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Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets
Kate Gosselin, Beth Carson
Zondervan, 2008
Kate Gosselin tells the amazing story of how she and her husband, Jon, have survived the overwhelming odds of birthing not only twins but also sextuplets in three years, and how they continue to strive every day to honor Christ while he teaches them to thrive in spite of emotional, financial, social, and physical exhaustion.
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the ... 198 reviews
Grove Press, 2006
A Tsunami Warning !
Kunstler's Book the Long Emergency is a 'Tsunami warning'. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF OIL...what do you think the last 7 years have been about? It is both well written and tightly argued. The logic of it is dreadfully inescapable. Even if we agree that 'peak' oil (which most probably has already happened) is not the end of supply we must admit that it is the end of cheap supply and I think we are all ...
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Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, Second Edition 27 reviews
Patrick C. Walsh, Janet Farrar Worthington
Wellness Central, 2007
The Complete PC Book
Well-written, easy to read, well organized. Everything you need or want to know about prostate cancer and your choices for dealing with it.
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Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem26 reviews
Kimberlee Roth, Freda B. Friedman
New Harbinger Publications, 2003
Very Helpful
I actually HAVE Borderline Personality Disorder and ran across this book in searching for others to help me learn more about the disorder. I have 2 young boys and am determined not to let my problems become a part of who they are and damage them but I couldn't find a book that dealt with how to be a good mother in spite of BPD so I read this book to see what children who were raised with a ...
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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't 104 reviews
Robert I. Sutton
Business Plus, 2007
Great advice for dealing with jerks in the workplace
I generally find business books insufferable, so I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Sutton discusses the problems of workplace "jerks." These are often high-performance employees, but he argues that they are not worth having around because of the harm they inflict on those around them. His diagnosis strikes me as exactly correct, based on my own experiences working with this type of ...
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)13 reviews
John Medina
Pear Press, 2008
Rule #0 Read this Book
The Summary
John Medina has written one of the best brain books I have read. He is a molecular biologist and director of Brain Center for Applied Learning at the Seattle Pacific University. He explains the latest research on the brain, and there have been a lot of advances recently on how the brain works. He boils them down to 12 rules that will help you in all walks of life. If you want an ...
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Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving & Thriving With the Self-Absorbed10 reviews
Wendy T. Behary
New Harbinger Publications, 2008
Highly effective and beautifully written
I have over 25 years of full time practice as a therapist and have had extensive training in psychoanalysis, cognitive therapy and schema therapy (the approach upon which this book is based). This book does justice to the full depth and complexity of Narcissism. It does not offer simplistic advice or a quick solution that, like chewing gum, seems great at the start but quickly fades. With ...
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Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series)76 reviews
William Bonner, Lila Rajiva
Wiley, 2007
Fasten your Psychic Seatbelt
This book provides great insight into why our "macro" solutions and our social and political "heroes" consistently walk us off of a cliff. In addition to amply illuminating the public spectacles of history, the authors give us a sound anthropology for the thin and fragile veneer of our civilization. The diamond at the bottom of all this dismal science is that as individuals and in small, ...
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Where's Mom Now That I Need Her?: Surviving Away from Home44 reviews
Betty Rae Frandsen, Kathryn J. Fransen, ...
Aspen West Publishing, 2004
You're Never Too Old to Need Mom!
I am almost 50, and still use this book all the time for all kinds of nagging questions -- how DO I hard-boil an egg properly? A must for every child leaving hme and for every adult how ever had a mother!
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Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 ...155 reviews
James Wesley Rawles
Xlibris Corporation, 2006
I couldn't put it down!
A very good read, especially for those of a survival type mind set, though that is not necessary to enjoy this book. I couldn't put it down...which meant a sleepless night! Some passages are a little disturbing, as they delve into a darker side of human nature, but that is necessary in a book of this nature. It is very detailed, and though fiction, gives good ideas/advice for those of a ...
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Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask): The Secrets to ...14 reviews
Justin Richardson, Mark Schuster
Three Rivers Press, 2004
A must buy!
I read the book and wish I had read it sooner and then I gave it to my 15 year old to read as well.
Much better than A chicken's guide to talking turkey with your kids about sex (preachy at best, as in religious zealots).
I think books are a useful tool to open up lines of communication and purchased this author's book, Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex with a copy ...
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood 202 reviews
Vicki Iovine
Perigee Trade, 1997
the girlfriends guide to surviving the first year of motherhood
This book is a must have for all pregnant women and new moms! I bought one copy for myself after the birth of my second son and it kept me laughing and sane through those rough early months. I have bought two other copies of this book since, as gifts. My copy was pretty dog-eared by the end of the first year!
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Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's ...54 reviews
Spike Walker
St. Martin's Griffin, 1993
Alaska king crab fishing
Great book! Told the stories in a factual manner with a bit of a sense of humor. Made me feel like I was there. Loved it and quickly have shared it with my sister to read.
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A Smart Girls Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself & Other Stuff (American Girl Library)19 reviews
Nancy Holyoke
American Girl, 2001
appropriate information
My then 10 year old daughter wanted this book long before I felt she was old enough. I allowed my sister to purchase the book from the American Girl Chicago store since she was visiting the city and give it to my daughter for her 11th birthday. It has good information to keep my daughter happy without too much information. American Girl has a good way of addressing issues for girls without ...
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Surviving an Affair34 reviews
Willard F.Jr. Harley, Jennifer Harley Chalmers
Revell, 1998
Marriage saver
I read this book within a day of the time I learned of my husbands affair. We are on a steady road of recovery and rebuilding our marriage. This book was our saving grace. Had I not read this book I would have thrown my husband out without hesitation. This book helped me to see the possibilty of marital recovery. I highly reccomend this book to anyone suffering through the agony of an affair.
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Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th Edition)42 reviews
E. Fuller Torrey, 2001
Helpful Information
I found this helpful for understanding the basic information about schizophrenia and it had some useful chapters on signs to look for and treatments. It may be a little outdated with some of the new drugs that are coming out now, but overall its a good reference book to have.
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I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a Loved One72 reviews
Brook Noel
Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003
Recommend for those grieving as well as those supporting others
I liked this book and would recommend it for anyone who has lost someone suddenly or for anyone who wants to understand what that person is going through. The authors speak from personal experiences and offer different perspectives on how people experience sudden loss. The book goes into the stages of grieving and then discusses how others are affected when they loose a parent, child, partner, ...
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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace103 reviews
Gordon MacKenzie
Viking Adult, 1998
Living Outside the Box and Coloring Outside the Lines.
For those who were born living outside the box and coloring outside the lines..........this book was written for us. Humorous, accurate and great advice on how to survive and even thrive within a large company/corporation.
I clearly understand the dynamics he writes about. I survived and even thrived for the last 10 of my 28 years in a large company. I wish I would have had this book back ...
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Surviving the Applewhites110 reviews
Stephanie S. Tolan
HarperTrophy, 2004
This Year's Delinquent is...
Surviving the Applewhites is an awesome book! It's about a delinquent kid named Jake. Who goes through a lot of hard stuff in his life. His parents went to jail for selling wine. Jake smokes, cusses and has bright red hair in spikes. Also there is a rumor that Jake burned down his last school. So he now goes to a school named Creative Academy held by a crazy family called the Applewhites. They ...
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The Lost Years: Surviving a Mother and Daughter's Worst Nightmare75 reviews
Kristina Wandzilak, Constance Curry
Jeffers Press, 2006
A Million TRUTHFUL Pieces
This book is so clearly one whose time has come. Waiting for a decade to pass before writing the story down allowed the events to be processed and fully digested. Feelings on all sides were clearly no longer raw, hostility had passed, and growth had occured which gave way for honesty and truth to shine through on every page.
This book gives people hope that change - in many forms - is ...
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