Parenting and Childcare

David Eddie / Housebroken

   Once, David Eddie was a freewheeling comic novelist. Then, after years of slow-roasting in Bachelor Hell, Mr. Eddie met Ms. Right-who delivered an ultimatum on her thirtieth birthday: "Fertilize...

Oliver James / How Not to F*** Them Up

   As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin?Want to know how best to be a stay-at-home or working mum?Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on...

David Coleman / The Thriving Family: How to Achieve Lasting Home-Life Harmony for You and Your Children (Large Paperback)

   Every parent's goal is to raise happy, healthy children who can thrive and flourish whatever the challenges faced along the way. In The Thriving Family, leading psychologist David Coleman shares...

Stella O'Malley / Bully-Proof Kids : Practical tools to help your child to grow up confident, resilient and strong (Large Paperback)

   We can't always be there to protect our kids as they make their way in the world. What we can do is equip them with the tools they need to ensure they have a positive social experience.Based on...

Jon Smith / The Bloke's Guide To Babies

   What bloke is entirely ready or totally prepared for the reality of a new baby and all that it entails?Babies may bring boundless joy into your life but they also bring temper tantrums, stubborn...

Sarah Turner / The Unmumsy Mum

   The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller in paperback at last!THIS IS NOT A PARENTING MANUAL. THIS IS REAL LIFE.The Unmumsy Mum writes candidly about motherhood like it really is: the messy, maddening,...

Paul Martin / Making Happy People : The Nature of Happiness and its Origins in Childhood

   All parents want their children to be happy - but no parent knows how to guarantee it. Now this groundbreaking book explores the ways in which parents can influence their children's happiness,...

Adam Henson / Like Farmer, Like Son

   `People say "Like father, like son", and the story of my life has mirrored my father's to a quite uncanny degree. Right from when I was a little boy, he was my rock; my mentor; my hero. It is no...

Sal Severe / How To Behave So Your Children Will Too

    Tired of repeating everything four times to get your children to listen? Feeling guilty because your children don't behave? This book will save your sanity! How to Behave So Your Children...

Gill Hines / Whatever! : A down-to-earth guide to parenting teenagers

   Do you find bringing up teenagers more of a pain than a pleasure?Raising teenagers can test parental love to breaking point, particularly if you have previously enjoyed a close and loving...

Hazel Phillips / Choose the Sex of Your Baby : the Natural Way

Fully updated and supported by the latest research, "Choose the Sex of Your Baby - the Natural Way" provides the key to sex determination. Hazel Chesterman-Phillips describes how she developed her...

Kim John Payne / Simplicity Parenting

   Today's busier, faster society is waging an undeclared war on childhood. With too much stuff, too many choices, and too little time, children can become anxious, have trouble with friends and...

Kate Mosse / Becoming A Mother

 Combining medical and historical information with real life accounts of ordinary women, this book is an essential guide to the facts, feelings and emotions experienced during pregnancy and birth. It...

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer / Talking to Tweenies

   They may look sweet and compliant, but these days children aged between 8 and 12 - 'tweenies' - are fast emerging as a force to be reckoned with. Gaining in confidence, expecting more freedom,...

Joe Borgenicht / The Baby Owner's Manual

    You've programmed your VCR, you've reinstalled Microsoft Windows, you can even check your e-mail on your Palm Pilot. But none of this experience will prepare you for the world's biggest...

Maria Montesson / The Discovery of the Child

    Describing the nature of the child and her method, Maria Montessori explains in this text her beliefs - that once the general principles of her method have been grasped, the parts dealing...

Johann Christoph Arnold / Why Children Matter

 Raising a child has never been more challenging. If you ever doubt yourself or wonder if it is worth the heartache, read this little book. If you worry that your family will not weather life's...

Tony Humphreys / Self-esteem : The Key to Your Child's Future

   'A sensible and eminently readable book.' The Irish Times Parents act as a mirror for their children. Parental responses to children determine the image they form of themselves. When we...

Joe Smith / The Bloke's Guide To Pregnancy

    This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner...

Jon Smith / The Bloke's Guide To Pregnancy

    This book takes a 'warts and all' sensible yet humorous look at the many stages of pregnancy. It explores the changes, physical and emotional, that any man can expect to see in his partner...

Rob Parson / The Sixty Minute Father

    THE SIXTY MINUTE FATHER sets goals to help every father ensure that he doesn't miss out on the greatest opportunity of his life. His advice includes: Put dates in your diary that are...

Miriam Stoppard / Baby & Co Pregnancy & Birth Handbook

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Gina Ford / The Complete Sleep Guide For Contented Babies & Toddlers (Large Paperback)

 Sleep, or rather the lack of it, is the issue of paramount concern to the overwhelming majority of new parents. Getting enough sleep is vital for the health of a growing baby or toddler, and the...

Heidi Murkoff / The What to Expect Babysitter and Nanny Handbook

   Marrying the reassuring authority and trust of all the WHAT TO EXPECT books with a lively, accessible voice, THE WHAT TO EXPECT BABYSITTER AND NANNY HANDBOOK contains everything a childcarer...

Rana Conway / What to Eat When You're Pregnant : Including the A-Z of what's safe and what's not

   Being pregnant is one of the most exciting times of your life. It's also one of the most worrying. Your future baby's health and wellbeing is in your hands it's down to you to eat and drink in a...

Jan De Vries / Mother and Child

 MOTHER AND CHILD is the long awaited follow up to Jan's phenomenally successful Preganancy and Childbirth and the next instalment in his excellent Well Woman series. In Mother and Child Jan De Vries...

Loreto Todd / Celtic Names for Children

   A dictionary of over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. But more than that, it gives the origin and meaning of each name plus traditional...

Liz Fraser / The Yummy Mummy's Family Handbook

 `Liz Fraser portrayal of family life is hilarious and so true. I loved Liz Fraser's first book, but this is even better. Every single mum and dad in the world should have a book like this in their...

Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall / The Good Granny Guide

 As all good grannies know, the most precious gift they can offer their grandchildren is time - Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, a loving and closely involved grandmother of four children, has gathered...

Julia Cresswell / Naming Your Baby : The Definitive Dictionary of First Names

 Naming Your Baby is the essential A-Z guide for deciding your child's name. Much more than just a list of baby names, this book is a fascinating guide for expectant parents, as well as a wider...

Gisela Preuschoff / Raising Girls

 A warm and inspiring read for parents, this book explores girls' emotional and physical development from ages 1 to 16. Every parent of girls aged between 1 and 16 will enjoy reading this informative...

Betty Parsons / The Expectant Father

 Whether or not you plan to be beside you wife at the birth, as prospective father you are the best placed person on earth to give her the growing comfort and confidence she is going to need. This...

Kerry Parnell / Street Smart

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Harriet Griffey / How to Get Pregnant

 "How to Get Pregnant" is the essential guide to helping you achieve a happy, healthy pregnancy, telling you all you need to know about fertility and conception in one volume. The average couple...

Diarmaid O Muirithe / A - Z of Irish Names for Children : And their meanings

   In Ireland we have a wonderful selection of names to choose from. We have our own Irish versions of biblical names, the names of the Evangelists and of continental saints who have taken our fancy...

Jools Oliver / Minus Nine to One : The Diary of an Honest Mum

 Being pregnant for the first time changed Jools Oliver's life. Having longed for children since before she can remember, she was suddenly faced with an array of unfamiliar, unexpected and sometimes...

Arlene Eisenberg / What to Expect the Toddler Years (Large Paperback)

 Overflowing with intelligence and good common sense, this comprehensive guide provides clear explanations and useful guidelines on everything a parent might want to know about the second and third...

Heidi Murkoff / What to Expect When You're Expecting (Large Paperback)

 We're expecting again! Announcing the COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED THIRD EDITION of this bestselling pregnancy book, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING. Two years in the making, it's a...

Heidi Murkoff / What to Expect the First Year (Large Paperback)

 WHAT TO EXPECT THE 1st YEAR is a comprehensive and practical month-by-month guide that clearly explains everything parents need to know - or might be worrying about - in the first year with a new...

Brian Gilsenan / The Essential Parent's Guide for the Primary School Years (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...

Christopher Green / Toddler Taming : A Parent's Guide to the First Four Years (Large Paperback)

 Many parents wonder how their sweet baby which gurgled happily at them for the first 12 months changes so suddenly into a bellowing, tantrum prone, carpet biting toddler. What went wrong? Whose...

Tony Humphreys / Leaving the Nest : What Families Are All About

 We don't all come from happy families. The reality is that families are a mixture of positive and hurtful experiences. Families are all about bringing children to a place of independence, so that as...

Laurence Flanagan / Favourite Irish Names for Children

 Looks at the 200 most popular Irish Christian names, with a short, witty and authoritative commentary on each. The book details the origin of each name and - in the case of saints' names - gives a...

Miriam Stoppard / Pregnancy & Birth Handbook

   Britain's best-loved and respected baby care author Dr Miriam Stoppard gives guidance to both partners on every aspect of pregnancy and birth from conception to the first weeks of life.    All of...

Lucy Taylor / The Mum's Guide to Having Your Baby in Ireland (Large Paperback)

I wish I had had this resource when I had my own children. It strikes just the right balance between reassurance and crisp information and readers will feel comforted and supported through the...

Clive Gifford / Teenage Kicks: 101 Things To Do Before You're 16

Have you ever ... Eaten with chopsticks for a week? Had a shopping trolley race? Helped out for a night at a homeless centre? This book will tell you how. With 101 challenges and targets for readers...

Mikael Engstrom / Thin Ice

Where would you rather live - in a lonely flat with your drunk father, only bearable when your big brother is home? Or in a small, snowy village with a frozen lake, where your aunt burns books to...

Liz Fraser / The Yummy Mummy's Survival Guide

Forget the frump. Wave goodbye to those leggings - there's a new breed of mothers on the baby block. Yummy Mummies don't leave their sense of style in the maternity ward - the loving hands that rock...

Gina Ford / The Contented Toddler Years (Large Paperback)

 . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...

Gina Ford / The New Contented Little Baby Book (Large Paperback)

 . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...

Gina Ford / From Contented Baby to Confident Child (Large Paperback)

All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...

Kevin Flanagan / Maximum Points, Minimum Panic: The Parents' Guide: Essential Guide to Surviving Ex

All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we...