**Through the stories of kids and parents in the middle school trenches, a New York Times bestselling author reveals why these years are so painful, how parents unwittingly make them worse, and what we all need to do to grow up.“As the parent of a middle schooler, I felt as if Judith Warner had peered into my life—and the lives of many of my patients. This is a gift to our kids and their future selves.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone**

A lively and provocative look at the modern culture of motherhood and at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped current ideas about parentingWhat is wrong with this picture? That's the question Judith Warner asks in this national bestseller after taking a good, hard look at the world of modern parenting--at anxious women at work and at home and in bed with unhappy husbands.When Warner had her first child, she was living in Paris, where paren...

In her provocative new book, New York Times-bestselling author Judith Warner explores the storm of debate over whether we are overdiagnosing and overmedicating our children who have "issues."In Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety, Judith Warner explained what's gone wrong with the culture of parenting, and her conclusions sparked a national debate on how women and society view motherhood. Her new book, We've Got Issues: Children ...

Jessica Martin is op de vlucht voor haar misdadige verleden als ze in Santa Barbara, Californië belandt en er een kamer huurt boven de apotheek van Judith Warner. De twee vrouwen voelen zich meteen tot elkaar aangetrokken. Ze delen bovendien een oude liefde voor een welbekende man met grijzende slapen en geheugenverlies. Toch kan Judith, die een zwak heeft voor onenightstands, het idee dat ze voor een vrouw valt maar moeilijk vatten. Dan wordt Jessica gevonden door haar achtervolgers. Deze...

**Through the stories of kids and parents in the middle school trenches, a New York Times bestselling author reveals why these years are so painful, how parents unwittingly make them worse, and what we all need to do to grow up.“As the parent of a middle schooler, I felt as if Judith Warner had peered into my life—and the lives of many of my patients. This is a gift to our kids and their future selves.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone**

Are parents and physicians too quick to prescribe medication to control our children’s behavior? Are we using drugs to excuse inept parents who can’t raise their children properly?Judith Warner sparked a national debate on how women and society view motherhood with her previous book *Perfect Madness.*We’ve Got Issues will generate the same kind of controversy, as she tackles a subject that’s just as contentious and important. Warner cuts through the jargon and hysteria to ...

Hantée par les crimes qu'elle a commis sur ordre par le passé, Jessica Martin, poursuivie par le FBI, tente d'échapper à son ancienne vie et se retrouve à Santa Barbara (Californie) où elle loue une chambre à Judith Warner au dessus de la pharmacie de cette dernière. Les deux femmes ne se connaissaient pas, mais sont attirées l'une par l'autre. Outre qu'elles se découvrent un amour passé commun pour un certain amnésique à la tempe blanche. Seulement Judith, amateur d'amants d'un soir, se r...

Judith Warner. Once the pharmacist in Green Falls, where XIII spent part of his childhood. Once his ally, and his lover of one night. The beautiful, independent Judith, having had her life turned upside down by hurricane Jason McLane like so many others, left for California and a new, quiet, routine existence. Until the day a woman she’s never met before rings her door, and everything is thrown into chaos once more as the past resurfaces …

This text provides an integrated view of post-9/11 security concerns over the United States's shared border with Mexico and Canada in regards to terrorism, unauthorized migration, drug and arms smuggling, and other illegal trade.The challenges facing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are daunting. There are 19,841 miles of American land and water boundaries to protect, and 95,000 miles of shoreline and defined air space subject to homeland security surveillance. Addit...

Drawing on government data and interdisciplinary expertise, this timely book seeks to explain why the changing economic and legal status of women has not reduced the gender gap in criminal offending.Women and Crime: A Reference Handbook examines how women's patterns of offending have changed over time in America, from the Colonial period to the present. The book sets the stage with a historical overview of women's criminal activity. Subsequent chapters cov...

In der Gerontologie wird die Notwendigkeit hochwertiger Interventionen samt Prävention mit dem Erreichen des Renteneintritts der Babyboomer-Generation, dem stetigen Anstieg der Lebenserwartung und dem künftigen Fachkräftemangel drängender denn je. Vor diesem Hintergrund zeigt die neue "Interventionsgerontologie" wie ihre Vorgänger in den Jahren 2000 und 2012 prägnant das breite Spektrum an verhaltensbezogenen Interventionen in 100 Beiträgen. Neu an der "Interventionsgerontologie" ist eine ...

The Chicago Food Encyclopedia is a far-ranging portrait of an American culinary paradise. Hundreds of entries deliver all of the visionary restauranteurs, Michelin superstars, beloved haunts, and food companies of today and yesterday. More than 100 sumptuous images include thirty full-color photographs that transport readers to dining rooms and food stands across the city. Throughout, a roster of writers, scholars, and industry experts pays tribute to an expansive--and still expanding--foo...