A Singular Family


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Containing three novels and a short story, "A Singular Family" is a single-volume compilation of the entire love story of Rosacoke Mustian and Wesley Beavers.




My Kind of Family


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Uses children's drawings and comments about their personal situations to invite readers to express, explore, and understand some of the issues and feelings associated with living in a single-parent home.




Housing + Single-Family Housing


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As cities evolve architects are constantly searching for appropriate architectonic solutions, and in this book the authors present a systematic examination of innovative single-family houses and residential buildings in the context of presentday cities. The latest developments are reviewed in essays and thematic chapters discuss such topics as lowenergy building, the use of prefabricated materials, or low-budget building. A range of international examples from architects such as Wiel Arets, Shigeru Ban, Ben van Berkel, Kees Christiaanse, Philippe Gazeau, Frank O. Gehry, Steven Holl, Hans Kollhoff, Morger & Degelo, MVRDV, Jean Nouvel, Kas Oosterhuis, illustrate the subjects discussed. "Housing" and "Single-Family Housing" were previously published separately, each proving hugely popular. Now both volumes have been incorporated into a single, lowpriced edition.




How to Build a High-Performing Single-Family Office


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Family offices are garnering tremendous attention from successful families the world over. They are increasingly seen as the best way for these families to manage their wealth, deal with a wide array of non-financial issues and concerns, and help ensure their affluence transfers efficaciously to future generations. More and more, family offices are perceived as the way these families can get superior results. They are being chosen over more traditional competitors such as private banks, wealth managers, law firms, and accounting firms. The ability of a family office to produce superior results is very much dependent on YOU!




Children Book: One, Two, Family


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One, Two, Family is a children's book also suitable for toddlers. It tells the story of one family comprising of a mother, a girl and a boy. This particular family is very much like most, in which more often than not there are two parents and one or more children, but it differs from most in that this is a single parent family.Michal Keidar is a clinical social worker and a single mother to Ella and IddoNurit Yuval is an Illustartor and editor, whose pen and brush have produced many books for children and youth. She is married, a mother and a grandmother.




Single, No Children


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The latest book from renowned singles expert Bella DePaulo includes new writings as well as articles previously published in Time magazine, Quartz, and a scholarly volume:1. Welcome to Bigger, Broader Ways of Thinking about Families2. How Our Families Became So Much More Than Just Mom, Dad, and the Kids 3. Innovative Families and Innovative Ways of Living 4. Why Do People Get Angry at Women Who Stay Single and Don't Have Kids?5. Single, No Children: Who Is Your Family?While many might be tempted to dismiss single people with no children as having no family at all, Professor DePaulo has never been one to put up with that sort of marginalizing of people who are single. She instead provides a powerful case for the outsized role of single people in holding families together, creating new kinds of families, and coming up with innovative ways to live.




50 Wonderful Ways to be a Single-parent Family


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This slim, accessible guide written by a well-known family therapist provides practical ideas for facing and overcoming these challenges. Easy-to-use techniques include sharing decision-making with children, developing family rituals and traditions, listening effectively to children of different ages, and much more.




Continuity and Change in the American Family


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Continuity and Change in the American Family engages students with issues they see every day in the news, providing them with a comprehensive description of the social demography of the American family. Understanding ever-changing family systems and patterns requires taking the pulse of contemporary family life from time to time. This book paints a portrait of family continuity and change in the later half of the 20th century, with a focus on data from the 1970′s to present. The authors explore such topics as the growth in cohabitation, changes in childbearing, and how these trends affect family life. Other topics include the changing lives of single mothers, fathers, and grandparents and increasing economic disparities among families; child care and child well-being; and combining paid work and family. The authors are talented writers who bring considerable professional and scholarly background to bear in illuminating this topic in a thoughtful yet lively presentation.




My Single Dad


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Lenny follows Destiny for a school project and learns about her life with her single dad.




Single, Not Separate


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McInerney shares a plan that can integrate single adults into families and become a win-win situation for everyone in the church. "Single Not Separate" clearly teaches that the many precious gifts that singles possess can be utilized in any ministry.