Written in epistolary form and drawn from actual events, William Hill Brown's The Power of Sympathy (1789) reflects eighteenth-century America's preoccupation with the role of women as safekeepers of the country's morality. A novel about the dangers of succumbing to sexual temptations and the rewards of resistance, it was meant to promote women's moral rectitude, and the letters through which the story is told are filled with advice on the proper...

The author relates his personal struggle to overcome self-sabotage and self-doubt that he felt due to a battle with a rare disease, and offers advice on how readers can overcome their own challenges and become more self-confident and secure.

With warmth and encouragement, along with her original ten-step process, Carolynn Hillman puts self-esteem and the accomplishment and real satisfaction it engenders within the reach of every woman. Her straightforward approach to conquering feelings of inadequacy and self-defeating behavior include: Practicing six key ways of nurturing yourself Recognizing and appreciating your good points Silencing the inner critic and heeding the inner child Breaking...

"Sunny side upbringing is a simple parenting toolkit designed to make your life easier and more fulfilled by keeping your family values on the forefront of daily life. Parent educator Maria Dismondy took her greatest advice, research, ideas, activities, and educational resources from over the last 20 years and put them down on paper for us all to benefit from. The result is a month-by-month parenting resource (kind of like "a parent's best friend")...

"Shaped by Love details developmnental phases from infancy through toddlerhood and offers information and beautiful images that encourage healthy and nurturing childcare. A book mothers and babies can enjoy together and an indispensable parenting guidebook, filled with advice based on the most current scientific research."--Back cover.

"As a parent, you want the best for your child, and one of your greatest hopes is that your child will grow up to be a good person. So, what makes a good person? Generally, we think about good people as being kind: those who are compassionate, empathetic, generous. However, it seems that, in our fast-paced, individual-driven society, kindness is fading and the pressure on parents to raise socially conscious, empathetic, and caring children can seem...

"Grant Golliher is what some would call a horse whisperer, able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of force. Through training thousands of horses, many traumatized or abused, Golliher was able to learn essential lessons about communication, boundaries, fairness, trust, and respect -- lessons that apply not just to horses but to humans as well. It's why celebrities, Fortune 500 executives, professional coaches,...

The bestselling author of unselfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century - and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current generation of kids. The high-achieving students she talks...

"Discover an eye-opening and provocative new way to look at our health based on the latest groundbreaking discoveries in the science of compassion, kindness, and human connection. For all of its rigor and science, medicine is full of stories--mysteries--that doctors and research cannot explain. Patients who are biologically healthy, but feel ill. Patients who are biologically ill, but feel healthy. What if these health mysteries could teach us something...