Mean Moms Rule

Mean Moms Rule
Author: Denise Schipani
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1402264151

Denise Schipani shares her secret to being a 'Mean Mom,' and why it's better for your kids–and for you–in the long run." —Jen Singer, author You're a Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either) "'Mean' moms make kids learn to do things for themselves from making breakfast to finding inner peace. I'm hoping I'm a little meaner myself after reading this book." —Lenore Skenazy, founder of the book and blog Free–Range Kids "I've chosen to be the kind of mother I feel is best, and that kind of mother is mean." MEAN MOMS SAY NO. MEAN MOMS ARE CONSISTENT. MEAN MOMS TRUST THEMSELVES. MEAN MOMS DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING. MEAN MOMS TEACH KIDS THE LIFE SKILLS THEY NEED TO KNOW. MEAN MOMS SLOW IT DOWN. MEAN MOMS FAIL THEIR KIDS A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY. And mean moms prepare their kids for the world, not the world for their kids, raising children into adults who know how to make themselves happy. Mean Moms Rule. And their kids benefit Denise Schipani writes about all things mean and motherly at www.confessionsofameanmommy.com

The Defined Dish

The Defined Dish
Author: Alex Snodgrass
Publisher: Harvest
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2019-12
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0358004411

Gluten-free, dairy-free, and grain-free recipes that sound and look way too delicious to be healthy from The Defined Dish blog, fully endorsed by Whole30.

Oh She Glows for Dinner

Oh She Glows for Dinner
Author: Angela Liddon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0593083687

Angela Liddon, author of the New York Times bestselling Oh She Glows cookbooks, returns to offer readers nourishing plant-based dinners bursting with layers of flavor. For more than a decade, Angela Liddon has been one of the biggest names in the healthy cooking blogosphere. Famous for her flavorful, creative, and whole foods approach to plant-based cooking, Angela's recipes are beloved by all, whether you are vegan, plant-based curious, or simply looking to add more energizing ingredients to your meals without sacrificing an ounce of satisfaction. Now, in her third, much-anticipated cookbook, Oh She Glows for Dinner, Angela gives readers her foolproof recipes, tips, and tricks for creating super tasty, always nourishing dinners that will have the whole family glowing from the inside out. In Oh She Glows for Dinner, Angela shares her Glow Getters meal prep plans, helpful make-ahead tips, and favorite seasonal and holiday menus, as well as one-pot and on-the-glow meals that will help streamline your busy week. Storage and reheating instructions remove time-consuming guesswork, and a handy new label index helps you look up dishes based on allergies or food preferences such as gluten-free, freezer-friendly, one pot, nut-free, and more. Angela's thorough, easy-to-follow recipes help you feel like she's cooking with you in your kitchen. With irresistible, light meals like Kitchen Sink Sheet Pan Buddha Bowl and Mediterranean Smashed Chickpea Salad with Tzatziki Aioli and cozy, hearty meals like Portobello Boats with Rosemary-Lentil Crumble and Italian One Pot Buttery Tomato, White Beans, and Farro, dinner can be chock full of flavor and nutritious at the same time. And don't forget dessert: treats like O Canada! Spiced Maple Cream Torte with Warm Apple Pie Compote and Brain Child Cherry-Lemon Coconut Cream Pops make mealtimes (and snack times) a little extra sweet while utilizing ingredients you can feel good about. With its inspiring, yet practical approach, Angela's latest collection of feel good recipes will become a dog-eared staple in your kitchen for years to come!

Touche

Touche
Author: Jj Sutherland
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595343031

Shae Caldwell left Connecticut financially and emotionally devastated. Aunt Amanda's ranch in Dawson, Wy. was her last hope. Shae and her son set out on an adventure in the West that they could never experience in the East. What Eric Sinclair teaches Shae, is the true meaning of love. And it is that true love that keeps Shae going through what is about to be the hardest thing she will ever have to endure. Death is no stranger to Shae, and trying to deal with it by running away only makes it worse. An Indian myth, shakes Shae's reality. Is her young son really being lead by a ghost?

The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days

The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days
Author: Ian Frazier
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374709491

Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazier's uproarious first novel, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, the book follows the Cursing Mommy—beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and eight—as she tries (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller's and Sylvia Plath's: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life. Frazier has demonstrated an astonishing ability to operate with ease in a variety of registers: from On the Rez, an investigation into the lives of modern day Oglala Sioux written with a mix of humor, compassion, and imagination, to Dating Your Mom, a sidesplitting collection of humorous essays that imagines, among other things, how and why you might begin a romance with your mother. Here, Frazier tackles another genre with his usual grace and aplomb, as well as an extra helping of his trademark wicked wit. The Cursing Mommy's failures and weaknesses are our own—and Frazier gives them a loving, satirical spin that is uniquely his own.

When Parents Text

When Parents Text
Author: Lauren Kaelin
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0761166041

Complies some web entries with new, unpublished material and organized the entries into categories, including birthdays, entertainment, and parental wisdom.

Speechifying

Speechifying
Author: Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2023-07-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1478027185

Speechifying collects the most important speeches of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole—noted Black feminist anthropologist, the first Black female president of Spelman College, former director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, and former chair and president of the National Council of Negro Women. A powerful and eloquent orator, Dr. Cole demonstrates her commitment to the success of historically Black colleges and universities, her ideas about the central importance of diversity and inclusion in higher education, the impact of growing up in the segregated South on her life and activism, and her belief in public service. Drawing on a range of Black thinkers, writers, and artists as well as biblical scripture and spirituals, her speeches give voice to the most urgent and polarizing issues of our time while inspiring transformational leadership and change. Speechifying also includes interviews with Dr. Cole that highlight her perspective as a Black feminist, her dedication to public speaking and “speechifying” in the tradition of the Black church, and the impact that her leadership and mentorship have had on generations of Black feminist scholars.

Fireflies

Fireflies
Author: Ruthie Lewis
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2012-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1613468148

I'm so different now, so different from the naive high school senior full of heart and dreams. Like a firefly whose very being lights up a summer night like a Fourth of July sparkler, my soul's light was at its brightest. Tammy and Charla have been friends since childhood, but lost touch when life took them separate directions. In their time apart, both women have found themselves in situations far beyond their control. Tammy Trovich had been full of dreams, but had sacrificed and forgotten them all. Truth collides with her head-on when she realizes she's been caught like a firefly in a proverbial jar, living a life of have-to and supposed-to, when all the while, freedom was only inches away. Despite many obstacles, Charla Calibrisi thinks she's living her dream as a news anchor, but when her husband's aggressive behavior mirrors her dark past, will she allow the truth she has buried to be excavated, or will she be buried with it? Trapped in a jar with their lights dimming, both women wrestle with their devotion to the sanctity of marriage. To what limit will Tammy and Charla let their lives grow fainter before their light is extinguished-unable to emanate even the faintest glow? Fireflies is Ruthie Lewis's debut novel, a glimpse into the twisted lives of marriage, what it means to be a woman, the lies they believe, and the choices they make.

Human Society

Human Society
Author: Chris Garcia
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2005-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0595348262

FOR BOOK LOVERS ONLY I have a great best selling book just waiting to be discovered. It's call Human Society. By me Chris Garcia. A book about When I was in a foster home and the journey it took me to get to the Human Society a place ware KIDS get adopted the same way animals would,like when people take them to the Humane Society they would need to take some test to see if they are adopted able for society. I have Doctors doing the same test on kids. kids live in cages and hallway names like Confuse Inn,Clean Inn,and other Inns.The doctors choose what Inns. would best fit the child so they don't get into a fight with each other. It's like a prison to the kids that live there,They need to find a way out of this place. Going throw the hunted woods is a way. Little did I know my life would change this December. My parents were taken from me. I don't know why or why it had to happen to me. May be if I never went to the bathroom, I might of known.... Human Society, It's just like the humane society, but the opposite. If you find a kid wondering on the street, you must report him or her to the Human Society. They'll come get it day or night. It was around Christmas time, I was nine, little did I know my mom and dad was going to be taken from me. I don't know why they were taken or why it had to happen to me. Maybe if I never went to the bathroom, I would know. Well, my dad took me shopping for mom, we found an old bookstore and decided to try our luck there, she loved reading books. I found one and dad being dad didn't want to buy it because it's too much. I said it's for mom for Christmas. We went home and then out for dinner so we thought...................