Health & Family

This guide explains the facts about menopause and options available for women. It examines: the relationship with the doctor; the basics of the female reproductive system; facts relevant to menopause;...

The basis of this book is simple: because muscle is metabolically active and fat is not, when you increase your muscle mass, you're able to burn more calories, even when...

Ease your worries and learn helpful coping strategies with this approachable step-by-step guide to managing stress and anxiety. Are you one of the nineteen million Americans who suffers from anxiety-related...

Keeping the whole household happy and well-fed can be difficult when there's a vegan in the house. Well, not anymore! Thinking of doing Veganuary this New Year but don't know...

NEW AGING is a manifesto - it is a call to for us to take charge of our lives and reshape our living spaces to accommodate how our needs change...

David Lovelace, along his brother and both his parents, is bipolar. This is his extraordinary and vivid memoir of life within his memorable, maddening, loving and unique family. Full Blown...

The Concise Human Body Bookis an all-in-one guide to the most important possession any of us can own. It combines up-to-the-minute description and illustration of the body's physical structure, chemical...

Severe anxiety affects a huge number of women in pregnancy and the postnatal period, making a challenging time even more difficult. You may be suffering from uncontrollable worries about pregnancy...

Coping with life after cancer can be tough. The idea that the end of successful treatment brings relief and peace just isn't true for countless survivors. Many feel unexpectedly alone,...

Growing up, Avis Cardella devoured her mother's fashion magazines; the images seemed to promise a glamorous existence. In real life, her relationship with clothing and shopping grows into an obsession....

'Cognitive behaviour therapy appears to be an effective and acceptable treatment for adult out-patients with CFS. Its sufferers deserve . . . to be more aware of the potential of...

This text presents an easy-to-follow programme for any woman who does not feel her best and does not know why. Do you eat too much? Have difficulty concentrating? Trouble sleeping?...

"You complete me" may be a romantic line in a popular movie, but it's not a healthy basis for a real relationship. Unfortunately, many people are drawn into relationships that...

A modern-day upbeat advice book for women who want quick fixes to their lives. Divided into sections including life, career, dating, emotions, confidence, relationships and sex, BABE BIBLE focuses on...

This is Caron's story. Beautiful, funny, spirited she loved life. And she was central to everyone in her life. As a mother, as a daughter, in her work as a...

You've tried everything. Warm milk. Bedtime stories. Sharing your bed. But your child still has problems falling asleep. Dr. Richard Ferber can help. Director of the Sleep Laboratory and Center...

Most of us don't think much about the workings of our hearts until something goes wrong with them. When that happens, our responses can vary as widely as the nature...

'Psychotherapy' is a nebulous term with widely different connotations. Anyone embarking on training in psychotherapy will find themselves faced with a bewildering range of possible therapies from which to choose....

I Am Not My Breast Cancer gathers the warm, loving, frank, and informed voices of more than eight hundred women-from every state in the nation and from continents as far...

What we eat has a huge impact on our physical and mental health, and on our performance in our chosen sport, whether we're elite-level athletes or enthusiastic amateurs. But, with...

Psychologist Dr Ashley Conway has worked with individuals with a wide variety of problems, including anxiety and panic, trauma reactions and stress-related illnesses. In No Worries, he draws on illuminating...

Do you want relief from your itchy skin? Do you long for an uninterrupted and peaceful night's sleep? Do you want all the answers in one easy-to-use reference book? As...

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God This is how Geneen Roth remembers her time as an emotional overeater and self-starver. After years of struggle, Roth...

A refreshingly frank, engaging and uplifting memoir of resilience, hope and love At 20 Londoner Ann Ingle fell madly in love with an Irish fellow she met on holiday in...

This is a much needed account of the polycystic ovary, written by an international expert. Women and their partners will find the information on this common disorder fascinating and very...

The yeast Candida albicans lives inside every one of us. Normally it presents no problems, but today's widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, antacids, contraceptive pills, and steroids, as well as...

This book is a practical guide to using proven creative writing exercises and specific group interactions to ease symptoms of depression. It is based on the author's own struggles with...

A national bestseller, this is an inspiring story of one woman's journey through heartbreaking loss to renewal and new purpose. In 2008, inspirational surgeon Chris O'Brien published his bestselling memoir...

Love Junkie is the story of Rachel Resnick's dangerous addiction to sex and love. An addiction that has cost her in horrible ways throughout the course of her life -...

From Simon & Schuster, Voices That Care is Neal Hitchens' collection of stories and encouragements for people with AIDS/HIV and those that love them. In this powerful and inspiring book,...

If you care for someone with a mental illness-whether as a family member, friend, or practitioner-this hands-on reference is for you. The acclaimed What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver...

The essential home reference for a lifetime of good health from Dr Miriam Stoppard. From babyhood to old age, practical, easy to follow advice shows you how to maintain health...

There's hope for childhood. Despite a perfect storm of hostile forces that are robbing children of a healthy childhood, courageous parents and teachers who know what's best for children are...

Stories of actual people afflicted with schizophrenia are accompanied by advice on schizophrenia and homelessness, medicine, suicide, violence, and other issues.

Sally White was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2007. This story explores her challenges with the medical profession and alternative therapies, and details the way she managed a life-threatening...

Sharing her own story as well as case histories she has encountered, Dr. Northrup, author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, examines the connection between menopause and a woman's emotional and...

Author: Jennifer Bowes, Rebekah Grace, Kerry HodgeBinding: SoftbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 2013Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationships between children, their families, and...

With over one million copies sold worldwide, Dr. Perlmutter's books have changed the lives of people across the globe, revealing the devastating truth about the effects of gluten on the...

' A really clear, funny, useful guide to mental health.' Keith Stuart, a uthor of A Boy Made of Blocks 'Warm, welcoming and wise.' Red magazine 'This is a funny,...

While many Chinese foods are familiar to Americans, their health benefits are for the most part unrealized. Author Lynn Sonberg is out to reveal the many wellness components associated with...

"By page three of the introduction to Everything Changes, I wanted not only to devour the rest of the book, but I wanted to call Kairol up, get to know...

An uplifting memoir about a mother's journey with cancer, the solace of community and the power of food to bring people together. When Alison, a mother of five school-aged children,...

Being Sam is a memoir of life and death, rascal chromosomes and rogue cancer cells, and a lot of love in between. Written by Sam's mother Morag Zwartz. '...a beautiful...

Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer's advocate Meryl Comer's Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves...