Family Culture

Eleven-year-old Rosey Sachs is worried about her school writing assignment. How can she write anything interesting about her ordinary life in Brooklyn? A poem might have made her neighborhood sound a little more exciting, but to Rosey's dismay, she quickly discovers that Brooklyn doesn't rhyme with anything.

A collection of essays about father figures in popular culture, Dad Bod unpack the ideas that inform our collective image of fatherhood as it is found in movies, television shows, and video games. Follow a newly minted parent as he journeys to the heart of dadness to redefine what it means to be a father.

Sometimes the only way to see something is to believe in it. Airplane pilot Sara Bradford knew the legend. But working for Skye Travels did not mean she had to believe it would happen to her. After both his siblings married pilots, Drake Rodgers made more than his share of trips to the little Marigold Airport to pick up or drop off family members. When the girl of his dreams landed at Drake’s airport, can he convince her to believe in the magic of impossibilities? Will Sara and Drake believe enough to find true love? This is a sweet/clean contemporary romance with a happily ever after in ...

Sometimes things that happen by accident are the best things of all. Tara Rodgers reinvented herself. She moved to Dallas. Enrolled in college classes. Broke up with her boyfriend. On her way to a new career. A shiny new life. Jonathan Cooper slowly adjusted to Dallas life. Especially the heat. Though he struggled to adapt to life in Texas, flying for the famed Skye Travels made the sacrifice worthwhile. When Tara and Jonathan experience a life-altering event together, each find the course of their lives changing… Will Tara and Jonathan find their way toward true love? This is a sweet/...

Oggi internet, con tutti i suoi pericoli e le sue opportunità, fa parte della vita dei bambini e delle competenze che dovranno acquisire per stare al mondo. Tra i genitori c’è chi ha rinunciato alla battaglia per tenere sotto controllo i contenuti a cui sono esposti i propri figli e li lascia navigare da soli in rete, e chi, nel dubbio, vieta tout court smartphone e tablet. Chi ha ragione? Secondo Giuseppe Lavenia, che si occupa da decenni della delicata relazione tra bambini e strumenti digitali in veste di psicoterapeuta e formatore per insegnanti e genitori, nessuno dei due.

From bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh comes a new spin on a second chance at everlasting love. Life may only move forward, but some things are meant to be. Even if it means circling back around again. Claire Worthington believed that life moved in only one direction. Forward. But when she saw her daughter’s psychology professor, everything changed. She knew that laugh. She also knew her life was about to move in a different direction. Grayson Moore had gotten his life together just the way he wanted it. He never expected to have the only woman he had ever loved walk back into his life. ...

In this heartwarming novel from bestselling author Kathryn Kaleigh, two soulmates overcome unsurmountable obstacles for a happily ever after. Danielle Worthington. New to Houston. A new start. A good time to declare a dating moratorium. She needed to start over. On her own. Samuel wanted nothing more than to focus on his new job as an airplane pilot at Skye Travels. Until his new boss sent him on an unexpected personal errand. But something more important than dating turned Danielle's world upside down and changed everything. This is a feel-good sweet wholesome contemporary romance.

Nicholas's father grew up in Brooklyn, but you'd hardly know it. An Italian dinner at Nicholas's house in the suburbs is whole wheat pasta, organic tomato sauce, and, if he's lucky, a tofu meatball. And Brooklyn? Well, Brooklyn is the place his father left and never talks about. Nicholas has never been there, and he doesn't want to go now.

ONE FLIGHT CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. Airplane pilot Isobel LaFleur escaped small-town life a long time ago. Living in Dallas now, she enjoyed the city life and had no desire to spend time in a small town. Not for any reason. When baseball player Matthew Rodgers tore his calf muscle, life as he knew it came to a screeching halt. But he kept his promises to family. Even if it meant going home. Surely he could endure one weekend in the country. Neither Isobel nor Matthew could have predicted what happened that weekend. Would they welcome the unexpected events or would both go back to their ...

Can there ever be too much distance? High school sweethearts separated by too much distance and too much time. College happened. Life happened. A business deal brings Wynter Jordan reluctantly back to Cassville. Visiting her hometown brings back a flood of memories from ten years ago. Homecoming queen. Cheerleader. High school quarterback boyfriend. Bradford Cooper’s parents left him holding the family business. And left him in a quandary. What will happen when a chance encounter brings Wynter and Bradford full circle? A heartwarming novel of second chances.

The book is a collection of intriguing stories that cover a wide range of topics, including nutrition supplements, transformative inventions, and various energy sources. It's a journey of exploration, innovation, and the relentless pursuit of knowledge. The book aims to inspire listeners to stay curious and hungry for learning as it takes them on a captivating adventure through the world of science and technology.

Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios' latest film, Coco, this middle grade novel will retell the story of the film, as well as feature original content expanding upon its rich, vibrant world and characters. Disney-Pixar's Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3), Disney-Pixar's Coco opened in US theaters on November 22, 2017.

Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios' latest film, Coco, this middle grade novel will retell the story of the film, as well as feature original content expanding upon its rich, vibrant world, and characters. Disney-Pixar's Coco is the celebration of a lifetime, where the discovery of a generations-old mystery leads to a most extraordinary and surprising family reunion. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3), Disney-Pixar's Coco opened in US theaters on November 22, 2017.

Get ready for a super sparkly adventure all the way to Taiwan with Elwis and Chen! This year, they're celebrating the vibrant and noisy Chinese New Year with Chen’s wonderful family. The air is filled with bright decorations, delicious smells of traditional food, and the warmth of Chen’s dad giving Elwis the biggest, warmest welcome hug. Together, they’ll share special New Year dishes, laugh with Chen's brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, and cousins, and enjoy the joy of lucky red envelopes filled with surprises!

Selbstorganisation: Das richtige Mindset entwickeln, achtsam mit den eigenen Ressourcen umgehen, "Nein" sagen lernen. Familienorganisation: Kinder und Partner:in zum Team machen, Regeln und Routinen etablieren, Krisenfest abgesichert sein - ein Netzwerk aufbauen. Arbeitsorganisation: Zeit und Aufgaben clever organisieren, passende Tools wählen, mit Kolleg:innen und Arbeitgeber zusammenarbeiten.

Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarindis sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home—a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains.

In the days before cheap air travel, families didn’t so much take vacations as survive them. Between home and destination lay thousands of miles and dozens of annoyances, and with his family Richard Ratay experienced all of them - from being crowded into the backseat with noogie-happy older brothers, to picking out a souvenir only to find that a better one might have been had at the next attraction, to dealing with a dad who didn’t believe in bathroom breaks.

When Mary Pinny dies from a snakebite, she leaves her young daughter, Comity, and husband Herbert in the Middle of Nowhere. As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Repeater Station, Herbert Pinny takes great pride in his job; receiving morse messages and passing them down the Wire. But Comity dreams of a different life and sends letters to her grandmother and her snooty aunt full of colourful tales of her imaginary life. That is, until the new station assistant, Quartz Hogg, arrives and brings Comity and her father sharply back down to earth.

Even for an experienced traveler like Charlie, Cuba is a place unlike any he has visited before - an island full of surprises, secrets, and puzzling contradictions.

Stanley's never alone in the Lone Star state. Stanley Lambchop can't wait to visit Texas and hang out with his brother, Arthur, and friends Carlos and Eduardo. Between jamming onstage at a rock concert and horseback riding in the desert, Stanley is flying high! But when a mysterious truck starts following them, the fun comes to a halt until a showdown at the Alamo reveals all. Is Stanley ready to face his fears with his friends by his side?