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161) The Gathering Storm
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There are no easy choices when the dark clouds gather
DI Shona Oliver's past and present collide when James McGowan, her ex-classmate – now a famous actor – comes to the area to make a Robert Burns biopic. Shona is tasked with keeping him safe during filming on an isolated island in the Solway Firth, and her job is made much harder when a dead man wearing James's coat is found on the beach in suspicious circumstances. It seems someone wanted...
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The Love That Ended So Tragic is a story about two people who were meant to be but paid the ultimate price for their love. Like Romeo and Juliet, their forbidden love was destined to have a tragic ending. The reader will embark on the ten-year journey of Hannah and Antony's doomed relationship, with shocking twists, turns, happy and sad moments all in one novel. This story takes place in San Diego, California, 1996—2007. Take the summer romance...
163) Show Mom How
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Find humor, help, and inspiration in this fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to 166 things a mom needs to know from pregnancy through baby's first year.
Show Mom How brings the parenting expertise of Babytalk magazine to the award-winning Show Me How series- one-part how-to guide, one part graphic art showpiece, and one part pure inspiration. From sensible to sweet to downright silly, 166 things every new mother needs to know-one step at a time....
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Dare to Reign in Your Kingdom: A Stay-at-Home Mom's Guide to Personal Triumph
Step within the pages of "Queen of the Castle: Finding Your Confidence as a Stay-at-Home Mom" and embrace a journey of self-discovery and empowerment tailor-made for the monarch of home and hearth. Despite what society might whisper, the role of a stay-at-home mom is anything but ordinary. Within this tome, you'll explore the rich tapestry of your identity, emerging with...
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Imagine raising six spirited kids on a grass farm-today. Newspaper columnist Dorcas Smucker and her brood live out their days in full view in this collection of musings-picking blueberries while watching for bears, hoping for angels while driving off the freeway, moving into the "thousand-story house," and enduring lectures from teenage children about the virtue of respect. Three books in one, this collection includes Smucker's Ordinary Days: Family...
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Shannon Watts was a stay-at-home mom folding laundry when news of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary flashed across the television screen. In one moment, she went from outraged to engaged and decided to do something about it. What started as a simple Facebook group to connect with other frustrated parents grew into Moms Demand Action, a national movement with millions of supporters and a powerful grassroots network of local chapters in all...
167) Test Your Baby
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The perfect gift book for new parents everywhere! Assess your baby's genius in a series of fun and easy tests and activities, in the next title in the best-selling Test Your series.
Wait, I know what you're thinking. You may feel you don't have a spare minute to take a shower, let alone conduct elaborate psychometric tests on your mewling new-born bundle of love (and constant nappy changes). But with Test Your Baby, all the hard work has been done...
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Create the childbirth plan that's right for you
Welcoming a new baby is an exciting and joyous time, but it's natural to be nervous about getting everything ready. The First-Time Parent's Childbirth Handbook empowers you with answers for all your burning questions about giving birth and the days before and after, with space to build a custom birth plan that matches your values and comfort level.
• Know your options-Explore the pros and cons of...
170) Life in Pieces
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Dear 2020 — can we just start over? Dawn O'Porter has been thinking about life. In lockdown. Mostly from a cupboard. From reflections on grief and identity, bad hair and parenting, sleep and spirituality, to the things we can control and the things we cannot, Dawn's daily diaries track the journey — for a hilarious, heartbreaking and highly entertaining glimpse into the new normal. LIFE IN PIECES is a book for anyone who's been thrown into a life...
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The Fate We Make: Heartbreak, is the first volume of a remarkable, occasionally tragic, but ultimately redemptive coming-of-age story. From an early age, Simone Warren recognized that she was caught between her family's expectations and her need to find her own path and voice. Born into a Singaporean Chinese family and a life rooted in tradition, her story is a stunning tale of survival and an inspiring look at how we can learn to move beyond trauma...
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Working from home has become a modern phenomenon! Working from home makes it possible for a mother to be a full time mother, but also earn needed income for the family. Being a work at home mom can be challenging, but there are many advantages to this form of employment. In this book you will learn:- How to determine if working from home is right for you- The perks of working from home- Where to hunt for jobs- How to motivate yourself to work from...
173) Managing Your ADHD Child: How to Improve Your Listenings Skills, Be a Positive Parent and Lovingly
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If your child has recently been diagnosed with ADHD, or you have read other books on the subject without finding practical solutions, then read on."Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" is one of the most discussed and misinterpreted topics in child development, both in education and parenting.Compared to the past, in recent years, great strides have been made in pediatric and psychiatric studies, going to unravel many secrets still unknown when...
174) Why Mummy Drinks
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Tuesday 8th September First day back at school. I am going to 100% nail being a school mummy this year. I can totally do this. Yes, this year is definitely going to be much better - I am absolutely not going to shout at the children, let them stuff their faces with crisps or goggle away on the iPad. And I most certainly will not slump on the sofa at the end of the day, glugging wine and muttering 'FML' repeatedly.
Unfortunately, I have not yet actually...
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Renowned pediatrician and bestselling author Dr. Robert Sears teams up with HappyBaby, the organic baby food company, in this invaluable guide to green parenting. HappyBaby shows new parents the healthiest, most eco-friendly way to raise their babies and protect them from environmental toxins. HappyBaby proves that green parenting is not only the very best approach when it comes to baby's health and happiness, it's remarkably easy to do-good for parents,...
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Dog Soldiers can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 3 of 3. Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young 'dog soldiers' (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers. Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boyhood and went on to do the job they had always wanted...
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Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of a teenage mother and baby in need of a safe and loving home. At fourteen, Emma is just a child herself - and one who's never been properly mothered. She has been in foster care several times already and when she discovered she was pregnant, and refused to have an abortion, her mother threw her out of the house. Casey and her family instantly form a strong bond with...
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In Healthy Kids, Happy Moms, integrative pediatrician Sheila Kilbane, MD, shares the methodology she's developed over almost twenty years of practicing medicine: a seven-step process that can begin to heal your child's chronic illness from the inside out.
This book will equip you with the information and tools you need to transform your child's health, including:
• how to understand your child's medical history and how seemingly different issues...
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From French DIY wellness expert Émilie Hébert and natural care midwife Hélène Boyé comes a superb easy-to-follow recipe book to create clean, natural care products for babies, mothers-to-be, and new moms.
Why trust your baby's care, or your own, to the chemical-laden products with unpronounceable names on supermarket shelves? The fantastic guide to feeling good and looking good that upcoming and new French mothers rely on to care for themselves...
180) The Bump Plan
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A practical, expert-led, straight-talking guide to exercising during pregnancy and post-birth. Staying active during pregnancy and the postpartum period has vast physical and mental health benefits, but it's also a subject that's fraught with fear, myths, and misinformation. We're told by doctors to exercise, but we're not given the tools with which to do so. Enter: The Bump Plan, by personal trainer, pre-and-postnatal exercise specialist and mother...
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