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Bestsellers
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Boys Adrift
- The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
- By: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....
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Profound
- By Sunny Blaine on 12-03-17
By: Leonard Sax
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- By: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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I wish they had a professional narrator
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-21
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BoyMom
- Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
- By: Ruth Whippman
- Narrated by: Ruth Whippman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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With wit, honesty, and a refusal to settle for easy answers, BoyMom charts a new path to give boys a healthier, more expansive, and fulfilling story about their own lives.
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Completely Changed my Perspective of my Two Boys
- By Rebekah on 12-13-24
By: Ruth Whippman
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Girls on the Edge
- Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed - and What Parents Can Do
- By: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Andrew Colford
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self....
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So informative.
- By Customer on 10-04-22
By: Leonard Sax
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The Deepest Well
- Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
- By: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems and shows us what we can do to break the cycle....
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A waste of time.
- By Sharrie DeCouto on 06-13-18
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The Boy Crisis
- By: Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD
- Narrated by: Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....
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Good points ruined by social justice interlogs
- By ckayc on 01-18-19
By: Warren Farrell PhD, and others
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Boys Adrift
- The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
- By: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago....
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Profound
- By Sunny Blaine on 12-03-17
By: Leonard Sax
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Hunt, Gather, Parent
- What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
- By: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Narrated by: Michaeleen Doucleff
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Doucleff sets out with her three-year-old daughter in tow to learn and practice parenting strategies from families in three of the world’s most venerable communities....
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I wish they had a professional narrator
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-21
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BoyMom
- Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity
- By: Ruth Whippman
- Narrated by: Ruth Whippman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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With wit, honesty, and a refusal to settle for easy answers, BoyMom charts a new path to give boys a healthier, more expansive, and fulfilling story about their own lives.
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Completely Changed my Perspective of my Two Boys
- By Rebekah on 12-13-24
By: Ruth Whippman
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Girls on the Edge
- Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed - and What Parents Can Do
- By: Leonard Sax
- Narrated by: Andrew Colford
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self....
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So informative.
- By Customer on 10-04-22
By: Leonard Sax
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The Deepest Well
- Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity
- By: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Narrated by: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems and shows us what we can do to break the cycle....
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A waste of time.
- By Sharrie DeCouto on 06-13-18
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The Boy Crisis
- By: Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD
- Narrated by: Warren Farrell PhD, John Gray PhD
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. For the first time in American history, our sons will have less education than their dads. It's a crisis of mental health. It's a crisis of sexuality. It's a crisis of purpose....
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Good points ruined by social justice interlogs
- By ckayc on 01-18-19
By: Warren Farrell PhD, and others
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The Queering of the American Child
- How a New School Religious Cult Poisons the Minds and Bodies of Normal Kids
- By: Logan Lancing, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: James Lindsay
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In this book, The Queering of the American Child, Logan Lancing and James Lindsay explain what Queer Theory is, where it comes from, how it got into schools, and what it's doing to children nationwide.
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Know what’s happening and the motivations
- By Grant on 08-31-24
By: Logan Lancing, and others
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Enrique's Journey
- By: Sonia Nazario
- Narrated by: Catherine Byers
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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In this true story, journalist Sonia Nazario recounts the unforgettable odyssey of a Honduran boy who braves unimaginable hardship and peril to reach his mother in the United States....
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Missing Chapter 8 and Epilogue!
- By Bobby Reed on 07-01-14
By: Sonia Nazario
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Family Unfriendly
- How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder than It Needs to Be
- By: Timothy P. Carney
- Narrated by: Timothy P. Carney
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now? And why are the results so bad?
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Authenticity
- By Angela Linder on 09-16-24
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Bébé Day by Day
- 100 Keys to French Parenting
- By: Pamela Druckerman
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In Bringing up Bébé, journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman investigated a society of good sleepers, gourmet eaters, and mostly calm parents. Bébé Day by Day distills the lessons of Bringing up Bébé into an easy-to-listen-to guide for parents and caregivers....
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A listing guide
- By Erin on 05-07-19
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Max and Mia's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 7
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care....
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A+ Author & Narrator
- By Kerry Beckette on 12-07-24
By: Louise Allen
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NurtureShock
- New Thinking About Children
- By: Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
- Narrated by: Po Bronson
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas....
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I liked it and I don't even have kids.
- By Carin on 11-17-11
By: Po Bronson, and others
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The Disappearance of Childhood
- By: Neil Postman
- Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today....
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An incredible essay on history, education, and media
- By fambram on 05-25-19
By: Neil Postman
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No One Left
- Why the World Needs More Children
- By: Paul Morland
- Narrated by: Paul Morland
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A population calamity is unfolding before our eyes. It started in parts of the developed world and is spreading to the four corners of the globe. There are just too few babies being born for humanity to replace itself.
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Excellent problem statement, but it’s clear the modern liberal world lacks answers
- By Thomas B. on 08-04-24
By: Paul Morland
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Sky's Story
- Thrown Away Children, Book 5
- By: Louise Allen
- Narrated by: Melanie Crawley
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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When Sky and her older sister Avril were taken into care, the social workers knew this was a case like no other. Raised by unhinged parents who hoarded compulsively, creating horrific conditions no child should live in, the two girls arrived at foster carer Louise's home....
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THANK GOD FOR THE LOUISE & LLOYDS OF THIS WORLD…!
- By Marie G. on 12-06-24
By: Louise Allen
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How Children Succeed
- Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
- By: Paul Tough
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character....
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Article based on interviews
- By Anonymous User on 10-24-24
By: Paul Tough
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Hope Rising
- Stories from the Ranch of Rescued Dreams
- By: Kim Meeder
- Narrated by: Kim Meeder
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Follow a horse where no one else can tread, through the minefield of pain that surrounds a broken child’s soul. From a mistreated horse to an emotionally starved child and back again, a torrent of love revives their barren places....
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Hope Rising brings true HOPE!
- By Natalin Lawson on 03-18-21
By: Kim Meeder
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Broken
- Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker
- By: Jessica Pryce
- Narrated by: Deanna Anthony
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families....
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loved the perspective!
- By D. Simmons-Carvajal on 09-05-24
By: Jessica Pryce
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- By: Warren St. John
- Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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This is a complex and inspiring tale of a small town becoming a global community and an account of the ingenious and complicated ways we create a home in a changing world....
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great story, lackluster narration
- By CRE on 02-19-13
By: Warren St. John
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There Are No Children Here
- The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
- By: Alex Kotlowitz
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This New York Public Library selection as one of the 150 most important books of the 20th century is a true-life portrait of growing up in the Chicago projects....
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A DEPRESSING ACCOUNT OF REAL LIFE IN THE U.S.
- By The Louligan on 03-04-15
By: Alex Kotlowitz
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Outcasts United
- An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
- By: Warren St. John
- Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town....
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Unexpected
- By Nan on 09-19-16
By: Warren St. John
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The Orchid and the Dandelion
- Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive
- By: W. Thomas Boyce MD
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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An audiobook that offers hope and a pathway to success for those coping with "difficult" children, fully exploring the author's revolutionary discovery about childhood development, parenting, and the key to helping all children find happiness and success....
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Needed an Editor
- By Daniel S Miller on 03-19-19
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One and Only
- The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One
- By: Lauren Sandler
- Narrated by: Lauren Sandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at one child is an answer to reconciling motherhood and modernity, she learned a lot about herself - and a lot about our culture's assumptions....
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Data Driven
- By Meghan B on 01-11-22
By: Lauren Sandler
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Generation Z Unfiltered
- Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population
- By: Tim Elmore, Andrew McPeak
- Narrated by: Tim Elmore, Andrew McPeak
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This generation of students who have grown up in the 21st century are the most social, the most empowered, and also the most anxious youth population in human history. If you are struggling to connect with and lead them, you are not alone....
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These people definitely do not understand Gen Z.
- By Jeffery S. on 09-12-22
By: Tim Elmore, and others
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I Miss Mummy: The true story of a frightened young girl who is desperate to go home
- By: Cathy Glass
- Narrated by: Denica Fairman
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In her new book, Cathy Glass, the number one best-selling author of Damaged, tells the story of the Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother....
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Heart Wrenching!
- By Gloria Burkhart on 03-23-16
By: Cathy Glass
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Third Culture Kids, Third Edition
- Growing Up Among Worlds
- By: David C. Pollock, Ruth E. Van Reken, Michael V. Pollock
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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In this third edition of the groundbreaking, global classic, Ruth E. Van Reken and Michael V. Pollock, son of the late original coauthor, David C. Pollock, have significantly updated what is widely recognized as "The TCK Bible"....
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Very Informative
- By greenetree on 09-28-20
By: David C. Pollock, and others
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Reign of Error
- The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
- By: Diane Ravitch
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Diane Ravitch, America's foremost historian of education, says that public education in the United States is one of the pillars of our democratic society....
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Persuasive critique of school reform movement
- By Robert on 05-15-15
By: Diane Ravitch
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The Nurture Effect
- How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World
- By: Anthony Biglan
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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If you want to know how you can help create a better world, listen to this book....
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Behavioral Science Applied
- By Alex McCurdy on 06-13-17
By: Anthony Biglan
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The Disengaged Teen
- Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better
- By: Jenny Anderson, Rebecca Winthrop
- Narrated by: Jenny Anderson, Rebecca Winthrop
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning journalist Jenny Anderson and the Brookings Institution’s global education expert Rebecca Winthrop provide a powerful toolkit for parents of both checked-out and stressed-out teens that shows exactly what to do (and stop doing) to support their academic and emotional flourishing.
By: Jenny Anderson, and others
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Mommy Burnout
- How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process
- By: Sheryl G. Ziegler
- Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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The ultimate handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom", filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle....
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For a very specific audience
- By Amazon Customer on 05-30-19