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Getting the Job You Want After 50 For Dummies

Kerry Hannon - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Learn to: Showcase the value you have to offer a potential employer Perfect your rsum and interview skills Negotiate for what you want Snag your dream job in the age of social media Launch a whole new career or business Your guide to navigating today's workplace and snagging that...
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Whatever...Love Is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves

Maria Bello - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed actress and dedicated activist shares her personal journey of discovery, and destroys outdated ideas about partnership, love and family that will resonate with anyone in an unconventional life situation.Actress and activist Maria Bello made waves with her essay, "Coming...
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The Imperfect Marriage: Help for Those Who Think It's Over

Darryl Strawberry - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

A marriage guidebook for the not-so-perfect marriage—filled with extremely candid, practical, and biblically based principles—proven to make any relationship successful.Darryl and Tracy Strawberry admit they have “made every possible mistake you can make in marriage.”...
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Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles

Christopher Lucas - Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture, Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is the incredible true tale of a beloved Emmy-winning blind broadcaster who refused to let his disability prevent him from overcoming many challenging obstacles and achieving his dreams.In 1951, when he was only twelve years...
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The Body Language of Liars: From Little White Lies to Pathological Deception - How to See through the Fibs, Frauds, and Falsehoods People Tell You Every Day

Lillian Glass - Career Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Being fooled or conned can happen to anyone; It doesn't matter how intelligent, old, rich, or famous you are. Whether you have been scammed in business, swindled out of money, betrayed by a friend, relative, or coworker, or cheated on by a spouse, rest assured you are not alone. The world...
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The Elimination Diet: Discover the Foods That Are Making You Sick and Tired--and Feel Better Fast

Tom Malterre - Grand Central Pub
Format: Print book

The Diet Designed Just for YouCould the toast you ate for breakfast bring on your afternoon headache? Could the milk in your coffee cause joint pain and brain fog? Could your healthy tofu stir-fry slow your metabolism? Yes-there is an age-old, powerful connection between what you eat and how you feel....
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The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose

Christian Smith - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

Determining why, when, and to whom people feel compelled to be generous affords invaluable insight into positive and problematic ways of life. Organ donation, volunteering, and the funding of charities can all be illuminated by sociological and psychological perspectives on how American...
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Do Less, Get More: How to Work Smart and Live Life Your Way

Shaa Wasmund - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover

When you stop trying to do so much, you get so much more doneDo you put yourself under too much pressure to succeed, which only makes it harder to achieve? Are you constantly playing catch-up and struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? It doesn't have to be this...
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How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life

Heather Havrilesky - Doubleday
Format: Print book

A collection of original, impassioned, and inspiring letters by the author of the popular advice column Ask PollyShould you quit your day job to follow your dreams? How do you rein in an overbearing mother? Will you ever stop dating wishy-washy, noncommittal guys? Should you put off having...
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One Good Life: My Tips, My Wisdom, My Story

Jill Nystul - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Called "special, amazing" and "very moving" by Ree Drummond, One Good Life shares the never-before-told story of the blogger behind One Good Thing by Jillee, alongside the tips and wisdom that have earned her millions of devoted followers. Jill Nystul started her blog,...
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Nothing Changes Until You Do: A Guide to Self-Compassion and Getting Out of Your Own Way

Mike Robbins - Hay House, Inc.
Format: Print book

"After three years of living his dream as a professional baseball pitcher, Mike Robbins had an arm injury that benched him for good, and when this happened, everything changed. He had to figure out who he was without the identity of "baseball player"--a process fraught with...
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People Tools for Love and Relationships: The Journey from Me to Us

Alan C Fox - SelectBooks
Format: Print book

Relationship expert Alan C. Fox has inspired thousands of readers with the invaluable advice and engaging stories in his two bestselling books People Tools and People Tools for Business. Now he is back with the ultimate guide to a better life: People Tools for Love and Relationships:...
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The Dolphin Way: A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids-Without Turning i nto a Tiger

Shimi K Kang - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin
Format: Print book

In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral...
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Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class

Abby Lee Miller - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Ultimate Tiger Mom Abby Lee Millerthe passionate unapologetically outspoken tough-as-nails star of Lifetimes phenomenal hit Dance Moms and Abbys Ultimate Dance Competitionoffers inspirational tough love guidance for parents who want to help their children succeed and for readers of all ages...
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FLAWD: How to Stop Hating on Yourself, Others, and the Things That Make You Who You Are

Emily-Anne Rigal - Perigee Books
Format: Paperback

When you look in the mirror and only see your flaws, it can be hard to be your best self. FLAWD is your new cheerleader - an energetic guide to seeing your flaws as the doorway to something more.Through dynamic stories and advice from teens and celebrities around the world, FLAWD will...
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Me, Inc.: Build an Army of One, Unleash Your Inner Rock God, Win in Life and Business

Gene Simmons - It Books
Format: Paperback

Me, Inc. features a black simulated-leather cover with gold foil stamping and a black ribbon bookmark.The fact that KISS is one of the most successful rock bands in the world is no accident. From the beginning Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley had a clear-cut vision of what they wanted to do and how they...
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Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World

Tina Seelig - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

"What if there were a clear set of instructions to help you bring your best ideas to life? As with a recipe, you could take a compelling idea and with concrete steps, transform it into something extraordinary.As a professor at Stanford University, Tina Seelig has dedicated her career...
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Good Girl: A Memoir

Sarah Tomlinson - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Told with raw, rugged honesty, this heartrending memoir from journalist Sarah Tomlinson recounts her unconventional upbringing and coming-of-age as colored by her complicated relationship with her father.Sarah Tomlinson was born on January 29, 1976, in a farmhouse in Freedom, Maine. After...
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Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message

Tara Mohr - Gotham
Format: Hardcover

A "Huffington Post" columnist and women's leadership expert outlines practical skills that women can use to implement positive change, covering such topics as self-esteem and how to overcome sabotaging gender rules of conduct.--Publisher information.
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Approaching the End of Life: A Practical and Spiritual Guide

Donna Schaper - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

In her more than forty years as a minister, Rev. Donna Schaper has been approached hundreds of times by people wanting to know how to prepare for the end of life in both practical and spiritual matters. Countless others have turned to her for guidance on how to handle the death of a loved...
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Dating After 50 For Dummies

Pepper Schwartz - John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback

Meet, date, and start a relationship with Mr. or Ms. Right-after 50 Almost everyone associates falling in love with their younger years, but as the boomer generation ages, more and more people over 50 are jumping back into the dating scene for the first time (in a long time) and need...
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The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle

Joanne Huist Smith - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

For readers of Richard Paul Evans and Greg Kincaid comes The 13th Gift, a heartwarming Christmas story about how a random act of kindness transformed one of the bleakest moments in a family's history into a time of strength and love.After the unexpected death of her husband, Joanne...
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The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide: 200 Recipes and Weekly Menus to Kick Start Your Journey

Unknown. - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide 28-minute workouts are energetic, high-intensity, plyometric training sessions that help women achieve healthy, strong bodies. Itsines' Sweat with Kayla app is the best selling fitness app in the world for a reason. The Bikini Body 28-Day...
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The Priority List: A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons

David Menasche - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

Based on a beloved teacher's most popular lesson, The Priority List is a bold, inspirational story of learning, love, and legacy that challenges us to ask: What truly matters in life? David Menasche lived for his work as a high school English teacher. His passion inspired his students,...
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Instant confidence

Paul McKenna - Hay House
Format: Print book

Would you like to have the confidence to go for anything you want? Would you like to feel strong in difficult situations? Would you like to feel the determination to improve your life? Dr. Paul McKenna is the world s leading hypnotist and has sold 10 million self-help books worldwide. In this...
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It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond

Julia Cameron - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

Julia Cameron has inspired millions with her bestseller The Artist's Way. Now at the age of sixty-five, she shows her contemporaries how retirement can be the most creative and fulfilling stage of life yet. For some, retirement is a day to work toward with anticipation. Others approach...
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'74 and Sunny

A. J. Benza - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

A surprisingly tender coming-of-age story of a close-knit yet tough Sicilian-American family that accepts and welcomes a young boy struggling to understand himself - by the former Daily News (New York) gossip columnist and E! television host.A.J. Benza's distinctive blend of wit,...
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On Living

Kerry Egan - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book

A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered...
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How to be a Husband

Tim Dowling - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

A riotously funny book about how to be a good husband (not like he would know) by Tim Dowling, star columnist for The Guardian. Think Nick Hornby meets Dave Barry - with a hint of Modern Family.This is not a self-help book. Tim Dowling doesn't have any solid advice for you on how to be a man - he tried...
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The Heart of the Amish: Life Lessons on Peacemaking and the Power of Forgiveness

Suzanne Woods Fisher - Fleming H. Revell Company
Format: Paperback

Everyone has been hurt. Everyone experiences conflict, great and small. Everyone has someone to forgive. But sometimes we just can't bring ourselves to forgive someone who has wronged us or we don't take the need to forgive seriously--not like the Amish do. Forgiving others in order...
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Love Illuminated: Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject

Daniel Jones - William Morrow; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

From the editor of the New York Times' popular "Modern Love" column, the story of love from beginning to end (or not).Love. We want it. We need it. We pay it homage with songs and poems and great works of art. And when we lose it, there's no pain as intense or excruciating....
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Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook: Eat Up and Slim Down with More Than 350 Healthy Recipes

Pearl Barrett - Harmony
Format: Paperback

In their debut cookbook, the Trim Healthy Mama's share hundreds of delicious, healthy recipes to help readers successfully slim down while eating well. This companion cookbook to the bestselling Trim Healthy Mama Plan is just what readers have been waiting for. It features simple,...
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Shirley, I Jest!: A Storied Life

Cindy Williams - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Cindy Williams, half of the comedic duo of Laverne & Shirley, has had a wild and lively career in show business. This book is an engaging and heartfelt journey from Williams's blue collar roots to unexpected stardom - from being pranked by Jim Morrison while waiting tables at Whisky...
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Modern Brides & Modern Grooms: A Guide to Planning Straight, Gay, and Other Nontraditional Twenty-First-Century Weddings

Mark O'Connell LCSW - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK AWARD FINALIST--Marriage and LGBT Non-FictionHow to make any wedding liberating, brave, and sexy.This post-DOMA book is for any couple--same or opposite sex--seeking a personalized wedding that dignifies the relationship and the individual self. No "new...
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It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age

Marlo Thomas - Pocket Books
Format: Hardcover

We've heard it all before: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.""Where there's a will, there's a way.""When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." But anyone who has ever tried to make a big life change knows it can be a bit more...
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UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World

Michele Borba - Touchstone
Format: Print book

Bestselling author Michele Borba offers a 9-step program to help parents cultivate empathy in children, from birth to young adulthood - and explains why developing a healthy sense of empathy is a key predictor of which kids will thrive and succeed in the future.Is the Selfie Syndrome Undermining...
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If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

Gregg Olsen - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

In If I Can't Have You, bestselling author Gregg Olsen and co-author Rebecca Morris investigate one of the 21st Century's most puzzling disappearances and how it resulted in the murder of two children by their father.Every once in a great while a genuine murder mystery unfolds before...
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The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over

Jack Schafer - Touchstone
Format: Book

From a former FBI Special Agent specializing in behavior analysis and recruiting spies comes a handbook filled with his proven strategies on how to instantly read people and influence how they perceive you, so you can easily turn on the like switch.The Like Switch is packed with all the tools...
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One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness

Rasmus Hougaard - Palgrave MacMillan
Format: Hardcover

Researchers have found that the accelerated pace of modern office life is taking its toll on productivity, employee engagement, creativity and well-being. Faced with a relentless flood of information and distractions, our brains try to process everything at once increasing our stress, decreasing...
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The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre

Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer - Amazon Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The Doctor Is In! America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present, and her insights into living life to the fullest, at any age.Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous...
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Mindful Work: How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out

David Gelles - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times reporter reveals what business leaders around the country are already discovering Meditation may be the key to fostering a happier, more productive workplace. For the past few years, mindfulness has begun to transform the American workplace. Many of our largest companies,...
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I Suck at Relationships So You Don't Have To: 10 Rules for Not Screwing Up Your Happily Ever After

Bethenny Frankel - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

Bethenny Frankel, four-time New York Times bestselling author, self-made businesswoman, and media maven, offers her hard-won guidance on dating and relationships in the tradition of her breakout book, A Place of Yes.Bethenny is good at many things - being an entrepreneur, mom, and TV star...
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The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Bodys Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You

Sylvia Tara - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

This groundbreaking work of practical, popular science reveals that fat is much smarter than we think.Fat is an obsession, a dirty word, a subject of national handwringing -- and, according to biochemist Sylvia Tara, the least-understood part of our body.You may not love your fat, but your...
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The Genius of Opposites: How Introverts and Extroverts Achieve Extraordinary Results Together

Jennifer B. Kahnweiler PhD - Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format: Paperback

Better TogetherFDR and Eleanor. Mick and Keith. Jobs and Woz. There are countless examples of introvert-extrovert partnerships who make brilliant products, create great works of art, and even change history together. But these partnerships don't just happen. They demand wise nurturing....
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Spirituality of Gratitude: The Unexpected Blessings of Thankfulness

Joshua Choonmin Kang - IVP Books
Format: Paperback

"Deep gratitude springs up from within," writes pastor and bestselling Korean author Joshua Choonmin Kang. "To become truly grateful is incredibly difficult, but the difficulty of the process makes the results all the more lovely." God invites us to enter into this...
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Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It's So Hard to Stop

Anna Lembke - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription opioid overdose. But perhaps the most frightening...
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The Longest Date: Life as a Wife

Cindy Chupack - Viking Adult, 2014.
Format: Print book

The bestselling author of The Between Boyfriends Book and an award-winning writer for Sex and the City and Modern Family takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriageCindy Chupack has spent much of her adult life writing about dating and relationships for several hit TV series and as a sex columnist...
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Marijuana Nation: One Man's Chronicle of America Getting High: From Vietnam to Legalization

Roger A Roffman - Pegasus Books, 2014.
Format: Print book

As public attitudes about pot undergo rapid change, Roger Roffman's portrait of marijuana in America rises above punditry and rhetoric Roger Roffman first discovered marijuana while serving as a US Army officer in Vietnam. From these seemingly innocuous beginnings, Roffman has been...
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The Rising: Murder, Heartbreak, and the Power of Human Resilience in an American Town

Ryan D'Agostino - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Format: Hardcover

The astonishing story of one man's recovery in the face of traumatic loss - and a powerful meditation on the resilience of the soul On July 23, 2007, Dr. William Petit suffered an unimaginable horror: Armed strangers broke into his suburban Connecticut home in the middle of the night,...
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The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime

Imogen Lloyd Webber - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book

Have you ever been at a cocktail party when all of a sudden you feel like an outsider in the conversation because you have absolutely no idea what the person is talking about? You're standing around with a glass of wine and someone starts talking about how the stock market did that day leading...
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Winners: And How They Succeed

Alastair Campbell - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

Alastair Campbell knows all about winning. As Tony Blair's chief spokesman and strategist he helped guide his party to victory in three successive elections, and he's fascinated by what it takes to succeed How do sportsmen excel, entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve the ambitions?...
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Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery

Robin Barnett EdD LCSW - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

Everyone suffers when there's an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one's recovery, and learn how to cope with...
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Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After

Katherine Woodward Thomas - Harmony
Format: Print book

And Then They Lived Happily ... We enter our romantic relationships with great love, hope, and excitement--we've found the 'one', so we plan and forge our futures together. But sometimes, for many different reasons, relationships come undone; they don't work out. Commonly,...
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Is That Me Yelling?: A Parent's Guide to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate Without Losing Your Cool

Rona Renner RN - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Being a parent is hard work! And when your child refuses to do even the little things - like picking up their toys, taking a bath, or getting in the car to go to school - it's easy to become frustrated. But what if there was a gentle, effective way for you to improve your kid's...
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Wish Granted: 25 Stories of Strength and Resilience from America's Favorite Athletes

Make-A-Wish® with Don Yaeger - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

“Those kids are my heroes and by actively deciding to help them continue their fight with a little more hope, you’re one of my heroes, too.”—Michael Jordan, from the IntroductionPoignant stories from this nation’s best loved athletes include Michael Jordan,...
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A Widows Guide to Healing: Gentle Support and Advice for the First 5 Years

Kristin Meekhof - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

An inspiring, accessible, and empowering grief book for widows on how to navigate the unique challenges of widow grief and create a hopeful future.When Kristin Meekhof lost her husband to cancer, she discovered what all widows learn: the moment you experience the death of a spouse, you must...
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory

Caitlin Doughty - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A young mortician goes behind the scenes, unafraid of the gruesome (and fascinating) details of her curious profession.Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre -- took a job at a crematory,...
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Everything That Remains: A Memoir by The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn - Asymmetrical Press
Format: Book

What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want? Twenty-something, suit-clad, and upwardly mobile, Joshua Fields Millburn thought he had everything anyone could ever want. Until he didn't anymore.
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Idiot's Guides: Organizing Your Life

Cyndy Aldred - ALPHA
Format: Book

In today's fast-paced, complex society, it's crucial to find ways to simplify, get organized, and increase productivity. Using dozens of beautiful, full-color photos, Idiot's Guides: Organizing Your Life presents a variety of ideas and steps for organizing every closet, drawer,...
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Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

Damien Echols - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the greatest legal injustices of our time sprang one of the most unlikely - and unforgettable - love stories. Damien Echols was just eighteen years old when he was condemned to death for a crime he didn't commit. His case - that of the infamous "West Memphis Three"...
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First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors: Modern-Day Secrets to Being Desired, Cherished, and Adored for Life

Laura Doyle - BenBella Books
Format: Print book

If you want to repair your marriage or build an enduring, fulfilling relationship, step away from the therapist, put down the magazine, and pick up this book. Laura Doyle's marriage was in trouble. After five years, her husband had become distant and seemed checked out of their relationship,...
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30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage

Karl Pillemer Ph.D. - Hudson Street Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the beloved 30 Lessons for LivingKarl Pillemer's 30 Lessons for Living first became a hit and then became a classic. Readers loved the sage advice and great stories from extraordinary older Americans who shared what they wish they had known when they were starting...
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Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself

Anneli Rufus - Tarcher
Format: Hardcover

"Anneli Rufus has an incredible insight into the human condition. Through observation and anecdote, she shows us that no matter what was said or done to us, self-loathing does not have to be our fate. Hers is a strong, sympathetic and encouraging voice." - Henry Rollins"This...
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The Smart Stepfamily Marriage: Keys to Success in the Blended Family

Ron L. Deal - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Print book

Make This Marriage Last a Lifetime Leading blended family authority Ron Deal and marriage and family expert David Olson show you how to build on your relationship strengths and improve your weaknesses. Whether youre dating, engaged, a young stepfamily, or an empty-nest couple, The Smart...
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How to deal with anger

Isabel Clarke - Teach Yourself
Format: Print book

Everyone feels angry from time to time, and anger is a natural and normal way to respond to the things in life which frustrate us. But it is all too easy to allow feelings of anger and displeasure to colour your life and your relationships with other people. Managing these feelings is important...
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Healthy, Happy You: 365 Daily Micro-Actions for Lasting Change

Nora Rosendahl - Experiment Llc
Format: Print book

"Small, easy steps for big, life-changing results - this book is genius." - Jamie Oliver Do you want to improve your health, live and love more mindfully, and increase your happiness? This book makes it easy with 365 micro-actions - fun, achievable goals you can tackle right now....
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Talking to Crazy: How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life

Mark Goulston - AMACOM/American Management Association
Format: Hardcover

Let's face it, we all know people who are irrational. No matter how hard you try to reason with them, it never works. So what's the solution? How do you talk to someone who's out of control? What can you do with a boss who bullies, a spouse who yells, or a friend who frequently...
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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

Joanna Faber - Scribner
Format: Print book

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed "The Parenting Bible."For...
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The High-Conflict Custody Battle: Protect Yourself and Your Kids from a Toxic Divorce, False Accusations, and Parental Alienation

Amy J. L. Baker PhD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

Is your ex-spouse trying to gain custody of your kids? Has he or she launched a campaign to make you look like a bad parent, both in the eyes of your children and the law? You aren't alone. Unfortunately, high-conflict custody battles are all-too-common in today's world. So how can you arm yourself...
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How to Break Up With Anyone: Letting Go of Friends, Family, and Everyone In-Between

Jamye Waxman - Seal Press
Format: Print book

Not all relationships are made to last forever. Sometimes what starts as a beautiful friendship or productive partnership turns toxic, or one-sided, or unhealthy - and the best solution for both parties is to end it. In How to Break Up With Anyone, relationship expert Jamye Waxman...
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Dial down the drama : reducing conflict and reconnecting with your teenage daughter : a guide for mothers everywhere

Colleen O'Grady - AMACOM--American Management Association
Format: Print book

One moment your daughter is fun-loving and energetic--a pleasure to be around. The next she's sulking in silence, or worse, screaming and slamming the door. Congratulations, you're the mother of a teenage girl. Your daughter is on an emotional roller coaster. Responding in kind just adds...
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300 Sandwiches: A Multilayered Love Story . . . with Recipes

Stephanie Smith - Zinc Ink
Format: Hardcover

"Honey, you are 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring." When New York Post writer Stephanie Smith made a turkey and Swiss on white bread for her boyfriend, Eric (aka E) , he took one bite and uttered those now-famous words. While her beau's declaration initially seemed...
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Finishing School: The Happy Ending to That Writing Project You Can't Seem to Get Done

Cary Tennis - Tarcherperigee
Format: Print book

All too many people start a writing project with grand ambitions but reach a crisis of completion. Finishing School helps writers reignite the passion that started them on the project in the first place and work steadily to get it done. Untold millions of writing projects - begun with hope...
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Exponential Living: Stop Spending 100% of Your Time on 10% of Who You Are

Sheri Riley - New American Library
Format: Print book

Peace is possible. Peace is our power. Peace is the New Success. Constantly striving to achieve one goal after another and investing more in our careers than in our actual lives have left many of us feeling overwhelmed, overworked, and disconnected from who we are - anything but happy....
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No Time for Tears: Coping with Grief in a Busy World

Judy Heath psychotherapist - Chicago Review Press; Second edition, Revised & Updated edition
Format: Print book

Facing the loss of a loved one in a death-avoidant culture can be excruciating. Grievers may be expected to put on a brave face, to "move on" quickly, and to seek medication if they are still grief-stricken after an "acceptable" amount of time. Psychotherapist Judy Heath...
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1-2-3 Magic Teen: Communicate, Connect, and Guide Your Teen to Adulthood

Thomas Phelan - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Help your teens grow into the very best versions of themselves!From rule-breaking and risk-taking to defensive communication and disrespect, parenting a teenager can feel like modern warfare--but it doesn't have to be that way. In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, internationally renowned parenting expert...
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Red Flags: How to Spot Frenemies, Underminers, and Toxic People in Your Life

Wendy L. Patrick - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

We all need emotional blinders: the etiquette that keeps society smoothly moving depends on it. But when you absolutely must rely on another person, you have to be able to assess them objectively. Red Flags shares simple strategies anyone can use to spot deceptive, or downright dangerous...
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The Power of Broke: How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage

Daymond John - Crown Business
Format: Print book

The instant New York Times bestseller from Shark Tank star and Fubu Founder Daymond John on why starting a business on a limited budget can be an entrepreneur's greatest competitive advantage, showing how brands, companies, and start-ups can leverage the power of broke to achieve...
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A Lasting Promise: The Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage

Scott M. Stanley - Jossey-Bass
Format: Paperback

The revised edition of the bestselling Christian guide to a happy marriage For more than fifteen years, Scott Stanley's A Lasting Promise has offered solutions to common problems facing conflicts, problem solving, improving communication, and dealing with core issues within a Christian...
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No More Narcissists!: How to Stop Choosing Self-Absorbed Men and Find the Love You Deserve

Candace V Love - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

Why do some women date, or even marry, narcissistic men - over and over? In this provocative book, a clinical psychologist and expert in narcissism offers 7 secrets to help women finally break free from their attraction to narcissistic men.Do you keep finding yourself in relationships...
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All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found

Philip Connors - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years before finding solace in the wilderness.In his debut Fire Season, Philip Connors recounted with lyricism, wisdom, and grace his decade as a fire lookout high above remote New Mexico. Now he tells...
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Losing Patience: The Problems, Alarms and Psychological Issues of Shaken Baby Syndrome

James Peinkofer - New Horizon Press
Format: Print book

All it takes is two or three violent shakes in as little as five seconds by an angry parent or caregiver to punish or quiet a crying child. Shaken Baby Syndrome SBS is the leading cause of abuse related deaths among infants. Nearly one-third of shaken babies die, with as high as 80 percent...
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How to Get Into a Military Service Academy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Qualified, Nominated, and Appointed

Michael Singer Dobson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

From applications to congressional nominations, from athletics to medical qualifications, the process is unlike any other for getting into college. This book leads students and their families through the process step by step, offering the tools needed for the very best chance at success.
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This Is Why You're Single

Laura Lane - Adams Media
Format: Print book

Whether you're falling for that man child for the fifty-seventh time or text messaging your way to stalker status, dating can make you want to find a nice roomy hermitage on Airbnb and live a solitary, monk-like life.Luckily, that frustration ends now.This Is Why You're Single breaks...
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Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls

Dr. Lana Staheli - Seal Press
Format: Print book

Snap Strategies for Couples: 40 Fast Fixes for Everyday Relationship Pitfalls is full of quick solutions to every relationship's most common problems. Dr. Lana Staheli and Dr. Pepper Schwartz offer 40 practical, immediate fixes (or "snaps") that partners can use to end the fighting,...
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The fatherless daughter project : understanding our losses and reclaiming our lives

Denna D Babul; Karin Luise - Avery Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

"This groundbreaking work will give voice to an enormous population of women who are struggling to understand themselves in the face of their fathers' absence." - Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance and After This When Motherless Daughters...
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How to Be Alive: A Guide to the Kind of Happiness That Helps the World

Colin Beavan - Dey St.
Format: Print book

"This is the book where self-help turns into helping the world - and then turns back into helping yourself find a better life. Fascinating and timely!" - Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New PlanetWhat does it take to achieve a successful and satisfying...
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Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America

William J. Bennett - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

Bennett was director of the National Drug Control policy under President George H.W. Bush. He offers strong societal and scientific arguments against the legalization of marijuana, in a call-to-action for the 46 states that know better than to support full legalization. Bennett and White...
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The Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose

Lisa Anderson - David C. Cook
Format: Paperback

Finally, a no-holds-barred word on dating, preparing for marriage and maximizing singleness from someone who's actually living it. Your attitudes about marriage and the path to marriage are wrong. Some you've inherited, some you've simply bought - hook, line, and sinker - and some...
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8 Keys to End Bullying: Strategies for Parents & Schools

Signe Whitson - W W Norton
Format: Paperback

Tackling an all-too-prevalent problem among kids with 8 smart, practical strategies. Groundbreaking books have peered into the psychology of bullying and the cultural climate that -- seemingly now more than ever -- gives rise to such cruelty and aggression. But few have been able to synthesize...
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Post-Romantic Stress Disorder: What to Do When the Honeymoon Is Over

John Bradshaw - HCI; 1 edition
Format: Print book

John Bradshaw is arguably the most accomplished and well-known leader alive today in the addictions field. He taught us about functional and dysfunctional families, showed us how shame could become toxic and poisonous to our core selves, and helped us understand and heal the wounded, vulnerable...
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In Faith and In Doubt: How Religious Believers and Nonbelievers Can Create Strong Marriages and Loving Families

Dale McGowan - AMACOM
Format: Print book

The claim is often made that interfaith marriages fail more often than same-faith partnerships So what are the chances of survival for the ultimate mixed marriage - one between religious and nonreligious partners Nearly percent of Americans now self-identify as nonreligious including millions...
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy,...
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold - Crown
Format: Print book

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's...
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Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts

Harriet Goldhor Lerner - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

"If you want to know why Harriet Lerner is one of my great heroes, Why Won't You Apologize is the answer. This book is a game changer." - Bren Brown, PhD, LMSW, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rising Strong "Harriet Lerner is one hell of a wise...
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Kill the Silence: A Survivor's Life Reclaimed

Monika Korra - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

In 2009, college sophomore and track star Monika Krra was grabbed by three men on her way home from a party and brutally raped. Within hours of being released, Monika resolved that she would not be a victim - she was going to be a survivor. Monika had traveled from her home in Norway to Southern...
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Love Unending: Rediscovering Your Marriage in the Midst of Motherhood

Becky Thompson - WaterBrook
Format: Print book

How can I remember how to be a wife when it takes all I've got to be a momma?Since becoming a mom, do you ever feel like your marriage no longer receives the attention it needs to thrive? Do you ever struggle to balance your roles of being both a momma and a wife? Do you ever wonder...
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Eat Right 4 Your Type

Peter D'Adamo - New American Library
Format: Print book

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DIET PHENOMENONIf you've ever suspected that not everyone should eat the same thing or do the same exercise, you're right. In fact, what foods we absorb well and how our bodies handle stress differ with each blood type. Your blood type reflects your...
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Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life: Because You Can't Go Naked

George Brescia - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Open the door to harmonious, powerful, and positive dressing with a guide that's like The Secret - for your wardrobe. In this groundbreaking how-to book, style expert George Brescia shows you how to transform yourself from the inside out.More than a style guide, this revolutionary book...
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Ending the Parent-Teen Control Battle: Resolve the Power Struggle and Build Trust, Responsibility, and Respect

Neil D Brown - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

"Full of practical expectations ... Warmly recommended." - Library Journal starred review Power struggles between parents and teens are nothing new, but chronic control battles are destructive to teen development as well as the entire family. According to psychotherapist...
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Captivology: The Science of Capturing Peoples Attention

Ben Parr - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

The former editor of Mashable, cofounder of Octane AI, and co-host of Business Envy examines the psychological phenomena that captivate our attention - and how we can leverage them to draw and retain attention for our ideas, work, companies, and more.. Whether youre an artist or a salesperson,...
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Mad Genius: A Manifesto for Entrepreneurs

Randy Gage - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

Create your next breakthrough. Mad Genius is a unique book for entrepreneurs--and for employees who want to think like entrepreneurs. It will help you unleash the innate creative genius inside you.. Every industry has its sacred cows and accepted practices. These are often based upon foundational...
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Finding Calm for the Expectant Mom: Tools for Reducing Stress, Anxiety, and Mood Swings During Your Pregnancy

Alice D Domar - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

In today's perfectionistic culture, pregnant women are expected to be boundlessly optimistic and literally glowing with happiness. What often go unacknowledged are the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy. This book offers strategies and solutions for confronting and relieving...
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The Optimist's Guide to Divorce: How to Get Through Your Breakup and Create a New Life You Love

Suzanne Riss - Workman
Format: Print book

For the more than one million women who get divorced each year, welcome to your support group. Wise, comforting, and uplifting, The Optimist's Guide to Divorce captures the experience of sisterhood through the voices of its authors and their community of women in the Maplewood Divorce...
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Oh Joy!: 60 Ways to Create & Give Joy

Joy Cho - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful, colorful, inspired guide to help anyone bring joy and whimsy into their lives with stylish projects, from home decor to food to fashion, from the popular Oh Joy blogger and Pinterest sensation.Thirteen million Pinterest members look to Joy Cho, a designer, blogger, mother,...
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Sex After . . .: Women Share How Intimacy Changes as Life Changes

Iris Krasnow - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Book

The bestselling author of The Secret Lives of Wives offers a refreshingly straightforward guide to enjoying a long, satisfying sex life. Women of the baby boomer generation know and trust Iris Krasnow as a writer who speaks candidly to the issues that concern them most. In the months following...
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