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The Power of Presence: Be a Voice in Your Child's Ear Even When You're Not with Them
Joy Thomas Moore · Grand Central Life & Style
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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For single parents, working parents, and caregivers who worry about the time they spend away from their children, the mother of The Other Wes Moore shares strategies to raise happy, well adjusted kids.As the mother of Wes Moore, whose memoir about overcoming the obstacles that face a fatherless... |
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Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Alice Gregory · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Sleep is vital to the way we learn, remember and forget, to how we feel about family and partners, our wellbeing, and our mental and physical health. It is essential for life itself. In Nodding Off, renowned sleep researcher Alice Gregory explores every aspect of sleep, from the different... |
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Estranged: Leaving Family and Finding Home
JESSICA BERGER GROSS · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, haunting memoir about one woman's childhood of abuse and her harrowing decision to leave it all behind that redefines our understanding of estrangement and the ability to triumph over adversity.To outsiders, Jessica Berger Gross's childhood - growing up in a "nice"... |
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Ready, Set . . . Baby!
Elizabeth Rusch · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
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Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister - with solid information, kid-friendly humor,... |
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
ROXANE GAY · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling and deeply beloved author of Bad Feminist and Hunger, this anthology of first-person essays tackles rape, assault, and harassment head-on. "Roxane Gay is the brilliant girl-next-door: your best friend and your... |
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Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas
TOM PAPA · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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It's hard being a person, especially in a family, and no one knows that better than stand-up comedian, family man, and Live From Here head writer and performer, Tom Papa.How do you deal with a life filled with a whole host of characters and their bizarre, inescapable behavior? Especially... |
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Achieving a Healthy Weight for Your Child: An Action Plan for Families
SANDRA G HASSINK · American Academy of Pediatrics
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
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Achieving a Healthy Weight for Your Child: An Action Plan for Families is an essential guide to help parents take action to support their child's healthy nutrition and physical activity at home, in school and in the community. Whether your child struggles with weight issues or you are working... |
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The End of Old Age: Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life
Marc E Agronin · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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In his last book, How We Age, Dr. Marc Agronin wrote passionately about how we need to place greater value on our elders and hope for a better old age, even in the throes of illness and dementia. But he doesn't want us to simply gaze at the holiness of old age, nor does he want us searching... |
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Divorce After 50: Your Guide to the Unique Legal and Financial Challenges
Janice Green Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
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A road map for late-life divorce Divorce can be emotionally devastating at any time, but the emotional and financial challenges are even greater for people who divorce later in life and can face complicated issues of blended families, health care concerns, and retirement planning. Attorney... |
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family
MASHONDA TIFRERE · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A wise and inspiring guide to creating a happy and healthy blended family by Mashonda Tifrere with contributions from her co-parents--Swizz Beatz and his wife, Grammy-Award winning singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.In January 2010, founder of ArtLeadHer Mashonda Tifrere and music producer... |
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How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations
Marc Freedman · PublicAffairs
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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The secret to happiness, longevity, and living on is through mentoring the next generationIn How to Live Forever, Encore.org founder and CEO Marc Freedman tells the story of his thirty-year quest to answer some of contemporary life's most urgent questions: With so many living so much longer,... |
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Furnishing Eternity: A Father, a Son, a Coffin, and a Measure of Life
David Giffels · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"Giffels does well as a voice of the Midwest ... but this is for everyone." - Library Journal From the acclaimed author of The Hard Way on Purpose, a vibrant, heartfelt memoir about confronting mortality, surviving loss, finding resilience in one's Midwest roots and seeking a father's... |
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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
Frederick Hertz Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
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Find answers you need br> Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court -- unlike married couples, Unmarried couples living together should take certain precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply considering the idea. For over... |
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