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| ====== Coping Skills ====== | |
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| I looked-up every book listed | |
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| I have listed all of the categories as they were in the publication, | |
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| ===== Self Development ===== | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychology professor Baumeister and New York Times science journalist Tierney share twenty-first century research on willpower, or self-control, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| === Playing the Game: A Psychopolitical Strategy for Your Career === | |
| **Author:** Raymond Blank\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author contends that ability, dedication, and competence are not sufficient to guarantee success or even survival in the work world. He sets forth the essential political and interpersonal skills an employee needs to manipulate subordinates, | |
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| **Author:** John Bradshaw\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A counselor, theologian, and television personality claims that many people harbor a wounded inner child with leftover feelings from past hurts. This inner child can contaminate an individual' | |
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| **Author:** Claude M. Bristol\\ | |
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| A hard-headed businessman and skeptical newspaper man tells how to get whatever you want in life by harnessing the unlimited power of your subconscious mind. **1948**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 19698]] | |
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| **Author:** David D. Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A self-help manual for achieving self-confidence. Assuming that thoughts have an impact on the way we feel and behave, the author suggests ways to overcome shyness and depression and explores the role of intimacy in our lives. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23228]] | |
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| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author celebrates the here and now with the ultimate message that "life is wonderful, joy is our birthright and love is what it's all about." | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 23902]] - **IN PROCESS** | |
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| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
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| Series of lectures originally delivered between 1970 and 1981 on the need of people for one another. Includes stories and anecdotes illustrating the joys and pitfalls that the search for love entails in these troubled times. Reassuring self-help philosophy. **1982**.\\ | |
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| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This book is an extension of an experimental class that the author created at the University of Southern California. His basic message is that while the need to love and to be loved is innate, the way we love is learned, and that every single person can learn to love. **1982**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 18663]] | |
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| **Author:** Dale Carnegie\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Originally published in 1937 and revised in 1981 to " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
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| === | |
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| **Author:** Peter Chew\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A journalist examines the numerous problems and pitfalls that confront men in their middle years and suggests positive ways to face the future. **1976**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 16153]] | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Brent Cole; Dale Carnegie & Associates\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This update to //How to Win Friends and Influence People// ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** Pat Collins with John Malone\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Undertakes to replace traditional rules of correct behavior and etiquette with guidelines designed to convey " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 21306]] | |
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| === The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Charles Duhigg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| New York Times reporter draws on academic studies, interviews with scientists, and industry research to explore habit formation in individuals, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Sky's the Limit === | |
| **Author:** Wayne W. Dyer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Explains how we can achieve heights of happiness and fulfillment by developing our human potential. Advises that we adopt a no-limit attitude to personal achievement, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 15805]] | |
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| **Author:** Wayne W. Dyer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Your Erroneous Zones// and //Pulling Your Own Strings// gives the reader a set of directions for personal transformation. He argues that the human being is a spirit in a body, not a body with a spirit, and emphasizes spiritual experience. Using examples and anecdotes, he describes why and how to visualize what you want from life. **1989**.\\ | |
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| **Author:** Richard Eyre and Linda Eyre\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors, who have nine children, run several businesses, revel in the arts, and enjoy life, reveal their " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27687]] | |
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| **Author:** Julius Fast and Barbara Fast\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Understanding and using metacommunication-- how we say what we say. Analyzes the effects of breath, pitch, stress, rhythm, tone, inflection, word choice, and emotional overlay in communicating. **1979**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 16052]] | |
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| **Author:** Robert Fulghum\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A retired Unitarian minister presents his thoughts and observations on the joy of life. The essays cover such topics as: the joys of Crayolas, Beethoven' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 07700]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** Robert Fulghum\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| From the author who reminded us that all we really need to know we learned in kindergarten. Fulghum writes about the joy of climbing trees; about the things " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| **Author:** Thomas A. Harris\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A popular approach to psychological self-help based on the theory that each person contains three active elements: the Parent, the Adult, and the Child. The goal of transactional analysis is to achieve a healthy balance of these elements, freeing the Adult from the archaic recordings of the Parent and the Child. **1969**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 01880]] - 4 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Naura Hayden\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Self-help work that emphasizes reevaluation of habits that drain physical, mental, and emotional energy. Suggests ways of changing these bad habits and developing a reservoir of energy. **1976**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 12056]] | |
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| === Solving the Self-Esteem Puzzle: A Guide for Moving from Piece to Peace === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** \\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A blind mental-health counselor offers advice on improving self-awareness, | |
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| **Author:** Laura Archera Huxley\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A practical guide to self-improvement that includes " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 12762]] | |
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| **Author:** Herbert Kohl\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The educator and author of //36 Children// provides a look at his painful journey toward personal liberation. He confronts the question of whether one can live a healthy life in an unhealthy society and whether it is possible to change oneself in midlife. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10044]] | |
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| **Author:** Earl Koile\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Importance of effective listening in terms of its positive results on both the person expressing thoughts and the person hearing them. Suggestions are offered on ways to overcome barriers and become more sensitive. | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 11823]] | |
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| **Author:** Harold S. Kushner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Impelled by personal tragedy in his own life, the author, a rabbi, helps others cope with grief, guilt, rage, bitterness, and bewilderment at God's " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** Robert H. Lauer and Jeanette C. Lauer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The two social scientists interviewed more than six hundred people to learn how they managed what the Lauers term " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27733]] | |
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| **Author:** Michael LeBouef\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How to get more done in less time and with less hassle. Teaches how to set specific goals on a daily, intermediate, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14369]] | |
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| **Author:** Og Mandino\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| At age thirty-five, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| **Author:** Mildred Newman & Bernard Berkowitz\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How the perceptions and judgments of childhood can be harmful if they are not consciously updated. Advice is given on types of attitudes and how to shake free of them. Includes abbreviated case histories. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 11590]] | |
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| **Author:** Mildred Newman & Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| These practicing psychoanalysts believe that everyone can help himself by learning to be aware of his own accomplishments, | |
| * [[RC 16481]] | |
| * [[BR 02324]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** Cecil G. Osborne\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Popular-psychology guide by a former clergyman offers positive procedures for creating a better self-image and achieving a greater degree of self-love and self-approval. **1976**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 11817]] | |
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| **Author:** Harry Overstreet and Bonaro Overstreet\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A study of mutual understanding among human beings, and how it can be achieved. The authors conceive of understanding as a freedom-making process, within the reach of everyone, which liberates individuals, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10866]] | |
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| **Author:** M. Scott Peck\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the 1978 classic psychological treatise concerning spirituality, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** M. Scott Peck\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Continuing with the messages put forth in //The Road Less Traveled//, Peck lectures as both psychiatrist and spiritual guide. He stresses striving for self-love rather than self-esteem and proposes that being disillusioned and being confused are actually signs of mental health. Some strong language. **1993**.\\ | |
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| **Author:** Duane Pederson\\ | |
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| The author, publisher of an underground Christian publication, | |
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| * [[RC 09094]] | |
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| **Author:** Laurence J. Peter\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author presents 66 prescriptions for making things go right. High on the list are the "Peter Peacemaker," | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10690]] | |
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| **Author:** Robert J. Ringer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Brash, cynical guidebook outlines startling ideas for leading a life filled with more pleasure and fewer complications. **1977**.\\ | |
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| **Author:** Henry C. Rogers\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| From the choice to pursue a career through the major decisions that a woman will make in the business world, Rogers offers inspirational and practical advice. He draws on his own perspective as head of a major PR firm, and his experiences with female associates and friends. His approach focuses on achieving personal excellence and exercising sound judgment. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 30069]] | |
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| === The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life's Difficulties, | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Norman E. Rosenthal\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychiatrist posits that to navigate life successfully one must encounter--and overcome--difficulties. Uses the experiences of his patients, colleagues, and his own Jewish childhood in 1950s apartheid South Africa to illustrate methods and techniques for dealing with challenges. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** Penelope Russianoff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide to help readers combat " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29121]] | |
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| === Learned Optimism === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Martin E.P. Seligman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The director of clinical training in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania asserts that pessimists tend to view the causes of adversity as permanent and personal, while optimists view them as temporary and impersonal. Stressing that optimists fare better in life, he suggests ways to change negative attitudes into positive ones in all areas--family, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| === What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Martin E.P. Seligman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Seligman believes certain traits are ingrained and unchangeable, | |
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| **Author:** Gary Smalley & John Trent\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Discusses the importance of "the blessin," | |
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| **Author:** Kathryn B. Stechert\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An analysis of gender differences, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 25226]] | |
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| **Author:** Gloria Steinem\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A co-founder of " | |
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| **Author:** Alexandra Stoddard\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The renowned interior designer offers her prescription for a life lived " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 25856]] | |
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| **Author:** Anthony Storr\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychotherapist Storr takes issue with the idea that intimate relationships are the exclusive source of mental and personal satisfaction. He reasons that many creative people work alone and that voluntary and enforced solitude may have a restorative value through which individuals may achieve happiness even when their interpersonal relationships are inferior. **1988**.\\ | |
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| * [[RC 28598]] | |
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| **Author:** Shelley E. Taylor\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| "The human mind distorts incoming information in a positive direction." | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 31333]] | |
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| **Author:** Anthony A. Zaffuto & Mary Q. Zaffuto\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A do-it-yourself book for the layman on self-regulation of mind and body through the inducement of the alpha state, those waves emitted by the brain during the state of deep relaxation prior to sleep. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 08050]] | |
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| **Author:** Letitia Baldrige\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a leading authority on etiquette and one-time chief of staff for former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, provides an abundance of ideas, suggestions, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 07404]] - 4 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** David D. Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A self-help manual for achieving self-confidence. Assuming that thoughts have an impact on the way we feel and behave, the author suggests ways to overcome shyness and depression and explores the role of intimacy in our lives. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23228]] | |
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| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author celebrates the here and now with the ultimate message that "life is wonderful, joy is our birthright and love is what it's all about." | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 23902]] - **IN PROCESS** | |
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| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This book is an extension of an experimental class that the author created at the University of Southern California. His basic message is that while the need to love and to be loved is innate, the way we love is learned, and that every single person can learn to love. **1982**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 18663]] | |
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| **Author:** Ken Druck with James C. Simmons\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Masculinity, | |
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| * [[BR 06418]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Robert Fulghum\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A retired Unitarian minister presents his thoughts and observations on the joy of life. The essays cover such topics as: the joys of Crayolas, Beethoven' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 07700]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** Thomas A. Harris\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A popular approach to psychological self-help based on the theory that each person contains three active elements: the Parent, the Adult, and the Child. The goal of transactional analysis is to achieve a healthy balance of these elements, freeing the Adult from the archaic recordings of the Parent and the Child. **1971**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 01880]] - 4 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Barry Kaufman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Details the principles and application of the Option Process, for those who want a more loving and life-affirming basis for their lives. Kaufman uses dialogues to illustrate that one always has choices, and basically one can choose to be happy. **1977**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 07057]] - 3 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Harold S. Kushner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Impelled by personal tragedy in his own life, the author, a rabbi, helps others cope with grief, guilt, rage, bitterness, and bewilderment at God's " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** Milton Layden\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Shows how to free oneself of resentful feelings, not by repression, but by a simple anti-hostility therapy. **1977**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 04455]] - 3 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Michael LeBouef\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How to get more done in less time and with less hassle. Teaches how to set specific goals on a daily, intermediate, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14369]] | |
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| **Author:** Mortimer Levitt\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A personal approach to the art of living well by a self-made millionaire and frequent lecturer on the subject of image. Levitt, a high school dropout who says he was born on the wrong side of the tracks, equates class with integrity and distinguishes between the appurtenances and the substance of class. He divides his practical advice into four categories: what you say, how you say it, how you look, and how you live. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 05980]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Maxwell Maltz\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Dr. Maltz demonstrates, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 02295]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** W. Hugh Missildine\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In layman' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 03483]] - 3 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -563,5 +638,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Mildred Newman & Bernard Berkowitz with Jean Owen\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| These practicing psychoanalysts believe that everyone can help himself by learning to be aware of his own accomplishments, | |
| * [[RC 16481]] | |
| * [[BR 02324]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** Jesse S. Nirenberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Instructs the reader in developing communication skills in business and in private life. Describes how to capture a listener' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06052]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** Carol Orsborn\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A manual that is part autobiography, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06819]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** M. Scott Peck\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the 1978 classic psychological treatise concerning spirituality, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** M. Scott Peck\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Continuing with the messages put forth in //The Road Less Traveled//, Peck lectures as both psychiatrist and spiritual guide. He stresses striving for self-love rather than self-esteem and proposes that being disillusioned and being confused are actually signs of mental health. Some strong language. **1993**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
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| **Author:** Laurence J. Peter & Bill Dana\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of the bestselling //Peter Principle// teams up with humorist Bill Dana to prescribe laughter as the best medicine. Rather than a bitter pill, they recommend humor as preventive medicine for physiological and psychological health. **1982**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
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| **Author:** Laurence J. Peter\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author presents 66 prescriptions for making things go right. High on the list are the "Peter Peacemaker," | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10690]] | |
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| **Author:** Chuck Reaves\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An intriguing business concept that asserts for every person who will say yes, there are twenty who will say no. For a positive response you must find the twenty-first person who will say yes. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 05675]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** William John Reilly\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Written by the founder and director of the National Institute for Straight Thinking, this book examines the problems arising from the pace and complexity of modern life. **1964**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 00061]] - 1 volume. | |
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| **Author:** Melody Beattie\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| As a follow-up to // | |
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| **Author:** Melody Beattie\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Codependents--those who spend too much time and energy worrying about chemically dependent people--are, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 28220]] - **IN PROCESS** | |
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| **Author:** Melody Beattie\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A follow-up to the classic // | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| **Author:** Donald H. Bell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Looks at the changes in the lives of men brought about by the sexual revolution and the feminist movement. Based on the author' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 19727]] | |
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| **Author:** Karen Blaker\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How we communicate our secrets--the unknown facts about ourselves, our feelings, needs, dreams, and desires--is a key to surmising the level of our mental maturity. So says psychologist Blaker, who maintains that most people communicate too little or too much. Her aim is to show how to reach the middle ground of mental health that lies between these two extremes. **1986**.\\ | |
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| * [[RC 25330]] | |
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| **Author:** Connell Cowan & Melvyn Kinder\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Two Beverly Hills psychologists analyze the successes and failures of women looking for acceptable men. They suggest that today' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| @@ Line -705,5 +780,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Connell Cowan & Melvyn Kinder\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors believe that men and women view love differently and that if women understand the difference, they can secure the kind of lasting relationships they want. In particular, the authors examine those attitudes and behaviors of women that destroy intimacy with men and those that foster it. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 31425]] | |
| @@ Line -715,7 +790,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Barbara De Angelis\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author believes that a woman has three choices in dealing with men: get angry and complain, give them up, or learn everything there is to know about them so you can have a wonderful relationship. Her secrets include the six biggest mistakes women make with men, the three biggest mysteries about men, the top twenty sexual turn-offs for men, and ways to communicate with men. **1990**.\\ | |
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| * [[ | |
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| **Author:** Jed Diamond\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Guide to understanding and overcoming destructive romantic attachments. Diamond, a psychotherapist specializing in addiction, explains the characteristics of love addiction, illustrates the phenomenon through real-life examples, and includes a candid description of his own former addictive behavior. **1988**.\\ | |
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| * [[RC 28538]] | |
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| **Author:** Julius Fast and Meredith Bernstein\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors believe that sexual chemistry is not an intangible factor, but a process that anyone may learn to develop and use. They also assert that it is the sum of tensions and vibrations that communicates attraction between people. Includes interviews with men and women and what attracts them. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 20143]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| **Author:** Sonya Friedman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Advice for liberated women from a clinical psychologist known for her radio and TV shows. Dr. Friedman holds that men are the delicious final course in the feast of life for a woman who knows that she herself is the main course. She also tells how to make your husband a true partner, how to achieve real intimacy, and how to pull yourself out of the dependency trap. **1983**.\\ | |
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| * [[RC 21643]] | |
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| **Author:** Sonya Friedman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A practicing psychologist examines the excuses and myths she believes women often use to avoid taking charge of their own lives. She offers woman of all ages and backgrounds advice on mining their individual strengths to shape more promising futures. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| @@ Line -762,9 +837,19 @@ | |
| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Therapist Gray describes what he perceives to be fundamental differences in how men and women communicate. Provided are instructions on translating what the other sex is saying and responding in an appropriate manner to improve relationships. **1992**.\\ | |
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| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Harville Hendrix\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A marriage therapist and pastoral counselor shows how to transform the marital relationship into a lasting source of love. He describes how to change confrontational habits learned as children into techniques that promote mutual growth and healing. He recommends a series of ten exercises that will help couples gain insight and resolve problems. **1988**.\\ | |
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| * [[https:// | |
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| @@ Line -773,5 +858,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Dan Kiley\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Admitting that he is more successful treating women than men, Kiley offers several options for the " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 31518]] | |
| @@ Line -782,5 +867,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Dan Kiley\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //The Peter Pan Syndrome// tells how to break the habit of mothering the men in your life without being rejected. Kiley sees mothering wives as those who adopt attitudes and behaviors that make them feel in control of the lives of men, because they lack a sense of mastery over their own lives. He offers practical, commonsense advice on caring for a man without falling into the trap of taking over as his mother. **1984**.\\ | |
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| * [[RC 21201]] | |
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| **Author:** Dan Kiley\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Bestselling author and psychotherapist Dan Kiley provides advice and guidelines for women who want to change their men and make them more sensitive and responsive. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27204]] | |
| @@ Line -800,7 +885,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Ellen Kreidman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Kreidman' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 08108]] - 2 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -810,7 +895,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harriet Goldhor Lerner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A staff psychologist at the Menninger Foundation emphasizes that women have more trouble dealing with anger than men do. Because culture has taught women to be mediators in relationships, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 06419]] - 2 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -820,7 +905,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harriet Goldhor Lerner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Although directed toward a female audience, this self-help guide can be useful to males as well. Picking up where //Dance of Anger// left off, the author details how difficult change can be. By using case histories, Lerner shows how to make positive moves within day-to-day relationships with spouses, parents, siblings, and lovers. **1989**.\\ | |
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| * [[ | |
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| @@ Line -829,5 +914,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Alan Loy McGinnis\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author presents ways in which people can get close and stay close to people they like. Included is information on ways to deepen your relationships, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 28873]] | |
| @@ Line -838,7 +923,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Robin Norwood\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Collection of letters-to-the-author inspired by the bestselling //Women Who Love Too Much// | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| @@ Line -847,7 +932,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Robin Norwood\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author believes that this work will help anyone who loves too much, though she asserts that it is written for women because loving too much is primarily a female phenomenon. Its purpose is to help women recognize destructive patterns of relating to men, understand their origins, and gain the tools for changing their lives. **1985**.\\ | |
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| @@ Line -856,5 +941,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Alexandra Penney\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Suggests ways that both sexes can better understand the other emotionally and physically. Gives detailed information on establishing and maintaining intimacy, keeping romance alive, talking about desires and feelings, and overcoming fears about performance, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 20599]] | |
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| **Author:** Robert M. Bramson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A practicing psychologist offers field-tested techniques for identifying, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 04919]] - 2 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -875,5 +960,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Connell Cowan & Melvyn Kinder\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors believe that men and women view love differently and that if women understand the difference, they can secure the kind of lasting relationships they want. In particular, the authors examine those attitudes and behaviors of women that destroy intimacy with men and those that foster it. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 31425]] | |
| @@ Line -885,8 +970,8 @@ | |
| **Author:** Julius Fast and Meredith Bernstein\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors believe that sexual chemistry is not an intangible factor, but a process that anyone may learn to develop and use. They also assert that it is the sum of tensions and vibrations that communicates attraction between people. Includes interviews with men and women and what attracts them. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 20143]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -896,9 +981,9 @@ | |
| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Therapist Gray describes what he perceives to be fundamental differences in how men and women communicate. Provided are instructions on translating what the other sex is saying and responding in an appropriate manner to improve relationships. **1992**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -907,5 +992,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Jerry A. Greenwald\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Outlines clear, positive steps for discovering intimacy as a prime source of stability, security, and emotional nourishment. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 03399]] | |
| @@ Line -916,17 +1001,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Howard M. Halpern\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychotherapist Halpern finds that the three major factors which cause people to remain in unrewarding " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06184]] | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -935,5 +1010,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Donald A. Laird and Eleanor C. Laird\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Eleven steps are listed to aid in achieving success in human relationships. The authors discuss self-confidence, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 01462]] | |
| @@ Line -944,7 +1019,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harriet Goldhor Lerner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A staff psychologist at the Menninger Foundation emphasizes that women have more trouble dealing with anger than men do. Because culture has taught women to be mediators in relationships, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[BR 06419]] - 2 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -954,5 +1029,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| While giving women suggestions on how to lead men to intimacy, the authors bring out the complicity of many women in fostering the closed male. Drawing upon psychological studies, case histories, their own experiences, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 05836]] - 2 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -963,7 +1038,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Susan Page\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A romantic self-help book that is upbeat, practical, and winning. The author is a feminist former director of women' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -973,7 +1048,7 @@ | |
| **Author:** Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Grandson-grandfather coauthors present a life guide based on positive psychology and the simple metaphor of a bucket and a dipper, which can be used either positively or negatively to influence others. Offers five strategies for increasing good emotions including praising others appropriately, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| @@ Line -984,5 +1059,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Carol Botwin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The lack of sexual desire after marriage is one of the major problems being treated in sex clinics today according to the author. After tracing the decline of sexual activity as two people pass through various stages of life, Botwin searches out the issues that influence sexual desire and suggests ways of achieving happiness in an intimate relationship. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22844]] | |
| @@ Line -994,15 +1069,14 @@ | |
| **Author:** Gary Chapman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Marriage counselor offers advice on affirming love to one's partner. Chapman defines five different love languages--quality time, words of affirmation, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| === You Can Be the Wife of a Happy Husband === | |
| **Author:** Darien B. Cooper\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author shares and offers the biblical principles that she feels have completely transformed her own life and marriage. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 15377]] | |
| @@ Line -1013,5 +1087,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** James C. Dobson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The Christian psychologist offers his counsel on infidelity, wife abuse, alcoholism, and other causes of family breakups. He advocates an attitude of " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23556]] | |
| @@ Line -1022,5 +1096,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Barbara Gordon\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Presents the author' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 28115]] | |
| @@ Line -1032,8 +1106,8 @@ | |
| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus// offers suggestions on opening one's self to love after the death of a mate or after a divorce. Describes the healing process common to both men and women. Explains the differences in the ways males and females resolve loss. **1998**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| @@ Line -1043,8 +1117,8 @@ | |
| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus// offers suggestions to help couples communicate better in the bedroom and therefore keep sex alive in a monogamous relationship. He discusses what to say and do, what not to say and do, the mechanics of sex, and how to rekindle passion. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. **1995**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| @@ Line -1053,5 +1127,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** William A. Nolen\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| When Dr. Nolen turned fifty, his life started to fall apart. He learned he was suffering from male mid-life crisis syndrome. After surviving this trauma, he began research into the phenomenon, proposing that male mid-life crisis is caused by drastic alterations in brain chemistry. Dr. Nolen offers advice to help couples survive this crisis and resurrect their marriages. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22093]] | |
| @@ Line -1062,5 +1136,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Glynnis Walker\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Popular social study on the second-wife experience by a second wife herself. The author presents evidence that the second wife often suffers unnecessarily and unfairly. Such topics as alimony, children, stepchildren, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22025]] | |
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| **Author:** Robert S. Weiss\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Deals with coping with the end of a marriage and the transition to being single again and the effect of separation on children, relatives, and friends. Discusses new strategies for starting over. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 15261]] | |
| @@ Line -1081,5 +1155,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Terry Arendell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How sixty middle-class divorced mothers have dealt with lawyers, judges, jobs, dating, public assistance, children, sex, and ex-hubbies. Provides eye-opening information. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06773]] - 3 volumes. | |
| @@ Line -1090,5 +1164,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Millard J. Bienvenu\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Deals with the elements contributing to good communication between engaged couples, and focuses on some subjects that young people may find difficult to discuss. Concrete verbal and non-verbal exercises for building communication skills are also suggested. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 02814]] - 1 volume. | |
| @@ Line -1099,5 +1173,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Esther Oshiver Fisher\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A lawyer provides practical help for the various phases of divorce, including advice on how to cope with the emotional strains. Emphasis is on personal development. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 03020]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** James T. Friedman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Provides information and advice, in question and answer format, on when to consider divorce, responsibilities of parties involved in divorce cases, how to choose a lawyer, child custody and support in divorce situations, financial considerations, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 05201]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus// offers suggestions on opening one's self to love after the death of a mate or after a divorce. Describes the healing process common to both men and women. Explains the differences in the ways males and females resolve loss. **1998**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -1129,17 +1203,16 @@ | |
| **Author:** John Gray\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus// offers suggestions to help couples communicate better in the bedroom and therefore keep sex alive in a monogamous relationship. He discusses what to say and do, what not to say and do, the mechanics of sex, and how to rekindle passion. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. **1995**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ===== | |
| = | |
| === When Parents Love Too Much: What Happens When Parents Won't Let Go ==== | |
| **Author:** Laurie Ashner and Mitch Meyerson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 32894]] | |
| @@ Line -1147,8 +1220,8 @@ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Making It as a Stepparent: New Roles--New Rules ==== | |
| **Author:** Claire Berman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Advice on the complex problems of stepfamilies, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 17447]] | |
| @@ Line -1156,17 +1229,45 @@ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Families: Crisis and Caring | |
| **Author:** T. Berry Brazelton\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Using the predicaments of five real families with different situations--parent rivalry, single parenting, step-parenting, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Straight from the Heart: How to Talk to Your Teenagers about Love and Sex ==== | |
| **Author:** Carol Cassell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A former president of the American Association of Sex Educators and mother of six provides a sex education guide for parents of teenagers. Includes suggestions for discussing love, sex, surviving a broken heart, homosexuality, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 07091]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Peace in the Family: A Workbook of Ideas and Actions ==== | |
| **Author:** Lois Dorn with Penni Eldredge-Martin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This guide for individuals or for family support groups stresses the importance of developing positive relationships. Offers a down-to-earth approach to family living and tells how to find alternatives to traditional discipline and solve problems in ways that meet the needs of everyone involved. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06058]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Raising Our Children' | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Deborah Doucette-Dudman and Jeffrey R. LaCure\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Handbook for grandmothers as primary caregivers of their grandchildren. The authors discuss the under-reported problem of " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== What Do You Really Want for Your Children? | |
| **Author:** Wayne W. Dyer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide for parents on leading children to become fulfilled, self-directed adults. Explains in practical terms how to instill self-confidence, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23856]] | |
| @@ Line -1174,8 +1275,8 @@ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== P.E.T. in Action | |
| **Author:** Thomas Gordon, with Judith Gordon Sands\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Advice and instructive examples for handling family problems through Parent Effectiveness Training. Dr. Gordon uses verbatim excerpts from his case studies. **1976**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14476]] | |
| @@ Line -1183,8 +1284,17 @@ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Emotional Illness in Your Family: Helping Your Relative, Helping Yourself ==== | |
| **Author:** Harvey R. Greenberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a clinical professor of psychiatry, has written this book to help adolescents contend with the difficulties a relative' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Instant Parent: A Guide for Step-parents, | |
| **Author:** Suzy Kalter\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide to the pitfalls and pratfalls of caring for someone else's children. Written by a woman who was painfully innocent when she stepped into instant parenthood. Includes a calendar of thirty days' worth of things to do and places to go and a development profile for ages two to twelve. **1979**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 16808]] | |
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| ---- | |
| ==== The One-minute Scolding: The Amazingly Effective New Approach to Child Discipline | |
| **Author:** Gerald E. Nelson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| As a disciplinary technique, the scolding consists of thirty seconds or less of overt, voiced anger at a misdeed, followed by thirty seconds of equally intense affection. Nelson explains how the technique may be used to teach desirable behavior to children eighteen months to eighteen years old. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22943]] | |
| @@ Line -1201,54 +1311,75 @@ | |
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| === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
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| ==== When You and Your | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
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| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
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| ==== The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child' | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Neuropsychiatrist Siegel and psychotherapist Bryson provide insight into child brain development. They discuss ways to foster children' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Daniel J. Siegel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Neuropsychiatrist Siegel, author of //The Whole-Brain Child// ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Yes, I Can Say No: A Parent' | |
| **Author:** Manuel J. Smith\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Through adult-child dialog about a range of situations, such as experimentation with sex and drugs, the author elicits responses that can help a young person withstand negative peer pressure. Smith' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06877]] - 3 volumes. | |
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| ---- | |
| ==== How to Talk with Your Child about Sexuality (Planned Parenthood) | |
| **Author:** Faye Wattleton and Elisabeth Keiffer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Sensitive, sensible guide for parents that emphasizes the importance of creating and maintaining avenues of communication with a child from preschool years through adulthood. Presents typical questions that each age group is likely to ask about sex and supplies direct, helpful responses. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06792]] - 2 volumes. | |
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| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Joel L. Young and Christine A. Adamec\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychiatrist and medical writer offer practical advice and coping strategies for parents dealing with adult children who are mentally ill, drug addicted, abusive, or incarcerated. Focuses on identifying and treating underlying conditions of mental illness and substance abuse as the most efficient way to assist your troubled child. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| ==== The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse ==== | |
| **Author:** Ellen Bass and Laura Davis\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors, one a counselor and one a survivor of child abuse, describe the healing process and the importance of recalling painful incidents clearly and recognizing the emotional damage the abuse caused. They discuss ways to help victims understand that they were not at fault, and ways to develop self-esteem. Some descriptions of sex. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 28461]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and about Adults Abused as Children ==== | |
| **Author:** Elaina M. Gil\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A therapist helps victims admit the full effect of abuse in their lives, shows the aftereffects of child abuse, and offers suggestions for healing. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06379]] - 1 volume. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Children at Risk, My Fight Against Child Abuse: A Personal Story and a Public Plea ==== | |
| **Author:** Paula Hawkins\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Combination personal saga and political-action tract on the problem of child abuse by the Florida senator. Hawkins recounts the personal agonizing that led her to publicly announce that she herself had been abused at the age of five. She discusses case histories, outlines preventive steps, recommends resources, and provides a checklist to help individuals protect their children. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 25119]] | |
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| ---- | |
| ==== Reclaiming Our Lives: Hope for Adult Survivors of Incest ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Carol H. Poston and Karen Lison \\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Help for women who have been victims of incest--whether one incident, or many. Each chapter begins with a narrative by Poston, a victim, regarding her abused childhood, then Lison, a psychotherapist, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Secret Scars: A Guide for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse ==== | |
| **Author:** Cynthia Crosson Tower\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Written by a therapist and educator, this book defines sexual abuse and quotes case histories to describe its impact. The author examines therapy, self-help groups, and independent survivor goals and offers advice to survivors on raising their own children. Includes a listing of support organizations. Some descriptions of sex. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29366]] | |
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| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| ==== Stress / Anxiety & Fears (ADDED 2014) ==== | |
| === The | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| | |
| Read by Gary Tipton. | |
| ---- | |
| === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Cancer (ADDED 2014) ==== | |
| === The Priority List: A Teacher' | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** David Menasche\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| High school English teacher Menasche relates his battle with brain cancer that began at age thirty-four with a prognosis of death within a few months. Explains his decision years later--despite vision and mobility loss--to travel alone throughout the country to visit hundreds of his former students. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Diabetes (ADDED 2014) ==== | |
| === The Blood Sugar Solution: The Ultrahealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now! === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Mark Hyman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Medical director of the UltraWellness Center explains the causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Discusses adopting an organic diet, exercise plan, and stress-relief methods to prevent chronic illness. Includes recipes. Bestseller. **2012**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet: Activate Your Body's Natural Ability to Burn Fat and Lose Weight Fast === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Mark Hyman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Author of //The Blood Sugar Solution// ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Diabetic Retinopathy: | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Homayoun Tabandeh and David S. Boyer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Retina specialists and authors of //Macular Degeneration// | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Healthy Living / Diet and Exercise (ADDED 2014) ==== | |
| === The End of Illness === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** David Agus and Kristin Loberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Cancer researcher Agus advocates a systemic view of health and recommends knowing about your own physiology and genetics to personalize your health care. Discusses the holistic value of nutrition, sleep, movement, and keeping a regular schedule. Highlights developing medical technologies like proteomic analysis, the analysis of human proteins. Bestseller. **2011**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === A Short Guide to a Long Life === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** David Agus and Kristin Loberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Cancer researcher distills his book //The End of Illness// ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Multiple Sclerosis (ADDED 2014) ==== | |
| === Lean On Me: Ten Powerful Steps to Moving Beyond Your Diagnosis and Taking Back Your Life === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Nancy Davis (Nancy Sue)\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author describes a doctor telling her at age thirty-three that she had multiple sclerosis and there was nothing she could do. To provide others with tools for dealing with their own chronic illness, she details the steps she used to take charge of her health. **2006**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Waist-High in The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Nancy Mairs\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A Tucson writer describes her experiences with multiple sclerosis. Having lived as both nondisabled and disabled, Mairs hopes her observations and responses will "make the terrain seem less alien, less perilous, and far more amusing than the myths and legends about it would suggest." | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === The Relaxation Response === | |
| **Author:** Herbert Benson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A hypertension specialist defines the risk of stress and explains how tensions can lead to strokes, heart failure, and high blood pressure. Dr. Benson offers simplified instructions in the use of Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, and traditional prayers of the Eastern and Western religions to cope with anxieties. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10647]] | |
| @@ Line -1330,7 +1576,17 @@ | |
| **Author:** Herbert Benson, with William Proctor\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author contends that a positive mental attitude, attained through his " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| === Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Herbert Benson, with Marg Stark\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Beyond the Relaxation Response// ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -1339,5 +1595,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harold H. Bloomfield, Robert Kory\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| For what the authors prescribe as " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14310]] | |
| @@ Line -1349,5 +1605,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harriet B. Braiker\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a clinical psychologist, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29402]] | |
| @@ Line -1358,8 +1614,8 @@ | |
| **Author:** David D. Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author reports on results of treating depression, from mild blues to serious cases, with " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -1368,5 +1624,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Edward A. Charlesworth and Ronald G. Nathan\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Two clinical experts identify symptoms and causes of stress and offer step-by-step physical and psychological relaxation techniques. They include chapters on assertiveness, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23203]] | |
| @@ Line -1377,8 +1633,231 @@ | |
| **Author:** Norman Cousins\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Head First: The Biology of Hope === | |
| **Author:** Norman Cousins\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a professor at UCLA's School of Medicine, contends that positive attitudes can play important roles in the healing process. Drawing upon his personal experiences as well as those of doctors, researchers, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Secret Strength of Depression === | |
| **Author:** Frederic F. Flach\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A psychiatrist asserts that depression, which is a common response to stress, offers the hidden opportunities of personal insight and growth. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 08599]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Hospital Patient: A Guide for Family and Friends === | |
| **Author:** Kenneth France\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Focuses on how the hospital visitor can relate to a patient, as well as how a patient can cope with and profit by the good intentions of others. The practical matters discussed include the kinds of gifts to bring, how long a visitor should stay, interaction with medical personnel, and how the visitor can pose questions regarding such sensitive areas as a patient' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 26822]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Overcoming Agoraphobia: | |
| **Author:** Alan Goldstein and Berry Stainback\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A professor of psychiatry discusses the causes of the phobia and the treatment methods he has devised. He also outlines a self-help program based on such techniques as diaphragmatic breathing and positive thinking to rid oneself of " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Invisible Scars: A Guide to Coping with the Emotional Impact of Breast Cancer === | |
| **Author:** Mimi Greenberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Discusses the options, medical procedures, outcomes, and emotional problems that accompany the treatment of, and recovery from, breast cancer. Greenberg, herself a recovered cancer patient, tells how to choose a compatible physician, find a personal support system, make treatment decisions, and get back to a normal life-style. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 29364]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, | |
| **Author:** Thomas Hanna\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author explains the " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 31741]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === You Can Heal Your Life === | |
| **Author:** Louise L. Hay\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a metaphysical counselor, asserts that "if we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed." | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Right to Feel Bad: Coming to Terms with Normal Depression === | |
| **Author:** Lesley Hazleton\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A practicing psychologist and journalist defines depression in imaginative, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 21392]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Who Gets Sick: How Beliefs, Moods, and Thoughts Affect Your Health === | |
| **Author:** Blair Justice\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Offers recent research on how the body can heal itself. Some of the beliefs cited indicate that a positive and outgoing disposition, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 29092]] | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Win Over Depression === | |
| **Author:** Tim LaHaye\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A pastoral counselor offers a therapeutic formula to combat depression, the leading mental illness in the United States. Dr. LaHaye believes that acceptance of Jesus Christ will insure emotional stability. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 09749]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Beyond Rage: The Emotional Impact of Chronic Physical Illness === | |
| **Author:** JoAnn LeMaistre\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, a clinical psychologist who counsels chronically ill people and has multiple sclerosis herself, presents a collection of vignettes drawn from actual cases, along with her own commentaries. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Phobia Free: A Medical Breakthrough Linking 90% of All Phobias and Panic Attacks to a Hidden Physical Problem === | |
| **Author:** Harold N. Levinson with Steven Carter\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Rejecting the traditional view that phobias are a mental disorder, the author suggests that most phobias have a physiological basis, having to do with inner ear problems that can be treated simply and safely. Dr. Levinson offers case histories and self-diagnostic tests and advocates a holistic approach to treatment. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 25252]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Stress Passages: Surviving Life's Transitions Gracefully === | |
| **Author:** L. John Mason\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Divided into chapters on the major stress causing stages of life; pregnancy, parenting, childhood, adolescence, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 07755]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Johns Hopkins Patients' | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Deanna Glass Macenka & Alessandro Olivi\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Medical professionals offer guide to help patients make informed decisions about brain cancer treatment. They discuss therapy options and their side effects, including surgery, radiotherapy, | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Superimmunity: | |
| **Author:** Paul Pearsall\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Explores the field of psychoneuroimmunology, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 29380]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Living with Chronic Illness: Days of Patience and Passion === | |
| **Author:** Cheri Register\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, who is herself chronically ill, draws on her experiences and those of others who suffer from a wide range of chronic conditions to paint a vivid and thorough picture of their daily lives. She also discusses the reactions of healthy people to the chronically ill, and offers advice on providing support and assistance. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 27433]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Stress without Distress === | |
| **Author:** Hans Selye\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A researcher who holds doctorates in medicine, science, and philosophy tells how to achieve a rewarding life style in harmony with the laws of nature by using stress as a positive force for personal achievement and happiness. **1974**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 08659]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Johns Hopkins Medicine Patients' | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Gary R. Shapiro & Ilene S. Browner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Oncologists explain cancer treatment in older adults. They discuss the biology of aging, therapy options and their potential side effects, palliative care, rehabilitation, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Love, Medicine, & Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon' | |
| **Author:** Bernie S. Siegel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A surgeon and professor at Yale Medical School, the author became interested in cancer victims who had regained their health, although diagnosed as incurable. He founded ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients), which inspired creative programs based on the belief that miracles occur when the mind is focused on healing. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 06561]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Peace, Love & Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-healing: | |
| **Author:** Bernie S. Siegel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| After examining the causes for diseases and the ways people activate illnesses, Siegel discusses how to use self-healing. He does, however, caution people that they should not rely on self-healing alone, but use it in conjunction with treatment by medical professionals. **1989**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 07837]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks: Real-Life Advice from Real-Life Teens === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Maya Silver and Marc Silver\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Teens' guide to coping with a parent' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Work/Stress Connection: How to Cope with Job Burnout === | |
| **Author:** Robert L. Veninga and James P. Spradley\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Explores the effect of unrelieved work-related stress on performance, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 18778]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Female Stress Syndrome: How to Recognize and Live with It === | |
| **Author:** Georgia Witkin-Lanoil\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A clinical psychologist zeroes in on the female mind and body, describing special stresses unique to women. Covers working, marriage, living alone, motherhood, hidden stresses, and being female after forty. Offers insight and self-help exercises, relaxation techniques, and other methods for managing female stress syndrome. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 21796]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Male Stress Syndrome: How to Recognize and Live with It === | |
| **Author:** Georgia Witkin-Lanoil\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A clinical psychologist offers timely advice to men on the causes of and cures for stress. The author contends that although men and women share many stresses, such as stress from job and family, each sex is likely to experience these situations differently. Includes profiles for self-evaluation. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 25829]] | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -1388,5 +1867,5 @@ | |
| **Author:** Harold H. Bloomfield, Robert Kory\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| For what the authors prescribe as " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14310]] | |
| @@ Line -1398,8 +1877,8 @@ | |
| **Author:** David D. Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author reports on results of treating depression, from mild blues to serious cases, with " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| @@ Line -1408,8 +1887,120 @@ | |
| **Author:** Norman Cousins\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Stress and Survival: The Emotional Realities of Life-Threatening Illness === | |
| **Author:** Edited by Charles A. Garfield\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Essays on the importance of interpersonal relations presented by doctors, nurses, mental health professionals, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06189]] - 6 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, | |
| **Author:** Thomas Hanna\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author explains the " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 31741]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Joy of Stress === | |
| **Author:** Peter G. Hanson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A Canadian family practitioner tells how we can stop letting stress run our lives. People' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06755]] - volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === The Real Truth about Women and AIDS: How to Eliminate the Risks without Giving Up Love and Sex === | |
| **Author:** Helen Singer Kaplan\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A candid discussion of AIDS specifically aimed at answering questions that women may have about the virus. Includes an explicit discussion of the types of sex deemed " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 07397]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Stress Passages: Surviving Life's Transitions Gracefully === | |
| **Author:** L. John Mason\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Divided into chapters on the major stress causing stages of life; pregnancy, parenting, childhood, adolescence, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 07755]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating === | |
| **Author:** Geneen Roth\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A former anorexic believes that one's self-image should not depend on weight or on other people' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06352]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Safe Sex: What Everyone Should Know about Sexually Transmitted Diseases === | |
| **Author:** Angelo T. Scotti with Thomas A. Moore\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A former assistant director of the venereal disease section of the Federal Center for Disease Control addresses the symptoms, treatments, and methods of prevention of many familiar and lesser-known sexually transmitted diseases. Includes discussion of the emotional impact of STDs; a short list of self-help groups; and chapters on pregnancy, contraception, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 07324]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Stop Killing Yourself: Make Stress Work for You === | |
| **Author:** Susan Seliger\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Guidance in achieving better health through self-control, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06278]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Love, Medicine, & Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon' | |
| **Author:** Bernie S. Siegel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A surgeon and professor at Yale Medical School, the author became interested in cancer victims who had regained their health, although diagnosed as incurable. He founded ECaP (Exceptional Cancer Patients), which inspired creative programs based on the belief that miracles occur when the mind is focused on healing. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 06561]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Peace, Love & Healing: Bodymind Communication and the Path to Self-healing: | |
| **Author:** Bernie S. Siegel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| After examining the causes for diseases and the ways people activate illnesses, Siegel discusses how to use self-healing. He does, however, caution people that they should not rely on self-healing alone, but use it in conjunction with treatment by medical professionals. **1989**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 07837]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Getting Well Again: A Step-by-Step, | |
| **Author:** O. Carl Simonton, Stephanie Matthews-Simonton, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Outlines a psychological treatment program involving mind-body control, positive imaging, and stress management. Endorses the philosophy that individuals must accept responsibility for their own healing. The authors submit considerable evidence that cancer patients can participate successfully in overcoming " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06928]] - volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Learn to Relax: 13 Ways to Reduce Tension === | |
| **Author:** C. Eugene Walker\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A self-help guide that briefly presents a number of methods for decreasing anxiety. Among the useful techniques described are relaxation exercises, assertion training, self-hypnosis, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 02995]] - 1 volume. | |
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| ===== Alcohol, Drug, and Other Addictions ===== | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === Alateen--Hope for Children of Alcoholics === | |
| **Author:** Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The story of Alateen, the organization of children of alcoholics. Members share personal experiences, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 10360]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Alcoholism, the Family Disease === | |
| **Author:** Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| For families and friends of alcoholics, Al-Anon provides a program which is also a spiritual way of life. Based on the suggested Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. **1972**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 19492]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Living with an Alcoholic with the Help of Al-Anon === | |
| **Author:** Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Written "to help those who feel their personal lives are being or have been affected by the obsessive drinking of a family member or friend." | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 18513]] | |
| ---- | |
| === One Day at a Time in Al-Anon === | |
| **Author:** Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, | |
| **Author:** \\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Daily messages for those who must deal with the problem of alcoholism in the family. Suggests ways to find in each day a measure of comfort, serenity and a sense of achievement. **1972**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age: A Brief History of A.A. === | |
| **Author:** Alcoholics Anonymous\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The first part of the book presents a sketch of the St. Louis convention at which Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) came of age. The second part includes three talks on the history of A.A. given by co-founder Bill W. The third part is devoted to A.A.'s friends, who tell of their association with A.A. and their view of what the future holds for this society. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Answer to Addiction === | |
| **Author:** John Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A former Madison Avenue advertising man, with the help of three other recovered alcoholics, believes that the solution to alcoholism is a spiritual conversion and a return to God. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 09818]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Understanding America' | |
| **Author:** Don Cahalan\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Despite the millions of dollars spent on alcoholism treatment over the last two decades, little progress has been made in arresting its incidence or prevalence. The author suggests that a major reason is that elected officials are reluctant to enact legislation to control drinking or to place restrictions on the powerful alcohol industry. The costs and efficiency of various rehabilitative programs, as well as controversies concerning treatment within the health care profession are also discussed. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27576]] | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Stay Sober: Recovery without Religion === | |
| **Author:** James Christopher\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This book is intended for persons who want to give up alcohol but have had problems with the religious beliefs and practices of more traditional groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The author, an alcoholic himself, describes a program of self-control and a day-by-day plan for handling alcohol. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 07599]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === When Luck Runs Out: Help for Compulsive Gamblers and Their Families === | |
| **Author:** Robert Custer and Harry Milt\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Custer, who developed the first treatment program for compulsive gamblers, and professional writer, Milt, delineate the roots of the disease. They cite the increasingly destructive stages through which the compulsive gambler passes, discuss how the problem can be recognized, and list the steps that can be taken to remedy the behavior. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23780]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Breaking Addiction: A 7-step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Lance M. Dodes\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In this companion to The Heart of Addiction ([[https:// | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Lance M. Dodes\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychiatrist addresses addiction' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Charles Duhigg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| New York Times reporter draws on academic studies, interviews with scientists, and industry research to explore habit formation in individuals, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth about Addiction Treatment: And How to Get Help That Works === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Anne M. Fletcher\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Award-winning health writer investigates the effectiveness of drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers by visiting fifteen treatment programs and interviewing clients, counselors, and administrators. Challenges common beliefs about addiction and offers insight into different types of therapy, success rates, and keys to recovery. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change: A Guide for Families | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke, and Stephanie Higgs\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Drawing on their collective forty years of clinic experience, the authors offer supportive, nonconfrontational techniques to promote positive behavioral change in family members struggling with addiction and compulsive disorders. They share case studies demonstrating that kindness, positive reinforcement, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Sex Addicts Anonymous === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** International Service Organization of SAA, Inc.\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Describes the spiritual recovery program for sex addiction that is based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Explains each of the program' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Beyond the Influence: Understanding and Defeating Alcoholism === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Katherine Ketcham and William F. Asbury\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Using scientific research, the authors make the case that alcoholism is a medical disease resulting from abnormalities in brain chemistry. Explains how to diagnose the condition and proposes that treatment programs include psychological and spiritual elements. Investigates fallacies promoted by the liquor industry. **2000**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Goodbye Hangovers, Hello Life: Self-help for Women === | |
| **Author:** Jean Kirkpatrick\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Vividly describes the pain of alcoholism, the recovery, and keys to "the good life." Kirkpatrick, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 24380]] | |
| ---- | |
| === What's Wrong With My Kid?: When Drugs or Alcohol Might Be a Problem and What to Do About It === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** George E. Leary\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Leary, a social worker and father of a drug addict, provides a guide to help parents recognize the warning signs of substance abuse in their children. Discusses the biology of addiction, mental health issues, treatment plans, and parenting skills. **2012**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Hope: New Choices and Recovery Strategies for Adult Children of Alcoholics === | |
| **Author:** Emily Marlin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Drawing on personal experience and professional training, a family therapist offers a self-help guide to adults seeking to recover from the trauma of growing up in an alcoholic household. She stresses that recovery is a lifelong process that begins with understanding the origins of the trauma, and outlines strategies for change and for rebuilding old and forming new relationships. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27402]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Alcoholics Anonymous Experience: A Close-up View for Professionals === | |
| **Author:** Milton A. Maxwell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A health care professional offers a comprehensive picture of current AA operations, including the social setting of the fellowship and the recovery process. Anonymous interviews with members provide an intimate portrait of personal and collective aspects of the AA experience. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22621]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation Work for You === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** William R. Miller and Ricardo F. Muñoz\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Psychologists’ techniques for alcohol abusers to change harmful patterns and learn to imbibe in moderation. They explain the use of self-monitoring by keeping track, taking charge, and slowing down, and offer practical advice on handling social situations and substituting other behaviors for drinking. **2005**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Joy of Being Sober: A Book for Recovering Alcoholics--and Those Who Love Them === | |
| **Author:** Jack Mumey\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A former TV producer and " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 20841]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Tough Love: How Parents Can Deal with Drug Abuse === | |
| **Author:** Pauline Neff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Real-life accounts of young drug users who wanted help and of their parents' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23197]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Hidden Addiction: And How to Get Free === | |
| **Author:** Janice Keller Phelps and Alan E. Nourse\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors maintain that four of every ten people are addicted to sugar, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, or some prescription drugs because they are born with a metabolic or genetic predisposition. Phelps and Nourse offer a program for fighting such addictions that includes heavy doses of vitamin and mineral supplements, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 24537]] | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Stop the One You Love from Drinking: I Know Because Intervention Worked for Me === | |
| **Author:** Mary Ellen Pinkham\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| As an alcoholic whose habit was destroying her life, Mary Ellen struggled to free herself, and then her husband and sister, from drinking problems. Through the intervention technique, a loving confrontation with the drinker, advocated by the Families in Crisis Center, she accomplished what most believed to be impossible. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 25084]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Children of Alcoholism: A Survivor' | |
| **Author:** Judith S. Seixas and Geraldine Youcha\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Offers peer-group support for the offspring of alcoholic parents. Includes a report on the case histories of more than two hundred children of alcoholics. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Beautiful Boy: A Father' | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** David Sheff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Expanding on an award-winning //New York Times Magazine// article, journalist Sheff chronicles his son Nic's descent into methamphetamine addiction and its devastating effects on their family. Relates Nic's cycles of rehabilitation and relapse and his own struggles and realizations. Offers information on the nature of drugs. Strong language. **2008**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America' | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** David Sheff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of //Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey through His Son’s Addiction// discusses drug abuse in America. Uses case studies and research in medicine, neuroscience, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Crisis Intervention: | |
| **Author:** Ed Storti & Janet Keller\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide to the technique of controlled confrontation with those addicted to drugs or alcohol. The book includes case histories of interventions, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 30319]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Alcoholism === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** James D. Torr\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Essays explore the problem of alcoholism, addressing such topics as the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous, marketing by the liquor industry, effects on children and families, binge drinking in college, the disease theory of addiction, and government regulation. **2000**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism === | |
| **Author:** Bill W.\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Fourth edition of the basic 1939 text of Alcoholics Anonymous, the "big book." Describes the recovery program and includes personal histories of recovering members. Highlights founder Bill's story, the self-help group' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === A Simple Program: A Contemporary Translation of the Book Alcoholics Anonymous === | |
| **Author:** Bill W.\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This revision of Alcoholics Anonymous, first published in 1939, uses modern language without gender or relationship assumptions. Explains alcoholism and AA's twelve-step method of recovery. In AA tradition, the author remains anonymous. **1996**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Adult Children of Alcoholics === | |
| **Author:** Janet Geringer Woititz\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A handbook to help the children of alcoholics understand their childhood experiences in relating to an alcoholic parent and how these experiences contributed to their personal problems as adults. Demonstrates how the cycle can be broken and problems caused by alcoholism avoided in the next generation. Designed for individual use, for counselors, and for discussion groups. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 26174]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Drugs, Alcohol, and Your Children: How to Keep Your Family Substance-Free === | |
| **Author:** Geraldine Youcha and Judith S. Seixas\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A commonsense guide for parents whose children may be substance abusers or potential abusers. It offers suggestions on keeping the family together, getting children to talk about their problems, and the merits of various treatment programs. **1989**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29858]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Braille ==== | |
| === Alateen: A day at a Time === | |
| **Author:** Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A thought for each day of the year contributed by the members of Alateen, a fellowship of young people whose lives have been affected by the alcoholism of a family member or close friend. Includes the Twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Alateen is part of the Al-Anon Family Groups. For junior and senior high and older readers. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 07882]] - volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Stay Sober: Recovery without Religion === | |
| **Author:** James Christopher\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This book is intended for persons who want to give up alcohol but have had problems with the religious beliefs and practices of more traditional groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The author, an alcoholic himself, describes a program of self-control and a day-by-day plan for handling alcohol. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29176]] | |
| * [[BR 07599]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === When Your Parent Drinks Too Much: A Book for Teenagers === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Eric Ryerson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, who lived with an alcoholic mother when he was a teenager, describes the problems, fears, and worries that beset him and how he was able to overcome them. For junior and senior high readers. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06645]] - 1 volume. | |
| ---- | |
| ===== Aging ===== | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === Here Tomorrow: Making the Most of Life After Fifty === | |
| **Author:** Janet K. Belsky\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Clinical psychologist Belsky, who states that old age starts closer to eighty-five than sixty-five, reports to those over fifty about research in medicine, psychology, and the social sciences. Divided into four parts, the book covers the self, relationships, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29830]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Boston Women’s Health Book Collective\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Describes the process of menopause for women and covers health-care options for its symptoms. Includes medical and alternative treatments such as stress management, diet, and exercise. Discusses scientific research studies and encourages women to focus on making good personal health-care decisions. Highlights women’s natural life transitions. **2006**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[|DB 66354]] - Read by Kerry Dukin. Reading time 16 hours, 23 minutes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Aging is a Family Affair === | |
| **Author:** Victoria E. Bumagin and Kathryn F. Hirn\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Demonstrates how families have accommodated themselves to changes wrought by time, usually by learning how to listen to and understand other generations. Encourages older men and women to be active and useful. Contains practical advice on managing finances, making decisions for or against nursing homes, and coping with illness and death. **1979**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 15697]] | |
| ---- | |
| === How to Live to Be 100--or More: The Ultimate Diet, Sex, and Exercise Book === | |
| **Author:** George Burns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Chatty George Burns at eighty-seven recommends martinis and a simple half-hour exercise routine. He cautions against worry and stress and offers a sound diet. With humor he warns about fretting over children, and cautions about doctors and funerals. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Love and Sex After 60 === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Robert N. Butler and Myrna I. Lewis\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| With the average life span having increased by more than twenty-five years since the turn of the century and with a more positive attitude towards sexuality in older Americans, two gerontologists offer advice for coping with late-life sexuality. Topics include sexual fitness, common emotional problems, dating, and family reactions. **1996**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Deepak Chopra\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Chopra examines the life-styles of long-lived individuals and challenges the assumptions that he contends are the basis of the generally accepted paradigm of aging. Stating that the mind influences every cell in the body, Chopra suggests a new set of " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Talking with Your Aging Parents === | |
| **Author:** Mark A. Edinberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A psychologist specializing in gerontology and family counseling offers a guidebook for children of the elderly. He explains how to open and maintain communication with aging parents and warns offspring against the destructive tendency to act as though they are now " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 26848]] | |
| ---- | |
| === On Our Own: Independent Living for Older Persons === | |
| **Author:** Ursula A. Falk\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Americans cherish their independence, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Women Coming of Age === | |
| **Author:** Jane Fonda with Mignon McCarthy\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| At age forty-six, Jane Fonda advocates a total approach to health and fitness for the special needs of women thirty-five to sixty-five years of age. She offers concrete information, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Add Years to Your Life and Life to Your Years === | |
| **Author:** Irene Gore\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Handbook of practical suggestions to prevent falling into a rut and accepting a less-than-flattering image of old age. Dr. Gore believes that decline in advancing years should be due primarily to disease; that lack of mental and physical activity and just plain laziness contribute too much to aging. **1973**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 14491]] | |
| ---- | |
| === 50+: The Graedons' | |
| **Author:** Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In this general reference book geared toward older people, the authors advocate that patients become actively involved in their own care. They focus on such problems as aging skin, forgetfulness, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29848]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Treat Me, Not My Age: A Doctor’s Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a Loved One Gets Older === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Mark Lachs\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Geriatrician offers advice to seniors on obtaining good medical treatment as one ages. Discusses finding the right physician and care facility, making home modifications, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Old Age Is Not for Sissies: Choices for Senior Americans === | |
| **Author:** Art Linkletter\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| TV and radio personality Art Linkletter informs and advises senior citizens on the rights, choices, and opportunities at their disposal. A section is devoted to each of the author' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 27335]] | |
| ---- | |
| === What’s Age Got to Do With It?: Living Your Healthiest and Happiest Life === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Robin McGraw\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author of Inside My Heart (RC 63472), who is married to television’s Dr. Phil, addresses aging and women. McGraw and a panel of professionals offer advice on health, fashion, psychological well-being, and self-care. They answer common questions concerning fitness programs, nutrition, and hair and skin care. Bestseller. **2009**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[|DB 70204]] - Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. Reading time: 6 hours, 36 minutes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Mirror, Mirror: The Terror of Not Being Young === | |
| **Author:** Elissa Melamed\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A psychologist examines our youth-oriented society, where it is acceptable for men to age but not women. Tracing the historical roots of this discrimination which makes growing older such a torment for many women, she encourages them to express their frustration and anger, to affirm their right to age, and to recognize their responsibility to contribute their unique resources to a precarious world. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 20840]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Growing Older, Getting Better: A Handbook for Women in the Second Half of Life === | |
| **Author:** Jane Porcino\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A gerontologist provides information and encouraging advice on the social, emotional, and physical well-being of women over forty. Includes chapters on family matters, living alone, new beginnings, changing lifestyles, financial independence, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 19979]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Cathryn Jakobson Ramin\\ | |
| A journalist in her forties, dismayed by her unreliable memory, chronicles her journey in pursuit of an agile brain. She interviews experts in the fields of physiology, psychology, and sociology to explore such factors as sleep, stress, diet, exercise, medication, and genetics. **2007**.\\ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Suzanne Somers\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Actress and health guru describes her search for a cure to the "Seven Dwarfs of Menopause." | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Andrew Weil\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Physician and author of //Eight Weeks to Optimum Health// explains the aging process and describes ways to keep healthy while growing older. Covers nutrition, physical activity, vitamins, rest, stress reduction, and maintaining a social and spiritual life. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. **2005**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Braille ==== | |
| === Sex After Sixty: A Guide for Men and Women for Their Later Years === | |
| **Author:** Robert N. Butler and Myrna I. Lewis\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Information and guidance for mature people on continuing sexual activity. **1976**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 03108]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Vigor Regained: A Simple, Proven Home Program for Restoring Fitness and Vitality === | |
| **Author:** Herbert A. deVries\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Fully-tested exercise program for adults over 50. Progressive walking or jogging, modified calisthenics, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 02804]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Ourselves, Growing Older: Women Aging with Knowledge and Power === | |
| **Author:** Paula Brown Doress and Diana Laskin Siegal\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Under the auspices of the Boston Women' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 07658]] - 10 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === On Our Own: Independent Living for Older Persons === | |
| **Author:** Ursula A. Falk\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Americans cherish their independence, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Life After Work: Planning It, Living It, Loving It === | |
| **Author:** Allan Fromme\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A clinical therapist calls upon older Americans to rise to the occasion of retirement and to avoid becoming trapped in patterns that lead them to yearn for the past or to decry the present. Dr. Fromme insists that apathy, boredom, and loneliness do not have to be the lot of today' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06738]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === 50+: The Graedons' | |
| **Author:** Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In this general reference book geared toward older people, the authors advocate that patients become actively involved in their own care. They focus on such problems as aging skin, forgetfulness, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 29848]] | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Growing Old, Staying Young === | |
| **Author:** Christopher Hallowell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Science writer Hallowell reports on the aging process as it affects both the individual and society, with attention on the effect that a large older population will have on the United States. He points out the aged hold an exalted position in some countries, while we segregate our aged in retirement communities. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06840]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Alone--Not Lonely: Independent Living for Women Over Fifty === | |
| **Author:** Jane Seskin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Emphasizes the opportunities for self-awareness, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06748]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === The Best Years of Your Life === | |
| **Author:** Miriam Stoppard\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Provides advice on maintaining physical and mental health for men and women over the age of fifty. Among the topics discussed are nutrition and exercise, the changes retirement brings, special problems of the older body, sex, and coping with long-term illness. **1984**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 06229]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ===== Disabilities: | |
| ==== How to Survive a Hearing Loss ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Charlotte Himber\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Himber, whose hearing has been impaired for most of her life, is one of more than twenty million Americans with some form of hearing impairment. She chronicles her own hearing loss, her gradual acceptance of it, and her experiences with a variety of hearing aids. She also provides information on various kinds of hearing loss, on how hearing is evaluated, and on how to help friends and families adjust. **1989**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Ruth Sidransky\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| As a hearing child of deaf parents, Ruth Sidransky learned signing as her first language. Only when she entered school did she master speech. She was placed in a class for **retarded** (" | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ===== Disabilities: | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === Personal Computers and Special Needs === | |
| **Author:** Frank G. Bowe\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Individual case studies demonstrate the many ways in which computers can make education, employment, and independent living safer and more enjoyable for people with vision and hearing impairments, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 23573]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Disabled & Their Parents: A Counseling Challenge === | |
| **Author:** Leo Buscaglia\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The popular lecturer, writer, and educator emphasizes the importance of quality counseling for disabled persons and their families. He reviews the needs and rights of disabled persons, the role of family in their lives, and, in particular, the role of the counselor. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 20580]] - '' | |
| ---- | |
| === The Baby Challenge: A Handbook on Pregnancy for Women with a Physical Disability === | |
| **Author:** Mukti Jain Campion\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Practical guide to motherhood. Covers making the decision to become pregnant, available support services, pregnancy, delivery, and assistance from health professionals. Provides specific information about selected physical disabilities, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Living Fully: A Guide for Young People with a Handicap, Their Parents, Their Teachers, and Professionals === | |
| **Author:** Sol Gordon\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Takes a practical and honest look at how handicapped young people can face their problems and achieve full and happy adult lives. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 12712]] | |
| * [[BR 03990]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Making the Best of It--How to Cope with Being Handicapped === | |
| **Author:** Gillian K. Holzhauser\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A young, legally blind woman offers practical advice, based on her own experiences and insights, on how to develop a healthy attitude and a good outlook on life if one is handicapped. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Business and Social Etiquette with Disabled People: A Guide to Getting Along with Persons Who Have Impairments of Mobility, Vision, Hearing, or Speech === | |
| **Author:** Chalda Maloff and Susan Macduff Wood\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| After interviewing hundreds of people who have lived with impairments for at least three years, the authors offer suggestions about how people with disabilities wish to be treated in both business and social situations. **1988**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Promises to Keep: A Handbook for Parents of Learning Disabled, Brain-injured, | |
| **Author:** David Melton\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The parent of an exceptional child himself, the author provides detailed advice on such topics as finding Dr. Right, financing necessary medical treatments, selecting good day-care services, preserving family relationships, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 22807]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Disabled Child and the Family: An Exceptional Parent Reader === | |
| **Author:** Edited by Maxwell J. Schleifer and Stanley D. Klein\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| 62 articles culled from issues of the " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 25386]] - '' | |
| ---- | |
| === Joni & Ken: An Untold Love Story === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Ken Tada, Joni Eareckson Tada and Larry Libby\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Disability activist Joni and her husband Ken describe the difficulties that Joni's paralysis and extensive travel with her ministry have caused during their three decades of marriage. They explain ways their faith in God strengthened their relationship and helped them cope with Joni's cancer diagnosis and Ken's depression. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[|DB 76475]] - Read by Catherine Byers. Reading time 6 hours, 37 minutes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992 === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** United States Congress\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Public Law 102-569 was enacted by Congress on October 29, 1992, "to revise and extend the programs of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973." Provisions of this bill include the establishment of a national council on disability, a study of the needs of American Indians with handicaps, the creation of independent living services for older individuals who are blind, and a section dealing with special training projects. **1992**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ==== Braille ==== | |
| === Living Fully: A Guide for Young People with a Handicap, Their Parents, Their Teachers, and Professionals === | |
| **Author:** Sol Gordon\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Takes a practical and honest look at how handicapped young people can face their problems and achieve full and happy adult lives. **1975**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 12712]] | |
| * [[BR 03990]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === After the Tears: Parents Talk about Raising a Child with a Disability === | |
| **Author:** Robin Simons\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Parents of children with disabilities share their emotions, problems, and experiences in this handbook. Suggestions for dealing with relatives, strangers, and teachers and other professionals are provided, and a list of resources is included. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[BR 07173]] - 1 volume. | |
| ---- | |
| ===== Disabilities: | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === Blindness: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Live with It = | |
| **Author:** Thomas J. Carroll\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The national chaplain of the Blinded Veterans Association comments on the problems of the blinded adult. While his main theme is rehabilitation and restoration, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for the Homes of Blind and Visually Impaired Older People === | |
| **Author:** Irving R. Dickman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In a question-answer format, the author offers suggestions and options for the older person who has deteriorating vision and lives at home. The author suggests safe ways of dealing with obstacles that may be encountered in the kitchen, bathroom, and other rooms of the house. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 22319]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Coping with Low Vision === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Marshall E. Flax, Don J. Golembiewski, | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Information for everyone coping with visual impairment, including friends, family, and care givers. The term "low vision" | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === How Do I Do This When I Can't See What I'm Doing? Information Processing for the Visually Disabled === | |
| **Author:** Gerald Jahoda\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Calling upon his own experiences, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Blinded by Sight: Seeing Race Through the Eyes of the Blind === | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Osagie K. Obasogie\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Legal scholar explores the ways blind people experience racial differences. Argues that we are socialized to attach particular characteristics to race regardless of our ability to see and considers the implications of that convention on efforts to achieve a " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 20441]] - **IN PROCESS** | |
| ---- | |
| === When the Cook Can't Look: A Cooking Handbook for the Blind and Visually Handicapped === | |
| **Author:** Ralph Read\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, who became blind in adulthood, offers practical, safe, and easy cooking methods for sightless people, including how to measure ingredients, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 17940]] | |
| ---- | |
| === If Blindness Strikes--Don' | |
| **Author:** Margaret M. Smith\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, blind since birth, has worked with the visually handicapped since completing her master' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Self-Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life's Demands === | |
| **Author:** Dean W. Tuttle and Naomi R. Tuttle\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Third edition of a manual written for professionals who work with blind and low-vision individuals. Topics include an overview of blindness and its meaning for the individual. Describes the adjustment to the condition, psychological implications, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === How Do You Kiss a Blind Girl? === | |
| ***ADDED 2014*** | |
| **Author:** Sally Wagner\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A newspaper reporter shares the story of her adjustment to blindness resulting from a complication of diabetes. She also offers advice about living with friends and strangers who have disabilities. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Macular Disease: Practical Strategies for Living with Vision Loss === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Peggy R. Wolfe\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial, personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. **2011**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Braille ==== | |
| === Blindness: What It Is, What It Does, and How to Live with It === | |
| **Author:** Thomas J. Carroll\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The national chaplain of the Blinded Veterans Association comments on the problems of the blinded adult. While his main theme is rehabilitation and restoration, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === How Do I Do This When I Can't See What I'm Doing? Information Processing for the Visually Disabled === | |
| **Author:** Gerald Jahoda\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Calling upon his own experiences, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === If Blindness Strikes--Don' | |
| **Author:** Margaret M. Smith\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The author, blind since birth, has worked with the visually handicapped since completing her master' | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Self-Esteem and Adjusting with Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life's Demands === | |
| **Author:** Dean W. Tuttle and Naomi R. Tuttle\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Third edition of a manual written for professionals who work with blind and low-vision individuals. Topics include an overview of blindness and its meaning for the individual. Describes the adjustment to the condition, psychological implications, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ===== DISABILITIES: | |
| ==== Sexual Adjustment: A Guide for the Spinal Cord Injured ==== | |
| **Author:** Martha Ferguson Gregory\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Overview of the physical and psychological problems of paraplegics, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[RC 07914]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Triumph! Conquering Your Physical Disability ==== | |
| **Author:** LeRoy Hayman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Hayman was disabled in his early thirties by a freak accident that caused massive brain damage. He tells how the daily victories achieved since his near-death experience have made him a winner. Interviews with other disabled people focus on self-esteem, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Sensuous Wheeler: Sexual Adjustment for the Spinal Cord Injured ==== | |
| **Author:** Barry J. Rabin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An experienced psychologist and sex counselor offers a survey of information on sexuality as it relates to people with Spinal Cord Injuries. Discusses sexual response and functioning, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Wheelchair Child: How Handicapped Children Can Enjoy Life to Its Fullest ==== | |
| **Author:** Philippa Russell\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A comprehensive guide for people living or working with children who use wheelchairs. Detailed discussions cover a variety of concerns, from choosing schools, pets, sports, mobility aids, and special furniture to discussions of toilet training, sibling rivalry, and adolescent sexuality. Lists addresses for manufacturers of special products discussed and organizations serving the handicapped. **1985**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== An Easier Way: Handbook for the Elderly and Handicapped ==== | |
| **Author:** Jean Vieth Sargent\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| This book was compiled from a series of articles published in two Iowa newspapers on the needs of elderly and handicapped persons who want to remain independent. Suggestions include cups for shaky hands, writing aids for the arthritic, a tricky way to puncture a tall juice can with only one hand, and a sock " | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ===== Providing Care for a Loved One ===== | |
| ==== Talking Books ==== | |
| === | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Claire Berman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide for children who care for aging parents. Offers advice on balancing the needs of parent and caregiver, while protecting the physical and emotional health of the latter. Covers key areas such as sibling stress, communication, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Caring for Your Aging Parents: A Concerned, Complete Guide for Children of the Elderly | |
| **Author:** Robert R. Cadmus\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Practical guide for dealing with the problem of "What to do with Mom and | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 22946]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Where Can Mom Live? A Family Guide to Living Arrangements for Elderly Parents | |
| **Author:** Vivian F. Carlin and Ruth Mansberg\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Describes alternative housing choices for elderly people, such as home sharing, group homes, and congregate and life-care communities, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 27887]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The Loss of Self: A Family Resource for the Care of Alzheimer' | |
| **Author:** Donna Cohen and Carl Eisdorfer\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors attempt to set ground rules that will help a family cope with the emotional and physical stress of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 24256]] | |
| ---- | |
| === What Every Family Should Know about Strokes === | |
| **Author:** Lucille J. Hess and Robert E. Bahr\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A practicing speech pathologist and a family physician describe the causes and the effects of strokes. Book emphasizes how families can cope with the changes in relationships, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 20800]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Caring for the Parkinson Patient: A Practical Guide = | |
| **Author:** Edited by J. Thomas Hutton and Raye Lynne Dippel\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Parkinson' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Heartmates: A Survival Guide for the Cardiac Spouse === | |
| **Author:** Rhoda F. Levin\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Drawing on personal experience and professional training, a psychotherapist offers a guide for the spouses and families of heart attack survivors. She provides advice on changing roles and responsibilities following a cardiac crisis, and confronts such issues as the long recovery period, concerns over stress and finances, guilt, fear, fatigue, and sexuality. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 27419]] | |
| ---- | |
| === The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for Persons with Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementing Illnesses, and Memory Loss in Later Life === | |
| **Author:** Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Third edition (updating RC 19261) of guide for families whose members suffer from dementia. Covers a wide array of related social, medical, psychological, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Caring for Your Parents: The Complete AARP Guide === | |
| **Author:** Hugh Delehanty and Elinor Ginzler\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| AARP's advice for middle-aged people on assisting one's aging parents. Subjects include communicating about issues, advocating on health and legal care, determining financial status, finding caretakers and suitable living arrangements, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Home Care for the Elderly: A Complete Guide === | |
| **Author:** Jay Portnow and Martha Houtmann\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Practical working guide that covers home care from the basics of providing good nutrition and a pleasant, safe environment for the aging to step-by-step instructions on caring for the bedridden. Includes a checklist for evaluating a nursing home, an overview of national resources and tips on obtaining emergency assistance, supplies, and facts on Medicare. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 26621]] | |
| ---- | |
| === Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill === | |
| **Author:** Maggie Strong\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An account of how the author coped with the deteriorating health of her spouse, who had multiple sclerosis. Using her experiences and those of others in similar situations, she offers advice on such topics as maintaining family relationships, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 28292]] | |
| * [[BR 07572]] - 4 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Home Care for the Elderly === | |
| **Author:** Julie Trocchio\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| How-to guide in the basics of home care nursing for older invalids. Deals with the aging process, emotional support, nutrition, special conditions often encountered by elderly people, and their need to be treated with respect and love. **1981**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 19573]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Braille ==== | |
| === Caring for Your Parents: The Complete AARP Guide === | |
| **Author:** Hugh Delehanty and Elinor Ginzler\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| AARP's advice for middle-aged people on assisting one's aging parents. Subjects include communicating about issues, advocating on health and legal care, determining financial status, finding caretakers and suitable living arrangements, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === Helping Your Aging Parents: A Practical Guide for Adult Children | |
| **Author:** James Halpern\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A family therapist with clinical experience offers support and advice to those whose parents are coping with old age. Halpern aims to equip these adult children with information and strategies they will need to aid their parents. Provides lists of state agencies on aging, information on nursing homes, hospice facilities, and donor cards. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 07480]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| === Mainstay: For the Well Spouse of the Chronically Ill === | |
| **Author:** Maggie Strong\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An account of how the author coped with the deteriorating health of her spouse, who had multiple sclerosis. Using her experiences and those of others in similar situations, she offers advice on such topics as maintaining family relationships, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 28292]] | |
| * [[BR 07572]] - 4 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ===== DEATH & BEREAVEMENT ===== | |
| ==== The Hospice Handbook: A Complete Guide ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014*** | |
| **Author:** Larry Beresford\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Beresford has been involved with the concept of hospice since 1978, when his mother was diagnosed with cancer and received hospice care. At several facilities around the country he talked with staff, patients, and family members. He offers information on the philosophy of hospice; services provided, including caring for patients at home; and issues such as referral, finances, barriers to hospice access, and legal considerations. **1993**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:/ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Widower ==== | |
| **Author:** Scott Campbell and Phyllis Silverman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Firsthand accounts from twenty widowers who describe in depth their reactions to the deaths of their spouses, whether from illness, suicide, or murder. Provides not only a practical guide for the bereaved, but also insight into how self-help programs can ease the pain and help the mourner to live once again. **1987**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 27186]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens about Grieving & Healing ==== | |
| ***ADDED | |
| **Author:** Marilyn E. Gootman and Pamela Espeland\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Advice for teens on handling grief, anger, guilt, and depression after a friend dies. Includes quotes from youths who have experienced the loss of someone their age. Offers suggestions for seeking help from family, counselors, and/or therapists. For junior and senior high readers. **2005**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== On Children and Death ==== | |
| **Author:** Elisabeth Kübler-Ross\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A renowned psychiatrist considers the difficulties faced by parents who are losing or have lost a child. She offers compassionate and practical help for coping with the loss of a child through miscarriage or stillbirth, terminal illness, or accidental or violent death. **1983**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 05868]] - 3 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| **Author:** Ruth Jean Loewinsohn\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Explores what is known about a woman' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 25877]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults ==== | |
| **Author:** Edward Myers\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| An analysis of the problems and emotional reactions experienced by those who have lost a parent, and how they coped. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06931]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone Dies ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Dan Schaefer and Christine Lyons\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Guide for parents, older siblings, and other caregivers who are helping children deal with death. This third edition includes a section on assisting children to cope with traumatic loss. Provides instructions both for specific types of loss and for children of specific ages. **2001**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Bereaved Parent ==== | |
| **Author:** Harriet Sarnoff Schiff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Written by one who suffered "the ultimate tragedy," | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 05475]] - 1 volume. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Living Through Mourning: Finding Comfort and Hope When a Loved One Has Died ==== | |
| **Author:** Harriet Sarnoff Schiff\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Manual designed to assist the bereaved and those around them. Focuses on the death of a loved one, describing the grieving process and suggesting ways to cope with the loss. Includes advice on relating to others during the mourning period. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== When Someone Dies: The Practical Guide to the Logistics of Death ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2013***\\ | |
| **Author:** Scott Taylor Smith with Michael Castleman\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Smith, an investment banker and lawyer, uses personal experience and advice from estate attorneys to provide a step-by-step guide to the practical decisions that must be made following the death of a loved one. Discusses funeral and related expenses, and covers paying outstanding bills and settling the estate. **2013**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Living Through Personal Crisis ==== | |
| **Author:** Ann Kaiser Stearns\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A self-help guide to dealing with loss, grief, and guilt. Based on her personal acquaintance and professional experience with bereavement, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 22639]] | |
| * [[BR 05954]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ===== GENERAL ===== | |
| ==== Having It All: Love, Success, Sex, Money, Even If You're Starting with Nothing ==== | |
| **Author:** Helen Gurley Brown\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The editor of " | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions ==== | |
| **Author:** James Dobson\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Contains more than four hundred typical questions which people bring to this family psychologist, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 21187]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, | |
| **Author:** Ann Landers\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Includes four hundred essays by physicians, psychiatrists, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 13412]] | |
| ---- | |
| ==== How to Do Just About Anything ==== | |
| ***ADDED 2014***\\ | |
| **Author:** Reader' | |
| **Annotation: | |
| In this comprehensive guide to solving common household problems are such diverse topics as making a pie crust, fixing a squeaky door, curing laryngitis, and how to get your rent deposit returned. Skills and tools needed to complete most jobs are suggested, as well as advice on when to seek professional help. **1986**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Healing Circle: Authors Writing of Recovery ==== | |
| **Author:** Mary Swander and Patricia Foster\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Explores strategies of recovery for people with chronic illnesses or long-term injuries from accidents. The writers, including such literary artists as Jane Smiley, Dennis Covington, and Andrew Sullivan, discuss disability and recovery in the context of personal experience. Examines the notion that healing through imagination is an act of courage. **1998**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Best of Dear Abby ==== | |
| **Author:** Abigail Van Buren\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Collection of the author' | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[RC 17329]] | |
| * [[BR 05028]] - 2 volumes. | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Kim Williams' | |
| **Author:** Kim Williams\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Here, in humorous, pithy essays and verses, the author, a popular commentator on the "All Things Considered" | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[BR 06534]] | |
| ---- | |
| ===== UNEMPLOYMENT / JOB HUNTING (Added 2013) ===== | |
| ==== Successful Job Search Strategies for the Disabled: Understanding the ADA ==== | |
| **Author:** Jeffrey G. Allen\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Allen addresses the more than forty million Americans who are disabled, sixty percent of whom are unemployed. He offers advice on finding a job, gives an overview of the ADA, and discusses topics such as: where jobs are, self-assessment for a job, what to disclose regarding a disability, interview guidelines, accommodations, | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Job-Hunting Tips for the So-Called Handicapped or People Who Have Disabilities a Supplement to What Color Is Your Parachute? | |
| **Author:** Richard Nelson Bolles\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| @@ Line -1465,81 +3275,170 @@ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[DB 53895]] - **IN PROCESS** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual For Job-Hunters and Career-Changers | |
| **Author:** Richard Nelson Bolles\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Revised and updated edition of the popular guide for determining job objectives and career goals. This | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 20222]] - **2014 edition** - **IN PROCESS** | |
| ---- | |
| ==== What Color Is Your Parachute? for Teens: Discovering Yourself, Defining Your Future | |
| **Author:** Richard Nelson Bolles and Carol Christen, with Jean M. Blomquist\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Revised and updated edition of the popular guide for determining job objectives and career goals. This 2005 version assesses the impact of global outsourcing on job growth as compared to actual job vacancies, which are the product of constant employment turnover. Offers advice for finding a niche. Includes resources. **2005**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Job | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[BR 20270]] - **2011 Edition** | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| === | |
| ==== Flashback: Post- | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| * [[ | |
| ---- | |
| ==== On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society | |
| **Author: | |
| **Annotation: | |
| **Available Formats:** | |
| | |
| ---- | |
| ==== | |
| **Author:** Janelle Hill and Don Philpott\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| The authors of //The Wounded Warrior Handbook// (DB 68275) provide advice for military families dealing with special-needs children and adults. They discuss benefits and treatment options and highlight the importance of acting as an advocate for one's child. Includes resources section that lists support groups. **2011**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== The Wounded Warrior Handbook: A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans ==== | |
| **Author:** Janelle Hill, Don Philpott, and Cheryl Lawhorne\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Guide for injured U.S. military veterans and their families provides information on medical treatment, rehabilitation, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Life After the Military: A Handbook for Transitioning Veterans ==== | |
| **Author:** Janelle Hill, Don Philpott, and Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| A guide for veterans leaving the military. Discusses the emotional and psychological challenges of becoming a civilian and ways for families to cope with the change. Includes information on obtaining employment, furthering education, and managing finances. Lists relevant websites. **2011**.\\ | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Combat-Related Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD: A Resource and Recovery Guide ==== | |
| **Author:** Cheryl Lawhorne and Don Philpott\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Guidance for military veterans--and their families--who are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or combat-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Authors describe symptoms and diagnoses; discuss treatment options; and list resources for rehabilitation, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Military Mental Health Care: A Guide for Service Members, Veterans, Families, and Community ==== | |
| **Author:** Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott and Don Philpott\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Resource guide for U.S. military veterans and their families provides information on medical treatment, rehabilitation, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| ---- | |
| ==== Through Veterans' | |
| **Author:** Larry Minear\\ | |
| **Annotation: | |
| Commentary from post-9/11 veterans collected from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project and supplemented by author interviews. Covers reasons for enlisting; dealing with combat, local populations, | |
| **Available Formats: | |
| * [[https:// | |
| * [[https:// | |
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| ==== Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives ==== | |
| **Author:** Jim Sheeler\\ | |
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| Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sheeler recounts the two years he spent shadowing marine major Steve Beck, an officer whose job is to notify the families of fallen soldiers. Sheeler portrays the lives of the deceased, Beck's efforts to comfort the grieving relatives, and the toll on surviving kin. **2008**.\\ | |
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| ==== The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won't Tell You About What They' | |
| **Author:** Kevin Sites\\ | |
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| Eleven veterans--including the author, an award-winning war correspondent--discuss their combat experiences in World War II Europe, Vietnam, and the Middle East. They relate the difficulties of returning to civilian life and dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder. Violence and strong language. Commercial audiobook. **2013**.\\ | |
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| ==== After the War Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families ==== | |
| **Author:** Laurie B. Slone and Matthew J. Friedman\\ | |
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| Two experts in post-traumatic stress disorder address the needs of soldiers returning home after their tour of duty. The authors detail the emotional cycle of deployment and common reactions to the trauma of war. They discuss case studies and the effect of community and family support on service members. **2008**.\\ | |
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| ==== Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors | |
| **Author:** U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\\ | |
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| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 2012 summary of benefits provided to eligible individuals. Covers health care, service-related disabilities, | |
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| ===== SPECIAL EDUCATION (Added 2014) ===== | |
| ==== When the School Says No, How to Get the Yes!: Securing Special Education Services for Your Child ==== | |
| **Author:** Vaughn Lauer\\ | |
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| Special education professional offers guidance to help parents obtain an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for a child with special needs. Advocates a collaborative approach and uses case studies to illustrate what works and what does not. **2014**.\\ | |
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