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1) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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"From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health-and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social...
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"'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency...
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"Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war--and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West has united, while Russia grows increasingly isolated. Serhii Plokhy, a leading historian of Ukraine and the Cold War, offers a definitive account of this conflict, its origins, course, and the already...
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"Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works-the idea of the genome as a blueprint, of genes as instructions for building an organism, of proteins as precisely tailored molecular machines, of cells as entities with fixed identities, and more-have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong. In How Life Works, Philip Ball explores the new biology, revealing life to be a far...
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"A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mothers for whom the choice to parent was never real. Adoption has always been viewed as a beloved institution for building families, as well as a mutually agreeable common ground in the abortion debate, but little attention has been paid to the lives of mothers who relinquish infants for private adoption. Relinquished reveals adoption to be a path of...
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"When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of the mind-bending, "gorgeous" (Margaret Atwood), "brilliant...
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"The Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach is a groundbreaking program in book form, for parents of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders or obsessive compulsive disorder. When children have anxiety disorders they are very afraid, nervous, or worried about typical daily experiences that would not bother most children their age. For some kids with OCD, rather than feeling nervous or worried, they feel "grossed-out" by things or feel the need to make...
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"Get your little one excited for their first camping trip with this fun and engaging book for toddlers. Spending time in the great outdoors, with its rules about fire safety, sleeping outside in a tent, and strange wildlife, can be overwhelming for a toddler. You can prevent tantrums and ensure a fun time by preparing your toddler for what they'll actually see and experience with Going Camping, A Toddler Prep Book."--
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"A fun day at the pool can quickly become stressful if your toddler doesn't know what to expect and is unsure of the pool rules. Help your little one have fun and stay safe with Going to the Swimming Pool, a Toddler Prep Book, featuring actual photos and simple, easy-to-understand language."--
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"Getting a haircut can be a scary experience for children who don't know what to expect. Help your little one learn what they'll actually see and experience with Going to get a Haircut, a Toddler Prep Book featuring actual photos and simple, easy-to-understand language. "--
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"Going to see Santa can be a fun Christmas memory, but for many kids, it often ends in tears due to the unexpected. Help your little one learn what they'll actually see and experience with Going to See Santa, a Toddler Prep Book featuring actual photos and simple, easy-to-understand language"--Amazon.com.
14) Goodbye dad
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"Nobody likes being away from the ones we love - especially young children who aren’t sure when that person is coming back. Help your little one understand that whether he’s running errands or going to work, Dad always comes back. Read the book regularly to prepare for routine goodbyes or read it before an extended absence like a business trip."--Amazon.
15) Goodbye mom
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"Nobody likes being away from the ones we love - especially young children who aren't sure when that person is coming back. Help your little one understand that whether she's running errands or going to work, Mom always comes back. Read the book regularly to prepare for routine goodbyes or read it before an extended absence like a business trip."--Amazon.
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" Spend a day with carnivorous dinosaurs in this fantastic new series from Sandra Markle, the bestselling author of the What If You Had... series! What if you could spend a day with your favorite animals? What would you eat? How would you play? Would you ever want to leave?Pull up a chair and get ready to dine with carnivorous dinosaurs in the third book in the Could You Ever... series! Learn all about what different meat-eating dinosaurs ate, when...
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"An ode to systems engineers--whose invisible work undergirds our life--and an exploration of the wicked problems they tackle. Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment? Challenges that tangle personal, public, and planetary aspects--often occurring in health care, infrastructure,...
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"Since basketball's invention in 1891, the sport's players and coaches have introduced new ways to win almost every time they have taken the floor. And with more dynamic athletes on the court than ever before, how players compete in one of the world's most popular games is changing all over again. This title introduces readers to the history of some of basketball's most popular tactics and how they are used in today's fast-paced action. The title...
20) Opioid abuse
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"In 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency in response to the opioid-abuse crisis. This epidemic is an issue that affects many teenagers today across demographic categories. They've seen the damage that opioids can inflict on family and friends or may have used or abused opioids themselves. This informative title describes the effects of opioids on the body and how drug use can spiral into addiction....