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"We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who start out with innate advantages leads us to overlook the distance we ourselves can travel. We underestimate the range of skills that we can learn and the amount of ground that we can gain. When opportunity doesn't knock, there are ways to to build a door. Hidden Potential offers...
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Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 767 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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"The million-copy bestseller by 'the man who remade motherhood' (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date -- with the latest information on prenatal vitamins, breastfeeding practices, daycare, midwifery, hospital births, preventing and overcoming postpartum depression, and infant development"--
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Publisher
Createspace
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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An inventive guide for parents explains how to make the most of their child's early learning experiences and the critical potential that can be developed through the use of homemade, stimulating, color and looking games, listening activities, songs and stories, and matching games that enhance a child's mental and physical development. Original.
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Publisher
Fulcrum Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
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xxiii, 327 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"Water holds an underexploited capacity to show the connections that tie together distant places and seemingly unrelated groups. This book literally goes to town to spotlight those connections. A Ditch in Time: The City, the West, and Water traces the history of water in Denver, using this case study to explore important and often underrecognized patterns in regional and national history. Energized by a quality of wit and humor rarely encountered...
6) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2003.
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xiii, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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A lively and provocative history of the contested landscapes where the majority of Americans now live.
From rustic cottages reached by steamboat to big box stores at the exit ramps of eight-lane highways, Dolores Hayden defines seven eras of suburban development since 1820. An urban historian and architect, she portrays housewives and politicians as well as designers and builders making the decisions that have generated America’s diverse suburbs....
8) Wiggly time
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Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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"This book uses energetic body and word play to channel young children's energy and encourage them to get moving. Toddlers learn best through movement, and they need lots of physical activity every day. Use the ideas for a fun break, at transition times, or anytime"--
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Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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557 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Examines history's most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those in recent memory.
A few years ago, Dalio noticed a confluence of political and economic conditions he hadn't encountered before: huge debts and zero or near-zero interest rates that led to massive printing of money in the world's three major reserve currencies. Here Dalio brings readers along for his study of...
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BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 320 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"In Bite-Sized Parenting, Sharon Mazel, one of America's most trusted parenting experts, presents the latest, most practical science-backed advice that new moms and dads need most, without judgment and in an engaging visual format"--
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Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxii, 935 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Now in its seventh edition! From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date, expert advice for mothers, fathers, and care providers--all in one guide. All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization in child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend. Parents can safely trust the guidance, which covers everything from preparing for childbirth...
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Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume : color illustrations ; 17 x 17 cm.
Language
English
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"Get your little one started on the right track! This Peter Pauper Primer--with bold, high-contrast images--will introduce your baby or toddler to important first concepts for every growing child"--Back cover.
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The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
464 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With nearly 4 million downloads, The Wonder Weeks app is a must-have. The revised and updated book, with exclusive material, is the perfect companion or gift. What to expect the first 20 months? Leaps, leaps and more leaps! ten in all. Welcome to the fully-updated and revised 6th edition of the book-with 30% new material-that made "leaps" the buzzword for parents of young children worldwide. Fussy at 5 weeks? Cranky at 19-weeks? Clingy at a year?...
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Publisher
West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A novel told from three alternating perspectives-a former trapper trying to care for his son with muscular dystrophy; a young girl who wishes for her father to be rid of his PTSD from the war; and a wolf fighting for his and his pack's survival. Set in a small Alaskan town, the residents fight for the remote wilds they call home when plans for a building development threatens to upend the peace"--
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