New Releases by Susan Isaacs

No matter which side of the nature/nurture debate you''re on, Amy Lincoln''s prospects do not look good. Her mother abandoned her when she was ten months old (just a couple of months after Amy''s father went off to serve his first prison term), leaving her in the care of Grandma Lil, who shoplifts dinner on the way home from her job as a leg waxer to the rich and refined. When Amy is fourteen, she gets a scholarship to a New England boarding school -- her exposure to the moneyed class. After Harvard and the Columbia School of Journalism, Amy becomes a political reporter for the prestigious weekly In Depth. While covering a political fund-raiser, Amy meets a college student who claims to be the son of one of the presidential candidates. It''s precisely the sort of story that In Depth wouldn''t deign to cover, but the idea of tracking down a lost parent and demanding recognition intrigues Amy. As she begins a search of her own past as well as the candidate''s, she discovers a new and unimpeachable grandmother and a mother who is much more than she bargained for. Most important, she finally comes to understand the stuff she''s made of and finds the perfect place to hang her hat in the world. Bold, insightful, witty, and exhilarating, Any Place I Hang My Hat is a novel about one extraordinary young woman looking for a place to belong -- by one of the most compelling and beloved voices in contemporary fiction.

New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs returns to a pair of her readers’ favorite characters, former FBI agent Corie Geller and her retired cop dad, who must solve one of the NYPD’s coldest homicide cases—before the crime’s sole survivor is killed When Corie Geller asked her parents to move from their apartment into the suburban McMansion she shares with her husband and teenage daughter, she assumed they''d fit right in with the placid life she’d opted for when she left the Joint Anti-terrorism Task Force of the FBI. But then her retired NYPD detective father gets a call from good-natured and slightly nerdy film professor April Brown—one of the victims of a case he was never able to solve. When April was a five-year-old, she’d emerged unscathed from the arson that killed her parents. Now, two decades later, April is asking for help. Someone has made an attempt on her life. It takes only a nanosecond for Corie and her dad to say yes, and they jump into a full-fledged investigation. If they don’t move fast, whoever attacked the April is sure to strike again. But while her late father, Seymour Brown, was the go-to money launderer for the Russian mob – a mercurial and violent man with a penchant for Swiss watches and cheating on his wife – April Brown has no enemies. Well-liked by her students, admired by her colleagues, her only connection to crime is her passion for the noir movies of Hollywood’s golden age. Who would want her dead now? And who set that horrific fire, all those years ago? The stakes have never been higher. Yet as Corie and her dad are realizing, they still live for the chase. Savvy and surprising, witty and gripping, Bad, Bad Seymour Brown is another standout hit from the beloved Susan Isaacs.

Un classico della storia della psicologia infantile. Un testo fondamentale ancora straordinariamente moderno che guida il lettore verso la consapevolezza di quanto siano importanti, per uno sviluppo armonico della personalità e del corpo del bambino, gli stimoli provenienti dall''esterno e la corretta educazione della sua spontaneità espressiva: alcuni comportamenti e atteggiamenti devono essere coltivati e non soffocati, altri vanno opportunamente corretti o diversamente incanalati. Susan Isaacs ci dice come. I libri di Susan Isaacs sono fondamentali ed universalmente apprezzati perché uniscono la competenza scientifica alla capacità di divulgazione, due doti queste spesso contrastanti o, in ogni caso, raramente unite in una persona. Alle solite trattazioni in stile patetico e dolciastro, che spesso non sanno andare oltre i consigli dietetici o i più banali precetti igienici per la prima infanzia, la Isaacs oppone pagine vivaci e suggerimenti pratici che rispondono a quegli interrogativi che più spesso imbarazzano i genitori, e a cui il medico, il pediatra o l''insegnante non possono, per necessità di cose e salvo le dovute eccezioni, dare altro che risposte generiche e standardizzate.

Published in 1948: Parents have many problems. Those dealt with in this are mainly the social and emotional difficulties arising in the development of children in their early years. The material is selected from a much larger bulk of actual letters from parents and nurses which the author answered under the pseudonym of "Ursula Wise" in The Nursery World (published by Benn Bros.)during the years 1929-36.

Visions of Place: Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art explores Israel''s history, society , culture through the diverse works of its contemporary artists. Issues related to the exhibition''s central theme of geography, considered in the broadest sense, are some of the most pressing ones in the contemporary world. Curated by Dr. Martin Rosenberg, Professor of Art History, Rutgers-Camden, and Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Professor, Curator of Departmental Galleries and Coordinator of Art History, Towson University, the exhibition presents 52 works by 36 Israeli artists, in a variety of media, demonstrating the richness, complexity and diversity of perspectives in contemporary Israeli art.

Compromising Positions’s Judith Singer is back in a story that delivers plenty of Susan Isaacs’s renowned wit and sharp-eyed observations of the contemporary scene—along with a riveting mystery! Chic Vanessa Giddings, founder and CEO of Panache, the largest employment agency on Long Island, falls into a coma in the designer shoe department of Bloomingdale’s . . . and dies. It’s not long before Judith Singer, former housewife, current widow, and local history professor, decides to investigate. She cannot believe the official ruling: that her wildly successful, confident, and iron-willed neighbor committed suicide with a drug overdose. Vanessa was buying shoes, and Judith knows accessorizing is a life-affirming act. So was it foul play? Tracking the gossip about the late Vanessa and trusting her own acute instincts about human nature, Judith encounters more than a few surprises (including a big romantic one) as she investigates the death—and the life—of the misjudged mogul who turned out to have been more vulnerable than anyone guessed. This ebook features an afterword by Susan Isaacs, as well as an illustrated biography of the author including rare images from her personal collection.

This volume... consists partly of a selection of technical psycho-analytical studies, partly of papers which either touch upon the bearing of psycho-analysis on the upbringing and education of young children, or link their social and emotional life with their intellectual and practical needs. Most of these essays deal with children; in any case they rest upon the relationship between childhood and adult life, as for example "The Modifications of the Ego", where it can be clearly seen that it is not possible to understand the adult without going back to the feelings, phantasies and experiences of the infant. In "The Criteria of Interpretation" there is very little reference to children, the paper being concerned with psycho-analytic work with adults, but the same implications will be seen there also. In the nature of the case some of the essays are more popular than others, but I hope that none of them will be found so technical as to be devoid of interest to those concerned with the psychological problems of little children. Those previously published have not been changed save for a few minor verbal alterations. They are arranged simply in order of publication (or delivery, if previously unpublished). This edition first Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Acclaimed and bestselling author Isaacs'' latest witty and unconventional thriller focuses on a wife''s search for her husband''s killer.

DIVA Long Island housewife investigates the murder of a local dentist in Isaacs’s classic mystery of the dark side of suburbia/divDIV/divDIV Though she can’t admit it to herself, Judith Singer is bored. Each morning she kisses her husband on his way to work, and each evening she fixes him dinner. Three nights a week, they make tepid love. Life in their Long Island split-level is a ho-hum affair, but when a local dentist is murdered in his office, Judith’s curiosity gets the better of her./divDIV /divDIVJudith soon learns that Dr. Fleckstein’s private life wasn’t as immaculate as his smile, and anyone in town might be the murderer. And when her neighbor becomes the chief suspect, Judith must find the real killer or risk losing her only friend in all of suburbia./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Isaacs, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

DIVThe heroine of Compromising Positions returns to investigate a disappearance/divDIV/divDIVWhere did Courtney Logan go? The former investment banker turned suburban dilettante had not lived in Shorehaven for long, but had begun to establish herself there. Her small business—a video production company dedicated to filming newborns—was taking off, and she seemed to have settled into life outside of the big city. Then, suddenly, she disappeared./divDIV /divDIVJudith Singer wants to find her. Two decades after the thrilling case of a murdered dentist, the Long Island housewife is now town historian—and recently widowed. She needs a hobby, and Courtney Logan’s disappearance seems like just her kind of fun./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Isaacs, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection./div

Addresses the themes of the book as object, subject, and concept, including artist-made books, deconstructed books, and book installations

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of Compromising Positions returns at her sexy and satiric best, with a novel that blends sex, politics, and family craziness Marcia Green is a sophisticated, witty, successful New Yorker, a whiz of a political speech writer, a woman who finds a smoke-filled room more intoxicating than a magnum of champagne. Her private life is a little less bubbly. She has a passionate but not very promising live-in relationship with her boss’s dashing chief of staff, Jerry Morrissey. He offers her only a good time—but what a time! Can Marcia resist when a new man arrives on the scene, a man who is exactly the sort her family wants her to marry—bright, kind, attractive, wealthy, and charming—in short, too good to be real? Marcia is determined to find the right kind of man, as well as the right kind of life. Compelling and entertaining, Close Relations is about the things that are vital to all of us, about men and women, about sex, money, work, family values and about what we need most in today’s world—close relations.

Meet Lily White, Long Island criminal defense lawyer. Smart, savvy, and down-to-earth, Lee can spot a phony the way her haughty mother can spot an Armani. Enter handsome career con man Norman Torkelson, charged with strangling his latest mark after bilking her out of her life''s savings. As the astonishing twists and reverses of the Torkelson case are revealed, so too is the riveting story behind Lee;s life. Critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs has crafted her most dazzling novel of manners and morality. Lily White is a brilliant story of con artists and true lovers, of treachery and devotion—and of one brave lawyer''s triumphant fight for justice.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “We’re back on affluent suburban Long Island—Isaacs country—and she doesn’t miss a beat or a bet when describing its inhabitants.” —New York Times Book Review Written with her trademark style, effervescent charm, and snappy wit, New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs delivers a delicious and insightful look at love and marriage—and homicide. The day after her lavish wedding anniversary bash, Rosie Meyers gets a big surprise: Her nouveau riche husband, Richie, is leaving her for a sultry, sophisticated, size-six MBA. So, when he''s found murdered in their exquisitely appointed kitchen, no one is surprised to find Rosie''s prints all over the weapon. The suburban English teacher is the prime suspect—the police''s only suspect. And she knows she''ll spend the rest of her life in the prison library unless she can unmask the real killer. Going into Manhattan on the lam, Rosie learns more about Richie than she ever wanted to know. And more about herself than she ever dreamed possible. After All These Years is an irresistible mystery, replete with Isaac’s razor-sharp wit, splendidly drawn characters, and a brave, irreverent heroine readers will love.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Susan Isaacs comes a rich family saga about marriage, wealth, and celebrity in the midst of personal tragedy—and about the ties that bind us together and the missed opportunities that tear us apart. Nick is stunningly handsome, the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich, talented, confident he will become the world''s most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny, a dark-skinned, dark-haired, half-Jewish, half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart, gifted, loving, she will become famous in her own right as well. From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University, it''s love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds, they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work, love, and children. But fame and success come at a high price—their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed, an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now, it''s not only their union that might not survive, but Jane, too... Almost Paradise is vintage Susan Isaacs, a witty, poignant, and engrossing tale of a man, a woman, and a passion wondrous, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Susan Isaacs brings her wicked wit and keen understanding of what really goes on between men and women to a very different slice of Long Island—the Hamptons. Magic hour. That perfect time, that fleeting hour of enchanted light near dusk and dawn that is perfect for moviemaking, perfect for making love. Perfect for murder. And into the magic hour steps Stephen Brady, wise guy, tough guy, local farm boy turned homicide cop, and a good man with a very bad life. But just as his luck is about to change, the rich, gifted, and urbane filmmaker Sy Spencer is murdered, and Brady discovers that his prime suspect is a woman he and the victim shared. A spellbinding mystery, a scathing social satire and a poignant love story, Magic Hour looks beyond the trendy magazine-cover Hamptons’ world of the summer set’s high-cheekboned elegance and the locals’ down-on-the-farm authenticity into the hearts of real people. Magic Hour is the story of the treacherous murder that rocks them all and of the police detective who is too cold-hearted, too world-weary to ever fall in love—until he does.

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Compromising Positions" comes this compelling novel about a successful television writer who, years earlier, was ousted from the CIA and now finds herself back in the game.

A best-practices guide to parenting: “Kohl’s words kiss instead of chide, support rather than divide . . . luminously reveals the wise parent in us all.” —Lisa Groen Braner, author of The Mother’s Book of Well-Being Parents are doing a better job than they think they are. Author Susan Kohl has been a parent watcher for more than thirty years, and she knows what parents do well. Whether you’re experiencing the first steps of motherhood or fatherhood or simply looking for some compassionate support and problem-solving in your child-rearing adventures, you’ll find tips here on how to raise your child the best way possible. Kohl uses her personal experiences as a preschool director and teacher and includes relevant statistics, psychological truths, and proven strategies to construct positive behavior and discourage negative behavior, with chapters on:The Best Attitudes Parents HoldThe Best Things Parents DoThe Best Things Parents Do for ThemselvesThe Best Things Parents Do for Each Other

Décidément, Richie est un mari imprévisible. Après avoir troqué sa casquette de prof de maths contre celle de PDG d''une firme prospère de Manhattan, il annonce à Rosie, le lendemain de leurs noces d''argent, qu''il la quitte pour une autre femme. Quatre mois plus tard, il réapparaît... étendu mort sur le sol de sa cuisine ! Evidemment, tous les soupçons s''abattent sur elle. Rosie comprend bientôt qu''elle n''a plus qu''une solution : prendre la fuite et mener elle-même l''enquête. Chemin faisant, elle va faire de surprenantes découvertes sur ce cher disparu...

L''œuvre de Mme Klein dans les trente dernières années a été attaquée et défendue presque avec la même véhémence, mais, à la fin, sa valeur ne peut être estimée justement que par ceux qui ont eux-mêmes réalisé des recherches comparables. (...) Comme on le sait bien, j''ai considéré depuis le début le travail de Mme Klein avec la plus grande sympathie, d''autant plus que beaucoup de ses conclusions co1incidaient avec celles que j''avais atteintes moi-même ; et j''ai toujours été frappé d''observer qu''un grand nombre des critiques étaient l''écho fidèle de celles avec lesquelles on m''avait familiarisé dans les tout premiers temps de la psychanalyse. Une bonne quantité de ses découvertes et de ses conclusions avaient été entrevues il y a bien longtemps par Freud, Rank, et d''autres, mais ce qu''il y a de si particulier et de si admirable dans son œuvre c''est le courage et l''inébranlable intégrité avec lesquels elle a élaboré sans concessions les implications et les conséquences de ces premières allusions, faisant ainsi en chemin des découvertes nouvelles et importantes. Son esprit est bien éloigné de ceux qui acceptent les découvertes de la psychanalyse à condition de ne pas les prendre trop au sérieux. Ernest JONES.

He''s an FBI special agent from the mountains. She''s a liberal New York journalist. Both are drawn together as they infiltrate a dangerous hate group. Complete opposites, these two are about to discover they have much more in common than either could possibly imagine. The "New York Times Book Review" calls this novel delightful.

Why are Jane Eyre, Marge Simpson, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer "brave dames"? What makes Ally McBeal, Madame Bovary, and the good wife Beth from Fatal Attraction "wimpettes"? In this thoroughly witty, incisive look at the role of women on screen and page, Susan Isaacs argues that assertive, ethical women characters are losing ground to wounded, shallow sisters who are driven by what she calls the articles of wimpette philosophy. (Article Eight: A wimpette looks to a man to give her an identity.) Although female roles today include lawyers like Ally McBeal and CEOs like Ronnie of Veronica''s Closet, they are wimpettes nonetheless. A brave dame, on the other hand, is a dignified, three-dimensional hero who may care about men, home, and hearth, but also cares--and acts--passionately about something in the world beyond. Brave dames'' stories range from mundane (Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show) to romantic (Francesca in The Horse Whisperer) to fantastic (Xena: Warrior Princess), but whatever they do, they care about justice and carry themselves with self-respect and decency. For a Really Brave Dame, think Frances McDormand as the tenacious, pregnant police chief in Fargo. Isaacs''s unmistakable love of fiction and film shines through even her most scathing wimpette assessments. In the end, she urges us to become "more thoughtful critics." The artist, she says, has the right to create whatever he or she pleases--and we have the right "to applaud or to yell, ''Hey, this stinks!''" If we do so, not only will fiction be improved, but so too might real life.

Creo que puedo, se que puedo es el primer libro dedicado a ensenar a los ninos a entablar un dialogo positivo con ellos mismos.Consejos practico sobre como usar el dialogo positivo para: controlar la ira y superar los temores, mejorar el aprendizaje en la escuela, hacerse amigos y lograr relaciones sociales mas satisfactorias, ser una persona sana.