Bearing Witness: Childbirth Stories Told by Doulas. Lisa Doran & Lisa Caron, Editors, $19.95

Bearing Witness is an anthology written by doulas — women working with birthing families. These stories speak of the joy and also of the frustration that comes with the job. Sometimes funny, often difficult to hear, the tales told in Bearing Witness bring a new dimension to our understanding of modern birth practices.

Before Your Pregnancy: a 90-Day Guide for Couples on How to Prepare for a Healthy Conception, Revised. Amy Ogle & Lisa Mazzullo, $23.00

Enhance your reproductive well-being; predict peak fertility and decrease your risk of complications during pregnancy.

Better Breastfeeding: a Mother’s Guide to Feeding and Nutrition. Daina Kalnins, et al, $24.95

Despite a mother's best intentions, breastfeeding can prove to be challenging for both new and experienced mothers. In a friendly, informative and easy-to-read manner, Better Breastfeeding addresses the concerns, problems and issues breastfeeding mothers face and answers the most commonly asked questions. Some of the issues that are addressed include:

• Knowing if the baby is getting enough milk
• Plugged ducts and breast infection
• Nursing strike, thrush, and twins or multiples
• Challenges of latching
• Sore nipples and engorgement
• Going back to work.

The authors also provide 125 recipes for the breastfeeding mother that serve her unique needs and, ultimately, those of her baby.

Better Food for Pregnancy: Nutrition Guide Plus Over 125 Recipes for Healthy Pregnancy and Breastfeeding. Daina Kalnins & Joanne Saab, $27.95

Pregnancy is not a time for guesswork about nutrition. Expecting women have specific nutritional needs and will find it useful to have a sensible guide to this vital information.

Better Food for Pregnancy is that guide. Written by experts on staff at the renowned Hospital for Sick Children, this book is comprehensive and authoritative. The first half of the book addresses:

• nutritional needs before conception and during each trimester
• how a mother's diet affects growth of the fetus
• healthy weight gains through each trimester
• nutritional supplements including vitamins, minerals, and herbs
• effects of particular foods, such as coffee, un-pasteurized cheeses & alcohol
• increased nutrient requirements needed during lactation

The second half of the book features 125 recipes ideally suited to expectant mothers. Each recipe has a complete nutrient analysis plus there are handy meal plans and Snacks on the Go that help prevent nausea and vomiting. Every page of the nutrition section is packed with tips, sidebars, recommendations, and common-sense guidelines presented in easy-to-use tables and charts.

Big, Beautiful & Pregnant. Cornelia Van der Ziel & Jacqueline Tourville, $20.50

Expert advice and information for the plus-size woman on fertility, pregnancy, birth and early postpartum.

Birth Crisis. Shelia Kitzinger, $36.95

One new mother in twenty is diagnosed with traumatic stress after childbirth. In Birth Crisis, Sheila Kitzinger explores the disempowerment and anxiety experienced by these women. Key topics discussed include:

• increasing intervention in pregnancy
• the shift in emphasis from relationships to technology in childbirth
• how family, friends and professional caregivers can reach out to traumatized mothers
• how women can work through stress to understand themselves more deeply and grow in emotional maturity
• how care and the medical system needs to be changed.

Birth Crisis draws on mothers' voices and real-life experiences to explore the suffering after childbirth which has traditionally been brushed under the carpet. It is a fascinating and useful resource for student and practicing midwives, all health professionals, and women and their families who want to learn how to overcome a traumatic birth.

Birth Day: a Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History and the Wonder of Childbirth. Mark Sloan, $28.00

In Birth Day, pediatrician Mark Sloan weaves memoir, history, science, and culture into a fascinating — and often funny — tapestry of this fundamental human passage. Birth Day takes the reader on a remarkable journey, from the dawn of human history to the quiet efficiency of a modern operating room. Delightfully instructive and entertaining, Birth Day offers a fresh, sometimes irreverent take on a universally familiar topic — a meditation on the hiding-in-plain-sight marvels of human birth.

Birth Dialogue: a Documentary. Miri Urman & Amit Miller, $29.95 DVD 52 minutes

Birth Dialogue follows a couple living a non-traditional lifestyle, making uncommon choices as they navigate pregnancy and the homebirth of their first child. Filmed in Tel Aviv, the DVD is in Hebrew, with English subtitles.

The Birth House. Ami McKay, $10.99

The Birth House is the story of Dora Rare, the first daughter to be born in five generations of Rares. As a child in an isolated village in Nova Scotia, she is drawn to Miss Babineau, an outspoken Acadian midwife with a gift for healing. Dora becomes Miss B’s apprentice, and together they help the women of Scots Bay through infertility, difficult labours, breech births, unwanted pregnancies and even unfulfilling sex lives. Filled with details as compelling as they are surprising, The Birth House is an unforgettable tale of the struggles women have faced to have control of their own bodies and to keep the best parts of tradition alive in the world of modern medicine.

Birth Matters: a Midwife’s Manifesta.  Ina May Gaskin, $18.95

In Birth Matters, America’s best-known midwife, Ina May Gaskin, reminds us that the ways in which women experience birth have implications for us all. Renewing confidence in a woman’s natural ability to birth provides transformative possibilities for individual families, and for society at large.

Birth Matters is a spirited manifesta showing us how to trust women, value birth, nurture families and reconcile modern life with a process as old as our species.

Birth Models That Work. Robbie Davis-Floyd, Lesley Barclay, Betty-Anne Daviss & Jan Tritten, Editors, $34.95

This groundbreaking book takes us around the world in search of birth models that work in order to improve the standard of care for mothers and families everywhere. The contributors describe examples of maternity services from both developing countries and wealthy industrialized societies that apply the latest scientific evidence to support and facilitate normal physiological birth; deal appropriately with complications; and generate excellent birth outcomes—including psychological satisfaction for the mother. The book concludes with a description of the ideology that underlies all these working models—known internationally as the midwifery model of care.

Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers, 2nd Edition. Nancy Mohrbacher & Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, $21.95

This second edition of Breastfeeding Made Simple is a comprehensive resource that offers effective and common-sense techniques and wonderful insights into the baby's needs. Understanding how breastfeeding works will help you to overcome challenges such as low milk production, breast refusal, pain and weaning problems and other obstacles that can keep you from enjoying breastfeeding your baby. Highly recommended by mothers, lactation consultants and other breastfeeding experts.

Canada’s Pregnancy Care Book. Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Michèle Farrugia, Jacqueline Thomas & Paul Bernstein, $34.95

Written by three leading obstetricians and researchers, this balanced, practical and informative  guide to everything related to pregnancy takes readers from preconception through to the birth of their newborn.

The Complete Guide to Everyday Risks in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding: Answers to Your Questions about Morning Sickness, Medications, Herbs, Diseases, Chemical Exposures & More. Dr. Gideon Koren & the Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. $24.95

Recognized throughout the world, the Motherisk program at the Hospital for Sick Children provides counseling based on the most up-to-date information on substances or environmental factors that can cause birth defects. It's the largest program of its kind worldwide and has counseled over half a million women and their families and health professionals. Now this information has been compiled in a single, easy-to-understand volume that offers authoritative descriptions of the risks during pregnancy and breastfeeding. It is an invaluable and comprehensive reference for expecting and lactating mothers and their health care providers.

A Deeper Shade of Blue: a Woman's Guide to Recognizing and Treating Depression in Her Childbearing Years. Ruta Nonacs, $26.50

Depression affects women almost twice as often as men and while depression may strike at any time, studies show that women are particularly vulnerable during their childbearing years. Dr. Ruta Nonacs, a senior member of the Center for Women's Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and mother of two children herself, confronts the issues of pregnancy-related depression, including:

• Becoming pregnant while being treated for depression and depression during pregnancy
• Pregnancy loss
• Infertility-related depression and the effects of fertility treatments
• Understanding the effects of maternal depression on spouses and family
• Postpartum depression and anxiety

Dr. Nonacs also looks at many of the complicating factors that occur during the span of a woman’s childbearing years including education, career, marriage, and child rearing and discusses how depression often takes hold during potentially stressful times. Honest and compassionate, A Deeper Shade of Blue gives women who are experiencing a pregnancy-related depression the information and support they need to realize the best possible outcome.

The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. Judith Rogers, $38.95

This comprehensive and useful guide is based on the experiences of ninety women with disabilities who chose to have children. In order to bring an intimate focus and understanding to the issues involved in being pregnant and disabled, author Judith Rodgers conducted in-depth interviews with women with 22 different types of disabilities and with a total of 143 pregnancies. Thoroughly researched and informative, this book is a practical guide both for disabled women planning for pregnancy and the health professionals who work with them.

The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth supports the right of all women to choose motherhood, and will be useful for any disabled woman who desires to have a child. Empathetic, balanced, comprehensive, and practical, this guide provides all the facts needed by disabled women and their families. It stresses the importance of informed communication among the pregnant woman, her family members, and health care professionals. It is the only book that answers critical questions and provides guidance for the woman with a disability facing one of the biggest challenges of her life.

Author Judith Rogers, who is disabled and has two children, is the pregnancy and parenting specialist at Through the Looking Glass, a National Resource Center located in Berkeley, California.

Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies? The Surprising Science of Pregnancy. Jena Picott, $17.00

Lots of books tell you the basics — "the baby is the size of [insert fruit here]." But pregnant science writer Jena Pincott began to wonder just how a baby might tinker with her body — and vice versa — and chased down answers to the questions she wouldn't ask her doctor, such as:

• Does stress sharpen your baby's mind — or dull it?
• Can you predict your baby's temperament?
• Why are babies born in the darker months of the year more likely to grow up to be novelty-loving risk takers?
• Are bossy, dominant women more likely to have boys?
• How can the cells left behind by your baby affect you years later?

This is a different kind of pregnancy book — thoughtful, fun, and filled with information you won't find anywhere else.

Doulas’ Guide to Birthing Your Way. Jan Mallak & Teresa Bailey, $24.95

Knowing what to anticipate and having a birth vision will help you take control of your birth and make educated decisions should the need arise. Doulas’ Guide to Birthing Your Way leads you step-by-step through the birth process so you’ll know what to expect.

Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts: Breaking the Cycle of Unwanted Thoughts in Motherhood. Karen Kleiman & Amy Wenzel, $27.50

The Everything® Father-to-Be Book: a Survival Guide for Men, 2nd Edition. Kevin Nelson, $18.50

Advice and tips from dads who’ve been there — this useful guide gives you everything you need to be a perfect partner and super dad.

Fit & Fabulous for Life After Babies. Fiona Thomas Hargraves, $25.95

Fit & Fabulous is for any woman who is thinking about getting pregnant, already pregnant, just had a baby or has ever had a baby. It’s written for real women and it offers genuine solutions for women who are unlikely to count crunches let alone calories. Taking care of your physical, emotional and practical needs, this book shows you how to keep yourself fit and healthy while holding down the most challenging job you’ll ever have.

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: a Doctor’s Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Practices. Sarah Buckley, $18.95

Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate. A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how a woman and baby might have the most fulfilling birth experience with respect for the wisdom of both medical science and the human body. Using current medical and epidemiological research plus women's experiences, she demonstrates that what she calls "undisturbed birth" is almost always healthier and safer than high-technology approaches to birth. Her wise counsel on issues like breastfeeding and sleeping during postpartum helps extend the gentle birth experience into a gentle parenting relationship.

Heartache and Hope: Living through Postpartum Depression. Families Matter, Calgary. VHS $39.95 or DVD $45.00, 27 minutes

Developed for both families and health care professionals, this inspiring video tells the stories of four couples and their postpartum experiences. In a compassionate and practical manner, this video discusses the signs and symptoms of PDD; everyday coping skills; breastfeeding while on medication; the importance of support for mothers; cultural expectations and the knowledge that postpartum mood disorders do subside.

Homebirth in the Hospital: Integrating Natural Childbirth with Modern Medicine. Stacey Marie Kerr, $17.95

Homebirth in the Hospital is a wonderful blend of birth-stories, compassionate and inspiring ideas and woman-centered care. This book demonstrates what is possible when caregivers and clients work together to honour the birthing process.

Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding, 2nd Edition. Linda Smith, $60.50

Impact of Birthing Practices on Breastfeeding examines the research and evidence connecting birth practices to breastfeeding outcomes.  It takes an in-depth look at the post-birth experiences of the mother and baby, using the baby’s ability to breastfeed as the vehicle, the mother’s lactation capacity as a factor, and the intact mother-baby dyad as the model to address birth practices that affect breastfeeding.  

The 2nd Edition has been completely revised to include new information on infant outcomes, including epidural anesthesia and Cesarean surgery, clinical strategies for helping the mother and baby recover from birth injuries, medications and complications, and information on the World Health Organization’s Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative with its Mother-Friendly Childbirth Module.

It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth: a Film about Natural Childbirth. Wisewoman Childbirth Traditions, $11.95 (DVD format, 27 minutes)

An educational birth film that tells the story of seven mothers and their emotional journeys to natural childbirth. Beautifully filmed, the DVD presents the views and experiences of mothers, their partners (including one lesbian couple), midwives, an obstetrician and a childbirth educator. Each woman’s story is unique and powerful. Pain, safety and fear are all addressed in this compelling film.

Kangaroo Babies: a Different Way of Mothering. Nathalie Charpak, $29.95

Providing a history and a beautifully illustrated practical guide to kangaroo mothering, this book explains the approach that is changing the way mothers relate to newborn babies and improving the way hospitals treat premature babies and their parents.

Keep the Fires Burning: Conquering Stress and Burnout as a Mother-Baby Professional. Micky Jones, $20.50

Are you a busy mother-baby professional who is stressed to the max? Do you find the 24/7 lifestyle of always being on call for your clients, family obligations and the necessity to build a business more than you can handle? You may be preaching, "Take care of yourself!" to new parents, while suffering from stress-induced illness and disease. In Keep the Fires Burning, author Micky Jones provides concrete evidence of the consequences of putting everyone else's needs before your own and gives practical suggestions for taking back your life and your health. This book covers:

• The reality of work as a mother-baby professional
• The six flames that can destroy your passion - individual stress, secondary stress, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, and depression
• How empathy affects your work
• How who you are, what work you do, and your sphere of influence impacts how stress affects you
• Life strategies to eliminate stress
• A personal self-care plan for home and work

If you love your work, but are stressed and/or burned out and want a balanced life, this book can help! Find out how Micky Jones found her way back to the balanced life she loves and how you can employ her techniques to make your life better.

The Mama Bamba Way: the Power and Pleasure of Natural Childbirth. Robyn Sheldon, $21.95

The core tools offered in this peaceful book are meditative awareness, relaxation and deep exploration of the unconscious mind — so that no matter what unfolds birth is a satisfying experience.

Maternity Rolls: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Disability. Heather Kuttai, $18.95

Heather Kuttai, a spinal cord injured mother of two, has written a beautiful, poignant and insightful book that will challenge readers to rethink their preconceived and socially accepted notion of what it means to live with a disability — and what it means to become a mother.

The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, 2nd Edition. Ann Douglas, $26.95

Giving the facts you need about the issues that matter most, Ann Douglas takes on even the toughest topics that most pregnancy books shy away from. Featuring the latest research findings and recommendations, The Mother of All Pregnancy Books is an indispensible resource.

Natural Hospital Birth: the Best of Both Worlds. Cynthia Gabriel, $21.50

In Natural Hospital Birth, doula Cynthia Gabriel shows expectant mothers what they can do to avoid unnecessary medical interventions and how to take initiative and consciously prepare for the kind of birth they want to have. Also included are inspiring stories from other women who know firsthand that natural birth in the hospital is possible. With this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge you need to ensure a satisfying hospital birth.

Thoroughly revised and updated, The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth is a complete resource for women embarking on this life-changing journey. In addition to helping you create a plan and timeline for conception, author Stephanie Brill covers the most up-to-date developments in conception and pregnancy.

Sharing tried-and-true advice and the experiences of other parents, Brill walks you through conception to early babyhood. Warm and accessible, this indispensable handbook will help you build the family you’ve always wanted.

Orgasmic Birth: Your Guide to a Safe, Satisfying and Pleasurable Birth Experience. Elizabeth Davis & Debra Pascali-Bonaro, $21.99

In her highly acclaimed documentary Orgasmic Birth, filmmaker Debra Pascali–Bonaro showed that in fact childbirth is a natural process to be enjoyed and cherished. Now she joins forces with renowned author, midwife and activist Elizabeth Davis to offer an enlightening program to help women attain the most empowering and satisfying birth experience possible.

Whether women choose to give birth at home, in a hospital, or in a birthing center, Orgasmic Birth provides all the necessary tools and guidance to design the birth plan that's best for them. Featuring inspiring stories from mothers and their partners and filled with practical advice and solutions, this unique resource is the next frontier of natural, intimate childbirth.

Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives. Annie Murphy Paul, $17.00

What makes us the way we are? Some say it's the genes we inherit at conception. Others are sure it's the environment we experience in childhood. But could it be that many of our individual characteristics — our health, our intelligence, our temperaments — are influenced by the conditions we encountered before birth?

That's the claim of an exciting and provocative field known as fetal origins. Over the past twenty years, scientists have been developing a radically new understanding of our very earliest experiences and how they exert lasting effects on us from infancy well into adulthood. Their research offers a bold new view of pregnancy as a crucial staging ground for our health, ability, and well-being throughout life.

Passionate Journey: My Unexpected Life. Marian Leonard Tompson, $21.95

What does it take to change established childbirth practices, hospital procedures, infant nutrition standards, and cultural norms that work against the best interests of mothers and their babies?

It takes a woman who is passionate about all of those things, and who unknowingly took the first steps of a journey that would ultimately lead to the founding of La Leche League International and a life devoted to speaking up and speaking out for mothers and babies around the world.

Part biography, part memoir, Passionate Journey: My Unexpected Life tells the story of a shy 1950s stay-at-home mother who became a childbirth and breastfeeding advocate whose influence reached around the globe.

The Penguin Book of Baby Names for Canadians. $16.00

The Penguin Book of Baby Names for Canadians guides you through the process of choosing a name for your newborn with helpful naming hints, advice on name pronunciation and origins, and culturally diverse names. It's also full of useful lists, including the most popular names in Canada by province; names of famous Canadians — and what famous Canadians are naming their children.

Plan to Get Pregnant: 10 Steps to Maximum Fertility. Zita West, $17.00

Planning to get pregnant or having difficulty conceiving? This ten-step guide gives research-based information and guidance on everything for foods that boost fertility to IVF options.

Pregnancy Blues: What Every Woman Needs to Know about Depression During Pregnancy. Shaila Kulkarni Misri, $21.00

The numbers are surprising: up to 70 percent of pregnant women experience some degree of depressive symptoms and of those, 12 percent meet the diagnostic criteria for major depression. Although it is at least as common as postpartum depression, which occurs after a child's birth, pregnancy-related depression is often cloaked in silence, shame, and denial. Pregnancy Blues lifts the veil on this heartbreaking and very treatable illness, examining the key social and biological factors that can come together during pregnancy to create a climate in which depression thrives, as well as offering the many effective treatments that are available.

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn: the Complete Guide, 4th Edition. Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham & April Bolding, $18.50

This highly accessible and authoritative new edition of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn presents research-based information on all aspects of childbearing – from conception through early infancy. Well organized, it includes engaging photos, illustrations and boxed features that highlight important information and advice to help you make informed decisions about your care. With appendices that include footnotes and research references as well as a glossary and summaries of pain relief methods for labour, this is tremendously complete resource for expectant and new parents.

Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods. Nina Planck, $18.50

Food activist Nina Planck has never been one to blindly accept common wisdom, so when she became pregnant, she decided to look at the nutritional advice recommended for pregnancy. What she found was surprising: advice that is occasionally inaccurate and often impossible. In Real Food for Mother and Baby Nina explains why commonly held ideas about pregnancy and infant nutrition are misguided and how real food is good for growing minds and bodies. The general rules aren't surprising but some of the details might be.

Filled with reassuring advice for parents who want to grow their children on a diet of whole and natural foods, Real Food for Mother and Baby is a must-have.

Regulating Infant Formula. George Kent, $20.50

Most of us assume that our government or some international agency is monitoring the quality of infant formula, but who is actually making sure the product helps to make our children as healthy as possible?

Manufacturers keep coming up with newer and more expensive versions of infant formula, but do we really know how they will affect children's health in the long-term? What consideration is given to the healthcare costs linked to different methods of feeding?

George Kent has been analyzing the policy issues surrounding children's nutrition for decades. Here he presents compelling evidence on issues surrounding infant formula regulation and identifies the systematic failures in the current regulation of infant formula. This book covers:

• The regulatory framework
• Formula's impact on health
• The assumption of safety of infant formula
• Outdated and counterfeit infant formula
• Additives and Nutritional adequacy
• Distribution by governments
• Strengthening regulations and future research

If you are a parent trying to decide whether to breastfeed or formula feed your baby, or if you are a healthcare provider who educates parents on feeding choices, you need to read this book.

Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy: How Women Can Heal Chronic Pelvic Instability. Cecile Röst, $22.00

Pregnancy weakens the ligaments that keep the pelvic bones together. If these ligaments become overloaded, pelvic instability can result, leading to pain around the joints that may last for weeks or even years. Cecile Röst, a physical therapist, has devised a treatment program that is simple and effective.

The first part of the book uses over 100 illustrations to illustrate symmetry and stabilization exercises to control the pelvis, and the best positions for sitting, standing, lying, and other daily activities. The exercises do not cause any pain and can be done at home or under supervision. Part Two is for care providers and gives background information about pelvic pain, a protocol for a first consult, and advanced details of the therapy.

Strategies for the C-Section Mom: a Complete Fitness, Nutrition and Lifestyle Guide. Mary Beth Knight, $18.95

Whether your Cesarean section is planned or unexpected, you need to know about the risks, the recovery and realities of being a mother post-surgery. Mary Beth Knight, the founder of StrollerFit® has developed a program especially designed for women recovering from a C-section. Starting with the first day after surgery, Knight offers nutrition, fitness and early parenting guidance to help you recover faster and get the most out of your experience.

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians: How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself from Preconception through Birth. Rachel Pepper, $19.95

The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians will guide you every step of the way, from your first ovulation kit right up through the first weeks after your baby's birth. This lively, easy-to-read guide is the first place to go for up-to-date information and sage advice on everything you need to know. New topics in this revised edition include:

• Preconception planning for both singles and couples
• Latest information on fertility drugs
• Sex, desire, and self-esteem during pregnancy
• Protecting your legal rights as a lesbian family
• Negotiating family roles

Understanding Your Moods When You're Expecting: Emotions, Mental Health, and Happiness Before, During, and After Pregnancy. Lucy Puryear, $16.95

Lucy Puryear is a practicing psychiatrist and a pioneering expert in women's reproductive mental health. Through engaging personal stories reflecting her own practice, she illuminates the little-discussed feelings that are virtually universal for pregnant women and explains exactly what is happening to your hormonal system. Understanding Your Moods When You're Expecting gives readers the knowledge they need during this emotionally demanding time in their lives.

When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets or Quads: Proven Guidelines for a Healthy Multiple Pregnancy. Barbara Luke & Tamara Eberlein, $25.99

This practical, nutrition-based program has been used to lower the common complications of a multiple pregnancy, resulting in healthier babies.

Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Second Edition). Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English, $10.95

Witches, Midwives & Nurses, first published by the Feminist Press in 1973, is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch-hunts. In this new edition, Ehrenreich and English add an entirely new section delving into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé of the demonization of women healers, and the political and economic monopolization of medicine.

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, Revised 2010. La Leche League International, $24.00

Dedicated to supporting nursing and expectant mothers, the internationally respected La Leche League has set the standard for educating and empowering mothers for generations. Now their classic bestselling guide has been retooled, refocused, and updated for today’s mothers and lifestyles. Working mothers, stay-at-home moms, single moms, and mothers of multiples will all benefit from the book’s range of nursing advice, stories, and information—from preparing for breastfeeding during pregnancy to feeding cues, from nursing positions to expressing and storing breast milk. With all-new photos and illustrations, this ultimate support bible offers professional and real-life wisdom and guidance on breastfeeding.