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Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict
by Avis Cardella (Little, Brown & Company)
As a child, Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother's fashion magazines. She grew up to be one of the people in them, living a life that seemed to be filled with labels and luxury. But shopping had become a dangerous addiction. She forwent food for Prada. Credit card debt blossomed like the ever-increasing pile of unworn shoes and clothing in the back of her closet. She defined herself by the things she owned and also lost herself in the mad hunt for the perfect pair of pants or purse that might make her feel whole.
Spent is Avis Cardella's timely, deeply personal, and shockingly dramatic exploration of our cultural need to spend, and of what happens when someone is consumed by the desire to consume.
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The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook
by Jillian Michaels (Crown Publishing)
Master Your Metabolism, the phenomenal diet bestseller by Jillian Michaels, has been helping millions of people become hotter and healthier without their having to obsess over food or exercise. The key is ditching fad diets and chemical-filled Franken-foods in order to optimize your metabolic function and maximize your overall health.
Through the Master Your Metabolism plan, Jillian has taught readers how to balance their hormones naturally so their bodies become energetic, thriving, fat-burning machines.
Now Jillian makes it even easier for you by bringing the Master program right into your kitchen. With more than 125 recipes specifically designed for the Master Diet and including health tips tailored to enhance your nutrition and weight loss, The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook will help make living a long, healthy life easier—and tastier.
Jillian understands that your life is busy and your time is precious. She believes that being healthy shouldn't financially strap you. That's why she designed these recipes with a professional recipe developer to provide you with healthy bites for when you're in a hurry. The Master Your Metabolism Cookbook delivers simple, great-tasting meals with minimal ingredients that can be made in thirty minutes or less!
Mastering healthy eating and living has never been easier.
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How to Be a Grown Up: The Ten Secret Skills Everyone Needs to Know
In How to Be a Grown Up, renowned psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser demonstrates the life-changing benefits of embracing the concept of the "fully loaded grown up." After counseling thousands of patients, she has identified ten critical areas that determine success, happiness, and fulfillment—from conscientious money management to developing strong coping skills to building the right kind of friendships and intimate partnerships.
Fully loaded grown ups are fully empowered and in charge of their own lives. They are able to initiate change instead of just reacting to events, bounce back from setbacks and disappointments, and enjoy more satisfying relationships—with everyone, including themselves. Most important, fully loaded grown ups enjoy true freedom—not the kind envisioned as a child, meaning eating ice cream for dinner, but absolute confidence in their ability to live their own best life.
With her trademark mix of warmth and toughness, Stacy motivates readers to rally their strengths, let go of childish, outgrown attachments, and arrive at a peaceful balance between freedom and responsibility. Whether you feel you've lost control of your life or you just need a tune-up in an area or two, How to Be a Grown Up is a wise and witty life guide for the twenty-first century.
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The Carrie Diaries: Meet Carrie Before Sex andthe City
by Candace Bushnell (Balzer & Bray)
The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation.
Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small-town girl who knew she wanted more. She's ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend's betrayal makes her question everything.
With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer. Readers will learn about her family background, how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. Through adventures both audacious and poignant, we'll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where her new life begins.
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The Ultimate Accidental Housewife: Your Guide to a Clean-Enough Home
by Julie Edelman (Hyperion)
Accessible, easy to read, and entertaining, The Ultimate Accidental Housewifegives you fun, simple solutions to all kinds of common household problems, from scrubbing the stove to spotting those stubborn laundry stains. With plenty of useful tips and tricks for cleaning your house just enough, this accidentally domestic diva offers practical advice you'll use every day--without ever spoiling your manicure. This must-have little volume splits housekeeping into two categories: Toxic Zones include the bathrooms and kitchen, since they have the greatest chance of housing living organisms that multiply or smell. Not So Toxic Zones include the bedrooms, living room, and family rooms, where dust bunnies are your biggest foe. In addition, helpful sections like I Never Knew You Could Do That! include myriad uses for ordinary household products, and The United Stains Across America, an Accidental favorite, is the most patriotic stain guide you'll ever see. |
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Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood
by Carey Goldberg, Beth Jones and Pamela Ferdinand (Little, Brown & Company)
Carey, Beth, and Pam had succeeded at work but failed at romance, and each resolved to have a baby before time ran out. Just one problem: no men. Carey took the first bold step towards single motherhood, searching anonymous donor banks until she found the perfect match.
What she found was not a father in a vial, but a sort of magic potion. She met a man, fell in love, and got pregnant the old-fashioned way. She passed the vials to Beth, and it happened again. Beth met man, Beth got pregnant. Beth passed the vials to Pam, and the magic struck again. There were setbacks and disappointments, but three women became three families, reveling in the shared joy of love, friendship, and never losing hope.
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The Doctor Is In: A 7-Step Prescription for Optimal Wellness
by Travis Stork (Simon & Schuster, April 2010)
As an emergency room physician, Dr. Travis Stork regularly sees the effects that poor lifestyle choices—the same decisions we face every day about what to eat and how active to be—have on our bodies over time. But just a few small tweaks to your daily habits can help you live longer and feel stronger. You can also conquer many chronic conditions—such as some of the biggest killers in America: heart disease, type II diabetes, and some cancers—before they happen.
A lively, eye-opening guide, The Doctor Is In cracks the often-intimidating wellness code. You don't need to follow the latest health crazes. Your power to save your own life is potentially thousands of times greater than that of any physician, wellness guru, or fitness expert. The secret is in seven easy, positive, and crucial steps that will help you change the way you think about diet, exercise, and the health care system. As he breaks down the building blocks for health into doable tips and action plans, Dr. Stork demystifies nutrition, exposes food fads, explains why you should be ruthlessly skeptical of health advice, and tells you which numbers you should track to keep yourself on the road to optimal wellness. |
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You're Not the Boss of Me: Brat-Proofing Your Four- To Twelve-Year-Old Child
by Betsy Brown Braun (Harper Collins, April 2010)
What parent hasn't thought her child was a brat at one point or another? Whether your child really is a brat, is at risk of becoming one, or is simply trying to grow up in a world filled with temptations and distractions, you'll love this book! It's the ultimate hands-on guide to cultivating character traits that are tried—and—true "Bratbusters." Full of no—nonsense, practical "Tips and Scripts," You're Not the Boss of Me offers just the help you need to deal with any of the more challenging behaviors typical of four to twelve years old. With Betsy Brown Braun's humorous, supportive, and authoritative voice as a guide, navigating some of the most exasperating aspects of these formative years with confidence and laying the groundwork for your child's future just got a whole lot easier! |
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by Trisha Yearwood (Crown Publishing, April 2010)
Trisha has that southern hospitality gene and she's a big believer that cooking for someone else is an act of love. From breakfasts in bed to hearty casseroles and festive holiday meals, Trisha's delicious recipes are dedicated to her loved ones, including her husband Garth Brooks (who's her number one cooking fan and the contributor of a few knockout recipes of his own). Trisha knows how good it feels to bring something to the table. It brings everyone closer together if they've had a hand in preparing a meal. These recipes all come with memories attached—of potlucks with good friends, church suppers, family fish fries, and beach picnics, Mother's Day, and Christmas gatherings. Many are handed down from her mother, her aunts and cousins, or longtime friends, while others are her own contemporary improvisations on classic southern fare. Each one—whether a main dish, a tasty side, or a decadent dessert—comes with a heartwarming story from Trisha's life that may remind you of some of your own favorite family foods, or inspire you to create new traditions. |
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Stop Second-Guessing Yourself: Baby's First Year
by Jen Singer (HCI, May 2010)
You're so sleep deprived that you can't muster up the energy to shave both legs on the same day, and the only grown-up you've talked to all day is Oprah. You're looking forward to taking the baby to the pediatrician, because after all, it's an outing! And you think colic should be a four-letter word. Don't worry. Seasoned mom and Internet favorite Jen Singer has been there. She shows moms like you how to find the humor and the help they need for surviving the expected and the unexpected during Baby's first year. Plus, she's gathered insights, coping tips, and valuable perspective from the thousands of moms who visit MommaSaid.net every day. With Stop Second-Guessing Yourself—Baby's First Year, readers will find new ways to embrace the roller-coaster of new parenthood, and enjoy the laughs along the way.
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Giada at Home: Family Recipes from Italy and California
by Giada de Laurentiis (Clarkson Potter, March 2010)
Born in Italy, Giada was raised in Los Angeles by a gregarious Italian family. While her grandmother, aunt, and mother brought her up on generations-old recipes, Giada also became enamored with the bright and clean flavors of California's abundant seasonal fruits and vegetables. Giada at Home presents recipes from both traditions, all with Giada's signature style. She shares classic Italian recipes passed down through the years, like cheese-stuffed dates wrapped in salty prosciutto, creamy risotto with the earthy and deep flavors of mushrooms and gorgonzola, and lamb chops basted with honey and balsamic vinegar. New family favorites include grilled asparagus and melon, game hens roasted with citrus and herbs, and a sorbet made with pomegranate and mint, all bursting with fresh, vibrant flavors.
No meal would be complete without the company of family and Giada particularly enjoys bringing her loved ones together over meals. For the first time, she incorporates her go-to brunch recipes—what she cooks when setting up a feast on her back patio for everyone on weekend mornings. |
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Dressing Your Truth: Discover Your Personal Beauty Profile
by Carol Tuttle (Live Your Truth Press, 2010)
Busy moms want to look their best, but – as we all know - don't always have time to follow the latest fashion and beauty trends. That's where best-selling author Carol Tuttle's new book comes to the rescue! "Dressing Your Truth: Discover Your Personal Beauty Profile”, teaches busy moms how to identify their "true” style, and make more authentic, satisfying, and less time-consuming choices about their hair, makeup and skincare. Based on her 20 years of experience as an alternative psychotherapist (and mother to 5 kids), Tuttle's unique Beauty Profling™ system identifies four "Types” of women based on physical features, personality and psychological profiles. Once you know your "Type”, you'll better understand and be able to express the true nature of who you are - bringing a deeper sense of your authentic beauty, a better self-image, and the expertise to create your own personal look. |
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You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives
by Deborah Tannen (Random House 10/09)
Conversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug between two dynamics–an impulse towards closeness and an impulse towards competition, as sisters are continually compared to each other. When you're with her, you laugh your head off, and can giggle and be silly like when you were kids. But she also might be the one person who can send you into a tailspin with just one wrong word. For many women, a sister is both.
With a witty and wise voice, Tannen shares insights and anecdotes from well over a hundred women she interviewed, along with moving and funny recollections of her own two sisters. You'll come away with a profound new understanding, as well as effective techniques to improve and accessible solutions for problems in this unique and precious relationship. |
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Queen of Your Own Life: The Grown-Up Woman's Guide to Claiming Happiness and Getting the Life You Deserve
by Kathy Kinney & Cindy Ratzlaff (Harlequin 3/10)
Queen of Your Own Life is a philosophy, a decision and an invitation to happiness for women who have made the tough but rewarding journey to the midpoint in their lives. Kathy Kinney (best known as Mimi on The Drew Carey Show) and Cindy Ratzlaff (marketing genius behind the launch of The South Beach Diet) have been best friends for more than thirty years, and have helped each other navigate the ups and downs of their lives with humor and grace.
In this entertaining and inspiring book, they share the tried-and-true techniques they call "the seven best gifts a woman can give herself." They reveal how they learned to value themselves just the way they are—women in full bloom, sensual, vibrant, wise and more beautiful than ever—and they'll show you how you can, too. |
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Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps
by Dave Isay (Penguin Group 4/10)
In Mom, Dave Isay, StoryCorps's founder and the editor of the StoryCorp's bestselling collection, Listening Is an Act of Love- presents a celebration of American mothers. Selecting their most revelatory stories on the subject, Mom looks across a diversity of experience to present an entirely original portrait of motherhood.
In stories that take us from the Bronx to the rural South and beyond, we are introduced to mothers and children from all walks of life - we meet an immigrant mother instilling in her children the importance of education, adult children caring for an elderly parent, a woman remembering the sound of her mother's laugh, and mothers and children of all ages learning to grow up without growing apart.
Through conversations between parents and children, husbands and wives, siblings and friends, the life of the American mother unfolds. In moments of profound joy and sadness, courage and despair, struggle and triumph, we learn new truths about that most ancient and sacred of bonds - the relationship between mother and child. Arranged thematically and including an introduction from Dave Isay, Mom offers powerful lessons in the meaning of family and the expansiveness of the human heart. Mom is an appreciation of the wisdom and generosity passed between mothers and children, this generation to the next. |
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A Reliable Wife (a novel)
by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin Books 1/10)
He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying that she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving her a wealthy widow, able to take care of the one she truly loved.
What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. And what neither anticipated was that they would fall so completely in love.
Filled with unforgettable characters, and shimmering with color and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder. |
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I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith and Family
by Kate Gosselin (Zondervan 4/10)
In I Just Want You to Know, New York Times bestselling author Kate Gosselin continues her story of faith and family, picking up where her first book, Multiple Blessings ended. Using excerpts and written prayers from her journal, Kate offers an intimate look at the heart of a mother during the three years her family transitioned from obscurity into television fame. The book includes eight individual letters to her children in which she conveys her dreams and direction for each one and reassures them of her love. |
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Slim and Scrumptious: More Than 75 Delicious, Healthy Meals Your Family Will Love
by Joy Bauer (William Morrow Cookbooks 4/10)
Today show nutritionist Joy Bauer has helped millions of people improve their health, and now she wants to improve their home-cooked meals as well. Tired of the misconception that you have to dine out to eat delicious food, Joy proves in Slim and Scrumptious that not only can you eat fresh, rich, and filling food, but that it is quick, affordable, and easy, too!
Slim and Scrumptious features more than seventy-five recipes for every meal and every taste. Whether you want Double Chocolate Pancakes or Eggs Benedict for breakfast, Sesame Chicken Tenders or Spicy Pork Tacos with Sassy Slaw for lunch, or Spice-Rubbed Flank Steak with Chimichurri and Creamy Spinach for dinner, Joy shows you that classic, rich food can still be made to taste great with just a fraction of the fat and calories. She also includes fun snacks, desserts, and appetizers that will keep you satisfied all day long, |
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Raising Happiness
by Christine Carter (Ballantine Books)
Drawing on what psychology, sociology, and neuroscience have proven about confidence, gratefulness, and optimism, and using her own chaotic and often hilarious real-world adventures as a mom to demonstrate do's and don'ts in action, Christine Carter, Ph.D, boils the process down to 10 simple happiness-inducing steps.
With great wit, wisdom, and compassion, Carter covers the day-to-day pressure points of parenting—how best to discipline, get kids to school and activities on time, and get dinner on the table—as well as the more elusive issues of helping children build healthy friendships and develop emotional intelligence. In these 10 key steps, she helps you interact confidently and consistently with your kids to foster the skills, habits, and mindsets that will set the stage for positive emotions now and into their adolescence and beyond. |
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Caught
by Harlan Coben (Dutton)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a fast-paced, emotion-packed novel about guilt, grief, and our capacity to forgive
In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben's trademark, Caught tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can't trust her own instincts about this story—or the motives of the people around her. |
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Now Eat This! 150 of America's Favorite Confort Foods All Under 300 Calories
by Rocco Dispirito (Random House)
FRIED CHICKEN, MACARONI AND CHEESE, BROWNIES, AND 147 OTHER FAVORITE RECIPES UNDER 350 CALORIES
In this delectable cookbook, award-winning chef Rocco DiSpirito transforms America's favorite comfort foods into deliciously healthy dishes—all with zero bad carbs, zero bad fats, zero sugar, and maximum flavor. What's more, Rocco provides time-saving shortcuts, helpful personal advice, and nutritional breakdowns for each recipe from a board-certified nutritionist. So prepare your favorite foods without the guilt. Finally, a world-class chef has made healthy food taste great! |
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Kids' Book - Reading Level 6-13
Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas
by Adam Toren and Matthew Toren (Business Plus Media Group)
The philosophy behind the book is simple. The future of our children begins with us! Most people say, "It's never too late.” The Torens say, "It's never too early.” The benefits for an early introduction to the basic principles and infinite rewards of entrepreneurship are massive. The Torens have managed to break down otherwise difficult concepts in to fun to read bites that any bright minded child can easily enjoy.
All children share the inalienable right to become financially independent, whether rich or poor, city or suburb. Sharpening a child's entrepreneurial skills will equip them with the skills necessary to tackle a limitless future. There is no reason it cannot start at an earlier age. Kidpreneurs puts the power in the hands of the future. |
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Childrens' Book
Spoon
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Illustrated by Scott Magoon (Hyperion)
Meet Spoon.
He's always been a happy little utensil. But lately, he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it. He thinks Fork, Knife, and The Chopsticks all have it so much better than him. But do they? And what do they think about Spoon? A book for all ages, Spoon serves as a gentle reminder to celebrate what makes us each special. |
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Mominatrix's Guide to Sex: A No Surrender Advice Book for Naughty Moms
by Kristen Chase (Adams Media)
Motherhood undoubtedly affects our sex lives, but with little opportunity to explore the new changes in our bodies and sexual beings, like many mothers we focus on making sure our kids have perfectly mashed organic bananas and fair-trade hemp organic diapers. And while their tummies and asses are pesticide-free, we're wishing someone cared about ours (or at least our asses) just as much. This guide gives moms everywhere permission to exchange their mommy jeans for something just a bit more, um . . . flattering. Self-proclaimed Mominatrix and author of the popular sex column of the same name, Kristen Chase proves that there is more to motherhood than diapers and timeouts. Good moms can be sexy mamas with just a little mominatrix training!
Kristen Chase (Atlanta, GA) is a thirty-something former textbook author, college professor, and self-proclaimed sex connoisseur turned full-time mom of two. She started to write about sex, or lack thereof, on her popular weblog Motherhood Uncensored (http: //motherhooduncensored.typepad.com) and was invited to write a sex column called aThe Mominatrix, a in which she answers reader questions and shares her humorous insights about sex and parenting.
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House Rules - a novel
by Jodi Picoult (Simon and Schuster)
The astonishing new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is about a family torn apart by an accusation of murder. "They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn't know how”. Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome. Did Jacob commit murder? Emotionally powerful from beginning to end, House Rules looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way -- and fails those who don't. |
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Falling Apart in One Piece: One Optimist's Journey Through the Hell of Divorce
by Stacy Morrison (Simon and Schuster)
The emotionally charged story of a divorce that brought the surprising gift of grace for Stacy Morrison, editor-in-chief of Redbook. Just when Stacy Morrison thought everything in her life had come together, her husband of ten years announced that he wanted a divorce. She was left alone with a new house that needed a lot of work, a new baby who needed a lot of attention, and a new job in the high-pressure world of New York magazine publishing. Morrison had never been one to believe in fairy tales. As far as she was concerned, happy endings were the product of the kind of ambition and hard work that had propelled her to the top of her profession. But she had always considered her relationship with her husband a safe place in her often stressful life. All of her assumptions about how life works crumbled, though, when she discovered that no amount of will and determination was going to save her marriage. For Stacy, the only solution was to keep on living, and to listen as deeply and openly as possible to what this experience was teaching her. Told with humor and heart, her honest and intimate account of the stress of being a working mother while trying to make sense of her unraveling marriage offers unexpected lessons of love, forgiveness, and dignity that will resonate with women everywhere. |
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The Girl Who Played With Fire - a novel
by Stieg Larsson
The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, as the focus and fierce heart of its story.
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazineMillennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salanderrs"s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past. |
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Talking Sex with your Kids: Keeping Them Safe and You Sane - By Knowing What They're Really Thinking
by Amber Madison (Adams Media)
Forget feeling embarrassed about having "the talk" with your kids. Research shows you're the one they want to hear from when it comes to sex ed. Now you have a unique advantage to getting through to your child as Amber Madison lets you in on what your kids are really thinking. As a twenty-six-year-old award-winning author and lecturer, she's taught thousands of parents how to approach kids so they'll really listen.
In this helpful guide, you will learn: How to get comfortable enough to be open with your children, everything you need to know about sexually transmitted diseases and contraception, the best way to talk to girls, the most successful way to get through to boys, how to deal with the unexpected, and most importantly, yes, your kids will listen to you. With insider advice on how to speak frankly without giving TMI (too much information), Talking Sex with Your Kids will encourage you to teach them to be safe and smart when it comes to sex. |
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Twenty Questions on Personal Financal Planning
By Beth D'Andrea
Using a simple queston and answer format, Malvern, PA Certified Financial Planner, Beth D'Andrea answers 20 of the most popular questions regarding family financial planning -whether you just graduated from college or you're wondering how to help your parents get through retirement. Offering sound and practical answers, this book gives you the tools to make informed decisons about spending, saving and other areas of your financail life: insurance, taxes, and estate planning.
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What to Do For Heavy Kids
by Gloria Mayer and Michael Villaire (iha4health.org)
In an effort to help reverse the trend which indicates that one-third of the nation's children are carrying too much weight, "What To Do For Heavy Kids” is written at a 5th grade reading level. It is the most recent book in the highly popular "What To Do for Health” book series. Each topic is presented in a logical, step-by-step format that answers the most common and important questions from parents: What is it? Did you know? What can I do? When do I need to get help? Topics include nutritional guidance, food shopping, lifestyle issues, family meals, feelings and self-esteem, and a chapter on diabetes, as well as chapters devoted to overall healthy eating issues in adulthood.
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Crib Notes
By Kelly J. Perotti (Xlibris Corp.)
Am I ready to be a mom (and will I be good at it)? How do I make that happen (Sex Ed. was so long ago)? When does morning sickness end (and why does it last all day)? Why is everyone touching my belly (and how do I make them stop)? Are contractions supposed to hurt this bad (or am I being a sissy)? Is this kid supposed to eat so often (and will my shirts ever button again)? Where is the old me (and do I even want her back)?
The frank humor and refreshing honesty with which Crib Notes approaches conception, pregnancy, and parenthood will not only provide a welcome distraction from all those questions in your pretty little head, but will offer some explanations along the way as well. True Confessions of real moms at various stages of motherhood, and a mini Daddy Dictionary are added bonus features!
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Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens
by Jennifer Schaertl (HCI Books)
If you think gourmet meals in Crappy Little Kitchens is an oxymoron, think again! Chef Jennifer Schaertl, in her cookbook debut, brings space-saving techniques and fabulous recipes to the millions of people who are kitchen impaired.
At some point we have all lived in a place that had a crappy little kitchen (CLK)…maybe our first apartment or even those beloved dorm rooms. And maybe we still don't have the kitchen we really want. Chef Jennifer Schaertl believes that "cooking in a crappy little kitchen builds character and personality – two attributes of downright delicious gourmet meals.” Learning from her own experiences cooking in a crappy little kitchen in her first tiny apartment in Brooklyn, Jennifer created Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens. Within the pages of this delightful new cookbook, Jennifer shows us how to love our kitchens and create fun and exciting gourmet meals in them.
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Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom
By Kristin van Ogtrop (Little, Brown & Company)
Motherhood and working are journeys of trial and error, and you sometimes feel like you know less than you did when you started. I for one know less about the following: why boys always say "Nothing" when you ask what they did at school that day; why husbands never turn of the TV; why you can't fire someone just for being irritating. But I do know a few things, including the fact that a good many working mothers could use some sort of organizing principle, a few labeled bins to hold the chaos. Hence this collection: an alphabetically arranged dictionary of terms, observations, lists, complaints, questions, musings, and the occasional diatribe about the little joys and major nonsense that define life for me, and untold women like me, on a daily basis.
Kristin van Ogtrop is the editor of Real Simple magazine
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Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation
by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim (St. Martin's Griffin)
In this hip, hilarious and truly eye-opening cultural history, menstruation is talked about as never before. Flow spans its fascinating, occasionally wacky and sometimes downright scary story: from mikvahs (ritual cleansing baths) to menopause, hysteria to hysterectomies—not to mention the Pill, cramps, the history of underwear, and the movie about puberty they showed you in 5th grade. Flow answers such questions as: What's the point of getting a period? What did women do before pads and tampons? What about new drugs that promise to end periods—a hot idea or not? Sex during your period: gross or a turn-on? And what's normal, anyway? |
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Hungry Girl 123: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet by Lisa Lillien (St. Martin's Griffin)
Are you HUNGRY? The number-one New York Times bestselling phenomenon is BACK---with even more yum-a-licious guilt-free recipes. This time, the EASIEST ones on the planet! Hungry Girl's recipes aren't just delicious, they're SUPER-SIMPLE, too. Hungry Girl 1-2-3 will help you make the world's most delicious guilt-free appetizers, meals, snacks, desserts, etc., with practically no effort whatsoever! There are loads of crock-pot recipes, microwavable meals, HG's famous "foil packs,” and more. Some are such a cinch, you won't even have to turn on the oven or stove! Really. With more than 200 recipes and two-ingredient "couples” to choose from, you'll never be hungry again!
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The Smart Parent's Guide: to Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents
by Jennifer Trachtenbert, MD (Free Press)
Making health care decisions for your child can be overwhelming in this age of instant information. It's easy to feel like you know next to nothing or way too much. Either way, you may resort to guessing instead of making smart choices. The Smart Parent's Guide will give you the information you need to manage the pediatric health care system. Dr. Jen understands the questions parents face—as a mom, she's faced them herself. She walks you through everything: from how to choose the best ER for kids (not adults) to when to give a kid medicine (or not to) to how pediatricians care for their own children (prepare to be surprised). Her goal is your goal: to protect the health of your children. |
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The Help - a novel
by Kathryn Stockett (Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam)
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women — mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends — view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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Save Big: Cut Your Top 5 Costs and Save Thousands!
by Elizabeth Leamy (Wiley)
What does it mean to SAVE BIG? It's any strategy that will save you more than a thousand dollars in less than a year. It's saving a lot of money on a few things rather than a little money on a bunch of things. It's the antidote to all that depressing advice we've heard for years that we should give up our daily lattes, install low-flow showerheads and pack our own lunches.
Author Elisabeth Leamy is the Consumer Correspondent for Good Morning America--and lives the SAVE BIG philosophy--and even she was surprised at some of the little-known strategies she was able to uncover. |
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As Big as My Head!
by Heidi Mark (Tate Publishing)
Eric is having a birthday and wants to take in a special snack to share with his class! What can he take that will be the best? What he wants is not what Grandma had in mind. In this true story, rhyme along with Eric and his Grandma as they figure out what would be the perfect treat. With a little imagination and a little spunk, Eric and his Grandma create a birthday treat that turns out to be a big surprise! This is an eLIVE book, meaning each printed copy contains a special code redeemable for the free download of the audio version of the book.
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The Organized Mom: Simplify Life for You and Baby, One Step at a Time
by Stacey Crew (Adams Media)
In this book, MomSpace's Organized Mom blogger, professional organizer Stacey Crew shares her innovative approach to getting the home ready for baby. Using the patented GoPack Method, Crew shows you how to Group Objects, Purge, Assign, Contain and Keep it up —all allowing you to spend more precious time with your little one. Featuring room-by-room advice, this truly unique handbook turns harried moms into happy ones.
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The Marriage Checkup: A Scientific Program for Sustaining and Strengthening Marital Health
by James Cordova (Jason Aronson)
Like an annual physical for our health, an annual "marriage checkup” can keep relationships healthy, according to James Cordova, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Ma.This book is designed to help partners assess the most important domains of their marriages using information gathered from decades of marital research and therapy. The theme is about health, how to take your marital temperature, how to celebrate your strengths, and how to effectively attend to areas of concern. The book is for ALL married couples!
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Hush: A Novel
by Kate White (Harper)
New York Times bestselling author and Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief returns with a sizzling, page-turning thriller in which an ordinary woman flees the scene of a murder—and realizes it's not just the law that's hunting her.
When Lake Warren learns that her husband, Jack, is suing for full custody of their two kids four months after their separation, she's pretty certain that things can't get any worse. |
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Brava Valentine - a novel
by Adriana Trigiani (Harper)
Brava, Valentine is the much anticipated, dazzling sequel to the author's instant New York Times bestseller, Very Valentine, which introduced the contemporary family saga of the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted wedding shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Here, the story of Valentine Roncalli soars to breathtaking new heights as she evolves from apprentice to determined artist. |
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What Happy Working Mothers Know: How New Findings in Positive Psychology Can Lead to a Healthy and Happy Work/Life Balance
by Cathy L. Greenbert Ph.D. and Barret S. Avigdor J.D. (Wiley, John & Sons)
A New York Times Bestseller; a fact-based and proven approach to help working mothers rediscover happiness as they balance their duties at home and work.
Science and sociology have made great strides in understanding what makes us happy and how we achieve it. For working mothers who face endless demands on their time and attention, What Happy Working Mothers Know provides scientifically proven and practical ways to find the right balance and replace stress with happiness. The demands of juggling work and home lead many women to try to do everything and be everything to everyone. In the effort to be Superwoman, many women lose sight of what makes them happy and they fail to realize how important their happiness is to being a good worker and a good mother. The key to being your best at everything you do is to take care of your happiness the way you take care of your health, through conscious choices every day. You'll learn to overcome obstacles, apply lessons learned at work to your motherhood skills, and learn lessons from your children that you can apply at work. |
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I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World
by Eve Ensler (Random House)
In this daring, provocative, and insightful book, bestselling author and internationally acclaimed playwright Eve Ensler writes fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Moving through a world of topics and emotions, these voices are fierce, alive, tender, complicated, imaginative, and smart. Girls today often find themselves in a struggle between remaining strong and true to themselves and conforming to society's expectations in an attempt to please. They are taught not to be too intense, too passionate, too smart, too caring, too open. They are encouraged to shut down their instincts, their outrage, their desires and their dreams, to be polite, to obey the rules. I Am an Emotional Creature is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be. |
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Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
by Lori Gottlieb (Dutton)
By looking at everything from culture to biology, in Marry Him Gottlieb frankly explores the dilemma that so many women today seem to face--how to reconcile the strong desire for a husband and family with a list of must-haves so long and complicated that many great guys get rejected out of the gate. Here Gottlieb shares her own journey in the quest for romantic fulfillment, and in the process gets wise guidance and surprising insights from marital researchers, matchmakers, dating coaches, behavioral economists, neuropsychologists, sociologists, couples therapists, divorce lawyers, and clergy--as well as single and married men and women, ranging in age from their twenties to their sixties.
Marry Him is an eye-opening, often funny, sometimes painful, and always truthful in-depth examination of the modern dating landscape, and ultimately, a provocative wake- up call about getting real about Mr. Right. |
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Cook This Not That! Kitchen Survival Guide
by David Zinczenki and Matt Goulding
Dave and Matt, authors of Eat This, Not That! have finally turned their nutritional savvy to the place with the greatest impact – your kitchen. The hundreds of recipes contained inside this book will help you and your loved ones eliminate body fat, get in shape, and lead fitter, happier lives.
But make no mistake – this is no rice-and-tofu cookbook. The genius of Cook This, Not That! is that it teaches you how to save hundreds – sometimes thousands – of calories by recreating America's most popular restaurant dishes, including Outback Steakhouse's Roasted Filet with Port Wine Sauce, Uno Chicago Grill's Individual Deep Dish Pizza, and Chili's Fire Grilled Chicken Fajita. |
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Top 100 Finger Foods: 100 Recipes for a Healthy, Happy ChildBy: Annabel Karmel (Simon & Schuster)
A scrumptious guide to creating tasty tidbits that young children can really sink their teeth (or gums!) into. By the age of nine months, many babies are ready and eager to start feeding themselves. Although they might not be able to handle a spoon, children of this age can master the art of eating on their own — as long as the food they're served is right-sized! Finger foods are the perfect solution. This essential collection is packed with tempting, nourishing recipes for babies and older children helping you safely introduce new tastes and textures to your baby and ensuring that your child is healthy, happy, and content.
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Focus - Love: Your World, Your Images
Lark Books
Through snapshot-hungry eyes, photographers glimpse hearts everywhere: in graffiti scrawled on an alleyway wall, in paper cut by a child, and in nature's worn stones scattered on a forest floor. All that's necessary is to open our eyes…which is what this collection inspires us to do.
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The Five Love Language Mens Edition: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
By: Gary Chapman (Moody Publishing)
Husbands are commanded to love their wives. But do you know what really makes your wife feel loved? Are you tired of missed cues and confusing signals?
Everyone has a primary love language—quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. In The Five Love Languages Men’s Edition, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides husbands in identifying, understanding, and speaking their wife’s love language. Each chapter concludes with ten simple and practical ideas for expressing that love language to your wife. You’ll both enjoy taking the new love languages assessment and building a lasting, loving marriage.
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American Fashion Cookbook: 100 Designers Best Recipes
Council of Fashion Designers of America (Assouline)
Isaac Mizrahis Mushroom Truffle Spaghetti, Carolina Herreras Pommes Toupinel, Mark Eckos Adults Only Chocolate Chip Cookies, Derek Lams Yellowtail Crudo, John Varvatoss Calaloo Soup... Food can be fashionable too! Published with the Council of Fashion Designers of America and with a foreword by Martha Stewart, American Fashion Cookbook is a chic objet containing recipes and original illustrations by more than 100 American designers. Brimming with color, flavor, and personality, here are the fashion community's favorite dishes and preparation tips.
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Side by Side: The Revolutionary Mother-Daughter Program for Conflict-Free Communication
By: Dr. Charles Sophy (Harper Collins)
Moms and daughters. They can go from best friends to mortal enemies with breakneck speed. From boyfriends to curfews and from outfits to eating habits, mothers and daughters often end up in conflict about everything. Now with Side by Side, mothers finally have a proven program to help navigate their relationship with their daughters of any age. Being a mom is hard work, and this practical and accessible explanation of the most important role you will ever play steers you through even the roughest waters.
Side by Side is the pivotal first step to having a strong and rewarding relationship with your daughter for years to come. (eBook available from online retailers).
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Weight of Silence
Heather Gudenkauf (Mira Books)
It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night. The families become tied by the question of what happened to their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets. |
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The Gift of an Ordinary Day
By: Katrina Kenison - Springboard Press
The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition-boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and a slower pace, in a small New England town. It is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers—holding on, letting go.
Poised on the threshold between family life as she's always known it and her older son's departure for college, Kenison is surprised to find that the times she treasures most are the ordinary, unremarkable moments of everyday life, the very moments that she once took for granted, or rushed right through without noticing at all.
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The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well. Enjoy Life. Lose Weight
Mayo Clinic - Good Books
From Mayo Clinic, a leading authority on health and nutrition, comes The Mayo Clinic Diet, the last diet you’ll ever need.
Get a quick and gratifying start with Lose It!, the phase of the diet designed to help you lose up to six to ten pounds in just two weeks. Eat the foods you love – in moderation – in the Live It! phase, which is designed to help you continue to lose one to two pounds a week (and keep them off!!).
Finally, here’s the diet that helps you accomplish real and lasting weight-loss. This diet is no fad, but a solid, common-sense approach brought to you by an organization that is an award-winning health information resource. Nor does The Mayo Clinic Diet require expensive ingredients (which can make a diet difficult to maintain in the long run). |
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The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and Secret Beliefs of Men in the Workplace
By: Shaunti Feldhahn
Based on a nationwide survey and confidential interviews with more than three thousand men, bestselling author of For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahn, has written a startling and unprecedented exploration of how men in the workplace tend to think, which even the most astute women might otherwise miss. In The Male Factor, Feldhahn investigates and quantifies the private thoughts that men almost never publicly reveal or admit to, but that every woman will want to know.
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The Coupon Mom's Guide to Cutting Your Grocery Bills in Half
By: Stephanie Nelson (Avery)
A book that pays for itself! The creator of couponmom.com, with 1.6 million subscribers and counting, shares her strategic money-saving techniques for saving big while living well. With meal- planning tips, recipes, and cost-comparison guides, as well as inspiring real-life stories from the phenomenal Coupon Mom movement, this is a priceless guide to turning the checkout lane into a road of riches.
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
By: Gretchen Rubin (Harper)
Gretchen Rubin, mom of two, had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. "The days are long, but the years are short," she realized. "Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter." In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.
Her conclusions are sometimes surprising—she finds that money can buy happiness, when spent wisely; that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that "treating" yourself can make you feel worse; that venting bad feelings doesn't relieve them; that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference—and they range from the practical to the profound.
Written with charm and wit, The Happiness Project is illuminating yet entertaining, thought-provoking yet compulsively readable. Gretchen Rubin's passion for her subject jumps off the page, and reading just a few chapters of this book will inspire you to start your own happiness project.
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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
By: Elizabeth Gilbert - Penguin Group
A sequel to her bestselling memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert’s new book is the story of how she and Felipe, the man she met and fell in love with at the end of Eat, Pray, Love, grapple and ultimately make peace with the notion of marriage, long after each of them has endured an ugly divorce and sworn off the institution.
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Nanny Returns: A Novel
By: Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - Atria
More than 4 million readers fell in love with Nan, the smart, spirited, and sympathetic heroine of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Nanny Diaries. Now she's back. After living abroad for twelve years, she and her husband, Ryan, aka H.H., have returned to New York to make a life for themselves. In the midst of getting her new business off the ground and fixing up their fixer-upper, Ryan announces his sudden desire to start a family. His timing simply couldn't be worse. With its whip-smart dialogue and keen observations of modern life, Nanny Returns gives a firsthand tour of what happens when a community that chose money over love finds itself with neither. |
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Living Oprah: My One Year Experiment to Walk the Walk with the Queen of Talk
By: Robyn Okrant - Center Street
What happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. LIVING OPRAH is a month-by-month account of that year.
Some of the challenges included enrollment in Oprah's Best Life Challenge for physical fitness and weight control, living vegan, and participating in Oprah's Book Club. After 365 days of LIVING OPRAH, Okrant reflects on the rewards won and lessons learned as well as the tolls exacted by the experiment.
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At Home: A Caterer's Guide to Cooking & Home Entertaining
By: Steve Poses - Available at AtHomeByStevePoses.com.
With At Home in hand, when you plan your home entertaining event, whether it’s a holiday party, a backyard cookout, or just entertaining friends and family, Steve is there to help guide you through the whole process! At Home gives you step-by-step guidance, along with amazing recipes. Steve Poses owns and operates Frog Commissary and Catering at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. |
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See Mom Run: Sidesplitting Essays by the World's Most Harried Blogging Moms
By: Beth Feldman - Plain White Press
As a veteran mom blogger, and the founder of RoleMommy.com, an online community and events company that empowers women to pursue their passion while raising family, Beth Feldman has come to discover that every mom has a side-splitting story within them that's bursting to come out. |
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Happy at Work, Happy at Home: The Girl's Guide to Being a Working Mom
By: Caitlin Friedman & Kimberly Yorio - Broadway Books
In Happy at Work, Happy at Home, Caitlin and Kim guide readers through every step on the road to having it all, offering detailed, practical advice in their trademark style. Working mothers themselves, these authors know what it means to juggle the demands of office and home, and they’re here to help the rest of us! |
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The Suburban Outlaw: Tales from the Edge
By Pam Sherman - New Year Publishing
A funny, touching, and ironic look at life in suburbia. The book is a compilation of columns by acclaimed actor and columnist, Pam Sherman. What is a Suburban Outlaw? An irreverent, honest woman (or man for that matter) willing to live her life fully both for her family and for herself. A Suburban Outlaw has a city vibe, while living a suburban life, and a drive and an energy that goes a little faster. She has an edge in the best possible way: the ability to explore, dream, grow and excite. The book takes you behind the WHITE picket fence to provide laugh-out-loud, as well as tender moments. |
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Saving Dinner
By: Leanne Ely - Random House
Thanks to Leanne Ely’s handy cookbook and meal planning guide, tens of thousands of people have already discovered that making dinner (and shopping for food!) can be a stress-free endeavor. Say goodbye to take-out and microwave fare and hello to tasty, nutritious dishes. Full of practical tips on simple, healthy, and inexpensive meal planning, Saving Dinner is the ideal solution for today’s busy parents who would love to have their family sitting around the dinner table once again. |
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The Castaways
By: Elin Hildebrand - Little, Brown & Company
Greg and Tess MacAvoy are one of four prominent Nantucket couples who count each other as best friends. As pillars of their close-knit community, the MacAvoys, Kapenashes, Drakes, and Wheelers are important to their friends and neighbors, and especially to each other. But just before the beginning of another idyllic summer, Greg and Tess are killed when their boat capsizes during an anniversary sail. As the warm weather approaches and the island mourns their loss, nothing can prepare the MacAvoy's closest friends for what will be revealed. |
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The Time Traveler's Wife
By: Audrey Niffenegger - Houghton Mifflin
Read the book before you see the new movie!
The Time Traveler’s Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's marriage and their passionate love for each other, as the story unfolds from both points of view. Clare and Henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goals — steady jobs, good friends, children of their own. All of this is threatened by something they can neither prevent nor control, making their story intensely moving and entirely unforgettable. |
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The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Life
By: Janna Cawrse Esarey - Simon and Schuster
Join Janna and Graeme's 17,000-mile journey and their quest to resolve the uncertainties so many couples face: How do you know if you've really found the One? How do you balance duty to others while preserving space for yourself? And, when the waters get rough, do you jump ship, or do you learn to navigate the world...together? |
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The Bride Will Keep Her Name
By: Jan Goldstein - Crown Publishing
Something borrowed. Something blue. Do you really know the man to whom you’re saying ‘I do?’ With one week to go before the wedding, Madison Mandelbaum receives an anonymous email that suggests that her fiancé may not be the man she thinks he is.
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Finger Lickin' Fifteen
By: Janet Evanovich - St. Martin's Press
In Finger Lickin' Fifteen, author Janet Evanovich continues her bestselling romance series about bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. In this installment, Plum once again finds herself caught up in some wild and madcap romantic hijinks. |
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Best Friends Forever: A Novel
By: Jennifer Weiner - Atria
"Former mousy types, rejoice! In Weiner's delicious latest, a popular girl hits trouble long after high school and only the geeky pal she once shunned can help." -- People
In popular chick-lit-with-a-pulse author Jennifer Weiner's newest novel, Best Friends Forever, two childhood gal pals suffer a teenage-falling-out but reunite for an unexpected female-bonding adventure. |
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Die For You: A Novel
By: Lisa Unger - Shaye Areheart Books
In this thriller, Best-selling author Isabel Connelly thinks she has it all-success, love, happiness -- until one night she enters her husband Marcus's study to find him missing and a dozen people standing in his place with weapons drawn. They inform her that her husband has been lying about his past. She is encouraged to forget Marcus, but Isabel vows to track him down -- even if that means putting her own life in danger and uncovering painful secrets. |
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I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper: Loving Your Marriage After the Baby Carriage
By: Trisha Ashworth & Amy Nobile - Chronicle Books
The best-selling authors set out to discover if parenthood has to be incompatible with conjugal bliss and if so, how to change that. To find out, they spoke to hundreds of mothers (and quite a few fathers). The book examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it extends a loving hand so that mothers can step out of the madness, make the most of what they have, and learn to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and kids.
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Fired to Hired: Bouncing Back from Job Loss to Get to Work Right Now
By: Tory Johnson - Berkley Trade
Searching for a job isn’t what it was 20 years ago—or even 2 years ago. Today, it’s not enough to be a great candidate; one must be an exceptional jobseeker as well. Loaded with brilliant tips on how to get noticed and get hired, Johnson's new book will help readers feel stronger and more ready to face their job hunt.
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Afterbirth: Stories You Won't Read in a Parenting Magazine
By: Dani Klein Modisett - St. Martin's Press
Parenting - it's a tough job, and parents often don't want to admit that raising a child can be exasperating, that it's not all moments of familial delight. "Afterbirth: Stories You Won't Read in a Parenting Magazine" captures those moments and much more through candid nonfiction essays about the hard and funny truth of raising children.
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The Baby Fat Diet
By: Monica Bearden, RD and Shara Aaron, MS, RD - Alpha Books
Motherhood doesn't have to mean permanent weight gain! Get rid of those post-pregnancy pounds - even if your youngest is already in school. Losing the "baby fat" is one of the hardest things for mothers - even years after they give birth. The book offers simple, easy-to-live-by health and nutrition tips that help women change the behaviors that make losing weight so difficult. The 30 timeless tips throughout are eminently practical and the recipes are delicious. Not only will moms lose weight on The Baby Fat Diet, they'll feel good about themselves, too.
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True Mom Confessions: Real Moms Get Real
By: Romi Lassally - Berkley Trade
Heartfelt and hilarious, naughty and nasty, frank and outrageous, the confessions culled together for this book represent the best - or the worst? - of those humbling hidden secrets of motherhood in all its glorious messiness as improvisation and triage. They dare to suggest that it's okay for moms to make mistakes, to have unkind thoughts, to publicly or privately embarrass themselves - and above all to be human.
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Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads
By: Christine Kolberg Avanti - Rodale Press
In this smart, sassy guide, famed Los Angeles sports nutritionist Avanti reveals the no-fail eating plan she has developed after nearly 20 years in the field - a program that effortlessly turns her weight-challenged clients into thin ones. She explains how you can lose weight while continuing to eat the foods you enjoy.
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Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200 - 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories
By: Lisa Lillien - St. Martin's Griffin
Hungry Girl mania is sweeping the nation! The New York Times bestselling phenomenon delivers even more yum-tastic recipes! An easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 Hungry Girl recipes all under 200 calories. Told with Lisa's signature wit and sassy style, these recipes are as fun to read as they are to make! |
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Live Your Joy
By: Bonnie St. John - Faithwords
The author, Bonnie St. John, is a 1984 Paralympics silver medal winner in ski racing. She's learned that joy is something that comes from the inside out. It feels like a flowing grace, a feeling of goodness all around, a sense of well-being through good and bad. It is love, gratitude, faith and empowerment all wrapped together. Joy deepens our experiences. It opens us to seeing a more beautiful sunset, appreciating rather than fault finding, to believing in oneself.
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Happy Baby Happy You: 500 Ways to Nurture the Bond with Your Baby
By: Karen Siegel-Maier - Storey Publishing
Cuddles and kisses, games and storytelling, good nutrition and a safe nursery -- all are gifts that loving parents share with their precious newborns. Make baby's first year magical and rewarding with hundreds of simple ideas for bonding, playing, learning, and nurturing. Karyn Siegel-Maier is a health writer and the mother of three.
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The New Baby Answer Book: From Birth to Kindergarten Answers to the Top 150 Questions About Raising a Young Child
By: Robin Goldstein, PhD with Janet Gallant - Sourcebooks
Written by child development specialist and parenting coach, Robin Goldstein, PhD, The New Baby Answer Book is a must-have shelf reference covering all the key parenting topics from birth to kindergarten, such as sleeping, eating, daycare, safety, discipline, fears, pre-school, independence, and more.
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Sitting on the Bookshelf - Our Past Picks
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Knowing Pains: Women on Love, Sex and Work in our 40s
By: Molly Tracy Rosen - Wingspan Press
Have you ever wondered how other women survived their 40's? You'll get an earful in Knowing Pains, an honest, humorous, thoughtful and diverse collection of essays by real women who aren't afraid to tell their age and tell it like it is. Sex, marriage, love, divorce, motherhood, singlehood, passion, obsession. Nothing is off-limits to this startlingly fresh group of new female voices that Molly Rosen has brought together to swap stories and compare notes on the desires, influences and events that have impacted and shaped their midlives. Collectively, they form a true picture of how real women not only survive their 40's, but thrive with dignity, courage and laughter. |
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Very Valentine : A Novel
By Adriana Trigiani - Harper
This first-in-a-trilogy is a frilly valentine to Manhattan's picturesque West Village, starring a boisterous and charmingly contentious Italian-American family. In this contemporary family saga, the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. The company is on the verge of financial collapse. It falls to thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, the talented and determined apprentice to her grandmother, the master artisan Teodora Angelini, to bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century and save the company from ruin. |
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Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan
By Suze Orman - Spiegel & Grau
The nation’s go-to expert on financial matters, Suze Orman, believes that 2009 is a critical year for your money. There are safeguards to put in place, actions to take, costly mistakes to avoid, and even opportunities to be had, so that you are protected during the bad times and prepared to prosper when things take a turn for the better. No matter what situation you’re in, you will find a plan of action and the answers to your questions. Orman’s 2009 Action Plan delivers honest, straightforward guidance - what to do, when to do it, and how to do it - as only Suze Orman can. |
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The Joy of Sex: Ultimate Revised Edition – The Timeless Guide to Lovemaking
By Alex Comfort - Crown
Since 1972, more than 8 million people have come to this wise, witty, and uninhibited bestselling guide to lovemaking and found all they wanted to know about achieving greater sexual satisfaction. They have discovered how sex can be playful and imaginative, erotic and passionate, pleasurable and exhilarating. Now more than ever, The Joy of Sex in this fully revised 30th anniversary edition, is for people who want to make their lovemaking richer and more exciting. Complete with elegant photographs and superb drawings that capture in full, frank detail the intimacy of the act of love, it is undoubtedly a contemporary classic. |
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I Can Make You Thin: The Revolutionary System Used by More than 3 Million People (book and CD)
By Paul McKenna - Sterling
The easy way to lose weight and stay slim — with a free weight-loss CD included. Do you want to lose weight easily? Would you like to feel really happy with your body? Are you unable to lose those last 10 pounds? Are you a late night snacker? Do you find it hard to say no to second helpings? Do you get disheartened about your eating habits and your weight? Yes? Well, British weight loss guru, Paul McKenna has written the book for you. I Can Make You Thin will change your attitude to food forever. |
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The Associate
By John Grisham - Doubleday
Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father’s small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential. But Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from college that he has tried to forget. The secret, though, falls into the hands of the wrong people, and Kyle is forced to take a job he doesn’t want—even though it’s a job most law students can only dream about. The Associate is vintage Grisham. |
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations... One School at a Time
By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Viking
In 1993, while climbing one of the world's most difficult peaks, Mortenson became lost and ill, and eventually found aid in the tiny Pakistani village of Korphe. He vowed to repay his generous hosts by building a school; his efforts have grown into the Central Asia Institute, which has since provided education for 25,000 children. The authors' skill at giving very personal identities to people of a different country, religion and culture help Mortenson deliver his inspirational and compelling message without sounding preachy; he encourages readers to put aside prejudice and politics, and to remember that the majority of people are good. |
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The Late Bloomer's Revolution: A Memoir
By Amy Cohen - Hyperion, July 2008
Dating columnist and sitcom writer/producer, Amy Cohen, felt as if her life was behind schedule . . . way behind. The more time passed, the more difficult it became for her to believe that she would ever come into her own. The only thing that made her feel hopeful -- and even determined -- was the idea that she might be a Late Bloomer. She kept telling herself that things would change, that everything would happen for her, just not in the time she expected. As it turns out, she was right. A sparkling and reassuring memoir, The Late Bloomer's Revolution is funny, heartwarming, and above all, real. Filled with observations sweet, bittersweet, and laugh-out-loud funny, this book will be irresistible to all who believe their greatest moments are yet to come. |
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Green Goes With Everything (non-fiction)
By Sloan Barnett - Simon and Schuster, September 2008
"Today" show contributor and mother of three, Sloan Barnett gives us a fast, simple, down-to-earth primer on the ways our homes are making us sick, and what we can all do to transform them into the safe sanctuaries we want and need them to be. Sloan exposes the toxic truth behind the household products we use every day. She explains how seemingly benign stuff can harm us and our children. She offers an array of alternatives, and inspires us to see that we're never helpless: Every day, we have the power to make better, smarter, safer choices. Packed with common sense and sass, product picks and practical tips, Green Goes With Everything is for everyone who wants to live a healthier life. |
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I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent (non-fiction)
By E.D. Hill - Thomas Nelson, September 2008
Fox News host and busy mother of eight E. D. Hill offers the antidote to permissive parenting by giving parents permission to be in charge. Instructional and conversational, I'm Not Your Friend, I'm Your Parent challenges parents to reclaim their roles, make the hard decisions, and put their children's characters and well-being ahead of peer pressure and social status. With entertaining stories from her own family and those of others she has encountered in her profession as a journalist, E. D. tackles parental challenges such as manners, discipline, money, sportsmanship, clothing, teens and consequences and more. |
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Taking Care of Your Girls: A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens and In-Betweens (non-fiction)
By Marisa Weiss, MD - Three Rivers Press, September 2008
Girls are as anxious and confused about their breasts as ever. That's why Marisa Weiss, M.D., an oncologist and breast health specialist, and her teenage daughter, Isabel, decided to create Taking Care of Your "Girls.” Together, they polled more than three thousand girls and their moms and came up with a surprisingly huge list of worries and misconceptions. A groundbreaking book for both mothers and daughters, Taking Care of Your "Girls” is a practical guide to breast care and a girl-to-girl conversation about the feelings and emotions that come with the territory. |
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The Beauty Diet: Looking Great has Never Been So Delicious (non-fiction)
By Lisa Drayer, M.A., R.D. - McGraw Hill, September 2008
This is the secret to glowing skin, whiter teeth, shinier hair, and stronger nails. According to nutritionist Lisa Drayer, it's not what you put on your body, but what you put in your body that makes you beautiful. Drayer's groundbreaking guide reveals the top 10 "beauty foods" that can visibly improve your skin, hair, teeth, eyes, nails, and overall health. She also presents an easy-to-follow guide to eat just the right amount of these wonder foods for overall gorgeousness. Best of all, her easy-to-follow meal plan--featuring dark chocolate, blueberries, and green tea--is just 1,500 calories a day! It's the scientifically proven way to look absolutely fantastic and lose weight doing it.
Here's a sneak peek at Drayer's top 10 beauty foods:
Wild Salmon, blueberries, spinach, oysters, tomatoes, walnuts, kiwis, dark chocolate, yogurt and sweet potatoes. |
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Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients
By Ina Garten - Clarkson Potter, October 2008
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is the essential Ina Garten cookbook, focusing on the techniques behind her elegant food and easy entertaining style, and offering nearly a hundred brand-new recipes that will become trusted favorites. For longtime fans, Ina delivers new insights into her simple techniques; for newcomers she provides a thorough master class on the basics of Barefoot Contessa cooking plus a Q&A section with answers to the questions people ask her all the time. With full-color photographs and invaluable cooking tips, Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics is an essential addition to the cherished library of Barefoot Contessa cookbooks. |
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The Gate House: A Novel
By Nelson DeMille - Grand Central Publishing, October 2008
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast. When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. In The Gate House, Demille brings us back to that fabled spot on the North Shore -- a place where past, present, and future collides with often unexpected results. |
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Salvation in Death (fiction)
J.D. Robb - Penguin Group, November 2008
Holy communion spells death for Fr. Miguel Flores, a popular Catholic priest in New York City's Spanish Harlem, after he swallows wine laced with cyanide during a funeral in bestseller J.D. Robb's unusually introspective 27th crime thriller to feature Lt. Eve Dallas (after Strangers in Death). |
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