Download or read book Fake Baby written by Amy McDaid and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fake Baby is a tender and funny exploration of the power of words, our perception of resilience and what it means to be real. Nine Days. One City. Three Oddballs. Stephen’s dead father is threatening to destroy the world. If Stephen commits the ultimate sacrifice and throws himself into the harbour, he will save humanity. The last thing he needs is a Jehovah’s Witness masquerading as a schoolboy and an admission to a mental health facility. * Jaanvi steals a life-like doll called James and cares for him as if he were her dead baby. Her husband demands she return him. But she and James have already bonded, and it’s nobody’s business how she decides to grieve. * Lucas, pharmacist and all-round nice guy, is having one of the worst weeks of his life. His employees forgot his birthday, his mother’s gone manic, and now his favourite customer is in hospital because of a medication error he made. Can he make things right? Or is life all downhill after forty? 'A darkly funny satire that's both moving and wise.' - Paula Morris

Download or read book Producing Women written by Michele White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their identities and digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of media—including trash the dress wedding photography, Internet how-to instructions about zombie walk brides, nail polish blogging, DIY crafting, and reborn doll production—Producing Women elucidates women’s production cultures online, and the ways that individuals can critically study and engage with these practices.

Download or read book What to Expect When the New Baby Comes Home written by and published by HarperFestival. This book was released on 2001-01-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answers children's questions about what new babies look like, what they do and don't do, and what having one around the house will really be like.

Download or read book The Baby Book written by William Sears and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1993-01 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "baby bible" of the post-Dr. Spock generation, already embraced by hundreds of thousands of American parents, has now been revised, expanded, and brought thoroughly up-to-date -- with the latest information on everything from diapering to day care, from midwifery to hospital birthing rooms, from postpartum nutrition to infant development. Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and as the parents of eight children to provide comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of infant care. Working for the first time with their sons Dr. Bob and Dr. Jim, both pediatric specialists in their own right, the Searses have produced a completely updated guide that is unrivaled in its scope and authority. The Baby Book focuses on the essential needs of babies -- cating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort -- as it addresses the questions of greatest concern to today's parents. The Baby Book presents a practical, contemporary approach to parenting that reflects the way we live today. The Searses acknowledge that there is no one way to parent a baby, and they offer the basic guidance and inspiration you need to develop the parenting style that best suits you and your child. The Baby Book is a rich and invaluable resource that will help you get the most out of parenting -- for your child, for yourself, and for your entire family. Book jacket.

Download or read book Fake It written by Jennifer Byrne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one is perfect—but everyone can fake it Let's get real. At one point or another, every woman has had to fake it—how else would we get everything done in a mere twenty-four hours? Fake It makes all those time-sucking tasks—such as doing the laundry, baking a homemade dessert for a school fundraiser, and maintaining a socially acceptable level of personal hygiene—seem effortless. With more than 100 shortcuts and wonderfully constructed white lies, you'll be able to fake it all, including: An immaculate bathroom when the in-laws visit Flawless skin for that big night out Liking a crappy dinner at a friend's house A tidy car on carpool day Knowing the answer to your client's question And yes, of course, faking an orgasm So whether you're asked for your opinion about a stomach-turning outfit, really not feeling it in bed, or just too tired to clean the house, Fake It will give you the foolproof advice you need to get through all of life's situations.

Download or read book Fake It For Me written by R S Elliot and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pregnant with my boss's baby. Not exactly the best way to start a career. Justin I need a fake fiancée to close the biggest deal of my life. I'm thinking my new assistant might be perfect for the job. The only problem? She hates me. I don't blame her. Most people hate me. I'm rich, powerful, influential. But somehow, I have a soft spot for her. Eliza makes me feel something that I didn't know I even had in me. Love. She's become more than the woman I only want to sleep with. But she hates me even more since I called her my fiancée. Without having a fake relationship contract in place. Her and I are on the same page with the terms. But what happens when she violates the agreement by keeping a secret? Eliza I should never have agreed to becoming his fake fiancée. Justin Alexander is everything that a man shouldn't be. Rich, too powerful, annoyingly hot. So hot that I couldn't stop thinking about him if I tried. He knows that. And he feels the same way. Justin took the liberty to announce that we were engaged. News flash: We weren't. It was a white lie that caught me off-guard. A lie that I have to accept because he's offering me an obscene amount of money to play his fake fiancée. Money that I desperately need for my father's treatment. I don't have a good feeling about this. Especially after our first kiss. A Kiss that inspired wicked thoughts... A Kiss that made the world around me fade away to stars and blinding pleasure. He tasted of sweet, forbidden desire, like an apple from the Garden of Eden. Wasn't this supposed to be all fake? No feelings. No obligations. And no baby. Would now be the right time to tell my boss about his surprise gift? Author's Note: Get ready for a fun, emotional and steamy workplace romance with a happily ever after and no cheating!

Download or read book Just Like You written by Alison Percival and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have everything she ever wanted. How far will she go to take it? When swimming instructor Isabel meets up-and-coming actor Iain, the attraction is instantaneous. The pair fall hard for one another and, just a few months later, they are starting to imagine a future together. But everyone has a past... Heartbroken Nicky is convinced that Isabel has stolen the life she was meant to lead. Soon Nicky finds herself becoming fixated on Iain's new girlfriend, and envy quickly turns into a dark, dangerous obsession, with devastating consequences. A chilling psychological thriller that explores love, jealousy and obsession, perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gray and Robert Dugoni. ********** 'A taut psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A delicious sense of uneasiness settles in and refuses to be shaken. This one will give you chills' Netgalley reviewer 'WOW! What a twisty thriller!' Netgalley reviewer 'I loved this book . . . keeps you on the edge of your seat' Netgalley reviewer

Download or read book The Age of Perversion written by Danielle Knafo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize Winner for 2018 (Theoretical Category) We have entered the age of perversion, an era in which we are becoming more like machines and they more like us.The Age of Perversion explores the sea changes occurring in sexual and social life, made possible by the ongoing technological revolution, and demonstrates how psychoanalysts can understand and work with manifestations of perversion in clinical settings. Until now theories of perversion have limited their scope of inquiry to sexual behavior and personal trauma. The authors of this book widen that inquiry to include the social and political sphere, tracing perversion’s existential roots to the human experience of being a conscious animal troubled by the knowledge of death. Offering both creative and destructive possibilities, perversion challenges boundaries and norms in every area of life and involves transgression, illusion casting, objectification, dehumanization, and the radical quest for transcendence. This volume presents several clinical cases, including a man who lived with and loved a sex doll, a woman who wanted to be a Barbie doll, and an Internet sex addict. Also examined are cases of widespread social perversion in corporations, the mental health care industry, and even the government. In considering the continued impact of technology, the authors discuss how it is changing the practice of psychotherapy. They speculate about what the future may hold for a species who will redefine what it means to be human more in the next few decades than during any other time in human history. The Age of Perversion provides a novel examination of the convergence of perversion and technology that will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists, social workers, mental health counselors, sex therapists, sexologists, roboticists, and futurists, as well as social theorists and students and scholars of cultural studies.

Download or read book Robot Sex written by John Danaher and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives from philosophy, psychology religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships. Sexbots are coming. Given the pace of technological advances, it is inevitable that realistic robots specifically designed for people's sexual gratification will be developed in the not-too-distant future. Despite popular culture's fascination with the topic, and the emergence of the much-publicized Campaign Against Sex Robots, there has been little academic research on the social, philosophical, moral, and legal implications of robot sex. This book fills the gap, offering perspectives from philosophy, psychology, religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships. Contributors discuss what a sex robot is, if they exist, why we should take the issue seriously, and what it means to “have sex” with a robot. They make the case for developing sex robots, arguing for their beneficial nature, and the case against it, on religious and moral grounds; they consider the subject from the robot's perspective, addressing such issues as consent and agency; and they ask whether it is possible for a human to form a mutually satisfying, loving relationship with a robot. Finally, they speculate about the future of human-robot sexual interaction, considering the social acceptability of sex robots and the possible effect on society. Contributors Marina Adshade, Thomas Arnold, Julie Carpenter, John Danaher, Brian Earp, Lily Eva Frank, Joshua Goldstein, Michael Hauskeller, Noreen Herzfeld, Neil McArthur, Mark Migotti, Sven Nyholm, Ezio di Nucci, Steve Petersen, Anders Sandberg, Matthias Scheutz, Litska Strikwerda, Nicole Wyatt

Download or read book The Attachment Parenting Book written by William Sears and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2001-08-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears M.D. and Martha Sears, R.N., explain the benefits -- for both you and your child -- of connecting with your baby early. Would you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears -- the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting" -- answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment, and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs. The Attachment Parenting Book clearly explains the six "Baby B's" that form the basis of this popular parenting style: Bonding, Breastfeeding, Babywearing, Bedding close to baby, Belief in the language value of baby's cry, and Beware of baby trainers. Here's all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.

Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and published by Diversion Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fake pregnancy, a real baby, and a madcap adventure: This follow-up to The Thin Pink Line is “even better than the first book” (Booklist). London editor Jane Taylor pretended to be pregnant for months. Now she has rescued an actual abandoned baby—which would have come in handy for keeping up her charade, except that the infant is black and Jane is white. Finally giving up her ruse, Jane comes clean to the people in her life—but she wants to keep this precious little one. To do that, she’ll have to battle Social Services and take on anyone who tries to get in her way, with some help from her ex-boyfriend Tolkien. But as she tries to reassure others—and herself—that she would make a fit mother, it’s clear that she’ll always be crazy Jane . . . This is a delightfully comic and touching tale from an author with a “deft touch and sure eye for character” (Elizabeth Letts, New York Times–bestselling author of The Perfect Horse).

Download or read book Jake the Fake Keeps It Real written by Craig Robinson and published by Crown Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having faked his way into the Music and Art Academy, a performing arts school for gifted students where his talented older sister rules, sixth-grader Jake, a jokester who can barely play an instrument, will have to think of something quick before the last laugh is on him.

Download or read book The Smart Set written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spirit Babies written by Walter Makichen and published by Delta. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Am I Meant to Become a Parent? Why Can’t I Conceive? What Is My Unborn Child Trying to Tell Me? In this reassuring, supportive, and accessible book, leading clairvoyant and medium Walter Makichen offers guidance to prospective parents eager to create a warm, nurturing environment for their soon-to-be-conceived-or-born children. Applying the wisdom and insights he has gained through twenty years of communicating with these spirit babies, Makichen helps you resolve issues about starting a family…actively participate in the psychic process of creating a child…and move past your worries and fears about becoming parents. From the seven essential chakras that link our body, mind, and spirit to why pregnant women are superpsychic, you’ll discover: * How to create the energy that nurtures spirit babies * How to understand how past lives and chakras relate to your unborn child * The conception contract–what it is and what it means for you and your child * How karmic pairings affect conception and pregnancy * Why miscarriages occur and what they can signify Plus spirit babies and guardian angels…spirit babies and adoption…spirit babies and dreams…and much more Featuring inspirational examples of couples who are now happy parents, as well as breath exercises and healing meditations at the end of each chapter, Spirit Babies tells you everything you need to know to become the parent you were meant to be.

Download or read book The Memory Illusion written by Dr Julia Shaw and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Truly fascinating.' Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2 - Have you ever forgotten the name of someone you’ve met dozens of times? - Or discovered that your memory of an important event was completely different from everyone else’s? - Or vividly recalled being in a particular place at a particular time, only to discover later that you couldn’t possibly have been? We rely on our memories every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is, they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. In The Memory Illusion, forensic psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw draws on the latest research to show why our memories so often play tricks on us – and how, if we understand their fallibility, we can actually improve their accuracy. The result is an exploration of our minds that both fascinating and unnerving, and that will make you question how much you can ever truly know about yourself. Think you have a good memory? Think again. 'A spryly paced, fun, sometimes frightening exploration of how we remember – and why everyone remembers things that never truly happened.' Pacific Standard

Download or read book From This Moment written by Lauren Barnholdt and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in The Moment of Truth trilogy is told from the perspective of former best friends Lyla, Aven, and Quinn. When they were freshman, they wrote emails to themselves about one thing they hoped to accomplish before they graduate. Over the course of the series, which takes place on their senior trip, each girl tackles that email all while learning about life, love, and the truth about the fight that ended their perfect friendship. In the final book, Aven must decide if, when it comes to deciding between friendship and true love, she is able to listen to her heart. For the past four years she has shared everything with her best friend, Liam . . . except for the secret she knows would ruin their friendship. The one about how she's loved him since the first time they met. But now everything is about to change. With the end of high school drawing near, and the seniors headed to Florida for a class trip, Aven is determined to tell Liam the truth. Even though he already has a girlfriend. Even though Aven's finally met a great guy who likes her back. Even though Liam reciprocating her feelings is as terrifying as him rejecting her. Because no matter what he says, Aven knows that once the truth is out, things will never be the same.

Download or read book Laws Relating to Sex Pregnancy and Infancy written by Carmen M. Cusack and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy examines case law and legislation in regards to reproduction, pregnancy, and infancy. Cusack explores the winding pathways of legal precedence and action on the social conditions of pregnancy and childbirth, and draws from criminal and court procedures and behavioral science to determine if the law is acting in the best interest of those vulnerable populations. Cusack surveys interpersonal, familial, and societal problems presented throughout history and currently facing contemporary generations, questioning whether the criminal justice system can evolve to support the growing needs of its citizens most in need of legal assistance.