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1) The Graduate
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A recent college graduate from an affluent family is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner, then subsequently falls in love with her daughter.
2) Conquering your quarterlife crisis: advice from twentysomethings who have been there and survived
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Alexandra Robbins goes beyond defining the problem of the quarterlife crisis and puts readers on the path to conquering it. She asks and answers the tough, soul-searching questions that keep young adults awake at night.
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In American graffiti, two teenage boys, scheduled to leave for college in the morning, spend a final summer night in 1962 cruising the strip. This leads to a series of misadventures for them and two other California teenagers. More American graffiti shows episodes in the same characters' lives as the 1960s continue and John Milner is drag racing, the Toad is in Vietnam, Debbie is a San Francisco hippie, and Steve and Laurie weather a domestic crisis....
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"Provides a comprehensive overview of sexuality at the stage straddling adolescence and adulthood. The first section of the volume offers conceptualizations and foundational perspectives on sexuality in emerging adulthood, with topics including theory, developmental considerations, sexual behavior, sexual beliefs and attitudes, associations with romance, casual sex, and sexual orientation. The second section systematically examines contexts and socializing...
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If you're in your twenties, you're likely feeling the combination of the excitement of this defining decade and the pressure to figure out your entire life. The thrill of newfound independence and opportunity can be quickly squelched by worry, disillusionment, or disappointment. Like thousands of other twenty somethings, you may have experienced what life coach Christine Hassler calls an "expectation hangover." This manifesto explores the all-important...
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Life Disrupted is a personal and unflinching guide to living well with a chronic illness: managing your own health care without letting it take over your life, dealing with difficult doctors and frequent hospitalizations, having a productive and satisfying career that accommodates your health needs, and nurturing friendships and a loving, committed relationship regardless of recurring health problems. Laurie Edwards also addresses the particular needs...
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Young adult readers have special needs and concerns, and librarians have become increasingly interested in selecting books suitable for them. This reference provides information about 290 books for young adults. These books received major awards between 1997 and 2001, reflect the voices of 242 different authors, and range from new to familiar themes.
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The 75 million Americans born between 1960 and 1980 have been called a lot of names, but a media sound bite doesn't make a generation; demographics, politics, culture, and economics do. This book chronicles the history of how "Generation X" came to be: not a lot of pretentious posturing or shrill whining, but instead the first-ever factual, no-nonsense look at what happened in the 60s, 70s, and 80s - a detailed tour of the events and trends that set...
10) Spring storm
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"The solid and deft characterizations of the four young people whose lives intertwine - the sexually alive Heavenly Critchfield, her earthy lover Dick Miles, Heavenly's wealthy but tongue-tied admirer Arthur Shannon, and the repressed librarian Hertha Neilson who loves Arthur - while unique, foreshadow characters we will meet again and again in the Williams canon. Epic in scope, somewhat melodramatic in execution, tragic in outcome, Spring Storm created...
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A nationally known pediatrician and author addresses the question of why some youngsters make a successful transition into adulthood while others do not. Parents and schools often raise children in a highly structured world, leaving them unable to cope on their own. Dr. Levine urges that schools teach "life prep," equipping adolescents with what they will need to succeed as adults. He identifies these skills as "the four I's": inner direction, or...
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"Latino millennials constitute the second largest segment of the millennial population. By sheer numbers they will inevitably have a significant social, economic, and political impact on U.S. society. Beyond basic demographics, however, not much is known about how they make sense of themselves as Americans. In Citizens but Not Americans, Nilda Flores-González examines how Latino millennials understand race, experience race, and develop notions of...
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With irreverent flare and practical wisdom, "Everything Changes" includes stories, how-to resources, and expert advice on issues that are important for young adult cancer patients, including: dating and sex, medical insurance and the healthcare system, faith and spirituality, employment and career, fertility and adoption, and friends and family
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"[Oates's] stories concern themselves with problems and situations that youth knows: the conflict between the hope of the young and the pessimism of the old; the realization of the injustices of the civilized order; the horror of the senseless cruelty condoned by society; the reality of evil, existing even in the good and the loving; brutality without motivation -- the ultimate horror; the senseless machinations of fate that condition all of life....
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Strapped offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults--the under-35 crowd--as they try to build careers, buy homes, and start families. As Tamara Draut explains, getting ahead is getting harder. A college degree is the new high school diploma--but it now costs a fortune to get that degree, and students graduate with crippling debts. Good jobs are scarcer thanks to stagnant wages and disappearing benefits. And, the cost...
16) But not for love
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This Texas Traditions Series reprint takes us back to the Lone Star State during the Cold War at the beginning of the 1960s. The postwar generation is in a frenzy of high living and profligate spending. Big Texas oil is still subsidized by a federal depletion allowance and cattle still account for much of the state's wealth. But these longtime mainstays of Texas finance are giving way to transistors and computers. A new millionaire class is growing...
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It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time. In The Pirate's Dilemma, VICE magazine's Matt Mason - poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation - brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and the technological savvy of an IT wizard to the task of sorting...
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Once the cap and gown come off, the pressure is on! As a recent college graduate, you may fell overwhelmed and frustrated trying to assimilate to the "real world." It's hard to find a jobe that you love, decide if you can live on your own, manage your finances, and maintain relationships. But this often-dubbed "quarterlife crisis" does not have to be a catastrophe! In fact, ti can be quite useful- even essential- to success! Highlighting dozens of...
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An emerging spokesperson for a new generation addresses the grim state of young people today--and tells us how we can, and must, save our future. The nature of youth is to question, SO when 24-year-old Kamenetz started out as a journalist, she began asking hard questions for which no one seemed to have good answers. Why were her friends thousands of dollars in credit-card debt? Why did so many jobs for people under thirty-five involve a plastic name...
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