Barbara Mahany

Perhaps you were once a chemistry geek. Perhaps not. Perhaps you merely get your thrills cleaning house the cheapest, greenest way. That would mean not arming yourself with full complement...

Excuse me while I finish something here -- gurgle, slurp, kerplunk. That noise in the background? The sound of me dumping out my old toxic cleaning caddy. I am here...

Before you fill your bucket with one more glug of heaven-only-knows-the-hazard-to-your-health, you might want to reach instead for a tome that's sure to shed some light on all this cleaning...

Momfidence! An Oreo Never Killed Anybody and Other Secrets of Happier Parenting By Paula Spencer (Three Rivers Press, $12.95 paper) Where, oh, where has this little book been? Lose the...

I have a little friend named Haddie. She's 6. And she happens to be about the most joyous kid I know. When she was 4, they found out she has...

Raising Respectful Children in a Disrespectful World By Jill Rigby (Howard Books, $14.99 paper) Jill Rigby, clearly, is on a mission. She's the founder of the Manners of the Heart...

What to Do When Your Therapist Isn't There: A 24/7 Guide to Coping With Life on Your Own By Nina Danielson (Hatherleigh, $15.95 paper) OK, so maybe the title makes...

Before you sidle over to the large-print section of the bookshelves, there comes that moment of reckoning when, cowering at the back of the drugstore or the grocery store, you...

Simple Truths: On Values, Civility, and Our Common Good By Stephen Bauman (Abingdon Press, $19) Stephen Bauman, senior minister at Christ Church in Manhattan, stumbled on the bright idea that...

The Woman's Belly Book by Lisa Sarasohn (New World Library, $15.95 paper) And you thought it was just a wasted roll of paunch? Think again. Lisa Sarasohn, yoga instructor and...