By Lauren S. Smith

Santa and the Little Teddy Bear, written by author and illustrator, Peter John Lucking, combines fantasy with fiction in this delightful tale of Christmas. Lucking weaves a tapestry of fun and history that captures the imagination and frees the spirit for adults and children alike.

Lucking wrote Santa and the Little Teddy Bear in the style of other Christmas classics such as those written by Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson - with a twist that will bring tears of joy and laughter. When you take a ride with Santa and the Little Teddy Bear, you'll experience exotic places filled with emerald isles and steamy swamps while singing along with the reindeer.

by Nancy Travers

Stop Walking on Eggshells, Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason, M.S. and Randi Kreger, is for the friends and family members of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). This is a self help book to teach non-BP (people caring about a BPD sufferer) to understand the condition, to enable them to help their loved ones find effective treatment, and to encourage them to stop feeling as though they are "walking on eggshells" to avoid confrontations with BPD sufferers. It is designed to help them understand how the disorder affects their loved one and recognize what they can do to get off the emotional rollercoaster while still remaining in the relationship. Much like Al-Anon helps friends and families of alcoholics, the aim of the authors is not to encourage "fixing" the person with BPD but give tips on what a non-BP can do to make their own life more manageable while maintaining a relationship with a BP. In the first part of the book, BPD is defined and many facets of BPD behavior are delineated. There is also a chapter devoted to how BPD behavior affects non-BPs. Non-BP friends and family members often go through five common stages of grief as they learn to deal with their BP-loved-one. Non-BPs also experience many predictable reactions to BP behavior. Ten of the most common are addressed in order to make the non-BP aware of their own behavior.