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Small animals : parenthood in the age of fear / by Brooks, Kim,author.(CARDINAL)499799;
Includes bibliographical references.Fear itself -- The day I left my son in the car -- Parenthood as a competitive sport -- The fabrication of fear -- Negative feedback -- Self-report -- The cost of fear -- What a horrible mother -- Quality of life -- Guinea pigs -- Small animals -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals , Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or profound than fear? Why have our notions of what it means to be a good parent changed so radically? In what ways do these changes impact the lives of parents, children, and the structure of society at large? And what, in the end, does the rise of fearful parenting tell us about ourselves? Fueled by urgency and the emotional intensity of Brooks's own story, Small Animals is a riveting examination of the ways our culture of competitive, anxious, and judgmental parenting has profoundly altered the experiences of parents and children.
Subjects: Anecdotes.; Autobiographies.; Child welfare; Fear; Mother and child; Parenthood;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 22
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Mangoes, mischief, and tales of friendship [audio-enabled device] stories from India / by Soundar, Chitraauthor.(CARDINAL)356387; Adam, Vikasnarrator.(CARDINAL)607669; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Go Reader Audiobooks.; Playaway Digital Audio.(CARDINAL)565887;
Performed by Vikas Adam.In these tales inspired by traditional Indian folktales, Prince Veera and his best friend Suku are given the opportunity to preside over the court of his father, King Bheema. Some of the subjects' complaints are easy to address, but others are much more challenging. How should they handle the case of the merchant who wants to charge people for enjoying the smells of his sweets? Or settle the dispute between a man who sells a well to a neighbor, but not the water inside? Or solve the mystery of the jewels that have turned into pickles? These eight tales show how Veera and Suku outwit the kingdom's greediest, wiliest subjects.
Subjects: Adaptations.; Audiobooks.; Children's audiobooks.; Folk tales.; Courts and courtiers; Judgments; Judgments; Princes; Princes; Reasoning; Tales;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In a rocket made of ice : among the children of Wat Opot / by Gutradt, Gail.(CARDINAL)407355;
"The story of a woman who volunteers at an orphanage in Cambodia, set up by a Vietnam War vet for children with and/or orphaned by HIV/AIDS"--"A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman's volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia-a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community. Begun with just $50 in the pocket of Wayne Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia's verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDs could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family-a place that Gutradt calls "a workshop for souls." Disarming, funny, deeply moving, In a Rocket Made of Ice gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman's transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart"--
Subjects: Orphanages; Orphans; Orphans; HIV-positive children; Children of AIDS patients;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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He never came home : interviews, stories, and essays from daughters on life without their fathers / by Robertson, Regina R.,editor.(CARDINAL)416445;
"He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The contributors to this collection come from a wide range of different backgrounds in terms of race, socioeconomic status, religion, and geographic location. Their essays offer deep insights into the emotions related to losing one's father, including sadness, indifference, anger, acceptance-and everything in between. This book, edited by Essence magazine's West Coast editor Regina R. Robertson, is first and foremost an offering to young girls and women who have endured the loss of their fathers. But it also speaks to mothers who are raising girls without a father present, offering important perspective into their daughter's feelings and struggles. The essays in He Never Came Home are organized into three categories: "Divorce," "Distant," and "Deceased." With essays by contributors such as Emmy Award-winning actress Regina King, fitness expert and New York Times best-selling author Gabby Reece, and television comedy writer Jenny Lee, this anthology illustrates the journey of the fatherless, and provides a space for these writers to express their pain, hope, and healing-minus any judgments and without apology"--"He Never Came Home is a collection of 22 personal essays written by girls and women who have been separated from their fathers by way of divorce, abandonment, or death. The essays in He Never Came Home are organized into three categories: "Divorce," "Distant," and "Deceased.""--
Subjects: Children of divorced parents.; Loss (Psychology) in children.; Fathers and daughters.; Parenting.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Maker of patterns : an autobiography through letters / by Dyson, Freeman J.,author.(CARDINAL)141644;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-387) and index.Preface -- Great minds around the billiard table -- War and peace -- Truth and reconciliation -- Cornell student -- Go west, young man -- Demigods on stilts -- Nolo contendere -- Well, doc, you're in -- The physicist in love -- Cornell professor -- Mycenean tablets and spin waves -- Moscow and La Jolla -- The forsaken merman -- A spaceship and a wedding -- Homecoming -- Working for peace -- Marching for justice -- Sitting in judgment -- Two deaths and two departures -- Adventures of a psychiatric nurse -- Whale worshippers and moonchildren."Both recalling his life story and recounting many of the major advances in twentieth-century science, a renowned physicist shares his autobiography through letters. While recognizing that quantum mechanics "demands serious attention," Albert Einstein in 1926 admonished fellow physicist Max Born that the theory "does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One." Aware that "there are deep mysteries that Nature intends to keep for herself," Freeman Dyson, the 94-year-old theoretical physicist, has nonetheless chronicled the stories of those who were engaged in solving some of the most challenging quandaries of twentieth-century physics. Written between 1940 and the early 1980s, these letters to relatives form an historic account of modern science and its greatest players, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, and Hans Bethe. Whether reflecting on the horrors of World War II, the moral dilemmas of nuclear development, the challenges of the space program, or the considerable demands of raising six children, Dyson offers a firsthand account of one of the greatest periods of scientific discovery of our modern age"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Dyson, Freeman J.; Physicists;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mangoes, mischief, and tales of friendship : stories from India [sound recording] / by Soundar, Chitraauthor.(CARDINAL)356387; Adam, Vikas,narrator.(CARDINAL)607669;
Read by Vikas Adam.Inspired by traditional Indian folktales and perfect for children, these eight tales task Veera and Suku with outwitting the kingdom's greediest, wiliest subjects.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Audiobooks.; Princes; Judgments; Courts and courtiers; Princes; Judgments;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The shack : where tragedy confronts eternity / by Young, William P.,author.(CARDINAL)488114; Jacobsen, Wayne,author.(CARDINAL)766420; Cummings, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)562677;
Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation. Evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note--apparently from God--inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change his life forever.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Religious fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Life change events; Missing children;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 16
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In his father's shadow : the transformations of George W. Bush / by Renshon, Stanley Allen.(CARDINAL)372519;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; Children of presidents; Political leadership; Political leadership; Presidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The shack : a novel [sound recording] / by Young, William P.; Mueller, Roger;
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Books on CD.; Life change events; Missing children; Religious fiction.; Suspense fiction.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Last Judgment : Michelangelo and the death of the Renaissance / by Connor, James A.(CARDINAL)767398;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.Prologue. Standing in the Sistine -- Introduction. The dying Pope -- The great commission -- Clement's brainstorm -- Pope Julius's tomb -- The altar wall -- Colors -- The children of Savonarola -- Vittoria Colonna -- Sol Invictus -- Saints, martyrs, and angels -- The outer orbit : the naked and the dead -- The damned -- The censorship of the end of the world -- The last days of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Subjects: Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.; Art and society; Counter-Reformation; Renaissance;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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