Search this site    More Hours in My Day Author: Barnes, Emilie ISBN: 0-89081-355-8 Pages: 159 Format: Paperback Publisher: Harvest House Pub Published: August 1982 Condition: Price: USD $1.69 From the Publisher: Emilie's guidelines, charts, and checklists help you turn total mess into total rest. Establish a simple system that leaves you feeling fresh and organized. Here are changes to help your family function as an effective team. Fatherhood Author: Cosby Jr., William H. / Poussaint, Alvin F. ISBN: 0-385-23410-4 Pages: 178 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Dolphin / Doubleday & Company, Inc. Published: April 23, 1986 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  From Publishers Weekly: The funny, touching and warm-hearted revelations by the star of the top-rated TV series look like a spectacular bestseller. Cosby regales parents and often comforts them with tales about his life as a father of five, a source of bewilderment to him from their infancy through the terrible teens. ("One day I told them to get in the car." All five grabbed the same handle and beat on each other for the same door. Not one, he observes, was smart enough to use any of the other doors.) All instances of the humorist's experiences are refreshing and marvelously ludicrous. Readers would surely rather have more of them than the pages brimming with Poussaint's verbose homiletics, perhaps meant as a doctor's imprimatur, but not needed. Although Cosby mostly restates material that appears in many other books about family life, past and present, his is a winner. 750,000 first printing; $300,000 ad/promo; first serial to Good Housekeeping; Literary Guild selection. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: Here are two books by popular contemporary figures that deal with similar subject matter but take vastly different approaches. From a father's perspective and with his unique sense of humor, Cosby discusses the decision to have a child, the changes the child brings about, and the issues of discipline and independence. By making parents laugh at the pitfalls of parenthood, he shows them in his fresh and funny way that even at their moments of greatest frustration they are not alone. Harvard psychiatrist Poussaint's introduction and lengthy afterword, in which he discusses the changing role of the modern father, add greatly to the book's value as a parenting guide. By using actual letters children have written to her and weaving them together with personal anecdotes, Blume allows children to express their innermost feelings. She is thereby able to reveal children's fears about growing up, popularity, sexuality, and death and their experiences with such serious problems as drug abuse, incest, and life in foster care. While her book will give guidance to parents trying to understand their children (there is a list of agencies, as well), it will also appeal to young adults trying to understand themselves. Recommended for public libraries. Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. Traits of a Healthy Family Author: Curran, Dolores ISBN: 0-86683-815-5 Pages: Format: Paperback Publisher: Winston Pr Published: January 1984 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 With the help of this valuable book, you'll learn how to evaluate your family's strengths and weaknesses, how to work on problem areas, and how to make your family healthier than ever. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Facing Shame Families in Recovery Author: Fossum, Merle A. / Mason, Marilyn J. ISBN: 0-393-70027-5 Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co Published: 1986 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 "A Norton professional book" Mothers Are Forever Quotations Honoring the Wisest Women We Know Author: Freeman, Criswell (Editor) ISBN: 1-887655-76-X Pages: 158 Format: Paperback Publisher: Walnut Grove Press Published: December 1997 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  Recovery: A Guide for Adult Children of Alcoholics Author: Gravitz, Herbert L. / Bowden, Julie D. ISBN: 0-671-64528-5 Pages: 144 Format: Paperback Publisher: Fireside Published: September 15, 1987 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 Review Awareness: If you only read one book on adult children of alcoholics this year, make this the one. Timmen L. Cermak, M.D. President, Notional Association for Adult Children of Alcoholics Gravitz and Bowden provide the first practical guide for adult children of alcoholics. Their creative description of the stages of recovery is especially useful. At lost there is a rationale for deciding what issues and what treatment services ore most relevant to each individual. Adult children of alcoholics will feel they have mode two new friends by the time they have finished this very readable book. Robert J. Ackerman, Ph.D. Children of Alcoholics Dr. Gravitz and Ms. Bowden have definitely filled a much needed area for adult children of alcoholics in their new book. This is the first book that attempts to answer many of the 'silent' questions of the millions of adult children of alcoholics in our society. Their years of experience, perceptions and sensitivities are obvious in this well-thought-out book. Review: Robert J. Ackerman, Ph.D. Children of Alcoholics Dr. Gravitz and Ms. Bowden have definitely filled a much needed area for adult children of alcoholics in their new book. This is the first book that attempts to answer many of the 'silent' questions of the millions of adult children of alcoholics in our society. Their years of experience, perceptions and sensitivities are obvious in this well-thought-out book. Dimensions of Family Life Author: Jorgensen, Stephen R. / Henderson, Gail H. ISBN: 0-538-60093-4 Pages: 466 Format: Hardcover Publisher: South-Western Educational Publishing Published: December 1989 Condition: Price: USD $2.49 A textbook exploring patterns of growth and development of people as individuals and as members of different types of family groups. Family The Ties That Bind and Gag! Author: Bombeck, Erma ISBN: 0-07-006460-1 Pages: 199 Format: Hardcover Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies Published: October 1987 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 From Publishers Weekly: Syndicated columnist and bestselling author (Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession Bombeck here takes a look at the family grown and comes up with characteristically incisive, irreverent and pertinent wisdom. Her three children, now adults, and herself at the age where "you look wonderful," she provokes thought about the shifting family. Intergenerational relationshipsBombeck's with her parents; hers with her childrenand the amorphous family constellations of the '80s are explored by a master of the art of domesticity. Adult children who return to the empty nest, technology that needs to be mastered in kitchen and family room are grist for Bombeck's ever-ready mill. "Family is a perennial that comes up year after year" demonstrates matriarch Bombeck. First serial to Redbook; author tour. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: As always Bombeck fans will welcome her latest book and there will be no disappointment. This time, she has emphasized the grown familya blend of generations in which the parents visit their son's first apartment and find it furnished with a card table, four folding chairs, two cereal bowls, three spoons, a phone with a 50-foot cord, and a $4000 stereo. Looking back on the ups and downs of 30 years of motherhood, she sometimes envies Jane Goodall, Vanna White, Charles Kuralt, and even the statue of Justice, the latter because she always wears a blindfold when she's near a scale. A mix of nostalgia, humor, and a touch of pathos, Family should appeal to anyone who has ever been a parent, a child, or both. Highly recommended. Ken Phifer, Montgomery Cty. P.L. & Montgomery Coll. Lib., Rockville, Md. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. The Birth Order Book Why You Are the Way You Are Author: Leman, Dr. Kevin ISBN: 0-8007-5977-X Pages: 362 Format: Paperback Publisher: Revell Published: September 1, 2004 Condition: Price: USD $2.99 Book Description: Dr. Leman's ever popular book on birth order is ready for a new generation of readers. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Whether at home or on the job, birth order powerfully influences the way people interact with others. This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn more about how they react to their world. Dr. Leman even shows readers how to overcome ingrained tendencies they never thought they'd be rid of, all by focusing on their birth order. From the Publisher: Your birth order -- whether you were born first (or are an only child,) or second, in your family -- powerfully influences what kind of person you are, who you marry, the job you choose. Now you can discover: How to pick out the first born in any group. Why the baby in the family gets away with everything. How to help middle children feel less squeezed and more loved. Ways to overcome your worst inborn tendencies. Which career suits you best. How to make the perfect marriage match and much, much more... You've seen him on television and heard him on the radio. Now internationally known psychologist Kevin Leman reveals an exciting new way to better understand yourself and those you love. "Forget astrology. The fresh, new karmic aid for picking friends and lovers is birth order... a funny, and sometimes not so funny, look at the effect siblings, or the lack of them, have in shaping a person." -- Chicago Sun-Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The Birth Order Book Why You Are the Way You Are Author: Leman, Dr. Kevin ISBN: 0-440-10559-5 Pages: 304 Format: Paperback Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Published: May 1987 Condition: Price: USD $2.29 From the Publisher: Your birth order -- whether you were born first (or are an only child,) or second, in your family -- powerfully influences what kind of person you are, who you marry, the job you choose. Now you can discover: How to pick out the first born in any group. Why the baby in the family gets away with everything. How to help middle children feel less squeezed and more loved. Ways to overcome your worst inborn tendencies. Which career suits you best. How to make the perfect marriage match and much, much more... You've seen him on television and heard him on the radio. Now internationally known psychologist Kevin Leman reveals an exciting new way to better understand yourself and those you love. "Forget astrology. The fresh, new karmic aid for picking friends and lovers is birth order... a funny, and sometimes not so funny, look at the effect siblings, or the lack of them, have in shaping a person." -- Chicago Sun-Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. But I Never Thought He'd Die Practical Help for Widows Author: Nye, Miriam Baker ISBN: 0-664-24208-1 Pages: 150 Format: Paperback Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr Published: October 1978 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  Wishing My Father Well A Memoir of Fathers, Sons & Fly-Fishing Author: Plummer, William ISBN: 1-58567-031-6 Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Overlook Hardcover Published: May 4, 2000 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  From Publishers Weekly: Candid but ultimately lackluster, Plumber's memoir recounts how fly-fishing gave him solace and purpose while he worked his way through the death of his estranged father, a divorce, an increasingly distant relationship with his own son and a waning passion for his job as an editor at People magazine. Plumber (Holy Goof; Buttercups and Strong Boys) discovers his father's fishing diary after his death and uses it as a guide to the sport, in hopes of gaining insight into the recalcitrant man with whom he shared so little. As with the other problematic areas in his life, Plumber initially hits more than a few snags. With time, though, he achieves increasing success, and eventually trout fishing opens the way for him to enter a new romantic relationship and share a few revealing moments with his son. Though Plumber doesn't overplay the sentimentality, the book suffers from his reluctance to delve deeply into its more complex issues. Instead, he routinely quotes authors such as Thoreau and Hemingway, a practice that can get tiresome. Nonetheless, many readers may sympathize with Plumber's struggle and the honesty of his tale, especially those who have spent their own afternoons working their troubles out on a stretch of river. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. James McBride, author of The Color of Water A warm, heartfelt book that will change forever the way you feel about fishing and fathers. The American Family Discovering the Values That Make Us Strong Author: Quayle, Dan / Medved, Diane ISBN: 0-06-017378-5 Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Publisher: HarperCollins Published: April 1996 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 From Publishers Weekly: What makes some families stick together? Former Vice-President Quayle (Standing Firm), who often speaks on family values, identifies a core of traits-including respect, discipline, attentiveness, religious commitment, TV curtailment and parents' involvement in children's schooling-as contributors to the cohesiveness of the five diverse American families he extensively interviewed with clinical psychologist Medved (The Case Against Divorce). Writing in the first person, Quayle profiles a white couple with three children in rural Virginia who operate a country inn; a middle-class African American couple in Chicago whose extended family helps care for their two kids; a single white mother from Indianapolis who left her cheating husband and now raises their five children herself. We also meet a Hispanic family of East Los Angeles whose son, just out of college, survived a car accident but suffered severe head injuries requiring years of rehabilitative therapy and a Hawaiian couple, multimillionaire entrepreneurs, with two adopted daughters, one Filipino Japanese, one black. (Only one of the families supported the Bush/Quayle ticket.) At the end of each profile, Quayle draws lessons-often preachy or obvious (pray together, try to find good in a negative situation), sometimes insightful (cultivate letter writing, force your children to talk about their day)-from their patterns of interaction. Quayle concludes, in an implicit rebuke to Hillary Clinton, that the "village" that raises a child should be the home, not government. His proposed pro-family policies include increased tax breaks for families; an overhaul of permissive "no-fault" divorce laws; an (unspecified) way to promote adoption over abortion; and a fight against crime, centered on more prisons for violent criminals. Photos not seen by PW. $200,000 ad/promo; author tour. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal: Quayle and Medved consider five families that have surmounted challenges from gang violence to health crisis. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Almost Everything Teens Want Parents to Know But Are Afraid to Tell Them Author: Sanders, Bill ISBN: 0-8007-5245-7 Pages: 156 Format: Paperback Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co Published: July 1987 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Cover title: Almost everything teens want parents to know, but are afraid to tell them. Family Sports Adventures Exciting Sports-Filled Vacations for Parents & Kids to Share Author: Stine, Megan ISBN: 0-316-81626-4 Pages: 160 Format: Paperback Publisher: Little Brown & Co Published: May 1991 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  From School Library: Journal Grade 7 & Up - A guide that gives both general and specific information for planning a successful vacation. Stine tells what to pack and how to plan for accommodations and offers suggestions for vacations as spectators of professional sports to more active excursions such as dude ranches, guest farms, bicycle trips, and skiing. The more exotic entries include staying on canal boats, hot-air ballooning, and studying bats in caves. Specific information on locations throughout the United States is included. Decorative black-and-white drawings separate sections of the text. The appendix includes addresses for national sports' teams, national parks, and camping resources. Ideal for anyone planning a family vaction. - --Janice C. Hayes, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. Growing Wise in Family Life Author: Swindoll, Charles R. / Libby, Larry R. (Editor) ISBN: 0-88070-239-7 Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Multnomah Publishers Published: October 1988 Condition: Price: USD $1.99 Dear Father Warm & Witty Writings About Fathers Author: Walley, Dean ISBN: 0-87529-016-7 Pages: 61 Format: Hardcover Publisher: Hallmark Editions Published: 1970 Condition: Price: USD $1.49 Struggle for Intimacy Author: Woititz, Janet Geringer ISBN: 0-932194-25-7 Pages: 100 Format: Paperback Publisher: Health Communications Published: June 1985 Condition: Price: USD $1.69  Book Description: Janet Woititz, mother of the recovery movement, sensitively addresses the barriers of trust and intimacy that children learn in an alcoholic family. She provides suggestions for building loving relationships with friends, partners, and spouses. About the Author Janet Geringer Woititz, Ed.D., is the founder and President of the Institute for Counseling and Training in West Caldwell, NJ, which specialized in working with dysfunctional families and individuals. BUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKSBUY4LESSBOOKS Buy4LessBooks Free Classified Ads