50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants
by Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Published 2009 by Timber Press (OR)

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780881929508

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DiSabato-Aust's first book, "The Well-Tended Perennial Garden," has taught thousands of readers how to design and maintain their gardens. Her latest work identifies 50 show-stopping plants that anyone can grow. Tracy DiSabato-Aust has taught thousands of readers how to design and maintain their gardens. Her first book-"The Well-Tended Perennial Garden"-is Timber's best-selling title and widely considered the bible of perennial maintenance. "50 High-Impact, Low-Care Garden Plants" is packed with useful tips, practical hints, and Tracy's own gardening experience. It is sure to find a place on the shelf and in the heart of every gardener. Tracy has identified 50 show-stopping plants that anyone can grow. Each selection is a dynamic choice for nearly every garden. Even better? All 50 plants have passed Tracy's test for toughness, beauty, and durability. These are Tracy's personal favorites, chosen after years of studying how to make beautiful outdoor spaces with a minimum of maintenance.

The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
by Rupert Isaacson
Published 2009 by Little Brown and Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316008235

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After his son Rowan is diagnosed with autism, Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, takes Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersect. This is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. When his son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson was devastated, afraid he might never be able to communicate with his child. But when Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, rode their neighbor's horse with Rowan, Rowan improved immeasurably. He was struck with a crazy idea: why not take Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersected?

THE HORSE BOY is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. In Mongolia, the family found undreamed of landscapes and people, unbearable setbacks, and advances beyond their wildest dreams. This is a deeply moving, truly one-of-a-kind story--of a family willing to go to the ends of the earth to help their son, and of a boy learning to connect with the world for the first time.

The Daddy Shift: How Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parentingaretransforming the American Family
by Jeremy Adam Smith
Published 2009 by Beacon Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780807021200

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The Daddy Shift is an accessible, personal, and deeply researched book about a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who stay at home from work and take a larger role in raising children. What happens when dads stay home? And what does it mean for the larger society?In chapters that alternate between large-scale analysis and beautifully written close-up portraits of men and their partners, Smith traces the complications, myths, psychology, sociology, and history of a new set of social relationships. He explores the hopes and ideals that inform men's choices, and analyzes the economic and social developments that have made their choices possible.Filled with stories as well as entertaining history and research, Smith's book is a guide for thoughtful readers to a terrain more and more families are exploring. A revealing look at stay-at-home fatherhood--for men, their families, and for American societyIt's a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who cut back on paid work to focus on raising children. But what happens when dads stay home? What do stay-at-home fathers struggle with--and what do they rejoice in? How does taking up the mother's traditional role affect a father's relationship with his partner, children, and extended family? And what does stay-at-home fatherhood mean for the larger society? In chapters that alternate between large-scale analysis and intimate portraits of men and their families, journalist Jeremy Adam Smith traces the complications, myths, psychology, sociology, and history of a new set of social relationships with far-reaching implications. As the American economy faces its greatest crisis since the Great Depression, Smith reveals that many mothers today have the ability to support families and fathers are no longer narrowly defined by their ability to make money--they have the capacity to be caregivers as well. The result, Smith argues, is a startling evolutionary advance in the American family, one that will help families better survive the twenty-first century. As Smith explains, stay-at-home dads represent a logical culmination of fifty years of family change, from a time when the idea of men caring for children was literally inconceivable, to a new era when at-home dads are a small but growing part of the landscape. Their numbers and cultural importance will continue to rise--and Smith argues that they "must" rise, as the unstable, global, creative, technological economy makes flexible gender roles both more possible and more desirable.But the stories of real people form the heart of this book: couples from every part of the country and every walk of life. They range from working class to affluent, and they are black, white, Asian, and Latino. We meet Chien, who came to Kansas City as a refugee from the Vietnam War and today takes care of a growing family; Kent, a midwestern dad who nursed his son through life-threatening disabilities (and Kent's wife, Misun, who has never doubted for a moment that breadwinning is the best thing she can do for her family); Ta-Nehisi, a writer in Harlem who sees involved fatherhood as "the ultimate service to black people"; Michael, a gay stay-at-home dad in Oakland who enjoys a profoundly loving and egalitarian partnership with his husband; and many others. Through their stories, we discover that as America has evolved and diversified, so has fatherhood.

The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen: Live Well, Laugh Often, Cook Much
by Teri Edwards
Published 2009 by Hearst Books

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781588167293

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The pair known for their creativity and family-friendly food and craft projects has written their first book, which tells their inspiring story while also serving up 50 simple and tasty recipes. Interspersed throughout are 19 easy projects to bring Farm Chick style to any kitchen. Meet The Farm Chicks! "Mompreneurs" Serena Thompson and Teri Edwards have achieved super-success, winning fans everywhere with their creativity and family-friendly food and craft projects. In just a few short years, they've established an annual antiques fair, created a line of products (jewelry, clothing, stationery), and become contributing editors at "Country Living." Now, the pair has written their first book, which tells their inspiring story while also serving up 50 simple and tasty recipes. Interspersed throughout are 19 easy projects to bring Farm Chick style to your kitchen.