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'Are Those Kids Yours?' : American Families With Children Adopted from Other Countries
Cherie Register, Cheri Register
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Current:
9.9 |
Cherie Register drawns on her experience as the mother of two Korean-born daughters and interviews with adoptive families to illustated the special challenges multicultural families face. more]
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Dear Birthmother
Kathleen Silber, Phylis Speedlin
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Current:
9.9 |
This is the third revised edition of the open adoption classic recommended by the Child Welfare League of America. Gently provocative, warm and convincing, this open adoption guide includes actual letters between adoptive parents and birthp
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The Kid : What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant : An Adoption Story
Dan Savage
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Current:
9.8 |
Best known for his syndicated sexual advice column, "Savage Love," Dan Savage shares his own story in The Kid, a hilarious account of his efforts--along with his partner--to adopt a child. (Whoops, make that his boyfriend; Savage can
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Raising Adopted Children : Practical Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Lois Ruskai Melina
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Current:
9.8 |
"Some people may describe adoption as difficult; others simply describe it as different. I am inclined to think of it as complex," writes Lois Ruskai Melina in the updated, revised Raising Adopted Children: Practi
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Talking With Young Children About Adoption
Mary Watkins, Susan Fisher
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Current:
9.8 |
Current wisdom holds that adoptive parents should talk with their child about adoption as early as possible. But no guidelines exist to prepare parents for the various ways their children might respond when these conversations take place. I
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They Cage the Animals at Night
Jennings Michael Burch
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Current:
9.7 |
Burch was left at an orphanage and never stayed at any one foster home long enough to make any friends. This is the story of how he grew up and gained the courage to reach out for love. more]
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Real Parents, Real Children ; Parenting the Adopted Child : Parenting the Adopted Child
Holly Van Gulden, Lisa M. Bartels-Rabb
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Current:
9.7 |
"A leading authority offers practical advice for parents on how to talk with their children about adoption and how to help them through the rougher times of growing up adopted. Highly recommended."--Library Journal. more]
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ITHAKA: A Daughter's Memoir of Being Found
Sarah Saffian
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Current:
9.6 |
When 23-year-old Sarah Saffian picked up the phone in January 1993 and heard a woman's voice on the other end say, "I think I'm your birth mother," she embarked on a journey both longed for and feared by almost all adopted children, the par
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| 9
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Birthbond : Reunions Between Birthparents and Adoptees - What Happens After...
Judith S. Gediman
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Current:
9.6 |
"Sensitively tracks the aftermath of adoption."--The New York Times Read more
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The Open Adoption Experience : A Complete Guide for Adoptive and Birth Families--From Making the Decision Through the Child's Growing Years
Lois Ruskai Melina, Sharon Kaplan Roszia
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Current:
9.4 |
Two leading experts provide an authoritative and reassuring guide to the issues and concerns of adoptive and birth families through all stages of the open adoption relationship, from making the decision through the child's growing years.
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The Complete Guide to Foreign Adoption : What to Expect and How to Prepare for Your New Child
Barbara B. Bascom, Carole A. McKelvey
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Current:
9.4 |
Thinking about foreign adoption? Know somebody who is? Warning: the journey is gratifying, but is also long and fraught with pitfalls. This comprehensive handbook has vital facts and in-depth coverage of every aspect of inter-country adopti
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Another Country : Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders
Mary Pipher
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Current:
9.3 |
Mary Pipher, author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Reviving Ophelia, which charts the troubled passage of girls into adolescence, has nimbly covered yet another psychological passage
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The Force of Character : And the Lasting Life
James Hillman
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Current:
9.2 |
This philosophy/psychology work on character and aging is not a self-help book but rather a self-perception book--philosophical, wise, and deep. "What does aging serve? What is its point?" asks James Hillman, and proceeds to examine those q
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The Last Gift of Time : Life Beyond Sixty
Carolyn G. Heilbrun
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Current:
9.1 |
At 72, Carolyn Heilbrun is the first to admit she's lucky. She writes: "I am, of course, aware that my perspective is that of someone who has enjoyed many advantages. I have had a privileged education, worked for over thirty years as a
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The Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought)
Jimmy Carter
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Current:
9.1 |
When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he and his wife, Rosalynn, had to face the same questions many elder Americans encounter when retirement approaches: "How could we accommodate the unpleasant circumstances that had been forced
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Age Power : How the 21st Century Will Be Ruled by the New Old
Ken Dychtwald
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Current:
8.9 |
"Old simply isn't what it used to be," writes gerontologist Ken Dychtwald, bestselling author of Age Wave. In the 20th century, the number of Americans ages 65 and older increased from 3 mi
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How to Care for Aging Parents
Virginia Morris, Robert Butler
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Current:
8.8 |
Winner, Books for a Better Life Award and a selection of the Rodale Book Club Featured on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, CBS and other national programs The Washington Post calls How to Care for Aging Parents "a compassionate guide
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The Fourteen Friends Guide to Eldercaring
Joan Hunter Cooper, The Fourteen Friends
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Current:
8.7 |
Due to advance in healthcare, nutrition, and technology, people all over the world are living longer and many will require day-to-day care - a challenge Baby Boomers are already beginning to face with their aging parents. It is estimated th
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The Virtues of Aging (Library of Contemporary Thought (Ballantine Pub Group))
Jimmy Carter
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Current:
8.6 |
When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he and his wife, Rosalynn, had to face the same questions many elder Americans encounter when retirement approaches: "How could we accommodate the unpleasant circumstances that had been forced
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Moving Mom & Dad : Why, Where, How, and When to Help Your Parents Relocate (Lanier Guides Series)
Sarah Morse
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Current:
8.6 |
This book helps you determine why, where, how and when to help your parents relocate, making it easier for everyone. Read more
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Successful Aging
Robert Louis Kahn, John Wallis Rowe
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Current:
8.6 |
This groundbreaking book should definitely help further the movement of what the authors call "a new gerontology." John Rowe, M.D., and Robert Kahn, Ph.D., both members of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network, thoroughly debu
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1,003 Great Things About Getting Older
Lisa Birnbach
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Current:
8.4 |
The ""chances grow smaller every year that you will die in childbirth"" is only one of many amusing reasons why people should look on the bright side of getting older in this amusing book about aging and the later years in one's life. Origi
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You Know You're 50 When... [LARGE PRINT]
Richard Smith, Debra Solomon (Illustrator)
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Current:
8.3 |
Richard Smith's wildly popular books have made America laugh about everything from wedding-night jitters to weight loss. Now he turns his comic talent to a subject he's about to experience himself: climbing the half-century hill.Over
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Let Evening Come : Reflections on Aging
Mary Chase Morrison
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Current:
8.3 |
A daring, yet gently written reflection on one of life's most important periods, Let Evening Come has the sensitivity and humor that will appeal to readers of any age. Mary C. Morrison explores the changes that take place as one ages
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The Anti-Aging Hormones : That Can Help You Beat the Clock : Benefits and Dangers of Melatonin, Human Growth Hormone Dhea, Estrogen, Testosterone Insu
Ruth Winter
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Current:
8.2 |
Drawing on research performed by the National Institute on Aging, the author discusses the uses and misuses of testosterone, melatonin, estrogen, and other manufactured hormones to elevate mood, increase immunity disease, and slow aging. Or
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Age Wave : How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Our Future
Kenneth, Ph.D. Dyctwald
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Current:
8.1 |
Based on 15 years of research by a world-renowned expert on aging, this is the first book to explore the profound effects our aging population, and the changing demographics that go with it, will have on every aspect of society, and on our
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Men in Midlife Crisis
Jim Conway
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Current:
8.1 |
This newly revised version still offers practical ways to deal with the crisis, but now the book has been updated with new research and quotes for the '90s and beyond. Conway's advice comes from his own personal experience as well as years
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Game Plan : Winning Strategies for the Second Half of Your Life
Bob Buford
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Current:
8.1 |
"Game Plan' is a personal guide for implementing the principles of "Halftime," and thus making the journey from success to significance. Bob Buford helps readers apply the principles of his best-selling book, Halftime, to develop a custom s
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Reverse Aging
Sang Y. Whang
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Current:
8.1 |
Not science fiction, but a scientific fact! This book is the first common sense scientific explanation of the aging process and "how to" reverse it. The nutrients that we deliver to our cells burn with oxygen and become acidic wastes after
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Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death
Barbara Johnson
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Current:
7.9 |
Old age happens without any effort on our part. If you're alive, you're getting older. So what happens when you find yourself between menopause and LARGE PRINT? Best-selling author Barbara Johnson offers a delightful recipe for living life
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The Primal Wound : Understanding the Adopted Child
Nancy Newton Verrier
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Current:
7.9 |
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Adopting the Hurt Child : Hope for Families With Special-Needs Kids : A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Gregory C. Keck, Regina M. Kupecky
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Current:
7.9 |
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Being Adopted : The Lifelong Search for Self
David M. Brodzinsky
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Current:
7.9 |
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| 34
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A Child's Journey Through Placement
Vera, MD Fahlberg
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Current:
7.9 |
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| 35
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Lost and Found : The Adoption Experience
Betty Jean Lifton
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Current:
7.8 |
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| 36
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Adoption Reunions : A Book for Adoptees, Birth Parents and Adoptive Families
Michelle McColm
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Current:
7.8 |
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Adopting After Infertility
Patricia Irwin Johnston
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Current:
7.7 |
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| 38
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Toddler Adoption : The Weaver's Craft
Mary Hopkins-Best
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Current:
7.7 |
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| 39
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The Adoption Resource Book
Lois Gilman(Preface)
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 40
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The International Adoption Handbook : How to Make an Overseas Adoption Work for You
Myra Alperson
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Current:
7.6 |
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| 41
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The Essential Adoption Handbook
Colleen Alexander-Roberts
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Current:
7.5 |
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| 42
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Seeds of Love : For Brothers and Sisters of International Adoption
Mary Ebejer Petertyl, Jill Chambers (Illustrator)
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Current:
7.5 |
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"No, It's Not Hot In Here" , A Husbands Guide to Menopause
Dick Roth
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Current:
7.4 |
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| 44
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New Passages : Mapping Your Life Across Time
Gail Sheehy, Joelle Delbourgo
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 45
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On Getting Old for the First Time
Peg Bracken, Peggy Bracken
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 46
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Another Country : The Emotional Terrain of Our Elders [ABRIDGED]
Mary Bray Pipher
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 47
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Freedoms After Fifty
Sue Patton Thoele
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 48
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As Parents Age : A Psychological and Practical Guide
Joseph A. Ilardo
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Current:
7.3 |
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| 49
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adoption (Complete Idiot's Guides)
Christine A. Adamec
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Current:
7.3 |
For the thousands of Americans who consider adoption each year, being evaluated as potential parents is an intimidating and confusing process. This comprehensive, compassionate guide teaches readers what to expect every step of the way, fro
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A Passage to the Heart
Amy Klatzkin, unknown
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Current:
7.3 |
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