Ironmom


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From the personal tragedy of a stillbirth to an Ironman and beyond, author and stay-at-home mom of five children Mette Ivie Harrison learned life lessons about accepting herself, moving forward, pushing to become better, and bringing her family along the way—sometimes kicking and screaming. In this riveting and inspiring first-person story of going from couch potato to nationally ranked triathlete, Mette shares her experience training and racing with her family. She explores how to manage a busy family, how to ignore the things that don’t matter, and how to focus on goals that create a stronger you and a stronger family. She shares how racing can be a vacation, how racing with your children strengthens your family bond and how, when you think you’ve hit your wall, whether in parenthood or during hour twelve in a triathlon, how you can push through and succeed. Part memoir, part manual, and all family, this incredible story of how one mom chose to remake her life and her family will inspire you to achieve greater heights.




Family and Sport


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Highlighting the microlevel of the family to grapple with contemporary social issues at the macrolevel of society, this volume charts new territory to advance a valuable understanding of family and sport issues.




Amazing Mom Book


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The importance of mothers has been a seamless thread throughout the history of the human race. This collection of facts and quotes recognizes the role mothers have always played in the lives of their children and families.




Philadelphia! #8


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Alfie and Emilia are transported by their great-aunt's latest magical secret ingredient to Philadelphia, where they discover the best foods and sights of Philly.




Saint Ivy


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A thoughtful middle-grade novel about caring for others and for yourself––and what it truly means to be kind and vulnerable Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends’ needs before her own. So of course, Ivy is 100 percent supportive when her mom decides to be a gestational surrogate, carrying and giving birth to her friends’ baby. But when Ivy finds out the surrogacy treatment worked and her mom is pregnant—and has been for weeks—she’s shocked that she’s jealous and worried about what others will think. And most of all, she’s ashamed that she isn’t reacting to this news in the right way. The Ivy way. Ivy is determined to prove to herself that she’s just as unselfish as she’s always believed, and she gets the chance to do that when she receives an anonymous email from someone who needs her help. But the more Ivy dives into helping this anonymous person, the further she gets from the people she loves—and from the person who she wants to be.




Cat's Got Your Tongue


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The Icarus is a sanctuary of sorts and a home to most of the "Supes" and "Others" in the area. Samantha Rainwater just happens to be the daughter of the owner of the club as well as daughter to the Alpha of the Fire Rock Pack. With the Icarus under attack, Sam's day job as Head of Security for the Icarus is about to get a lot more interesting. Others are being possessed and killed. It's up to her to stop it. She want's nothing more than life to go back to normal, but Fate has a different plan. Benjamin Roberts has come for a visit to gain some new recruits for his father's private security firm and to visit his best friend and son of the Fire Rock Pack. Ben's world is turned upside down after he meets his best friend's sister. Getting her to become his "Mate" becomes his number one mission. . .That is if he can keep them both alive long enough. . .Being together might just cost one of them everything.




Mira, Mirror


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Two sisters. One a witch and a queen. The other transformed by her sister's touch into a mirror--a mirror with voice and memory and magic, but no power to transform herself back to the girl she once was. And then, mysteriously, the queen disappears and another girl finds the mirror. This girl has troubles of her own, but she is also a means to escape and soon the girl and the mirror are on their way to find the magic that will bring both pain and hope to both of them. Mette Harrison's mesmerizing voice spins a breathtaking tale of love, lies, and redemption.




The Adventures of Salt and Soap at Grand Canyon


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Two stray puppies end up in the Grand Canyon, are rescued and find a good home.




Beautiful Affliction


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WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER GOLD MEDAL WINNER OF THE 2016 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS ("IPPY”) Lene Fogelberg is dying—she is sure of it—but no doctor in Sweden, her home country, believes her. Love stories enfold her, with her husband, her two precious daughters, her enchanting surroundings, but the question she has carried in her heart since childhood—Will I die young?—is threatening all she holds dear, even her sanity. When her young family moves to the US, an answer, a diagnosis, is finally found: she is in the last stages of a fatal congenital heart disease. But is it too late? A young woman risks everything to save her own life in this “unusual, riveting medical drama crafted with deep emotion and exquisite detail” (BookPage).




The Monster in Me


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The Monster in Me, is the story of a troubled thirteen-year-old girl named Natalie Wills. Natalie's mother has just gone into a drug rehab program, so Natalie is placed in a foster home with the Parker family. Suffering from years of emotional neglect, the teenager has many problems to work through besides missing her mother. Compounding Natalie's problems are nightmares in which she thinks she is a monster. However, with the help of fellow runner Mr. Parker, her school friend Mary, and the track coach Mr. Landers, she begins to learn how to cope and appreciate the stable people in her life.