An indispensable guide to welcoming children—from babies to teens—to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review. Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Sorcerer’s Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader shows you how to instill the joy and time-stopping pleasure of reading. Divided into four sections, from baby through teen, and each illustrated by a different artist, this book offers something useful on every page, whether it’s how to develop rituals around reading or build a family library, or ways to engage a reluctant reader. A fifth section, “More Books to Love: By Theme and Reading Level,” is chockful of expert recommendations. Throughout, the authors debunk common myths, assuage parental fears, and deliver invaluable lessons in a positive and easy-to-act-on way.

Maria Russo is a retired Service Manager of Verizon Enterprise Solutions and is now an author of this non-fiction book about her life. Her goals in writing this book are to reach people who suffered from the same psychological challenges as her and the mental health industry. She lived a double life, or more precisely a multiple life. She suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) also known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). She shares her experiences that brought her to successfully integrate all her identities (personalities) into a whole and dynamic woman. Most books regarding this subject focus on people who do not completely integrate. She wants the world to know that it is possible to integrate and stay integrated. She is a delightful woman that fully enjoys life. She believes she was born into her family and lived with extreme abuse in the first eleven years of her life so she could share how to successfully love yourself and the world around you. Join Maria on this journey of hope and healing, as she courageously shares her climb from victim to survivor, in a gripping, yet vulnerable portrait of her life. May this book give its readers the same possibility of seeing miracles in their own lives. Carol A. Meier, M.A, LPC, NCC

This book investigates the psychology of family relationships, including parent-child relations, sibling relations, maternal-foetal and marital relations. The influence of prenatal mother-child attachment on intrauterine foetal movements is examined, as well as mother-infant interaction, which was studied by looking at Nicaraguan and Italian mothers and how they engage in social play, object play, and what their overall verbal behaviours were towards their infants. In addition, rather than the usual focus on dietary and physical activity aspects of child weight management, certain family relationships are highlighted, which might either enhance or hinder coping with child weight management. Sensitivity is reflected in many different ways in maternal behaviour. This book examines maternal sensitivity and its association with child-directed speech (CDS). In addition, the changes in how parents interact with their toddler-aged children are described as they move from dyadic to family contexts. Several models depicting the role of adolescent ratings of self-esteem anxiety and/or depression, particularly in late adolescence, are also examined. This book addresses the relationships among siblings and how individual differences in emotionality at the behavioural level of analysis correlates at the cognitive and physiological levels. In addition, childhood sibling relationship quality is examined in terms of how it is correlated with achievement motivation and college GPA in young adulthood. The association between the child's personal characteristic with their relationships in family and social environments are also described. Furthermore, psychological processes affecting post-divorce paternal functioning are explored. In addition, a psycho-educational program for advancing children's coping skills and helping them to cope with marital conflict is also examined.

Uno spunto alla riflessione oltre gli aspetti pragmatici della rivoluzione editoriale in corso: le implicazioni teoriche del passaggio dal cartaceo all’ebook analizzate a partire dalla prospettiva semiotica, sulle orme di Roman Jakobson e Umberto Eco. Questo ebook parte dalla storia del libro per porre le basi all’analisi della trasformazione dalla carta rilegata al digitale. Proponendo una diversa applicazione della traduzione intersemiotica, conduce a ridefinire la nozione di paratestualità genettiana e rapporto libro/lettore.

1755. In una Venezia stretta dalla morsa dell'Inquisizione la vita di Caterina Dolfin, donna di rara bellezza cresciuta nell'amore per la cultura, si intreccia fatalmente a quella di Andrea Tron, ambasciatore ed erede di una delle più antiche famiglie della Serenissima. In un affascinante romanzo, la storia di un amore disposto a sfidare ogni regola e convenzione sociale.

"Ha forse subìto l'influenza di Aliénore, che non si mostra mai in pubblico se non impeccabile, fiera ed eretta nella persona, e quando un dolore la affligge, del corpo come dell'animo, lo cela dietro il radioso sorriso? Strano, il suo rapporto con Aliénore. L'ha temuta, criticata con asprezza, osteggiata. Nessuna donna al mondo l'ha irritato e sconcertato più di lei. Eppure, nessuna ha ammirato di più."

Costretta in sposa al figlio del grande Barbarossa, Costanza d'Altavilla conosce una vita di intrighi, complotti, violenze e lotte di potere. Combatterà con tutte le sue forze, finché sarà lei a regalare al mondo uno dei più grandi sovrani di sempre: suo figlio, Federico II di Svevia. Nella Sicilia del XII secolo, l'orgoglio indomito di una donna che ha segnato la storia.

1943. In una Milano piegata dai bombardamenti e dalla miseria, la storia d'amore tra Mara, giovane di ottima famiglia, e Mario, operaio antifascista. La loro unione viene ostacolata da tutti e Mara è costretta a sposare un generale vicino al Duce. Ma il suo legame con Mario si dimostrerà più tenace di ogni costrizione e Mara rischierà la propria libertà e la vita per salvarlo.