Friel, John C.
Summary: It is estimated that as many as 34 million people grew up in alcoholic homes. But what about the rest of us? What about families that had no alcoholism, but did have perfectionism, workaholism, compulsive overeating, intimacy problems, depression, problems in expressing feelings, plus all the other personality traits that can produce a family system much like an alcoholic one? Countless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 FRISummary: In this program, famous adult children of alcoholics speak out about childhood nightmares and adult behavior that continues to reflect the problem of a parent's alcoholism: some chose alcoholic partners, others developed drug, gambling, or other addictions. All speak of the difficulties of coping with the damage inflicted by an alcohol-centered childhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Oppenheimer, Margaret A.
Summary: Explains what enteral nutrition is and what it can do. You'll learn who can benefit from enteral nutrition, why you might want to use it, what symptoms respond best, and how it compares with medications. Plus, get practical tips on using enteral nutrition and find inspiration in stories of kids and adults who have tried it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Solutions 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.3 OPPSummary: In the Lord's Resistance Army, eight out of ten rebels are under 16 years of age. Some are as young as 6. Providing rare footage of guerrilla leader Joseph Kony, interviews with President Museveni and village and church leaders, and firsthand accounts of the child soldiers and their families, this program reveals the stark facts of life in northern Uganda's Acholi villages. There thousands of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Parent, Gail.
Summary: Many books teach you how to handle your children after they graduate from diapers, but none tells you how to proceed once they graduate from high school. As new patterns emerge in the lives of young adults, parents find that their grown children have bigger problems. Comedy writer Gail Parent and noted psychotherapist Susan Ende combine their wit and expertise to give advice with an edge,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 PARColeman, Joshua
Summary: "A guide for parents whose adult children have cut off contact that reveals the hidden logic of estrangement, explores its cultural causes, and offers practical advice for parents trying to reestablish contact with their adult children"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2020
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Summary: If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. These wounds can be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2015
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Contents: The bomb in the basement and the bomb in the attic : common characteristics of alcoholic families and survival adaptation of adult children of alcoholics -- The same but different : differences in children from the same alcoholic family and differences in alcoholic families -- Self-sufficient in an insufficient way : learning to survive under chronic stress -- The gift that keeps on giving :...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: R to R Middelton-MozAmen, Daniel G.
Summary: The book gives parents practical tools to help children of all ages go from behaviors like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being responsible, confident, kind, resilient, prepared to make good decisions, focused and motivated, and equipped to develop healthy relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale Refresh 2024
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Summary: Through the author's own original field research, a surprising picture of the moral development of children emerges to confirm that parents' intense focus on their children's happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists who feel ashamed when they fail to measure up. He posits that parents' challenge is not to teach morality, but first, "to help children deal with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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Summary: This re-examination of ACOA brings fresh insight along with new chapters on recovery tips and viewing the movement from a new perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Health Communications 1990
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.2 WOIWoititz, Janet Geringer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1991
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 362.292 WOILoma (Musical group)
Contents: I fix my gaze -- Ocotillo -- Half silences -- Elliptical days -- Given a sign -- Thorn -- Breaking waves like a stone -- Blue rainbow -- Jenny -- Don't shy away -- Homing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LOMSicherer, Scott H.
Summary: "This book is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to the diagnosis, management, prevention, and treatment of food allergies and intolerances in children and adults, written in an accessible question-and-answer format for those with allergies and those who care for them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.97 SICKinks (Musical group)
Contents: Opening -- Wall of fire -- Drift away -- Still searching --Phobia -- Only a dream -- Don't -- Babies -- Over the edge -- Surviving -- It's alright (Don't think about it) -- The informer -- Hatred (a duet) --Somebody stole my car -- Close to the wire -- Scattered.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK KINChildren of Alice (Musical group)
Contents: The harbinger of spring (19:18) -- Righ of the maypole - an unruly procession (6:48) -- Invocation of a midsummer reverie (9:04) -- The liminal space (5:11).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC CHIContents: Faintly blowing -- In my box / Fairfield Parlour -- (Love song) for Annie -- Flight from Ashiya -- Long way down -- A dream for Julie -- (Further reflections) in the room of percussion -- Emily / Fairfield Parlour -- Snapdragon -- Bordeaux rosé -- Nursey, nursey -- Do it again for Jeffrey -- Kaleidoscope -- Diary song -- the indian head -- Music -- The sky children -- What can I do (demo, 1964)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: London Speed 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK SKYSummary: Do most people get their values from their parents or from society at large? At what age, and with what tools, do children begin to work out what is right and wrong? Can young children distinguish between actions that are morally deviant and those that simply violate a social convention? This program explores those questions by observing a group of 25 six-year-olds and the varying levels of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Neustaedter, Randall
Summary: The Vaccine Guide gives consumers the information they need to make informed decisions about vaccination. Parents who face a multitude of vaccines for their children and adults who must decide about flu shots, vaccination for international travel, hepatitis, and booster doses, now have a guide to the complex and often confusing realm of vaccine choices.
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Atlantic Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.4 NEUKay, Guy Gavriel
Summary: "The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAYSummary: This program describes the physical and psychological characteristics of the three stages of adult development, along with some factors that influence wellness as men and women age. Universal determinants of health are covered, including lifestyle choices, gender differences, and environmental conditions. Addressing the emotional development of adults, the video outlines Erik Erikson's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Freedman, Deborah (Deborah Jane)
Summary: "Shy loves birds, but he's only ever read about them in books. When a real bird finally comes along, he's dying to meet her, but he's too afraid to get leave the gutter of the book. Can he put aside his fears, step out onto the page, and get to know her?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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Contents: Intro -- Diary of Jane -- Breath -- You -- Evil angel -- Until the end -- Dance with the devil -- Topless -- Here we are -- Unknown soldier -- Had enough -- You fight me -- Outro.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hollywood Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BREHaddix, Margaret Peterson.
Summary: A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017