The essential guide to everything new fathers need to know in your baby’s first year and beyond, from the bestselling author of The Expectant Dad’s Survival Guide.Congratulations, you’re a dad!If you’re looking down at your new baby and wondering what to do next, this book is for you.In this essential guide for new dads, Rob Kemp reveals what to expect in the first 18 months, covering all the essentials for your first steps into fat...

The warped minds of WPaD are proud to present this tribute to the bizarre:- People who eat Tide Pods turn into detergent-craving zombies- A gift of a fishing bobber turns deadly- A woman lost in the desert makes friends with an ancient creature- A hole inside a closet holds unknown mysteries- A grieving father consults a psychic to solve his daughter's murder- Two friends embark on a fantastic adventure during a game of Dungeons and Dragons

Let's be honest: most men feel completely unprepared for the menopause. And it can come at you fast. One moment, life feels normal. The next, everything's changed - her mood, her sleep, her energy, your connection. You want to help, but you don't know how - and you're worried you'll only make things worse. Sound familiar? You're not alone. But it's time to stop guessing - and start getting it right.Burning Up, Frozen Out is the first practical, expert-led guide to perimeno...

Bestselling parenting author Rob Kemp (The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide) delivers the ultimate guide to navigating your child's life milestones (0 months to 50 years) and offers advice on how fathers can best play a lasting, impactful or at least vaguely useful role in it.Kids don't come with an instruction manual. (Not that most men would read one if they did).Instead they're shaped by life-forming milestones and learn-as-they-go mistakes which ...

'A must-read for any man... opens the door to better conversations, deeper empathy, and shared understanding' DR MARY CLAIRE HAVER'Every man should read and learn... so well-written and impressively researched!' DR LOUISE NEWSON'An invaluable manual' GILES CORENLet's be honest: most men feel completely unprepared for the menopause. And it can come at you fast. One moment, life feels normal. ...

Raising a son has never felt more complicated.Boys are growing up in a world very different from the one their fathers knew. That means dads today are trying to guide their sons through a version of childhood they never experienced themselves.Of course, family still comes first, but its influence is constantly being challenged by phones and screens, friendship groups, school pressures, online communities and a relentless stream of messages telling boys exactly what a man sh...

Kids don't come with an instruction manual (not that most men would read one if they did). Instead they're shaped by life-forming milestones and learn-as-they-go mistakes, which you, as modern, responsible fathers, must be there to help them deal with, solve, or at least advise upon pretty much from their birth until you've drawn your last breath. This book will give you a head's up on all the defining moments you are guaranteed to experience as a parent. It'll warn you when your life is g...

Raising a son has never felt more complicated.Boys are growing up in a world very different from the one their fathers knew. That means dads today are trying to guide their sons through a version of childhood they never experienced themselves.Of course, family still comes first, but its influence is constantly being challenged by phones and screens, friendship groups, school pressures, online communities and a relentless stream of messages telling boys exactly what a man sh...

Originally published in 1992 and revised in 2001, Frank B. Connolly's Local Government in Connecticut is one of the most useful and well-established resources on the state's local government. Written expressly for public officials and students, the book explains Connecticut's basic forms of local government and its many variants, as well as examining their inner workings, including governance, management, administration, municipal services, education, and land use. This new edition has bee...

Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our minds sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globetrotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers “the book all of us need, young and old” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) with ins...

This New York Times bestselling book—coauthored by a Nobel Prize Winner and a health psychologist—explores the aging process and how specific lifestyle changes related to telomeres can increase longevity.Have you wondered why some sixty-year-olds look and feel like forty-year-olds and why some forty-year-olds look and feel like sixty-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn discovered a biological indicator cal...

Everything you need to know about caring for your new baby, from feeding to sleeping and everything in between - every parent's new best friend.'Cath Curtin is the newborn baby guru! A calming voice, a gentle hand and a wealth of knowledge during one of the most incredible but terrifying times of your life - new parenthood. To have Cath's support after the birth of my first son was invaluable and I don't know how I would have done it without her!' Rebecca Judd...