Offers parents advice on helping their college-bound children choose schools that match aptitude and interests, use the Internet to research schools, finance education, and cope with campus life.

For Parents Only From Homeroom to Dorm Room

Parenting & Relationships

Shanley, Mary Kay

Johnston, Julia

Reference

Barrons Educational Series. Inc.

College students will welcome this book's light, conversational approach and its need-to-know advice that could spell the difference between success and failure in their academic and social lives. The authors have integrated practical input from currently enrolled college students across the country in their discussion of virtually every facet of college life. Incoming freshmen, for whom the college experience is entirely new, will find this book required reading--but sophomores, juniors, and seniors will also find good advice about study abroad, money management, choosing a major, and more. For starters, incoming freshmen should know what to bring with them from home and--just as important-- what not to bring. Confusion often runs amok during that first semester, whether on a nearby or a far-from-home campus, and for some students, the situation is further complicated by bouts of homesickness. Here are commonsense tips, lists, and stories for dealing with that problem, as well as advice on coping with troublesome roommates, balancing study, work, and play hours, maintaining a healthful diet, hooking up and hanging out, avoiding excessive alcohol, shunning all contact with illicit drugs, finding the best professors, and handling heavy course loads. Every chapter in this book rings with authenticity and includes direct quotations from students who have already been there, done that, and have come through with flying colors. This must-read title is enhanced with amusing cartoon-style line art.

Survival Secrets of College Students

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Barrons Educational Series

Many parents found this book’s previous edition perfect for giving to their college-bound sons and daughters. They recognized it as a reliable source of solid advice, served up in an easy-to-read style. The new second edition has been updated and expanded with more advice and information than ever. One of the authors’ most important nuggets of advice is, “Don’t think of college as a party place away from home; think of it as the place where you get ready for the rest of your life.” They go on to advise students on how to: 
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<li> Cope with that less-than-perfect roommate </li>
<li> Balance time between study, work, and leisure </li>
<li> Deal with homesickness and make new friends </li>
<li> Beat test deadlines and study smart </li>
<li> Handle heavy course loads </li>
<li> Avoid alcohol and drug culture pitfalls </li>
</ul>
 Every chapter in this book rings with authenticity, and includes quotations from students who have been there, done that, and have come through with flying colors. Enhanced with cartoon-style line art.

Education & Teaching

Barron's Educational Series

Higher & Continuing Education

Barrons Educational Services

Apple Seeds: Thoughts for Teachers

Sta-Kris Inc

Schools & Teaching

Sta-Kris

This full-color illustrated book tells a story of caution yielding to caring, of a friendship growing to full bloom. It is a story that shows us how love, revealed one precious petal at a time, will finally uncover the rare and tender richness of the heart.

She Taught Me to Eat Artichokes: The Discovery of the Heart of Friendship

Biographies & Memoirs

She taught me to eat artichokes: The discovery of the heart of friendship

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

Little Lessons for Teachers

Combines a tender story by Mary Kay Shanley with rich illustrations by award-winning illustrator Paul Micich that portray one of life's most poignant transitions - the moment of saying goodbye to the past and the resulting sense of loss.

The Memory Box: Gathering the Keepsakes of the Heart

Literature & Fiction

This book, a compilation of responses from sons & daughters (Walt Disney, Gerald Fold, Larry King, Billy Graham and others!), lets us tell our fathers what they mean to us.

When I Think About My Father: Sons and Daughters Remember

Great Quotations

Book by Adams, Marilyn, Shanley, Mary Kay

Rhythm of the Seasons: A Journey Beyond Loss

Self-Help

Adams, Marilyn

Death & Grief

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