 | The Continuum Concept: In Search Of Happiness Lost (Classics in Human Development) by Jean Liedloff
Buy new: $12.87 / Used from: $3.49 This is a great book to start with. It gives insight into human nature and practical applications for interacting with our children and peers.
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 | Unassisted Childbirth by Laura Kaplan Shanley
Buy new: $25.15 / Used from: $27.89 The book that changed my life. A must-read.
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 | Primal Mothering in a Modern World by Hygeia Halfmoon
Buy used from: $2.75 Hygeia is a beautiful woman. I've corresponded with her several times. She tells it how it is in today's society.
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 | Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene by Ingrid Bauer
Buy used from: $6.25 Forget toddler toilet training. Learn your baby's signals from birth and never look at a diaper again.
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 | Three in a Bed : The Benefits of Sharing Your Bed With Your Baby by Deborah Jackson
Buy used from: $0.01 Excellent presentation and down-to-earth advice on successful co-sleeping.
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 | Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic and Birth by Suzanne Arms
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $4.36 Another must-read.
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 | Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith Small
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $2.51 Excellent insights, even if you disagree with her on the origins of humankind.
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 | Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception by Sam Torode
Buy new: $14.40 / Used from: $1.69 Another life-changing book, and a must-have for everyone's library. I always give this at wedding showers.
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 | The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: Seventh Revised Edition (La Leche League International Book) by La Leche League International
Buy new: $13.00 / Used from: $8.97 You can always count on La Leche League
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 | The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby by William Sears
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $3.97 A good eye-opener for those unfamiliar with the concept of attachment parenting.
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 | Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child by Katie Allison Granju
Buy new: $20.65 / Used from: $2.00 Again, a great collection of knowledge.
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 | Babywearing by Maria Blois
Buy used from: $42.51 The book has finally arrived. Now, forget your impersonal plastic baby carrier and experience the joys of babywearing.
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 | Natural Family Living: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Parenting by Peggy O'Mara
Buy new: $16.11 / Used from: $2.05 My Mothering Magazing is the most welcome piece of mail I get.
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 | Mothering Magazine's Having a Baby, Naturally: The Mothering Magazine Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Peggy O'Mara
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $4.99 You can always count on Mothering.
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 | The Joy of Uncircumcising!: Exploring Circumcision : History, Myths, Psychology, Restoration, Sexual Pleasure, and Human Rights by Jim Bigelow
Buy used from: $20.75 If you're thinking about circumcising your baby boy, think again! And no, circumcision doesn't prevent AIDS.
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 | The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.00 Beyond homeschooling.
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 | Christian Unschooling : Growing Your Children in the Freedom of Christ by Teri J. Brown
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $6.89 Beyond homeschooling for Christians.
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 | The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn
Buy used from: $22.31 I wish I'd read this book in high school. Practical advice for quitting school while not wasting your life, talents, or time.
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 | Learning All The Time by John Holt
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $4.45 John Holt was the pioneer of the current Homeschooling movement, and a great writer.
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 | The Art of Natural Family Planning by John F. Kippley
Buy new: $35.89 / Used from: $2.27 Every woman should be familiar with her fertility cycle. Even nuns know NFP for the sake of avoiding ignorance of their own bodies.
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 | The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception by Debora L. Spar
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $0.69 An eye opener. If the content of this book doesn't make you consider adoption over artificial conception, I don't know what will.
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 | Adoption Is for Always (Albert Whitman Concept Paperbacks) by Linda Walvoord Girard
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 For those who can't have their own children, or just want to make a big difference in a life, consider adoption.
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 | Marriage Is for Keeps: Foundations for Christian Marriage by John F. Kippley
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $0.01 Why marriage is such a serious matter, and not to be undertaken lightly. Not just for Catholics.
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 | Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy by David Kirby
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $2.59 Only one of the many reasons to never vaccinate your children: Autism. My other favorite book on this is not available from Amazon at this time.
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