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A New Approach to Raising a Challenging Child
2008
EN
“One of the finest and most helpful books we have ever read . . . should be the first stop for any parent trying to help a struggling child.”—Brock Eide and Fernette Eide, authors of The Mislabeled ChildFinally, a positive approach designed around your child’s traits and needsMany children do things that seem odd, troubling, or excessive at some point in their development, and our culture is quick to attach a label to every child who’s “outside the box” or h...
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- Social Sciences (R0)
2015
EN
"This much-needed volume brings to the clinician or student some of the best critical-minded analysis by some of the most insightful thinkers about psychiatric diagnosis today. The thought-provoking questions these essays raise, and the multifaceted and provocative answers they provide, cultivate sensitivity to the nuances of diagnostic assessment that often makes the difference between clinical success and failure." - Jerome C. Wakefield, PhD, DSW, New York University Silver School of Soc...
The Color of Ice
A Novel
2022
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“Exquisite” (Lisa Barr, New York Times best-selling author of Woman on Fire) and “utterly engrossing” (Katherine Gray, cohost of the Netflix series Blown Away), The Color of Ice will wrap you in its spell, all the way to its unforgettable ending.Set among the glaciers and thermal lagoons of Iceland, and framed by the magical art of glassblowing, The Color of Ice is the breathtaking story of a woman's awakening to passion, beauty, and the...
Roll the Sun Across the Sky
A Novel
2025
EN
For fans of dual-timeline, mother-daughter novels like The Paper Palace and Tom Lake, a compelling contemporary novel about a woman’s struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.
Queen of the Owls
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Brenda Wlalzo
Unabridged
10 hours 43 min
2021
EN
A chance meeting with a charismatic photographer will forever change Elizabeth’s life.Until she met Richard, Elizabeth's relationship with Georgia O’Keeffe and her little-known Hawaii paintings was purely academic. Now it’s personal. Richard tells Elizabeth that the only way she can truly understand O’Keeffe isn’t with her mind—it’s by getting into O’Keeffe’s skin and reenacting her famous nude photos.In the intimacy of Richard’s studio, Elizabeth experienc...
The Sound Between The Notes
A Novel
2021
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A 2021 Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Book of the Year2021 Sarton Book Awards: Gold Medal Winner in Contemporary Women's FictionThe highly anticipated new novel from the multiple award-winning author of Queen of the Owls . . .What if you had a second chance at the very thing you thought you’d renounced forever? How steep a price would you be willing to pay?Susannah’s career as a pianist has been...
Queen of the Owls
A Novel
2020
EN
A chance meeting with a charismatic photographer will forever change Elizabeth’s life. Until she met Richard, Elizabeth's relationship with Georgia O’Keeffe and her little-known Hawaii paintings was purely academic. Now it’s personal. Richard tells Elizabeth that the only way she can truly understand O’Keeffe isn’t with her mind—it’s by getting into O’Keeffe’s skin and reenacting her famous nude photos. In the intimacy of Richard’s studio, Elizabeth experiences a new, intoxicating abandon ...
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- Narrated by
- Maria Liatis
Unabridged
9 hours 27 min
2020
EN
Set in contemporary Spain, Susana Aikin’s latest novel is a colorful, beautifully written examination ofmemory, romance, and the intricacies of family duty.On a sweltering August day in Madrid, Anna, Julia, and Marion return to their childhood home. The once grandmansion, furnished with exotic objects and art that reflected the cultures of their English father and Spanish mother,once bustled with visitors. But since their father’s death, all three sisters have ...
Brunch and Other Obligations
A Novel
- Narrated by
- Janina Edwards
Unabridged
8 hours 19 min
2022
EN
The only thing reclusive bookworm Nora, high-powered attorney Christina, and supermom-in-training Leanne ever had in common was their best friend, Molly. When Molly dies, she leaves mysterious gifts and cryptic notes for each of her grieving best friends, along with one final request: that these three mismatched frenemies have brunch together every month for a year.Filled with heartwrenching scenes and witty prose, Brunch and Other Obligations explores the intricate dynami...
While the Music Played
A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII
- Narrated by
- Bronson Pinchot
Unabridged
15 hours 25 min
2020
EN
“We were the dreamers of dreams, the singers of songs. We were the music makers. We would not hear nor play nor love without each other. This is a prelude to our experience, an overture to who we were and how we arrived on the shores of friendship.”Beginning in 1939 prewar Prague, While the Music Played focuses on the story of young Max Mueller, a curious bright romantic—a budding musician, piano tuner, and nascent journalist. Max is on the cusp of adolescence whe...
- Narrated by
- Beth Chalmers
Unabridged
11 hours 4 min
2020
EN
When her life falls apart on the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There she meets 97-year-old Cecily Finn. Cecily's tongue is as sharp as her mind, but she's fed up with pretty much everything. Having no patience with Kate's choices, Cecily prescribes her a self-help book with a difference. Food for Thought, a charming 1950s cookbook high on enthusiasm, features menus for anything life can throw at the "easily ...
Uncovered
How I Left Hasidic Life and Finally Came Home
- by
- Leah Lax
- Narrated by
- Donna Postel
Unabridged
13 hours 41 min
2016
EN
In Uncovered, Leah Lax tells her story—beginning as a young teen who left her liberal, secular home for life as a Hasidic Jew and ending as a forty-something woman who has to abandon the only world she's known for thirty years in order to achieve personal freedom. In understated, crystalline prose, Lax details her experiences with arranged marriage, fundamentalist faith, and motherhood during her years with the Hasidim, and explores how her creative, sexual, and spiritual longings...











