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How to Write: Advice and Reflections 12 reviews Richard Rhodes
Harper Paperbacks, 1996
Self-Referential in the Very Best Sense
+ Brilliant + I loved this book + Extraordinary Insight + If you're looking for "Writing 101" this isn't it..
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According to Hoyle: Official Rules of More Than 200 Popular Games of Skill and Chance With Expert Advice on ... 7 reviews Richard L. Frey
Ballantine Books, 1996
Great book
+ I Got Game + Indispensible
A great read for anyone interested in cards. I managed to pretend to my friends that I knew nothing about cards before cleaning them out after reading this book...
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity 449 reviews David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
No More Clutter!
+ it's about real life + The Best Method Ever + Master David!
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The Mother's Almanac 31 reviews Marguerite Kelly, Elia Parsons
Main Street Books, 1992
Great find, great service!
+ Classic, cheerful advice on the great adventure of parenthood + Practical Parenting
Wonderful service and great packaging. I have been looking for these for sometime and hesitated to buy online... wont be afraid again! Great experience!
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Everyday Matters 34 reviews Danny Gregory
Hyperion, 2007
loved it!!
+ loved this book + Trauma and how to cope + great little gem of a book
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls 92 reviews Rachel Simmons
Harvest Books, 2003
anyone being bullied needs to read this...regardless of age!
+ must read for youth workers and parents + A Must-Read Book 4 Adolescent Girls and Parents + EYE OPENER
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The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year 19 reviews Jennifer Louden
New World Library, 2007
A strategy for making the most of 2008
+ PERFECT for brides-to-be! + Stress haven + This Book Will Bring You Back to Yourself + Kinder, Gentler Organizing
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Woman's Guide to a Simpler Life, A 1 review Andrea Van Steenhouse
Harmony, 1996
Lovely, insightful and inspiring--best of "simplicity" books
Beautiful writing and thoughtful ideas distinguish this simplicity title from others. Yes, this book contains many useful tips and real-life anecdotes, but it's most excellent for its perspective on all the dimensions of a woman's life -- whether, and how, to simplify our inner life, work, home ...
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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers 42 reviews Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
Ballantine Books, 2002
Toddle Whisperer
+ EXCELLENT BOOK!!! + excellent help + excellent book + Great Sequel
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What to Expect the Toddler Years 134 reviews Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, ...
Workman Publishing Company, 1994
Great for a step by step review
+ Very good reference book
I enjoyed the previous books in the series. And this does not disappoint. Great book, you don't feel like you have to read 20 chapters to get to where your kid is at in development.
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Negotiation Generation: Take Back Your Parental Authority Without Punishment 8 reviews Lynne Reeves Griffin
Berkley Trade, 2007
Proactive Parenting at its Best
+ Tips for Proactive (Not Reactive or Wavering) Parenting + Stop the Wangling + Stepmother
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Seven Times Smarter: 50 Activities, Games, and Projects to Develop the Seven Intelligences of Your Child 3 reviews Laurel Schmidt
Three Rivers Press, 2001
THIS IS THE BOOK WE WERE WAITING FOR
+ Every parent should read this book! + So practical! So insightful!
It sounds so easy when someone explains it to you. How to observes your child and determine his or her strengths so you can help him develop naturally. Or as they say in the Army ads, become all that he can be. In these days of hyper-parenting where we race around from activity to lesson and then ...
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Emily Post's The Guide to Good Manners for Kids 3 reviews Cindy Post Senning, Peggy Post, ...
HarperCollins, 2004
I found it very valuable.
I think this is a good book. My 12 yr old read it and I recommended it to a friend. I am complimented constantly on my childrens behaviors. My daughter would stay up reading this. Maybe I am old fashioned and maybe the kids are but manners and etiquette go back many many yrs, theres even some ...
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Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live 105 reviews Martha Beck
Three Rivers Press, 2002
Funny and helpful
+ Wonderful + Finding Your Own North Star + Martha Beck does not disappoint.... + Fast
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Because I Said So: 33 Mothers Write About Children, Sex, Men, Aging, Faith, Race, and Themselves 6 reviews Kate Moses, Camille Peri
HarperCollins, 2005
More to motherhood than carpools and sleepless nights
+ One of the best child raising books ever! + Simple and sweet + Wonderful essays + Motherhood thoughtfully written about
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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike 22 reviews Esmé Raji Codell
Algonquin Books, 2003
great reference
+ Great Reading Resource + Full of ideas for Childrens Literature + great resource
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The Big Picture... Scrapbook Your Life and a Whole Lot More 41 reviews Simple Scrapbooks
Primedia Scrapbooking, 2005
Too many pictures not in a scrapbook? Read this!
+ This Book Changed the Way I Scrapbook! + Stress Free Scrapbooking- The Best! + The Big Picture Scrapbook Ideas
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First Meals: Fast, Healthy, and Fun Foods to Tempt Infants and Toddlers 16 reviews Annabel Karmel
Macmillan of Canada, 1999
Look for the 2004 edition...
Home cooking is an economical option and, as the recipes in this book show, it need not be time-consuming. There are many excellent purees that do not involve cooking and other recipes suitable for batch-cooking that allow a whole month's food supply to be prepared in a couple of hours and then ...
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Coming Up for Air: How to Build A Balanced Life in A Workaholic World 10 reviews Beth Sawi
Hyperion, 2000
Enormously practical and helpful
+ Pretty good but a little out of touch + Coming Up for Air + Enormously practical and helpful
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A Lithgow Palooza! 4 reviews John Lithgow
Fireside, 2004
a delightful surprise
+ Lithgow Mania + A world-wide wonder for children to learn and play from! + 5 stars is not enough!
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