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The Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies & Toddlers

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"Practical Answers to Your Questions on Nutrition, Starting Solids, Allergies, Picky Eating & More" (front cover) Title:   The Pediatrician's Guide to Feeding Babies & Toddlers Authors: Anthony F. Porto, MD MPH & Dina M. DiMaggio, MD Publisher:   Ten Speed Press Release Date:   April 5, 2016 Genre: Children Nutrition / Parenting A comprehensive manual for feeding babies and toddlers during the crucial first years of life, written by a team of medical experts who are also parents. All Your Questions about Feeding, Answered. The choices of when, how, and what to feed your baby can be overwhelming. With The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers, you have the expertise of a team of pediatric medical and nutritional experts—who also happen to be parents—in a comprehensive manual that takes the guesswork out of feeding. This first-of-its-kind guide provides practical, easy-to-follow advice to help you navigate the nu...

Another Way Home

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"Sometimes God’s ways are not at all what we expect … and exactly what we need."   (back cover) Title:   Another Way Home Series: Chicory Inn, Book 3 Author: Roseanna M. White Publisher:   Abingdon Press Release Date:   October 20, 2015 ABOUT THE BOOK Grant and Audrey are adding grandchildren to their family left and right, but middle daughter, Danae, and her husband, Dallas Brooks, have been trying for years with no baby in sight. Though Danae is ready to consider adoption, Dallas will not even discuss it. Despairing of ever having a family of her own, Danae decides to pour her passion and energies into volunteer work with a newly opened women’s shelter in town. Looking for a good cause to fill her lonely days, she never expects to give her heart to the hurting women she meets there. She’s finally learning to live her life with gratitude, but then heart-wrenching events on Thanksgiving weekend threaten to pull the entire Whitman c...

Bride of a Distant Isle by Sandra Byrd

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"All will be well in the end; if it's not well, then it's not the end." Title:   Bride of a Distant Isle Series: The Daughters of Hampshire Book 2 Author: Sandra Byrd Publisher:   Howard Books Release Date:   March 22, 2016 Genre: Christian Historical Fiction ABOUT THE BOOK An unforgettable romance set in Victorian England, Bride of A Distant Isle is the engrossing story of Annabel Ashton, who fights to save her family home and her mother's honor while trying to figure out if the man she loves wants her—or just wants to use her to achieve his own ambitions. Miss Annabel Ashton is a teacher at the Rogers School for Young Ladies in Winchester when she takes a brief visit to her family home, Highcliffe Hall at Milford-on-Sea. She believes her stay will be short but soon learns that she will not be returning to the safety of the school. Instead, she remains at Highcliffe, at the mercy of her cousin, Edward Everedge. Annabel protests...

The Inheritance by Michael Phillips + Giveaway

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"...dramatic new saga of loss and discovery, of grasping and grace." (back cover) Title:   The Inheritance Series: Secrets of the Shetlands, Book 1 Author: Michael Phillips Publisher:   Bethany House Release Date: April 5, 2016 Genre:   Christian Contemporary Fiction   ABOUT THE BOOK The death of the clan patriarch has thrown the tiny Shetland Islands community of Whale's Reef into turmoil. Everyone assumed MacGregor Tulloch's heir to be his grand-nephew David, a local favorite, but when it is discovered that MacGregor left no will, David's grasping cousin Hardy submits his own claim to the inheritance, an estate that controls most of the island's land. And while Hardy doesn't enjoy much popular support, he has the backing of a shadowy group of North Sea oil investors. The courts have frozen the estate's assets while the competing claims are investigated, leaving many of the residents in financial limbo. The future of the i...

The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom + Giveaway

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Title:   The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom Author: Alison Love Publisher:   Broadway Books, Imprint of Crown Publishing Release Date:   April 19, 2016 Genre: Literary Fiction ABOUT THE BOOK The first meeting between Antonio and Olivia at the Paradise Ballroom is brief, but electric. Years later, on the dawn of World War II, when struggling Italian singer Antonio meets the wife of his wealthy new patron, he recognizes her instantly: it is Olivia, the captivating dance hostess he once encountered in the seedy Paradise Ballroom. Olivia fears Antonio will betray the secrets of her past, but little by little they are drawn together, outsiders in a glittering world to which they do not belong. At last, with conflict looming across Europe, the attraction between them becomes impossible to resist--but when Italy declares war on England, the impact threatens to separate them forever. The Girl from the Paradise Ballroom is a story of forbid...