Banish Clutter: Simplify Your Life In Only One Weekend!

Banish Clutter: Simplify Your Life In Only One Weekend!
Sarah Goldberg (Author)
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Is your cluttered house or apartment driving you crazy? Need to get rid of the crap and simplify your life NOW? Are you embarrassed to have your friends (or mother!) over because of the mess in your house? Then this book is for you!

Look, I had a messy house, once upon a time. Its true! My house was a disaster with all the stuff from the kids, my husband, and random junk sitting around everywhere. It drove me crazy! Honestly, I was even kind of embarrassed when I had the neighbors over because it seemed like we had crap everywhere.

Not anymore! I decided to take ONE WEEKEND of my life and banish clutter forever, and it worked! Now I want to help you out to do the same, as it feels GREAT to have eliminated clutter and cleaned up my house for good.

This book will take your through one weekend, from Friday evening through Sunday evening, and give you a step-by-step guide to getting your house back in order. And it works!

What's more, I also have recommendations for storage solutions at the back of the book--these are top-rated, sturdy storage shelves, racks, etc. that will help you get started on the road to a clutter-free life!

Don't be embarrassed by your cluttered house. Start today, buy this book, pick a weekend, and banish clutter forever!

• Rank: #10068 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-03-14
• Released on: 2014-03-14
• Format: Kindle eBook

Baby Steps (Kindle Single)

Baby Steps (Kindle Single)
Mara Altman (Author)
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Mara Altman, author of the number-one Kindle Singles bestseller “Bearded Lady,” turns to the topic of motherhood with touching and uproarious results. At 32 years old, the recently married author found herself suddenly surrounded by babies, and the expectation of family and friends that she would soon have one herself. Altman’s ambivalence prompted a search for the meaning of motherhood –– one that led her to wear a fake pregnancy belly, attend pre-natal yoga classes, debate experts, and even tend to her very own crying plastic baby. Her reporting led to a surprising and uplifting lesson about life, love and the choices we make. “Baby Steps” is what to expect when you’re not expecting –– a heartfelt and hilarious guide to making the most important decision of your life.

After graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Mara Altman worked as a staff writer for The Village Voice. In 2009, HarperCollins published Altman's first book, Thanks For Coming: A Young Woman's Quest for an Orgasm, which was optioned as a comedy series by HBO. She has published three best-selling Kindle Singles, and has also written for New York Magazine and The New York Times.

Cover design by Adil Dara Kim. Cover photograph by Christopher Lane. Illustrations by Mara Altman.

• Rank: #1549 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-03-10
• Released on: 2014-03-10
• Format: Kindle eBook

Dinner: The Playbook: A 30-Day Plan for Mastering the Art of the Family Meal

Dinner: The Playbook: A 30-Day Plan for Mastering the Art of the Family Meal
Jenny Rosenstrach (Author)

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Three signs you need this book:
1) Chicken fingers qualify as adventurous. (Hey, they’re not nuggets.)
2) You live in fear of the white stuff touching the green stuff.
3) Family dinner? What’s family dinner?
 
When Jenny Rosenstrach’s kids were little, her dinner rotation looked like this: Pasta, Pizza, Pasta, Burgers, Pasta. It made her crazy—not only because of the relentless repetition, but because she loved to cook and missed her prekid, ketchup-free dinners.  Her solution? A family adventure: She and her husband, Andy, would cook thirty new dishes in a single month . . . and her kids would try them all. Was it nuts for two working parents to take on this challenge? Yes. But did it transform family dinner from stressful grind to happy ritual? Completely. Here, Rosenstrach—creator of the beloved blog and book Dinner: A Love Story—shares her story, offering weekly meal plans, tons of organizing tips, and eighty-plus kid-vetted recipes.
 
Stuck in a rut? Ready to reboot dinner? This book is your secret weapon.

Advance praise for Dinner: The Playbook
 
“Well, Jenny Rosenstrach, let me say thank you from my whole family for the most practical—and yet still inspired—cookbook on our shelf. You are singularly responsible for my return to the kitchen.”—Kelly Corrigan, author of Glitter and Glue
 
“As a mother of two young children, I was always racked with guilt when serving hummus and crackers for dinner or suggesting yet another night of scrambled eggs. But this brilliant guide is—no exaggeration—changing my life. I was more than happy to let Jenny be my boss for thirty days and whip me—and my family’s dinner—into shape. Think of it as the world’s most delicious boot camp.”—Joanna Goddard, blogger, A Cup of Jo

• Rank: #5778 in Books
• Published on: 2014-08-26
• Released on: 2014-08-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .81 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Motherhood Realized: An Inspiring Anthology for the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love

Motherhood Realized: An Inspiring Anthology for the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love
Power of Moms (Author)
(91)

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We believe that family life is beautiful and that motherhood is a privilege.  But we also believe it is often really hard to see all that beauty when we’re in the midst of mothering. So often, we feel like we’re spread too thin. We feel like we don’t match up. Our hearts want to do more than our hands can manage.  And every day, as we cycle through household duties, discipline, errands, conversations, teaching, and hundreds of “unexpecteds,” we’re often left tired, worried, and in need of some extra inspiration and encouragement.

Power of Moms is an online community of deliberate mothers. Since 2007, millions of mothers from all backgrounds who are striving to be the best they can be have gathered to our website to learn and grow together. Time and again, our posts receive comments that say something like, “I am going to print this out and put it on my nightstand so I can read it again and again.” We’ve been concerned about those nightstands . . . getting all cluttered up with paper. So we’ve selected dozens of our most popular posts and compiled them neatly into this book—just for you.

Becoming Our Best Selves
Getting Through Hard Times
Remembering the Meaning in Motherhood
Shifting Our Perspectives
Savoring the Moments

This book isn’t just a book.  It’s a tangible representation of a living, breathing community of mothers. Motherhood is the hardest job we’ll ever love, and it’s so much better when we’re doing it together.

• Rank: #614 in Books
• Published on: 2014-04-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .49" h x 6.30" w x 9.05" l, .64 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 206 pages

Ella

Ella
John Crusey (Author)
(27)

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Deep in Appalachian coal country, Ella grows up hard at the hands of her abusive, alcoholic father. After high school, she's asked out on her very first date, and it ends in rape. Then she meets Paul, the man she will marry -- and the real trouble begins.
Each time Ella is knocked down she gets up a little stronger and a bit more twisted. Eventually rage takes over and it's her turn to call the dance. In her mind, several people need payback, and she's going all out to settle up.

• Rank: #1116 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-05-02
• Released on: 2012-05-02
• Format: Kindle eBook

Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey

Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
Betty DeGeneres (Author)
(67)

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"Mom, I'm gay." With three little words, gay children can change their parents' lives forever. Yet at the same times it's a chance for those parents to realize nothing, really, has changed at all; same kid, same life, same bond of enduring love.

Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke those simple, powerful words to her mother. That emotional moment eventually brought mother and daughter closer than ever, but not without a struggle. Coming from a republican family with conservative values, Betty needed time and education to understand her daughter's homosexuality -- but her ultimate acceptance would set the stage for a far more public coming out, one that would change history.

In Love, Ellen, Betty DeGeneres tells her story; the complicated path to acceptance and the deepening of her friendship with her daughter; the media's scrutiny of their family life; the painful and often inspiring stories she's heard on the road as the first non-gay spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaigns National Coming Out Project.

With a mother's love, clear minded common sense, and hard won wisdom, Betty DeGeneres offers up her own very personal memoir to help parents understand their gay children, and to help sons and daughters who have been rejected by their families feel less alone.

• Rank: #783 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-05-28
• Released on: 2013-05-28
• Format: Kindle eBook

Sisters

Sisters
Raina Telgemeier (Author)

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The companion to Raina Telgemeier's #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir, SMILE.

Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.

• Rank: #8003 in Books
• Published on: 2014-08-26
• Released on: 2014-08-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s

Ma, He Sold Me for a Few Cigarettes: A Memoir of Dublin in the 1950s
Martha Long (Author)
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When Martha Long's feckless mother hooks up with the Jackser ("that bandy aul bastard"), and starts having more babies, the abuse and poverty in the house grow more acute. Martha is regularly sent out to beg and more often steal, and her wiles (as a child of 7, 8) are often the only thing keeping food on the table. Jackser is a master of paranoid anger and outburst, keeping the children in an unheated tenement, unable to go to school, at the ready for his unpredictable rages. Then Martha is sent by Jackser to a man he knows in exchange for the price of a few cigarettes. She is nine. She is filthy, lice-ridden, outcast. Martha and Ma escape to England, but for an itinerant Irishwoman finding work in late 1950s England is a near impossibility. Martha treasures the time alone with her mother, but amazingly Ma pines for Jackser and they eventually return to Dublin and the other children. And yet there are prized cartoon magazines, the occasional hidden penny to buy the children sweets, the glimpse of loving family life in other houses, and Martha's hope that she will soon be old enough to make her own way.

Virtually uneducated, Martha Long is natural-born storyteller. Written in the vernacular of the day, the reader is tempted to speak like Martha for the rest of a day (and don't let me hear yer woman roarin' bout it neither). One can't help but cheer on this mischievous, quick-witted, and persistent little girl who has captured hearts across Europe.

• Rank: #2083 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-11-13
• Released on: 2012-11-13
• Format: Kindle eBook

Balance for Busy Moms - A Stress-free Guide to Tranquility

Balance for Busy Moms - A Stress-free Guide to Tranquility
Heather Eden (Compiler)
(3)

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You are the best juggler in the world mom! Yes, the baby's crying, your teenager is griping, you have a parent/teacher meeting again to address behavior problems, and you just passed up the gym again. Do you know everything is ok and you are not alone? Whatever your circumstance may be, every mom is soul connected with a nurturing love. This love can move mountains and change the world. Our dependents and loved ones thrive from this love we carry. It makes them smile. I hope you enjoy this book, because the path to tranquility gives us the freedom to genuinely smile with an overflowing cup of love.

• Rank: #2263 in Books
• Published on: 2014-02-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .44" h x 5.98" w x 9.02" l, .63 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

The Summer Wind (Lowcountry Summer)

The Summer Wind (Lowcountry Summer)
Mary Alice Monroe (Author)

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The Summer Wind is the second book in Monroe’s Lowcountry Summer trilogy, following the New York Times bestselling The Summer Girls. This series is a poignant and heartwarming story of three half-sisters and their grandmother, who is determined to help them rediscover their southern roots and family bonds.

It’s midsummer and Eudora, nicknamed Dora, is staying at Sea Breeze, the family’s ancestral home on Sullivan’s Island. For years, Dora has played the role of the perfect wife and mother in a loveless marriage. Now her husband filed for divorce, her child is diagnosed with autism, and her house is on the market. Dora’s facade collapses under the weight of her grief and she suffers “broken heart syndrome.” Mamaw and the girls rally around Dora—but it’s up to Dora to heal herself as she spends the summer prowling the beach, discovering the secrets of the island and her heart. This is a summer of discovery for all the women of Sea Breeze. Carson returns from Florida to face life-changing decisions, Lucille confronts a health scare, and an unexpected visitor has Harper reconsidering her life’s direction.

When tropical storm winds batter the island, the women must band together and weather the tempest—both the one outside their windows and the raging sea of emotions within each of them. They must learn again what it means to be a sister. It is up to Mamaw to keep the light burning at Sea Breeze to guide the girls through the lies, the threats, and the rocky waters of indecision to home.

• Rank: #7440 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-06-17
• Released on: 2014-06-17

The Other Side of the Ice: One Family's Treacherous Journey Negotiating the Northwest Passage

The Other Side of the Ice: One Family's Treacherous Journey Negotiating the Northwest Passage
Sprague Theobald (Author), Allan Kreda (Author)
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A sailor and his family's harrowing and inspiring story of their attempt to sail the treacherous Northwest Passage.
Sprague Theobald, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and expert sailor with over 40,000 offshore miles under his belt, always considered the Northwest Passage--the sea route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific--the ultimate uncharted territory. Since Roald Amundsen completed the first successful crossing of the fabled Northwest Passage in 1906, only twenty-four pleasure craft have followed in his wake. Many more people have gone into space than have traversed the Passage, and a staggering number have died trying. From his home port of Newport, Rhode Island, through the Passage and around Alaska to Seattle, it would be an 8,500-mile trek filled with constant danger from ice, polar bears, and severe weather.
What Theobald couldn't have known was just how life-changing his journey through the Passage would be. Reuniting his children and stepchildren after a bad divorce more than fifteen years earlier, the family embarks with unanswered questions, untold hurts, and unspoken mistrusts hanging over their heads. Unrelenting cold, hungry polar bears, and a haunting landscape littered with sobering artifacts from the tragic Franklin Expedition of 1845, as well as personality clashes that threaten to tear the crew apart, make The Other Side of the Ice a harrowing story of survival, adventure, and, ultimately, redemption.

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50 color illustrations

• Rank: #625 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-07-27
• Released on: 2012-07-27
• Format: Kindle eBook

Fire Shut Up in My Bones

Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Charles M. Blow (Author)

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A gorgeous, moving memoir of how one of America’s most innovative and respected journalists found his voice by coming to terms with a painful past

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow mines the compelling poetry of the out-of-time African-American Louisiana hamlet where he grew up — a place where slavery’s legacy felt astonishingly close, reverberating in the elders’ stories and in the near-constant wash of violence.

Blow’s attachment to his mother — a fiercely driven women with five sons, brass knuckles in her glove box, a job plucking poultry at a nearby factory, a soon-to-be-ex husband, and a love of newspapers and learning — cannot protect him from secret abuse at the hands of an older cousin. It’s damage that triggers years of anger and searing self-questioning.

Finally, Blow escapes to a nearby state university, where he joins a black fraternity after a passage of brutal hazing, and then enters a world of racial and sexual privilege that feels like everything he’s ever needed and wanted, until he’s called upon, himself, to become the one perpetuating the shocking abuse.

A powerfully redemptive memoir that both fits the tradition of African-American storytelling from the South, and gives it an indelible new slant.

• Rank: #15695 in eBooks
• Published on: 2014-09-23
• Released on: 2014-09-23

The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age

The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age
Myra MacPherson (Author)

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A fresh look at the life and times of Victoria Woodhull and Tennie Claflin, two sisters whose radical views on sex, love, politics, and business threatened the white male power structure of the nineteenth century and shocked the world. Here award-winning author Myra MacPherson deconstructs and lays bare the manners and mores of Victorian America, remarkably illuminating the struggle for equality that women are still fighting today.

• Rank: #10801 in Books
• Published on: 2014-03-04
• Released on: 2014-03-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.42" h x 6.31" w x 9.14" l, 1.50 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 432 pages

Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life

Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life
Glennon Doyle Melton (Author)
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The inspiring and hilarious instant New York Times bestseller from the beloved parenting expert, public speaker, and founder of Momastery.com whose writing "is like a warm embrace" (FamilyCircle.com).

Glennon Doyle Melton’s hilarious and poignant reflections on our universal (yet often secret) experiences have inspired a social movement by reminding women that they’re not alone. In Carry On, Warrior, she shares her personal story in moving, refreshing, and laugh-out-loud-funny new essays and some of the best-loved material from Momastery.com. Her writing invites us to believe in ourselves, to be brave and kind, to let go of the idea of perfection, and to stop making motherhood, marriage, and friendship harder by pretending they’re not hard. In this one woman’s trying to love herself and others, readers will find a wise and witty friend who shows that we can build better lives in our hearts, homes, and communities.

• Rank: #108 in Books
• Published on: 2014-04-08
• Released on: 2014-04-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages