Who This Author Is

Karen Scalf Linamen has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 12 catalog-linked books across 1998 to 2009, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Business & Self-Help.

Best for readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly. If you want the easiest first click, start with Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1998 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Baker Pub Group and Revell.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Business & Self-Help entry points • common used copies from Baker Pub Group and Revell

Genres and themes: Business & Self-Help

Who this author is best for: readers who want practical takeaways and books they can put to use quickly

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1998 to 2009; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Baker Pub Group and Revell.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Just Hand Over the Chocolate and No One Will Get Hurt

    Baker Pub Group • 1999 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1999 • 172 pages.

  2. The Parent Warrior : Protecting Your Children Through Prayer

    Baker Pub Group • 1999 • standard commitment

    It helps anchor a specific period of this author’s publishing run instead of blending into the undated shelf clutter.

  3. Happily Ever After: And 21 Other Myths About Family Life

    Baker Pub Group • 1998 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1998 • 272 pages.

  4. Pillow Talk: The Intimate Marriage from A to Z

    Baker Pub Group • 1998 • standard commitment

    readers who want one of the clearer starting points on this page

  5. Due to Rising Energy Costs, the Light at the End of the Tunnel Has Been Turned Off

    Revell • 2008 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2008 • 208 pages.

  6. Harried With Children

    Spire • 2004 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2004 • 263 pages.

  7. Protecting Your Child Through Prayer

    Spire • 2004 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2004 • 208 pages.

  8. Welcome to the Funny Farm

    Revell • standard commitment

    readers who want a faster first book

  9. Only nuns change habits overnight

    Christian Large Print • 2009 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2009.

  10. Princess Madison and the Whispering Woods

    Revell • 2006 • commitment varies by edition

    UPB note: year signal: 2006.

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