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In the tempered dark - contemporary poets transcending elegy

"Historically poets have explored no two themes more than love and grief because they are opposite sides of the same emotional coin that we will all experience in unique and often unexplainable ways. While other anthologies validate the necessity of the elegy, none examine the relationship between the body in grief and the body of the poem a poet crafts to recreate an individual, visceral experience of grief. By pairing contemporary poems with micro-essays, wherein each poet considers briefly th

 
In a league of her own - celebrating female firsts in the world of sports

"In A League of Her Own shares the inspiring stories of nineteen groundbreaking women in the world of sports. Using exclusive interviews and her own unique lens, former NBA scout and NFL cheerleader Bonnie-Jill Laflin captures the remarkable life journeysof these iconic women whose bravery and hard work have changed the face of sports and culture"--

 
How to talk to kids about anything - tips, scripts, stories, and steps to make even the toughest conversations easier

"What do you do when your child comes to you with a question about anxiety, death, divorce, beauty, or race? Poised to become the quintessential conversation resource for parents, How to Talk to Kids About Anything provides powerful words, actionable steps, inspiring real-life stories, and pivotal advice to tackle these difficult conversations with kids. Dr. Robyn Silverman of the How to Talk to Kids About Anything parenting podcast provides an easy outline for parenting on a wide variety of top

 
Grown woman talk / Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy

"A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health. The medical system today is increasingly complicated and impersonal, and unfortunately, it is not going to be less so in the future. The rules of engagement have changed in medicine, but no one has bothered to inform patients. Much is written about Black women and women of color, be it our increased cancer r

 
Family unfriendly - how our culture made raising kids much harder than it needs to be

"Washington Examiner columnist Timothy P. Carney explains why parenting is harder and children are less happy than a generation ago"--

 
A gardener at the end of the world

"A gardener's pandemic journal that combines memoir with an exploration of the natural world both inside and outside the garden. In March 2020, Margot Anne Kelley was watching seeds germinate in her greenhouse. At high risk from illness, the planning, planting, and tending to seedlings took on extra significance. She set out to make her pandemic garden thrive but also to better understand the very nature of seeds and viruses. As seeds became seedlings, became plants, became food, Kelley looks ba

 
Exploring American Jewish history through 50 historic treasures

"This full-color book offers students and general readers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insightsinto the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture"--

 
Double exposure - resurveying the West with Timothy O'Sullivan, America's most mysterious war photographer

"A personal exploration of the history of the American West through the work of the nineteenth-century photographer Timothy O'Sullivan"--

 
DARE to say no - policing and the war on drugs in schools

"With a signature 'DARE to keep kids off drugs' slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education program of the 1980s and 1990s. But behind the cultural phenomenon is the story of how DARE and other antidrug education programs brought the War on Drugs into schools and ensured that the velvet glove of antidrug education would be backed by the iron fist of rigorous policing and harsh sentencing. Max Felker-Kantor has assembled the first history

 
Buffalo Bill and the Mormons

"Brent M. Rogers interconnects the histories of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and the Mormons from the 1870s through the early 1900s"--

 

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