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  1. Beautiful Boy

    by David Sheff

    Sheff's story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into hope. Before meth, Sheff's son Nic was a varsity athlete, honor student, and award-winning journalist. After meth,... (learn more about this book)

  2. Do Hard Things

    by Alex Harris, Brett Harris

    Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don’t expect you to care. And even if you care, they don’t expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don’t expect it to last. We... (learn more about this book)

  3. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

    by Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui, Leanda De Lisle

    “I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”   Forced by her father to marry a man three times her age, young Nujood Ali was sent away from her parents and... (learn more about this book)

  4. The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands

    by Laura Schlessinger

    In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they yearn for in marriage. Women want to be in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Yet disrespect for men and... (learn more about this book)

  5. Multiple Blessings

    by Kate Gosselin, Jon Gosselin, Beth Carson

    In Multiple Blessings, Kate Gosselin shares the gripping details of her rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and lows when she discovered she and her husband, Jon, would be expecting sextuplets while still basking in the light of their twin girls' toddlerhood. Strongly encouraged to consider... (learn more about this book)

  6. Spouse

    by Shobha De

    How marriages work and why they fail? Marriage is an adventure, says Shobhaa De, celebrity writer, devoted wife and mother of six. It's about trust, companionship, affection and sharing. It's also about learning to cope with your partner's moods and eccentricities. Not to mention the delicate... (learn more about this book)

  7. No Disrespect

    by Sister Souljah

    Rapper, activist, and hip-hop rebel, Sister Souljah possesses the most passionate and articulate voice to emerge from the projects. Now she uses that voice to deliver what is at once a fiercely candid autobiography and a survival manual for any African American woman determined to keep her... (learn more about this book)

  8. Shattered Dreams

    by Irene Spencer

    Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. When the government raided the fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's brothers' Mexican ranch. They lived in... (learn more about this book)

  9. Crazy for the Storm

    by Norman Ollestad

    Dad Said Ollestad, we can do it all. . . . Why do you make me do this? Because it's beautiful when it all comes together. I don't think it's ever beautiful. One day. Never. We'll see, my father said. Vamanos. From the age of three, Norman Ollestad was... (learn more about this book)

  10. Hurry Down Sunshine

    by Michael Greenberg

    HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE TELLS THE STORY OF THE extraordinary summer when, at the age of fifteen, Michael Greenberg’s daughter was struck mad. It begins with Sally’s visionary crack-up on the streets of Greenwich Village, and continues, among other places, in the out-of-time world of a Manhattan... (learn more about this book)

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