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  • On Their Own

    What Happens to Kids When They Age Out of the Foster Care System

    by Martha Shirk ...
    Each year, as many as 25,000 teenagers "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn eighteen. For years, a government agency had made every important decision for them. Suddenly, they are on their own, with no one to count on. What does it mean to be eighteen and on your own, without the family support and personal connections that most young people rely on? For many youth raised in foster ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs

    How Eleven Women Escaped Poverty And Became Their Own Bosses

    Over the last five years, the number of women-owned businesses has grown at twice the rate of all U.S. firms; in the next few years, the number is expected to surpass the six million mark. Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs tells the inspirational stories of eleven low-income women who have marshaled the creative energy, confidence, and capital necessary to start their own small businesses. These women, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Overwhelmed

    Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time

    An award-winning journalist and a mother, Brigid Schulte was feeling overwhelmed by the demands of her work and home lives. As journalists do, she decided to find out if she was alone in this feeling and how she could fix it. She was relieved to discover that most working mothers felt as crazed as she did. Few of them were really enjoying “leisure” time. They weren’t complaining; they chose to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Love That Boy

    What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations

    by Ron Fournier ...
    "[A]n eloquent, brave, big-hearted book…about the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon.”—James Fallows, The AtlanticLove That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for our children—popularity, normalcy, achievement, genius—and what they truly need—grit, empathy, character—are explored by ... Read more

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  • Start Something That Matters

    The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street JournalWhy this book is for you:• You’re ready to make a difference in the world—through your own start-up business, a nonprofit organization, or a new project that you create within ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Being Heumann

    An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

    **The feature film directed by CODA’s Sian Heder streams on Apple starting November 13th**"This important book will help ensure that every person gets a chance to live up to their full potential and will always have a place at the table.”—Hillary Clinton"Her life story as an activist will enlighten readers everywhere.”—Gloria Steinem**"Her fierce advocacy and work changing the laws around ... Read more

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  • What Should I Do with My Life?

    The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question

    by Po Bronson ...
    “Brimming with stories of sacrifice, courage, commitment and, sometimes, failure, the book will support anyone pondering a major life choice or risk without force-feeding them pat solutions.”—Publishers WeeklyIn What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question. With humor, empathy, and insight ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Teachers

    A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession

    **A National Bestseller*Winner of the 2024 DKG International Educators Book Award*A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what’s really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins.**Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Teach Your Own

    The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling

    The classic and indispensable work on teaching children at home, fully updated for today's new laws, new lifestyles, and the growing new generation of homeschooling parentsToday more than one and a half million children are being taught at home by their own parents. In this expanded edition of the book that helped launch the whole movement, Pat Farenga has distilled John Holt's timeless ... Read more

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  • Teaching Hope

    Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell

    Incredible stories of struggle, redemption, and the power of education from the teachers taught by Erin Gruwell and the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Freedom Writers DiaryDon’t miss the public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart“These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.”—From the ... Read more

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  • Knowing Your Value

    Women, Money and Getting What You're Worth

    Why are women so often overlooked and underpaid? In Knowing Your Value, the prequel to her new book Grow Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.Prompted by her own experience as co-host of Morning Joe, Mika interviewed a number of prominent women across a wide range of industries on their ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The American Way of Eating

    Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table

    The New York Times bestselling work of undercover journalism in the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed that fully investigates our food system to explain what keeps Americans from eating well—and what we can do about it.When award-winning (and working-class) journalist Tracie McMillan saw foodies swooning over $9 organic tomatoes, she couldn’t help but wonder: What about the rest ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD