As clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair shows, these chronic distractions can have deep and lasting effects. Children don't need adults constantly, but they do need parents to provide what tech cannot: close, meaningful interactions with family and friends. Drawing on real-life stories from her clinical and consulting work, Steiner-Adair offers insight and advice that can help parents achieve greater understanding, authority, and confidence as they come up against the tech revolution unfolding in their living rooms.

Catherine Steiner-Adair is an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, school consultant, and author. She maintains a private practice near Boston, is a Clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Med School and an Associate Psychologist at McLean Hospital, and speaks to numerous audiences, including educators, health professionals, PTAs, religious groups, and non-profit organizations. 

First published in 1919, this memorable, quotable book - beloved by readers and booksellers alike - is back in print!

 

"When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, the protagonist of this classic, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life." Mifflin is an itinerant bookseller, ensconced in literary Brooklyn.

"If you are ever in Brooklyn, that borough of superb sunsets and magnificent vistas of husband-propelled baby-carriages," he advises, "it is to be hoped you may chance upon a quiet by-street where there is a very remarkable bookshop."

The shop, haunted by "the ghosts of all great literature," provides the alluring setting for this suspenseful novella. Strange things are happening: books disappear and reappear, suspicious characters lurk, and the distant First World War may be encroaching even on the peaceful old brownstone where the shop makes it home. A thoroughly entertaining tribute to the bookseller's art, and one of the most beloved bookish novels of all time. 

 

Author Christopher Morley (1890-1957) had a long career in publishing and journalism. A prolific writer, Morley is best known for his racy bestseller Kitty Foyle, and the pair of novels following the adventures of bookseller Roger Mifflin, Parnassus on Wheels and The Haunted Bookshop.

Created and played by French comic actor and filmmaker Jacques Tati, Mr. Hulot is a beloved charater in France.

David Merveille's comic strip style illustrations depict 23 captivating scenes with a page turn that builds suspense for each surprise ending. Merveille's creations are a delight to the observant and curious eye.