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The Daring Book for Girls
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
Great book
Would recommend this book to anyone that wants to give a gift to a girl.
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Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting!
Sandra Tsing Loh
Crown, 2008
Mother On Fire
The author is VERY funny and right on target when taking apart LAUSD and the LA scene which is extremely plastic and power focussed. Sandra not only thinks she has to solve her family's problems but lies awake at night trying to solve the whole world's problems while ...
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1997
This is a great follow up!
I also enjoyed this book as much as A Child Called "IT". This also made me cry as much as as the first one. I could not put it down as well.
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Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
Jenny McCarthy
Dutton Adult, 2008
Mother Warriors:A Nation Of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
I adored this book. I felt my hard shell, in place since my son's diagnosis of Autism and our consistently disappointing experiences with mainstream medicine in his treatment, melt away. The tears rolled down and I let go as I realized there are so many parents like ...
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The Nursing Mother's Companion: Revised Edition
Kathleen Huggins
Harvard Common Press, 2005
The only guide that you need and will grow with your baby's needs
I am a first time mother and the only woman in my circle of family and friends to ever considering breastfeeding. While expecting I read this book cover-to-cover. I knew what problems to expect and was able the head them off at the pass. I can happily report that ...
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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Steve Solomon
New Society Publishers, 2006
Detailed, Valuable Advice
Gardening When It Counts is truly a book for our times. There's already a well-deserved buzz about this book among home gardeners I know. For one thing, it firmly refutes the supposed advantages of mulch gardening. In the burgeoning nationwide return to growing our own ...
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The Kissing Hand
Audrey Penn
Tanglewood Press, 2006
perfect before-kindergarten present
Like many teachers, I used this book on my first day for my kindergarten class. I would also recommend giving this book as a present to all of the parents that have a child going to kindergarten for the first time.
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Three Cups of Tea
I could not put this book down! An incredibly inspirational true story about how to put beliefs into action. My hope for humanity was rekindled in these dark times. I have a deeply heartfelt personal connection to the people of Pakistan with Pakistani friends there ...
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Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
Firefly Books Ltd., 1995
A touching book
I gave this book to my son when he turned forty. He called me and told me how much it meant to him and how it made him cry. My son is a 6'3 Army Ranger Instructor and very few things have made him cry., trust me. I heard this book the first time when in church, our ...
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
"It" review
The book was for my daughter. It arrived quickly and she didn't put it down until she was finished. Transaction went very smoothly.
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Mother Angelica's Private and Pithy Lessons from the Scriptures
Raymond Arroyo
Doubleday, 2008
The Word is made fresh by the irrepressible Mother Angelica as she personally escorts you through the Scriptures, unearthing lessons for daily living--the perfect companion to the New York Times bestselling Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality . The founder of the world's largest religious media empire ...
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book)
La Leche League International
Plume, 2004
very informative book
I bought this book in lieu of attending classes on breastfeeding. While it IS a book and not an actual instructor, I feel pretty confident about what I need to know to properly breastfeed my baby. There is a lot of information in this book on techniques, how to deal ...
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Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook
Beth Hensperger, Julie Kaufmann
Harvard Common Press, 2005
Not Your Standard Slow Cooker Cookbook At All!!!
Can't compare this book with all the others in the same category. Very unusual and interesting recipes. Not your canned creamed soup recipes either!!! Can't wait to try it!!!
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Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
Karyl McBride
Free Press, 2008
Very helpful!
Dr. McBride introduces the concept of The Collapse. It was the first time in my life I understood that "punched in the gut feeling" when my mother made some remark about me and my emotional state. I read it in two days and highly recommend it!
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The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition
James McBride
Riverhead Trade, 2006
The Color of Water
Excellent book which talks about transracial issues....excellent also for people considering adoption of trans racial children....very informative.....
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