The most dangerous person in a custody battle is the child.Architect Liam Ashford thought winning joint custody of his eight-year-old daughter was the beginning of healing. He was wrong. It was the beginning of the end.His ex-wife Vanessa doesn't raise her voice. She doesn't need to. She controls through implication, through the careful rearrangement of facts, through a system designed to protect children — weaponized against the father who loves one.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about a modern marriage and the bonds that keep people together. Mining the absurdities of contemporary society, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart."A stunning novel about the stories that we tell about...

The New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye shares endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, offering a fascinating glimpse into an autistic mind and actionable advice for others struggling to fit in.“An essential guidebook that will help all the creative, quirky, geeky, and wonderfully different kids to become successful in life.”—Temple GrandinIn his bestselling memoir,

Absorbing true crime account of years at the frontline of crime scene reconstruction - from cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue.A compelling account of Ruben Miller's years working as a forensic scientist, visiting crime scenes and gathering evidence. His detailed descriptions of what he sees are often heart-breaking. The behaviour of the people he meets - lawyers, police, the media and even the occasional suspect - is always fascinating and o...

Use loose parts to spark children's creativity and innovationLoose parts are natural or synthetic found, bought, or upcycled materials that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Alluring and captivating, they capture children's curiosity, give free reign to their imagination, and motivate learning.The hundreds of inspiring photographs showcase an array of loose parts in real early childhood settings. And the overviews of concepts children can...

"This crazy redhead is on to something. Her pink Rambler story alone is worth the price of the book." -- Elmore Leonard"Amy Alkon is intellectually promiscuous--and funny as hell." -- Paleopsychologist Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer PrincipleWe all just suck it up every day. You leave the house for a latte and somebody'll flip you the bird on your way and force their loud cellphone conversation on you once you're there.It doesn't have to be th...

A powerful, provocative, and genre-bending literary memoir that grapples with victimhood, recovery, and resilienceIn the before, Jesse James Rose is happy. She has a beautiful boyfriend with melty glacier eyes, she’s on a euphoric journey of gender exploration, and New York City is perfect.In the after, she’s single, making dinner for her grandfather, and wondering if he’s going to forget her name today. Except, in the before, her first-grade music teacher ...

This book will give you some help on getting even with a bad neighbor, or mean boss, or business that did you wrong. Even an ex-lover or anyone else that did you wrong! In this book, you will find many ways to get even or revenge on someone, and the best revenge, is when they do not know it came from you! Try not to break any laws, and the best revenge is always forgiveness.

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THIS WORLD OF HURT is a collection of humor columns by journalist, Jeff Hurt as he reflects on balancing his busy career with the dramatic, funny, and endearing world, of a father, his wife, a son, and six daughters.In stories like Conversations on a One-way street, Jeff uses witty anecdotes and the simplicity of male reasoning to explain the complexities of the female mind. Read the sidesplitting, Who Needs a GPS? as Jeff gets lost, receiving driving directions such as—thataway. A...

"Do you wish you could understand the communicative signals of others better?• The Language• Recognising gestures and expressions• The Message• Understanding what a person wants to conveyA complete guide to the language spoken through the body.It is a wonder how much we express through the unspoken language of the body the gestures of the hands, the legs, the head and expressions of the face.This book is a comprehensive guide to the language of body postures and gestures. It makes interestin...

"Most highly recommended." - READERS' FAVORITE 5/5 STAR REVIEW!The President's world is about to turn upside down in this acclaimed and hilarious short story about power, politics and an obstinate toilet.During a summit, the President faces his biggest challenge yet: A clogged toilet. What's the man to do? Leave the bathroom and say nothing on the matter? Or, take matters into his own hands?THE MEANTIME STO...