Everyday Sacred: A Woman's Journey Home

Author: Sue Bender

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Her struggle is one keenly felt in today’s intensely pressured and time-starved world: how can we experience our lives fully in whatever we are doing at the moment – whether cleaning the kitchen, faced with a situation that frustrates us, or momentarily exhilarated by some new fortune that’s befallen us. Inspired by the image of the empty ‘begging bowl’ that Zen monks would start each day with to solicit enough food to nourish and sustain them,

Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture

Author Peggy Orenstein

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Pink and pretty or predatory and hardened, sexualized girlhood influences our daughters from infancy onward, telling them that how a girl looks matters more than who she is. Somewhere between the exhilarating rise of Girl Power in the 1990s and today, the pursuit of physical perfection has been recast as a source—the source—of female empowerment. And commercialization has spread the message faster and farther, reaching girls at ever-younger ages.

The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

Author: Harvey Karp

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In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries—an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying. No wonder pediatricians across the country are praising him and thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Pierce Brosnan, have turned to him to learn the secrets for making babies happy.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Author: Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner
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About the Author

Siegfried Engelmann is a professor of education at the University of Oregon, and has written many books on teaching, including Give Your Child a Superior Mind. He is the originator of Direct Instruction, the most successful approach to teaching, and he has developed more than thirty direct instruction programs. He has provided teaching demonstrations with a wide range of children -- consistently showing that they could learn much more than had been achieved with traditional teaching.