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Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers. The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud, Queen of Norway, were never well-known to the British...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The fascinating story of eight children of Third Reich leaders, and their journey from descendants of heroes to descendants of criminals. In 1940, the German sons and daughters of infamous Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Göring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four, five, or ten years old, surrounded by affectionate, all-powerful parents. Although innocent and unaware of what was happening at the time, they eventually...
3) To Train Up a Child: Child Training for the 21st Century-Revised and Expanded : New Material Added
Author
Publisher
No Greater Joy Ministries
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
To Train Up a Child, first published in 1994, began as a letter to a homeschool mother in answer to her question, How did you train your children to be so happy and obedient? Mike did not consider himself to be an author, nor did Debi possess the means or the knowledge to publish a book. They realized that it was a big subject that could not be put into a few pages, so they wrote a book. Friends and neighbors were consulted, gleaning their views and...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The grand master of cooking has a new apprentice in the kitchen: his granddaughter. Jacques Pépin is one of the nation's most famous cooking teachers, renowned for his knife skills. Ever since she was very young, his granddaughter, Shorey, has loved "helping" him in the kitchen. Now that she is twelve, Jacques gives his charismatic pupil a short course on preparing "food that is plain, but elegant, and more than anything, fun." In the process, he...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Begin to heal and recover from your narcissistic mother
As the daughter of a mother with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), healing from childhood narcissistic abuse begins by understanding what happened to you and how it affects your life as an adult. This workbook helps you process these difficult emotions and experiences so you can recover from trauma and break the cycle of narcissistic abuse.
• An intro to NPD-Get a clear explanation...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Treasured family recipes from veterans past and present, plus heartfelt stories from Civil War soldiers to military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Food brings families and friends together, providing not only nourishment for our bodies, but also the glue that holds our families and society together. It is around the dinner table that we interact and important announcements are made--it was chow time in the foxholes when soldiers came to know each...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The only guide to college with honest advice from both the parent and student point of view Am I ready for college? What will change? How will we stay connected? Mother-daughter team Margo Woodacre and Steffany Carey began their college journey as most parents and students do--full of excitement for the journey ahead and questions about what the journey would bring. In this fully updated edition of I'll Miss You Too, they share practical tips on what...
9) Patricide
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Investigating a murder in a family too much like his own, El Paso Homicide Detective Devon Gray walks a tightrope between protecting his kin and upholding the law. When his ex-con brother is implicated in the case, Devon strives to keep silent about his brother's complicity while seeking the truth. Award-winning author Elizabeth Fackler deftly portrays the two families opposed across the field of one detective's love and honor.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lee Strobel was the legal editor for the Chicago Tribune, a Yale graduate, and an atheist when his wife, Leslie, became a Christian early in their marriage. She began going to church; she found new friends; she became a different person. But Lee didn't believe in any of it. Both Lee and Leslie felt they were losing each other.
Despite all the emotional clashes they experienced, God answered Leslie's prayers in miraculous ways. He gave her peace...
11) The Waterfall
Author
Language
English
Description
Get swept up in the heart-pounding action and romance of this classic novel by New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers. Three years after the sudden death of her husband, Lucy Blacker Swift has finally got things under control. Leaving behind the cutthroat world of Washington, Lucy and her two children move to a Vermont farmhouse and start to rebuild their lives. But a string of unexplained events -- late-night hang-ups, a bullet through a...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When Wittels Wachs's younger brother Harris died of a heroin overdose, she didn't know how to make sense of such a tragic end to a life of so much hilarious brilliance. Here she alternates between her brother's struggle with addiction, and the first year after his death. Even in all its emotional devastation, this exploration of the love between siblings will make you laugh, cry, and wonder if that possum on the fence is really your brother's spirit...
13) The Fixed Stars
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to return to her life as she knew it, but something inside her had changed irrevocably. Instead, she would discover...
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Language
English
Formats
Description
" U nflinchingly tackles a complex aspect of eldercare in each chapter . . an indispensable resource for family caregivers." -- Patrick O'Malley, author of Getting Grief Right When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role. My Parent's Keeper . . · Uses the latest research and draws on...
15) Night and Day
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Series
Language
English
Description
An insightful novel about two women in Edwardian England and the men who pursue them by the author of Mrs. Dalloway. Exploring themes of love, marriage, and freedom, Night and Day follows four characters: a privileged woman who prefers her solitude; a vicar's daughter who is fighting for women's suffrage; a lawyer caught in an obsessive romantic fixation; and a struggling writer who seeks a bride more for the sake of his career than for love. It is...
Author
Publisher
Red Hen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A woman recounts coming of age in the shadow of her father's mental illness in this "candid, unsettling portrait of madness and enduring love" ( Kirkus ). Deborah A. Lott grew up in a Los Angeles suburb in the 1950s, under the sway of her outrageously eccentric father. A lay rabbi who enjoyed dressing up like Little Lord Fauntleroy, he taught her how to have fun. But he also taught her to fear germs, other children, and contamination from the world...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
What was the nature of the Brontes' strange genius? Where did it spring from and what inspired it? Patrick Bronte, father of the Bronte sisters, came from Ireland, changing his name from Brunty to Bronte when he won a scholarship to Cambridge. His children never met their Irish relatives. This work deals with this subject.
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image-your life. Our Mothers, Ourselves can help you identify areas that need reshaping, to make positive choices for personal change, and to establish a mature relationship with Mom today.
Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend steer you down a path of discovery...
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Do You Have An Aging Parent Who -- Blames you for everything that goes wrong? Cannot tolerate being alone, wants you all the time? Is obsessed with health problems, real, or imagined? Make unreasonable and/or irrational demands of you? Is hostile, negative and critical? Coping with these traits in parents is an endless high-stress battle for their children. Though there's no medical defination for "difficult" parents, you know when you have one. While...
Author
Publisher
Mango Media / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"#1 New Release in Caregiving - Overcome the Language Barrier of Dementia When a parent, spouse, sibling, or loved one is diagnosed with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia, it can be difficult to know what to do. Your day can spiral into a never-ending series of tasks and attempts to communicate that leave you both frustrated. Instead of burning out, discover a new approach. When your loved one behaves differently than they used to, they're just...
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