There are lots of disadvantages to being the smallest in her family--not being able to ride a bike, play basketball, or go to school--but after a long wait, Maggie grows up.

Lyle Hovde is at the onset of his golden years, living a mostly content life in rural Wisconsin with his wife, Peg, daughter, Shiloh, and six-year old grandson, Isaac. After a troubled adolescence and subsequent estrangement from her parents, Shiloh has finally come home. But while Lyle is thrilled to have his whole family reunited, he's also uneasy: in Shiloh's absence, she has become deeply involved with an extremist church, and the devout pastor...

"The science of growing young (neoteny) provides the underlying hypothesis for activities in this book on reviving ten youthful traits: resilience, optimism, wonder, curiosity, joy, humor, music, work, play, learning. Across all, there is love. Reader selects preferred activities for growing young--from the inside out"--Provided by publisher.

"De pronto Greg se descubre a sí mismo inmerso en la tensión de las fiestas de chicos y chicas, mayores responsabilidades y hasta los cambios fisiológicos propios de la edad. Todo ello sin poder contar con su mejor amigo, Rowley. ¿Podrá Greg salir adelante por sus propios medios? ¿O tendrá que rendirse ante La Horrible Realidad?"--P. [4] of cover. While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg...

A leading authority in gender studies profiles American males between the ages of sixteen and twenty-six, offering insight into their belief systems, relationships, and preferences, in a report that also discusses the sources of violent and deviant behaviors. By the author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History.

Presents the complete collection of the series of programs documenting the lives of fourteen British seven year-olds, every seven years.