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Coping with crying and colic: an easy-to-follow guide
by Siobhan MulhollandFrom the leading publishers of parenting books comes a brand new series of beautifully illustrated and easy-to-follow guides covering all the essential phases of childcare. When babies cry too much parents can sometimes worry and misunderstand the reasons for the cries. This comprehensive guide offers parents practical and reassuring advice on why their babies cry and how to respond to and reduce their crying. They will learn to understand certain signals and how best to remedy them to soothe their baby. The book also outlines exactly what colic is, common misconceptions about colic and how best to ease it.
Coping with the Death of a Child: An Integrated Clinical Approach to Working with Bereaved Families
by Darin D. SchiffmanCoping with the Death of a Child shows clinicians how to integrate various therapeutic modalities and clinical approaches to grief therapy into one comprehensive model linked to positive change. This integrated model shows mental health professionals how to offer practical and emotional support to the bereaved using descriptions of treatments, care protocols, and guidelines. Through this approach, practitioners can foster interpersonal support and growth among families, even when grieving styles and timing differ between individuals. Clinicians and the families they treat will come away from the book with tools for recognizing distorted and pathogenic exchanges between family members, for valuing the emotional elements of their individual experiences, and for shifting toward solution-focused activities.
Copper Kingdom: a moving and emotional Welsh saga of class, heartache and passion you won’t be able to put down
by Iris GowerLet bestselling author Iris Gower transport you to South Wales at the turn of the century in this beguiling and bewitching saga, set during the hard times of copper smelting. Fans of Dilly Court, Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale will not be disappointed.READERS ARE LOVING COPPER KINGDOM!'Living in Swansea this book set my mind racing of the past. I couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review'I found once I started reading it, I could not put it down!' -- ***** Reader review'Believable and so enjoyable' -- ***** Reader review'Riveting' -- ***** Reader review'Wonderful' -- ***** Reader review*************************************************************************THE FAMILY'S FATE RESTS ON HER SHOULDERS...Sweyn's Eye, South Wales: The Richardsons are copper barons - lords of the town's copper smelting industry - rich, powerful, and somewhat in denial that their wealth may be in jeopardy as the demand for copper wanes.The Llewelyns are a poor family, the threat of unemployment and all its attendant miseries always present. They are too poor to afford more than a pauper's funeral when Mrs Llewelyn dies and too proud to allow the neighbours to know.When the fiery and determined Mali Llewelyn is offered a job in the local laundry she takes it, determined to fight her way to prosperity as a businesswoman. Yet all of her struggles are not obvious, for in secret she battles with her hopeless love for Sterling Richardson, heir to the copper kingdom of Sweyn's Eye.Can she find a way through? For on her shoulders rest the burden of the family fortunes...
Coq (Roost)
by Ali BryanA finalist for the Leacock Medal for Humour -- a witty and immensely fun dramedy about a family's memorial trip to the City of Love, where chaos ensues at every turn. It's been ten years since Claudia's mother died after a tragic collision with a banana boat. Her kids are now teenagers, her brother's wife has left him, and her ex has had a spiritual awakening that has him hinting at reconciliation -- all things she can handle. But when her septuagenarian father decides to remarry after a brief courtship with a woman who is decidedly different than their mother, the entire family is thrown off course, and plans a long overdue memorial trip to the only place their mother ever dreamed of going: Paris. However, minutes after take-off, the trip takes an unpredictable turn and sets off a chain of events that threatens to derail the closure the family desperately seeks. Chance meetings, poolside confessions, run-ins with mimes, climate protests, and a man with a death wish force Claudia to reconsider everything she thought she knew about love, both the familial and the romantic, the tragic and the sublime. How well do we really know those closest to us? And how well do we really know ourselves? In this follow-up to her award-winning novel Roost, Ali Bryan explores thorny family dynamics with her trademark offbeat humour and insight. Coq is a darkly comedic contemporary family drama that explores grief, identity, and second chances in the one-and-only City of Love.
Cora Fry's Pillow Book
by Rosellen BrownThrough the persona of Cora Fry, a wife and mother living in a small New Hampshire town, Rosellen Brown explores the ambivalent ties of love, loyalty, marriage, and family in a series of related poems. This volume includes the entire text of Cora Fry (1977), a kind of dramatic monologue, written in spare, simple lines, which describes the young woman's daily life and troubled marriage. A sequel of newer poems, Cora Fry's Pillow Book (1994), confronts the challenges that come with a woman's growth toward middle age, reflecting an older Cora's place in her family, community, and the larger world.
Coraline (L'odissea Ser. #Vol. 97)
by Neil Gaiman Dave MckeanThe day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... <P> In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.<P> The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.<P> Only it's different.<P> At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.<P> Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself.<P> Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Neil Gaiman will delight readers with his first novel for all ages.
Coraline 10th Anniversary Edition
by Neil Gaiman Dave Mckean"Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . ."When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life. Celebrating ten years of Neil Gaiman's first modern classic for young readers, this edition is enriched with a brand-new foreword from the author, a reader's guide, and more.
Corazón de enojo
by Lou PrioloEl enojo, ¿Ha sido un problema en su hogar? ¿Alguna vez sus hijos le han hablando con un tono airado o irrespetuoso? ¿Pelean entre ellos? ¿Ha perdido usted alguna vez la compostura o la paciencia mientras trataba una situación irritable en su casa? Pues bien, si contestó honestamente «sí» a alguna de estas preguntas, usted necesita este libro.
Corações Feridos
by Colleen HooverDa autora dos bestsellers Isto Acaba Aqui e Se Fosse Perfeito Nem sempre o passado pode ficar para trás…####Com uma vida cheia de obstáculos, Beyah só pode contar consigo própria para alcançar um futuro melhor. Mas a poucos meses de concretizar os seus planos e deixar##para trás um passado que preferia esquecer, um acontecimento inesperado obriga-a a seguir um novo rumo e procurar a única saída possível. É assim que, de um momento para o outro, se vê naPenínsula Bolivar, no Texas, a passar os meses de verão com o pai, que mal conhece, decidida a deixar avançar os dias sem levantar grandes ondas.##Tudo muda quando conhece Samson, o vizinho da casa ao lado, que exerce sobre ela um estranho fascínio, apesar de nadaterem em comum, pois ela vem de uma vida de pobreza e negligência e ele de uma família rica e privilegiada. No entanto, a convivência fá-los perceber que, apesar das suas diferenças, há uma tristeza inerente que##os une e atrai.##É inegável que a ligação entre eles é intensa, mas os dois já traçaram o seu rumo e não querem perder o pé numa relação sem futuro. Só não estavam à espera de que acorrente pudesse arrastá-los para um mar profundo de emoções…
Corbenic
by Catherine FisherIt starts when Cal gets off the train at the wrong stop in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. He's stranded.Following a muddy path leads him to a castle that appears to be deserted. But inside is Corbenic, a magnificent hotel filled with rich people preparing for a banquet—and Cal is their guest of honor. During the meal, he experiences a disturbing vision, but when he is asked to talk about what he has seen, he denies it. What if he's becoming crazy, like his mother?When Cal wakes the next morning, the elegant castle turns out to be nothing more than an abandoned ruin. But something inside him has changed—he now knows he needs to right the wrongs in his life. It will be a difficult journey, and if Cal achieves his goal, it will not be without cost. The first step—he must return to Corbenic.
Corbin Bleu: Up Close
by Dee ScottTakes you behind the scenes and tells you everything you want to know about your favorite acting, singing, and dancing hottie! A fascinating must-read biography with never-before-seen photos for all true-blue Bleu fans.
Cordially Uninvited
by Jennifer RoyEvery girl wishes she was a princess--and Claire's cousin is living the dream! But will this royal romance end in disaster? Eleven-year-old Claire Gross is fascinated by all things royal--especially because her very own cousin Belle is engaged to the Prince of England! Even though Claire is going to be a junior bridesmaid, she's not as excited about the wedding as you might think. For one thing, she can't tell anyone--not even her best friend. And for another, Claire's parents are divorced, so she's not so sure that "happily ever after" even exists.But when Claire gets to England and meets mean-girl Pandora--also a junior bridesmaid--she quickly realizes that whether or not she believes in true love, if she doesn't take action, Pandora could break up Belle's relationship! It may be the royal party of the century--but between the mishaps, the mayhem, and an awful social-climbing princess-wannabe, will there still be wedding bells for the happy couple?
Cordially Uninvited
by Jennifer RoyIt's The Princess Diaries meets Mean Girls when eleven-year-old Claire is invited to the royal wedding of the century!Claire Gross, age eleven, might live in sleepy upstate New York, but she's about to be a junior bridesmaid in the wedding of the century! Claire's cousin Belle is engaged to the Prince of England, and Claire and her mom are heading to London for the royal ceremony. Getting whisked away on a trans-Atlantic jet and thrown into a whirlwind of wedding activities would be a dream for any other girl, but Claire isn't sure this is a match made in heaven. To make matters worse, another junior bridesmaid seems determined to sabotage the event! Can Claire put aside her own misgivings to save the day? What if there's no such thing as happily ever after? From award-winning author Jennifer Roy, this is a hilarious, heartfelt story about a girl who discovers that fairy tales may not exist, but sometimes there's still a little magic to be found in real life.
Core 52 Family Edition: Build Kids' Bible Confidence in 10 Minutes a Day: A Daily Devotional
by Mark E. Moore Megan HowertonIn just ten minutes a day, you and your kids can master 52 core Bible verses over the course of a year—and have fun doing so!While there are lots of one-year Bible reading plans and family devotionals, few help kids understand the words that they're reading. In this new addition to the popular Core 52 line of resources, Mark E. Moore and his daughter, former teacher and stay-at-home mom Megan Howerton, coach you and your family through 52 of the Bible's key verses. Each week provides you and your child with a simple 5-day plan:• Day 1—read the Bible verse and explanatory text and start a fun challenge• Day 2—memorize a key verse with the help of an engaging 3-minute video• Day 3—read a longer related Bible passage and answer a question• Day 4—further explore through a second Scripture verse and question• Day 5—answer deeper questions together and assess the results of the week&’s challengeIn just a year, Core 52 Family Edition takes children aged 6 to 12 from biblically curious to spiritually confident and competent. Best of all, it&’s a journey you&’ll take with them!
Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care
by Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC) Becky Spencer Suzanne Hetzel Campbell Kristina ChamberlainCore Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care continues to be a trustworthy source for lactation-specific information and education in a thoroughly updated second edition. Published in association with the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC), it presents the core curriculum required to practice as a beginning lactation consultant in an easy-to-read format. Written by an interdisciplinary team of clinical lactation experts, it reflects the current state of practice and offers evidence-based information regardless of discipline or specialty. The updated Second Edition includes new information on scientific evidence supporting breastfeeding, the biochemistry of human milk, breastfeeding multiplies or a preterm infant, lactation and maternal mental health, breast pathology, and more.
Corinne: A Novel
by Rebecca Morrow"I was riveted...A modern-day Romeo & Juliet."—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two WaysYou want to walk away from the things that are bad for you and never look back.That's what Corinne Callahan wants.Cast out of the fundamentalist church she was raised in and cut off from her family, Corinne builds a new life for herself. A good one. But she never stops missing the life—and the love— she's left behind.It's Enoch Miller who ruins everything for her. It was always Enoch Miller. She'll never get him out from under her skin.Set over fifteen years and told with astonishing intimacy, Rebecca Morrow's Corinne is the story of a woman who risks everything she's built for the one man she can never have.
Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1)
by V.C. AndrewsBook One of the Girls of Spindrift. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Flowers in the Attic and My Sweet Audrina series, now Lifetime movies, here begins a haunting new series featuring highly intelligent teenage girls who struggle to survive a specialized high school and find their place in a world that doesn&’t understand them. Such is the burden of being brilliant.Corliss is not like the other girls at her Los Angeles high school. Incredibly intelligent, shy, and a loner, she has difficultly in fitting in. What&’s worse, a clique of girls is out to get her because she&’s not down with their games. On the night of a school party, her refusal to take drugs with the girls leads them to take matters into their own hands—spiking her drink. Quickly, Corliss&’s entire life is turned upside down and no one—not even the handsome valedictorian who had agreed to go out with her—looks at her the same way. Just when she&’s wondering if she&’ll be able to return to her high school, someone mentions a new place: Spindrift. Could that be her way out? The four Girls of Spindrift novellas together form a spinoff to Bittersweet Dreams—available now!
Cornelia frente al espejo
by Silvina OcampoInfancia y madurez, sueño y realidad, prosa y poesía borran sus fronteras en estos cuentos que sintetizan la madurez de la autora. Publicado por primera vez en España en 1988, Cornelia frente al espejo es el último libro que Silvina Ocampo entregó a la imprenta y es también el más libre. Lo integran cuentos en los que la pasión por narrar desborda lúdicamente los límites impuestos por las convenciones del género: tramas reducidas a diálogos inquietantes, un estilo que se libera de todo lastre narrativo y asume una rara intensidad lírica, personajes que mutan y puntos de vista que cambian dentro de un mismo relato. Alejada de toda forma de disciplina literaria, la autora nos invita a regresar a un estado de inocencia sin acudir a lo naif, a reconstruir la sintaxis de los sueños sin recurrir al automatismo. Así, infancia y madurez, sueño y realidad, prosa y poesía borran sus fronteras en la voz inconfundible de Silvina Ocampo. En esta nueva edición, corregida mediante el cotejo con los manuscritos hallados en el archivo de la autora, se añaden versiones alternativas de dos de sus principales relatos, "Diálogos de Narcisa" y "Nos olvidaremos de nosotros". «Los últimos libros de Silvina Ocampo muestran el punto en que un escritor ya no busca asombrar ni entretener, sino que sólo respira con palabras.»Matilde Sánchez
Corner Kick
by Bill SwanMichael Strike is captain of both the school soccer and chess teams. He's got his eye on fellow soccer player and overachiever Miriah, the founder of the youth organization War Orphans of the World. Miriah is quick to befriend a new student, Zahir Jamiat, who has recently moved from the Middle East, but Michael sees the newcomer as a rival. When Michael works up to confronting Zahir, he discovers they have more in common that he initially thought. Corner Kick is a much-needed story of tolerance and friendship.
Corner of a Small Town (A Pendragon Island Saga)
by Grace ThompsonIn an idyllic Welsh tourist town, a local family struggles with dark secrets amid the cheerful summer festivities . . . Pendragon Island is the perfect place for summer holidays, with a stretch of clean golden sand and plenty of amusements nearby. Yet for one local family, the happy atmosphere risks becoming a cruel joke, as the unusually named Lewis Lewis&’s affair with close friend Nia Martin threatens to tear his marriage apart. The irritation of Lewis&’s wife, Dora, is channeled towards their daughter, Rhiannon, who works at Nia&’s sweet shop, Temptations. With his family at war and the gossip beginning to spread, it can only be a matter of time before Lewis&’s misadventures catch up with him . . .
Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective
by Michael Donnelly Murray Arnold StrausDespite being commonplace in American households a generation ago, corporal punishment of children has been subjected to criticism and shifting attitudes in recent years. Many school districts have banned it, and many child advocates recommend that parents no longer spank or strike their children. In this book, social theorist Michael Donnelly and family violence expert Murray A. Straus tap the expertise of social science scholars and researchers who address issues of corporal punishment, a subject that is now characterized as a key issue in child welfare. The contributors discuss corporal punishment, its use, causes, and consequences, drawing on a wide array of comparative, psychological, and sociological theories. Together, they clarify the analytical issues and lay a strong foundation for future research and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Corregidora (Virago Modern Classics #785)
by Gayl Jones'No novel about any black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI MORRISON'Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women' JAMES BALDWINUpon publication in 1975, Corregidora was hailed as a masterpiece, winning acclaim from writers including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and John Updike. Exploring themes such as race, sexuality and the long repercussions of slavery, this powerful novel paved the way for Beloved and The Colour Purple. Now, this lost classic is published for a new generation of readers.Blues singer Ursa is consumed by her hatred of Corregidora, the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her mother and grandmother. Charged with 'making generations' to bear witness to the abuse embodied in the family name, Ursa Corregidora finds herself unable to keep alive this legacy when she is made sterile in a violent fight with her husband. Haunted by the ghosts of a Brazilian plantation, pained by a present of lovelessness and despair, Ursa slowly and firmly strikes her own terms with womanhood.AS HEARD ON THE BACKLISTED PODCAST'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGEAlso new to the VMC list: Eva's Man and The Healing by Gayl Jones.'An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood' JOHN UPDIKE'Gayl Jones's first novel, Corregidora (1975), was both shocking and ground-breaking in its probing of the psychological legacy of slavery and sexual ownership through the life of a Kentucky blues singer ... it predated Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Toni Morrison's Beloved, revealing an unfinished emancipation and the power of historical memory to shape lives. It also marked a shift in African-American literature that made women, and relationships between black people, central' MAYA JAGGI, Guardian'Corregidora's survey of trauma and overcoming has become even better and more relevant with the passage of time. It remains an indispensable point of entry into the tradition of African American writing that Gayl Jones reshaped and enriched' PAUL GILROY
Corregidora (Virago Modern Classics #785)
by Gayl Jones'No novel about any black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI MORRISON'Corregidora is the most brutally honest and painful revelation of what has occurred, and is occurring, in the souls of Black men and women' JAMES BALDWINUpon publication in 1975, Corregidora was hailed as a masterpiece, winning acclaim from writers including James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and John Updike. Exploring themes such as race, sexuality and the long repercussions of slavery, this powerful novel paved the way for Beloved and The Colour Purple. Now, this lost classic is published for a new generation of readers.Blues singer Ursa is consumed by her hatred of Corregidora, the nineteenth-century slave master who fathered both her mother and grandmother. Charged with 'making generations' to bear witness to the abuse embodied in the family name, Ursa Corregidora finds herself unable to keep alive this legacy when she is made sterile in a violent fight with her husband. Haunted by the ghosts of a Brazilian plantation, pained by a present of lovelessness and despair, Ursa slowly and firmly strikes her own terms with womanhood.AS HEARD ON THE BACKLISTED PODCAST'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' TAYARI JONES, author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGEAlso new to the VMC list: Eva's Man and The Healing by Gayl Jones.'An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood' JOHN UPDIKE'Gayl Jones's first novel, Corregidora (1975), was both shocking and ground-breaking in its probing of the psychological legacy of slavery and sexual ownership through the life of a Kentucky blues singer ... it predated Alice Walker's The Color Purple and Toni Morrison's Beloved, revealing an unfinished emancipation and the power of historical memory to shape lives. It also marked a shift in African-American literature that made women, and relationships between black people, central' MAYA JAGGI, Guardian'Corregidora's survey of trauma and overcoming has become even better and more relevant with the passage of time. It remains an indispensable point of entry into the tradition of African American writing that Gayl Jones reshaped and enriched' PAUL GILROY
Correspondents: A Novel
by Tim Murphy“A sprawling tale of love, family, duty, war, and displacement. It is above all a stinging indictment of the ill-fated war in Iraq.” —Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorThe bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family, Rita Khoury charts herself an ambitious path through Harvard to one of the best newspapers in the country. She is posted in cosmopolitan Beirut and dates a handsome Palestinian would-be activist. But when she is assigned to cover the America-led invasion of Baghdad in 2003, she finds herself unprepared for the warzone. Her lifeline is her interpreter and fixer Nabil al-Jumaili, an equally restless young man whose dreams have been restricted by life in a deteriorating dictatorship, not to mention his own seemingly impossible desires. As the war tears Iraq apart, personal betrayal and the horrors of conflict force Rita and Nabil out of the country and into twisting, uncertain fates. What lies in wait will upend their lives forever, shattering their own notions of what they’re entitled to in a grossly unjust world.Epic in scope, by turns satirical and heartbreaking, and speaking sharply to America’s current moment, Correspondents is a whirlwind story about displacement from one’s own roots, the violence America promotes both abroad and at home, and the resilience that allows families to remake themselves and endure even the most shocking upheavals.“[An] emotionally resonant, time-hopping page turner . . . Explores immigration, the effects of U.S. intervention, and the long arc of war.” —Huffington Post“An exploration of family, identity, and the price of war.” —Newsday“A surprisingly moving war novel alert to global violence and politics but thriving on the character level.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Cosmic Commandos
by Christopher EliopoulosIn this graphic novel adventure for readers of Monster Mayhem and Roller Girl, a pair of twin brothers accidentally bring their favorite video game to life—and now they have to find a way to work together to defeat it. Jeremy and Justin are twins, but they couldn&’t be any more different from each other. Jeremy is a risk taker who likes to get his hands dirty; Justin prefers to read, focus, and get all his facts straight before jumping in. But they do have one important thing in common: They both love video games. When Jeremy wins a cereal-box charm that brings his favorite video game to life, villains and all, he finds that he&’s in way over his head. Justin knows everything there is to know about the rules of the game—he read the handbook, of course—and Jeremy isn&’t afraid to try new things. Can these two mismatched brothers work together to beat the video game that has become their life?