Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age
10 best books like Too Much of a Good Thing: Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age (Dan Kindlon): Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, Breathing Lessons, Kitchen, Eight Perfect Murders, The Secret, Book & Scone Society, One Good Turn, Beautiful on the Outside, The Game, When Will There Be Good News?, Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
| Author | Beth Macy |
| ISBN | 0316523178 |
Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national...
| Author | Anne Tyler |
| ISBN | 0345485599 |
Breathing Lessons is the wonderfully moving and surprising story of Ira and Maggie Moran. She's impetuous, harum-scarum, easygoing; he's competent, patient, seemingly infallible. They've been married for 28 years. Now, as they drive from their home in Baltimore to the funeral of Maggie's best...
| Author | Banana Yoshimoto |
| ISBN | 0802142443 |
Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made her a sensation in Japan and all over the world, and Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, is an enchantingly original and deeply affecting book about mothers, love, tragedy, and the power of the kitchen and home in the lives...
| Author | Peter Swanson |
| ISBN | 0062838202 |
From the hugely talented author of Before She Knew Him comes a chilling tale of psychological suspense and an homage to the thriller genre tailor-made for fans: the story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction’s...
The Secret, Book & Scone Society
| Author | Ellery Adams |
| ISBN | 1496712374 |
From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams comes the first in an intriguing new series set within a quirky small-town club where the key to happiness, friendship—or solving a murder—can all be found within the pages of the right book . . .
Miracle Springs, North Carolina, is a place...
| Author | Kate Atkinson |
| ISBN | 0316012823 |
It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder...
| Author | Adam Rippon |
| ISBN | 1538732408 |
Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed America's Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir that the Washington Post calls "comedic gold."
Your mom probably told you it's what on the inside that...
Oh MY god, get an editor. It sounds like it could be a good concept, but I can't deal with the comma splices, run on sentences, spelling errors, and poor grammar enough to get through it. "Alot?" Really?
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com...
Honestly. Glad I got it for free.
EDIT...
When Will There Be Good News?
| Author | Kate Atkinson |
| ISBN | 0316154857 |
Three lives come together in unexpected and thrilling ways in Kate Atkinson's When Will There Be Good News?
On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...
On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective...
Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide
‘The Ministry of Magic felt strongly, however, that to construct an additional wizarding station in the middle of London would stretch even the Muggles’ notorious determination not to notice magic when it was exploding in front of their faces.’ – J.K. Rowling
Pottermore Presents...
| Author | Maile Meloy |
| ISBN | 0735216525 |
From a beloved, award-winning writer, the much-anticipated novel about what happens when two families go on a tropical vacation - and the children go missing.
When Liv and Nora decide to take their families on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship's comforts and possibilities...
| Author | Harriet Reisen |
| ISBN | 0805082999 |
A vivid, energetic account of the life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has delighted millions of readers
Louisa May Alcott portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her most famous character, Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott’s life: the effect of her father’s...
| Author | Greg Rucka |
| ISBN | 1934964379 |
Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she's less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke - she's into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change....
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| ISBN | 1781106282 |
‘Minerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the worst poet in British history. There was something irresistible to me about his name, and the idea that such a brilliant woman might be a distant relative of the buffoonish McGonagall.’ – J.K. Rowling
Pottermore...
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| ISBN | 1781106290 |
'No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope wi’ it.”’ – J.K. Rowling
Pottermore Presents is a collection of J.K. Rowling’s...
| Author | Paula Saunders |
| ISBN | 0525508740 |
A family saga set in the American West, about sibling rivalry, dark secrets, and a young girl's struggle with freedom and artistic desire.
This moving debut novel is a profoundly American story. Set in a circa-1960s rural South Dakota--a hardscrabble place of cattle buyers, homegrown ballet...
Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your Waste
| Author | Bea Johnson |
| ISBN | 1451697686 |
Part inspirational story of Bea Johnson (the “Priestess of Waste-Free Living”) and how she transformed her family’s life for the better by reducing their waste to an astonishing one liter per year; part practical, step-by-step guide that gives readers tools and tips to diminish their footprint...
| Author | Christine Carter |
| ISBN | 0345515617 |
What do we wish most for our children? Next to being healthy, we want them to be happy, of course! Fortunately, a wide array of scientific studies show that happiness is a learned behavior, a muscle we can help our children build and maintain.
Drawing on what psychology, sociology, and neuroscience...
The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
| Author | Madeline Levine |
| ISBN | 0060595841 |
In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to normalized, intrusive parenting that stunts the crucial development of the self.In...
A Literary Tea Party: Blends and Treats for Alice, Bilbo, Dorothy, Jo, and Book Lovers Everywhere
A Literary-Inspired Cookbook for Voracious Readers at Teatime
Tea and books: the perfect pairing. There's nothing quite like sitting down to a good book on a lovely afternoon with a steaming cup of tea beside you, as you fall down the rabbit hole into the imaginative worlds of Alice in Wonderland,...
| Author | Gale Galligan |
| ISBN | 1338304518 |
Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. Things are great in Sea City: There's a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand... and the cutest boy Stacey has ever seen!
Mary Anne thinks that Stacey should leave Scott...
| Author | Antoni Porowski |
| ISBN | 1328631346 |
Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix's sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live—literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned raves from Food &...
last quickie, i promise...
after this, i will stay for breakfast and all that. meet the folks.
this is a tiny story, filling in the gaps of viola's life before crash-landing in the swamp, meeting todd, and having terrible and wonderful adventures. it's kind of heartbreaking, seeing...
| Author | A.J. Dungo |
| ISBN | 1910620300 |
A tale of love, heartbreak and surfing from an important new voice in comics. In Waves is Craig Thompson's Blankets meets Barbarian Days.
In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner and the shared love of surfing that endured throughout...
Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler: Tackling These Crazy Awesome Years—No Time-outs Needed
| Author | Jamie Glowacki |
| ISBN | 1982109734 |
Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the bestselling Oh Crap! Potty Training.
Toddlers—commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old—can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact just...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0062852574 |
A novel about loss, loneliness, and friendship that tells the story of the spring break that changes seventh-grader Amelia Albright's life forever.
Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English...
Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before
| Author | Jean M. Twenge |
| ISBN | 0743276981 |
Called "The Entitlement Generation" or Gen Y, they are storming into schools, colleges, and businesses all over the country. In this provocative new book, headline-making psychologist and social commentator Dr. Jean Twenge explores why the young people she calls "Generation Me" -- those born in...
No: Why Kids--of All Ages--Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It
Interesting book and it's a very good reminder that nowadays we have a culture that everyone should what they want - but in reality the ability to face a no, to have self-control, to appreciate what you have instead of wanting more and more is very important. Like many parenting books I've read, most of...
The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men
| Author | Michael Gurian |
| ISBN | 1585420492 |
Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 1999, The Good Son is the definitive guide to the moral and emotional development of our boys and young men. Within its pages, Michael Gurian widely credited as the founder of today's "boys movement" takes readers through a complete parenting...
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
| Author | Mahzarin R. Banaji |
| ISBN | 0553804642 |
I know my own mind.
I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way.
These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age,...
