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LaRocca reveals her struggle with eating disorders and her sexuality, showing how she emerged as an advocate for gay rights.

Carrie Kerpen shares her own career lessons as well as those from a board of fifty powerful women in a wide range of industries to help women everywhere make their aspirations a reality.

This is an up-close look at the lives and work of men, women, and dogs who serve and protect citizens in America and around the world. Rachel Rose reveals the feats these teams accomplish and the emotional and physical risks they take for one another and for all of us.

Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls, the little girl who was adopted with her brother by the Ingalls family on the world's most famous primetime soap opera, Little House on the Prairie. Part memoir, part uplifting motivational book, Francis shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned from the show's dynamic creator, Michael Landon, that have echoed throughout her adult life.

Though fashions may change, certain things never go out of style--like your favorite little black dress that can take you from a business meeting to a dinner party to a night on the town. But what makes it work is not the dress, it's how you present yourself while wearing it. A woman who is polite, well spoken, gracious, charming, and thoughtful is always welcome, though such women appear to be in short supply these days. With this insightful guide, you'll be loving life with style, class, and grace in no time.

In The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence but also reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of art. There are no shortcuts to quality, and McManus celebrates the spiritual process that can help us discover our true selves.

Teachers and coaches have long been aware of the detrimental effects overprotective parents have on children, but lately there has been a whole new level of overprotectiveness. Students need room to roll with the punches, find their way through the gauntlet of adolescence, and transform into resourceful, competent, and confident adults.

Aija Mayrock shares the different approaches and strategies that helped her survive her own experience with bullying. She speaks the same language as her peers, making the book very relatable for kids and teens.

Modern life is in need of some modern relationship advice. Sarah Mirk analyzes contemporary relationships through the struggles, opinions, and experiences of a diverse group of individuals living in nontraditional relationships.

Here David Flink enlarges our understanding of the learning process and offers powerful, innovative strategies for parenting, teaching, and supporting students with learning disabilities.This brilliant, compassionate work is packed with essential insights and real-world applications.