With Food: Mindful Eating As A Spiritual Practice • Chapter 8: Loving The Time Of Your Life • Chapter 9: What An Animal You Are! • Chapter 10: Darkness Matters • Chapter 11: Ensconsed In Eros, Bathed In Beauty • Chapter 12: Our Relationship With The Powers of The Universe • Chapter 13: Near-Term Extinction And Waking Up To Death • Chapter 14: Empire, I Wish I Knew How To Quit You • Chapter 15: Grief And Love In A Culture Of Congestive Heart Failure • Chapter 16: Our Relationship With Future Generations
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American Academy of Pediatrics Raising Twins: Parenting Multiples From Pregnancy
Book SynopsisPediatrician and twin-mom, Dr. Shelly Vaziri Flais, offers expert advice for raising healthy, well-adjusted twins and triplets in this fully revised and updated third edition. Her guidance will help parents of multiples prepare for their babies’ arrival, weather the first few months of infancy, manage toddlerhood, and help establish individual identities through the school-age and teenage years. The combination of sound medical advice and real-world experience will give twin-parents the direction and reassurance that they need. Packed with thoughtful advice, parenting tips, and anecdotes from twin-moms and -dads, this new edition also includes interviews with twins, including astronaut Scott Kelly.
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Linden Publishing Co Inc What They Don't Teach Teens: Life Safety Skills
Book SynopsisThe 21st-century guidebook of life safety skills for teens, their parents, and other caregivers, covering physical safety, sexual consent, social media, your rights with the police, situational awareness, dating violence, smartphones, and more.Gold Winner, IBPA Ben Franklin Award for Best Parenting & Family Book of 2020Gold Winner, NIEA Award for Best Parenting & Family Book of 2020Silver Winner, Foreword INDIE Award, Family & RelationshipsYoung people coming of age today face new risks, expectations, and laws that didn''t exist when their parents were young. What They Don''t Teach Teens provides teens, tweens, and young adults with up-to-date, realistic strategies to protect themselves against the pitfalls of modern adolescence.Author Jonathan Cristall, once a troubled teen himself and now a veteran prosecutor for the City of Los Angeles and a sexual violence prevention instructor, works extensively with teenagers and their families to teach physical, digital, emotional, and legal safety skills. Drawing on Cristall''s hands-on experience, What They Don''t Teach Teens gives parents and other caregivers techniques for talking to their children about these urgent issues.What They Don''t Teach Teens gives sound advice on police interactions and personal safety (your constitutional rights, what to do/not do when stopped by the police while driving, situational awareness, street robberies, gun violence); sexual violence and misconduct (sexual consent, sexual harassment prevention, dating violence, sextortion); and staying safer online (digital footprint and citizenship, cyberbullying, underage sexting, online porn).A must-read for all families, What They Don''t Teach Teens is filled with practical guidance, thoughtful insight, and simple-to-use tips and tactics that will empower young people to make good choices now and into the future.
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Linden Publishing Co Inc Yes! Your Child Can: Creating Success for
Book SynopsisEvery child can succeed in school and life, but some children need more help than others. For over 40 years, internationally acclaimed reading specialist and student advocate Dr. Victoria E. Waller has helped children who have trouble reading, who cant sit still in class, who dont feel like they can participatechildren whom teachers have all but given up on. In Yes! Your Child Can: Creating Success for Children with Learning Differences, Dr. Waller shares with parents, teachers, and therapists her proven techniques for motivating any child to love learning, overcome their particular challenges, and succeed in school. Her methods are designed and proven to draw out the singular genius within your child, whether theyre just a reluctant reader or have a diagnosis such as ADHD or other learning differences. In compassionate, nontechnical, easy-to-understand language, Yes! Your Child Can gives step-by-step instructions on how to help your child achieve in school and build lifelong intellectual confidence. Drawing on the latest science and her own wide-ranging experience, Dr. Waller explains why its important to pay attention to your first gut feeling that your child may need extra help and shows how to navigate testing, medication, and choosing a team of caring professionals to help your child. Respectful, compassionate, and solutions-oriented, Yes! Your Child Can is the first book every parent of a child with learning differences should read.
£17.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Siblings: Social Adjustments, Interaction &
Book SynopsisThis book provides a look at the social adjustments, interaction and family dynamics of siblings. The authors present current research including parent-child attachments; the influence of familial factors on child trauma symptoms in children exposed to intimate partner violence; sibling interactions and pro-social skills and antisocial behaviours during different stages of child development; birth order and risk preferences; twin and higher order multiple pregnancies in medically assisted reproduction; support for siblings of children with intellectual disabilities; and communicative functions of emotions in sibling relationships.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Practice of Belonging: Six Lessons from
Book SynopsisAn inspirational guide to the 6 core qualities of healthy communities, for anyone looking to build community as a source of connection and a vehicle for social changeAfter two years meeting with different communities in the US, psychologist Lisa Kentgen identified 6 key traits of vibrant, healthy communities that we can all apply to our own lives and networks: Commitment to care Acceptance Diversity Skillful conflict resolution Bonding rituals Hospitality Each chapter focuses on one of these traits, highlighting a particular community as a case study of how it can be put into practice. You’ll learn about a wide range of successful community models, including a tiny-home village for people who had been chronically houseless in Austin, Texas; a study circle to build connection between Native and non-Native people in a small town in South Dakota; a 500-member community choir in Columbus, Ohio; and a Buddhist center in Barre, Massachusetts committed to bringing greater diversity to the Dharma.Throughout the book, you’ll reflect: How can we cultivate these traits of vibrant community in our own lives? What would it look like to prioritize caring and acceptance in our interactions with others? How can we create a climate of true inclusivity, one where our differences both challenge and strengthen us? How can we learn to feel more comfortable with tension and acquire the skills to move through conflict toward creative solutions? What would happen if we incorporated meaningful rituals into our communities and made a point of celebrating each other? With intention and practice, we can transform our social relationships and build communities that appreciate difference, encourage authentic expression, and foster an environment of belonging and mutual care. This book will inspire you to make the transformative leap from “me” to “we,” creating communal, loving spaces in which to connect--and thrive--together.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. one long listening: a memoir of grief,
Book SynopsisFor readers of The Wild Edge of Sorrow and Crying in H-Mart--a profound and searching memoir of life, loss, grief, and renewal from one of American Buddhism?s most vital new voices. How do we grieve our losses? How can we care for our spirits? one long listening offers enduring companionship to all who ask these searing, timeless questions.Immigrant daughter, novice chaplain, bereaved friend: author Chenxing Han (Be the Refuge) takes us on a pilgrimage through the wilds of grief and laughter, pain and impermanence, reconnecting us to both the heartache and inexplicable brightness of being human.Eddying around three autumns of Han?s life, one long listening journeys from a mountaintop monastery in Taiwan to West Coast oncology wards, from oceanside Ireland to riverfront Phnom Penh. Through letters to a dying friend, bedside chaplaincy visits, and memories of a migratory childhood, Han''s startling, searching memoir cuts a singular portrait of a spiritual caregiver in training.Just as we touch the depths, bracing for resolution, Han?s swift, multilingual prose sweeps us back to unknowingness: ?????. Not knowing is most intimate. Chinese mothers, hillside graves. A dreamed olive tree, a lost Siberian crane. The music of scripts and silence. These shards--bright, broken, giddy, aching--are mirrors to our own lives in joy and sorrow.A testament to enduring connection by a fresh and urgent new literary voice, one long listening asks fearlessly into the stories we inhabit, the hopes we relinquish, and what it means simply to be, to and for the ones we love.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. What White Parents Should Know about Transracial
Book SynopsisA companion to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption, this practical workbook guides readers to better understand transracial adoption and do the work of anti-racist, trauma-informed parenting.A must-read for white parents who have transracially adopted or prospective parents considering transracial adoption, this follow-up to What White Parents Should Know about Transracial Adoption offers a wealth of activities, templates, and questions for self-reflection. Melissa Guida-Richards, who learned at the age of 19 that she was adopted from Colombia as an infant, addresses the complexities of transracial adoption with insight, compassion, and the wisdom of lived experience. Through thought-provoking questions and activities, Guida-Richards guides you to: Consider the role of infant-mother bonding and understand developmental trauma in adoptees Understand the complex history of adoption; recognize illegal and unethical practices, such as trafficking operations and baby factories; and ask the important questions when working with adoption agencies Look more deeply at implicit bias, white saviorism, and white fragility Locate and utilize adoption-competent mental health care Offer culturally aligned education, community, and resources to your child Acknowledge the effects of racism and celebrate your child?s race and culture Throughout the workbook, Guida-Richards guides you to break free from toxic positivity, understand and drop defenses, engage in difficult conversations, and learn to listen to your child?s experience. Whether you are a potential parent considering a transracial adoption, a parent of an adopted child, or a therapist or advocate working with adoptive families, this practical and engaging workbook will help you ?do the work? of furthering anti-racist, child-centered, and trauma-informed parenting.
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Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Book Bonding: Building Connections Through Family
Book SynopsisA collection of essays about family, reading, and bonding with others through books. From children’s literature educator and children’s book author Megan Dowd Lambert.This poignant, funny, and touching essay collection invites readers to consider how they bond with children, other family, friends, and students through shared reading. Divided into 4 sections organized around themes of parenting, adoption, race, and healing, this 21-essay collection with its joyous and colorful illustrations is perfect gift for parents, grandparents, librarians, educators, and anyone who spends time with children or reading together with others. The author''s experience as an educator and as a parent in a blended family that includes seven children of various racial backgrounds (four of whom came home through adoption) adds depth and breadth to her expertise about how people read and respond to books. "I grew up with a mother who loved to read, and what a sustaining gift that has been to me. If you are holding this book, it’s a good bet that you love to read, too. Read on, and let Megan show you how to make your love for books and your love for the children in your life add up to something special."--Roger Sutton, Editor Emeritus, The Horn Book, Inc., from Book Bonding''s foreword
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Our Daily Bread Publishing The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the
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