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Parenting and Health:

Blum, Esther: Eat, Drink and Be Gorgeous, Chronicle, 2007 - Learn how to eat right and keep your body beautiful from the inside out. You'll learn how to fend off colds and flus, PMS, yeast infections, and hangovers, and many other health-challenging conditions. Debut Author

Blum, Esther: Secrets of Gorgeous, Chronicle, 2008 - More tips and secrets on living well while you are living it up from the sassiest nutritionist in town.

Blum, Esther: Pregnant and Gorgeous, Chronicle, 2011 - Tips and secrets on being a knock out while you are knocked up from Manhattan’s favorite sassy nutritionist.

Braun, Dan; House, Franklin; Newman, Ian; Seale, Stuart: The 30-Day Diabetes Miracle: Lifestyle Center of America's Complete Program to Stop Diabetes, Restore Health, and Build Natural Vitality, Perigee, 2008 - This health guide for people living with diabetes is based on the Lifestyle Center of America’s residential program for combating and reversing diabetes. Debut Author

Dolgoff, Joanna, MD: Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right: The Food Solution That Lets Kids Be Kids, Rodale, February 2010 - A family nutrition and weight loss program, which enjoys a 96% success rate and categorizes foods by the colors of the traffic light. Debut Author

Dugan, Elizabeth: The Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families, Collins, 2006 - A comprehensive resource for older drivers and their families confronting driving safety issues. Dr. Dugan provides clear, practical information regarding the effects of age, medical conditions, and medications on driving.

Koenig, Joanne Coste: Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease, Houghton Mifflin, 2003 & 2004 - A guide that emphasizes the importance of communicating with Alzheimer’s patients by focusing on their emotional language. Topics include understanding the diagnosis, respectfully stopping the patient from driving, establishing a plan of care, and enriching the patient's life.  Rights sold in U.K., Germany, France, and Japan.

Raugh, Randy, Blevins, Meredith: Prime for Life: Functional Fitness for Ageless Living, Rodale, September 2008 – From the Fitness Director of The Canyon Ranch’s most prestigious program the Life Enhancement Program, this fitness book shares one of the nation’s top physical therapists’ insight into keeping your body feeling and looking its prime.

Sothern, Melinda; Schumacher, Heidi; Von Almen, Kris: Trim Kids: The Proven 12-Week Plan that Has Helped. Thousands of Children Achieve a Healthier Weight, Harper Resource, 2002 & 2003 - With 25 percent of American children overweight or obese, how can parents help a child lose excess pounds without nagging or making him or her develop an eating disorder? This 12-week plan offers concrete guidelines for nutrition, exercise, and positive reinforcement.

Stone, Rhonda: The Light Barrier: Understanding the Mystery of Irlen Syndrome and Light-based Reading Difficulties, St. Martin's, 2002 & 2003 - An eye-opening account about an all-too-common sight affliction--perhaps affecting as many as 1 in 5 children--which is constantly being ignored, or misdiagnosed.

Teta, Jade ND, CSCS and Keoni Teta ND, L.Ac CSCS: The New Me Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest, Collins, 2010 - The fat loss program that replaces traditional science of calorie-burning with the cutting-edge science of hormonal fat burning. Debut Authors