Shulman, Terrence Daryl.
Summary: There's something troubling in our midst, somehow lost among the myriad of problems and challenges we face individually and collectively. Stealing, spending and hoarding behaviors have slowly then rapidly exploded in front of our eyes,or, perhaps more accurately, silently and secretively. The lines between governmental or corporate overspending and greed vs. plain theft and fraud have blurred...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Infinity Publishing 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8522 SHULambert, Mary E.
Summary: Seventh-grader Annabelle's mother is a hoarder, and their whole house is full of canned goods, broken toys, fabric, and old newspapers--but when a pile of newspapers (organized by weather reports) falls on Annabelle's younger sister Leslie and their mother is more concerned about the newspapers, it sets off a chain of events that brings their fix-it-all grandmother in and Annabelle realizes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Popular YouTubers, filmmakers and collectors lift the curtain on their manic media collecting obsession that is not only a huge part of their lives, but the lifeblood of their existence! This new collector's documentary goes where no documentary has gone before as we enter a world of Horror hoarders, VHS hoarders, Vinyl addicts and Laserdisc obsessives. Enter the realm where DVDs and Blu-Rays...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Filmlandia 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOVNeziroglu, Fugen A.
Contents: Introduction : children of hoarders -- Understanding hoarding : the problem underlying the mess -- How your parent's hoarding affects you -- Talking to your parent about the problem : what works and what does not -- Managing your reactions and coping with your emotions : a mindfulness- and acceptance-oriented approach -- Tools for coping specifically with anger, depression, and disgust --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 648.8 NEZGray, Shelley Shepard
Summary: "When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. They've always had a rocky relationship, and she is partly responsible for his most recent breakup. Harley realizes that Katie's been hiding her mother's hoarding, but they discover that clearing the debris in one old house also means they have to do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAHoward, Jennifer
Summary: "Offers a fascinating and insightful account of what becomes of the stuff that we accumulate in our homes and lives. It's a powerful reminder of how the deeply personal acts of daily life are shared across families, cultures, economies, and countries, and an account of how one author's struggle to manage her family's clutter led to a deeper understanding of what matters most in all of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belt Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 HOWOzeki, Ruth
Summary: "A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things, by the Booker Prize-finalist author of A Tale for the Time Being After the tragic death his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OZENamey, Laura Taylor
Summary: "From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother's hoarding and pretend her life is simply ordinary. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NAMGray, Shelley Shepard
Summary: When Katie Steury hires her old friend Harley Lambright to remodel her rundown old house into a charming bed and breakfast, she does so with trepidation. Though they are longtime friends, they've always had a rocky relationship, thanks to her being partly responsible for his most recent breakup. But while they may not always get along, she needs someone to trust with her secrets, and Harley is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Miller, Kimberly Rae.
Summary: A memoir about growing up in a cluttered and rat-infested home--the result of her father's struggle with compulsive hoarding--describes how the burden led to the author's suicide attempt and her against-all-odds bond with her parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MILLER, KIMBERLY RAE MILRiggle, Kristina.
Summary: "Trish isn't perfect. She's divorced and raising two kids-so of course her house isn't pristine. But she's got all the important things right and she's convinced herself that she has it all under control. That is, until the day her youngest son gets hurt and Child Protective Services comes calling. It's at that moment when Trish is forced to consider the one thing she's always hoped wasn't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION RIGFrost, Randy O.
Summary: With vivid portraits that show us the traits by which you can identify a hoarder, Frost and Steketee explain the causes and outline the often ineffective treatments for the disorder while illuminating the pull that possessions exert on all of us.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8584 FROGreenberg, Lauren Abbey
Summary: Twelve-year-old Shayne looks forward to spending her summers with her grandmother, but she is disappointed when her best friend is more interested in boys than making bracelets and her grandmother's hobby becomes a hoarding problem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RP Kids 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GREEphron, Hallie
Summary: Emily Harlow is a professional organizer who helps people declutter their lives; she's married to man who can't drive past a yard sale without stopping. He's filled their basement, attic, and garage with his finds. Like other professionals who make a living decluttering peoples' lives, Emily has devised a set of ironclad rules. When working with couples, she makes clear that the client is only...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EPHTolin, David F.
Contents: Introduction -- What is compulsive hoarding? -- How did this happen? -- Meet the bad guys -- Meet the good guys : strategies for beating hoarding -- Enhancing motivation -- Sorting/discarding : getting ready -- Sorting/discarding : let's go! -- Help with reducing acquiring -- Here come the bad guys : part 1. motivation and working time -- Here come the bad guys : part 2. taking on your brain --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2007