Birth Education

Are you dreaming of an empowering, peaceful birth at home and need some guidance to make it happen? Are you planning an unassisted birth or are freebirthing and want to make sure you know what to do every step of the way? Perhaps you are healing from a past traumatic birth and are looking for answers and a better option for you and your baby.

What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of hands-on learning and self-discovery relate to the youngest infants? This authoritative and accessible book answers these and many other questions. Based on Dr. Maria Montessori's instructions for raising infants, its comprehensive exploration of the first three years incorporates the furnishings and tools she created for the care and comfort of babies.

The Lamp and the Legacy: Florence Nightingale and the Birth of Modern Nursing Discover the extraordinary life of Florence Nightingale, the woman who turned compassion into science and forever transformed the world of healthcare. Known as “The Lady with the Lamp,” Nightingale not only brought comfort to soldiers during the Crimean War but also built the foundations of modern nursing, public health, and evidence-based medicine. Through ten richly detailed chapters, The Lamp and the Legacy traces Nightingale’s journey from her privileged Victorian upbringing to her groundbreaking reforms...

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers. Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of...

Long before the era of the news anchor, the pundit, and the mini-cam, one man blazed a trail that thousands would follow. Reporting live from the streets and rooftops of London as Nazi war planes rained terror from the skies during the Battle of Britain, Edward R. Murrow brought the stark horror of war and the shock of breaking news events directly into American living rooms for the first time, and that was just the beginning.

Respected Waldorf educator Rahima Baldwin Dancy explains the different stages of learning that children go through from birth to age six, giving you the wisdom and understanding to enrich your child's natural development in the right way at the right time. A trusted classic for over 20 years, this newly revised edition contains updated resources and additional information on discipline, early childhood programs, toilet training, using home life as curriculum, and more. From language and cognitive development to appropriate toys, Dancy speaks up for a rational approach to child-rearing.

In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women’s bodies and instead directs the focus on...

💖 Pediatrician & Teacher Approved + 3 Empowering Bonuses Inside! 💖 🎁 The 2-in-1 Gift That Helps Her Grow with Confidence (and Gives You Peace of Mind) 🎁 😟 Worried she’ll feel overwhelmed by all the changes in her body? 😟 Afraid she’ll keep her big feelings bottled up because she doesn’t know how to talk about them? 😟 Nervous she’ll compare herself to friends and feel “behind” or “not enough”? 👉 This book takes care of that - without the awkward, eye-rolling talks you’re dreading. ☑️ She’ll understand what’s happening to her body in clear, ...

Breastfeeding Doesn't Have To Suck: A Practical Guide Comprehensive Guidance: Navigate from birth through early feeding challenges with expert advice and real-life experiences. Realistic Approach: Addressing the pressure and concerns faced by today's mothers with balanced insights. Expert Insight: Insights from lactation consultants and current research to inform your breastfeeding journey. Overcoming Challenges: Strategies to combat nipple damage, manage milk supply anxieties, and handle formula guilt. Practical Tips: From latch techniques to building a sustainable milk supply, practical ...

A rollicking, myth-busting history of sex that moves from historical attempts at birth control to Hildegard von Bingen’s treatise on the female orgasm, demystifying plenty of urban legends along the way. Roman physicians told female patients they should sneeze out as much semen as possible...

Discover the power of astrology and use it to change your life forever! Have you ever wanted to be able to read people? Have you ever felt there was more to our patterns and phases than meets the eye? Have you always had the desire to truly understand yourself? For the longest time, people have believed that astrology is all about your birth sign. The truth is astrology is infinitely more complex. Natal charts can tell you everything from your relationship with a parent to how you react under pressure.

Should you really read to your baby? Can teaching a baby sign language boost IQ? Should you pipe classical music into the nursery? Dr. Jill Stamm translates the latest neuroscience findings into clear explanations and practical suggestions, demonstrating the importance of the simple ways you interact with your child every day. It isn't the right edutainment that nurtures an infant's brain. It is as simple as attention, bonding, and communication, and it's within every parent's ability to provide.

What Jane Goodall did for chimpanzees, international ecologist and conservation scientist Hannah Mumby now does for elephants in this compelling, eye-opening account that brings into focus this species remarkably similar to humans—and makes a persuasive argument for saving them. From early...

From evolution to the epidural and beyond, Tina Cassidy presents an intelligent, enlightening, and impeccably researched cultural history of how and why we're born the way we are. Women have been giving birth for millennia, but that's about the only constant in the final stage of the great process that is human reproduction. Why is it that every culture and generation seems to have its own ideas about the best way to give birth?

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to 15 years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation by using the Montessori method. This is an essential handbook for parents and teachers who have chosen the Montessori alternative for the older child.

Read the story of Christ's birth from a while new vantage point...from the viewpoint of Heaven. The Birth is the third in the series The Chronicles of Heaven written by beloved storyteller Gene Edwards. The Birth has become the most popular rendering of the Bethlehem story. The drama begins in the eternals. Just before the birth of John the Baptist, the skies had turned to brass.

Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, was a...

A groundbreaking look at the science of learning: how it works both in the mind and in the classroom, which teaching techniques are most effective, and how schools should (and absolutely should not) use instructional technology. This is an essential resource for teachers, anyone interested in...

“Grant Ginder has written The Big Chill of our times...and possibly done an even better job. So Old, So Young is a triumph. I will never forget these characters.” —Elin Hilderbrand “So Old, So Young is a story of romantic love, professional jealousy, misplaced longing, and—above...

The first decade after India's independence, 1947-1957, was probably the most crucial in the nation's history. Opening a window to this period, this book weaves a story out of the complex ideas and events that have largely remained beneath the surface of public discourse. The transfer of power...