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Book Reviews: 17 Sept - 22 Sept 2007

Your Pregnancy Week by Week
What Nurses Know and Doctors Don't have Time to Tell You
Making Our Lives Our Own: A Woman's Guide to the Six Challenges of Personal Change
The Transition to Parenthood: How a first child changes a marriage, Why some couples grow closer and others apart
Talking from 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work

1) Your Pregnancy Week by Week

The book is an excellent source of information on all stages of pregnancy. Different topics like planning the pregnancy till having the baby are covered in the book. In addition to this, valuable information about lab tests a pregnant woman may take, how the actions of the mother affect the baby and any possible complications that are encountered during the pregnancy is provided. Along with this there are Tip of the Week, Boxes and Charts to make the information search easier and Illustrations, which show how the mother and the child change and grow week by week.

Authors: Glade B. Curtis
Publishers: Fisher Books
Date of Publication: 1997
No. of pages: 371

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2) What Nurses Know and Doctors Don't have Time to Tell You

The author has discussed the signs and symptoms of a disease in relation to how a patient feels and what the patient can do to feel better. The book provides tips on easing symptoms, promoting healing and following a treatment plan so that the patient can treat everyday health complaints and minor injuries and recover more comfortably at home.

Authors: Patricia Carroll
Publishers: The Berkley Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 2004
No. of pages: 322

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3) Making Our Lives Our Own: A Woman's Guide to the Six Challenges of Personal Change

The book is a study in women's psychology, sociology, feminist theory, adult development, and above all women's experiences. The ideas in the book represent women's psychological and social changes. In this book the author offers a new "life circle model" of growth for women based on the real lives of real women. This model guides women toward honest, vital, and adult living.

Authors: Marilyn J. Mason
Publishers: Harper San Francisco
Date of Publication: 1991
No. of pages: 240

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4) The Transition to Parenthood: How a first child changes a marriage, Why some couples grow closer and others apart

The book is a study based on a research on married couples and the changes they go through when they are expecting their first child. The author has identified the factors which determine whether a marriage improves or declines after a child is born, why and how the communication between the couple change after the baby's arrival, why does the difficulties in a marriage affects a woman first and how couples can make their marriage grow stronger.

Authors: Jay Belsky and John Kelly
Publishers: Dell Publishing
Date of Publication: 1994
No. of pages: 288

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5) Talking from 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work

In this book the author offers new ways of understanding what happens in the workplace, ranging from the simple to the complex contemporary issues. The ideas in the book will have an impact on those who are struggling with co-workers, jobs, and companies and it will help individuals as well as companies thrive in a working world made up of increasingly diverse people.

Authors: Deborah Tannen
Publishers: William Morrow and Co.
Date of Publication: 1994
No. of pages: 368

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