The ultimate guide to conception, birth, and everything in between.

Unlike all those otherbossy, tell-you-what-to-do titles, this funny, entertaining guide presents expectant parents with all the facts on such perennial hot topics as pain relief during labor, episiotomy, and circumcision, and empowers them to make informed personal choices. It's packed with tools you won't find anywhere else, including:
* Charts highlighting the risks of using various over-the-counter drug productsduring pregnancy
* Lists of the ten best -- and worst --baby products
* A set of emergency childbirth procedures
* Forthright discussions of difficult topics like infertility, high-risk pregnancy, and pregnancy and infant loss that other books are loathe to tackle

WHERE DID THIS COOL LITERARY LION COME FROM: Included is a Midnight Louie interview with collaborator Carole Nelson Douglas

MIDNIGHT LOUIE is SAM SPADE . . . with hairballs.

In his twenty-four book series, the twenty-pound black feline PI narrates his own chapters about his investigations in an alley-cat Noir voice. Meanwhile, four human crime solvers--two pro, two amateur; two women and two men--solve murder most malicious in Las Vegas and unravel an international terrorism conspiracy that threatens all their lives and many more.

"Glitters and snaps like the town that inspired it."--Nora Roberts, New York Times bestselling author

This mystical mystery cat has also had Past Life adventures. "Fruit of the Tomb" is a story set ancient Egypt, where a canny and courageous outcast black cat held the honorable position of Pharaoh's Footstool and became the first Private Eye of Horus. Ancient evil-doers, touch not the cat.

"Among the many appealing felines on the mystery scene, Midnight Louie stands out as the coolest cat of all. You don't have to be a cat lover to appreciate his savoir faire."--RT Book Reviews

"Carole Nelson Douglas takes anthropomorphism to elegant heights as Midnight Louie, a tom who's a private dick, harries Las Vegas malefactors."--Publishers Weekly