HCI Books and Authors in the News

How to Stop Sibling Struggles
Having a baby and a toddler is only half the problem, though, I discovered a few years later: These kids are going to get older, and pretty soon you have a toddler and a kid to deal with. Here's how to handle both sibling stages...Read Full Article

Happy National Garden Month - get out your trowels!
It’s National Garden Month. Oh joy! Not as meaningful to those of us who are trying to keep our potted terrace plants from burning to death, but for those diggers of dirt on the ground, a festive time of year...Read Full Article

Mind Over Money
It’s a scary time: unemployment’s up, the economy’s down and almost everyone’s trying to bail out of debt. A third of us have lost sleep over financial stress and worry, according to a recent survey by the National Sleep Foundation...Read Full Article

Family Loans Can Raise More Problems Than They Solve
The critical question to ask before issuing a family loan: "Will the financial contribution help solve a problem or will it feed a destructive and motivation-stifling behavior," said Brad Klontz, financial psychologist and coauthor of "Wired for Wealth."...Read Full Article

Maybe Baby: An infertility Story
What happens when the ability to produce a child is thwarted? Matthew Miller recounts his own experience in the book, Maybe Baby: An infertility Story....Read Full Article

The Best New Pet Products
Are you looking for new toys, products and ideas to make your pet's life easier and more comfortable? Veterinarian Marty Becker hit the Global Pet Expo in Orlando, Fla., last month, the industry's largest annual trade show, and discusses some of his favorite new products....Read Full Article

Tom Wilson II: Ziggy's Family Heritage
Tom Wilson II learned to appreciate what a gift his father gave him on Saturday mornings when he was young. They were special times between father and son. Tom, Sr., would make time in his busy schedule to take his son to the Bob’s Big Boy chain restaurant for breakfast....Read Full Article

A Fill-In on Cable News Is Thrust Into Host’s Chair
Jane Velez-Mitchell is a true-crime author, a television talking head, a lesbian, an animal activist, a recovering alcoholic and a vegan....Read Full Article

'Ziggy' cartoonist tells of depression
"Ziggy" cartoonist Tom Wilson II understands better than anyone that his character's phenomenal appeal lies in an indomitable optimism and unshakable daily resilience....Read Full Article

Gold Coast Cure
A five-week health and body makeover, The Gold Coast Cure was created to reverse 10 diseases: obesity, type II diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, asthma, arthritis, cancer, vascular dementia, osteoporosis and fibromylagia....Read Full Article

More African baby names than even an octuplet mom could use
There are more than 5,000 names in "The African Book of Names," compiled by Ashkhari Hodari, PhD. The names derive from 37 nations and more than 70 ethno-linguistic groups....Read Full Article

Jess McCann Teaches Readers How to Get the Guy They Want
When my friend Anne moved to San Francisco, she didn't know a soul. I admired her strength to pick up and move three thousand miles from home, but I also worried about how she would meet people and regain her social life....Read Full Article

Have a Pet Without Sneezing
The bad news has to be addressed first: There is no such thing as a dog that doesn’t shed and isn’t capable of producing wheezes and sneezes....Read Full Article

Zig-Zagging: A Ziggy Memoir
In his new memoir, Zig-Zagging: Losing Madly, Losing Badly... How Ziggy Saved My Life, Tom Wilson describes the game he would play as a boy with his father, Ziggy creator Tom Wilson Sr....Read Full Article

'Why did you cause me to turn out this way?'
What happened in a torture chamber at the Florida Industrial School for Boys in the 1950s has haunted three Jacksonville men for a lifetime....Read Full Article

When the going gets really tough, the tough write real estate books
The McKinney book, “Burst This!” (Health Communications, $24.95), is the real estate developer-showman’s lowdown on his bubble-proof strategies....Read Full Article

Keeping Your Pet's Pearly Whites Clean
Can't stand doggie breath? Fido's bad breath might be a bigger problem than you think....Read Full Article

President Barack Obama was the 2008 Martin Luther King Scholarship Banquet Keynote Speaker; Following in His Footsteps Dr. Farrah Gray is the 2009 Keynote Speaker
Award-winning author and social entrepreneur Dr. Farrah Gray representing the next generation following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and President Barack Obama...Read Full Article

Looking Good: Midlife Makeovers
Meet the winners of our 2008 Faces of 50+ Model Search, and see their head-to-toe transformations by The Makeover Guy, Christopher Hopkins...Read Full Article

The Green Beauty Guide
When I was first offered an opportunity to review The Green Beauty Guide, I’ve got to admit, I was initially skeptical...Read Full Article

Simplify New Year's resolutions
"In 2009, we'll have multiple demands put on us, probably more so than ever," Rego says. "If we set small, simple goals, we have a much better shot at success."...Read Full Article