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Worry: controlling it and using it wisely
Par Edward Hallowell. 1997
Dr. Hallowell, an expert on attention deficit disorder, turns to a study on worry, in both its destructive and productive…
forms. Hallowell analyzes the uses and benefits of worry and discusses when to seek help if someone worries too much. Offers recommendations on how to maintain a healthy balanceI love Gootie: my grandmother's story
Par Max Apple. 1998
A grandson's recollections of his grandmother, who grew up in a Lithuanian village and preferred Yiddish to English. Gootie is…
the wife of Rocky, Apple's grandfather portrayed in Roommates (DB 41562, BR 09790)Sigmund Freud: explorer of the unconscious
Par Margaret Muckenhoupt. 1997
A biography of Sigmund Freud, the creator of psychoanalysis, with details of his controversial theories about the human mind. Includes…
some criticism of his ideas, especially about women. Describes his work in the context of his time. For senior high and older readersThe scared child: helping kids overcome traumatic events
Par Barbara Brooks. 1996
Describes types of trauma--injury, illness, physical or sexual abuse, parental divorce, and the death of a friend or relative, as…
well as natural disasters and "trauma by proxy." Assesses the likely effects on children. Explains how to recognize symptoms, debrief the child, and help in the processes of coping and recoveryLost in the system
Par Charlotte Lopez. 1996
Lopez, who became Miss Teen USA in 1992, tells of spending her entire childhood in foster care after being taken…
as a toddler from a mother she describes as mentally unbalanced. Although her sister is adopted by their foster parents, Lopez is seventeen before she is adopted by another couple. Some strong languageFinding our way: the teen girls' survival guide
Par Allison Abner. 1995
Advice for teenaged girls on such issues as learning to like and care for their changing bodies, being sexually responsible,…
and coping with and enjoying family members and friends. For junior and senior high readersLate-talking children
Par Thomas Sowell. 1997
The author, an economist and columnist, discusses the response he received to his article about his son's lateness in learning…
to talk. He describes other traits shared by many such children, who often go on to become intelligent and successful adults, even in cases of early misdiagnosisThe lunch-box chronicles: notes from the parenting underground
Par Marion Winik. 1998
Two years after her husband's death from AIDS, writer and public radio commentator Winik tells of raising their two small…
sons on her own and discusses humorously her inability to be the perfect momOnce a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
Par Jo Ivester. 2020
In his mid-twenties, Jeremy Ivester began taking testosterone and had surgery to remove his breasts. This memoir is both Jeremy’s…
and his family’s coming out story, told from multiple perspectives—a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.Intimate worlds: life inside the family
Par Maggie Scarf. 1995
Analyzes the family structure using the Beaver Family Systems model. The system classifies groups in levels from severely disturbed to…
optimally adjusted. Scarf interviewed four families to illustrate her theories. She also discusses bonding and relationship boundariesFulbright: a biography
Par Randall Woods. 1995
A portrait of the internationalist senator from Arkansas and staunch opponent of the Vietnam war. Traces his Arkansas roots, Oxford…
education, and distinguished academic and political careers. Follows his thirty years of service in the senate, where he made a lasting imprint on cold war foreign policyPregnant? Adoption is an option: making an adoption plan for a child
Par Jeanne Lindsay. 1997
For pregnant girls and women, married or unmarried, who feel they are not in a position to parent their child.…
The author includes excerpts from interviews with thirty-nine birthparents to explain what's involved in open adoption and how it compares to adoptions in the past. For junior and senior high and older readersThis noble land: my vision for America
Par James Michener. 1996
A celebrated author assesses the state of America and identifies nine major problems that threaten the nation's survival in the…
twenty-first century. Laments social fragmentation, educational decline, unfair distribution of wealth, and other adverse trends. Calls for a return to traditional values combined with increased social spendingThe passions of fatherhood
Par Samuel Osherson. 1995
A psychotherapist recounts his own personal and intimate experiences as a father. Depicts the love, anger, excitement, and frustration of…
being a parent; and offers insights and guidance for effective fathering. Advises fathers to get to know their children and to give them their time and encouragementResurrection: the struggle for a new Russia
Par David Remnick. 1997
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the post-Cold War struggle to establish a new Russian state. He provides close-up portraits and detailed…
reporting on war-torn Chechnya, the return of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the reelection of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. He argues for greater Western involvement in Moscow's haphazard efforts to control corruption and entrench democratic freedomsThe social contract
Par Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1947
Raising a reader: make your child a reader for life
Par Paul Kropp. 1996
A parents' guide to helping children grow up reading. Explains the parents' critical role in nurturing the young reader, suggesting…
techniques for making reading an important part of a child's life. Recommends more than 300 "must have" book titlesPortrays the life of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. During his thirty-three years on the bench, Brennan used…
his penchant for persuasion and compromise to advance his progressive views on civil rights and liberties. Eisler argues that by 1990, Brennan had become the most influential justice of his eraMy name is barbra
Par Barbra Streisand. 2023
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television PLEASE NOTE The audiobook edition is read by…
Barbra Streisand. Features additional anecdotes and music that are exclusive to the My Name is Barbra audiobook. Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in the history of popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra , she tells her own story about her life and extraordinary career, from growing up in Brooklyn to her first star-making appearances in New York nightclubs to her breakout performance in Funny Girl on stage and winning the Oscar for that performance on film. Then came a long string of successes in every medium in the years that followed. The book is, like Barbra herself, frank, funny, opinionated, and charming. She recounts her early struggles to become an actress, eventually turning to singing to earn a living; the recording of some of her acclaimed albums; the years of effort involved in making Yentl ; her direction of The Prince of Tides ; her friendships with figures ranging from Marlon Brando to Madeleine Albright; her political advocacy; and the fulfillment she’s found in her marriage to James Brolin. No entertainer’s memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand’s, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fansClass: A memoir
Par Stephanie Land. 2023
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." — People "Land is not just exploring her own story,…
but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." — The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid . When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid , she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" ( People ). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid , which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class , Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all odds