Familius: 127 books
Life in Full
Maximizing Your Longevity and Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Eighty million Baby Boomers are now in or approaching their sixties and moving into retirement. While this transition may be difficult, the succeeding years can be fufilling, invigorating, and joyous. Written by the New York Times #1 bestselling author team Richard and Linda Eyre, Life in Full...
Being a Proactive Grandfather
How to Make A Difference
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Statistics tell us that male Baby Boomers probably have another twenty to thirty good years ahead of us, and most have grandchildren. But how much time and mental energy will we expend on these living legacies? How much will we prioritize them, and how proactive and deliberate will we be as granddads?
New...
I Have Cancer, Now What?
12 Things You, Your Spouse, and Your Family Must Know in Your Battle with Cancer from Doctors to Finances, Romance to Household Needs, Getting the Word Out to Caregiver Burnout and Everything In between
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
You have cancer, and you need the help and support of your spouse and family more than ever. *I Have Cancer, Now What? *includes information on how to overcome the shock and fear of diagnosis, how to talk to your spouse and extended family, how to consult on what you want from your doctors, where...
My Name Is Cool
Stories from a Cuban-Irish-American Storyteller
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
“In 1960 my father got into a rowboat from Havana, Cuba and rowed 90 miles to the United States to start his new life. By the time I got into seventh grade, I was telling my friends that my father saved all of his family, all of his friends, piled everyone into that boat and rowed everybody over...
Glad to be Dad
A Call to Fatherhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
After staying home with his two sons for a year and his daughter since her infancy, Tim Myers knows all about being a stay-at-home parent. He knows the most effective cleaning products, which snacks to buy, and has developed a “housemaid’s knee.” He has experienced first-hand the profound influence...
Untying Parent Anxiety (Years 5–8)
18 Myths that Have You in Knots—And How to Get Free
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Raising the perfect child . . . it’s our dream as parents.
But the reality is: the perfect child doesn’t exist. Yet parents everywhere are putting the full-court press on their kids to be perfect, fixating on raising them to be smarter, faster, more successful, and more popular than their...
Wisdom for Dad
Advice for Dad In 140 Characters or Less
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Gone are the days of long, handwritten letters from father to son. Now, the most we can expect is a text, tweet, or Facebook update. By accessing the social web and the power of the dad crowd, Wisdom for Dad cuts through the clutter to deliver brief, witty pieces of wisdom—in 140 characters or less.
Crystal Puzzle
Growing Up with a Sister with Asperger's
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
A delightful and true story of growing up with a sister with Asperger's, The Crystal Puzzle chronicles powerful family experiences from the realization that there was something different about her sister through the hopes and joys and challenges of school to the eventual independence that comes with...
A Land Twice Promised
An Israeli Woman's Quest for Peace
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Israeli storyteller Noa Baum grew up in Jerusalem in the shadow of the ancestral traumas of the holocaust and ongoing wars. Stories of the past and fear of annihilation in the wars of the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s shaped her perceptions and identity. In America, she met a Palestinian woman who had...
by Chris Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
The wire-thin line that separates movies rated PG and R has been crossed over so many times in both directions that industry observers are questioning whether the rating system carries any validity at all. Just where did this system come from? And who's been trusted with dishing out the ratings anyway?...
Spilt Milk Yoga
A Guided Self-Inquiry to Finding Your Own Wisdom, Joy, and Purpose Through Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Spilt Milk Yoga is a companion guide for mothers who want to experience the happiness, peace, and purpose available in each moment, and who want to be more present and connected to themselves and their children. Author Cathryn Monro combines personal experience, honesty, and humour...
Debunking the Bump
What the Data Really Says About Pregnancy's 165 Biggest Risks and Myths
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Stay away from sushi! Cut out caffeine! Get rid of your cat! Step away from the microwave!
Pregnant women are bombarded with "risk factors" they must avoid from the moment the stick turns pink. Heroic mothers-to-be sacrifice their favorite foods and activities for the sake of their...
Evolution of Cocoons
A Mother's Journey Through Her Daughter's Mental Illness and Asperger's
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
"Destiny presented me with a situation that affords me access to a most strange, sometimes frightening, beautiful, and always intriguing world."
Evolution of Cocoons is a firsthand account of mothering a child who suffers from debilitating mental and developmental illnesses. The book...
The Power of Dadhood
How to Become the Father Your Child Needs
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
The Power of Dadhood encourages men to father with the knowledge that they are vitally important to the futures of their children. National speaker Michael Byron Smith discusses the implications of a fatherless home, the challenges of parenting, and the hierarchy of fathers. There are absent fathers,...