Sichel, Mark.
Contents: Acknowledge and deal with the shock -- Start to live: laugh and be happy now, taking back your life -- Discover your family roles -- Understand your family myths -- Learn from successful families -- Let go of resentment -- Make the first move: learn and employ active measures to reconcile with your family -- Build your second-chance family -- Cultivate gratitude and emotional generosity -- Make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.85 SICHouellebecq, Michel.
Summary: Jed Martin, acclaimed photographer, emerges from a ten-year hiatus, with a new exhibition -- the exhibition guide is to be written by French novelist Michel Houellebecq -- a self-referential feature that plays with the format of the novel, which seeks to entertain as well as impress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions j'ai lu 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 HOU FRENCHMeshel, Jeff.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.13 MESMontaigne, Michel de
Contents: On friendship -- That it is madness to judge the true and the false from our own capacities -- On the art of conversation -- On idleness -- On the affection of fathers for their children -- On moderation -- That we should not be deemed happy till after our death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 177.62 MONBorba, Michele
Summary: "Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood--and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in thefuture. In our hyper-connected, social-media-saturated society, many of us (especially young people) are so obsessed with snapping "selfies"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2016
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Weiner-Davis, Michele.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.78 WEIQuach, Michelle
Summary: "Francine loves her grandfather, but their time together is running out. He has one final wish: to see a male heir carry on the family traditions. Francine knows his ideas are outdated, but she would do anything for him. Her solution? Ask Ollie Tran, a family friend (and former crush, not that it matters), to pretend to be ceremonially adopted and act like the grandson A Gūng never had. Ollie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When seventeen year old J's mother dies of an overdose, he calls his grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, who invites him to come live with her. A Ma Barker camouflaged as a cheery suburban grandmother, she dotes on her roguish boys, and looks to add J to the mix. The oldest is Pope, a gunman off his meds, unhinged drug dealer Craig, and baby-faced youngest Darren. The brothers, along with Pope's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANIBrody, Michelle
Summary: Conflict within relationships is complex and challenging to overcome, but Brody has identified the most common causes. She helps couples unlock the destructive cycles that drive their battles, and helps them create lifelong change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment, LLC 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 BROMoore, Meg Mitchell
Summary: The son of an über-famous thriller writer, Anthony Puckett's debut novel spent two years on the bestseller list and won the adoration of critics. His second work bombed. Now Anthony is borrowing an old college friend's crumbling beach house on Block Island in the hopes that solitude will help him get back to the person he used to be. Joy Sousa, divorced with a daughter, built a life for them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Luxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MOOBrian, Rachel
Summary: This is a guide to consent and bodily autonomy, packed with bright and energetic illustrations. Readers will learn about boundaries and how to set them; ways to respect themselves and others; what to do if someone makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe; and much more. Along the way, they'll be encouraged to reflect on (and improve!) their own behavior and to practice consent in their daily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 158.2 BRICohn, Rachel.
Summary: Although they have been friends and neighbors all their lives, straight Naomi and gay Ely find their relationship severely strained during their freshman year at New York University.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COHGriffin, Rachel
Summary: "When eighteen-year-old witch Iris Gray accidentally enacts a curse that could have dire consequences, she must team up with witch-hating Pike Alder to make sure her magic is not unleashed on the world"--OCLC.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GRIHoward, Rachel
Summary: What is the cost of motherhood? When The Risk of Us opens, we meet a forty-something woman who deeply wants to become a mother. The path that opens up to her and her husband takes them through the foster care system, with the goal of adoption. And when seven-year-old Maresa--with inch-deep dimples and a voice that can beam to the moon--comes into their lives, their hearts fill with love. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOWElliott, Rachel
Summary: First, there were the flamingos. And then there were two families. Sherry and Leslie and their daughters, Rae and Pauline - and Eve and her son Daniel. Sherry loves her husband, Leslie. She also loves Eve. It couldn't have been a happier summer. But then Eve left and everything went grey. Now Daniel is all grown-up and broken. And when he turns up at Sherry's door, it's almost as if they've all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tinder Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ELLSummary: At a neon-drenched Toronto strip club, a coterie of lost and damaged souls-- including a man haunted by grief, a young woman with whom he shares an enigmatic bond, an obsessive emcee, and a smuggler of rare bird eggs-- search for redemption as they work through the traumas of their mysteriously interconnected histories in an obsessive cycle of sex, pain, jealousy, and catharsis. One of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA EXODeAlto, Rachel
Summary: "Learn how to connect with anyone, anywhere with this helpful guide for improving your social skills-from relationship expert and media personality Rachel DeAlto"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tiller Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 DEAHore, Rachel
Summary: Rosa has arrived in London from Poland to look for her younger brother Michal. But he has disappeared, and now she's alone, with nowhere to stay and no one to help her. Stef is running away from her boyfriend Oliver and the claustrophobic life she's been living in his opulent flat. Frightened, friendless and far from her family, she needs somewhere to hide. Rick is living in a limbo; a shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HORGurian, Michael.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Michael Gurian offers a groundbreaking plan for couples seeking to build a healthy relationship, work through past hurts, and create greater intimacy. Become separate from your partner yet also become closer--sounds counterintuitive, doesn't it? With twenty-five years of family and marital counseling practice, Michael Gurian shows that "intimate separateness"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 GURSlepian, Michael
Summary: "Think of a secret that you're keeping from others. It shouldn't take long; behavioral scientist Michael Slepian finds that on average, we are keeping as many as thirteen secrets at any given time. His research involving more than 50,000 participants from around the globe shows that the most common secrets include: lies we've told, addiction or mental health challenges, a hidden relationship,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 SLEBennett, Michael
Summary: Reveals the essentials to look for when seeking a real, lasting relationship based on mutual attraction, respect, and common interests and goals rather than "feelings."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2017