Adolescence in Family & Relationships & Nonfiction eBooks

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE
  Audiobook
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  Available:
  
  Unavailable for purchase
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE
Audiobook

*No commitment, cancel anytime
Available:

Unavailable for purchase
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

The Anxious Generation

How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt ...

**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 • A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 • A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist, the New York Post, and Town & Country • The Goodreads Choice Award Nonfiction Book of the Year • Finalist for the PEN Literary ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 • A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024 • A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist, the New York Post, and Town & Country • The Goodreads Choice Award Nonfiction Book of the Year • Finalist for the PEN Literary
... Read more
The Elissas

Three Girls, One Fate, and the Deadly Secrets of Suburbia

by Samantha Leach ...

Amazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023Nylon's "June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases"Pure Wow’s “11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in June”The Skimm’s “17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer”Glamour’s “15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far”Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023”Harper’s Bazaar’s “23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023”Zi... ... Read more

Was $14.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

Amazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for June 2023Nylon's "June 2023's Must-Read Book Releases"Pure Wow’s “11 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in June”The Skimm’s “17 of Our Favorite Books Coming Out This Summer”Glamour’s “15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far”Bustle’s “Most Anticipated Books Of Spring & Summer 2023”Harper’s Bazaar’s “23 Best Summer Beach Reads of 2023”Zi...
... Read more
Everything I Know About Love

A Memoir

by Dolly Alderton ...

New York Times BestsellerLike Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from ... Read more

$14.49 USD

New York Times BestsellerLike Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from
... Read more
Explaining AuDHD

The expert-led guide to Autism and ADHD Co-concurrence

by Dr Khurram Sadiq ...

Series Book 1 - The Explaining... Series
'A masterpiece. On behalf of everyone grappling to understand their unique brains, thank you! Truly life changing' Alex Partridge, host of ADHD Chatter and bestselling author of Now It All Makes SenseWhat is it like to experience both Autism and ADHD?You’ve probably heard of Autism or ADHD by now. Often thought of as contradictory conditions, much of the discourse around both focuses on their ... Read more

$7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

'A masterpiece. On behalf of everyone grappling to understand their unique brains, thank you! Truly life changing' Alex Partridge, host of ADHD Chatter and bestselling author of Now It All Makes SenseWhat is it like to experience both Autism and ADHD?You’ve probably heard of Autism or ADHD by now. Often thought of as contradictory conditions, much of the discourse around both focuses on their
... Read more
失控的焦慮世代：手機餵養的世代，如何面對心理疾病的瘟疫

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by 強納森‧海德特, Jonathan Haidt ...

Translated by 鍾玉玨 ...

Series series For2
NYU教授、掀起全球討論與關注之作睡眠剝奪．社交障礙．注意力碎片化．上癮席捲全球的話題與對策討論【紐約時報、亞馬遜長期暢銷榜首】★為什麼社群媒體對女孩的傷害大於男孩？為什麼男孩持續從現實世界退縮到虛擬世界？我們該如何保護孩子？以及我們自己？二○一○年代開始，青少年精神／心理健康急遽惡化，憂鬱症、焦慮症、自我傷害和自殺的比例急遽上升，成為全球化現象。在《失控的焦慮世代》書中，社會心理學家海德特探討以玩耍為主的童年逐漸沒落、以手機為主的童年抬頭的趨勢，並歸納出為什麼智慧型手機、社群媒體和大型科技，成為全世界青少年心理健康崩潰的主因。本書也指出：為了讓孩子... ... Read more

$10.99 USD

NYU教授、掀起全球討論與關注之作睡眠剝奪．社交障礙．注意力碎片化．上癮席捲全球的話題與對策討論【紐約時報、亞馬遜長期暢銷榜首】★為什麼社群媒體對女孩的傷害大於男孩？為什麼男孩持續從現實世界退縮到虛擬世界？我們該如何保護孩子？以及我們自己？二○一○年代開始，青少年精神／心理健康急遽惡化，憂鬱症、焦慮症、自我傷害和自殺的比例急遽上升，成為全球化現象。在《失控的焦慮世代》書中，社會心理學家海德特探討以玩耍為主的童年逐漸沒落、以手機為主的童年抬頭的趨勢，並歸納出為什麼智慧型手機、社群媒體和大型科技，成為全世界青少年心理健康崩潰的主因。本書也指出：為了讓孩子...
... Read more
Whipping Boy

The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully

by Allen Kurzweil ...

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a ... Read more

Was $8.99 USD Now $0.99 USD

Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact CrimeThe true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a bully named Cesar Augustus. The obsessive inquiry, which spans some forty years, takes Kurzweil all over the world, from a
... Read more
Like Family

Growing Up in Other People's Houses, a Memoir

by Paula McLain ...

An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (Chicago Tribune).As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home. ... Read more

$12.99 USD

An astonishing memoir that "demonstrates the true meaning of family" from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark, detailing the years Paula McLain and her two sisters spent as foster children after being abandoned by both parents in California in the early 1970s and (Chicago Tribune).As wards of the State, the sisters spent the next 14 years moving from foster home to foster home.
... Read more
A Brother's Journey

Surviving a Childhood of Abuse

by Richard B. Pelzer ...

In A Child Called "It," David Pelzer shared the harrowing story of his abusive childhood. Now, his brother Richard reveals a horrifying glimpse behind closed doors -- and shares a message of strength and resilience.Mom has no one like David around to beat on anymore. I am more afraid of her than ever...I get in more trouble for anything I do or say. Now I find that I'm always in trouble and I don ... Read more

$9.99 USD

In A Child Called "It," David Pelzer shared the harrowing story of his abusive childhood. Now, his brother Richard reveals a horrifying glimpse behind closed doors -- and shares a message of strength and resilience.Mom has no one like David around to beat on anymore. I am more afraid of her than ever...I get in more trouble for anything I do or say. Now I find that I'm always in trouble and I don
... Read more
Stranger Planet

by Nathan W. Pyle ...

Series series Strange Planet Series
WATCH THE ANIMATED SERIES AUGUST 9 ON APPLE TV+New York Times BestsellerThe sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Strange Planet, featuring more hilarious and poignant adventures from the fascinating inhabitants of Nathan W. Pyle's colorful world.In this eagerly awaited sequel, Nathan takes us back to his charming and instantly recognizable planet colored in bright pinks, ... ... Read more

$10.99 USD

WATCH THE ANIMATED SERIES AUGUST 9 ON APPLE TV+New York Times BestsellerThe sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Strange Planet, featuring more hilarious and poignant adventures from the fascinating inhabitants of Nathan W. Pyle's colorful world.In this eagerly awaited sequel, Nathan takes us back to his charming and instantly recognizable planet colored in bright pinks, ...
... Read more
I Wish I'd Known

Young People, Drugs and Decisions: A Guide for Parents and Carers

by Fiona Spargo-Mabbs ...

**'SUCH AN IMPORTANT BOOK... ESSENTIAL READING FOR PARENTS' Gabby Logan**'INCREDIBLY POWERFUL... A MUST-READ' Victoria DerbyshireWhen Dan died, I realised many things.I realised drugs were closer to our door than I'd thought.I realised drugs have become normalised for young people.I realised drugs are more affordable, accessible and available than ever before.... ... Read more

$3.99 USD

**'SUCH AN IMPORTANT BOOK... ESSENTIAL READING FOR PARENTS' Gabby Logan**'INCREDIBLY POWERFUL... A MUST-READ' Victoria DerbyshireWhen Dan died, I realised many things.I realised drugs were closer to our door than I'd thought.I realised drugs have become normalised for young people.I realised drugs are more affordable, accessible and available than ever before....
... Read more
Developmental Assessment of the School-Aged Child with Developmental Disabilities

A Clinician's Guide

by M. S. Thambirajah ...

Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems who are referred to mental health services for assessment often have undiagnosed mild learning disabilities, and this guide is written for clinicians involved in making such assessments.It provides full guidance on common developmental disorders and their assessment, focusing on mild to moderate disabilities in the school-aged child. ... Read more

$63.99 USD

Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural problems who are referred to mental health services for assessment often have undiagnosed mild learning disabilities, and this guide is written for clinicians involved in making such assessments.It provides full guidance on common developmental disorders and their assessment, focusing on mild to moderate disabilities in the school-aged child.
... Read more
The Drama of the Gifted Child

The Search for the True Self

by Alice Miller ...

This “rare and compelling” (New York Magazine) bestseller examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain.Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too ... Read more

$11.99 USD

This “rare and compelling” (New York Magazine) bestseller examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain.Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too
... Read more
365 Manners Kids Should Know

Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children and Teens Learn Etiquette

by Sheryl Eberly ...

If you’ve ever cringed at the sight of your ten-year-old waltzing through the neighbor’s front door without an invitation, or struggled to teach your teenager proper “netiquette” for navigating the complicated world of social networks, you know the importance of teaching kids that manners matter.Sheryl Eberly’s bestselling 365 Manners Kids Should Know gives clever and insightful advice for the ... Read more

$11.99 USD

If you’ve ever cringed at the sight of your ten-year-old waltzing through the neighbor’s front door without an invitation, or struggled to teach your teenager proper “netiquette” for navigating the complicated world of social networks, you know the importance of teaching kids that manners matter.Sheryl Eberly’s bestselling 365 Manners Kids Should Know gives clever and insightful advice for the
... Read more
Mental

Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know About Mental Health

by Dr. Steve Ellen, Catherine Deveny ...

Become your own mental health expertMental illness is too often portrayed with a sense of despair, as if it’s a life sentence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Virtually everyone improves with help, and most of the help is relatively easy to access.How do we define mental illness? What does a diagnosis mean? What should you ask your doctor before you begin treatment? Are there alternatives ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Become your own mental health expertMental illness is too often portrayed with a sense of despair, as if it’s a life sentence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Virtually everyone improves with help, and most of the help is relatively easy to access.How do we define mental illness? What does a diagnosis mean? What should you ask your doctor before you begin treatment? Are there alternatives
... Read more
My Tech-Wise Life

Growing Up and Making Choices in a World of Devices

by Amy Crouch, Andy Crouch ...

It's time to take our power backWe can barely imagine our lives without technology. Tech gives us tools to connect with our friends, listen to our music, document our lives, share our opinions, and keep up with what's going on in the world. Yet it also tempts us to procrastinate, avoid honest conversations, compare ourselves with others, and filter our reality.Sometimes, it feels like our devices ... Read more

$12.99 USD

It's time to take our power backWe can barely imagine our lives without technology. Tech gives us tools to connect with our friends, listen to our music, document our lives, share our opinions, and keep up with what's going on in the world. Yet it also tempts us to procrastinate, avoid honest conversations, compare ourselves with others, and filter our reality.Sometimes, it feels like our devices
... Read more
Dressing with Dignity

by Colleen Hammond ...

In this ground-breaking book, Colleen Hammond challenges today's fashions and provides you the information you need to protect yourself and your loved ones from the onslaught of tasteless, immodest clothing. Colleen Hammond shares real-life examples of how women can accentuate the grace and beauty of their femininity, and she shows that modest definitely does not mean frumpy !! DRESSING WITH ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this ground-breaking book, Colleen Hammond challenges today's fashions and provides you the information you need to protect yourself and your loved ones from the onslaught of tasteless, immodest clothing. Colleen Hammond shares real-life examples of how women can accentuate the grace and beauty of their femininity, and she shows that modest definitely does not mean frumpy !! DRESSING WITH
... Read more
Guardian of Eden

by Leslie DuBois ...

What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who abused your twelve-year-old sister? No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses. Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old ... Read more

$3.99 USD

What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who abused your twelve-year-old sister? No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses. Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old
... Read more
Anxiety Coach

A Parent's Guide to Treating Childhood Anxiety and OCD

by Dr. Stephen P.H. Whiteside, Ph.D.; L.P. ...

An essential resource to address anxiety disorders and OCD in children and teenagers, from a prominent researcher and psychologist at Mayo Clinic.Parenting can be overwhelming when your child is struggling with an anxiety disorder or OCD—but it doesn’t have to be. Anxiety Coach is a step-by-step guide full of useful strategies, techniques, and action plans designed to address all the most common ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $8.99 USD

An essential resource to address anxiety disorders and OCD in children and teenagers, from a prominent researcher and psychologist at Mayo Clinic.Parenting can be overwhelming when your child is struggling with an anxiety disorder or OCD—but it doesn’t have to be. Anxiety Coach is a step-by-step guide full of useful strategies, techniques, and action plans designed to address all the most common
... Read more
El cervell de l'adolescent

Descobreix com els funciona per entendre'ls i acompanyar-los

by David Bueno ...

Translated by Emma de Porrata-Doria i Botey ...

David Bueno, el científic català que domina les xarxes i els mitjans, i també la paraula i la ciència, posa una mica de llum perquè entenguem COM FUNCIONA EL CERVELL dels tan temuts ADOLESCENTS.Un discurs únic que ens ajuda a entendre com és i com madura el cervell dels adolescents, quin sentit vital té aquest període tan crucial i rellevant per a la nostra espècie i quines coses podem posar en ... Read more

$8.99 USD

David Bueno, el científic català que domina les xarxes i els mitjans, i també la paraula i la ciència, posa una mica de llum perquè entenguem COM FUNCIONA EL CERVELL dels tan temuts ADOLESCENTS.Un discurs únic que ens ajuda a entendre com és i com madura el cervell dels adolescents, quin sentit vital té aquest període tan crucial i rellevant per a la nostra espècie i quines coses podem posar en
... Read more
The Connected Parent

An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World

by John Palfrey, Urs Gasser ...

An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids.Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we ... Read more

$17.99 USD

An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids.Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we
... Read more
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters

The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

by Courtney E. Martin ...

"Why does every one of my friends have an eating disorder, or, at the very least, a screwed-up approach to food and fitness?" writes journalist Courtney E. Martin. The new world culture of eating disorders and food and body issues affects virtually all -- not just a rare few -- of today's young women. They are your sisters, friends, and colleagues -- a generation told that they could "be anything, ... Read more

$1.99 USD

"Why does every one of my friends have an eating disorder, or, at the very least, a screwed-up approach to food and fitness?" writes journalist Courtney E. Martin. The new world culture of eating disorders and food and body issues affects virtually all -- not just a rare few -- of today's young women. They are your sisters, friends, and colleagues -- a generation told that they could "be anything,
... Read more
Adolescent Depression

A Guide for Parents

by Francis Mark Mondimore, Patrick Kelly ...

Series series A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
The timely second edition of this bestselling guide will inform and encourage struggling adolescents and their families.In Adolescent Depression, psychiatrists Francis Mark Mondimore, MD, and Patrick Kelly, MD, explain that serious depression in adolescents goes beyond "moodiness." Depression is in fact an illness—one that can be effectively treated. The authors describe the many forms of ... Read more

$17.99 USD

The timely second edition of this bestselling guide will inform and encourage struggling adolescents and their families.In Adolescent Depression, psychiatrists Francis Mark Mondimore, MD, and Patrick Kelly, MD, explain that serious depression in adolescents goes beyond "moodiness." Depression is in fact an illness—one that can be effectively treated. The authors describe the many forms of
... Read more
Parenting in the Eye of the Storm

The Adoptive Parent's Guide to Navigating the Teen Years

by Katie Naftzger ...

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior. This guide describes the essential skills you need to help your adopted teen confidently face the challenges of growing up and outlines four key goals for adoptive parents:· To move ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Adult adoptee and family therapist Katie Naftzger shares her personal and professional wisdom in this guide to help adoptive parents remain a calm parental influence in the midst of stormy and erratic teen behavior. This guide describes the essential skills you need to help your adopted teen confidently face the challenges of growing up and outlines four key goals for adoptive parents:· To move
... Read more
PLANTAINS AND THE SEVEN PLAGUES: A Memoir

Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban, and Full Life

by Paz Ellis ...

Author, Paz Ellis, takes readers on a cross-cultural and trans-generational journey through her childhood in West New York, New Jersey to adulthood with Plantains and the Seven Plagues, A Memoir: Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban, and Full Life.Paz insightfully describes the complexities and contradictions of growing up in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Cuban father. From her mother's ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Author, Paz Ellis, takes readers on a cross-cultural and trans-generational journey through her childhood in West New York, New Jersey to adulthood with Plantains and the Seven Plagues, A Memoir: Half-Dominican, Half-Cuban, and Full Life.Paz insightfully describes the complexities and contradictions of growing up in the United States to a Dominican mother and a Cuban father. From her mother's
... Read more