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ABUSE AND ASSAULT
Bass, Ellen and Laura Davis. The Courage to
Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child
Sexual Abuse. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
__________________ and Joan Torres. Men Who
Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When
Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why. New York:
Bantam, 1986.
Davidson, Terry. Conjugal Crime:
Understanding and Changing the Wife Beating
Pattern. New York: Hawthorn, 1978.
Gateley, Edwina. I Hear a Seed Growing.
Trabuco Canyon, CA: Source Books, 1990. For
prostitutes and those who counsel them.
Leman, Dr. Kevin. The Pleasers: Women Who
Can't Say No and the Men Who Control Them. New
York: Dell, 1987.
Miller, Kathy C. Healing the Angry Heart: A
Strategy for Confident Mothering. Lynwood, WA:
Aglow, 1984. Written by a mother who used to
abuse her children.
NiCarthy, Ginny. Getting Free: A Handbook for
Women in Abusive Relationships, rev. ed.
Seattle, WA: Seal, 1986.
Walters, Candace. Invisible Wounds: What
Every Woman Should Know About Sexual Assault.
Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1988.
Zibolsky, Kay with Lynda Allison. Healing
Hidden Hurts--How You Can Live Again, After
Assault. Wilson, NC: Star, 1989. Christian.
ADDICTIONS
Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.
Staff. Al-Anon's Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions. New York: Al-Anon, 1986.
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Alateen: Hope for Children of Alcoholics. New
York: Al-Anon, 1986.
Alcoholics Anonymous. Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions. New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World
Services, Inc., 1981.
Bill B. Compulsive Overeater. Minneapolis,
MN: CompCare, 1981.
Carnes, Patrick, Ph.D. Out of the Shadows:
Understanding Sexual Addiction. Minneapolis, MN:
CompCare, 1983.
Cauwels, Janice M. Bulimia: The Binge-Purge
Compulsion. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983.
Christian, Shanon with Margaret Johnson. The
Very Private Matter of Anorexia Nervosa. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986.
Fishel, Ruth. Learning to Live in the Now:
Six Week Personal Plan to Recovery. Pompano
Beach, FL: Health Communications, 1988. Recovery
from addiction.
Hope and Recovery: A Twelve Step Guide for
Healing From Compulsive Sexual Behavior.
Minneapolis, MN: CompCare, 1987.
LeSourd, Sandra Simpson. The Compulsive
Woman: How to Break the Bonds of Addiction to
Food, Television, Sex, Men, Exercise, Shopping,
Alcohol, Drugs, Nicotine, and Much More. Old
Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1987.
Peluso, Emanuel and Lucy. Women and Drugs:
Getting Hooked, Getting Clean. Minneapolis, MN:
CompCare, 1988.
Perlmutter, Judy. Kick It: Stop Smoking in
Five Days. Tucson, AZ: HP Books, 1986.
ADOPTION
Krementz, Jill. How It Feels to Be Adopted.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.
Lindsay, Jeanne Warren. Open Adoption: A
Caring Option. Buena Park, CA: Morning Glory,
1987.
--------. Parents, Pregnant Teens, and the
Adoption Option: Help for Families. Buena Park,
CA: Morning Glory, 1989.
________. Pregnant Too Soon: Adoption Is An
Option, rev. ed. Buena Park, CA: Morning Glory,
1988.
AFTER ABORTION COUNSEL
Mannion, Michael T. Abortion and Healing: A
Cry to Be Whole. Kansas City, MO: Sheed and
Ward, 1986.
Michels, Nancy. Helping Women Recover From
Abortion: How to Deal With the Guilt, the
Emotional Pain, and the Emptiness. Minneapolis,
MO: Bethany, 1988.
BIRTH CONTROL AND NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
Clubb, Elizabeth and Jane Knight. A
Comprehensive Guide to Natural Family Planning.
New York: Sterling, 1988.
CAREER AND EDUCATION
Bramlett, James. Finding Work: A Handbook.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986.
Cardozo, Arlene Rossen. Sequencing: Having It
All, But Not All at Once . . . A New Solution
for Women Who Want Marriage, Career, and Family.
New York: Atheneum, 1986.
Davidson, Christine. Staying Home Instead:
How to Quit the Working-Mom Rat Race and Survive
Financially. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1986.
Dreskin, William and Wendy. The Day Care
Decision: What's Best for You and Your Child.
New York: M. Evans & Company, Inc., 1983.
Half, Robert. The Robert Half Way to Get
Hired in Today's Job Market. New York: Bantam,
1981.
Lowman, Kaye. Of Cradles and Careers: A Guide
to Reshaping Your Job to Include a Baby in Your
Life. Franklin Park, IL: La Leche League, 1984.
Nivens, Beatrice. Careers for Women Without
College Degrees. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Sinetar, Marsha. Do What You Love; The Money
Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood.
New York: Dell, 1989.
Stanton, Jeanne Deschamps. Being All Things:
How to Be a Wife, Lover, Boss, and Mother (and
Still Be Yourself). New York: Doubleday, 1988.
CHOOSING PROFESSIONALS
Danto, Bruce L. So You Want to See a
Psychiatrist? Salem, NH: Ayer, 1980.
Maurer, Janet R. How to Talk to Your Doctor:
Getting Beyond the Medical Mystique. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1986.
McCarthy, Eugene et al. The Second Opinion
Handbook: A Guide for Medical Self-Defense. New
York: Nick Lyons Books, 1987.
Saltman, David A. and George Wilgus, III. The
Layman's Guide to Legal Survival: What You Need
to Know Before and After You Hire a Lawyer.
Boston, MA: Bob Adams, 1988.
COMMUNICATION
Augsburger, David. Caring Enough to Confront:
How to Understand and Express Your Deepest
Feelings Toward Others. Ventura, CA: Regal,
1981.
Carnegie, Dale. How to Win Friends and
Influence People. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1964.
Smalley, Gary and John Trent, Ph.D. The
Language of Love: A Powerful Way to Maximize
Insight, Intimacy, and Understanding. Pomona,
CA: Focus on the Family, 1988.
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
Kushner, Harold S. When Bad Things Happen to
Good People. New York: Avon, 1981.
Spencer, Anita L. Crises and Growth: Making
the Most of Hard Times. Mahweh, NJ: Paulist,
1988.
Stearns, Ann Kaiser. Living Through Personal
Crisis. New York: Ballentine, 1987.
DEATH
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On Death and Dying.
New York: Macmillan, 1969.
Landorf, Joyce. Mourning Song. Old Tappan,
NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1974. Woman faces own
death.
Little, Deborah Whiting. Home Care for the
Dying: A Reassuring, Comprehensive Guide to
Physical and Emotional Care. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1985.
Nye, Miriam Baker. But I Never Thought He'd
Die: Practical Help for Widows. Louisville, KY:
John Knox, 1978.
Quinnett, Paul G. Suicide: The Forever
Decision. New York: Continuum, 1987.
Schaefer, Dan and Christine Lyons. How Do We
Tell the Children?: A Parents' Guide to Helping
Children Understand and Cope When Someone Dies.
New York: Newmarket, 1986.
DIET
Astor, Stephen, M.D. Hidden Food Allergies.
Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1988.
Brewer, Gail Sforza and Thomas H. The Brewer
Medical Diet for Normal and High Risk Pregnancy:
A Leading Obstetrician's Guide to Every Stage of
Pregnancy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983.
Feingold, Ben F. and Helene S. The Feingold
Cookbook for Hyperactive Children. New York:
Random House, 1979.
La Leche League International, Roberta Bishop
Johnson, ed. Whole Foods for the Whole Family.
Franklin Park, IL: La Leche League, 1981.
Cookbook.
Longacre, Doris Janzen. More With Less
Cookbook. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1976.
EMOTIONAL HEALING
Bradshaw, John. Healing the Shame That Binds
You. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications,
1988.
Branden, Nathaniel. How to Raise Your Self
Esteem. New York: Bantam, 1987.
Carter, Les. Good n' Angry: How to Handle
Your Anger Positively. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker,
1983.
___________, Paul Meier, and Frank B. Minirth.
Why Be Lonely?: A Guide to Meaningful
Relationships. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1982.
Cerlin, Chuck. Cleaning Out Your Mental
Closet: Transforming Negative Emotions. Wheaton,
IL: Harold Shaw, 1987.
Dalton, Katharina. Depression After
Childbirth: How to Recognize and Treat Postnatal
Illness. New York: Oxford University Press,
1980.
Minirth, Frank B. and Paul D. Meier.
Happiness is a Choice: A Manual on the Symptoms,
Causes and Cures of Depression. Grand Rapids,
MI: Baker, 1988.
Seamonds, David. Healing for Damaged
Emotions. Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1987.
Smedes, Lewis B. Forgive and Forget: Healing
the Hurts We Don't Deserve. New York: Pocket,
1984.
FAMILY LIVING
Briggs, Dorothy Corkill. Your Child's
Self-Esteem: The Key to His Life. New York:
Doubleday, 1975.
Broad, Laura Peabody and Nancy Towner
Butterworth. The Playgroup Handbook. New York:
St. Martin's, 1974. How to start a playgroup.
Clegg, Averil and Anne Woollett. Twins From
Conception to Five Years. New York: Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1983.
Crook, William G., M.D., and Laura Stevens.
Solving the Puzzle of Your Hard-to-Raise Child.
New York: Random House, 1987.
McCullough, Bonnie Runyan and Susan Walker
Monson. 401 Ways to Get Your Kids to Work at
Home. New York: St. Martin's, 1981.
Procaccini, Dr. Joseph and Mark W. Kiefaber.
Parent Burnout. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,
1983.
Smalley, Gary. The Key to Your Child's Heart.
Waco, TX: Word, 1984.
Touw, Kathleen. Parent Tricks-of-the-Trade:
1,280 Hints for Your First Ten Years of
Parenting. Mount Rainer, MD: Gryphon, 1987.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Blue, Ron. Master Your Money: A Step-by-Step
Plan for Financial Freedom. Nashville, TN:
Thomas Nelson, 1986.
Burkett, Larry. Answers to Your Family's
Financial Questions. Pomona, CA: Focus on the
Family, 1987.
Flanagan, Joan. Grass Roots Fundraising Book:
How to Raise Money in Your Community. Chicago,
IL: Contemporary, 1984.
HEALTH
Bergren, Wendy. "Mom Is Very Sick--Here's How
to Help." Pomona, CA: Focus on the Family, 1982.
Written by a terminally ill mother.
Feingold Association of the United States.
The Feingold Handbook. Alexandria, VA: Feingold
Association of the United States, 1986. How to
determine food or additive sensitivity.
Gaes, Sissy. "My Child Is Very Sick--Here's
How to Help." Pomona, CA: Focus on the Family,
1989. To be given to friends.
Harrison, Michael. The Unborn Patient, 2nd
ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders, 1990.
Medical treatment, surgery for the unborn.
Harwell, Amy with Kristina Tomasik. When Your
Friend Gets Cancer: How You Can Help. Wheaton,
IL: Harold Shaw, 1987.
Lewis, Kathleen. Successful Living With
Chronic Illness. Garden City Park, NY: Avery,
1985.
McIlhaney, Joe S., Jr., M.D. 1250 Health-Care
Questions Women Ask. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker,
1985.
Moffatt, Betty Clare. When Someone You Love
Has AIDS: A Book of Hope for Family and Friends.
New York: Nal Penguin, 1986.
Murphy, Judith K. Sharing Care: The Christian
Ministry of Respite Care. New York: Pilgrim,
1986.
HUMOR
Bombeck, Erma. Family: The Ties That Bind . .
. and Gag! New York: Random House, 1988.
Eberhart, Elvin. In the Presence of Humor: A
Guide to the Humorous Life. New Salem, OR:
Pilgrim, 1985.
Meberg, Marilyn. Choosing the Amusing.
Portland, OR: Multnomah, 1986.
Snyder, Bernadette McCarver. Dear God, I Have
This Terrible Problem: A Housewife's Secret
Letters. Liguori, MO: Liguori, 1983.
Welliver, Dotsy. Smudgkin Elves and Other
Lame Excuses. Winanakake, IN: Light and Life,
1981.
INFANT CARE
Brazelton, T. Berry. Infants and Mothers:
Differences in Development, rev. ed. New York:
Dell, 1983.
Harrison, Helen. The Premature Baby Book: A
Parents' Guide for Coping and Caring in the
First Year. New York: St. Martin's, 1983.
Hull, Karen. The Mommy Book: Advice for New
Mothers From Women Who've Been There. Grand
Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1986.
Krauss, Michael with Sue Castle. Your New
Born Baby: Everything You Need to Know,
Featuring Joan Lunden. New York: Warner, 1988.
La Leche League International. The Womanly
Art of Breastfeeding. Franklin Park, IL: La
Leche League, 1981.
Lindsay, Jeanne Warren. Teens Parenting.
Buena Park, CA 90620: Morning Glory, 1981.
Sears, William, M.D. The Fussy Baby: How to
Bring Out the Best in Your High Need Child.
Franklin Park, IL: La Leche League, 1985.
Thevenin, Tine. The Family Bed: An Age-Old
Concept in Child Rearing. Garden City Park, NY:
Avery, 1985.
INSPIRATION AND MEDITATION
Brenneman, Helen Good. Meditations for the
Expectant Mother. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1968.
____________________. Meditations for the New
Mother. Scottdale, PA: Herald, 1953.
Brin, Ruth F. Harvest: Collected Poems and
Prayers. New York: Reconstructionist, 1986.
Jewish poetry.
Casey, Karen and Martha Vanceburg. The
Promise of a New Day: A Book of Daily
Meditations. New York: Harper/Hazleden, 1983.
Fishel, Ruth. Time for Joy: Daily
Affirmations. Pompano Beach, FL: Health, 1988.
LIFE AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Braiker, Harriet B., Ph.D. The Type E Woman:
How to Overcome the Stress of Being Everything
to Everybody. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1986.
Bright, Dr. Deborah. Creative Relaxation:
Turning Your Stress Into Positive Energy. New
York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979.
Culp, Stephanie. How to Get Organized When
You Don't Have the Time. Cincinnati, OH:
Writer's Digest, 1986.
DeRosis, Helen A. Women and Anxiety. New
York: Dell, 1981. Twenty-step program to deal
with anxiety.
Felton, Sandra. The Messies Manual: The
Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping. Old
Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1981.
Minirth, Frank et al. How to Beat Burnout:
Help for Men and Women. Chicago, IL: Moody,
1986.
Whitfield, Charles L., M.D. Healing the Child
Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult
Children of Dysfunctional Families. Deerfield
Beach, FL: Health, 1987.
Woititz, Janet. Adult Children of Alcoholics.
Pompano Beach, FL: Health, 1983.
LOVE MANAGEMENT
Cowan, Dr. Connell and Dr. Melvyn Kinder.
Smart Women, Foolish Choices: Finding the Right
Men/Avoiding the Wrong Ones. New York: Clarkson
N. Potter Signet, 1985.
Gullo, Stephen, Ph. D., and Connie Church.
Loveshock: How to Recover From a Broken Heart
and Love Again. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1988.
Marshall, Sharon. Surviving Separation and
Divorce: How to Keep Going When You Don't Really
Want To. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1988.
Norwood, Robin. Women Who Love Too Much: When
You Keep Wishing and Hoping He'll Change. Los
Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Taner, 1985.
Schaeffer, Brenda. Is It Love or Is It
Addiction?: Falling Into Healthy Love. New York:
Harper and Row, 1987.
Stafford, Tim. Worth the Wait: Love, Sex, and
Keeping the Dream Alive. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale,
1988.
MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT
Cirner, Randall and Therese. 10 Weeks to a
Better Marriage. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1985.
Lindsay, Jeanne Warren. Teenage Marriage:
Coping With Reality. Buena Park, CA: Morning
Glory, 1988.
Mylander, Charles. Running the Red Lights.
Ventura, CA: Regal, 1986. Affairs.
Rainey, Dennis and Barbara. The Questions
Book for Marriage Intimacy. Phoenix, AZ: Questar,
1988.
Williams, Pat and Jill. Rekindled. Old
Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1985. Rebuilding
a crumbling marriage.
Wright, H. Norman and Wes Roberts. Before You
Remarry: A Guide to Successful Remarriage.
Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1988.
PERSONAL GROWTH
Briggs, Dorothy Corkille. Celebrate Yourself:
Enhancing Your Own Self-Esteem. New York:
Doubleday, 1986.
Lindquist, Marie. Holding Back: Why We Hide
the Truth About Ourselves. Center City, MN:
Hazelden, 1987.
Seamonds, David A. Putting Away Childish
Things. Wheaton, IL: Victor, 1982.Maturity.
Wegscheider-Cruse, Sharon. Learning to Love
Yourself: Finding Your Self-Worth. Deerfield
Beach, FL: Health, 1987.
PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
"Bill." Daddy, I'm Pregnant. Portland, OR:
Multnomah, 1987. Pregnant teen.
Brinkley, Ginny, Linda Goldberg, and Janice
Kukar. Your Child's First Journey: A Guide to
Prepared Birth From Pregnancy to Parenthood.
Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1982.
Childbirth Association of Rochester, Inc. A
Labor of Love: A Guide to Family-Centered
Cesarean Birth. Garden City Park, NY: Avery,
1987.
Girard, Linda Wolvoord. At Daddy's on
Saturdays. Niles, IL: Whitman, Albert, 1987.
Storybook about a child of divorce.
Heil, Ruth. My Child Within. Westchester, IL:
Good News, 1983. Journal of pregnancies.
Heiman, Carrie J. The Nine-Month Miracle: A
Journal for the Mother-to-Be. Ligouri, MO:
Ligouri, 1986. Journal to fill in.
Kitzinger, Shelia. Photography by Lennart
Nilsson. Being Born. New York: Grosset & Dunlap,
1986. Photos of unborn children.
-----------------. Birth Over Thirty. New
York: Penguin, 1985.
Koch, Janice. Our Baby: A Birth and Adoption
Story. Chicago, IL: Perspective Press, 1985.
Children's book.
Olkin, Sylvia Klein. Positive Pregnancy
Fitness. Garden City Park, NY: Avery, 1987.
Verny, Thomas, M.D., with John Kelly. The
Secret Life of the Unborn Child. New York: Dell,
1981. Psychology of the unborn.
PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS
Cohen, Marion. An Ambitious Sort of Grief:
Pregnancy and Neo-Natal Loss. Las Colinas, TX:
Liberal Press, 1986. Mother's journal.
Gryte, Marilyn. No New Baby. Omaha, NE:
Centering Corporation, 1988. Children's picture
book.
Ilse, Sherokee. Empty Arms: Coping With
Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Death. Long
Lake, MN: Wintergreen, 1982.
--------------- and Susan Erling. "Planning a
Precious Goodbye After Miscarriage, Stillbirth,
or Infant Death." Wayzata, MN: Pregnancy and
Infant Loss Center, 1984.
--------------- and Linda Hammer Burns.
"Sibling Grief After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or
Infant Death." Wayzata, MN: Pregnancy and Infant
Loss Center, 1984.
Page, Carole Gift. Misty, Our Momentary
Child. Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1987. Dying
baby.
Semchyshyn, Stefan, M.D., and Carol Coleman.
How to Prevent Miscarriage and Other Crises of
Pregnancy: A Leading High-Risk Doctor's
Prescription for Carrying Your Baby to Term. New
York: Macmillan, 1989.
Webster, Robert. "Letters to Geoffrey: A
Father's Letters to His Premature Son From Birth
to Death." Omaha, NE: Centering Corporation,
1988.
SINGLE PARENTING
Ashton, Betty. Betty Ashton's Guide to Living
on Your Own for the Very First Time. Boston, MA:
Little, Brown, 1988.
Reed, Bobbie. I Didn't Plan to Be a Single
Parent. St. Louis, MO: Concordia, 1981.
Swihart, Judith J. and Steven L. Brigham.
Helping Children of Divorce. Downers Grove, IL:
Intervarsity, 1982.
SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD
Anderson, Winifred, Stephen Chitwood, and
Deidre Hayden. Negotiating the Special Education
Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers.
Kensington, MD: Woodbine House, 1989.
Cunningham, Cliff and Patricia Sloper.
Helping Your Exceptional Baby: A Practical and
Honest Approach to Raising a Mentally
Handicapped Baby. New York: Pantheon, 1981.
Duckworth, Marion. Families of Handicapped
Children. Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, 1988. How a
church can help.
Pueschel, Siegfried M. and James C. Bernier.
The Special Child: A Source Book for Parents of
Children With Developmental Disabilities.
Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks, 1988.
Schwartz, Sue, Ph.D., and Joan E. Heller
Miller. The Language of Toys: Teaching
Communication Skills to Special-Needs Children.
Kensington, MD: Woodbine House, 1988.
Stray-Gunderson, Karen. Babies With Down
Syndrome: A New Parents' Guide. Kensington, MD:
Woodbine House, 1986.
Taylor, John. The Hyperactive Child and the
Family: The Complete What-to-Do Handbook. New
York: Dodd, Mead, 1983.
Thompson, Charlotte E., M.D. Raising a
Handicapped Child. New York: Ballentine, 1986.
SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Booth, Father Leo. Meditations for Compulsive
People: God in the Odd. Deerfield Beach, FL:
Health, 1987.
Chapian, Marie. His Thoughts Toward Me.
Minneapolis, MN: Bethany, 1987.
de Champlain, Sister Adrienne. How to
Evangelize Myself, First of All! Available free
from Sister Adrienne at St. Anthony Convent, 122
School Street, Taunton, MA 02780.
Green, Melody. ". . . but I can't forgive
myself!" Lindale, TX: Last Days Ministries,
1985.
Hybels, Bill. Too Busy Not to Pray: Slowing
Down to Be With God. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity, 1988.
Kushner, Harold. When All You've Ever Wanted
Isn't Enough: The Search for Life That Matters.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.
Rosage, David E. The Lord Is My Shepherd:
Praying the Psalms. Ann Arbor, MI: Servant,
1984.
Sherrer, Quin. How to Pray for Your Children.
Lynnwood, WA: Aglow, 1986.
Yancy, Philip. Where Is God When It Hurts?
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1977.