Haim
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A provocative manifesto that exposes the detrimental effects of helicopter parenting and puts forth an alternative philosophy for raising self-sufficient young adultsAcross a decade as Stanford University's Dean of Freshmen, Lythcott-Haims noticed a startling rise in parental involvement in students' lives. Every year, more parents were exerting control over students' academic work, extracurriculars, and career choices, often taking matters into...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Having tackled a far-reaching parenting crisis with her New York Times bestselling How to Raise an Adult, Lythcott-Haims is back with an equally powerful and persuasive book for the adult children of those hovering parents-and for everyone who struggles to be a grown-up in these challenging times"--
What does it mean to be an adult? In the twentieth century psychologists came up with five markers of adulthood: finish your education, get a job, leave...
Author
Language
English
Description
The city of Jaffa presents a paradox: intimate neighbors who are political foes. The official Jewish national tale proceeds from exile to redemption and nation-building, while the Palestinians' is one of a golden age cut short, followed by dispossession and resistance. The experiences of Jaffa's Jewish and Arab residents, however, reveal lives and nationalist sentiments far more complex. Twilight Nationalism shares the stories of ten of the city's...
31) Busted
Author
Language
English
Description
A straight-laced policewoman (Mariana Morgan) tries to reform a small-town squad room-turned-bordello.
Author
Language
English
Description
One day an enormous elephant came to visit the little elephant kindergarten. Reggie, the baby elephant, had a great scare, and Bobby the elephant laughed at him and called him a Scare-apahnt. What was Bobby hiding behind his mockery? How did the other little elephants at the kindergarten react to frightened Reggie and to Bobby mocking him? This is a story about empathy, written in rhyme and filled with abundant wordplay.
Author
Language
English
Description
Mick the puppy loves to do a lot of things, but most of all he likes to chew bones. One day while at the beach he is so happy to find a really big bone and is happy with what he found. But he suddenly sees in the water another puppy with a bone twice as thick. Mick immediately wants the bigger bone and leaps into the water to snatch it. Will he get the biggest bone in town? Will he learn to enjoy what he already has? The book was inspired by one of...
38) The lost boys
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A young teen thinks his town of Santa Cruz is infested with vampires, and becomes convinced of it when his own brother starts turning into one.