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In the spirit of Conscious Uncoupling comes a guide for a child-centered approach to parenting after divorce-known as nesting-that will change what it looks like to move forward as a family after a marriage ends.
Research suggests when a couple separates, children suffer the most, as they're typically shuttled back and forth between two different homes. When Beth Behrendt and her husband divorced, she found a better way: She gave her children custody...
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In this compelling duology, Dawn Bates shares with the world a rare and unique insight to what it means to be a 'Posh Paki' and a 'traitor' to those who knew her, her ethnicity, nation and her faith, simply because she embraced the faith of Islam at the age of 15 – without having ever met a Muslim!Dawn shares how she discovered Islam and knew she wanted to become a Muslim, and the journey that followed.Becoming 'revert' rather than a convert to...
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Throughout Love Gone Wrong, the familiar fairy tale, Cinderella, is used to outline and tell the unfamiliar journey of a victim who repressed years of childhood sexual abuse.
Laurel Bahr's step-by-step account of discovery, opposition, and lessons learned is interwoven with the "behind closed-door" stories of two friends who were ultimately inspired to follow in her footsteps. Their remarkable journey highlights the power of close, authentic, long-term...
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A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten?
On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen's University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost...
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Dans ce livre, plongez dans un voyage profondément humain et découvrez comment la communication bienveillante peut panser les blessures et raviver l'amour. Explorez les secrets de la compréhension mutuelle, de l'empathie et de la résolution de conflits, en suivant Yves et Marianne, un couple en quête de réconciliation. Ce guide vous offre des outils pratiques, des conseils inspirants et des stratégies éprouvées pour reconstruire la confiance,...
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After a disastrous concert, a teenage musical prodigy who's sick of the stress heads to Montana to figure out her next step . . .
From the moment Tess picked up the violin as a child, it was clear she wasn't like other kids. She was a prodigy, and at sixteen her life is that of a virtuoso-to-be: constant training, special schools, and a big debut before an audience of thousands.
But when she blows her moment in the spotlight, she throws it all away,...
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Teenager Dawn Schafer struggles with big changes on the West Coast in this spin-off from the Newbery Award–winning author's Baby-sitters Club series. Thirteen-year-old Dawn is thrilled to be back in California again after living in Connecticut, but her life and friends on the West Coast aren't exactly like she remembers. As Dawn adjusts to having a new baby sister in her house and attempts to rekindle her relationship with her friend Sunny, the...
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Adopting a child is an extraordinarily important decision. In this authoritative guide, adoption experts Robert and Jeffrey Kasky provide all the information needed to navigate the adoption process and to successfully adopt a child. The book discusses the various types of adoptions; alerts readers to adoption scams; and guides readers in selecting a reputable attorney or adoption agency. Highlights include:
The rights of the birth mother, birth father,...
9) Hangar 4
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The Best of the Best . . . Risk taker. Son. Badass. Husband. Combat aviator. Father. From Officer Candidates School to squadron Commanding Officer, Isaac G. Lee, Lieutenant Colonel USMC (Ret.), reached the finish line at HANGAR 4 on MCAS Miramar at the conclusion of seven deployments during his two decades of service. In this memoir, he shares the lessons, the rewards, the losses, and ultimately, the personal cost. Isaac pushed every boundary...
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He's brought her to his island to claim her and his heir, in this pregnancy romance from Harlequin Presents author Maya Blake.
From an extraordinary proposal…
to pregnant in paradise!
Tech genius Genie Merchant will only sell the algorithm she's spent years perfecting to a worthy buyer. When notoriously ruthless Severino Valente makes an offer, their off-the-charts chemistry means she'll entertain it…if he'll give her the baby she wants...
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In Military and Mindful, Benefsheh Verell combines her knowledge of mindfulness practices with over twenty years in the Army as a Military Police and Information Operations officer to educate service members and their families about the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of yoga and meditation.
Being a mom in the military is very difficult because there is always the underlying uncertainty of what the military will bring next. A mom in the military...
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Drawn from research and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, Mean Mothers illuminates one of the last cultural taboos: what happens when a woman does not or cannot love her own daughter. Peg Streep, co-author of the highly acclaimed Girl in the Mirror, has subtitled this important, eye-opening exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior, "Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt." There are no psychopathic child abusers in Mean Mothers. Instead,...
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En este libro se trata el problema de la eyaculación precoz de una manera didáctica, rigurosa y extensa, con la finalidad de servir de ayuda, guía y orientación para quienes buscan solventar de manera definitiva esta patología.La eyaculación precoz es fuente muy común de rupturas de pareja con los consiguientes efectos nocivos y trastornos psicológicos que ello conlleva. Un problema mucho más frecuente de lo que se cree.Con la solución de...
14) American Gypsy
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A vivid and funny memoir about growing up Gypsy and becoming American
Fifteen-year-old Oksana Marafioti is a Gypsy. This means touring with the family band from the Mongolian deserts to the Siberian tundra. It means getting your hair cut in "the Lioness." It also means enduring sneering racism from every segment of Soviet society. Her father is determined that his girls lead a better, freer life. In America! Also, he wants to play guitar with B....
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Leaving Shangrila is Isabelle Gecils's story-a universal story of the search for belonging and normalcy. Isabelle's search, however, was constantly interrupted by adults who failed her, blocking the attainment of her dreams. Deciding to chart her own path, Isabelle, using limited resources, fought for her freedom, yet the survival skills she acquired to achieve it came back to haunt her.
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When someone has a lower vibration frequency, they look for higher vibration frequencies to draw from to help them feel good. When you are the one with higher frequency it can have a very profound effect on your system, both spiritually and physically. Many times, they will wear you down to the point of exhaustion. And unless you're aware of what is happening, you may not even notice the effects these people are having in your life, on a day-to-day...
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Escape the "family trap," help your loved one on the road to recovery, and take back your life.
If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like you're caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals...
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A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms.
Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter...
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From the creator of Luther: Told with absolute veracity and unsparing candor, Heartland is the memoir of an isolated little boy and the brutish stepfather he couldn't help but love When Neil Cross was born, his mother suffered from severe postpartum depression and later admitted to trying to kill herself and her baby son. Then, when he was five, she "went out and didn't come back," leaving behind her children and their heartbroken father. Two years...
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Most drug addicts stay addicts because they cannot seem to get rid of the friends they had when they were. This is the same for unsuccessful people. Becoming successful requires you to associate yourself with successful people. Making the right friends takes work, time, and good intuition. It is a skill that you have to develop and I have the tools to assist you in doing so.
In this must-read book, you will learn:
• The science of empathy (the...