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Un livre d'artiste consacré aux enfants qui sommeillent en nous.
Les grands-enfants est une collection d'anecdotes à propos d'adultes qui, d'une façon ou d'une autre, ne veulent pas grandir.
C'est avec un réel plaisir que vous découvrirez les habitudes enfantines que de nombreux adultes ont conservées!
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Isabelle 46 ans et David 44 ans font des concours de celui qui finira le plus vite son pot de glace.
40782) In the Shadow of Blue Mountain, Volume III: LIVES AND LETTERS OF A REMARKABLE FAMILY - 1962-2022
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IN THE SHADOW OF BLUE MOUNTAIN: LIVES AND LETTERS OF A REMARKABLE FAMILY - Volume III, 1962-2022 chronicles the personal histories of three members of the Hollingshead family: the father, Charles Anton, the daughter, Elma Kathleen (known throughout her adult life by her nickname Bim), and the youngest son, Roger Howerth. The author's life (indicated throughout as Ronnie) is inevitably included, as it became intimately intertwined with theirs. All...
40783) Without Justice for All
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A devastating event and a justice system that tragically failed caused a once united family to fracture. This marked the beginning of their nightmare... Each individual experienced pain and grief in their own unique way, and their methods of coping varied significantly. The family members found themselves drifting apart until each one was isolated, desperately seeking a path out of the engulfing darkness that held them captive. However, over time,...
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Brothers Marcus and Julian Sedgwick team up to pen this haunting tale of another pair of brothers, caught between life and death in World War II. Harry Black, a conscientious objector, artist, and firefighter battling the blazes of German bombing in London in 1944, wakes in the hospital to news that his soldier brother, Ellis, has been killed. In the delirium of his wounded state, Harry's mind begins to blur the distinctions between the reality of...
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Comment surmonter la perte d'un enfant?
Après une enfance malheureuse, un mariage précoce voué à l'échec, et une seconde union impossible, Annie espère que la vie va lui sourire un jour. Mais le soir du 1er janvier 2002, un incendie se déclare dans le centre-ville de Chambéry, alors que sa fille Delphine, alors âgée de 18 ans, et son ami Jonathan s'y trouvent afin de souhaiter la bonne année à la mère du jeune homme.
Le lendemain soir,...
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A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece together a future on your own terms.
Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter...
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In this provocative and informative book, Drs Rachael Sharman and Michael C. Nagel take the reader on a journey where nature and nurture intersect.
Becoming Autistic reflects the concerns of the authors and numerous neuroscientists around the world that environmental impacts, like too much screen time and the lack of socialisation, have neurological consequences on the developing brain. The consequences of developmental changes in young people...
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Find out everything you need to know about dealing with bereavement in just 50 minutes with this straightforward guide.
The loss of a loved one can leave us feeling devastated, isolated and adrift, and in this situation it is often hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As bereavement affects everyone differently, this guide contains clear, practical advice to allow you to work through your grief at your own pace and adapt to the change...
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Whether their children have asked them to recapture treasured moments, stories, and traditions, or simply to record valuable family information, many seniors are now sitting down to write about their lives. But how does one get started on such a daunting project?
That's where writing coach Jennifer Basye Sander steps in. In Before I Go, There's More You Should Know, she has developed one hundred questions to prompt fledgling memoirists and family...
40791) Dance into the Light
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Beverley Brewer is with her husband Jack at their cottage, unwinding after his chemo treatments for Stage 4 lung cancer. Her father has had a fall and needs attention. Driving to her father's home they find younger sister, Jacquelin, hanging in the den, the suicide note reading, “tell anyone I ever loved...”
So begins Bev's odyssey of looking back over a life spent as Big Sister to a sibling intent on self-harm. Alcohol, unsuitable lovers, false...
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In The Book of Children: Supporting the Freedom and Intelligence of a New Generation, one of the twentieth century's greatest spiritual teachers shares how parents can develop positive and encouraging relationships with their kids.
"Look into the eyes of a child-you cannot find anything deeper. The eyes of a child are an abyss, there is no bottom to them."-Osho
Children have an authentic freedom. They are joyful, playful, and naturally creative....
40793) The Nun's Betrothal: A Novel
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Just before taking her vows, Sister Gilda, along with Lord Justin, King Louis's counselor, is given a task: investigate grounds for the annulment of a marriage between Count Cedric and Lady Mariel. Together, they discover that Mariel believes she actually married Cedric's younger half-brother Phillip-Cedric's surrogate-at the marriage ceremony, and that Cedric plans to marry Lady Emma as soon as the annulment is granted. Emma and Phillip, meanwhile,...
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Introducing Dr. Mary Ann Gibson, Ed.D., an incredible woman with a remarkable journey that led her from the cotton fields of Georgia to the pinnacle of academic achievement. As a devoted educator, Dr. Gibson lovingly dedicated over three decades of her life to shaping young minds and cultivating the potential of generations to come.
Dr. Gibson earned the distinguished doctorate degree in Educational Leadership in 2009. Her early life was rooted...
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Under the covers of Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets, David Eso and Jeanette Lynes collect letters and epistolary poems from more than 120 Canadian poets, including Pauline Johnson, Malcolm Lowry, Louis Riel, Alden Nowlan, Anne Szumigalski , Leonard Cohen, John Barton, and Di Brandt, and many others, encompassing the breadth of this country's English literary history. Presented in order not of the chronology of composition,...
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Découvrez tous nos conseils et astuces pour vous préparer à la rencontre amoureuse et la provoquer!
La rencontre amoureuse constitue généralement une préoccupation majeure, quel que soit l'âge. Pourtant, de plus en plus de gens vivent seuls. Les couples stables se forment plus tard et se défont plus souvent, sans doute parce qu'il ne s'agit plus de se mettre à deux à n'importe quel prix, par pression sociale ou pour échapper à la solitude....
40797) 100 Simple Secrets of Great Relationships: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
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What are the essential qualities of a great relationship? What do people in healthy and happy relationships do differently? Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating the nature of relationships, dating, and marriage, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals read only by other academics. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series has collected the most current and significant...
40798) Play Dead: A Crime Novel
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The life of a lonely middle-aged grandmother is disrupted by a series of murders surrounding her grandson's play group in a gripping and remarkable mystery treasure from CWA Gold Dagger winner Peter Dickinson Poppy Tasker never imagined this would be her life at age fifty: divorced, living alone, and stuck caring for a tiny grandson while his mother is busy seeking public office. Sad and resentful, Poppy feels completely detached from the nannies...
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Most married couples know how it goes. You start out in the throes of passionate romance only to have the fire cool over the years--especially when kids come along or life gets too busy. But keeping the romance alive is easier than most people think. Now the author of Becoming Your Spouse's Better Half shares the secrets of pursuing romance that won't quit. With wit and wisdom, Rick Johnson shows men and women how to communicate effectively with their...
40800) Waves of Summer
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Can one summer change your life?
When her sister passes away in a tragic drunk driving accident, eighteen-year-old Summer Mason is sent to spend her summer with her busybody grandparents in Maui. In order to escape her trauma, Summer throws herself into the island life: making new friends, working a part-time job, and going for early morning jogs on the peaceful beaches.
But just when life starts to feel ok again, her grandparents take in...
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