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If you could tell the world anything, what would it be?
The idea for this book stemmed from the author's inspirational thesis titled "Words of Wisdom," which comprised of interviews conducted with older adults. By asking them about their purpose in life, success, happiness, and any advice they wanted to share, we gain insight into moving and beautiful responses.
Now, the topic is taken to the next level by opening it up to the rest of the world....
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A Proven Behaviour Strategy for Toddlers
There are no bad children-only challenging behaviours. The toddler years, as any parent or educator knows, can be a particularly difficult period. But it doesn't have to be.
Author Jacquie Kaufman has harnessed her forty-plus years of experience as an educator (and parent) to offer a strategy that not only troubleshoots those common toddler behaviours, but that equips the child with skills for successful...
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Step Boldly Into Your Radiance: A Guide Through the Tide of Change
Embark on a journey of transformation and self-discovery with "The Menopause Transition: Embracing the Change with Confidence". This isn't just a book–it's a beacon of understanding and a source of empowerment for women standing on the precipice of one of life's most profound shifts.
Your body is charting a new course, and it's time to navigate these waters with grace and strength....
1124) Midlife Crisis In Men: How To Overcome A Male Midlife Crisis And Rediscover The Real You In 12 Steps
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Are you a guy who's reached midlife and are now wondering what the hell happened to your life?"I'd reached 41 and just felt lost... Like there was nothing left to look forward to and nowhere to go but downhill..."Sound familiar? This is a quote from one of my former clients who I helped regain his sense of purpose after going through a major midlife meltdown. - Do you constantly regret things you did or didn't do in the past? - Do you constantly play...
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A roadmap for parents who want to feel less pressure and more joy during the intense early years of childrearing.
Why is it that research suggests people who don't have kids are happier than people who do? Olivia Scobie provides practical solutions for parents who find themselves pushing beyond their capacity to meet impossible standards, and challenges parents to shift their thinking from child centred to family centred.
By naming today's unrealistic...
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Celebrate the moms in your life (and perhaps yourself as well)! After all they've done for us, moms everywhere deserve to be appreciated on a daily basis, rather than waiting all year to get a card and some flowers. Think back on the many things, big and small, your mother has done for you over the years... from baking cookies or sometimes letting you choose the radio station on a car trip, to hemming your dress in time for the prom. Isn't it time...
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The number of books about leadership could easily fill a football field or maybe even orbit our earth. Or so it seems. This demonstrates the quest that many of us are on to build or improve our leadership skills. Jump in and find that leadership doesn't require years of study or a complicated list of skills. What you'll find in this book is a refreshingly simple approach to effective leadership.
In This Book, You Will Find:
• Insights on the relationship...
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What if your baby could "talk" to you before he or she could actually speak? Sign Babies creator Nancy Cadjan brings years of expertise to Baby Signing 1-2-3, teaching you her unique and easy way of learning baby signing through rich illustrations. Baby Signing 1-2-3 provides specific signs and techniques for different age ranges, so you know how to work best with baby at each stage of development. Packed full of pictures that show and explain each...
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Ron Ancrum's life had been relatively normal, until his journey took an unexpected turn with unprecedented events. From cover to cover, and filled with critical life topics, especially applicable to those over the age of sixty, Keep On Moving is a memoir worth sharing!
While some sections are taken directly from journal entries written during the two years after Ron's third hospitalization, other sections offer insight on social issues while expertly...
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A woman's work is never done unless... You're fired! No, I quit!
I was relieved of my duties as the wife after 56 years of marriage before that “till death do us part' detail kicked in.
I made a plan. Life began. First, I cleaned out my mental attic and dusted off my stored fantasies of all the things I wanted to do and where I wanted to go. Then I wrote about what I know, seeing life more clearly and not through the eyes of another.
Stop wondering...
1131) Like a Spark From Fire: Break Free from the Past, Find Your Brilliance and Become Your True Self
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If you are feeling stuck in life but know somehow you were meant for more, this book is an invitation for women to finally break free.
Over the course of your life, you developed an identity that helped you function and survive in the world but also covered up your true power. The flame of passion and limitless possibility of your true nature is still there as brilliant as ever waiting to be rediscovered.
Like a Spark From Fire, inspired by...
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The only naming book you'll need for your little boy-to-be!
Perfect for baby showers, gender reveals, and parents with a little boy on the way, THE BEST BABY NAMES FOR BOYS is the only naming book created with baby in mind. Filled with over 100 helpful lists, naming tips, and a collection of boy-centric names to browse, this book makes it easy to find the ideal fit for your family. Gone are the days where you need a massive compendium of baby names...
1133) Bright-Eyed and Barefoot
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“Bright-Eyed and Barefoot” is a humorous and touching memoir of growing up with little money and even less adult supervision. These stories show the independence, creativity, and resilience of an Appalachian girl, and her siblings and friends, who were charged with looking out for her. At a time when American working parents, living both in small towns and down country roads, were transfixed by world events and economics, their children—like...
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These compelling stories form a riveting memoir that begins with the author's birth during the rise of Hitler in 1930s Germany. He and his surviving family soon escape to Holland and sail to America where they encounter many challenges as immigrants in a new world. This country truly becomes a land of opportunity where one can build a new life and become more than a "Holocaust survivor." Fred Amram is a retired University of Minnesota professor of...
1135) Mortality, With Friends
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Mortality, With Friends is a collection of lyrical essays from Fleda Brown, a writer and caretaker, of her father and sometimes her husband, who lives with the nagging uneasiness that her cancer could return. Memoir in feel, the book muses on the nature of art, of sculpture, of the loss of bees and trees, the end of marriages, and among other things, the loss of hearing and of life itself.
Containing twenty-two essays, Mortality, With Friends follows...
1136) How to Talk to Teenagers
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This short practical ebook explains how adults can communicate with teenagers in a way that makes them likely to listen and react positively. It is packed with examples from day-to-day life, and has chapter summaries for easy reference. Topics include maintaining boundaries, avoiding conflict, and how to stop nagging and shouting.
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We Burn on Friday is Richard Manieri's account of growing up in the Italian-American community of Philadelphia, with hilarious tales of learning his way around a boxing ring, getting through weekly confession at his Catholic church (name and serial number only), and taking that frightening walk to meet a girl across the dance floor. His story extends to his determined but often stymied journey into broadcast journalism, including his first job at...
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Originally published in the early 1930s this learned work on Sex and Marriage presents in a realistic and practical manner the essential facts of mating and reproduction whilst also dealing with common sexual and marital problems which confront the average couple.
Contents Include: Fitness for Marriage The Biology of Marriage The Male Sex Organs The Female Sex Organs Reproduction Problems of Reproduction Prevention of Conception The Art of Marriage...
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When Hollis Giammatteo sought a job working with the elderly, she did so with the intention of finding models of healthy aging. And she failed.
In The Shelf Life of Ashes, Giammatteo chronicles her experiences with her wards, as well as the trip she embarks upon when her mother, who is convinced she is dying, entreats her to come "home." Trips back, traumas triggered, identity in crisis, equanimity gained-this quasi-comic, concentrated journey engages...
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Emily Chang is a seasoned executive who has worked with some of the world's most renowned companies like Procter & Gamble, Apple, and Starbucks. Over the last twenty-one years, her job has brought her and her family to eight different homes across the U.S and China. And everywhere she's lived, Emily has found herself at the unique intersection of her Offer and Offense. Life has served up young people who have been abused, neglected or marginalized,...
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