Family Garden

Revitalize your household's energy and soothe your frayed nerves with this simple, step-by-step guide to taming the chaos and clearing the clutter. Dig yourself out of the neverending abyss of laundry, toys, and papers, all while balancing your work and family responsibilities with Mother Cluttered, the no-frills guide to decluttering by a mom, for moms.

I’ve Got You, Girlfriend! is exactly what you want to hear when all the crazy, messy, exhausting, disorganized, overwhelming moments happen in the mom life you’re living…and sometimes that’s all before 9 a.m.!

Before being torn down in 2007, the Stateway Gardens public housing projects on Chicago’s South Side were ridden with deprivation and crime. But for some, like Tracy, the shy, intelligent young boy at the center of this enthralling collection of linked stories, they are simply home. Set in the mid-1980s and taking listeners up to the point of the destruction of the infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects, this collection gives an intimate look at the hopes, dreams, failures, and fortunes of a group of people growing up with the deck always stacked against them.

Nestled in the bucolic town of Green Valley in upstate New York, the Pennywort farm appears ordinary, yet at its center lies something remarkable: a wild maze of colorful gardens that reaches beyond the imagination. Local legend says that a visitor can gain answers to life's most difficult problems simply by walking through its lush corridors. Yet the labyrinth has never helped Olivia Pennywort, the garden's beautiful and enigmatic caretaker.

A family secret. A new romance. And a summer she will never forget. When Caroline left Lake Summers thirty years ago, she thought she’d never return to the place where she lost her parents. But when she finds out that the town’s lily garden lovingly built by her mother is going to be destroyed, she knows fate is calling. Dropping everything at her office in Chicago, she knows she is the only person who can save the garden. Caroline and her daughter Lee are welcomed home by the warm smile of her mother’s best friend Maxine, and piles of pancakes at her cozy little restaurant in town.

Rikke bor sammen med sin mor og far og sin lillesøster Iben på en gård, der hedder ’Ja-vi-ka-gården’. Dengang hendes forældre købte den, spurgte mange voksne dem nemlig, om de virkelig troede, de kunne få råd til at bo på sådan en stor og dyr gård. "Ja, vi ka’," svarede Rikkes forældre så. Men det er hårdt arbejde at drive landbrug. I bogen her hører vi om Rikke og hendes families hverdag på gården, hvor der både skal passes dyr og høstes - men hvor der også er masser af plads til at lege. Herdis Toft er cand.mag.

In La La Lovely, Trina shares stories and inspiration from her journey of finding and being found by beauty. You will find deep matters of the heart along with practical pointers on things like decorating your home, finding your style, and creating beautiful spaces. Each chapter offers essays, beautiful photographs, design tips, and practical advice for creating a place of beauty and belonging no matter where you live or what you're going through.

Part Lovely Bones, part Dogs of Babel, a series of letters tell Angel's story in her own words. Now deceased, the irrepressible golden retriever had been rescued from a shelter at an advanced age and given a second lease on life by author Martin Levin and his caretaker, Paula Drost. Angel's letters about her life and adventures with Levin and Drost evidence their unconditional love for her and impart precious lessons about life she was able to learn along the way because of their intervention.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to choose the right pet for your child. Your child might spot a cute dog or kitten at a neighbor's house. Maybe her best friend has a guinea pig or a rabbit. Which pet is right for your family?

As Tina is ironing, she questions things and then her mind wonders with each item she irons. What ever happened to perma-press? Tina asks herself as she is ironing a linen pair of capris, and is having difficulty getting the wrinkles out. She goes through the history of fabrics, from perma-press, to wrinkle free, to natural fibers, to those that today need ironing, just when life should be simpler.

When a stray dog walks into a sleepy Chiltern village, she touches the lives of many people there, but can she help the recently widowed Alfie Ellis, who has been living a kind of half life since the loss of his wife of 43 years?

Critically-acclaimed author Monica Holloway shares the extraordinary, touching story of Cowboy, the golden retriever puppy who changed her son's life.

Patrick MacRae had a habit of pigeonholing people and his four daughters were no exception. Rose was the smart one; Lily, the beauty; Violet, the sweet one; and Daisy was his athlete. Now two years after his death, the four sisters are still trying to work themselves out of the boxes he put them in. Rose, the oldest of the four MacRae girls, hated being raised in a small town where everyone compared her to her sister Lily, a gorgeous fashion model. She couldn't move away fast enough.

Daisy MacRae was the family rebel; the irresponsible one. All through childhood the three older MacRae sisters followed the rules, while Daisy found breaking rules much more fun. Though her actions should have landed her in hot water, Daisy always managed to sweet talk her way out trouble. But things changed the night Daisy's reckless behavior destroyed the life of someone she loved. Unable to face what she had done, Daisy ran away.

Rose MacRae is worried when she finds out that Violet, the shyest and most naïve of her three sisters, is falling in love with Jackson Carter of Carter Enterprises. It isn't that Rose doesn't like Jackson; everyone likes the guy. But Jackson is a real ladies man with a 'love'em and leave'em' reputation. While Violet... Violet is a babe in the woods when it comes to love.

Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision from Freya, he widens the gulf between them.

Lead from paint, dust, and soil in and around your home can be dangerous if not managed properly. The Environmental Protection Agency wants you to know: Children under 6 years old are most at risk for lead poisoning in your home, lead exposure can harm young children and babies even before they are born, homes, schools, and child care facilities built before 1978 are likely to contain lead-based paint, even children who seem healthy may have dangerous levels of lead in their bodies, and much more.

Puppy Break In is exactly what every dog owner taking on a second family dog needs! This listen provides dog owners with the all the tips for preparing their homes for the addition of a second dog! It is very important owners know exactly the commitments required for adjusting to having more than one family dog. Remember, your pets are counting on you alone to ensure they are safe, protected, and loved everyday. It's the least a dog owner can do.

More than 84 million Americans - almost three-fourths of the US population - own a pet, and our society is still learning how to recognize and dignify that relationship with proper mourning rituals. We have only recently allowed the conversation of how to grieve for our nonhuman family members to come front and center. Lost Companions fills a specific, important demand, a massive need in the market for an accessible, meaningful book on pet loss.

The Silk Road begins on a mat in yoga class, deep within a labyrinth on a settlement somewhere in the icy north, under the canny guidance of Jee Moon. When someone fails to arise from corpse pose, the Astronomer, the Archivist, the Botanist, the Keeper, the Topologist, the Geographer, the Iceman, and the Cook remember the paths that brought them there - paths on which they still seem to be traveling.The Silk Road is Davis' most explicitly allegorical novel and also her most profound vehicle. Its revelations are ravishing and desolating.