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Eric Parsloe, Melville Leedham “Coaching and Mentoring: Practical Conversations to Improve Learning”
Coaching and Mentoring examines how to create conversations which encourage personal development. The second edition of this book has been radically updated to reflect recent changes in the fields of coaching and mentoring. The authors demonstrate how important it is to relate theoretical models to specific situations in order to gain real practical benefits.

This edition includes new chapters on the awareness of individual differences as well as a review of the models used by coaches and mentors.

Kogan Page | English | 2009-04-28 | ISBN: 0749443650 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB
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Mike Bradley, “When Things Get Crazy with Your Teen: The Why, the How, and What to do Now”
McGraw-Hill | 2008-11-19 | ISBN: 0071545719 | 288 pages | PDF | 2 MB
No, it`s not easy raising teenagers. Yes, there are sane solutions–in this problem-solving parent`s guide from the bestselling author of Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy

How should you respond when your teen comes home late? Wears inappropriate clothes? Is pregnant, or flunking out? You`ll find the answers here–right at your fingertips–in this quick-reference manual from one of the leading experts on adolescent behavior. As someone who has counseled hundreds of teens in his practice and as a father of two teens himself, Dr. Michael... (Read More)

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Phil McGraw “Love Smart: Find the One You Want – Fix the One You Got”
Free Press | English | 2005-12-06 | ISBN: 0743272099 | 128kbps, 6 CDs | mp3 | 308 MB
If you are sleeping single in a double bed or walking down the street thinking, How do I meet that guy?; if you`re on your twentieth date and he`s no more committed than when you first exchanged cell phone numbers; if everyone you know is getting married for the second time and you can`t even get a first date; if you love the one you`re with but the relationship needs some spark…then this book is for you.
In Love Smart: Find the One You Want — Fix the One You Got, Dr. Phil tells people who are dissatisfied with their love lives... (Read More)

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Robin Goldstein Ph.D., “The New Baby Answer Book: From Birth to Kindergarten, Answers to the Top 150 Questions about Raising a Young Child”
Sourcebooks, Inc. | 2009-03-01 | ISBN: 1402218273 | 288 pages | PDF | 4 MB
When will my baby sleep through the night? • How much childproofing do I need? • How do I prevent temper tantrums? • When is my child ready to potty train?

Is my baby “good”? Should I pick my baby up when he cries? What`s the best way to introduce a new baby to an older sibling? Is co-sleeping with my child okay? Am I spoiling my child? How can I convince my child to try new foods? What should I do when my child argues with her friends? How do I encourage... (Read More)

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Karen Deerwester, “The Entitlement-Free Child: Raising Confident and Responsible Kids in a “Me, Mine, Now!” Culture”
Sourcebooks, Inc. | 2009-04-01 | ISBN: 140221510X | 224 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB
Raising confident and responsible kids in a “me, mine, now!” culture

In a world of quick fixes and instant gratification, The Entitlement-Free Child is your essential resource for how and when to say no, how and when to praise, how to handle age-appropriate challenges, and how to set reasonable expectations—all while maintaining unconditional love.

Expert advice for the newest and most in-demand parenting hot-button issue. Parenting expert Karen Deerwester offers... (Read More)

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Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen – Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too: Its Good to be a Little Selfish–It Actually Makes You a Better Mother
McGraw-Hill | 2008 | ISBN: 0071508074 | Pages: 288 | PDF | 1.19 MB
Whether you’re the mother of toddlers or teens, work inside the home or out— if you’re exhausted from trying to be perfect, this book can help you. Mothers Need Time-Outs, Too uses hundreds of real-life stories and mom-tested tips to demonstrate how taking time-outs will transform your life. Practical and inspiring, this book will launch you on a voyage of discovery that takes you back to yourself, and it will help you become the best mother you can be by becoming the best woman you can be.

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“The Fat Loss Diaries” by Shelby Starnes and Marc Bartley
Marc Bartley’s transformation from overweight powerlifter to competition bodybuilder
Spud Inc. | 2008 | ISBN: n/a | 164 pages | PDF | 6 Mb
In the late summer of 2007, Marc Bartley embarked on a fatloss journey that would prove to be one of the most pivotal experiences of his life. Twelve months later, he had lost a total of 109 lbs, taken complete control of his life and health, and ended up competing in his first ever bodybuilding show. The following chronicles his transformation, his nutritionist.
“Life is a sum of all your choices.”
— Albert Camus
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Laura Schlessinger – The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
HarperCollins | 2004 | ISBN: 0060520612 0060520620 0060752653 | Pages: 208 | PDF | 1.03 MB
In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they yearn for in marriage.

Women want to be in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Yet disrespect for men and disregard for the value, feelings, and needs of husbands has fast become the standard for male-female relations in America. Those two attitudes clash in unfortunate ways to create struggle and strife in what could be a beautiful relationship.

Countless women... (Read More)

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Family Psychology: The Art of the Science, 2005
Oxford University Press | ISBN:0195135571 | Edition – 2005 | CHM | 590 pages | 2 MB
This book is the product of a multi-year initiative, sponsored by the Division of Family Psychology (43) of the American Psychological Association, the Family Institute at Northwestern University, Oxford University Press, and Northwestern University, to bring together the leading researchers in family psychology in five major areas of great social and health relevance — good marriage, depression, divorce and remarriage, partner violence
, and families and physical health. The book embodies a series of five systematically and developmentally informed mini-books or ... (Read More)

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Robert Scheinfeld – The Invisible Path to Success: Seven Steps to Understanding and Managing the Unseen Forces Shaping Your Life
Hampton Roads Publishing Company | 1998 | ISBN: 157174083X | Pages: 166 | PDF | 1.07 MB
Every day you have thoughts and feelings. Things happen to you. How much is caused by you and how much by someone else? How much is fate, destiny, or the result of invisible forces you know nothing about?

Is there a purpose for your life, for the lives of others, or is everyone and everything the result of accident or chance?

Finding the answers to these questions can be compared to putting together a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. You dump all the pieces on a table and at first it... (Read More)

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