Annotations from Baker & Taylor
Anticancer: A New Way of Life
Outlines the author’s treatment of and remission from brain cancer, challenging traditional beliefs about typical practices and the body’s ability to heal, identifying the environmental and lifestyle factors that promote cancer growth, and outlining conventional and alternative therapies.
Beyond Time-Out: From Chaos to Calm
Grosshans, Beth A., Ph.D. / Burton, Janet H.
Taking time-out a step further, she guides readers through a method of calming children she calls the “parent hold.” The author also addresses common problem areas, including sleeping, eating and toileting.
Dewey: A Small-town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Myron, Vicky / Witter, Bret / Witter, Bret (CON)
Traces the author’s discovery of a half-frozen kitten in the drop-box of her small-community Iowa library and the feline’s development into an affable library mascot whose intuitive nature prompted hundreds of abiding friendships, in a tale told against a backdrop of the town’s struggles with the 1980s farm crisis.
Guerrilla P.R. 2.0: How You Can Wage an Effective Publicity Campaign Without Going Broke
Levine, Michael
“Guerrilla P.R. 2.0″ offers all the resources necessary to mount your own campaign and get the media exposure you need. In clear and concise language, Michael Levine, one of the top public relations counselors in the country, reveals the same procedures he uses every day to get press on major stars–and how those strategies can be utilized on little or no budget. You’ll learn how to think like a publicist and map out the perfect strategy for success.
Mother Warriors
McCarthy, Jenny
The author shares stories of support and healing as submitted by parents of autistic children from all over the country, in a volume that also touches on the author’s own experiences as an advocate for her son.
So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood, and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids
Levin, Diane / Kilbourne, Jean
Presents a guide to raising children with a healthy attitude toward sex and sexuality in a culture that provides a skewed sense of body image, role models, and the makeup of healthy intimate relationships, offering an antidote to the media’s assault on childhood.
