Famille & Relations

Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic

de Martha Beck

"He says you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been by remaining closed."

The messenger is a school janitor with a master's in art history who claims to be channeling "from both sides of the...

The Good Non Retirement Guide 2011

de Frances Kay

The Good Non Retirement Guide is essential reading for anyone looking to make the most of their retirement. It combines invaluable advice on how you can plan for a secure future with suggestions for creative...

It's Either Her or Me: A Guide to Help a Mom and Her Daughter-in-Law Get Along

de Ellie Slott Fisher

THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT—YOU’RE NOT LOSING A SON AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GAINING A RIVAL.

For a mother who’s accustomed to having been number one in her son’s life, the arrival of a girlfriend,...

The River Sorrow

de Craig Holden

In one of the most unique and powerfully realized debut novels of the decade, Craig Holden creates a page-turning drama that is both emotionally shattering and harrowingly plausible.

When a fatally burned victim...

The Marriage Diaries: A Novel

de Rebecca Campbell

“Brutally honest and wonderfully witty, The Marriage Diaries had me laughing and crying–often at the same time.”

–Gemma Townley, author of Little White Lies

Meet Sean and Celeste–living proof that opposites...

Happy Chaos

de Soleil Moon Frye

From Punky to parenting, Soleil Moon Frye shares insightful, realistic, in-the-trenches parenting advice, inspiration, and fun.

Enthusiastic, spunky, and positive, Punky Brewster was the quintessential eighties...

How to Win a Family Fight

de Will Cunningham

It’s Time to Fight Right

If you’re involved with one or more people in a continuing relationship, you can bank on one thing for sure: there will be conflict. Are you married? You will disagree. Are you single...

You've Got to Be Kidding!: Real-life parenting advise from a mom and dad of nineteen

de Pat Williams & Ruth Williams

Kid-Tested (and Tested, and Tested…) Guidance for Parents in the Trenches.

The Inside Track to Raising Kids.

Most of us find raising one, two…or maybe three or four children to be challenging enough. The...

The Guardianship Book for California

de David Brown & Emily Doskow

Become a legal guardian and make the biggest difference in a child's life!

Thousands of children in California need legal guardians because their parents have died, abandoned them, or are otherwise unable...

The Legal Answer Book for Families

de Emily Doskow & Marcia Stewart

Marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, adoptions, elder care, inheritance rules, and children's problems with school, bullies, or the law are a few of the many legal topics that affect family life....

Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings

de Colleen Curran

Original essays by Top Women Writers

Julianna Baggott _ Curtis Sittenfeld _ Catherine Ingrassia _ Elizabeth Crane 

Lara Vapnyar _ Lisa Carver _ Carina Chocano _ Rory Evans _ Jennifer Armstrong _ Elise Mac Adam...

The Moms' Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time!

de Liz Weiss & Janice Bissex

For the legions of harried moms who have tossed in the dishtowel on cooking healthy meals (or any meals!), the easiest-ever guide for bringing super nutrition back to the kitchen.

Getting dinner on the table...

The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child

de Dawn Davenport

The go-to guide for everything you want to know about international adoption

From the initial decision—Is adoption right for you?—through returning home with your child—How can you ease the transition?—...

Aunties: Thirty-Five Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother

de Ingrid Sturgis

An aunt is not just another mother—and aunts defy any sort of archetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, from down-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts are smart, others...

The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood

de Ellen Handler Spitz

In this remarkable book, Ellen Handler Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.Through delightful anecdotes...

Shadowed Destiny

de Rita Gallagher

Fleeing the squalor of the New York docks and the brutalities of her cruel stepfather, Amy Fitzgerald is adopted by a wealthy Maine shipowner and grows to womanhood haunted by the bitter past that threatens...

Parenting a Struggling Reader

de Susan Hall & Louisa Moats

The first completely comprehensive, practical guide for recognizing, diagnosing, and overcoming any childhood reading difficulty.

According to the National Institute of Health, ten million of our nation’s children...

Children First: What Society Must Do--and is Not Doing--for Children Today

de Penelope Leach

Children First is the most important and urgent book on childcare we have yet had from the internationally admired author of the classic Your Baby & Child.

In it Penelope Leach calls on us as individuals and...

Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother

de Lois Wyse

Smart, warm, telling, and funny, Funny, Your Don't Look Like a Grandmother is the perfect bouquet for today's grandmother, that active and interesting woman who is old enough to be somebody's grandmother and...

Your Struggling Child: A Guide to Diagnosing, Understanding, and Advocating for Your Child with Learning, Behavior, or Emotional Problems

de Robert F. Newby & Lynn Sonberg

Here is a practical, compassionate book parents can turn to when they first recognize that their child has a "problem" –– but aren't sure what it is or where to seek help.

At this very moment, millions of...