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Birth Cry: A Personal Story of the Life of Hannah D. Mitchell, Nurse Midwife

by Shirley Roland Ferguson

Published: 2011-10-04

Paperback: 308 pages

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Birth Cry documents the journey of an obscure woman from a poor, hard-working Christian family in Missouri who achieves advanced education, acclaim and esteem in adulthood. With insight and humor, her story reveals how, through adversity, her life and character develop - into a life surrendered to God....

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The Birth House: A Novel (P.S.)

by Ami McKay

Published: 2009-10-13

Kindle Edition: 416 pages

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The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of the Rare family. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing and a kitchen filled with herbs and folk re...

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The Birth House: A Novel (P.S.)

by Ami McKay

Published: 2007-10-09

Paperback: 416 pages

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An arresting portrait of the struggles that women faced for control of their own bodies, The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare—the first daughter in five generations of Rares. As apprentice to the outspoken Acadian midwife Miss Babineau, Dora learns to assist the women of an i...

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Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta

by Ina May Gaskin

Published: 2011-03-22

Paperback: 272 pages

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Renowned for her practice's exemplary results and low intervention rates, Ina May Gaskin has gained international notoriety for promoting natural birth. She is a much-beloved leader of a movement that seeks to stop the hyper-medicalization of birth?which has lead to nearly a third of hospi...

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The Birth of Tragedy & The Genealogy of Morals

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Published: 1956-05-07

Paperback: 299 pages

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The Birth of Venus: A Novel

by Sarah Dunant

Published: 2004-11-30

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Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family’s Florentine palazzo. A child of the Renaissance, with a precocious mind and a talent for drawing, Alessa...

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The Birth of Venus

by Sarah Dunant

Published: 2004

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Birth Order Book, The: Why You Are the Way You Are

by Dr. Kevin Leman

Published: 2009-10-01

Paperback: 343 pages

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Dr. Kevin Leman's ever-popular book on birth order is getting a new look and updated writing. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Birth order powerfully...

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Birth Order Book, The: Why You Are the Way You Are

by Dr. Kevin Leman

Published: 2009-10-01

Paperback: 352 pages

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Dr. Kevin Leman's ever-popular book on birth order is getting a new look and updated writing. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating and often funny look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Birth order powerfully...

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The Birth Order Book: Why You Are The Way You Are

by Kevin Leman

Published: 2004-09

Paperback: 368 pages

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Dr. Leman's popular book on birth order is revised and ready for a new generation of readers. With insight and wit, Dr. Leman offers readers a fascinating look at how birth order affects personality, marriage and relationships, parenting style, career, and children. Whether at home or on the job, birth...