Author: Elizabeth Griffin
Publisher: Emerald Books
Keywords: fragile, special, needs, child, joy, hope, finding, parenting
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2004-11-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1932096167
ISBN-13: 9781932096163
Elizabeth Griffin’s son Zack has fragile X syndrome-the most common known cause of inherited mental impairment-and is among the 20 percent of people with fragile X who have autism. Whether you are a parent of a child with special needs or you struggle with unresolved grief, chronic stress, or depression, "Fragile X, Fragile Hope" shows without a doubt that you can survive, and more than survive, you can find your way back to a joy-filled life.
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Publisher: Aperture
Keywords: dwelling, fragile
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2000-10-20
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0893819158
ISBN-13: 9780893819156
This is the third volume of photographs and text by Margaret Morton documenting the lives and living spaces of New York City’s homeless population.Over a ten-year period, Margaret Morton documented the inventive ways in which homeless people in New York City have created not only places to live but also communities that offer a sense of pride, place, and individuality.Morton’s camera reveals the ingenuity of builders who have constructed homes out of discarded materials such as warehouse pallets, junked auto parts, and demolition scrap. Her luminous photographs bring to light the d
Author: Shiloh Walker
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Keywords: fragile
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-02-03
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0425225798
ISBN-13: 9780425225790
Six years after trading in his combat gear for hospital scrubs, Luke Rafferty is faced with things just as heartbreaking as those on the battlefield. The abused children being brought in by the pretty redheaded social worker tug at his soul like nothing he’s ever known. For Devon Manning, being a social worker is a rewarding job, but also a constant reminder of her own troubled youth. Devon takes everything one day at a time-unable to form a relationship with anyone except the children she rescues. When Luke meets Devon, he thinks he might have found what he’s been looking for, but
Author: Wil Mara
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Keywords: frog, fragile
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1996-09
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0807525804
ISBN-13: 9780807525807
In this fascinating account, herpetologist William P. Mara describes the life of the Pine Barrens treefrog and its struggle to survive its most powerful enemy--humankind. Beautiful illustrations and full-color photographs heighten the readers’ appreciation of this tiny, beautiful animal.
Author: Lisa Unger
Publisher: Crown
Keywords: novel, fragile
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2010-08-03
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0307393992
ISBN-13: 9780307393999
Everybody knows everybody in The Hollows, a quaint, charming town outside of New York City. It’s a place where neighbors keep an eye on one another’s kids, where people say hello in the grocery store, and where high school cliques and antics are never quite forgotten. As a child, Maggie found living under the microscope of small-town life stifling. But as a wife and mother, she has happily returned to The Hollows’s insular embrace. As a psychologist, her knowledge of family histories provides powerful insights into her patients’ lives. So when the girlfriend of her teenage son, Rick, d
Author: Lewis Thomas
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: species, fragile
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1996-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0684843021
ISBN-13: 9780684843025
Author: Susan L. Shirk
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: superpower, fragile, china
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-08-15
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0195373197
ISBN-13: 9780195373196
Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world’s fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L. Shirk opens up the black box of Chinese politics and finds that the real danger lies elsewhere--not in China’s astonishing growth, but in the deep insecurity of its leaders. China’s leaders face a troubling paradox: the more developed and prosperous the country becomes, the more insecure and threatened they feel. Shirk, a former
