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Nurturing the Shy Child: Practical Help for Raising Confident and Socially Skilled Kids and Teens
by Barbara G. Markway Gregory P. MarkwayDO YOU WORRY THAT YOUR CHILD IS TOO SHY?DOES YOUR CHILD SIT ON THE SIDELINES, OFTEN AVOIDING GROUP ACTIVITIES?DOES YOUR CHILD FEEL NERVOUS WHEN BEING CALLED ON BY THE TEACHER, GIVING A REPORT IN CLASS, OR READING ALOUD?DOES YOUR CHILD COMPLAIN OF "BUTTERFLIES" IN THE STOMACH, DIZZINESS, SHAKY HANDS, OR BLUSHING?DO YOU WISH YOU KNEW HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD BREAK OUT OF HIS OR HER SHELL?With the right kind of care and attention, every child has the chance to overcome his or her shyness. Nurturing the Shy Child provides parents, teachers, guidance counselors and other concerned adults with the latest information and practical tools that they need to help shy and socially anxious kids. This book covers the entire shy spectrum-from shyness in only certain situations to social anxiety disorder-and provides proven methods adults can use to ease the child's discomfort, tailored to specific ages and levels of anxiety.Unlike other books on shyness, Nurturing the Shy Child also offers much needed information on problems that can go along with shyness and social anxiety, including depression, school anxiety, separation anxiety, excessive worry, selective mutism, and more. Written by psychologists Barbara and Gregory Markway, co-authors of Painfully Shy and respected experts in the field, this book's sensible and reassuring tone goes a long way toward preventing needless suffering in children and offers their parents some long-overdue hope.
Nurturing the Soul of Your Family
by Renée Peterson TrudeauWhat would it feel like to experience more ease, harmony, and flow in the midst of navigating homework squabbles, mealtimes, commutes, and the other challenges of everyday life? Nurturing the Soul of Your Family is a guidebook for personal and spiritual renewal from the award-winning author of The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal. It offers nurturing support and practical ideas to guide you toward a new way of being. Enjoyable, down-to-earth, and empowering, Renée Peterson Trudeau's ten paths to peace will help you learn how to: * find your center and move through chaos and uncertainty with renewed strength and ease * live every day aligned with your values and what matters most * slow down, tap the wisdom of your wise self, and know what's best for you and your family * release old habits, fears, and anxieties as you explore a new way of being * access more joy by living in the present moment (the best antidote to stress!) * experience more freedom and unscheduled time
Nurturing the Unborn Child: A Nine-Month Program for Soothing, Stimulating, and Communicating with Your Baby
by Pamela Weintraub Thomas VernyPregnancy can be a tense time for a mother and her partner, but Dr. Thomas Verny and Pamela Weintraub have outlined ways for parents to communicate with their child in order to relieve stress and create a lasting bond. NURTURING THE UNBORN CHILD diagrams a nine-month program involving such exercises as massage, music and dance to stimulate the relationship between parents and child. Through these techniques parents can learn how to analyze their fears during pregnancy and create ways to alleviate them permanently. NURTURNING THE UNBORN CHILD is an essential guide to learning how to communicate with and stimulate your baby before it commences its journey to the outside world.
Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person: A Parent’s Handbook to Supporting Newly Diagnosed Teens and Pre-Teens
by Cathy WassellAs the parent of a child recognised as autistic as a pre-teen or teen, it can often feel difficult to find the answers you need. Children who make it to late primary/early secondary age before being picked up by the system tend to present with traits that are harder to spot, meaning it can be harder to engage professionals in the diagnostic process and gather the necessary support.Cathy Wassell, CEO of Autistic Girls Network, has tailored this handbook to support parents with older children or teenagers who are at the identification stage, walking them through the basics in an engaging and accessible manner. She addresses key challenges for this age group, including co-occurring conditions, puberty, and safeguarding, as well as looking to the future, advising on schooling options, and beyond.Designed to help parents become fully informed and ensure a nurturing and positive environment for our autistic young people, this is a guide with a focus on difference - not deficit.
Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person: A Parent’s Handbook to Supporting Newly Diagnosed Teens and Pre-Teens
by Cathy WassellAs the parent of a child recognised as autistic as a pre-teen or teen, it can often feel difficult to find the answers you need. Children who make it to late primary/early secondary age before being picked up by the system tend to present with traits that are harder to spot, meaning it can be harder to engage professionals in the diagnostic process and gather the necessary support.Cathy Wassell, CEO of Autistic Girls Network, has tailored this handbook to support parents with older children or teenagers who are at the identification stage, walking them through the basics in an engaging and accessible manner. She addresses key challenges for this age group, including co-occurring conditions, puberty, and safeguarding, as well as looking to the future, advising on schooling options, and beyond.Designed to help parents become fully informed and ensure a nurturing and positive environment for our autistic young people, this is a guide with a focus on difference - not deficit.
Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album
by Shana AlexanderThe New York Times-bestselling classic true-crime story of Frances Bradshaw Schreuder, the Manhattan socialite who persuaded the one assassin who couldn't refuse her--her teenage son--to kill her multimillionaire father <P><P> In August of 1983 Shana Alexander, acclaimed journalist and chronicler of the lives and criminal trials of Jean Harris and Patty Hearst, wrote to New York City ballet patron Frances Schreuder on the eve of her murder trial. Schreuder stood accused of unlawfully causing the death of her father, Franklin Bradshaw, and of soliciting, encouraging, and aiding her prep school-student son in the homicide in the hope of financial gain. Alexander never received a response, but she flew to Salt Lake City and met with Schreuder's mother, the matriarch of the Mormon dynasty--eighty-year-old Berenice Bradshaw. <P> Nutcracker is the true story of this crime--the twisting four-year police investigation, the derailed cover-up and conspiracy, the dramatic trials. It is also the tale of a family riven by greed and madness. Drawing on interviews with all the major players, Alexander paints a powerful portrait of a psychopathic woman driven by avarice, so depraved that she persuaded her own son to commit grand-patricide. Nutcracker was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime of 1986.
Nutrition
by William H. Dietz Loraine SternThis essential guide to good eating gives parents all the information and strategies they need to meet the dietary needs of children from birth through adolescence, as well as the facts about standards of weight and height; eating disorders and special dietary needs, alternative diets, and supplements; allergies; and concerns over food safety. The new 2nd edition provides updated growth charts, the USDA's new MyPlate model for healthy eating, and new information on topics such as Allergies BMI BPA Breastfeeding Celiac disease Cholesterol-lowering medications Conflicts/picky eaters Constipation Fish, mercury, and omega-3 fatty acids Food safety Food scares Hiding foods Obesity Organic foods Outside influences Physical activity Sodium VitaminsThe book also provides special insights into what's best for newborns, introducing solid foods, how to deal with outside influences (including friends, family, and TV commercials), and much more!
Nutrition in Pregnancy and Childbirth: Food for Thought
by Lorna Davies Ruth DeeryMaking good nutritional choices can mean women optimise the outcomes of their birthing experience and offer their babies the best possible start in life. To support this, all health professionals who work with women during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period need to have an appropriate knowledge of nutrition, healthy eating and other food related issues. This evidence-based text provides an informative and accessible introduction to nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth. As well as allowing readers to recognise when nutritional deficiency may be creating challenges, it explores the psychosocial and cultural context of food and considers their relevance for women’s eating behaviour. Finally, important emerging issues, such as eating during labour, food supplements and maternal obesity, are discussed. An important reference for health professionals working in midwifery or public health contexts especially, this book is also the ideal companion for a course on nutrition in pregnancy and childbirth.
Nutritional Strategies for the Very Low Birthweight Infant
by David H. AdamkinThe goal of nutritional management in VLBW and ELBW infants is the achievement of postnatal growth at a rate that approximates the intrauterine growth of a normal fetus at the same postconceptional age. In reality, however, growth lags considerably after birth; although non-nutritional factors are involved, nutrient deficiencies are critical in explaining delayed growth. This practical clinically-oriented pocketbook reviews and summarises all available clinical evidence. It enables the reader to implement parenteral or enteral feeding plans, with the goals of reducing postnatal weight loss, earlier return to birthweight, and improved catch-up growth. Both nutrient balance and growth and the impact on neurodevelopment and health outcomes are evaluated. With many tables and algorithms to summarise key data and management strategies, Nutritional Strategies for the Very Low Birthweight Infant is an invaluable guide for all healthcare professionals caring for premature babies.
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka-Dot Pants
by Eric Litwin Scott MagoonAnother playful and winning story by the author of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes!Hazel Nut wants her family to sing and dance along with her, but they are just too busy! Who can she call? Why... her super-hip, disco-dancing Grandma Nut! In the second book of the Nuts series, Eric Litwin's playful call-and-response rhymes and Scott Magoon's hilarious illustrations invite readers young and old to join in on the fun.
The Nuts: Keep Rolling! (Nuts)
by Eric Litwin Scott MagoonHazel Nut and Wally's Nut's playtime roll down a muddy hill turns into a hilarious chase when they get covered in so much muck that they get bigger... and bigger... until they're big as ELEPHANTS! Can anyone help get the Nuts back down to size? Eric Litwin offers an upbeat and inspiring message: What do you do when you roll into trouble? Keep rolling!In the third book of the Nuts series, Eric Litwin's playful call-and-response rhymes and Scott Magoon's hilarious illustrations invite readers young and old to join in on the fun. Readers can go to The NutFamily.com to learn the Keep Rolling song and dance along with Eric!
Nutshell: A Novel
by Ian Mcewan<P>Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home--a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse--but John's not there. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy's womb. <P>Told from a perspective unlike any other, Nutshell is a classic tale of murder and deceit from one of the world's master storytellers. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
NY Doc Under the Northern Lights
by Amy RuttanEscaping the big city…For love under Icelandic skiesWhen surgeon Betty Jacinth’s heart is broken once again, she takes a job in Iceland for a change of scenery. She expects cold weather—but not the frosty welcome she receives from gorgeous but brooding Dr. Axel Sturlusson! Now father to his orphaned niece, Axel gradually thaws, and a flame ignites—but when Betty’s ex begs her to return, can she make the right choice for love?
O Autismo tem cura
by Marcus Pfeiffer Renata Campos J. PintoO autismo é bem mais comum do que muitas pessoas pensam. Os últimos estudos nos mostram números chocantes. Pior do que isso, podemos ver um aumento constante de crianças diagnosticadas com autismo. Como se não bastasse, quando visitam médicos e pediatras, os pais ouvem que o autismo é uma enfermidade mental sem cura e que precisam aprender a conviver com isso. Permita-me dizer a verdade, a recuperação do autismo não é simples. E como poderia se o próprio autismo é um transtorno tão complexo? Contudo, ele definitivamente é curável. Vou repetir mais uma vez: O autismo tem cura Não se deixe enganar pelas declarações dos cientistas e especialistas. E acima de tudo, não permita que ninguém te desencoraje. Principalmente se você acredita em Deus, você precisa saber que Ele já criou a cura para todas as doenças.
O Caso da Cigarra Extraviada: O Caso da Cigarra Extraviada (detetive, drama, crime, amor, romance #3)
by John HenryBo "Didley" Hart e sua ajudante Phredrica J. Fox junto com seu novo detetive, Indigo Jones, assumem seu terceiro caso como Detetives Particulares. Uma série de assassinatos ao longo da Trilha dos Apalaches têm uma coisa em comum que é incomodar os detetives da polícia, os restos de um inseto que simplesmente não deveria estar lá. Bo e Phred são contratados para descobrir o porquê e como está. Então, aperte o cinto de segurança e prepare-se para o passeio......
O Caso de Billy B
by Cindy VineÉ necessária toda uma comunidade para educar uma criança. Chris é um jovem pai que se vê forçado a criar o seu filho sozinho. Depressa se apercebe de que o mundo tem os seus próprios planos e que o seu filho, Billy, não é uma prioridade. Será Chris capaz de tomar as decisões certas para manter Billy em segurança?
O Desertor
by Abdulrazak GurnahPRÉMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2021 Um dos romances mais representativos de Abdulrazak Gurnah, que reconfirma o seu talento de narrador e de cronista de uma África ainda desconhecida. Ao romper de mais uma manhã, Hassanali está a caminho da mesquita quando um forasteiro branco, vindo do deserto, desaba a seus pés. Hassanali decide ajudar aquele homem — um explorador e orientalista inglês de nome Martin Pearce — levando-o depois para casa de um oficial, seu conterrâneo. Quando Pearce regressa para agradecer a Hassanali por lhe ter salvado a vida, também conhece a irmã dele, Rehana, com quem viverá uma história de amor proibido. Décadas depois, numa Zanzibar em vésperas da turbulenta independência do poder colonial europeu, Jamila, a neta de Rehana, viverá com Amin uma história de amor em tudo semelhante, que desafiará a família, a moral e as convençõesda sociedade. Obra representativa do talento de Abdulrazak Gurnah, O Desertor evoca o complexo ambiente social, religioso e cultural da África Oriental na época colonial através de duas histórias de amor, separadas pelo tempo, mas unidas pelo seu desfecho, evidenciando o intricado mosaico de uma África ainda desconhecida. «Uma proeza admirável… uma profunda investigação sobre a natureza do amor, da raça e do império.» San Francisco Chronicle «[Gurnah] é um escritor no máximo da sua forma, com um forte sentido da narrativa, um olho clínico para as dinâmicas familiares e uma total compreensão da psicologia corrosiva do colonialismo.» The Seattle Times«Gurnah é um contador de histórias exímio.» Financial Times
O for a Thousand Nights to Sleep: An Eye-Opening Guide to the Wonder-Filled Months of Baby's First Year
by Lorilee CrakerDesigned to fuel the new mommy's body, mind, and spirit, this indispensable, eye-opening guide to baby's first year provides can't-miss help from veteran moms. A new mother will have a few good laughs and get the scoop on her life as a walking zombie, how to get more sleep, breast-feeding 101 (and no-guilt bottle-feeding), and much more.
O menino que não quis chorar
by José Antonio Jiménez-BarberoPara Santiago, o dia a dia na escola se transformou em um castigo insuportável e a ideia de suicídio, fascinante e terrível, vem à sua mente torturada, cada vez com mais frequência. Tudo muda quando conhece Lucía, a menina nova. Simpática, inteligente e dotada de grande sensibilidade, é a única capaz de descobrir o maravilhoso mundo interior que valoriza o estranho e solitário menino. Algo extraordinário começa a acontecer com Santiago. Oculta, sob a superfície de sua aparente timidez, uma personalidade forte, indomável e por vezes, sombria, se revela de repente. A cruel perseguição, porém, continua cada vez mais obsessiva e violenta. E Santiago, decidido a não se deixar derrotar, suporta-a em silêncio, sem se queixar, sem chorar. Até que finalmente, esse pesadelo também alcança sua única amiga, e a frágil sanidade de Santiago termina por se romper de maneira devastadora e terrível.
O My America!: A Novel (Library Of Modern Jewish Literature Ser.)
by Johanna KaplanA delightfully funny and moving novel about the singular life of a cantankerous Jewish-American writer and anarchist troublemaker, as remembered by his daughter In 1972, sixty-four-year-old Ezra Slavin&’s heart gives out at an anti-war rally. A contentious and irascible Jewish-American writer, anarchist, and inadvertent guru to discontented youth, he leaves behind a large extended family of ex-wives, lovers, and children, most of whom had cut all ties with the infuriating intellectual provocateur years earlier. Out of the entire family, only one daughter, Merry, a journalist, can remember her father with her own critical, conflicted understanding, a saddened sympathy approaching love. As the day of his memorial approaches, she attempts to make sense of the puzzle of Ezra&’s life before all of its disparate, discordant elements come crashing together at the service.The award-winning author of Other People&’s Lives, Johanna Kaplan creates a vivid cast of unforgettable characters who reveal the disparity between Ezra&’s long-suffering, neglected family, his admiring friends, and the youthful hangers-on—and, most notably, in the outrageously enigmatic Ezra himself. At once hilarious and poignant, O My America! offers a fascinating evocation of a time and place in America, a satiric history of the immigrant Jewish experience, and a wonderful portrait of an exasperating yet endearing anti-hero pursuing his unique vision of the American dream.
O presente de Afrodite
by Olga Kryuchkova Alexandra AlmeidaO presente de Afrodite é uma história de amor entre a filha de 18 anos de um nobre russo e um hussardo sem posses (os hussardos eram cavaleiros no Exército Imperial Russo no século XIX). A moça não queria casar com um homem que seus pais encontraram para ela – um conde rico e de alta classe quarenta anos mais velho do que a jovem. Ela tenta forçar o seu pai a cancelar o casamento, mas não consegue. O bravo hussardo a rapta e casa-se com a moça. Por sorte, o desonrado conde vem a ser um parente próximo do hussardo e o tio reconcilia-se com seu jovem sobrinho, o qual também é seu estimado herdeiro. Este livro é voltado para mulheres de todas as idades.
O Sister Swallow: An Elegy for Bharati Namjoshi
by Suniti NamjoshiShouldn' t there be a bridge from the known to the unknown?In this exquisite elegy, Suniti Namjoshi reflects on the life of her sister Bharati, their overlapping yet disparate lives, their nearness and distance, and what it means to belong and to be valued. The two sisters love one another and they love birds; but they live on different continents and think in different languages. Is this what sisterhood is really about – to acknowledge difference and still to understand and to care?This richly textured book with its tender and elegant language is full of both joy and grief. It is a generous yet poignant invitation from the author to us to contemplate our own experience.If the casual, implacable insolence of death could be answered by building a monument or by writing an elegy, perhaps it would do till language crumbled and the edifice fell.
O ursinho encontra uma casa.
by Linda HendersonO pequeno urso sente-se sozinho no mundo. Após acordar um dia, e perceber que não havia nenhum urso para o confortar ou tomar conta dele, ele decide partir numa jornada para encontar alguem que o ame. Como vais descobrir ao ler este livro, a sua busca leva o ursinho a um final feliz!
O VALOR DE UMA MULHER
by G. G. Vega Marili GomesEsse livro retrata o valor da mulher nos tempos desde os tempos da criação do mundo. Uma mulher valorizada pelo Criador para ser a ajudadora do homem, tantas vezes humilhada e desvalorizada pela sociedade.
Oak Island Family: The Restall Hunt for Buried Treasure
by Lee LambFor 200 years people have sought the treasure buried on Oak Island on Canada’s East Coast. Bob Restall got his chance, but it ended in tragedy. A fabulous treasure lies buried deep within an island on Canada’s East Coast. Or so they say. For more than 200 years, treasure-hunters have come to Oak Island, spent fortunes, worked long and hard, and left empty-handed. When Bob Restall and his family got their chance to search for treasure on Oak Island, they believed they soon would succeed where others had failed. But the island resisted. For nearly six years the Restalls lived and laboured on Oak Island, spurred on by small successes and tantalizing clues. And then one August day, the Restall hunt for buried treasure came to a sudden and tragic end. Oak Island Family, written by Bob and Mildred Restall’s daughter, gives a clear account of Oak Islands strange history and the Restall family’s attempt to change it. Personal notes and more than 50 never-before-published photographs and sketches help make Oak Island Family an engrossing read. Anyone who loves mystery, adventure, and a good human interest story will enjoy this book.