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Reading recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks across all reading levels.
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"Here's a secret: grownups have more fun. These bite-sized, approachable insights will help you make little life upgrades using the tools you already have--your wits, smarts, and creativity--so that being a grown-up is as fun as it's supposed to be.-- back cover
Hello, grown-ups of all ages! Eclectic, bite-sized bursts of advice meet quirky illustrations in this playful guide to feeling like the grown-up we all wanted to be as a kid. From thoughts...
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The effects of the economic downturn on IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement savings plans have forced thousands of people to rethink their plans for retirement. But Kathleen Peddicord offers a cheaper option with all the benefits of a stateside retirement: liv?ing overseas. Retiring abroad has never been more accessible or appealing. In addition to a sense of adventure, the allure of an idyllic locale, and the excitement of learning a new culture,...
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"A laugh-out-loud, tongue-in-cheek guidebook filled with hilarious and helpful advice-from how to dodge family members' unwanted questions about babies to successfully creating a fake partner during wedding season-for anyone trying to survive and thrive in the midst of singledom."-- Provided by publisher.
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A follow-up to The Daring Book for Girls contains an original selection of challenges often attributed to male sports or other cultures, in a volume that features introductory guidelines on a range of ideas from learning how to surf and staging April Fools Day pranks to making a labyrinth and understanding the art of the Japanese tea ceremony.
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Now in its third edition, Its My Life Now is a guide for survivors who have left an abusive relationship. It addressesin clear, non-threatening languagevarious issues associated with abuse and violence, including post-relationship emotions, psychological impact, dealing with children, personal safety, legal problems, and financial security. Each chapter dismantles common myths about being in and leaving an abusive relationship and contains activities...
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No matter how far or close you think you are to retirement, this book is your one-stop guide to help you plot your direction for the coming decades.
Not long ago everyone knew what the word retirement meant--retire at age 65 after 40 years at the same job and coast through your golden years courtesy of a comfortable nest egg. But now, age expectancy is higher, savings are slimmer, and people change jobs more frequently. Clinging to this outdated...
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"An inspiring, accessible, and empowering guide for how to navigate the unique stresses and challenges of widowhood and create a hopeful future,"--Amazon.com.
A Widow's Guide to Healing offers a much-needed blueprint for grieving widows to face the often overwhelming challenges of their new reality. From immediate financial and estate concerns to long-term considerations like single parenthood and testy in-laws, this accessible guide includes support...
8) Being a girl
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From BFFs to Mean Girls, selfies to self-esteem, pimples and periods and peer pressure, Being a Girl tells it like it is.
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Adulting got you down? Full of valuable advice and a generous helping of humor, this book will help you feel better about your twenty-something life (and maybe even help you pull out a few more wins along the way). After his success with 101 Secrets for your Twenties, Paul Angone is going to capture the same hilarious, freakishly-accurate assessment of life as a modern-day twenty-something, but now he's digging deeper. It's time to move beyond desperately-trying-not-to-fail...
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"Close to 50 percent of marriages in America fail, leading to about 1.5 million divorces a year. But for Suzanne Riss and Jill Sockwell, who've been there and done that, there's no comfort in statistics, only community. Community is the one thing that can turn the shattering experience of divorce into a tolerable one-and, finally, a positive one. And community is what the authors offer in their inspiring and brilliantly helpful book, The Optimist's...
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This book invites Muslims and non-Muslims to acquaint themselves with the prophet's practice and teachings, his Sunnah, first hand. Relying exclusively upon the sayings and actions of the prophet, which have been selected and translated from authenticated and well-known collections of hadith literature, this book presents a close-up and composite picture of the life of the Prophet Muhammad, described in the Qur'an as the best model for humanity.
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Bemberton Ltd
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[2022]
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In today's world, you need more than just good grades to get by. You need life skills. Life skills are the skills that we need to function in everyday life. They include things like cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and time management. Many of these skills are never taught in school, but they're essential for thriving in the real world. Without life skills, teens and young adults can struggle when they leave home and have to fend for themselves. Life...
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Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this...
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Already an internet phenomenon, these wise and insightful lessons by popular newspaper columnist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Regina Brett will make you see the possibilities in your life in a whole new way.
When Regina Brett turned 50, she wrote a column on the 50 lessons life had taught her. She reflected on all she had learned through becoming a single parent, looking for love in all the wrong places, working on her relationship with God, battling...