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Motherhood

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  • The Three Mothers

    How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

    by Anna Malaika Tubbs ...
    "Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page — as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. Through Tubbs' writing, Berdis, Alberta, and Louise's stories sing. Theirs is a history forgotten that begs to be told, and Tubbs tells it brilliantly."— Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and National Book Award ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $11.99 USD

  • Crash

    How I Became a Reluctant Caregiver

    by Rachel Michelberg ...
    “. . . an engaging exploration of duty, guilt, and self-preservation. . . . A cleareyed consideration of difficult ethical and familial choices.”—KIRKUS REVIEWSRachel likes to think of herself as a nice Jewish girl, dedicated to doing what’s honorable, just as her parents raised her to do. But when her husband, David, survives a plane crash and is left with severe brain damage, she faces a choice: ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • And Now We Have Everything

    On Motherhood Before I Was Ready

    by Meaghan O'Connell ...
    A raw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up.When Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning with the emotional and existential impact of motherhood -- didn't exist. So she decided to write it herself.And Now We Have ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Winter of Our Disconnect

    How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale

    by Susan Maushart ...
    The wise and hilarious story of a family who discovered that having fewer tools to communicate with led them to actually communicate more.When Susan Maushart first announced her intention to pull the plug on her family's entire armory of electronic weaponry for six months-from the itsy-bitsiest iPod Shuffle to her son's seriously souped-up gaming PC-her three kids didn't blink an eye. Says ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Down Came the Rain

    My Journey Through Postpartum Depression

    by Brooke Shields ...
    In this compelling memoir, Brooke Shields talks candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and provides millions of women with an inspiring example of recovery.When Brooke Shields welcomed her newborn daughter, Rowan Francis, into the world, something unexpected followed--a crippling depression. Now, for the first time ever, in Down Came the Rain, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Wilde About The Girl

    ‘Hilariously funny with depth and emotion, delightful’ Heat

    by Louise Pentland ...
    series Robin Wilde #2
    'Hilariously funny with depth and emotion, it's a delightful read' Heat MagazineRobin Wilde is acing life.After the year from hell, she's pulled herself up and out of The Emptiness, her love life is ticking along nicely, single motherhood is actually quite fun and she is ready for whatever life throws at her. When a thrilling opportunity at work arises, Robin is more than excited to step up and ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Philomena (Movie Tie-In)

    A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search

    by Martin Sixsmith ...
    New York Times BestsellerThe heartbreaking true story of an Irishwoman and the secret she kept for 50 yearsWhen she became pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to a convent to be looked after as a “fallen woman.” Then the nuns took her baby from her and sold him, like thousands of others, to America for adoption. Fifty years later, Philomena decided to find him ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Yoga Mom, Buddha Baby

    The Yoga Workout for New Moms

    by Jyothi Larson, Ken Howard ...
    S-T-R-E-T-C-H, STRENGTHEN, AND MEDITATE—WITH YOUR BABYPracticing yoga with your baby—as you hold your baby, have your baby next to you, or have your baby leaning against your thighs or atop your belly—is a wonderful way to add joy to your first year together. Popular yoga teacher Jyothi Larson shares the specially adapted yoga poses she has taught to hundreds of moms and their “Buddha babies,” her ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • This Boy We Made

    A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown

    by Taylor Harris ...
    A Black mother bumps up against the limits of everything she thought she believed—about science and medicine, about motherhood, and about her faith—in search of the truth about her son.One morning, Tophs, Taylor Harris’s round-cheeked, lively twenty-two-month-old, wakes up listless, only lifting his head to gulp down water. She rushes Tophs to the doctor, ignoring the part of herself, trained by ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The First Forty Days

    The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

    by Heng Ou, Amely Greeven, Marisa Belger ...
    The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and recovery for the new mother. Based on author Heng Ou’s own postpartum experience with zuo yuezi, a set period of “confinement,” in which a woman remains at home focusing on healing and bonding with her baby, The First Forty Days revives the lost art of caring for the mother after birth.As modern mothers ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Criar a niños pequeños: Una guía para usar la disciplina positiva y criar a niños con buena autoestima, con consejos para enseñarle a dormir solo, controlar los berrinches, y enseñarle a usar el baño

    by Meryl Kaufman ...
    ¡Consiga llevar la crianza al siguiente nivel con disciplina positiva!¿Duda de sus habilidades de crianza cada vez que su hijo hace un berrinche?¿La hora de dormir se siente como una batalla imposible?¿Quiere enseñar a su hijo a ir al baño sin problemas?¿Le cuesta lidiar con los berrinches o el mal comportamiento de su hijo?¿Quiere criar un niño feliz y seguro de sí mismo?¿Quiere descubrir los ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Bad Mother

    A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace

    by Ayelet Waldman ...
    In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • I Wish Someone Had Told Me

    A Realistic Guide to Early Motherhood

    by Nina Barrett ...
    There's no shortage of "expert" advice for the new mother: books, doctors, and well-meaning grandmothers liberally give opinions on what you should be doing and how you should be feeling. But I Wish Someone Had Told Me is not a book of shoulds: it is a book about how women really handle the joys, the challenges, and the problems of being a mother. During the course of her interviews with more than ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Listen to Your Mother

    What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now

    by Ann Imig ...
    Irreverent, thought-provoking, hilarious, and edgy: a collection of personal stories celebrating motherhood, featuring #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jenny Lawson and Jennifer Weiner, and many other notable writers.Listen to Your Mother is a fantastic awakening of why our mothers are important, taking readers on a journey through motherhood in all of its complexity, diversity, and humor. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Lifesaving Lessons

    Notes from an Accidental Mother

    by Linda Greenlaw ...
    New York Times–bestselling author Linda Greenlaw tells of her greatest challenge: adopting a teenage daughterThe only female swordfish boat captain in the country and a survivor of the real Perfect Storm, Linda Greenlaw was not a woman to shy away from a challenge. Then came fifteen-year-old Mariah—the greatest force of nature Greenlaw has ever encountered. In this chronicle of becoming a mother ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dinner with the Smileys

    One Military Family, One Year of Heroes, and Lessons for a Lifetime

    by Sarah Smiley ...
    Fifty-two guests take turns filling a military father's chair at his family's dinner table while he serves his yearlong deployment.The week before Thanksgiving 2011, Dustin Smiley left for a yearlong military deployment. Soon after, his son Ford, eleven, invited Senator Susan Collins to fill his dad's chair at dinner. On January 3, 2012, Senator Collins came to dinner ... and brought brownies.So ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Magic Years

    Understanding and Handling the Problems of Early Childhood

    by Selma H. Fraiberg ...
    A pioneering work on early childhood development that is as relevant today as when it was first published 60 years ago.To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, she discusses ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mama's Big Book of Little Lifesavers

    398 Ways to Save Your Time, Money, and Sanity

    by Kerry Colburn ...
    To survive the tumultuous first years with kids, smart parents learn to do things faster, cheaper, and easier. Wouldn't it be great if their hard-won shortcuts were collected into one handy reference? Here's a book that does just that. Featuring 400 of the best tips and tricks from veteran moms and dads, Mama's Big Book of Little Lifesavers gets straight to the point with modern solutions to age ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Divorce Care

    Hope, Help, and Healing During and After Your Divorce

    by Steve Grissom, Kathy Leonard ...
    There is joy, strength, and healing available to you in the midst of separation or divorce.Things may look bleak right now. Your world is a mix of shock, anger, hurt, and hopelessness. Many of the people around you don't understand the depth of your pain or the complexity of the challenges you face. You feel rejected, betrayed, and exhausted. You wonder if the pain will ever end. But recovery from ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

    A Memoir of a Woman's Life

    by Anna Quindlen ...
    “[Quindlen] serves up generous portions of her wise, commonsensical, irresistibly quotable take on life. . . . What Nora Ephron does for body image and Anne Lamott for spiritual neuroses, Quindlen achieves on the home front.”—NPRIncludes an exclusive conversation between Meryl Streep and Anna Quindlen!In this irresistible memoir, Anna Quindlen writes about a woman’s life, from childhood memories ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $4.99 USD

  • Of This Much I'm Sure

    A Memoir

    by Nadine Kenney Johnstone ...
    At twenty-two, Chicagoan Nadine Kenney is thrilled to meet her future husband, Jamie, while vacationing in Florida. After a whirlwind, long-distance romance, Nadine leaves her friends, family, and city to join Jamie in suburban Massachusetts. Once married, they begin trying for a baby without knowing how hard that road will become.Nadine soon faces the little-known horrors of IVF when a procedure ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Help I'm a New Mum

    & I don't know what to do

    by Karen Faulkner ...
    "Karen is a cheat sheet to all things parenting", is how I have been described. I'm sharing everything a new parent needs to know in my A to Z book titled, "Help I'm a New Mum & I Don't Know What to Do".Having this book in your arsenal as a new parent will not only save your life, sanity and relationship but it will equip you with a new found parenting confidence. I've been a midwife 26 years and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather

    A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)

    by Linda Åkeson McGurk ...
    Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this “fascinating exploration of the importance of the outdoors to childhood development” (Kirkus Reviews) from a Swedish-American mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children.Could the Scandinavian philosophy of “There’s no ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Calm Birth Method

    The Practical Guide for Modern Mamas to Create a Calm, Positive Hypnobirth

    by Suzy Ashworth ...
    Discover tried-and-tested techniques to help you relax during labour, including mindfulness, breathing exercises and visualization, so that you can have an empowering, positive birth.Birth is a natural and normal event and, while it can be unpredictable, this book will show you how you can make it a gentle and enjoyable experience. In The Calm Birth Method, hypnobirthing expert Suzy Ashworth helps ... Read more

    $9.99 USD