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|  | Against Love by Laura Kipnis
With a novelist's eye for detail, psychological acuity, and linguistic panache, Kipnis at once humorously and seriously explores the rules and rituals of modern coupledom and domesticity.Will all the adulterers in the room please stand up? So begins Laura Kipnis's profoundly provocative and waggish inquiry into our never-ending quest for lasting love, and its attendant issues of fidelity and betrayal. In the tradition of social critiques such as Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, Against Love keenly examines the meaning and cultural significance of adultery, arguing that perhaps the question concerns not only the private dilemma of whether or not to be faithful, but also the purpose of this much vaunted fidelity. With a novelist's eye for detail, psychological acuity, and linguistic panache, Kipnis at once humorously and seriously explores the rules and rituals of modern coupledom and domesticity (from the establishment of curfews and whereabouts to actual searches and seizures), even as she deftly analyzes the larger power structures that they serve. She wonders: Might adulterers be regarded not only as sexual renegades but as unwitting social theorists posing essential political questions about the social contract itself? What is the trade-off between personal gratification and the renunciations society demands of us? And is working at your relationship just another way of propping up the work ethic, as if we weren't all overworked enough as it is? If adultery is ultimately a referendum on the sustainability of monogamy, how credible is the basic premise of modern coupledom: that desire for your one and only love can and will persist through a lifetime of togetherness (despite so much evidence to the contrary)? Against Love offers no easy answers. Rather it intends to engage you in a commonsensical and brave examination of the plight of the modern personality, caught between the vicissitudes of desire and the decrees of social conformity. AUTHOR: Laura Kipnis
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Advice 
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 | Living Without Depression & Manic Depression by Mary E. Copeland
More than 11 million people suffer from depression in the U.S. each year. Now, this guidebook presents new ways to cope with depression and hold it at bay. Based on a study of patients diagnosed with major depression or manic-depression who have avoided serious recurrences for over two years, this guide offers proven techniques for staying well. AUTHOR: Mary E. Copeland
PUBLISHER: New Harbinger Publications
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster
An early memoir consisting of two parts: Portrait of an Invisible Man , in which Auster explores his own sometimes shocking family history, particularly the death of the complex man who was his father; and The Book of Memory , in which, by examining his own life, he writes about the concept of memory. AUTHOR: Paul Auster
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | Baby Steps by Claire B. Kopp
Description not available.A revised edition of the popular guide to baby development incorporates the latest findings on the developing brain and childhood behavior, temperament, language, and memory, examining each month of an infant's first year as well as key events in the second year. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Claire B. Kopp
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | Widowed by Barry M. Corkern, Sally Chandler Crisp, Sharon Trusty
On July 23, 1994, Sharon and John Trusty were living the full-to-overflowing lives typical of the American middle class. They were building an addition to their home; their youngest daughter was getting married in two weeks; they were to leave for Japan two days after the wedding; and John and his partner were restructuring their business. But that July day did not end as typically as it began, for that afternoon John was dead as the result of a heart attack, and Sharon found herself a widow at age 47. John's death threw Sharon into a downward spiral, emotionally and financially. They had not neglected financial planning -- but their plan assumed they both would retire before either died. She knew how much they had borrowed for the home addition, but not how much they had spent. Their assets were tied up in various ventures for which John had left no paper trail. Widowed is the account of Sharon's transition from homemaker to widow to businesswoman. When she was finally referred to a genial financial consultant named Barry Corkern, she found a decision partner -- someone who understood the complex matrix of emotional and financial issues. AUTHOR: Barry M. Corkern, Sally Chandler Crisp, Sharon Trusty
PUBLISHER: August House Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Advice
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 | Bringing the Story Home by Lisa Lipkin
Advice for parents and caregivers on how to make storytelling a daily part of a child's life, using it to turn chores into an adventure and as a method of sharing family history. Also included are tips on how to make reading-aloud to children more involving and dramatic. AUTHOR: Lisa Lipkin
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Advice
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