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The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in France. The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one woman's journey to the other side of the romantic fairytale.
"If I had been another woman, I might have been skeptical. But I wasn't another woman. I was a woman ready to be swept away. I was a...
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Artistic collaboration is the most dangerous game around, except maybe for love. The McGoldricks have mastered both. I thought from the first time that I met them that they had something special going on. Now I understand the basis of their magical marriage. It's called collaboration.– Evan Maxwell, NY Times bestselling novelist, collaborator, and writing columnist Part how-to book, part relationship book, Marriage of Minds offers strategies and...
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Menopause is still a vital but frequently misunderstood stage of a woman's life in contemporary society. This book explores the complexities of this normal shift, illuminating its social, emotional, and physical aspects. Written by professionals in the fields of gynecology, endocrinology, psychology, and sociology, this book provides a thorough analysis of menopause and its effects. It seeks to dispel myths, address stigmas, and provide women the...
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Claire thought she had everything a woman was supposed to want-a loving husband, a newborn son, a beautiful home in the suburbs. Then she walks in on her husband canoodling with their realtor in their newly renovated kitchen, and in an instant, her perfect life comes crashing down. With her marriage heading for divorce, Claire knows it's time to stop feeling sorry for herself. But how can she move on when she's still stuck in the orbit of her husband's...
445) The New Girl
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An emotional rollercoaster of a read. Had me gripped, and in tears, brilliant!' Valerie Keogh
The letterbox clatters and sitting on the mat is a piece of paper, in black and white, with everything needed to blow Anna's perfect life apart.
A baby scan photo.
Anna and Jon have been trying for a baby with no success, so after years of disappointment, this feels like a kick in the teeth.
Who sent it? And why?
Anna's thoughts fall on Grace – the...
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How can marriage offer a container for real growth? What can couples do when conflict occur? What does it take to make a marriage successful? Traci Morrow's Real-Life Marriage explains that a truly successful union comes with years of intentional choices, extended forgiveness, good communication, and a resolve to stay and work together and grow through differences. Real-life marriages don't just happen, they are built. Offering tools and advice that...
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An illustrated celebration of the trinkets and tchotchkes that accumulate over a lifetime-and turn ordinary family homes into weird museums...
Deer-hoof bottle openers. Grizzly bear toilet paper holders. A copy of Sports Illustrated from 1983 with Hulk Hogan on the cover. You never know what you might find lurking at your parents' house.
Standup comic and blogger Joel Dovev has made it his personal quest to compile a catalog of the useless, tacky,...
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Like the day Elvis died or O.J. was acquitted, the Tuesday you wake up paralyzed is not a day you soon forget. For writer Allen Rucker-baby boomer, husband, father of two, aging Hollywood also-ran-life started over that Tuesday when, at the age of fifty-one, he was struck by a rare disorder-transverse myelitis-that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Why him? Was he being punished? Was it his stressful life? His frustrating career? Telling too...
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Parental activism movements are strengthening around the world and often spark tense personal and political debate. With an emphasis on Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, this collection analyzes formal organizations as well as informal networks and online platforms which mobilize parents to advocate for change on a grassroots level. In doing so, the work collected here explores the interactions between the politics, everyday life, and social...
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Nine times out of ten, only one of the partners wants a divorce, and it's the same one every time: the stubborn one. Someone gets divorced every 27 seconds. In almost every instance, at least one person desperately wants the marriage to stay together. You may be that person. Perhaps you're a child, a relative or friend, but your heart is breaking because someone for whom you care deeply is headed straight for divorce. You know they're about to destroy...
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Esta Neuropsicología de las doctoras López Moratalla y Font Arellano es una respuesta fascinante, interdisciplinar, rigurosamente científica, fruto de años de investigación y experiencia, de extraordinaria utilidad para cuantos forman a niños y adolescentes, pero también para mejor comprenderse a uno mismo. Nuestro cerebro no es un órgano más. Tiene una especial naturaleza y organización, a diferencia del resto de sistemas del organismo...
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Bridge the gap between how you thought you'd parent and how you're actually parenting now with the tools and inspiration found in this supportive guide.
You swore you were going to raise your kids differently . . . so why are your parents' words coming out of your mouth?
We all want happiness and success for our children throughout their lives. The worry of screwing up the people you love the most is attached to the thought that your behavior...
453) Instant Mom
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"Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family."
Writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos firmly believed she was supposed to be a mom, but Mother Nature and modern medicine had put her in a headlock. So she made a choice that shocked friends, family, and even herself: with only fourteen hours' notice, she adopted a preschooler.
Instant Mom is Vardalos's poignant and hilarious true chronicle of...
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Catherine Millet's erotic memoir The Sexual Life of Catherine M. was a landmark book-a portrait of a sexual life lived without boundaries and without a safety net. Described as "eloquent, graphic-and sometimes even poignant" by Newsweek, and as "[perhaps] one of the most erotic books ever written" by Playboy, it drew international attention for its audacity and the apparently superhuman sangfroid required of Millet and her partner, Jacques Henric,...
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Kindhearted Archie is back! Her Poppy Uncle is getting married in a big Indian wedding, and Archie and new friend Emma realize that love and fun are universal.
In this cross-cultural friendship story, Archie helps Emma, who isn't Indian, learn everything she needs to know when Archie's Poppy Uncle and Emma's Auntie Julie get married. The girls go to the mehendi party and sangeet together. They help Julie at the wedding, steal Poppy's shoes, and...
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This Book The Power of the Spoken Word gives you the tools you will need to unlock the awesome powers of your the spoken word. You can improve your relationships, your finances, and your physical well-being. Once you learn how to use this unbelievably powerful force there is nothing you will not be able to accomplish. Join the millions of people who have already unlocked the power of their spoken word. I urge you to study this book and apply the techniques...
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God created Adam. God created Eve. Satan tempted Eve. Eve followed Satan. Adam followed Eve. This is the beginning of marriage, and it has been downhill since. This book looks at covenants and contracts to get a better understanding of marriage. God did not permit divorce in the beginning. He designed marriages to be for life. Moses, however, allowed a man to put away his unfaithful wife because of the hardness of his heart. Men abused this allowance...
458) Sex was Never Dirty
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The author met the right girl in 1963 and they remain together, to this day. They proved true love was founded on lust at first sight, unlike the Puritans of their English forebears who considered all things sexual were 'dirty' outside of Holy Matrimony. 28,000 words.
459) A Mother's Secret
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Of course you trust your family...But should you?
On the outside, Maddie is a happy young mother, running a charity as well as a household. But inside, she's exhausted. She knows she's lucky to have to have a support network around her. Not just her loving husband, but her family and friends too.
But is Maddie putting her trust in the right people? Because when tragedy strikes, she is certain someone has hurt her child - and everyone is a suspect,...
460) Test Your Baby
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The perfect gift book for new parents everywhere! Assess your baby's genius in a series of fun and easy tests and activities, in the next title in the best-selling Test Your series.
Wait, I know what you're thinking. You may feel you don't have a spare minute to take a shower, let alone conduct elaborate psychometric tests on your mewling new-born bundle of love (and constant nappy changes). But with Test Your Baby, all the hard work has been done...
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