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A powerful and honest account based on three decades of true-life experience Award-winning The Branches We Cherish weaves together thought-provoking, joyous, and poignant reflections of four birth parents, birth grandmothers, adoptive parents, and two adopted children. In 1992, Linda and David long to have a child. They decide to adopt a baby and learn they can only do so under an open arrangement where the biological parents and the adoptive family know each other's identities, and choose to remain in contact after the adoption is finalized ... possibly for life! There are no ready answers to their many questions: What happens in the first year? Twenty years later? What does visitation betw...
Diary of 66 is one woman's triumph over tragedy, and also a warning about the often-deadly consequences of corruption, in all of its shapes and forms. A young Romanian rock music journalist leaves home on the night of October 30, 2015, to go to a Goodbye to Gravity concert. She wants to write a review about the gig, to help promote the band, which is considered Romania's rising star on the local metal scene. Rock music has a troubling history of repression in the ex-communist country, and she wants to bring her contribution to dismantling the prejudice that surrounds it. She never gets to write the piece and the band doesn't finish the show either. A violent fire erupts in the Colectiv Club ...
Beyond the Blues: 2024 Edition - Essential Resources for New Parents and ProfessionalsThis 2024 edition of Beyond the Blues contains the most current pregnancy and postpartum resources for the prevention and treatment of mental health challenges for all new parents. Updated information and research about medications, as well as complementary and alternative options, are included. Direct and compassionate, it is required reading for those suffering before or after the baby is born and for all professionals working with them.
Analysis of the scientific evidence of the relationship between cigarette smoking and multiple cardiovascular diseases. Report clearly establishes that cigarette smoking increases the risk for a number of cardiovascular diseases. Demonstrates that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor in the U.S. Tables and figures. Bibliography. Index.
Examines the relationships between cigarette smoking and occupational exposures. Establishes that in order to protect the workers fully, forces of labor, management, insurers, and Government must become as engaged in attempts to reduce the prevalence of cigarette smoking as they are in occupational exposure. Tables and figure. Extensive bibliography. Index.