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My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims

John Michael Leventhal - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

The problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential Guide...
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Yell Less, Love More: How the Orange Rhino Mom Stopped Yelling at Her Kids - and How You Can Too!: A 30-Day Guide That Includes: - 100 Alternatives to ... Steps to Follow - Honest Stories to Inspire

Sheila McCraith - Fair Winds Pr
Format: Paperback

Do you often find yourself losing your cool and yelling at your kids? It happens to us all, but it doesn't have to. With Yell Less, Love More you'll learn practical, simple solutions to keep you focused on loving more and yelling less, no matter what the circumstance. It is possible...
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Bumpology: The Myth-Busting Pregnancy Book for Curious Parents-To-Be

Linda Geddes - Simon & Schuster

Can I eat peanuts during pregnancy? Do unborn babies dream? Can men get pregnancy symptoms too? How much do babies remember? How can I get my baby to sleep through the night? The moment she discovers she’s pregnant, every woman suddenly has a million ques­tions about the life...
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The Nanny Connie Way: Secrets to Mastering the First Four Months of Parenthood

CONNIE SIMPSON - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

From the beloved nanny to stars like Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and Cash Warren and Jessica Alba comes a loving yet no-nonsense guide to the first four months of parenthood so you can raise a happy baby - and be happy parents.There is nothing like...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Pregnancy: From Conception to Birth

Louise Baty - Summersdale Publishers
Format: Print book

Confused about what's good and bad for you and your baby? With the constant bombardment of what you can and can't do during pregnancy, parents-to-be can often feel stressed at a time which should be full of new and exciting discoveries. This concise and accessible book is packed...
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Bumpin': The Modern Guide to Pregnancy: Navigating the Wild, Weird, and Wonderful Journey From Conception Through Birth and Beyond

Leslie Schrock - Tiller Press
Format: Paperback

Tech investor and new mom Leslie Schrock offers a thoroughly modern guide to pregnancy - from the preparations of "trimester zero" to the challenges of the newborn months. In the last thirty years, the process of starting a family has drastically changed. Not only are there many...
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Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human

Sarah DiGregorio - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by the author's harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, a compelling and empathetic work that combines memoir with rigorous reporting to tell the story of neonatology - and to meditate on the questions raised by premature birth. The heart of many hospitals...
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American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

Nancy Jo Sales - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerInstagram. Whisper. Yik Yak. YouTube. Kik. Ask.fm. Tinder. The dominant force in the lives of girls coming of age in America today is social media. What it is doing to an entire generation of young women is the subject of award-winning Vanity Fair...
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The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2017

Seth Kubersky - Unofficial Guides
Format: Print book

Compiled and written by a former Universal Orlando employee, and based upon decades of research from a team whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando by Seth Kubersky is packed with detailed,...
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Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be

Rachel Hollis - Thomas Nelson
Format: eBook

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - now in a large print editionDo you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie.As the founder of the lifestyle website TheChicSite.com and CEO of her own media...
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Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Roxane Gay - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback

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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Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World

DEBORAH REBER - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Today millions of kids are stuck in a world that doesn't respect, support, or embrace who they really are - these are what Deborah Reber is calling the "differently wired" kids, the one in five children with ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, giftedness, anxiety, sensory processing...
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Natural Hospital Birth 2nd Edition: The Best of Both Worlds

Cynthia Gabriel - Harvard Common Press
Format: Paperback

Many mothers-to-be find themselves torn between choosing a natural childbirth with minimal medical intervention, and the peace of mind offered by instant access to life-saving technology that only a hospital can provide. Cynthia Gabriel, a doula who has attended hundreds of births and who advises...
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Parenting With Patience: Turn Frustration Into Connection With 3 Easy Steps

Judy Arnall - Professional Parenting Canada
Format: Print book

According to a New York Times article, shouting at children is the new spanking. Parents don't intend to shout or yell, but they lose patience and raise their voices. Afterwards, parents feel guilt, and resolve not to yell. Parenting With Patience is a short easy-to-read book that...
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Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me

Adrienne Brodeur - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. On a hot August night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both...
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Divorce Without Court: A Guide to Mediation and Collaborative Divorce

Katherine Stoner Attorney - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Get essential information on how to end a marriage fairly and inexpensively. This book guides you through a negotiated divorce, using divorce mediation, or an increasingly popular approach called collaborative divorce. Encouraging and straightforward, Divorce Without Court explains: how mediation...
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Baby and Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents' Top 150 Questions

TANYA ALTMANN - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

Parents of children from birth to age three will find answers to their most-frequently asked questions about child health and wellness in this easy-to-understand volume. Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, practicing pediatrician and frequent contributor to NBC's "Today" show, helps parents...
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101 Things to Do With A Retired Man: ... to Get Him Out From Under Your Feet!

Gabrielle Mander - Spruce
Format: Hardcover

Sunny days and heady nights await you in retirement, not just for two weeks each year, but forever! You have been looking forward to this and have an endless list of things to do, but only once you have sorted out your other half and got him out from under your feet.101 Things to do with...
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Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Home

Danielle Postel-Vinay - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

French Women Don't Get Fat meets The Little Book of Hygge in this lively, sophisticated, and practical illustrated lifestyle guide that shows how to enjoy la belle vie - to live like the French every day - transforming your house into a home defined by beauty, family, and accessible elegance.How...
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Lyme Disease: Why It's Spreading, How It Makes You Sick, and What to Do about It

Alan G. Barbour - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Paperback

Once restricted to small forested areas in the northeast and north-central United States, Lyme disease is now a common infection in North America and Europe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that more than 300,000 new cases occur each year in the United States. Misunderstandings...
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The Kids Will Be Fine: Guilt-Free Motherhood for Thoroughly Modern Women

Daisy Waugh - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A bracing, hilarious manifesto for motherhood as it ought to be: spontaneous, loving, and just a little bit selfishPre-chewing toddler food. Flash cards for two-year-olds. Endless hours of school gatherings to sit through in smiling silence. How did motherhood--which even under the best...
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Babies' Names

Dawn Laker - Flame Tree Publishing
Format: Paperback

Choosing your baby's name is one of the most joyful yet difficult and important tasks faced by parents-to-be. This invaluable guide will come to the aid of even the most stumped. First, read useful tips on what to bear in mind, including surname compatibility, abbreviations, nicknames,...
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What If It's Not Alzheimer's?: A Caregiver's Guide To Dementia

Gary Radin - Prometheus Books; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer's disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of "other" dementias. This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) , one of the largest...
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Mama Natural's Week to Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth

Genevieve Grace - North Star Way
Format: Paperback

With more than 1.3 million video views each month and over fifty-two million total views on her YouTube channel, Howland's (a.k.a. Mama Natural) funny but informational videos have empowered millions of women to embrace natural pregnancy and parenting. Now Howland is turning to the page,...
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The First Six Weeks: The Tried-and-Tested Guide that Shows You How to Have a Happy, Healthy Sleeping Baby

Cathryn Curtin - Allen & Unwin
Format: Print book

Cathryn Curtin has delivered more than 10,000 babies over the last 40 years, so she understands how the first six weeks of a baby's life are vital for establishing habits that help create a healthy, happy routine for your baby and a loving lifelong bond between you and your child. In this...
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Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--and How Parents Can Help

Phyllis L. Fagell - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage...
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The Positive Birth Book: A New Approach to Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Weeks

Milli Hill - Pinter & Martin Ltd
Format: Paperback

Work out what kind of birth you really want, and learn how to maximize your chances of getting it, in this refreshing, warm and witty guide to pregnancy, birth and the early weeks. Packed with vital and cutting-edge information on everything from building the ultimate birth plan, to your...
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Well Played: The Ultimate Guide to Awakening Your Family's Playful Spirit

Meredith L Sinclair - William Morrow
Format: Print book

From Today Show contributor, Meredith Sinclair, comes this ultimate resource for awakening your playful spirit, jumpstarting your relationships, and upping your happiness quotient. In our age of digital addiction, many of us have lost our ability to be spontaneous. More parents are complaining...
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Goodnight Nanny-Cam: A Parody for Modern Parents

Jen Nessel - Penguin Group USA
Format: Print book

When the text of Goodnight Nanny-cam appeared online in the New Yorker's "Shouts & Murmurs" column, it garnered 100,000 hits and more than 15,000 Facebook likes in a matter of days. Filled with sly references to BPA-free bottles, Baby Einstein DVDs, and toddler...
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The Complete Guide to Potty Training: The Step-by-Step Plan with Expert Solutions for Any Mess

Michelle D. Swaney - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

The Complete Guide to Potty Training is your all-in-one resource for personalized potty training that works.Potty training is a major milestone in your child's development. Exciting as it may be, potty training can also be overwhelming -- for you and for your little one. As the founder...
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Greening Death: Reclaiming Burial Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth

Suzanne Kelly - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

We once disposed of our dead in earth-friendly ways - no chemicals, biodegradable containers, dust to dust. But over the last 150 years death care has become a toxic, polluting, and alienating industry in the United States.Today, people are slowly waking up to the possibility of more sustainable...
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Mindful Parenting: Simple and Powerful Solutions for Raising Creative, Engaged, Happy Kids in Today's Hectic World

Kristen Race - St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition

A mindful approach to parenting that helps children (and their parents) feel happier, healthier, calmer, and less stressed in our frenetic eraRooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks...
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Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives

Rachel Simmons - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

"Is it wrong that I wanted to underline every single word in this book? Simmons brilliantly crystallizes contemporary girls' dilemma: the way old expectations and new imperatives collide; how a narrow, virtually unattainable vision of 'success' comes at the expense of self-worth...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

Emily Doskow - NOLO; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential...
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Boost Your Breast Milk: An All-in-One Guide for Nursing Mothers to Build a Healthy Milk Supply

Alicia C Simpson - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

I want to breastfeed my baby, but will I be able to? Every mom wants to produce enough nutritious milk for her tiny one - but many worry about low milk supply and other potential hurdles. In Boost Your Breast Milk, you'll find the most up-to-date practices that support a healthy...
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The Divorce Organizer and Planner with CD-ROM, 2nd Edition

Brette McWhorter Sember - McGraw-Hill Education,
Format: Print book

Everything you need to take charge of your divorce and get what you deserve Divorce is overwhelming enough without having to deal with the financial, personal, and legal minutia. The Divorce Organizer and Planner equips you with dozens of worksheets, logs, and checklists, as well as expert...
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Sleep and Your Special Needs Child

Antonia Chitty - Robert Hale
Format: Print book

A highly successful behavioral and cognitive approach to sleep management for special needs children Sleep is vital for children's health, mood, behavior, and learning ability. Research shows that children with additional needs are more likely to have sleep disorders than typically...
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The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind

Amy Klein - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

From the author of "Fertility Diary" for the New York Times Motherlode blog comes a reassuring, no-nonsense guide to both the emotional and practical process of trying to get pregnant, written with the smarts, warmth, and honesty of a woman who has been in the trenches. There...
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Permission to Feel

Marc A Brackett - Celadon Books
Format: Paperback

The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale Universitys Child Study...
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Kids, Music 'n' Autism: Bringing out the Music in Your Child

Dorita S Berger - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Print book

Many children with autism feel a natural connection with music, but don't always find it easy to participate in musical activities. Packed with tips, advice and activities, this book shows how music and rhythm can help with brain development and quality of life, and how to encourage...
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The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy: A Guide to Surviving Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Beyond

DAWN DAIS - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

The fourth book in Dawn Dais's popular Sh!t No One Tells You series offers "been there, freaked out about that" advice for expectant parents The fourth title in Dawn Dais's popular parenting series, The Sh!t No One Tells You About Pregnancy is quite possibly the funniest,...
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville...
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2014

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World digs deeper and offers more than any other guide. The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World explains...
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Positive Discipline Tools for Teachers: Effective Classroom Management for Social, Emotional, and Academic Success

JANE NELSEN - HARMONY CROWN
Format: Print book

The newest offering in the highly successful Positive Discipline series with more than 200,000 copies sold, this is a teacher's compendium of the most important tools to foster hands-on learning and cooperation within the classroom, complete with the most up-to-date research on the Positive...
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Blend: The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family

MASHONDA TIFRERE - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

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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Raising Kids to Thrive: Balancing Love With Expectations and Protection With Trust

M.D. Kenneth R. Ginsburg MD FAAP - Amer Acad Of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

From award-winning author Ken Ginsburg comes this new work which explores an innovative idea in parenting: "The Lighthouse Parenting Strategy."
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Loving, Supporting, and Caring for the Cancer Patient: A Guide to Communication, Compassion, and Courage

STAN GOLDBERG - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Paperback

At least once in your life someone will say to you, "I have cancer," and when she says the three words, you may struggle with a response. If a loved one or friend hasn't informed you of a cancer diagnosis, it's only a matter of time until they will. Every year fourteen...
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The Spectrum of Hope: An Optimistic and New Approach to Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Gayatri Devi - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Imagine finding a glimmer of good news in a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. And imagine how that would change the outlook of the 5 million Americans who suffer from Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, not to mention their families, loved ones, and caretakers. A neurologist who's been specializing...
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The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver

Donna Thomson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

With a foreword by Judy Woodruff, The Unexpected Journey of Caring is a practical guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience.Personal transformation is usually an experience we actively seek out - not one that hunts us down. Becoming a caregiver is one transformation...
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Wits Guts Grit: All-Natural Biohacks for Raising Smart, Resilient Kids

J Pincott - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Inspired by research on how natural, invisible forces shape our kids' health and minds What if memory and learning could improve after eating certain foods - such as blueberries - high in plant chemicals called flavonols? What if primal ways of moving the body strengthen kids'...
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ADHD & The Focused Mind: A Guide to Giving Your ADHD Child Focus, Discipline & Self-Confidence

Sarah Cheyette - Square One Publishers
Format: Print book

As a young boy, his difficulty in concentrating was diagnosed as ADHD. In school, his mind always seemed to wander until he found an activity that he liked. By using that one activity, his mother was able to teach him to focus and develop self-discipline. Debbie Phelps found a way to reach...
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Good job! : the 15 things a parent should never say and what to say instead

Jennifer Lehr - Workman
Format: Print book

A provocative guide to the hidden dangers of "parentspeak" - those seemingly innocent phrases parents use when speaking to their young children. Imagine if every time you praise your child with "Good job!" you're actually doing harm? Or that urging a child to say "Can...
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2017 Baby Names Almanac

Emily Larson - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

The Hottest Baby Name Trends, Lists, and ForecastsAn instant snapshot of how the world today is shaping the name you may choose for your child tomorrow, The 2017 Baby Names Almanac is jam-packed with information and trends, plus thousands of names to browse. Here's a sneak peak at the ideas,...
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Closer Together, Further Apart: The Effect of Technology and the Internet on Parenting, Work, and Relationships

Robert Weiss - Gentle Path Press
Format: Print book

Closer Together, Further Apart offers current unique insight into the cultural shifts brought about by digital technology and the Internet. It considers how these new connections are impacting not only society as a whole, but more specifically communication in relationships and across generations.Digital...
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Growing Up Mindful: Essential Practices to Help Children, Teens, and Families Find Balance, Calm, and Resilience

Christopher Willard - Sounds True
Format: Paperback

Introducing mindfulness into the lives of our children and teenagers is perhaps the greatest gift we can offer. Mindfulness builds emotional intelligence, boosts happiness, increases curiosity and engagement, reduces anxiety and depression, soothes the pain of trauma, and helps kids (and...
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Say Bonjour to the Lady: Parenting from Paris to New York

Florence Mars - Clarkson Potter
Format: Print book

A humorous, illustrated look at French and American parenting styles that is also equal parts love letter to two of the greatest cities in the world: Paris and New York. Where French parents rely heavily on the word "No" and dictate what their children wear, American moms and dads...
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The Brink of Being: Talking About Miscarriage

Julia Bueno - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"Wise and compassionate . . . a profound game-changer of a book." --Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of YouThough approximately one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage, it remains a rarely talked about, under-researched, and largely misunderstood area of women's...
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Mama Tried: Dispatches from the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting

Emily Flake - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake relates the hilarious horrors of pregnancy, birth, and early parenting in this funny, poignant, and beautifully illustrated book. For most people, having a child doesn't go exactly as planned. Not many are willing to admit that not only did they dislike...
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Two Homes, One Childhood : A Parenting Plan to Last a Lifetime.

Robert E Emery - Avery
Format: Print book

A paradigm-shifting model of parenting children in two homes from an internationally recognized expert. A researcher, therapist, and mediator, Robert Emery, Ph.D., details a new approach to sharing custody with children in two homes. Huge numbers of children are affected by separation,...
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The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2014

Bob Sehlinger - Unofficial Guides; 3rd edition

The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids is JAM-PACKED with useful tips, great advice, excellent discussion, and practical travel knowledge gleaned from years of Walt Disney World travel experience. It is one of the few guidebooks to Disney World that specifically addresses the needs...
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Creating a Beautiful Mess: Ten Essential Play Experiences for a Joyous Childhood

Ann Gadzikowski - Redleaf Press
Format: Paperback

Parents will appreciate Creating a Beautiful Mess because it's fun and helpful. This book isn't about parenting rights or wrongs; it's about playful, joyous play experiences for childhood that are universal. It boils down the essential play experiences in an accessible, practical,...
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Connoisseur Kids: Etiquette, Manners, and Living Well for Parents and Their Little Ones

Jennifer L. Scott - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

From Jennifer Scott - author of the New York Times bestselling Madame Chic series and founder of the Daily Connoisseur blog - comes this playful take on manners and being a good global citizen. Parents and younger children work together to read about a wide range of topics: communication,...
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Baby Care Basics

Jeremy Friedman - Robert Rose Inc., 2015.
Format: Print book

Despite all the planning in the world, nothing can really prepare a soon-to-be new parent for that big step after the baby is born. All that well-intentioned information and counsel offered by family and friends is just not enough and likely confusing when the stressful days arrive. Written...
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Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave

Alice Gregory - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Book

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,...

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Drawing Autism

Jill Mullin - Akashic Books
Format: Paperback

Editor Jill Mullin is the recipient of the inaugural Felix in Art Award, presented by Extreme Kids & Crew!"Drawing Autism highlights an 'area where individuals with autism can have great abilities.'...Jill Mullin, a clinical therapist, explores the recurring themes in art made...
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said...
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Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy: 2nd Edition: Fully Revised and Updated

MYRA J WICK - Mayo Clinic
Format: Paperback

An essential pregnancy resource for all parents-to-be.Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy, second edition is an authoritative, yet practical reference manual from the pregnancy experts at the #1 ranked hospital in America. The newly updated book includes information on everything...
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Maggie Brown & Others: Stories

Peter Orner - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist takes the form to new heights.In his orchestral and moving new book, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (New...
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Adolescence: How to Survive It: Insights for Parents, Teachers and Young Adults

Tony Little
Format: Hardcover


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Divorcing the House: A Guide to Understanding Your Options, the Pitfalls & Whether You Could-or Should-Keep Your Home in Divorce

Laurel Starks - Unhooked Books
Format: Print book

In divorce, deciding what to do with the house can become a source of strife, confusion, and financial ruin. Most are unprepared for the legal and financial ramifications about keeping or selling their home - their most important financial asset.Divorce is stressful enough by itself. In the midst...
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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

Barbara Ehrenreich - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich explores how we are killing ourselves to live longer, not better.A razor-sharp polemic which offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, NATURAL CAUSES describes how we over-prepare...
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The Impulsive, Disorganized Child: Solutions for Parenting Kids with Executive Functioning Difficulties

Mary Anne Richey - Prufrock Press
Format: Print book

Impulsive, scattered, lost, unfocused, unprepared, disorganized: These are just a few of the words used to describe kids with executive functioning deficits, which commonly affect many children already diagnosed with ADHD, learning disabilities, and autism. The Impulsive, Disorganized Child:...
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Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons

Cara Natterson - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

When boys enter puberty, they tend to get quiet - or at least quieter than before - and parents often misread their signals. Here's how to navigate their retreat and steer them through this confusing passage, by the bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series and Guy Stuff:...
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Awake at 3 a.m.: Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy and Early Motherhood

Suzannah Neufeld - Parallax Press
Format: Paperback

Pregnancy and new motherhood are often thought of as the most joyful, exciting, and blissful times in your life--but they can also be difficult and overwhelming. Yoga therapy offers practical mind-body tools (simple breath, movement, and mindfulness practices) to support you and provide...
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Mom Hacks: 100 Science-Backed Shortcuts to Reclaim Your Body, Raise Awesome Kids, and Be Unstoppable

Darria Long Gillespie - Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

100+ self-care hacks for any mom to eat right, move more, stress less and get a good night's sleep, by a doctor who is also a momWhy is it generally accepted that motherhood comes at the expense of our health--with all that weight gain, fatigue, and exhaustion? It doesn't have to be that...
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Baby Names 2016: This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State

Eleanor Turner - Crimson Publishing; 5 edition
Format: Print book

Choosing a name for your baby has never been easier or more enjoyable with Baby Names 2016. Whether you are looking for a traditional name or something more adventurous, Baby Names 2016 will help solve your baby-naming dilemmas. Inside you'll find over 8,000 of this year's favourite...
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Maeve Binchy: The Biography

Piers Dudgeon - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Maeve Binchy's heartwarming tales of love, life, and loss made her one of America's best-loved storytellers. Her novels, which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, captured imaginations on both sides of the Atlantic in a way that most authors only dream of. Seared with a truth...
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Preparing for Adoption: A Guide to Introductions and the First Few Weeks

Julia Davis - Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition

The ideal first book for prospective adopters. When you decide to adopt a child, you might assume that all the important work begins when the child comes to live with you. In fact the preparation stage before is crucial in ensuring that the adopted child will arrive to a safe and secure...
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Tom Fields-Meyer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism a groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the worlds leading experts, who portrays autism not as a tragic disability, but as a unique way of being human. Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist...
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Screen-Smart Parenting: How to Find Balance and Benefit in Your Child's Use of Social Media, Apps, and Digital Devices

Jodi Gold MD - The Guilford Press
Format: Print book

As a practicing child psychiatrist and mother of three, Jodi Gold has a unique understanding of both the mind-boggling benefits and the serious downsides of technology. Dr. Gold weaves together scientific knowledge and everyday practical advice to help you foster your child's healthy relationship...
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Before We Say "Goodnight": How To Tell Bedtime Stories About Your Life and Family

Hank Frazee - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Print book

Would you like to build deeper relationships with your kids?Before We Say “Goodnight” will show you how to captivate your child’s imagination with a subject they can’t get enough of—you. In this book, you’ll discover an easy-to-learn three-step method...
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The Caregivers: A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love

Nell Lake - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers and illuminates critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sitting in on the weekly meetings of a local...
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Act Natural: A Cultural History of Misadventures in Parenting

Jennifer Traig - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

From a distinctive, inimitable voice, a wickedly funny and fascinating romp through the strange and often contradictory history of Western parentingWhy do we read our kids fairy tales about homicidal stepparents? How did helicopter parenting develop if it used to be perfectly socially acceptable...
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I See Life Through Ros-Colored Glasses

LISA SCOTTOLINE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In I See Life Through Ros Colored-Glasses, the bestselling mother/daughter pair is back with another hilarious and heartfelt collection of essays about the possibilities and pitfalls of everyday life. Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella's delightful essays are sure to strike...
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From Anger to Action: Powerful Mindfulness Tools to Help Teens Harness Anger for Positive Change

Mitch R. Abblett PhD - Instant Help
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive mindfulness program to help teens understand and channel anger into healthy expressions of creativity, advocacy, and empowerment.Sometimes you just feel pissed off, and that's okay. Maybe you missed a deadline in school, flunked a test, didn't get invited to a party, or feel...
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The Learning Habit: A Groundbreaking Approach to Homework and Parenting that Helps Our Children Succeed in School and Life

Stephanie Donaldson-Pressman - A Perigee Book
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking approach to building learning habits for life, based on a major new study revealing what works - and what doesn't Life is different for kids today. Between standardized testing, the Common Core Curriculum, copious homework assignments, and seemingly endless amounts of "screen...
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#IMomSoHard

Kristin Hensley - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Has it been months since you've read a book with actual adult words that had nothing to do with farm animals or superheroes or going potty? Well then, it's time to take a break. Pour yourself some wine. Put on your comfy pants. All good? Ok, welcome to the party.Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley,...
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The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Newborns: Amazing Sleep from Day One - For Baby and You

Elizabeth Pantley - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Elizabeth Pantley spins her baby magic She towers above her competitors by showing us what babies really need, and how best to give it to them. James J. McKenna, PhD, Director, Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory, University of Notre Dame You have a newborn, so sleep is impossible,...
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The Autism Discussion Page on the Core Challenges of Autism: A Toolbox for Helping Children with Autism Feel Safe, Accepted, and Competent

Bill Nason - Jessica Kingsley; 1 edition
Format: Book

The Autism Discussion Page blue book focuses on the core challenges associated with autism cognitive, sensory, social, and emotional and provides concise, accessible information and simple tools for supporting children with these vulnerabilities. Based on posts on the popular online community...
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Ready, Set, Go!: A Gentle Parenting Guide to Calmer, Quicker Potty Training

SARAH OCKWELL-SMITH - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

A calmer, simpler approach to potty training If you're like most parents, you're as nervous about potty training as your little one is. But help is on the way. This supportive guide provides step-by-step advice for a compassionate and emotionally aware process - one that focuses on positive...
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Childfree by Choice: The Movement Redefining Family and Creating a New Age of Independence

Amy Blackstone - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

From Dr. Amy Blackstone, childfree woman, co-creator of the blog we're {not} having a baby, and nationally recognized expert on the childfree choice, comes a definitive investigation into the history and current growing movement of adults choosing to forgo parenthood: what it means...
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron....
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Asperger Syndrome: The OASIS Guide, Revised Third Edition: Advice, Inspiration, Insight, and Hope, from Early Intervention to Adulthood

Patricia Romanowski Bashe - Harmony; 3 Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

Since 2001, The OASIS Guide has been the reliable, comprehensive, authoritative guide to Asperger syndrome. This fully revised, updated, and expanded edition captures the latest in research, strategies, and parenting wisdom, and delivers it all in the empathetic, practical, and hope-filled...
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Finding Magic in the Mess: A Path to Greater Presence and More Joy, One Parenting Moment at a Time

Steven Fonso - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover

A supportive guide for busy parents who want to connect more and stress less.In our stressed-out culture, too many parents are just coping rather than thriving, juggling demands on their time and energy, and tuning out their inner voices and deeper visions for family life in order to keep...
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Divorce in Wisconsin: The Legal Process, Your Rights, and What to Expect

Linda S. Vanden Heuvel - Addicus Books
Format: Paperback

Providing accurate and objective information to help make the right decisions during a divorce in Wisconsin, this guide provides answers to 360 queries such as What is the mediation process in Wisconsin and is it required? How quickly can one get a divorce? Who decides who gets the cars,...
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Help Your Kids with Adolescence: A No-Nonsense Guide to Puberty and the Teenage Years

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY - DK
Format: Paperback

Your guide to answering your kid's awkward questions about growing up, from cyberbullying to eating disorders to sex.Help your child navigate the tricky and difficult changes of puberty with this straightforward guide. With age-appropriate text and an innovative visual approach, Help...
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Birds of a Feather

Tom Crice - DoveTale Press
Format: Hardcover

A Children's Story of Love, Loss, and What Came Next. Birds of a Feather is a tender, whimsical story of loss and recovery for young children. A young boy's happy world is interrupted when his grandfather passes away. Suddenly life is filled with big questions and difficult emotions....
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Hangry: 5 Simple Steps to Balance Your Hormones and Restore Your Joy (Including a Customizable Paleo/Mediterranean Plan!)

Sarah Fragoso - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

HANGRY IS THE COMPREHENSIVE HORMONE BOOK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. Get ready to restore your joy, heal your hormones, and reset your metabolism in just four weeks.Sarah Fragoso, the bestselling author and creator of Everyday Paleo, and Dr. Brooke Kalanick, a leading expert in functional...
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A Baby Wants to Be Carried: Everything You Need to Know about Baby Carriers and the Advantages of Babywearing

Evelin Kirkilionis - Pinter & Martin Ltd; 1 edition
Format: Book

Baby slings and other carrying aids now have become standard equipment. They come in numerous designs, colors and sizes. But what should we be mindful of when using them? When should we start using them and how long should we do so? In this popular, up-to-date guide, parents can find all the necessary...
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Taking Care of Your Child, Ninth Edition: A Parent's Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care

Robert H. Pantell - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

Winner of the American Medical Writers Association Book AwardThe award-winning go-to guide that has helped millions of families keep their children healthy - now revised and updated with the most recent advances in health careFor more than thirty years, Taking Care of Your Child...
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Wonderful Wisdom from Everyone's Favorite Neighbor

Melissa Wagner - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From Fred Rogers Productions, comes a delightful gift book that shows how the wisdom of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is as relevant for adults as it is for children. With colorful illustrations and quotes that touch on themes of kindness, empathy, self-care, respect, and love, this...
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Family Fit Plan: A 30-Day Wellness Transformation

Natalie Digate Muth - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback

This dynamic plan will help the whole family kick-start their health and wellness and set the stage for long-term, lasting improvements in nutrition, fitness, sleep, stress, and screen use habits. Dr. Natalie Digate Muth walks families through this thirty-day transformation that establishes...
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Respect: Everything a Guy Needs to Know About Sex, Love, and Consent

Inti Chavez Perez - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

An all-encompassing guide to help guys navigate sex, relationships, and consent in the post-#MeToo world.The world has changed, and the revelations of the #MeToo movement have raised serious questions about how men are raised to understand consent and their own sexuality. Respect...
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Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society

Judy Christie - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal - some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann...
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Don't Wait Up: Confessions of a Stay-at-Work Mom

Liz Astrof - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Let's Pretend This Never Happened and I Heart My Little A-Holes comes a candid and hilarious collection of essays on motherhood from the award-winning television comedy writer and producer of 2 Broke Girls and The King of Queens, who swears...
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Becoming Brilliant: What Science Tells us About Raising Successful Children

Roberta M Golinkoff - American Psychological Association
Format: Print book

In just a few years, today's children and teens will forge careers that look nothing like those that were available to their parents or grandparents. While the U.S. economy becomes ever more information-driven, our system of education seems stuck on the idea that "content is king,"...
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All the Flowers in Paris: A Novel

Sarah Jio - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

"Sarah Jio weaves past and present in this eminently readable novel about love, gratitude, and forgiveness. I tore through the pages!" - New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker KlineTwo women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious stack of love...
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The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child, Lost and Found in America

Byron L. Dorgan - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Through the story of Tamara, an abused Native American child, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan describes the plight of many children living on reservations -- and offers hope for the future. On a winter morning in 1990, U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck...
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Baby Names 2018: This Year's Best Baby Names: State to State

ELEANOR TURNER - Crimson Publishing
Format: Paperback

Choosing a name for your baby has never been easier or more enjoyable than with Baby Names 2018. Whether you are looking for a traditional name or something more adventurous, Baby Names 2018 will help solve your baby-naming dilemmas.Popular culture continues to affect baby naming. The recent...
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Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings

M.D. Kenneth R. Ginsburg MD FAAP - American Academy of Pediatrics; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

This award-winning guide from bestselling author and pediatrician Dr. Ken Ginsburgguides parents and other caring adults how to help kids from the age of 18 months to 18 years build the seven crucial Cs--competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping, and control. These...
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce

EMILY DOSKOW - NOLO
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney. With compassion and understanding, Nolo's Essential...
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Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2019

BOB SEHLINGER - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

An indispensable read when visiting Walt Disney World with kids The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World with Kids 2018 is JAM-PACKED with useful tips, great advice, excellent discussion, and practical travel knowledge gleaned from years of Walt Disney World travel experience. In this...
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When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers Talk About the Triumphs, Challenges, and Transformative Experience of Fatherhood

Brian Gresko - Berkley
Format: Print book

From some of today’s most critically acclaimed writers—including Dennis Lehane, Justin Cronin, Andre Dubus III, and Benjamin Percy—comes a rich collection of essays on what it means to be a dad. Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating,...
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When Parents Part: How Mothers and Fathers Can Help Their Children Deal with Separation and Divorce

Penelope Leach - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed, best-selling author of Your Baby & Child and one of the world's leading experts on child development and parenting, a practical, comprehensively researched guide to doing the best for your child during and after separation or divorce. Recent research clarifies...
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Raising Can-Do Kids: Giving Children the Tools to Thrive in a Fast-Changing World

Richard Rende PhD - Perigee Books
Format: Hardcover

In a world that's changing at warp speed, our kids will need to navigate a path to success without a roadmap - something entrepreneurs do every day. What if we looked to the world of entrepreneurship, in addition to child development experts, for insights on helping kids gain the skills...
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How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2nd Edition

TIM SELDIN - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback

"A practical parenting program to help build a calm and happy home life with your child, from birth through age six. This guide is based on Montessori school methods and packed with creative activities to help children discover more about their world as well as foster independence,...
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Shelving Doubts: The Sixth Novel in the Rosemont Series

Barbara Hinske - Casa del Northern Publishing
Format: Paperback

The gripping sixth book in the bestselling Rosemont series reveals family secrets at every turn and intrigue in the stacks ... Maggie Martin loves her new job as president of Highpointe College - until she receives a call from librarian Sunday Sloan. Do the dusty shelves of Highpointe's...
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Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults

Lisa Heffernan - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

PARENTING NEVER ENDS. . From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood . The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster...
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The Eldest Daughter Effect: How Firstborn Women--like Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyonc--Harness their Strengths

Lisette Shuitemaker - Findhorn Pr
Format: Print book

"What do Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyonc have in common" was the headline in the English newspaper The Observer in 2014. "Other than riding high in Forbes list of the world's most powerful...
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Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion

Nishta J. Mehra - Picador
Format: Hardcover

Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown, White, Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's family: her wife, who is white; her adopted son, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed...
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Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

ANGELA GARBES - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

What to read after What to Expect . . . . A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and early motherhood that debunks myths and dated assumptions, offering guidance and camaraderie to women navigating one of the biggest and most profound changes...
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Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2019

BOB SEHLINGER - Unofficial Guides
Format: Paperback

THE trusted source of information for a successful Walt Disney World vacation Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World digs...
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Parenting Through the Storm: Find Help, Hope, and Strength When Your Child Has Psychological Problems

Ann Douglas - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

Raising a child or teenager with a psychological condition is a "perfect storm" of stress, sadness, and uncertainty. How can you find the best treatments and help your child overcome emotional, behavioral, and academic challenges--while keeping yourself and your family strong?...
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When Your Child Has Food Allergies: A Parent's Guide to Managing It All - From the Everyday to the Extreme

MIREILLE SCHWARTZ - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

All the answers parents need. Keeping kids safe takes vigilance. But when your child has food allergies, the challenge is greater and you worry that much more. As a food-allergy mom (and someone seriously allergic herself) , author Mireille Schwartz has been through it all. Now, in this...
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The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children

Ronald F. Ferguson - BenBella Books
Format: Hardcover

We all want our children to reach their fullest potential - to be smart and well adjusted, and to make a difference in the world. We wonder why, for some people, success seems to come so naturally. Could the secret be how they were parented? This book unveils how parenting helped shape...
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How to Hug a Hedgehog: 12 Keys for Connecting with Teens

Brad Wilcox - Familius; First edition
Format: Book

A teen's job is to be difficult and most do it really, really well. But what about you? You want to hug that hedgehog, right? But you don't want to get hurt. No problem. With entertaining stories and 12 principles that open the cages, unlock the doors, gently tear down those walls,...
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