Our Authors
Parenting and Health:
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Blum, Esther: Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous, Chronicle, 2007 - Learn how to eat right and keep your body beautiful from the inside out. You'll learn how to fend off colds and flus, PMS, yeast infections, and hangovers, and many other health-challenging conditions. Debut Author; Foliospeak Author |
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Blum, Esther: Secrets of Gorgeous, Chronicle, 2008 - More tips and secrets on living well while you are living it up from the sassiest nutritionist in town. Foliospeak Author |
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Braun, Dan; House, Franklin; Newman, Ian; Seale, Stuart: The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore Health, and Build Natural Vitality, Perigee, 2008 - This health guide for people living with diabetes is based on the Lifestyle Center of America’s residential program for combating and reversing diabetes. Debut Author |
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Dugan, Emily: The Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families, Collins, 2006 - A comprehensive resource for older drivers and their families confronting driving safety issues. Dr. Dugan provides clear, practical information regarding the effects of age, medical conditions, and medications on driving. |
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Heininger, Janet; Weiss, Sharon: From Chaos to Calm: Effective Parenting for Challenging Children with ADHD and Other Behavior Problems, Perigee, 2001 - Traditional parenting and discipline books aren't effective for parents with kids who have ADHD, OCD, depression or other disorders. They need a guide that will help them with the unique discipline and organization challenges kids with these issues have. This is that guide. Rights sold in Poland. |
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Koenig, Joanne Coste: Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease, Houghton Mifflin, 2003 & 2004 - A guide that emphasizes the importance of communicating with Alzheimer’s patients by focusing on their emotional language. Topics include understanding the diagnosis, respectfully stopping the patient from driving, establishing a plan of care, and enriching the patient's life. Rights sold in U.K., Germany, France, and Japan. Foliospeak Author |
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Melton, Barbara; Shankle, Susan: What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In, Broadway, 2007 - Educators Melton and Shankle offer a reasonable, nonalarmist guide for concerned parents in helping their kids navigate the wonders and perils of the cyberworld. They emphasize the importance of establishing a healthy balance of virtual and real-time activities for growing kids. Debut Author; Foliospeak Author |
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Murphy, Jana: The Secret Lives of Toddlers: A Parent's Guide to the Wonderful, Terrible, Fascinating Behavior of Children Ages 1 to 3, Perigee, 2004 - Between age one and three, children can be delightful, affectionate, intelligent explorers. They can also be holy terrors. Grounded in up-to-date research, this book demystifies 52 common behaviors of toddlers, while helping parents appreciate their miraculous development. Rights sold in France. |
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Murray, Linda J.; Anna McGrail; Daphne Metland: The BabyCenter's Essential Guide to Pregnancy and Birth: Expert Advice and Real-World Wisdom from the Top Pregnancy and Parenting Resource, Rodale, 2005 - For the millions of moms-to-be, this guide provides a wealth of information answering every imaginable question, including those you are too embarrassed to ask, don't think to ask, or don't know whom to ask. |
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Murray, Linda J.; Anna McGrail; Daphne Metland: The BabyCenter Essential Guide to Your Baby's First Year: Expert Advice and Mom-to-Mom Wisdom from the World's Most Popular Parenting Website, Rodale, 2007 - Provides parents with a priceless resource: an instruction manual to accompany their newborn baby. This guide provides tips on how to effortlessly unravel the daily mysteries of parenthood during the first year. |
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Raugh, Randy, Blevins, Meredith: Prime for Life: Functional Fitness for Ageless Living, Rodale, September 2008 – From the Fitness Director of The Canyon Ranch’s most prestigious program the Life Enhancement Program, this fitness book shares one of the nation’s top physical therapists’ insight into keeping your body feeling and looking its prime. |
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Sothern, Melinda; Schumacher, Heidi; Von Almen, Kris: Trim Kids: The Proven 12-Week Plan that Has Helped. Thousands of Children Achieve a Healthier Weight, Harper Resource, 2002 & 2003 - With 25 percent of American children overweight or obese, how can parents help a child lose excess pounds without nagging or making him or her develop an eating disorder? This 12-week plan offers concrete guidelines for nutrition, exercise, and positive reinforcement. Foliospeak Author |
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Stone, Rhonda: The Light Barrier: Understanding the Mystery of Irlen Syndrome and Light-based Reading Difficulties, St. Martins, 2002 & 2003 - An eye-opening account about an all-too-common sight affliction--perhaps affecting as many as 1 in 5 children--which is constantly being ignored, or misdiagnosed. Foliospeak Author |
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Tadlock, Dee: Read Right: Coaching Your Child to Excellence in Reading, McGraw-Hill, 2005 - A book for parents based on the successful Read Right® program. This system teaches simple techniques to help parents guide young children into their own reading excellence. There are no drills or artificial exercises—just fun, easy activities integrated into everyday life. Foliospeak Author |
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Zibners Lohr, Lara: If You Eat This Book, Everything Will Still be Okay, Grand Central, 2009 - This guide shows parents when - and when not - to take their child to the emergency room. Debut Author; Foliospeak Author |
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