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An Odyssey
A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
**A New York Times/PBS NewsHour Book Club Pick
From award-winning memoirist and critic, and bestselling author of The Lost: a deeply moving tale of a father and son's transformative journey in reading--and reliving--Homer's epic masterpiece.**
When eighty-one-year-old Jay Mendelsohn...
101 Circus Games for Children
Juggling Clowning Balancing Acts Acrobatics Animal Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
When the circus isn't in town, children can still enjoy it at a birthday party, summer camp, drama class, or elementary school thanks to this colorful collection of circus-based games and activities. Ideal for children ages four through 12, the book draws on popular circus elements such as acrobatics,...
by Casey Watson
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Adam is a fragile and anxious boy whose relationship with his mother starts to unravel. His mother is seen as ‘wonderful’ and ‘devoted’ to Adam who she works hard for, but all isn’t as it seems. Eleven year old Adam is taken in by Casey, following his mother’s car accident which left her...
by Viviana Tanzi
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Quante volte ci siamo sentiti rivolgere domande che come genitori o come educatori ci hanno messo a disagio, o ci siamo trovati in situazioni per le quali le consuete modalità di azione non funzionavano, non potevano essere utili. In questo testo sono presentate alcune delle più consuete problematiche...
Shocked
My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author’s own mother—to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Audrey Morgen...
by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Booklist...
Best Friends, Occasional Enemies
The Lighter Side of Life as a Mother and Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
From the New York Times bestselling writing team comes a hilarious new collection of essays that observe life from a mother/daughter perspective
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline and her daughter Francesca Serritella are the best of friends—99.9% of the time. They're number...
My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space
The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Critics and readers loved Lisa Scottoline's first collection of true-life stories, which only encouraged her—now she's back with these all-new, exciting adventures. She's farther down the road now, and the scenery has changed—ex-husbands Thing One and Thing Two are in her rear-view mirror, daughter...
by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said of the fifth...
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?
True Stories and Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities, and wonders...
Disciplina inteligente
Manual de estrategias actuales para una educación en el hogar basada en valores
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Debemos educar con la intención de que nuestros hijos no nos necesiten para vivir de manera autónoma y constructiva en la sociedad. ¿Para qué educas? No pregunto por qué, sino para qué. ¿Tienes claro qué quieres fomentar con la educación que impartes?, ¿en qué clase de persona se pueden...
Excellent 11
Qualities Teachers, and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
When The Essential 55 was published, Ron Clark became a tireless promoter, traveling the country to speak to large groups of teachers and fans. And when his Oprah appearance shot the book onto the New York Times bestseller list, he kept the heat on. We can expect the same tenacious commitment to promoting...
Hitler's Children
Sons and Daughters of Third Reich Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017
“A mesmerizing, blood-chilling book . . . The contrast between innocent childhood experience, and the awful understanding of that experience that came with time, is enough to make you weep"
– Los Angeles Times
Göring. Hess. Mengele. Dönitz. Names that conjure up dark memories...
by Lisa Scottoline, Francesca Serritella
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Love and guilt are thick in the Scottoline/Serritella household, and Lisa and Francesca's mother-daughter-turned-best-friends bond will strike a familiar note to many. But now that Lisa is a suburban empty nester and Francesca is an independent twentysomething in the big city, they have to learn how...