Ron L. Deal

Laura Petherbridge

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

Practical Steps to Help You Thrive

The stepmother's role often is ambiguous and underappreciated, and frequently it carries unrealistic expectations. The book answers women's concerns and questions, including: How can I be a caretaker and a key emotional connector in the family if the children don't accept my influence? How shoud I cope with children who are confused about their family and torn between loyalty to their biological mother and me? When should I step back in conflicts and when should I insist that my husband stand up for me? In addition it addresses the spiritual and emotional climate of the home, providing perspective and guidelines to help stepmothers and their families thrive.

The Smart Stepmom

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Shanna D. Gregor

Got 3 minutes? . . . Families will find just the inspiration they need for family time in 3-Minute Prayers for Families. This practical book packs a powerful dose of inspiration into 3 short minutes. Minute 1: scripture to share; Minute 2: a just-right-sized devotional prayer; Minute 3: a simple discussion question to apply the prayer to everyone in the family. Each day's prayer meets readers right where they are and is a great way for families to begin or end their day. 3-Minute Prayers for Families is an ideal inspirational gift for parents and kids ages 4-10.

3-Minute Prayers for Families

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Leanne Ellington

Winning the Inner Game of Transformation

It's not every day that you come across an idea so obvious, so simple and yet so powerfully impactful as those presented within the pages of this short book. How To Ditch The Bitch is a truly powerful antidote to all of the naysaying, negative, and downright nasty things that you've most likely been saying TO yourself ABOUT yourself for as long as you can remember. Things related to how you look (or don't look), how smart (or dumb) you are, how gifted (or untalented) you feel, how valued (or worthless) you rate yourself to be and, in fact, every single horrible, nasty or downright bitchy judgment or comment you've ever thought or said about yourself. Much more than a simple 'be kind to yourself' or 'believe you're worth it' platitude offered by so many others working within the women's self-help genre, this little gem goes deeper by drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience as it relates to self-confidence, self-perception and self-esteem and helps women who are struggling to create change to finally rid themselves of the guilt, shame, and failure labels that are keeping them stuck where they are and living lives they don't love. Written in a clean, clear and highly consumable format, the book speaks to women in language they will understand and simply 'get' right from the start. By transforming negative thoughts, words and actions from a 'mindset thing' thing to the personalization of their qualities through 'The Bitches', women will finally come to understand why they feel the way they do, where those feelings come from and, perhaps most importantly, what to do about them in order to create rapid yet long-lasting change. In creating How To Ditch The Bitch, coach Leanne Ellington has undoubtedly created a giant leap for womankind that will certainly be marked as a turning point in moving women from living lives that they loathe to experiencing lives that they love. If you read the book cover to cover, do the exercises as laid out by Leanne and take the subsequent actions based upon what you find, a better life is not just possible or even probable. It's guaranteed!

How to Ditch the Bitch

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Michael Bonner

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

How I Almost Gave up on Teaching

As seen on Ellen! As he watched poverty wreak havoc throughout his classroom and nearly break him too, Michael Bonner knew something would have to change—so he changed himself, before he quit being a teacher. Michael Bonner knew he wanted to be a teacher after his favorite college professor, Dr. Poulson, inspired him. The professor’s passion and love for teaching prompted Michael to change his major and his life’s direction. But nothing prepared Michael for the reality of a Title One school. Teaching is fun until a 7-year-old is assaulting you or you’re dodging furniture being thrown at you. When you mix the craziness of a classroom with a marriage that was about to implode, anyone might want to quit. Smiling on the outside while feeling dead on the inside took this dedicated teacher to the breaking point. Michael knew he must change what was inside him, in his approach to life, or nothing would change anywhere else. So Michael took matters into his own hands to make four key paradigm shifts that helped him create a world of successful learning for his students and love within both the classroom and beyond. The result has been a transformation that’s taken Michael far beyond the classroom as he inspires thousands across the country. Many agree teaching is an amazing profession but there’s little discussion why so many teachers are leaving the profession. Get Up or Give Up: How I Almost Gave Up on Teaching shines a light into the internal battles and decisions educators face daily, and how we must make a conscious decision either to give in—or push through.

Get up or Give Up

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Liane Moriarty

Suffering an accident that causes her to forget the last 10 years of her life, Alice is astonished to discover that she is 39 years old, a mother of three children and in the midst of an acrimonious divorce from a man she dearly loves. By the author of Three Wishes. Reprint.

What Alice Forgot

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Melissa Trevathan

Sissy Goff





"My six-year-old fusses with her hair for hours. Is this normal""Yesterday my seventh grader was all sunshine. Today she's wearing black and won't leave her room.""I'm worried my teenager may have an eating disorder."In today's complex world, parenting a girl is harder than ever. It takes more than love. It takes insight into the things that make your daughter tick as she grows from childhood to young adulthood. Drawing on the authors' fifty-plus years of combined counseling experience, Raising Girls takes you inside the mind and soul of your girl.You'll obtain seasoned, expert insights on;,*Your daughter's different stages of development from ages zero to nineteen,*How you can effectively relate to her at each stage,*What is normal behavior, what isn't, and when and how to intervene,*How to deal with self-destructive behavior such as eating disorders, cutting, or experimentation with alcohol... and much moreSpiced with stories, humor, and much reassurance, Raising Girls will help you encourage your daughter, challenge her, love her, and help her discover who God is creating her to be.

Raising Girls

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Kathi Lipp

Carol Boley

Secrets of Successful Blended Families

Most little girls grow up dreaming of being a mom, but hardly any of them dream of becoming a stepmom. Nevertheless, approximately one million new stepfamilies are created every year. It's no secret, being a stepmother can be a living nightmare. But it can also be an enriching and rewarding experience--one that God can use to strengthen you, helping you survive and even thrive in the toughest job you never asked for. Written by two women who are stepmothers themselves--and know the difficulties of helping to raise someone else's children--this book is filled with down-to-earth insights and advice for stepmothers from stepmothers. It also offers expert guidance from pastors and counselors on such issues as roles, expectations, realistic goals, organization, finances, holidays, vacations, relationships with stepchildren, negotiation, forgiveness, healing the past, building a strong marriage with stepchildren on the scene, dealing with in-laws and ex-spouses, sexual tensions in stepfamilies, health, depression, stress, and much more. While there is no magic formula to guarantee stepmother success, encouragement and practical wisdom are available in this much-needed resource.

But I'm Not a Wicked Stepmother!

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Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Toxic Triangle of Food, Alcohol, and Depression--And How Women Can Break Free

Explores the relationship between overthinking--a tendency to continually think about problems rather than to seek solutions--and unhealthy eating habits or heavy drinking, explaining how these three factors reinforce one another and offering ways to break the cycle.

Eating, Drinking, Overthinking

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Jerusha Clark

Jeramy Clark

Earl Henslin

Understanding Your Teen's Brain Can Make You a Better Parent

As God allows us to understand the mystery and marvel of brain science, we have the exciting opportunity to reexamine our assumptions about human behavior. Perhaps nowhere does this impact our lives more profoundly than when we think about raising children--especially teenagers. Where parents often see a sweet boy or girl who has morphed into an incomprehensible bundle of hormones and angst, what we really ought to be seeing is an amazing young adult whose brain is under heavy construction. And changing the way we see our teens will revolutionize our relationships with them. Organized by what we hear teens say--things like I'm bored, You just don't understand, Why are you freaking out?, I hate my life!, or Hold on . . . I just have to send this--this book helps parents develop compassion for their teens and discernment in parenting them as their brains are progressively remodeled. Rather than seeing the teen years as a time to simply hold on for dear life, Dr. Jeramy and Jerusha Clark show that they can be an amazing season of cultivating creativity, self-awareness, and passion for the things that really matter.

Your Teenager's Not Crazy

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Gary Chapman

Seven Steps to a Healthy Family

Discover the Keys to a Healthy Stepfamily Leading stepfamily expert Ron L. Deal reveals the seven fundamental steps to blended family success and provides practical, realistic solutions to the issues you face as a stepfamily. Whether married or soon-to-be-married, you'll discover how to · Solve the everyday puzzles of stepparenting and stepchildren relationships · Communicate effectively with an ex-spouse · Handle stepfamily finances confidently · "Cook" your stepfamily slowly rather than expect an instant blend This revised and expanded edition has updated research and two new chapters with even more real-world advice on topics such as stepsibling relationships and later-life stepfamilies.

The Smart Stepfamily

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Scott Turansky

Joanne Miller

Exchanging Frustration for Character... in You and Your Kids!

Parents often feel angry when their children do the wrong things. But responding to children in anger rarely brings about the desired result and can even have a damaging effect instead. Yet anger doesn’t have to be the enemy. It can be a trigger that makes parents even more effective. Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller show them how.

Recognizing the very real emotions parents feel, Good and Angry taps into the constructive side of parents’ anger and teaches welcome strategies for addressing the things their children do to drive them crazy. Addressing common problem areas for children–such as annoying behavior, lying, not following instructions, and bad attitudes–this book outlines seven routines that will help children improve in these areas and allow them to thrive in their relationship with parents and with others.

In Good and Angry, moms and dads will come to understand anger’s true purpose and how they can use it successfully in their day-to-day parenting. They will also learn new approaches that will solve many common problems and, in the process, help both them and their children grow closer to God.

Good and Angry

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Autopilot Is for Planes

Intentional Parenting is built around 12 chapters that each dispel some of the most common parenting myths and reminds all parents of truths that can empower them to be not only the parents that their children need but that God has called them to be.

Intentional Parenting

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Lisa Clark

The Expert Advice You Need to Keep, Care for, and Keep Your Bearded Dragon Healthy, Happy, and Properly Fed

Bearded Dragon for Beginners

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Nicki Koziarz

6 Truths We Need to Hear When Measuring up Leaves Us Falling Behind

In her honest, transparent, creatively crafted style, Nicki Koziarz unpacks her own experience with failed dreams, dashed hopes, and paralyzing comparisons.

Why Her?

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Same Kind of Different as Me

Celeste Ng

A Novel

The #1 New York Times bestseller! Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. “I read Little Fires Everywhere in a single, breathless sitting.” —Jodi Picoult “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a deep psychological mystery about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love, and the danger of perfection. It moved me to tears.” —Reese Witherspoon “Extraordinary . . . books like Little Fires Everywhere don't come along often.” —John Green From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs. Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster. Named a Best Book of the Year by: People, The Washington Post, Bustle, Esquire, Southern Living, The Daily Beast, GQ, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Audible, Goodreads, Library Reads, Book of the Month, Paste, Kirkus Reviews, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many more... Perfect for book clubs! Visit celesteng.com for discussion guides and more.

Little Fires Everywhere

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Mark E. Moore

A Fifteen-Minute Daily Guide to Build Your Bible IQ in a Year

ECPA BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD® * Build your Bible IQ and Christian worldview in just fifteen minutes a day! Over the course of a year, Core 52 will help you master the 52 most important passages in the Bible. 
 
"You will gain the tools you need for living the life God has called you to."--Kyle Idleman, pastor and author of Not a Fan 
 
"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come."--1 Timothy 4:8 
 
Most of us want to know the Bible better, but few reach our goal, often because we're too busy or we don't know where to start. Core 52 removes both barriers, offering a common-sense solution that fits into our busy lives. Respected Bible professor and teaching pastor Mark E. Moore developed this proven process from thirty-five years of helping people grow deeper in God's Word.
 
Each week features a brief essay, memory verse, Bible story, trajectory verses, and practical ways to put what you've learned into practice. An optional "Overachiever Challenge" offers the chance to memorize the top 100 Bible verses by year's end. 
 
This simple approach allows you to become familiar with the big ideas of the Bible in less time and with less effort than other reading plans. In one year, you can master the core of the Bible--focusing on topics from God's will to worry, happiness to holiness, and leadership to love. These fifty-two core passages are lenses through which you can read the rest of the Bible with clarity and confidence.

Core 52

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The 5 Best Decisions to Make When Life Is Hard and Doubt Is Rising

Please, God, no more hard things.

Nicki Koziarz knows what it's like to whisper those words to God. She understands what it feels like to be flooded by hopelessness and hard situations, wondering if it will ever stop. Hard circumstances often stir something so destructive in a soul: doubt.

Through the painful loss of her mom to a brain tumor and her brother to suicide, she has learned that if doubt is left undealt with, it can cause the presence of unbelief to flood our lives--to the point that faith becomes unrecognizable.

In the midst of her pain, Nicki looked through the lens of the biblical account of Noah and discovered five decisions a person can make to help deflect the destruction of doubt. When you are wrestling with doubt and fighting back hopelessness, Flooded will help you:

- Quiet the fear that God won't come through by discovering the difference between wishful thinking and biblical hope.

- Resist the urge to control the uncontrollable by finding peace in between the problem and the promise.

- Find the familiar faithfulness of God in His Word when it feels like nothing is normal and everything is falling apart.

The reality of hard times holds a decision for each of us to find hope. And the decision to find it is yours. But you don't have to do it alone.

It's time to rise above doubt, together.

Flooded

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Lisa Whittle

Why Every Struggle Matters More Than You Know

The divine road that leads to God's perfect plan for our lives is often paved with difficulties.

The Hard Good

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Beth Hindi

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Ron L. Deal; Laura Petherbridge

The Smart Stepmom

Shanna D. Gregor

3-Minute Prayers for Families

Leanne Ellington

How to Ditch the Bitch

Michael Bonner

Get up or Give Up

Liane Moriarty

What Alice Forgot

Melissa Trevathan; Sissy Goff

Raising Girls

Kathi Lipp; Carol Boley

But I'm Not a Wicked Stepmother!

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Eating, Drinking, Overthinking

Jerusha Clark; Jeramy Clark; Earl Henslin

Your Teenager's Not Crazy

Ron L. Deal; Gary Chapman

The Smart Stepfamily

Scott Turansky; Joanne Miller

Good and Angry

Melissa Trevathan

Intentional Parenting

Lisa Clark

Bearded Dragon for Beginners

Nicki Koziarz

Why Her?

Ron Hall/Denver Moore with Lynn Vincent

Same Kind of Different as Me

Celeste Ng

Little Fires Everywhere

Mark E. Moore

Core 52

Nicki Koziarz

Flooded

Lisa Whittle

The Hard Good

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