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The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family
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The Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family
by Jacey Eckhart

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On the American homefront during the ongoing war on terror, no one is feeling the pressure more than military families. Operating tempo is expected to increase. Projected deployments are going to be longer. Our presence in Iraq alone is projected to be...
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Rockabye: From Wild to Child
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Rockabye: From Wild to Child
by Rebecca Woolf

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Rockabye is the lively memoir of a spontaneous young city-girl who becomes unexpectedly pregnant. That city-girl is Rebecca Woolf, who at 23, after the "holy shit, I'm pregnant" realization, decides to keep the baby, marry the boyfriend (in Vegas no less)...
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Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion
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Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion
by Karen E. Bender and Nina de Gramont

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A moving collection of personal essays about the real, human experiences behind the highly politicized issue of reproductive choice. At a time when a woman's most complex decisions have been reduced to political rhetoric and impersonal theory, and...
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Mother Nurture: Life Lessons from the Mothers of America's Best and Brightest
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Mother Nurture: Life Lessons from the Mothers of America's Best and Brightest
by Stephanie Hirsch

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Where did Beyoncé get her groove? Where did Lance Armstrong get his drive? Where did Steven Spielberg get his creative vision? Every success story begins with . . . Mom When Stephanie Hirsch gave birth to her son, she began to think about the kind...
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The Hip Mama Survival Guide: Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training, and Toddler Avengers
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The Hip Mama Survival Guide: Advice from the Trenches on Pregnancy, Childbirth, Cool Names, Clueless Doctors, Potty Training, and Toddler Avengers
by Ariel Gore

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Ariel Gore once joked in an interview that she would probably go down in history as "the Gen-X Dr. Spock". And so she has. In fact, Gore has become a leading voice of today's politically and culturally aware parents -- even debating Newt Gingrich on MTV -...
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Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
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Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom
by Stefa Wilder Taylor

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The moment the second line on the pee stick turns pink, women discover they've entered a world of parenting experts. Friends, family, colleagues, the UPS delivery guy -- suddenly everybody is a trove of advice, much of it contradictory and confusing...
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Opting in: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
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Opting in: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
by Amy Richards

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For contemporary women, motherhood has become as polarizing a proposition as it is a powerful calling. For some women this tension is manifest in a debate over whether or not to have children. For others it concerns whether to stay at home with their...
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Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent
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Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent
by Sarah Napthali

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A combination of personal narrative and stories gathered from mothers, this guide shows how spiritual and mindful parenting can help all mothers—Buddhists and nonBuddhists—be more open, attentive, and content. By guiding mothers on...
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The Essential Hip Mama: Writing from the Cutting Edge of Parenting
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The Essential Hip Mama: Writing from the Cutting Edge of Parenting
by Ariel Gore

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It's been over a decade since Ariel Gore, in a caffeine-induced brainstorm, invented Hip Mama as her senior project in college. The zine that has grown up alongside Gore's daughter, has covered subjects from weaning to home schooling with a political...
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Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family
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Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family
by Catherine Newman

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To fifty thousand readers, Catherine Newman is the beloved author of Bringing Up Ben & Birdy, a weekly column on babycenter.com. Now in the delightfully candid, outlandishly funny Waiting for Birdy, Newman charts the year she anticipated the birth of her...
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Dear Mom: Thank You for Everything
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Dear Mom: Thank You for Everything
by Bradley Trev Greive

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Sometimes it's hard to find the right words to tell Mom just how you feel. How can you adequately thank her for all her selfless acts of love and tireless devotion? Bradley Trevor Greive's new book, Dear Mom, will help children of all ages (especially...
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The World's a Mom: Celebrating Motherhood
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The World's a Mom: Celebrating Motherhood
by Jackie Alpers

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Every time mom sees this lovely book created just for her, she’ll remember just how much she’s loved. It features 60 gorgeous photographs from around the world—as well as from the animal kingdom—accompanied by a range of wise...
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Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck
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Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck
by Bob (pht) Elsdale

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"Before I was even born, you loved me." --Mom, I'm a Lucky Duck From the photographer of elegantly ageless elephants in Gray Matter and the porcine with panache from Pretty in Pink comes a chick hatchling tale to honor moms. Celebrating mom's roles as...
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The Mother Trip
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The Mother Trip
by Ariel Gore

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In her last book, outspoken urban mom Ariel Gore offered help for real-world mothers. In The Mother Trip, she gives her inspiration, encouragement, and moral support to unconventional moms. In these essays, she bashes the stereotype of the "good mother...
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Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting
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Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting
by Rene Syler

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For every woman who's passed off store-bought cakes as her own at the school bake sale comes an honest look at motherhood. In an ideal world, mothers would have time to hand-sew their kids' costumes for the school play, prepare all-organic meals, and...
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Rock Star Mommy: My Life as a Rocker Mom
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Rock Star Mommy: My Life as a Rocker Mom
by Judy Davids

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This true story of motherhood, music, and following one's wildest dreams is ahilarious and heartwarming dose of inspiration for moms who want to rock morethan just the cradle....
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Youre a Good Mom (and Your Kids Arent So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom
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Youre a Good Mom (and Your Kids Arent So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom
by Jen Singer

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For 21st century mothers, there seem to be just two choices: be a Super Mom or be a Slacker Mom. Ones bad for you; ones bad for your kids. So whats a momma to do? In Youre a Good Mom (and Your Kids Arent So Bad Either), the Internets favorite momma, Jen...
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Peeing in Peace: Tales and Tips for Type A Moms
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Peeing in Peace: Tales and Tips for Type A Moms
by Beth Feldman

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This is the perfect playdate for your purse. Are you a multi-tasking mom pulled in a million directions by your precocious kids, demanding boss and starved-for-attention spouse? Do you find the only time you're able to steal a moment to yourself is...
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Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers
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Breeder: Real-Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers
by Ariel Gore and Bee Lavender

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In this ground-breaking anthology, Ariel Gore and Bee Lavender ask real moms — from Web site designers to tattoo-clad waitresses — to laugh, cry, scream, and shout about motherhood. Allison Crews fights to have a voice and be recognized as a...
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood
by Vicki Iovine

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Tired of all the parenting books with simplistic solutions and misleading information about how demanding the first year really is? Then this book is for you. The author is not a doctor or an expert — instead, she writes from her own experience as a...
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