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Best Relationships & Family Books

Category100 of 506 books43 recommendations total

Books on relationships and family recommended most by therapists and researchers — attachment, communication, parenting and repair after conflict. With the evidence behind the advice.

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No coverHow to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
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The ultimate ?parenting bible? (The Boston Globe) with a new Foreword?and available as an eBook for the first time?a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors.Internationally acclaimed experts on communication between parents and children, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish ?...

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Book cover for “Lost Children Archive”
3 recommendations
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Relationships, Family, Fiction, Travel lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverHome Game
Home Game

An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood

3 recommendations
Description

When Michael Lewis became a father, he decided to keep a written record of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three children. This book is that record. But it is also something else: maybe the funniest, most unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded, from the point of view of the man inside. The...

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Book cover for “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids”
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids

Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

3 recommendations
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Available recommendation signals cluster around Finance, NonFiction, Relationships, Family, Parenting lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for business judgment, leadership, or practical strategy. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “The WholeBrain Child”
The WholeBrain Child

12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

3 recommendations
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER?Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child?s struggles.??Harvey Karp, M.D. ?Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson have created a masterly, readerfriendly guide to helping children grow their emotional intelligence. This brilliant method transforms everyday interactions into valuable brainshaping moments. Anyone ...

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Book cover for “Attached”
Attached

The New Science of Adult, Attachment and How It Can Help YouFind and Keep Love

3 recommendations
Description

We rely on science to tell us everything from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about relationships Is there a scientific explanation for why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle According to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, the answer is a resounding...

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No coverThe Sleepeasy Solution
The Sleepeasy Solution

The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5

3 recommendations
Description

Even Hollywood's biggest stars face the same dilemma as other parents do: "How do I get my child to sleep" As parents in the know are finding, whether they're on the red carpet or the soccer field, the answer is the same: The Sleepeasy Solution. Psychotherapists and sleep specialists Jennifer and Jill, the dynamic "girlfriends" all of Hollywood ca...

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Book cover for “The Gutsy Girl”
The Gutsy Girl

Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure

2 recommendations
Description

Why should girls miss out on the joy of adventure They can jump off rocks, swing on ropes, and climb trees just as well as boys can. But girls often allow fear to stand in their way.In The Gutsy Girl, author Caroline Paul emboldens girls to seek out a life of exhilaration. Once a young scaredycat herself, Caroline decided that fear got in the way...

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No coverFrom Shame to Sin
From Shame to Sin

The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity

2 recommendations
Description

When Rome was at its height, an emperor's male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in samesex affairs, ev...

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Book cover for “Models”
Models

Attract Women Through Honesty

2 recommendations
Description

Models is the first book ever written on seduction as an emotional process rather than a logical one, a process of connecting with women rather than impressing them. It's the most mature and honest guide on how a man can attract women without faking behavior, without lying and without emulating others. A gamechanger....

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Book cover for “Heroes for My Son”
2 recommendations
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When Brad Meltzer's first son was born eight years ago, the bestselling writer and new father started compiling a list of heroes whose virtues and talents he wanted to share with his son: Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, Jim Henson, Amelia Earhart, Muhammad Ali . . . and so many more, each one an ordinary person who was able to achieve the extraordinar...

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No coverThe Entitlement Trap
The Entitlement Trap

How to Rescue Your Child with a New Family System of Choosing, Earning, and Ownership

2 recommendations
Description

Dump the allowanceand use a new "Family Economy" to raise responsible children in an age of instant gratification. Numberone New York Times bestselling authors Richard and Linda Eyre, have spent the last twentyfive years helping parents nurture strong, healthy families. Now they've synthesized their vast experience in an essential blueprint to i...

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No coverPrepared
Prepared

What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

2 recommendations
Description

Diane Tavenner, founder of Summit Public Schools, offers a blueprint for a better way to educate our children, based on the revolutionary lessons, insights and methodology she and her faculty developed over 15 years at their famously successful charter schools in California and Washington, which she is now introducing to public school systems acros...

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No coverCan Love Last?
Can Love Last?

The Fate of Romance over Time

2 recommendations
Description

Common wisdom has it that love is fragile, but leading psychoanalyst Stephen A. Mitchell argues that romance doesn't actually diminish in longterm relationships—it becomes increasingly dangerous. What we regard as the transience of love is really risk management. Mitchell shows that love can endure, if only we become aware of our selfdestructive ...

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No coverBig Friendship
Big Friendship

How We Keep Each Other Close

1 recommendation
Description

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can contain. Anyone will tell you that! But for all the rosy sentiments surrounding friendship, most people don’t talk much about what it really takes to stay close for the long haul.Now two friends, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman, tell the story of their equa...

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No coverExpecting Better
Expecting Better

Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrongand What You Really Need to Know

1 recommendation
Description

What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an awardwinning economist disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.Pregnancy?unquestionably one of the most pro­found, meaningful experiences of Adult,hood?can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We?re told to avoid cold cuts...

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No coverNaked at Our Age
Naked at Our Age

Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex

1 recommendation
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An inviting and informative guide to sex for seniors, with a clear message that "as far as sex in the senior years goes . . . the best is yet to come" (Dr. Dean Edell) Joan Price is talking out loud about a subject that is often ignored or ridiculed in our society: laterlife sexuality. In Naked at Our Age, she offers a candid, straighttalking exp...

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No coverLucky Boy
1 recommendation
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A gripping tale of adventure and searing reality, Lucky Boy gives voice to two mothers bound together by their love for one lucky boy.Solimar Castro Valdez is eighteen and drunk on optimism when she embarks on a perilous journey across the US/Mexican border. Weeks later she arrives on her cousin's doorstep in Berkeley, CA, dazed by first love found...

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Book cover for “Hold Me Tight”
1 recommendation
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Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond.This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson...

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No coverPlainsong
Plainsong

Plainsong, Book 1

1 recommendation
Description

A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the bedroom, then altogether. A teenage girl?her father long since disappeared, her mother unwilling ...

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No coverMindful Parenting
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A mindful approach to parenting that helps children (and their parents) feel happier, healthier, calmer, and less stressed in our frenetic eraRooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks directly to today?s busy families who make up what Dr. Race ...

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Book cover for “50 Things to Do Before You Deliver”
50 Things to Do Before You Deliver

The First Time Moms Pregnancy Guide

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Available recommendation signals cluster around Relationships, Family, For, Dads, ParentingRelationships lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for reader-fit discovery across adjacent interests. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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Book cover for “Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook”
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If you can tie your shoelaces you can create an erotic masterpiece! While it is not for everybody exploring erotic bondage can be incredibly satisfying and fulfilling. It has the potential to enrich your life enrich your relationship and can even be a means of profound personal growth. This 6" x 9" softbound 323page handbook is a compendium of sen...

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No coverIntellectual Foreplay
Intellectual Foreplay

A Book of Questions for Lovers and LoverstoBe

Description

This solutionsoriented guide offers problem solving and behavior changing strategies for people working on their most intimate relationships. The book provides readers with: enhanced knowledge of their own and their partners' beliefs, values, habits, desires, goals, likes, and dislikes; ideas for opening communication and deepening a relationship;...

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No coverShow Dad How
Show Dad How

The New Dad's Guide to Baby's First Year

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Help any new or expecting father become the coolest, smartest, and most prepared dad around with Show Dad How, a fully illustrated, stepbystep guide to everything a dad needs to know from conception through baby?s first year.For dads who are excited to be involved with their new baby, but might not quite know where to start, Show Dad How is an id...

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Book cover for “Couple Skills”
Couple Skills

Making Your Relationship Work

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Love takes work, but, when it comes to relationships, it pays to work smarter. Couple Skills, Second Edition, revised and updated from the therapistrecommended classic, will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and...

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No coverEmotional and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
Emotional and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage

How to Connect or Reconnect With Your Spouse, Grow Together, and Strengthen Your Marriage (Better Marriage Series)

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How to connect or reconnect with your spouse, grow together and strengthen your marriage EVEN if you don't know where to start.Do you feel something is missing in your marriage Do you feel like roommates Are you worried about drifting apartDo you ever miss the connection you once had Do you want to fall "in love" again so you can rekindle int...

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No coverNegotiating the Nonnegotiable
Negotiating the Nonnegotiable

How to Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conflicts

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Grand Prize Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Book Award Are you struggling to deal with conflict in your life In Negotiating the Nonnegotiable, Harvard negotiation expert Daniel Shapiro introduces a groundbreaking method to bridge the toughest divideswhether with family members, colleagues, or in the polarized world of politics. He reveals the ...

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No coverQuiet Power
Quiet Power

The Secret Strengths of Introverted Kids

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The monumental bestseller Quiet has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teens Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. With her inspiring book, she permanently changed the way we see introverts and the way introverts see themselves.T...

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No coverDo Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies
Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies

The Surprising Science of Pregnancy

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Brain Candy for expectant parents! Pregnancy is an adventure. Lots of books tell you the basics??the baby is the size of [insert fruit here].? But pregnant science writer Jena Pincott began to wonder just how a baby might tinker with her body?and vice versa?and chased down answers to the questions she wouldn?t ask her doctor, such as: ? Does stress...

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No coverTheLoving Dominant
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Everything the amateur player needs to know about heterosexual, maledominant lovemaking. Warrenaka Mentor is a longtime participant in the dominance/submission scene. As he guides readers through this rarely seen world, he offers cleareyed advice that will refresh and enlighten the most wellinformed erotic explorers. Most importantly, Mentor di...

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No coverScreamfree Parenting
Screamfree Parenting

How to Raise Amazing Adult,s by Learning to Pause More and React Less

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You Can Start a Revolution in Your Family . . . Tonight ScreamFree Parenting is not just about lowering your voice. It?s about learning to calm your emotional reactions and learning to focus on your own behavior more than your kids? behavior . . . for their benefit. Our biggest enemy as parents is not the TV, the Internet, or even drugs. Our bigges...

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No coverMake Your Kid A Money Genius
Make Your Kid A Money Genius

A Parents' Guide for Kids 3 to 23

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The New York Times bestseller that is a mustread for any parent!From Beth Kobliner, the author of the bestselling personal finance bible Get a Financial Life?a new, musthave guide showing parents how to teach their children (from toddlers to young Adult,s) to manage money in a smart way.Many of us think we can have the ?money talk? when our kids a...

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Book cover for “365 Manners Kids Should Know”
365 Manners Kids Should Know

Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children and Teens Learn Etiquette

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If you?ve ever cringed at the sight of your tenyearold waltzing through the neighbor?s front door without an invitation, or struggled to teach your teenager proper ?netiquette? for navigating the complicated world of social networks, you know the importance of teaching kids that manners matter. Sheryl Eberly?s bestselling 365 Manners Kids Shoul...

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Book cover for “The Expectant Father”
The Expectant Father

The Ultimate Guide for DadstoBe (Fourth Edition) (The New Father (1))

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Armin Brott?bestselling author, broadcaster, nationally syndicated columnist, and dad of three?is America?s foremost expert on fatherhood. His wisdom?along with the advice of leading obstetricians and researchers, and the experience of hundreds of reallife dads?is collected here in The Expectant Father, the essential guide for dadstobe. Brott?s...

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Book cover for “The New Male Sexuality, Revised Edition”
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The New Male Sexuality addresses the most urgent questions of men todayand of the women who love them. Bernie Zilbergeld reports findings from his twenty years as a psychologist specializing in human sexuality, as well as those other experts in the field, and shares his own and his clients' experiences. the result is the most comprehensive guid...

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Book cover for “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man”
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment

Description

Steve Harvey can?t count the number of impressive women he?s met over the years?women who can run a business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. So when it comes to relationships, why can?t these women figure out what makes men tick According to Steve it?s because they?re asking other w...

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No coverHow to Be Married
How to Be Married

What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents About Building a Happy Marriage

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Everyone tells you marriage is hard, but no one tells you what to do about it.At age thirtyfour, Jo Piazza got her romanticcomedy ending when she met the man of her dreams on a boat in the Galpagos Islands and was engaged three months later. But before long, Jo found herself riddled with questions. How do you make a marriage work in a world wher...

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No coverMy Secret Garden
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When it first appeared, Nancy Friday's tabooshattering bestseller My Secret Garden created a mixed storm of outrage and exhilaration. Those women who feared their erotic fantasies called it pornographic. Those women who read it recognized in its pages the hidden content of their own sexuality.More outspoken and graphic than any book before its tim...

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No coverThe NoCry Potty Training Solution
The NoCry Potty Training Solution

Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say GoodBye to Diapers

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Say goodbye to diapers and hello to fast, effective potty training, from the parenting author millions trustPotty training your child doesn't have to be a stressful experience. Parenting authority Elizabeth Pantley helps your child get on the road to bathroom independence without frustration, confusion, or tears.Elizabeth Pantley's easy nocry sol...

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No coverThe Fourth Trimester
The Fourth Trimester

A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

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A holistic, practical guide to help support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum offer women some of the most emotionally enriching and satisfying experiences of their life. But many women entering motherhood are shocked at their lack of preparation or...

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No coverClutterfree with Kids
Clutterfree with Kids

Change your thinking. Discover new habits. Free your home

Description

Children add joy, purpose, and meaning to our lives. They provide optimism, hope, and love. They bring smiles, laughter, and energy into our homes. They also add clutter. As parents, balancing life and managing clutter may appear impossible?or at the very least, neverending. But what if there was a better way to liveClutterfree with Kids offers a...

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No coverHair Love
Description

When mommy is away, it?s up to daddy to do his daughter?s hair in this ode to selfconfidence and the love between fathers and daughters from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestseller Vashti Harrison.Zuri?s hair has a mind of its own. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Zuri knows it?s beautiful. When mommy do...

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Book cover for “Let's Panic About Babies!”
Let's Panic About Babies!

How to Endure and Possibly Triumph Over the Adorable Tyrant Who Will Ruin Your Body, Destroy Your Life, Liquefy Your Brain, ... Turn You into a Worthwhile Human Being

Description

BABIES. Maybe you're thinking of having one. There might even be one inside you right now, draining nutrients from your system via a tube growing from its midsection. Or maybe you've already got one around the house, somewhere, and you're responsible for its continued survival. You're saddled with a helpless being whom you've agreed to house and fe...

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Book cover for “Little Girls Can Be Mean”
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Worried about mean girls Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it startsin elementary schoolAs experts in developmental psychology and each a mother of three, Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert began noticing an alarming pattern of social struggle among girls as young as five, including their own daughters. In today's w...

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No coverSaturday
Description

In this warm and tender story by the Caldecott Honorwinning creator of Thank You, Omu!, join a mother and daughter on an upanddown journey that reminds them of what_x0092_s best about Saturdays: precious time together.Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It was Saturday! But sometimes, the best plans don_x0092_t work out exactly the way you expe...

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No coverLoteria
Loteria

A Novel (P.S.)

Description

In Loteria, the spellbinding literary debut by Mario Alberto Zambrano, a young girl tells the story of her family's tragic demise using a deck of cards of the eponymous Latin American game of chance. With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, elevenyearold Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in ...

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Book cover for “Taking Charge of Your Fertility”
Taking Charge of Your Fertility

The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health

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Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy naturally, and gain better control of their health and lives, the 10th Anniversary Edition of the classic bestseller will include:New 'Preface to the 10th Anniversary Edition"Updates on new fertility technologiesNatural approaches to conceptionUpda...

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No coverThe Christian Parenting Handbook
The Christian Parenting Handbook

50 HeartBased Strategies for All the Stages of Your Child's Life

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With advice onparenting coming from several angles, what do you listen to and what do youignore Develop your own biblical philosophy of parenting and use it to filterthe many ideas that come your way.In this book you?ll learn how to:Identify character qualities to address problemsBuild internal motivationTransfer responsibility for change to the c...

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No coverIna May's Guide to Childbirth
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What you need to know to have the best birth experience for you.Drawing upon her thirtyplus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation?s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the femalec...

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No coverThe Love Dare
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Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn?t have to stay that way.The Love Dare, the New York Times No. 1 best seller that has sold five million copies and was major plot device in the popular movie Fireproof, is...

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No coverDrawn Together
Description

When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happenswith a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words....

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Book cover for “It's So Amazing!”
It's So Amazing!

A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (The Family Library)

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"An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those inbetween or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It?s Perfectly Normal." ?Booklist (starred review)How does a baby begin What makes a baby male or female How is a baby born Children have plenty of questions about reproduction and babies?and about sex and sexual...

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No coverThe Family Book
Description

The Family Book celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in. Whether you have two moms or two dads, a big family or a small family, a clean family or a messy one, Todd Parr assures readers that no matter what kind of family you have, every family is special in its own unique way.Parr's message about the...

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Book cover for “Like a Mother”
Like a Mother

A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

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A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhoodLike most firsttime mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function How does a body go into labor Why is breast best Is wine totally offlimits But as she soon discove...

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No coverBecoming MomStrong
Becoming MomStrong

How to Fight with All That's in You for Your Family and Your Faith

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Have you ever looked into the faces of the people who call you "mom" and wondered what in the world you got yourself intoIf you're like many Christian moms today, you've been reading the headlines and watching the rapidfire changes in our culture with frustration and fear. Let's face it: Moms today are facing questions that previous generations d...

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Book cover for “Pregnancy Day By Day”
Pregnancy Day By Day

An Illustrated Daily Countdown to Motherhood, from Conception to Childbirth and

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For expectant parents who want to know everything about their developing baby at every stage, Pregnancy Day by Day provides a daily countdown to the date of delivery. Covering each day of pregnancy in detail, as well as labor, birth, and life with a new baby, Pregnancy Day by Day is an unprecedented and comprehensive guide that is written by a team...

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Book cover for “Dummy”
Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Relationships, Family, For, Dads lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for big-picture nonfiction and accessible learning. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverConscious Loving
Conscious Loving

The Journey to CoCommitment

Description

Here is a powerful new program that can clear away the unconscious agreements patterns that undermine even your best intentions. Through their own marriage and through twenty years' experience counseling more than one thousand couples, therapists Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks have developed precise strategies to help you create a vital partnership and ...

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No coverOh Joy Sex Toy Vol. 1
Description

Erika and Matthew think the world of sex is fantastic.Their comics are about everything that relates to sex, from toys to education to pleasure to unglamorous mishaps. Mixing comedy, real experiences, and research, they create the friendliest sex positive comics around. In this volume, they look at a wide variety of topics, including sex toys, preg...

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No coverMy Papi Has a Motorcycle
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When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her.But as the sun sets purplebluegold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there....

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No coverThe Sacred Search
The Sacred Search

What If It's Not about Who You Marry, But Why

Description

What if you stopped looking for a ?soul mate? and started looking for a ?sole mate??someone who will live out with you the great purpose of God What if dating isn?t about finding ?the one? but making a wise choice so you can better serve the One who loves you most What if God didn?t design relationships to make you happy but to make you holy In ...

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No coverThe Power of a Praying Wife
Description

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying series (more than 23 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to reach a stillgrowing market of readers eager to discover the power of prayer for their lives.Stormie joyfully inspires you to develop a deeper relationship with your husband by utilizing the amazin...

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No coverIf You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late
If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late

A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together

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Hardhitting divorce lawyer James Sexton shares his insights and wisdom from the front lines of divorce to keep you out of his office and improve your relationship.If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late. James Sexton knows this. After dealing with more than a thousand clients whose marriages have dissolved over everything from an illadvised...

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No coverRaising Your Spirited Child
Raising Your Spirited Child

A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic

Description

"Through excellent examples and easytoread text, this book provides parents with a pathway to understanding their child's temperament and to a place where parents can balance the needs of their child's unique temperament with their own needs and those of their family." James Cameron, Ph.D., executive director, The Preventive Ounce, Berkeley, C...

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No coverBoys Adrift
Boys Adrift

The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Description

Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. While Emily is working hard at school and getting A?s, her brother Justin is goofing of...

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No coverMy Daddy is a Pretzel
Description

Twist your way into this story that introduces both yoga and professions. The nine yoga poses show how the practice of yoga relates to everyday life, and encourages readers to stretch both their bodies and their minds. There are tips about practice and preparation, yoga life, and having the right attitude....

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Book cover for “Shepherding a Child's Heart”
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Shepherding a Child's Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child does and says flow from the heart. Luke 6:45 puts it this way: "...out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Written for parents with children of any age, this insightful book provides perspectives and procedures for shepherding your child'...

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No coverThe Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

Completely Revised and Updated 8th Edition

Description

The longawaited revised edition! It?s no secret that breastfeeding is the normal, healthy way to nourish and nurture your baby. Dedicated to supporting nursing and expectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche League has set the standard for educating and empowering mothers in this natural art for generations. Now their classic bestsel...

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Book cover for “Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen”
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Eightyearold Jasmine Toguchi is a flamingo fan, tree climber, and topnotch messmaker!She's also tired of her big sister, Sophie, always getting to do things first. For once, Jasmine wishes SHE could do something before Sophiesomething special, something different. The New Year approaches, and as the Toguchi family gathers in Los Angeles to ce...

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No coverI Can Make This Promise
Description

In her debut middle grade novel?inspired by her family?s history?Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family?s secrets?and finds her own Native American identity. All her life, Edie has known that her mom was adopted by a white couple. So, no matter how curious she might be about her Native American heritage, Edie is sure her fa...

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Book cover for “It's Perfectly Normal”
It's Perfectly Normal

Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health (The Family Library)

Description

The definitive book about puberty and sexual health for today?s kids and teens, now fully updated for its twentieth anniversary. For two decades, this universally acclaimed book on sexuality has been the most trusted and accessible resource for kids, parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone else who cares about the wellbeing of tweens and teens. ...

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Book cover for “Raising a Daughter After God's Own Heart”
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Elizabeth George, popular speaker and bestselling author of A Woman After God's Own Heart and A Young Woman After God's Own Heart, provides an engaging and inspirational resource for every mom who wants to lead her daughter to a godly life by example, encouragement, study, and prayer.With her biblical insight and childraising experience, Elizabeth...

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Book cover for “Love and Respect Workbook”
Love and Respect Workbook

The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs

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Based upon Ephesians 5:33 and extensive biblical and psychological research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs reveals the power of unconditional love and unconditional respect and how husbands and wives can reap the benefits of marriage that God intended....

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Book cover for “Boys & Sex”
Boys & Sex

Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity

Recommendation Context
Available recommendation signals cluster around Sociology, Social Sciences, NonFiction, Relationships, Family lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for decision-making, behavior, or human motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverThe Attachment Parenting Book
The Attachment Parenting Book

A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby

Description

America's foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N., explain the benefits for both you and your child of connecting with your baby early. Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed How old is too old for breastfeeding What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn How does early attac...

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Pushed

The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care

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In the United States, more than half the women who give birth are given drugs to induce or speed up labor; for nearly a third of mothers, childbirth is major surgery the cesarean section. For women who want an alternative, choice is often unavailable: Midwives are sometimes inaccessible; in eleven states they are illegal. In one of those states,...

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No coverPeaceful Parent, Happy Kids
Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids

How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting (The Peaceful Parent Series)

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A groundbreaking guide to raising responsible, capable, happy kidsBased on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham?s approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: Fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change. When you have that vital connec...

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No coverThe Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability

For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain and Illness (Paperback) Common

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The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability is the first complete sex guide for people who live with disabilities, pain, illness, or chronic conditions. Useful for absolutely everyone, regardless of age, gender, or sexual orientation, the book addresses a wide range of disabilities ? from chronic fatigue, back pain, and asthma to spinal cord injury, h...

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Potty Training in 3 Days

The StepbyStep Plan for a Clean Break from Dirty Diapers

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Potty training can be crappybut it doesn't have to be. You CAN potty train your child, and you can teach them the basics in just 3 days. So take a deep breath, keep your chin up, and put your game face on. You are the parent. You can do this.Potty training is not easy. You might feel overwhelmed after repeated unsuccessful potty training efforts,...

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The Baby Book

Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby From Birth to Age Two

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The millioncopy bestseller by the man who remade motherhood ("Time") has now been revised, expanded, and brought thoroughly uptodatewith the latest information on everything from diapering to day care, from midwifery to hospital birthing rooms, from postpartum nutrition to infant development.The Searses draw from their vast experience both as...

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Be Prepared

Be Prepared

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An indispensable survival manual for guys entering the trenches of fatherhood, Be Prepared is loaded with oneofakind insights, MacGyveresque tips and tricks, and nononsense advice for mastering the first year as a dad. Finally, a book that teaches men all the things they really need to know about fatherhood...including how to: change a baby ...

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No coverRaising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World
Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World

How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

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"But everyone else has it." "If you loved me, you'd get it for me!" When you hear these comments from your kids, it can be tough not to cave. You love your childrendon't you want them to be happy and to fit inKristen Welch knows firsthand it's not that easy. In fact, she's found out that when you say yes too often, it's not only hard on your pea...

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The Porn Myth

Exposing the Reality Behind the Fantasy, of Pornography

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The Porn Myth is a nonreligious response to propornography arguments. It draws from the experience of porn performers, recent research from neurology, Sociology,, and psychology to build a case for why pornography is destructive to individuals, relationships, and society. Matt Fradd provides insightful arguments, including the latest scientific re...

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"Going to the Potty handles a sensitive subject with the same quiet candor and respect for young audiences that are the hallmark of his Mister Rogers' Neighborhood TV show."Publishers WeeklyParent and child may read together about the way children develop in the experience of eliminating waste products from their body and about the positive aspec...

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No coverGentle Discipline
Gentle Discipline

Using Emotional ConnectionNot Punishmentto Raise Confident, Capable Kids

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A practical guide that presents an alternative to shouting, shaming, and blamingto give kids the skills they need to grow and thrive Discipline is an essential part of raising happy and successful kids, but as more and more parents are discovering, conventional approaches often don't work, and can even lead to more frustration, resentment, power ...

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For Men Only

A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women

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Finally. You Can Understand Her! Women: complicated and impossible to understand Do you love and want to please the woman in your life, but just can't seem to figure her...

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No coverArt Lab for Little Kids
Art Lab for Little Kids

52 Playful Projects for Preschoolers! (Lab) (Paperback) Common

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Developed for the younger set (46 year olds) and targeting one of the most critical developmental periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is the perfect book for both parents and teachers who are seeking enriching and unique experiences to offer this age group.As in Susan Schwake?s first book, Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), the Labs ...

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No coverThe Gift of Failure
The Gift of Failure

How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed

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In the tradition of Paul Tough?s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel?s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life?s inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successf...

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No coverGrace Based Discipline
Grace Based Discipline

How to Be at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst

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Every parent wants to know, "How do I discipline my kids" "Parents face a crazy paradox," says author Karis Kimmel Murray. "We love our kids exactly as they are, but we also love them too much to let them stay that way!"Disciplining kids is tough . . . even on a good day. We just want the 140character version of what we should do when our kids' b...

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No coverThe Confidence Code for Girls
The Confidence Code for Girls

Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self

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Girls can rule the world?all they need is confidence. This empowering, entertaining guide from the bestselling authors of The Confidence Code gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless. It?s a paradox familiar to parents everywhere: girls are achieving like never before, yet they?re consumed with doubt on the i...

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No coverBirthing from Within
Birthing from Within

An ExtraOrdinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

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Here is a holistic approach to childbirth that examines this profound riteofpassage not as a medical event but as an act of selfdiscovery. Exercises and activities such as journal writing, meditation, and painting will help mothers analyze their thoughts and face their fears during pregnancy. For use during birth, the book offers proven techniqu...

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Book cover for “How to Take the Grrrr Out of Anger”
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Kids need help learning how to manage their anger. Blending solid information and sound advice with humor and lively illustrations, these angermanagement tips guide kids to understand that anger is normal and to learn they can express it in healthy ways. The book teaches them how to recognize anger in themselves and others, how to handle situation...

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No coverThe Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care
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Makes the principles of traditional nutrition available to modern parents. This book provides holistic advice for pregnancy and newborn interventions, vaccinations, breastfeeding and child development, as well as a compendium of natural treatments for childhood illnesses, from autism to whooping cough....

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The Wonder Weeks

A StressFree Guide to Your Baby's Behavior (6th Edition)

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"The Wonder Weeks. How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward" describes in easytounderstand terms the incredible developmental changes that all babies go through during the first 20 months of their lives. This is the extended, "fat" edition with 2 more chap...

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No coverThe New Bottoming Book
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Almost a decade ago, the first Bottoming Book taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming being a submissive, masochist, slave, 'boy' or 'girl, ' or other BDSM recipient is as much an art as topping. Since then, the growing popularity of BDSM, and the blossoming of the Internet as a source of information and connection, have created a wh...

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No coverMeeting Your HalfOrange
Meeting Your HalfOrange

An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match

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For women feeling disillusioned with the dating scene, Meeting Your HalfOrange is "the ultimate pep talk" (Harper's Bazaar) and resultoriented plan for finding the right match. Author Amy Spencer introduces the concept of "Dating Optimism," a set of powerful techniques firmly rooted in science and psychology that will attract one's "halforange"...

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Book cover for “Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns”
Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns

The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism

Description

Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns will tell you all about sadomasochism. We made it lighthearted and fun to read because SM is fun to do. That's why we do it. But fun is only SM's overture; for those who grasp its message, SM is sexual magic. The right blend of trust, Fantasy,, and sensuality creates an intensely erotic and deeply intimate stew. ...

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NurtureShock

New Thinking About Children

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In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that matter Why do crossracial friendships decrease in schools that are more integrated If 98% of kids think lying is morally wrong, then why do 98% of kids lie What's the single most important t...

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From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a middle grade roadtrip story through American race relations past and present perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Jason Reynolds.How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma: Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED. Fasten Your Seatbelt...

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