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- Parenting your parents : straight talk about aging in the family / by Mindszenthy, Bart J.,author.; Gordon, Michael,1941-author.; Rochon, Paula,writer of foreword.;
Millions of people are dealing with aging parents and are stunned with the complexities and demands of their care. As demographics change and societies adapt, that caring - that parenting - isn't getting any simpler. In the fourth edition of this eldercare classic, advocate Bart J. Mindszenthy and geriatrician Dr. Michael Gordon present twenty-seven case studies of families working through the eldercare puzzle. With new scenarios covering legalized marijuana and medically assisted dying, this revised and updated edition of Parenting Your Parents makes the case for good planning, family unity, and being aware of your loved ones' health. With the help of Gordon and Mindszenthy's expert advice, care providers are able to shed guilt and worry and become confident that they have done all they could to make their parents' latter years as fulfilling and comfortable as possible.- Subjects: Case studies.; Adult children of aging parents; Aging parents;
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- The transcendent brain : spirituality in the age of science / by Lightman, Alan P.,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Modern science teaches us that anything can be explained in terms of atoms and forces, including the inner workings of the brain. But certain personal experiences can challenge the idea that there's nothing beyond inert matter. Communing with nature, working through a complex problem, or experiencing a piece of art, we sometimes feel a powerful sense of transcendence, of connecting with a cosmic unity that may seem unexplainable by science. But according to acclaimed physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, we can embrace these spiritual experiences without letting go of our scientific worldview. Lightman draws on a rich intellectual history to explore this fascinating intersection between religion and science. Philosopher Moses Mendelssohn's rational arguments for the soul foreground our thinking about non-materiality; Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius' ideas predict how strict materialism might explain elusive phenomena; Neuroscientist Christof Koch lays the foundation for the material basis of consciousness; and social psychologist Cynthia Frantz provides a scientific explanation of our deep connection to nature and things larger than ourselves. Lightman weaves these ideas together to argue for a concept he calls "spiritual materialism"-the view that while spiritual experiences may arise from atoms and molecules like everything else, the physical laws of the universe may not be able to fully capture the first-person experience of transcendence. Spirituality, in this sense, is not only compatible with a strictly scientific view, but remains at the core of what it means to be human"--- Subjects: Religion and science.; Spirituality.;
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- Fat talk : parenting in the age of diet culture / by Sole-Smith, Virginia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids have learned that "fat" is bad. As they get older, kids learn to pursue thinness in order to survive in a world that ties our body size to our value. Multibillion-dollar industries thrive on consumers believing that we don't want to be fat. Our weight-centric medical system pushes "weight loss" as a prescription, while ignoring social determinants of health and reinforcing negative stereotypes about the motives and morals of people in larger bodies. And parents today, having themselves grown up in the confusion of modern diet culture, worry equally about the risks of our kids caring too much about being "thin" and about what happens if our kids are fat. Sole-Smith shows how the reverberations of this messaging and social pressures on young bodies continue well into adulthood--and what we can do to fight them. Fat Talk argues for a reclaiming of "fat," which is not synonymous with "unhealthy," "inactive," or "lazy." Talking to researchers and activists, as well as parents and kids across a broad swath of the country, Sole-Smith lays bare how America's focus on solving the "childhood obesity epidemic" has perpetuated a second crisis of disordered eating and body hatred for kids of all sizes. She exposes our society's internalized fatphobia and elucidates how and why we need to stop "preventing obesity" and start supporting kids in the bodies they have. Continuing conversations started by works like Girls & Sex, Under Pressure, and Essential Labor, Fat Talk is a stirring, deeply researched, and groundbreaking book that will help parents learn to reckon with their own body biases, identify diet culture messaging, and ultimately empower their kids to navigate this challenging landscape. Sole-Smith offers an alternative framework for parenting around food and bodies, and a way for us all to work toward a more weight-inclusive world--because it's not our kids, or their bodies, who need fixing"--- Subjects: Body image in children.; Obesity in children.; Parent and child.; Weight loss;
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- The Last Verse A Novel [electronic resource] : by Frost, Caroline.aut; Nash, Joy.nrt; cloudLibrary;
""This novel is sexy, suspenseful, and boot-spur sharp."" —Eli Cranor, Edgar-Award-winning author of Don't Know Tough  Set in the country music world of 1970s Nashville, a struggling musician writes a hit song that both promises her long-sought-after fame and implicates her in a heinous crime.  Nashville, 1977: A broken heart. A terrible crime. A song the world would sing. When aspiring musician Twyla Finch arrives in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1977, the nineteen-year-old Texan is dazzled by the fringe-and-rhinestones country music scene. Live music flows from bars, open mic nights tempt with the chance of stardom, and record label execs seek the next hot new act. As Twyla finds her way in this vibrant town, she soon falls for Chet Wilton, country music hopeful and son of blue-blooded Nashvillians. When a night out with Chet goes terribly wrong, Twyla finds herself involved in a shocking crime. Hoping to process what happened that fateful night, she composes a haunting ballad that she performs only once in an empty bar. But weeks later, when she turns on the radio, she hears another woman singing her song. Twyla must decide: Should she claim her ballad and secure the fame she’s always wanted? Or stay quiet and avoid implicating herself in the terrible crime she’s desperate to put in the past? Seductive and bold, tense and unflinching, The Last Verse is the story of a woman’s ambitions, obsessions, and determination to claim her voice.- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Coming of Age; Contemporary Women; Crime;
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- Among the Burning Flowers. by Shannon, Samantha.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT, ISBN 9781635577921. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountinas, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. But the great wyrm Fyredel is stirring, and Yscalin will be the first to fall.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; FICTION / Coming of Age; FICTION / Fantasy / Epic; FICTION / Fantasy / General;
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- Bob Books - More Beginning Readers Hardcover Bind-Up Phonics, Ages 4 and up, Kindergarten (Stage 1: Starting to Read). by Kertell, Lynn Maslen; Kath, Katie;
Whitehots- © 2024, Scholastic, Incorporated
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- Dele weds Destiny : a novel / by Obaro, Tomi,1990-author.;
"A novel in which three Nigerian women, friends since their university days, are reunited in Lagos for the first time in thirty years at the lavish wedding of one of their daughters"--- Subjects: Novels.; Female friendship; Friendship; Middle-aged women; Reunions; Weddings; Women;
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- More confessions of a forty-something f##k up / by Potter, Alexandra,author.;
There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we're lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all. Nell's back. Her life still isn't going to plan. And she's still asking the big questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example: 1. Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard? 2. What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test? 3. Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind? 4. When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)? 5. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Friendship; Middle-aged women; Self-realization in women; Women;
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- Pain and glory [videorecording] / by Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director.; Cruz, Penélope,actor.; Etxeandia, Asier,1975-actor.; Flores, Asier,actor.; Navas, Nora,actor.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Serrano, Julieta,1933-actor.; Vicente, Cesar,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Cesar Vicente, Asier Flores.Tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.- Subjects: Motion pictures, Spanish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Motion picture producers and directors; Middle-aged men; Man-woman relationships;
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- Pain and glory [videorecording] / by Banderas, Antonio,actor.; Almodóvar, Pedro,film director.; Cruz, Penélope,actor.; Etxeandia, Asier,1975-actor.; Flores, Asier,actor.; Navas, Nora,actor.; Sbaraglia, Leonardo,actor.; Serrano, Julieta,1933-actor.; Vicente, Cesar,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Cesar Vicente, Asier Flores.Tells of a series of reencounters experienced by Salvador Mallo, a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the '60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village in Valencia in search of prosperity, the first desire, his first adult love in the Madrid of the '80s, the pain of the breakup of that love while it was still alive and intense.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Motion pictures, Spanish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Motion picture producers and directors; Middle-aged men; Man-woman relationships;
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