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Recommended Reading Categories
Parenting
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Teaching Children About Money--A Book List
New Moms--Recommended Reading
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What to Expect When You're Expecting, Third Edition
by Heidi Murkoff
A must have. Very useful--especially the first time around. |
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The Nursing Mother's Companion, Fifth Revised Edition (Nursing Mother's Companion (Paperback)
Author: Kathleen Huggins |
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Nursing Mother, Working Mother
by Gale Pryor |
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The New Child Health Encyclopedia
by Frederick H., Jr. Lovejoy, David Estridge (Editor)
This reference is fabulous! It kept me from calling the nurse three times a week! (After baby number one). Memorize your Pediatrician's number because with your first baby, everything is new. It's worth the call (or the trip) for your peace of mind. |
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations
by Stephanie Cave, Deborah Mitchell (Contributor) |
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The New Mom's Manual
by MARY JEANNE MENNA
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What to Expect the First Year, Second Edition
by Heidi Murkoff, Sandee Hathaway, Arlene Eisnberg |
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Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, The
by La Leche League International |
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Six Steps to Increased Fertility
by Robert L. Barbieri M.D., Alice D. Domar Ph.D., Kevin R. Loughlin M.D. |
Family Finance
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Marriage-Building
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BOOKS BY LOCAL DETROIT AREA AUTHORS
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Big Momma's Old School Weight Loss Secrets: Quick and Easy Tips from Back in the Day
by Alexis Carnegie
New author and friend, Alexis offers simple, common-sense weight-loss tips from Big Momma. An easy and entertaining read. I recommend it. |
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Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson
Congrats to my friend Dana on her first novel! She did an excellent job and has received excellent reviews!
Readers with an appetite for love stories are likely to follow Jason and Kyra's pas de deux from its beginning straight through to its satisfying end. Ages 12-up. Read more of this review from Publisher's Weekly...
Dana Davidson is a high school teacher at Cass Technical High School who was the 2001 winner of the Newsweek WDIV Outstanding Teacher Award. This is her first book for young adults.
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HE’S FINE… BUT IS HE SAVED? by Kimberley Brooks (www.KimontheWeb.com)
Awesome page-turner! You won't be able to put this novel down! Great reading for the winter months.....steamy. They say good things come to those who wait. It sounds good but when it comes to getting married wait can mean pain. In her acclaimed debut novel, He’s Fine…But is He Saved?, Kimberley Brooks delves into the lives and inner thoughts of every single woman. When it comes to love, how can you spot a fraud? Do single women need a man to lead a fulfilled life? When you delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desire of your heart, right? Sometimes this truth is easier said than done. Brooks depicts the trials and triumphs of 3 single friends in their search for perfect love. Each of them collectively and privately desire the man of their dreams, but can they withstand temptation on every level and run with patience and joy the race that is set before them?
In He’s Fine...But Is He Saved? Brooks reveals that single women should pursue purpose and wisdom before investing their emotions in skin-deep beauty. Chronicling the lives of 3 single friends each in very different places in their spiritual growth and maturity, Brooks tells a great story with heart wrenching honesty.
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Books for Aspiring Writers
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AP Stylebook
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Christian Writers' Market Guide 2004 (Christian Writers's Market Guide)
by SALLY STUART
A great place to locate potential publishers for Christian authors. Great layout and very user friendly. This is a must-have.
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2005 Writers Market (Writer's Market)
by Kathryn S. Brogan, Robert Lee Brewer
Another must-have--this reference guide has it all. It has tons of publishers and helpful tips for writing and getting published. |
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The Everything Get Published Book (Everything)
by Peter Rubie
This was the first book I purchased once I decided I was going to write a book. IT IS EXCELLENT! There is a lot that goes into writing and publishing and this book provides a great overview of all that is entailed. It was very easy to read and very, very helpful. There are many other books on each specific aspect of writing your book, writing proposals, promoting your book, etc., but this book gives you the gist of all of that. Another must-have in my opinion. |
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Guerrilla Marketing for Writers : 100 Weapons to Help You Sell Your Work
by Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick Frishman, Michael Larsen
I was referred to this book by friend and first time author, Dana Davidson. It is a great book! Easy to read and has many practical, helpful tips. Read it before you submit your book proposal. It offers great promotional ideas that publishers will want to know you've thought of. When it comes to book promotion, this is also a must-have!
Read about Dana's novel--Jason and Kyra... |
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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell
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The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago Press Staff
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2005 Children's Writers & Illustrator's Market (Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market)
by Alice Pope, Rebecca Chrysler |
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Guide to Literary Agents 2005 (Guide to Literary Agents)
by Kathryn S. Brogan |
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Write His Answer: A Bible Study for Christian Writers
by Marlene Bagnull, Lee Roddy |
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How to Write What You Love and Make a Living at It
by DENNIS E. HENSLEY |
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KFF for Dads--Recommended Reading
Health & Fitness
BOOKS & DVDs
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Black History-- Books, DVDs & CDs
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Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (African American History (Paperback))
by Juan Williams
Every American ought to view the Eyes on the Prize 6 part video series developed by Blackside, Inc. It is the most comprehensive documentary of the American Civil Rights Movement. It's hard to find for purchase. Rent it or borrow it from your library!
Get lesson plans, bios of civil rights leaders and more at PBS. Click Here |
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Boycott (2001)--Definitely one of the best movies on the civil rights movement. This movies chronicles the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott with vivid detail. Jeffrey Wright is once again AWESOME in his portrayal of King and director Clark Johnson does a marvelous job with this film! It is unlike any other on the movement--totally engaging from start to finish. It will become one of your favorites as it is one of mine. Pick up the soundtrack too. It's excellent! |
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Sing For Freedom: The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs, Various Artists |
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A Testament of Hope : The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King |
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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson |
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Slavery and the Making of America: 4PK DVD |
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Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington |
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Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America/25th Anniversary Edition
by Lerone Bennett |
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Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson |
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A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Picture Book Biography)
by David A. Adler, Robert Casilla |
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The Measure of a Man (Facets)
by Martin Luther, Jr. King |
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The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Second Edition
by Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King (Editor)ks. |
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Rookie Read-About Holidays)
by David F. Marx (Paperback - March 2001) |
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WOMEN'S HISTORY
African American Women
- Africana : The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah (Editor), Henry Louis, Jr. Gates (Editor)
- Black Women in America : An Historical Encyclopedia (2 vols.) by Darlene Clark Hine (Editor), Rosalyn Terborg-Penn (Editor), Elsa B. Brown (Editor)
- The Book of African-American Women : 150 Crusaders, Creators, and Uplifters by Tonya Bolden
- The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman
- Fifty Black Women Who Changed America by Amy Alexander
- Great African-American Women by Darryl Lyman
- I Dream a World : Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America by Brian Lanker (Photographer), Barbara Summers (Editor), Yvonne Easton (Editor), Maya Angelou
- The Soulful Divas: Personal Portraits of over a dozen divine divas from Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, & Diana Ross, to Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, & Janet Jackson by David Nathan, Luther Vandross (Foreword)
- Viewfinders : Black Women Photographers by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
WOMEN'S HISTORY BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Mothers of Invention: From The Bra to the Bomb, Forgotten Women and their Unforgettable Ideas, by Ethlie Ann Vare and Greg Ptacek. Nuclear fission, pink champagne, drip coffee, the ice cream cone — all were invented by women. Grades 9–adult.
Scholastic Encyclopedia of Women in the United States, by Sheila Keenan. Meet more than 200 notable women from the 1500s to today. Grades 4 and up.
Women Who Dared, by Valjean McLenighan. Biographies of six women who found adventure and satisfaction in unusual accomplishments make exciting reading. Grades 4–8.
Female Leaders: Profiles of Great Black Americans. Richard Rennert, ed. Eight contemporary and historic African-Americans whose lives have been dedicated to human equality. 64 p. Grades 5–8. Chelsea House, 1994.
First-Start Biographies: Young Helen Keller: Woman of Courage. Anne Benjamin. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
First-Start Biographies: Young Amelia Earhart: A Dream to Fly. Susan Alcott. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
First-Start Biographies: Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter. Anne Benjamin. (32 p. each. Grades K–2. Troll, 1992.)
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