Over sixty effective child-rearing tricks and techniques that your mother and your pediatrician never told you about! SOMETIMES PARENTS NEED MORE RESOURCES than love, consistency, and patience to successfully navigate kids through childhood and keep themselves sane at the same time. After all, how do you motivate kids to pick up after themselves and to eat their vegetables without nagging? Psychologist and best-selling author Perry Buffington shows parents how to outsmart their kids and keep a measure of control in the household using tricks and techniques based on current research in the field of behavioral psychology. Using the professional wisdom and effective shortcuts in the book, parents can learn how to: quickly and effectively toilet train little boys manage children's nightmares improve a child's self control, memory, and coordination help your child improve academic performance and quell school-related anxieties Written in down-to-earth language, here is an arsenal of practical methods parents can use to improve their kids' socialization, motivate them to behave better, and encourage them to reach their potential.

Insideout New Orleans City Guide

Travel

United States

Mapgroup Intl

This lively guide to Brussels covers 30 main tourist attractions, including its excellent museums and galleries, gorgeous Gothic architecture, and the romantic canals and opulent town square of Bruges. Informed reviews profile dozens of shops, including top designer boutiques and exquisite chocolatiers; venues for evening entertainment including nightclubs and jazz haunts; restaurants and bars from award winners to hidden gems; along with tips on the practical aspects of making the most of this historic city.

Insideout Brussels City Guide (Insideout Guides)

THE, MAP GROUP

Europe

This incredibly portable, attractive city guide includes PopOut maps, a 64 page insider guide, a functional compass, and a pen to help you travel intelligently around Amsterdam. A classic itinerary includes 23 must-see attractions like the Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum, outlined with descriptions and historical insights as well as an alphanumeric index that corresponds to helpful maps. Fifty shops are identified and organized by categories such as book stores, markets, art galleries, and specialty shops. The guide covers 45 entertainment venues including opera, theatre, dance clubs, and sporting arenas; and 56 varied restaurants ranging from inexpensive to pricey. A concluding section provides transportation, weather, and regional custom information, and the regional map of central and historic Amsterdam includes an inset of Greater Amsterdam and Amsterdam Transit.

Insideout Amsterdam City Map

Ltd. Compass Maps

The Los Angeles Insideout City Guide includes a 64 page Insiders Guide, compass, and maps to help you travel intelligently around Los Angeles. A classic Los Angeles itinerary is provided that suggests how to best enjoy the city of angels. 25 must-see places, like Beverly Hills and Disneyland, are outlined in the guide, with descriptions, historical insights, and an alphanumeric index corresponding to one of the helpful maps. 40 places to shop are identified and organized by categories such as Book Stores, Markets, Vintage Clothing, and Surf and Skateboard Gear. After each category, the guide lists the stores' specialties. There are 30 entertainment venues covering themes from the major arenas to dance clubs, with each described in detail, what it has to offer, and where it is located. The 42 restaurants included cover a wide range of ethnic tastes with a price guide to rate the restaurants from inexpensive to high priced. Last but not least is a listing of all the practical information regarding Los Angeles, including a directory that has everything you need to know to get the best out of the city.

Insideout Los Angeles City Guide

Reference

Atlases & Maps

This portable, attractive city guide includes detailed PopOut™ maps, a 64-page insider guide, a functional compass, and a pen to help you travel intelligently around Milan. The classic itinerary suggests how to best enjoy the city by highlighting 16 must-see attractions, including the Duomo and the Quad d'Oro - and each attraction corresponds to an alphanumeric index cross-referenced with one of the helpful maps. Also included are 60 varied shops and services; 22 entertainment venues hosting music, activities, and sports; and 55 restaurants covering a wide range of atmospheres from fine dining to bars. A concluding section provides transportation, weather, and regional custom information. The Milan city guide includes PopOut maps of Centro Storico, central Milan, and an inset of Greater Milan and The Lakes.

Insideout Milan City Guide (Insideout City Guide Series)

Map Group

The New York Insideout City Guide includes a 64 page Insiders Guide, compass, and maps to help you travel intelligently around the big apple. A classic New York City itinerary provides suggestions on how to best enjoy the city. 21 places, like the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island are described with historical insights and an alphanumeric index corresponding to one of the helpful maps. 40 places to shop are identified and organized by categories such as bookstores, spas, markets, and designer discounts. After each category, the guide lists the stores' specialties. 50 entertainment venues that cover themes from jazz and theatre to dance clubs and sporting arenas are included with a detailed description of each,. what it has to offer, and where it is located. The 39 restaurants included cover a wide range of ethnic tastes as well as a price guide to rate them from inexpensive to high priced. Last but not least is a guide listing all the practical information regarding New York City, including a directory that has everything you need to know to get the best out of this incredible city.

Insideout New York City Guide: Popout Map

The Washington DC Insideout City Guide includes a 64 page Insiders Guide, compass, and maps to help you travel intelligently around Washington DC. A classic Washington DC itinerary is provided with suggestions on how to best enjoy the city. 33 places, like the White House and the US Capital, are described with historical insights, and an alphanumeric index corresponding to one of the helpful maps. 34 places to shop are identified and organized by categories such as food and wine, markets, and oddities. After each category, the guide lists the stores' specialties. There are 32 entertainment venues covering themes from opera and theatre to spectator and participation sports. Each venue is described in detail, what it has to offer, and where it is located. The 37 restaurants included cover a wide range of ethnic tastes as well as a price guide to rate the restaurants from inexpensive to high priced. Last but not least is a listing of all the practical information regarding Washington DC including a directory that has everything you need to know to get the best out of this grand and historic city.

Insideout Washington D. C. City Guide

Compass Maps

This portable, attractive travel guide includes a 64-page insider guide, compass, and PopOut™ maps to help you travel intelligently around Hong Kong. This guide highlights the city's main attractions, including all the new skyscrapers, The Peak, museums, galleries, and parks, plus day trips to Lantau and resorts outside Hong Kong city. It covers 50 stores in this shopper's paradise, including shopping malls, designer emporiums, antiques stalls, the world-famous Sunday market at Stanley, and the Chinese apothecaries along Nathan Road in Kowloon. Listings cover all the major concert, drama, and operatic venues, as well as sporting facilities such as the Hong Kong Sevens. Hong Kong Insideout Guide reviews accommodations from five-star hotels to backpacker hostels and restaurants of every kind, from dim sum to elaborate 15-course feasts. A concluding section provides transportation, weather, and regional custom information. Bound in durable, flexible gunmetal-gray and black plastic, with colorful photos throughout, these pocket books stand up to frequent use on-the-go and have tremendous visual appeal.

Hong Kong Insideout Guide

Asia

The Spanish SpeakOut guide combines a dictionary, menu decoder, and phrasebook in one durable, pocket-sized package, with color photos throughout. Written by native speakers in an accessible, easy-to-understand style, it introduces Spain and her people and provides entertaining insights into the delights of regional Spanish cuisine. Readers learn how to follow a menu in Spanish and order local specialties like paella in the southeast or hearty stews inland, as well as tapas throughout the country. Dialogue boxes throughout the two-way dictionary ensure that travelers can deal with every situation, from booking a hotel room to filling the car with gas. In addition, two PopOut phrase menus provide instant access to 200 essential phrases on eating, shopping, traveling, and sightseeing, and a light-up pen in the spine can be used on note pages at the back of the dictionary.

Spanish Speakout: phrase book, menu decoder, two-way dictionary (English and Spanish Edition)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

The Italian SpeakOut guide combines a dictionary, menu decoder, and phrasebook in one durable, pocket-sized package, with color photos throughout. Written by native speakers in an accessible, easy-to-understand style, it introduces Italy and her people and provides entertaining insights into the delights of regional Italian cuisine. Readers learn how to follow a menu in Italian and order local specialties like pasta alle vongole in Tuscany or risottos in the north. Dialogue boxes throughout the two-way dictionary ensure that travelers can deal with every situation, from asking for a hair cut to going to the cinema. In addition, two PopOut phrase menus provide instant access to 200 essential phrases on eating, shopping, traveling, and sightseeing, and a light-up pen in the spine can be used on notes pages at the back of the dictionary.

Italian Speakout: phrase book, menu decoder, two-way dictionary (English and Italian Edition)

COMPASS MAPS LTD.

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