Walden, Tillie
Summary: "In her first collection of short comics stories, Tillie Walden opens windows into strange new worlds with works such as 'The End of Summer,' 'I Love This Part,' 'A City Inside,' and never-before collected sketches, webcomics, and short comics for magazines"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery Hill Publishing 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WALBowe, Ferne
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a young adult! You're about to enter a new phase in your life, one full of opportunities and challenges. As you navigate this exciting new world of independence, it's important to develop the skills you need to succeed - from time management and problem-solving to decision making and communication. Learning life skills is essential for every young adult, but many of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 640 BoweCorrigan, Kelly
Summary: "With Kelly's signature candor and good will, each chapter draws from her sometimes ridiculous, sometimes profound struggles with parenting and marriage, career and friendship, illness, aging and mortality. Each chapter is animated by poignant, hilarious stories from Kelly's own life and is focused on one of seven sentences."--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 CORRIGAN, KELLY CORMcConville, Mark
Summary: "From an expert in adolescent psychology comes a groundbreaking, timely, and necessary guide for parents of the 2.2 million young adults in America who are struggling to find their way in the world"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.6 MCCKaling, Mindy.
Summary: Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it's falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in Hollywood when you're constantly reminded that no one looks like you.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.602 KALMaté, Gabor
Summary: "From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based--and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition." -- Amazon.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 MATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind MateSasse, Benjamin E.
Summary: America's youth are in crisis. Raised by well-meaning but overprotective parents and coddled by well-meaning but misbegotten government programs, they are ill-equipped to survive in our highly-competitive global economy. Many of the coming-of-age rituals that have defined the American experience since the Founding--learning the value of working with your hands, leaving home to start a family,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit music in college but never stopped fantasizing about what her life might be like if she had never put down her bow. Years later, a freelance writer in New York, she again finds herself struggling with her fantasy of an artist's life versus its much more complicated reality. In search of answers, she decides to track down her childhood...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.24 FRIRogers, Morgan (Morgan A.)
Summary: After completing her Ph.D. in astronomy, a young, straightlaced, Type A personality black woman goes on a girls' weekend to Vegas to celebrate and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn't even know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC ROGSummary: Gather 'round, it's time for an existential crisis! On TV, Uramichi and his coworkers play cheery characters on a children's program. But between the ABCs and 123s, they keep revealing the dark truths of adulthood. Remember, kids' life is exhausting!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME LIFEMontague, Brad
Summary: "What's the best way to find the meaning of life? Ask the people who know. and listen to what they say. Brad Montague spent time with the very young and the very old to discover how he might become a better grownup both for other grownups and for the kids in his life. Their timeless, sometimes surprising advice touches on success, fear, regret, gratitude, love, and dreams to reveal the true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.24 MONDamour, Lisa
Summary: Lisa Damour introduces the seven developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups and helps parents form happier, healthier relationships with their daughters.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649.125 DAMJay, Meg
Summary: "There is a young adult mental health crisis in America. So many twentysomethings are struggling-especially with anxiety, depression, and substance use-yet, as a culture, we are not sure what to think or do about it. Perhaps, it is said, young adults are snowflakes who melt when life turns up the heat. Or maybe, some argue, they're triggered for no reason at all. Yet, even as we trivialize...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2024
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Summary: "Having tackled a far-reaching parenting crisis with her New York Times bestselling How to Raise an Adult, Lythcott-Haims is back with an equally powerful and persuasive book for the adult children of those hovering parents-and for everyone who struggles to be a grown-up in these challenging times"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Psych Lythcott-HaimsSummary: Every day, 25 million Americans provide care for loved ones. This program, hosted by NewsHour's Ray Suarez, looks at the rich rewards and wisdom that often attend such care, as well as at the hard work that home healthcare entails. Drawing on the direct experience of family members and others, including author Beth Witrogen McLeod-whose book Caregiving, the Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Dementing illnesses, whether functional or organic, involve mental and behavioral changes that can be difficult for a caregiver to make sense of-and to cope with. This program addresses the causes of cognitive impairment and presents approaches to caring for adult clients that preserve their dignity. Depression and delirium are given special attention, as well as behaviors common to senile...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: At the end of life, what many Americans want is physical and spiritual comfort in a home setting. In this program, veteran PBS journalist Bill Moyers presents the important strides being made in the area of palliative care at pioneering institutions such as New York's Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. These advances are bringing peace to those who fear that...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The news of a loved one's impending death is often accompanied by an initial reaction of fear. In this program, introduced by NewsHour's Ray Suarez and facilitated by Frank Ostaseski, founder of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project, seven everyday people reflect on their experiences with loss, grief, and healing. Discussing what they fear, how they would say good-bye, and other deeply personal...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Many people report that being told they could no longer drive was even more difficult than receiving their diagnosis of Alzheimer's. This two-section program examines the numerous issues faced by dementia patients and their caregivers when a decision has to be made about driving. In section one patients and concerned family members express mutual frustration about giving up the keys as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: John Bowlby’s Attachment Theory shows how relational patterns set early in life affect emotional bonds later in life. This program’s focus is on attachment theory as it explains many aspects of personality development from childhood through adulthood, with a special emphasis on issues related to attachment in later life as people seek to establish new ties and cope with separations and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This Science Screen Report explores the genetics of aging and the different ways in which biologists study longevity. Citing various experiments with test subjects ranging from fruit flies to elderly humans, the program focuses on genetic structure and how it affects the life span of organisms. Highlighting two important scientific discoveries-the telomere, a genetic sequence determining how...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this program, Joan M. Erikson describes her search for a better living situation for her frail husband, Erik H. Erikson, and then presents a poignant recounting of his subsequent death. She uses these experiences to suggest strategies to meet the physical and emotional needs of the fragile elderly and to support those who work with them. With a personal understanding of the challenges of old...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1995
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Summary: Raising complex and timely questions about the warehousing of America's prison population, this program accompanies photographer Ron Levine on his mission to depict the physical, emotional, and psychological conditions of aging inmates-including those nearing death. Levine focuses his work on Alabama's Hamilton Institute for the Aged and Infirm, the first prison created specifically for elderly...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Despite their shared genetic makeup, some "identical" twins don't appear identical at all-raising important questions about the role of environment in human development. This program explores several ways in which monozygotic twins grow and change on separate paths as well as the epigenetic, anatomical, and psychological factors involved. With the help of 4D scanning and CGI graphics, viewers...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010