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Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Jackie Kennedy loved the arts. And America loved Jackie Kennedy. The first lady knew she had the country's attention--what would she do with it? Encourage Americans to appreciate art, of course! She turned the White House into a historical site filled with some of America's most treasured artifacts and pieces of art. She brought Shakespearean theater to the White House and ballerinas to the South Lawn. And most epically, she brought the Mona Lisa...
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Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Advice for Parents on How to Break the Cycle of Neglect, Abuse, or Absentee Parenting Parenting is hard enough when you had good role models in your own parents. But what if your parents were absent, neglectful, or abusive? Are you doomed to repeat their mistakes with your own children? As a parenting expert and someone who experienced negative parenting, Rick Johnson answers that question with an emphatic "No!" Anyone can be a good parent, even...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Description
A gripping historical account of President Ronald Reagan's battle to end the Cold War, adapted for young readers from the book by #1 bestselling author and Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier
On May 31, 1988, President Ronald Reagan stood before a packed audience at Moscow State University. He delivered a speech that would go down in history, as it was the first time an American president had given an address about human rights
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Publisher
De Vecchi Ediciones
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Cuando los padres se separan, el niño reacciona según su personalidad, edad y sexo, pero también según la situación familiar, las causas de la separación y los reajustes que comporta. Partiendo de la base de que separación no es forzosamente sinónimo de desolación, Stéphane Clerget, psiquiatra especializado en niños y adolescentes, responde a todos los interrogantes que se abren a los padres que se preocupan por proteger a su hijo:; - ¿Qué...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2012
Description
One day motivational leader Greg Wright realized that the four set of pretty young eyes under his own roof were looking to Dad to be strong, fearless, and wise.
The reality was, the lone male in an all-girl household ("heck, even the dog was female") was only thirty years old and felt like he had been shoved into the deep end of the estrogen pool without swimming lessons.
That's when the love-struck father of four gorgeous pre-teens
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Marina Slayton and her husband, Gregory, best-selling author of Be a Better Dad Today, reveal the secrets to finding true joy in the sacred role of motherhood. Using story, humor, empathy, common sense, and straight talk-grounded in reality and personal experience-Be the Best Mom You Can Be helps readers from the best and most influential mothers in history. The book centers on a mother's desire for wisdom and her commitment to the wellbeing of her...
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Publisher
Shell Education Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Abraham Lincoln was president during one of the most unique times in history. With a country on the brink of war, his ultimate goal was to keep the Union together. When Lincoln freed the slaves, he angered many Southerners, including his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
This collection features three of our most popular biographies: Washington, the stoic general with a soft spot for animals; Jefferson, the brilliant statesman who was a foodie at heart, and Lincoln, the absentminded lawyer whose compassionate caseload foretold his presidency. Beginning readers will learn about little-known, illuminating events in the earlier years of these extraordinary men and how, long before entering the White House, they lived...
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Description
We all have an imaginary definition of a great family. We imagine what it would be like to belong to such a family. No fights over the holidays. No getting on one another’s nerves. Respect for individual identity. Mutual support, without being intrusive. So many people believe they are disqualified from having a better family experience, primarily because they compare their own family with the mythic ideal, and their reality falls short. Is that...
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2013
Description
An entertaining, practical guide for first-time mamas and those who need a baby refresher course. The new mom initiation ritual involves sleepless nights, an inexplicable obsession with baby booties, and more questions than answers. This take on everything baby offers new moms the Christian girlfriend advice she needs to feel confident in her new role, including: getting into the motherhood groovebreastfeeding advicesuggestions for losing the baby...
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Publisher
Abbey Press
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Families blend together for a variety of reasons. Widowed or divorced parents choose to remarry. An ailing or elderly relative can no longer live alone and moves in with his son's family. A family chooses to adopt a child. Economic circumstances force family members to combine households. Regardless of why it happens, creating a blended family is a process of transition that takes time, patience, humor, compassion, and a whole lot of conversation....
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Description
As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of America's youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex. Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, divorce and rape are rare, and "ciao, bella" is a constant refrain. In...
13) The Deployment Toolkit: Military Families and Solutions for a Successful Long-Distance Relationship
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Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Deployment comes in many forms and serves many purposes. Any separation from loved ones is an emotionally difficult time for all concerned, especially when children are involved – but separation is now a modern day military reality. Those unfamiliar with the military may not understand the nuances of short term versus long-term deployments. Those that do rarely gain exposure to successful strategies for handling deployments when family, such as...
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Publisher
MONTENA
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Adaptada para jóvenes lectores, esta es la inspiradora biografía de la que fue la primera dama de Estados Unidos, Michelle Obama. -- Michelle es ejemplo de que, con perseverancia y esfuerzo, no hay límites; de origen humilde, llegó a estudiar en la Universidad de Princeton y, más adelante, se graduó en derecho en Harvard. La vida le cambió por completo cuando su marido, Barack Obama, llegó a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos y ella tuvo...
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Publisher
Speedy Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Unlike the other presidents, Nelson Mandela was once a prisoner for 27 years. His tale is one of bravery, hope and inspiration. Know about his struggles and his accomplishments. By reading this book, you will finally get to understand why Nelson Mandela was loved not only his people but by the world, too. Start reading today!
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2011
Description
The second novel, and first quick read title, from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass.My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman.Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old...
Author
Publisher
Speedy Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2017
Description
The story of Franklin Roosevelt is a curious one and by reading the pages of this book, you’ll soon find out why! Discover the reasons why Roosevelt is known as The US President Who Served Longer Than Any Other President. What was he like, as a child, a man and a leader? What were his accomplishments? Know the answer to these questions today!
