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Now, in audio for the first time, The Birth Partner remains the definitive guide to helping a woman through labor and birth. The Birth Partner includes thorough information on preparing for labor and knowing when it has begun; normal labor and how to help the woman every step of the way; epidurals and other medications for labor; pitocin and other means, including natural ones, to induce or speed up labor; non-drug techniques for easing labor pain; and more.

Your Mind Catches Every Detail – Except the One That Keeps Sabotaging Your Love Life. Discover why being neurodivergent AND anxiously attached creates relationship challenges others can't understand – and the breakthrough approach that finally makes connection feel safe. For the neurodivergent mind, anxious attachment isn't just relationship insecurity—it's a perfect storm where your brain's unique wiring collides with attachment patterns that traditional relationship advice simply doesn't address.

An ode to the quiet joy of collecting more books than we could ever possibly read - and loving them all the same... Drawing on the evocative Japanese term tsundoku - first coined in the Meiji era to describe the growing stacks of unread books that accumulate around devoted readers - this...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, read by Rina Takasaki. Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her...

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM JAPAN Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop. What do you really want this Christmas? HALF A MILLION COPIES AND TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES At the Full Moon Coffee Shop, we don't take your order. Instead, we bring you desserts and drinks - selected just...

Regain control of your blood sugar and well-being in just weeks—without giving up your favorite foods or spending hours in the kitchen. Does managing diabetes feel overwhelming, confusing, or isolating? Are you frustrated by inconsistent blood sugar levels, unsure what to eat, or discouraged by advice that never fits your real life?

Nominated for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal, joint winner of the UKLA 11-14 Book Award 2021 and winner of the Warwickshire Schools Library Award. 'I loved this book ... Kerry's writing is beautiful, lyrical and poetic and has created a story that manages to be heart-warming and life-affirming...

Do you replay every conversation wondering if you said something wrong, while that familiar knot of anxiety sits heavy in your chest? Does your mind feel like it's running at 150% while your body can't seem to start the simplest tasks? Are you exhausted from constantly adjusting yourself to fit in, wondering if anyone will ever accept the real you? Written by Brenda Emerson, a neurodivergent mental health advocate who understands the daily struggle of feeling misunderstood in a neurotypical world.

In this fun-filled dive into the wellness industry, journalist Rina Raphael looks at the roots of a sector that is now worth $4.5 trillion dollars and explores why it's been so alluring to women all over the globe, promising health and vitality in the most fashionable package. At times both fun and funny, from interviews with leading players in the industry to adventures in more bizarre practices, The Gospel of Wellness reveals how its growth is a direct result of gender inequalities and structural sexism within medicine and society.

From one of the most significant contemporary Japanese writers, a haunting, dazzling audiobook of loss and rebirth. “Yuko Tsushima is one of the most important Japanese writers of her generation.” —Foumiko Kometani, The New York Times I was puzzled by how I had changed. But I could no...

Wheeler-dealer snooker club owner Geoff Bryant and his wife Jenny have recently moved onto a new estate in Whittleshulme, Cheshire. Described in the brochure as an 'exclusive village development', it's squarely aimed at yuppies, the nouveau-riche and high-fliers. The trouble is, there are no local teenagers to babysit, leaving the residents to juggle careers and kids as best they can. So when local bigwig Julian Percival sets up a babysitting circle, it seems like the ideal solution.

Loss is difficult...and universal. What do we say? What do we do? Part how-to guide, part hopeful manifesto, Cultivating the Doula Heart provides a clear framework for supporting those facing hardship, grief, and loss. Succinct and straightforward, this work of heart covers: Components of Doula Care, Aspects of Loss, Ways of Being/Ways of Doing, Grief Support, and Contemplative Exercises.

The Last Bear meets The Life of Pi in this beautifully-written survival story set on a Cambodian island, following a ship-wrecked girl named Lark, and a baby gibbon who becomes her companion. Together, they must evade poachers and find their way home. 'If you're reading this, hopefully you've...

He was obliged to become the guardian of a ballerina. She had to obey the arrogant man. From the first time he saw her, he wanted her, but he knew he had to stay away. She was drawn to the Greek man but believed he was out of her league.

Este audiolibro ofrece historias simples y entretenidas para estudiantes hispanohablantes interesados en aprender japones de manera gradual y natural. Cada relato corto utiliza lenguaje claro, expresiones comunes y situaciones cotidianas para desarrollar comprension auditiva y familiaridad con...

RINAによる「オオカミと７匹の子供ヤギ」朗読です

RINAによる「桃太郎」朗読です

When Alicia gave Maggie a book on healthy eating that she truly thought she would enjoy, Maggie turned on Alicia and never wanted to see or speak to her again. Although Alicia tried asking her what happened, Maggie was adamant on having no contact with Alicia, except for the one time she sent her a letter asking her for money owed to her for accompanying her on her trip and assisting her with office work, although that was never the agreement, and which Alicia ignored.

Elizabeth Blake, or Lizzie to her friends, had to let go of her identity the day she said "I do" to Victor. She became a robot that he programmed, the perfect doctor's wife. Everything from her hair to her clothes, even her long-standing relationship with her best friend Stella had to go. Lizzie soon finds herself in slacks and button down shirts and her long chestnut hair tied up in a bun. As for her sex life, even on the two occasions a year that Victor does feel like having sex, it is cold and clinical.

While all cats are special this tale is of my beloved Felix, who went beyond special to become extraordinary. I dedicate this story to anyone who has loved, or been loved, by their cat.