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Past due: a story of disability, pregnancy, and birth
By Anne Finger, Ann Finger. 1990
A disabled woman discusses her life as a polio survivor, abortion clinic worker, and mother. She recounts her difficult pregnancy,…
her planned home delivery, her emergency C-section in a hospital, and her adjustment to the possibility of having a disabled child. Strong languageWhat's in there?: all about you before you were born (All about us!)
By Robie H Harris, Nadine Bernard Westscott. 2012
Gus and Nellie have some exciting news: there’s going to be a baby in their family! Join them through the…
seasons as they watch their mother’s pregnancy with fascination and curiosity while awaiting the birth of their new baby sibling. Combining accessible, humorous, and accurate illustrations; conversations between the two siblings; and a factual text, here is the ideal book to help young children understand that the way a growing baby develops inside a woman’s body, and how a baby is born. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2012.My mom's having a baby!
By Dori Hillestad Butler, Carol Thompson. 2005
Elizabeth's mom is having a baby, and the whole family is involved. Elizabeth learns all about the baby's development, and…
she traces his growth, month by month. She learns how the baby got inside Mom, too. Finally the big day comes - Mom and Dad head off to the hospital, and soon there's a brand-new little person in the family! Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2005.Tout savoir sur la préménopause
By John R Lee. 2007
"Le docteur John R. Lee a révolutionné l'approche des problèmes de santé de la femme en décrivant l'importance de l'équilibre…
hormonal, notamment entre oestrogènes et progestérone. Il a également été l'un des premiers à mettre en garde contre les effets secondaires des progestatifs de synthèse, à souligner l'influence de l'environnement et du mode de vie sur cet équilibre, et à proposer des solutions naturelles pour remédier à ces problèmes. Dans ce nouvel ouvrage destiné au grand public, il s'est assuré la collaboration du Dr Jesse Hanley, une spécialiste de la médecine holistique (nutrition, plantes, psychosomatique), et de Virginia Hopkins, une journaliste spécialisée dans la santé. S'adressant à toutes les femmes de trente à cinquante ans, il explique clairement le mécanisme hormonal et son implication dans un ensemble de troubles, bénins ou graves, qui surviennent bien avant la période de la ménopause : troubles gynécologiques, syndrome prémenstruel, fatigue, prise de poids, perte de la libido, maux de têtes, cancer du sein... [...]" -- 4e de couvUn cri obscur: l'énigme des enfants autistes
By Denys Ribas. 1992
Les troubles d'apprentissage: comprendre et intervenir (Parents. Éducation et société)
By Denise Destrempes-Marquez. 1999
Les troubles dapprentissage touchent 10 % à 15% de la population. Ils ne sont pas dus à un déficit de…
lintelligence, mais plutôt à des difficultés dans lacquisition et le traitement de linformation. Peut-on imaginer la frustration de lenfant qui narrive pas à faire ses apprentissages au même rythme que ses camarades de classe? Peut-on concevoir linquiétude des parents qui ne comprennent pas la situation et qui ne savent pas comment intervenir? Ce guide fournira aux parents des moyens concrets et réalistes pour mieux jouer leur rôle. -- 4e de couvMénopause, nutrition et santé
By Louise Lambert-Lagacé. 2004
Enfin un livre destiné à toutes les femmes qui font confiance à la vie et qui désirent mieux vivre leur…
ménopause grâce à une alimentation bien adaptée. Certains aliments aident en effet à contrer les bouffées de chaleur, les ballonnements, les pertes d'énergie et les problèmes de poids. En outre, plusieurs aliments et suppléments peuvent diminuer les risques d'ostéoporose, de maladies cardio-vasculaires ou de cancer du sein.Still: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Motherhood
By Emma Hansen. 2020
“Still is one of those rare books that catches you up and does not let you go. With grace, courage,…
and honesty, Emma Hansen adds an important voice to this tragic and too-often silenced subject. I loved this book.” —Beth Powning, author of Shadow Child: An Apprenticeship in Love and Loss A moving, candid account of one woman’s experience with stillbirth.Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and 6 days pregnant when she feels her baby go quiet inside of her. At the hospital, her worst fears are confirmed: doctors explain that her baby has died, and she will need to deliver him, still.Hansen gives birth to her son, Reid, amidst an avalanche of grief. Nine days later, she publishes a candid essay on her website sharing photos from the delivery room. Much to her surprise, her essay goes viral, sparking positive reactions around the world. Still shares what comes next: a struggle with grief and confusion alongside a desire to better understand stillbirth, which is experienced by more than two million women annually, but rarely talked about in public.At once honest, brave, and uplifting, Still is about one woman’s search for her own definition of motherhood, even as she faces one of life’s greatest challenges: learning to live after loss.This is an inclusive, nonjudgmental, and empowering guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum life that puts mothers first, offering straightforward…
guidance on all the options and issues that matter most to them and their partners when preparing for a babyUn espace entre les mains: récit
By Émilie Choquet. 2020
Frondeuse et brillante, une jeune femme se prépare à ajouter un élément à la liste de ses réalisations : avoir…
un enfant. Tout au long de la grossesse, la maternité a fait lobjet d'une préparation minutieuse. Les projets ne manquent pas pour remplir de moments magiques le temps avec le bébé. Mais dès l'accouchement, où le scénario prévu ne se réalise pas, le savoir accumulé pendant des mois se retourne contre la mère. Le corps et lesprit, apprend-elle, n'agissent pas toujours de concert. De retour à la maison, la nouvelle mère fait face à la fatigue qui s'accumule et à des journées où s'enchaînent séances d'allaitement, bercements, changements de couche. Malgré ses efforts pour éviter que la situation ne lui échappe, des failles apparaissent partout. Dans l'espace qui se creuse entre sa perception du monde et le réel, sa raison s'égare peu à peu. L'hospitalisation devient nécessaire. On ne sait ni quand ni comment elle parviendra à sortir de la boucle temporelle dont elle est prisonnière. Ce sera à elle de trouver à tâtons la voie hors du labyrintheStill: A memoir of love, loss, and motherhood
By Emma Hansen. 2020
A moving, candid account of one woman's experience with stillbirth. Emma Hansen is 39 weeks and six days pregnant when…
she feels her baby go quiet inside of her. At the hospital, her worst fears are confirmed: doctors explain that her baby has died, and she will need to deliver him, still. Hansen gives birth to her son, Reid, amidst an avalanche of grief. Nine days later, she publishes a candid essay on her website sharing photos from the delivery room. Much to her surprise, her essay goes viral, sparking positive reactions around the world. Still shares what comes next: a struggle with grief and confusion alongside a desire to better understand stillbirth, which is experienced by more than two million women annually, but rarely talked about in public. At once honest, brave, and uplifting, Still is about one woman's search for her own definition of motherhood, even as she faces one of life's greatest challenges: learning to live after lossThe new rules of pregnancy: what to eat, do, think about, and let go of while your body is making
By Danielle Claro, Adrienne L. Simone, Jaqueline Worth. 2020
Finally, a calming pregnancy book that cuts through the noise to tell expectant mothers exactly what they need to know-and…
what they can stop obsessing about and over-researching. In The New Rules of Pregnancy, two leading OB-GYNs guide you, the modern pregnant woman, through all aspects of pregnant life in an easy-to-digest, compassionate, and motivating way. Instead of a detailed week-by-week look at your baby's development, it's all about you and how to help your pregnancy go as smoothly as possible. It assumes an intelligent, busy listener (who, somewhere inside, is shouting, "Just tell me what to do!"). Every aspect of pregnant life is covered-from the practical details (how to fly pregnant) to the complex issues ("What makes it postpartum depression?"). The book also covers that critical "fourth trimester"-"Nursing" and "How to Feel Like Yourself Again"-because once the baby is born, self-care typically goes out the window, and you really need someone to have your back. Its strong point of view and expertise come from gynecologist Adrienne Simone and obstetrician Jaqueline Worth-two renowned New York doctors dedicated to bringing patients the safest, calmest, least invasive pregnancies possible. The book's voice-motivating, supportive, real-comes from Danielle Claro, coauthor of The New Health RulesThe road less traveled: The secret battle to end the great war, 1916-1917
By Philip Zelikow. 2021
During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war…
could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. "Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up!" pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much. spanDead wake: The last crossing of the lusitania
By Erik Larson. 2015
#1 New York Times Bestseller From the bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the…
sinking of the Lusitania On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds"—the fastest liner then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of Unterseeboot -20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger's U-boat, but told no one. As U-20 and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don't, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true meaning have long been obscured by history. — ALA 2016 Notable Books List (Year's best in Fiction, Non-fiction, and Poetry named by RUSA readers' advisory experts) — Amazon, celebrity picks for their top reads of the year, chosen by Ina Garten and Carl HiaasenVictory at Vimy: Canada Comes of Age, April 9-12, 1917
By Ted Barris. 2007
National BestsellerAt the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen…
battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenches in northern France against the occupying Germans. All four Canadian divisions advanced in a line behind a well-rehearsed creeping barrage of artillery fire. By nightfall, the Germans had suffered a major setback. The Ridge, which other Allied troops had assaulted previously and failed to take, was firmly in Canadian hands. The Canadian Corps had achieved perhaps the greatest lightning strike in Canadian military history. One Paris newspaper called it "Canada’s Easter gift to France." Of the 40,000 Canadians who fought at Vimy, nearly 10,000 became casualties. Many of their names are engraved on the famous monument that now stands on the ridge to commemorate the battle. It was the first time Canadians had fought as a distinct national army, and in many ways, it was a coming of age for the nation. The achievement of the Canadians on those April days in 1917 has become one of our lasting myths. Based on first-hand accounts, including archival photographs and maps, it is the voices of the soldiers who experienced the battle that comprise the thrust of the book. Like JUNO: Canadians at D-Day, Ted Barris paints a compelling and surprising human picture of what it was like to have stormed and taken Vimy Ridge.The guns of august
By Barbara W. Tuchman. 2008
In this Pulitzer Prize–winning classic, historian Barbara Tuchman brings to life the people and events that led up to World…
War I. This was the last gasp of the Gilded Age, of kings and kaisers and czars, of pointed or plumed hats, colored uniforms, and all the pomp and romance that went along with war. How quickly it all changed—and how horrible it became. Tuchman masterfully portrays this transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century, focusing on the turning point in the year 1914, the month leading up to the war, and the first month of the war. With fine attention to detail, she reveals how and why the war started and why it could have been stopped but wasn't, managing to make the story utterly suspenseful even when we already know the outcome. A classic historical survey of a time and a people we all need to know more about, The Guns of August will not be forgottenA lab of one's own: science and suffrage in the first World War
By Patricia Fara. 2018
Science historian presents a profile of the work of women scientists during World War I and the ways their work…
impacted the suffrage movement in the United Kingdom. Topics examined include the traditional roles of women, routes to power through science, wartime work, post-war readjustment, and more. 2018The Great War in America: World War I and its aftermath
By Garrett Peck. 2018
A reexamination of America's role on the global stage during World War I and the significant political and social changes…
that took place within the nation as a result. Also discusses some of the global consequences of the war. 2018An English governess in the Great War: the secret Brussels diary of Mary Thorp
By Tammy M. Proctor, Mary Thorp, Sophie De Schaepdrijver. 2017
The diary of Mary Thorp, an Englishwoman who worked as a governess in German-occupied Brussels during World War I. Beginning…
in 1916, the entries describe the daily strains of life under foreign occupation. 2017