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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise February 2018
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The Healthy Jewish Kitchen : Fresh, Contemporary Recipes for Every Occasion
by Paula Shoyer
Paula Shoyer’s delicious take on Jewish cooking uses only natural ingredients and offers a fresh, nutrient-dense spin on every dish. Here you’ll find very little frying, and no margarine, frozen puff pastry, soup stocks and powders, and most jarred sauces. More than 60 recipes recipes include both Sephardic and Ashkenazy Jewish classics (Israeli Herb and Almond Salad, Sourdough Challah, Tzimmes Puree, Potato and Scallion Latkes, Schnitzel with Nut Crust) as well as American and international dishes that extend beyond the Jewish culinary world.
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| Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling. and... by Anthony Davenport with Matthew RudyWhat it is: a straightforward, nuts-and-bolts guide to understanding the mystifying world of consumer credit and your credit score, including what to do in the case of fraud and identity theft and how to navigate divorce, financing a new home, or handling school loans.
Why you might like it: Though author Anthony Davenport is an industry insider, he writes in an accessible style -- “readers will feel like Davenport is sitting right next to them” (Booklist). |
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The co-parenting handbook : raising well-adjusted and resilient kids from little ones to young adults through divorce or separation
by Karen Bonnell
A practical manual for parents transitioning from being a married couple with children to being solely co-parents together. This guide helps them navigate difficult emotional terrain, create boundaries, and establish guidelines so that together they can be the parents their children deserve. The Co-Parenting Handbook helps parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children when they live in separate homes. Addressing parents' questions about the emotional impact of separation, conflict, grief, and recovery, the author skillfully provides a road map for all members of the family to constructively navigate through separation/divorce and beyond. Through practical and reassuring guidance, parents discover how to move on from being angry and hurt partners to constructive, successful co-parents who are able to put their children's needs first.
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Focus on: Addiction and Recovery
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| The 30 Day Sobriety Solution: How to Cut Back or Quit Drinking... by Jack Canfield and Dave AndrewsWhat it is: a unique month-long program that can help you limit or stop drinking at home without attending support groups or going to rehab.
About the authors: Jack Canfield created the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series; Dave Andrews is a recovering alcoholic – and an addiction recovery expert. Together they developed this 5-step empowerment program, which includes instructions on what to do each day of the 30-day journey.
What sets it apart: Straightforward and sincere, this guide offers help and inspiration to those in need. |
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| Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster by Kristen JohnstonWhat it is: Emmy-award winning actress Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock from the Sun) shares her professional highs and her staggering personal lows -- including alcohol and prescription pill addiction.
Why you might like it: Johnston is as appealing on the page as she is on the small screen, using a brash, honest, and bawdy tone to relay the details of her acting career and recovery from addiction.
Further reading: For more celebrity addiction memoirs, check out Russell Brand’s Recovery or Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking. |
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| Unhooked: How to Quit Anything by Frederick Woolverton and Susan ShapiroWhat it is: an unorthodox yet research-based approach to conquering a variety of addictions -- from smoking to shopping -- without entering a 12-step or other rehabilitation program.
About the authors: Dr. Frederick Woolverton is an addiction and recovery expert who runs the Village Institute for Psychotherapy. Coauthor Susan Shapiro is a recovering alcohol and marijuana addict -- and one of Dr. Woolverton’s former patients.
Reviewers say: “A solid multistep system for overcoming addiction” (Kirkus Reviews). |
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