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Books That Changed My Life

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THE BOOKS THAT HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE 

I've always been a reader and the books that have impacted my life, over a lifetime, are innumerable. But there are some standouts. Below I've created some categories and listed the books that had the largest impact on my life in it's various stages and phases.

ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE PARENTING BOOKS 

I've always played with the idea -- rather tongue-in-cheek, naturally -- of starting a non-profit whose purpose would be to fund the purchase of specific "must have" parenting books. In other words, if I ruled the world, not a single parent would leave the hospital with a new baby without these books in hand. These books not only had astonishingly profound effect on my parenting, but also on my entire worldview.

Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)

Release Date: 05/09/2000

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Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense About Sex

Release Date: 12/18/2001

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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition)

Release Date: 04/10/2001

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The Disappearance of Childhood

Release Date: 08/02/1994

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Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It

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Books I've Recently Read: Non-Fiction 

A Mind at a Time

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The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character

Amazon Price: $13.51 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Amazon Price: $19.17 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

The Myth of Laziness

Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

Recent Reads: Fiction 

Because sometimes a girl just wants to have fun

The Secret Life of Bees

Amazon Price: $10.68 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

Gather Together in My Name

Amazon Price: $15.60 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

Learning to Kill: Stories

Amazon Price: $12.54 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

The Staircase

Amazon Price: $6.95 (as of 01/09/2009) Buy Now

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