Family and health Books

In this powerful book, happiness expert Jennifer Moss explains why burnout is so rampant - and provides simple, researched-based solutions for helping employees minimise stress and building happier workplaces.Research-based findings about the real causes...

Burnout is rampant. Recognize the signs and make the right changes.The always-on workplace and increasing pressures are leading to a high rate of burnout. Unmanaged, chronic work stress doesn't just lead to lower productivity and negative emotions-it can...

Create sweet meals with this honey-themed cookbook, featuring 50 recipes complemented by full-color photographs of each dish.Around the globe and dating back to ancient times, honey has been considered "liquid gold" for its uses as a sweetener and as...

Learn how to be a parent who reacts with patience and kindness instead of anger and frustration and overcome the cycle of reactive parenting.Pretty much every parent has been reactive at some point. Reactive parenting encompasses the negative behaviors...

Everything in author David Winkler's life reads like a "Once Upon a Time in Beverly Hills" fairytale. A film producer of titles such as theCreedfranchise, the fifty-three-year-old sits on the top tier of his profession, enjoys a wonderful relationship...

Get the book that covers what you need to know about foot care, including footwear, prevention, and treatment.Hiking, backpacking, running, walking, and other athletic endeavors, your feet take a beating with every step. Don't wait until foot pain...

Discover classic destinations and lesser-known jewels of the Northern California coast through 59 incomparable hikes.The rugged Northern California coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties is widely considered North America's most dramatic...

Discover the secret to better health and a better life through grounding. Let nature and Dr. Sinatra be your guide to a happier, healthier life.Nature has historically been the world's most acclaimed healer, with time-tested references to its ability to...

'What happens after we die? What is the Afterlife really like? From her own perspective, Echo shares intimate insights that she has garnered from Spirit about life after death. This book is compelling, thought-provoking, and comforting...

A thirty-five-year-old writer decides she wants to have children. Rounds of IVF treatments and several years later, she has two daughters and sits down to write this book. World's Best Mother is a sublime journey - through pregnancy, the mothering of...

In this brave and devastatingly beautiful anthology, the illustrious poet and editor Aracelis Girmay gathers complex and intimate pieces that illuminate the nuances of personal and collective histories, analyses, practices, and choices surrounding...

In a series of journal entries-some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect-Cherri Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting.With the premature birth of her son-when HIV-related...

Maya Marshall is a formidable emerging poet. With this debut, she joins a vital literary heritage of Black poets whose stewardship rivals their written contributions. Comparable titles: The Black Unicorn Audre Lorde; Seeing The Body Rachel Eliza...

Did the Covid virus jump naturally from an animal species to humans, or did it escape from a laboratory experiment? In this essay, science writer Nicholas Wade explores the two scenarios and argues that, on present evidence, lab escape is the more likely...

Children's future successes depend on developing the abilities to innovate, be resilient in the face of their mistakes, problem-solve creatively, and collaborate with peers effectively.However, standard American educational practices - stressing...

Birthing Liberation presents reproductive justice as the pathway to equity and the birthplace of liberation.Sabia C. Wade, renowned radical doula and educator,speaks to the intersections of systemic issues-such as access to health care, house...

2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Parenting/FamilyParents can take simple and easy steps to protect their children from tragic injuries.Among US children ages 1 to 14, injuries cause more deaths than all other causes combined. Raising...

When privileged parents say that they 'want what's best' for their child, they don't consciously add 'and not for other children.'Yet the practical effect of parents with privilege relentlessly...

We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S...

"The best, most useful book on parenting I've ever read."-Jack Canfield, author ofChicken Soup for the SoulParents are looking for alternatives to rewarding, nagging, threatening, and taking away privileges.Redirecting Children's Behavioris...

From Kristen Doute, star of Bravo TV's international hit series Vanderpump Rules, and Michele Alexander, coauthor of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the basis for the hit film starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, comes the ultimate, hilarious...

How much do you really know about how the human body works, and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most of us have read about at least one fad diet, we're left wondering about the greater biochemistry, psychology,...

"We are matter and long to be received by an Earth that conceived us, which accepts and reconstitutes us, its children, each of us, without exception, every one. The journey is long, and then we start homeward, fathomless as to what home might make of us...

Prepare your child for the unpredictable through 52 prepper projects. Teach them basic outdoors survival skills, first aid, how to create their own "bug-out bag," and more.

A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001,...

This book details out the esoteric history of biological warfare in a way that no other book has done, based on only official records, documents, science and medical journals, former intelligence officers, and more. The history of this war goes much...

From lead pipes in Flint, Michigan, to a duplicitous water commission in Medford, Oregon, to a secret psychiatric ward at UCLA, to the elegant halls of the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, "At the Breaking Point of History" relentlessly details...

The top guide to hiking within an hour's drive of Portland, OregonThe best way to experience Portland is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local author and hiking expert Paul Gerald. Now in full color, his best-selling guide helps you locate and access the...

Tour This Dream Road on Bicycle, Between North Carolina and Virginia.Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway are arguably the most quintessential scenic roads east of the Mississippi. Bicycling the Blue Ridge is the definitive guide to this ribbon of...

Get outdoors with this guide to 60 of the best hiking trails within an hour or so from Sacramento, California, leading you to scenic beauty.The best way to experience Sacramento is by hiking it! Get outdoors with hiking expert Jordan Summers. Now in full...

Experience sleeping under the stars on the Appalachian Trail with this guide.Hikers can traverse Virginia's Southern Shenandoah, enjoy North Carolina's Mount Cammerer Loop, and summit Vermont's Killington Peak with Best Hikes of the Appalachian Trail:...

The definitive guide to hiking in Asheville.Five-Star Trails: Asheville by accomplished hiker and writer Jennifer Pharr Davis covers 35 hikes in the greater Asheville region, from area nature preserves to treks along the Blue Ridge Parkway and in Great...

Don't let your own needs fall by the wayside- have you taken time for yourself today?Take the kids to school and get to work by nine o'clock. Plan your child's birthday party while eating lunch. Reschedule your dentist...

Stop juggling; start managing everything you need to do at home and at work.It used to be simple: stay late, turn in flawless work, catch up on sleep later. You needed that mindset to get where you are, but that's not going to cut it anymore...

Move ahead in your career - without leaving your family behindWhat happens when you're no longer setting goals and chasing dreams that work for you alone? When the career choices you make have ripple effects on your family? Can you uproot your...

An all-in-one resource for every working mother and father.Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we've never had a trusted, go-to guide all our own-one that coaches us on how to do well at work, be...

Being a parent can be a disorienting experience filled with disruptive transitions, constant pushes and pulls at work, at home, and in the community, endless to-do lists, and identity crises. It's easy to lose track of who you are and what really matters...

The benefits of mindfulness include better performance, heightened creativity, deeper self-awareness, and increased charisma-not to mention greater peace of mind. This book gives you practical steps for building a sense of presence into your daily work...

"Each person can learn to recognize and resolve their shock experience, sometimes alone, other times with help. Mines' goal is to empower the reader to clear out the conditioning that decreases our freedom to live with buoyancy." -Psychology TodayHave...

Discover the stress-reducingbenefits of coloring paisley designs.Originating in ancient Persia, the paisley design became popular in the West after its importation by Europeannations. The shawls on which the beautiful and intricate designs often appeared...

Reduce stress and promote creativity by coloring beautiful mandalas."I sketched every morning in a notebook a small circular drawing, a mandala, which seemed to correspond to myinner situation at the time. . . . Only gradually did I discover what the...

Fight cancer and help prevent recurrence with these delicious smoothies! Over the last few years there has been a tremendous surge in research identifying the specific nutrients that have the ability to change the course of cancer. With a clearer...

Tantra is a vital path toward full interior development through sex, love, and meditation. Its origin dates back to ancestral India, and from there has enlightened many generations of lovers who have penetrated the secret that leads to ultimate happiness...

This book helps to strengthen bonds of affection and to discover the secrets of the sexual massage of the ancient Chinese Taoists. You will discover and better get to know the most erotic places on your partner's body, their erogenous zones, and the...

As the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders grows each year, new discoveries and controversies arise. Andrew Wakefield explores many of these in his thorough investigation of the recent trial case of the "Arizona 5," which...

Discover the Holistic Technique of Crystals for Healing All Types of Ailments Temper tantrums, teenage tiredness, infertility, anxiety during pregnancy, hot flashes . . . each new milestone in life brings its own challenges-and crystals can offer a...

Kickstart your happier, healthier life with 80 plant-based recipes and meal plans! These four detailed detox plans emphasize a nourishing, low-carb, plant-based diet paired with intermittent fasting to seriously kickstart your metabolism and cleanse your...

The popularity of Family History has increased over the past five years due to TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has opened up the one time hobby for genealogy...