Contagious Optimism

Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking

Where are you on your life journey? Do you want a different life, but aren't sure how to find it? How do you discover your passion? How do you take charge of your professional future?

Start using the lessons of Contagious Optimism to write your own "silver linings playbook." Contagious Optimism includes stories, advice, actions and insights from business leaders, visionaries, professionals and just plain folks. David Mezzapelle believes that we all have the capacity to make optimism contagious just by sharing our life's adventures, and he's found a group of unstoppable optimists who have made their lives exactly what they want them to be.

Help! My Toddler Came Without Instructions

Practical Tips for Parenting a Happy One, Two, Three and Four Year Old

Are you tired of having cereal thrown in your face every morning? Is your three-year-old's beloved blankie a ratty-looking embarrassment? Blythe Lipman comes to your rescue with excellent advice, hundreds of tips and sanity-saving solutions. Go from stressed out, overwhelmed and exhausted to meltdown free and mellow! When new "toddler troubles" arise, turn to Lipman's Help! My Toddler Came Without Instructions and you'll soon be back in control of your out-of-control child.

Crafting Calm

Projects and Practices for Creativity and Contemplation

In this wild and wired world, it is increasingly difficult to truly relax and find stillness within. Maggie Oman Shannon's Crafting Calm is a DIY guide to peace of mind, offering an abundance of ways you can achieve serenity and satisfaction by living the handmade life. From making a desktop shrine or mini-Zen garden, to stringing intention beads and painting personal prayer flags, Crafting Calm is an essential tool for making mindfulness.

Mom's the Word

The Wit, Wisdom and Wonder of Motherhood

Heartwarming and humorous, this tribute to moms of the world gathers the best things anyone ever said about motherhood. From beloved role models Dear Abby and Reba McEntire to movers and shakers such as Oprah Winfrey and Sonia Sotomayor, women (and a few men) crack wise on the subject at the center of everyone's life, mommy dearest!

Making the Most of Bed Rest

Tips, Tools and Resources for a Rewarding Recovery from Any Health Challenge

When your doctor prescribes long-term bed rest, it doesn't have to mean endless hours of staring at television or the walls. Author Barbara Edelston Peterson, a world-champion triathlete, offers the wisdom of experience in this practical and reassuring self-help guide, which spells out everything you need to adapt and thrive during your stay in bed.

One and Only

The Untold Story of On the Road

When Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady first met in New York City, they didn't like each other. How did they come to be best of friends, immortalized forever as Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty in On the Road? Lu Anne loved them both, and she taught them how to love each other. In effect, she made the Beat Generation possible, and gave Kerouac material for one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century, now a major motion picture. Illustrated with over 40 rare archival photographs, One and Only: The Untold Story of On the Road reveals the hidden side of Neal and Jack, the real men behind the legends.