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  • Here's the Plan.

    Your Practical, Tactical Guide to Advancing Your Career During Pregnancy and Parenthood

    For many women in their 20's and 30's, the greatest professional hurdle they'll need to overcome has little to do with their work life. The most focused, confident, and ambitious women can find themselves derailed by a tiny little thing: a new baby. While more workplaces are espousing family-friendly cultures, women are still subject to a "parenting penalty" and high-profile conflicts between ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

    by Amy Chua ...
    At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother ignited a global parenting debate with its story of one mother’s journey in strict parenting.Amy Chua argues that Western parenting tries to respect and nurture children’s individuality, while Chinese parents typically believe that arming children with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence prepares them best ... Read more

    Was $11.99 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • Bulletproof

    by Maci Bookout ...
    *** NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *** Maci Bookout was just a normal, slightly overachieving high school girl in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But then she got pregnant, and everything turned upside down. Even as she rose to fame on MTV's hit series Teen Mom, Maci was struggling to balance life as a single teen mom with her own hopes and dreams...all while honoring her own sense of independence. This ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Drop the Ball

    Achieving More by Doing Less

    by Tiffany Dufu ...
    Tiffany Dufu's Drop the Ball is a bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement that shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to ... Read more

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  • The Feminine Mistake

    Are We Giving Up Too Much?

    Women are constantly being told that it's simply too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really "have to" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not only is this untrue, Leslie Bennetts says, but the arguments in favor of stay-at-home motherhood fail to consider the surprising benefits of work and the unexpected toll of giving it up. It's time, she says, to get ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Lifesaving Lessons

    Notes from an Accidental Mother

    New York Times–bestselling author Linda Greenlaw tells of her greatest challenge: adopting a teenage daughterThe only female swordfish boat captain in the country and a survivor of the real Perfect Storm, Linda Greenlaw was not a woman to shy away from a challenge. Then came fifteen-year-old Mariah—the greatest force of nature Greenlaw has ever encountered. In this chronicle of becoming a mother ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak

    An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood

    wickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance"Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that today's overworked moms relate to. Marketing veterans Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak know firsthand what a struggle ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $11.99 USD

  • Happy at Work, Happy at Home

    The Girl's Guide to Being a Working Mom

    This fresh, empowering, and fully comprehensive guide is the must-have handbook for every working mom!Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio have helped readers find their dream jobs, be a boss without being bitchy, and even start companies of their own. But what happens when a career girl becomes a mom and her world turns upside down? Can you maintain your ambition and momentum at work while still ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Milk Memos

    How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business with Babies-and How You Can, Too

    This one-of-a-kind guide to balancing motherhood and work is based on actual journals kept by a group of IBM women during their visits to the company's employee lactation room.It all began when IBM manager Cate Colburn-Smith sat down in the company's employee lactation room, shed a few silent tears, and wrote the following on a paper towel: I'm a new mom and today is my first day back at work. Is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Lost in Motherhood

    The Memoir of a Woman who Gained a Baby and Lost Her Sh*t

    by Grace Timothy ...
    Previously published as Mum Face.Best described as The Wrong Knickers for mums, in this wry, resonant and darkly funny memoir, journalist Grace Timothy explores motherhood as an issue of identity.What begins as shock and then denial of how your life will change has to become acceptance when you’re too big to walk/waddle/work; you’re fully repurposed now; you’re a mum, in everything you do, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 29 Love and Money

    The Family and the Free Market

    by Anne Manne ...
    Series Book 29 - Quarterly Essay
    In Love and Money, Anne Manne looks at the religion of work – its high priests and sacrificial lambs. As family life and motherhood feel the pressure of the market, she asks whether the chief beneficiaries are self-interested employers and child-care corporations.This is an essay that ranges widely and entertainingly across contemporary culture: it casts an inquisitive eye over the modern marriage ... Read more

    $5.99 USD