The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued
10 best books like The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued (Ann Crittenden): Hamilton: The Revolution, Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answer Is No, Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood, The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't, The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom, A History of the World in 6 Glasses, Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage, Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
| Author | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| ISBN | 1455539740 |
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation...
Do You Have Kids?: Life When the Answer Is No
Weaving together stories from non-moms aged thirty-seven to ninety-one, a growing body of research, and the author’s own story, Do You Have Kids? probes the non-mom's entire adulthood—from the morphing meaning of family to what she leaves behind when she dies.
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| Author | Naomi Wolf |
| ISBN | 0385497458 |
In The Beauty Myth the fearless Naomi Wolf revolutionized the way we think about beauty. In Misconceptions, she demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers of common assumptions about childbirth. With uncompromising honesty she describes how hormones eroded her sense of independence,...
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
One of Wall Street Journal's Best Ten Works of Nonfiction in 2012
New York Times Bestseller
"Not so different in spirit from the way public intellectuals like John Kenneth Galbraith once shaped discussions of economic policy and public figures like Walter Cronkite helped sway opinion...
| Author | Susan J. Douglas |
| ISBN | 0743260465 |
Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers -- the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth...
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
| Author | Katherine Eban |
| ISBN | 0062338803 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticals
Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs...
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
| Author | Tom Standage |
| ISBN | 0802715524 |
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period.
A History...
Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage
Marriage has never been more fragile. But the same things that have made it so have also made a good marriage more fulfilling than ever before. In this enlightening and hugely entertaining book, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon...
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust
| Author | Chris Brogan |
| ISBN | 0470743085 |
How to tap the power of social software and networks to build your business In Trust Agents, two social media veterans show you how to tap into the power of social networks to build your brand's influence, reputation, and, of course, profits. Today's online influencers are web natives who trade in trust,...
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
| Author | Emily Oster |
| ISBN | 0525559256 |
From the author of EXPECTING BETTER, an economist's guide to the early years of parenting
With EXPECTING BETTER, award-winning economist Emily Oster spotted a need in the pregnancy market for advice that gave women the information they needed to make the best decision for their own pregnancies....
The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke
| Author | Elizabeth Warren |
| ISBN | 0465090826 |
More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the idea that women's involvement in the workforce was certain to improve families' financial lot. Until now.In this brilliantly...
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
| Author | Charles Montgomery |
| ISBN | 0385669127 |
Charles Montgomery’s Happy City will revolutionize the way we think about urban life.
After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it...
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
| Author | Mark Fisher |
| ISBN | 1846943175 |
After 1989, capitalism has successfully presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system - a situation that the bank crisis of 2008, far from ending, actually compounded. The book analyses the development and principal features of this capitalist realism as a lived ideological...
| Author | Jessica Shortall |
| ISBN | 1419718703 |
The practical, relatable, and humorous guide to surviving the difficult, awkward, and rewarding job of being a breastfeeding, working mom.
Meet the frenemy of every working, breastfeeding mother:...
| Author | Susan Moller Okin |
| ISBN | 0465037038 |
In my review of Okin's Women in Western Political Thought I suggested that the book would be improved if it had more scope, if it discussed more philosophers. Justice, Gender, and the Family fulfills this wish, leaving me feeling a little silly. Okin here offers a similar feminist critique to a host of...
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
| Author | Susan Bordo |
| ISBN | 0520240545 |
"Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body—weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more—in...
| Author | Kristin Hensley |
| ISBN | 0062859005 |
In their highly-anticipated first book, the hilarious mom duo with millions of followers explores all the ridiculous shit you’re expected to do to keep multiple humans alive and happy-ish, and celebrates the love for the friends who get you through it.
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley,...
Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
| Author | John C. Maxwell |
| ISBN | 0785263500 |
Attitude can make or break you and the people you lead.
Good attitudes on a team do not guarantee its success, but bad attitudes guarantee its ruin. So says New York Times best-selling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell in this highly practical primer, Attitude 101. Anyone who has...
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
| Author | Harvey A. Silverglate |
| ISBN | 1594032556 |
The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number...
| Author | Lionel Tiger |
| ISBN | 1582380147 |
Worried about global warming? What about global sexual cooling (Tiger, 231)? If you're like Lionel Tiger, your tiger teeth (and, quite possibly, your tiger penis) may very well have receded back into your body, panicked by this global phenomenon in which "chemically pregnant females" (44) have rendered...
Neuromarketing: Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
| Author | Patrick Renvoise |
| ISBN | 1418570303 |
How can the latest brain research help increase your sales?
Because paople are inundated daily by an average of 10,000 sales messages, selling is now tougher than ever. That's why you need to learn what neuroscience has uncovered that will immediately increase your selling and influencing...
Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE examines the lives and livelihoods of American playwrights today and the realities of new play production from the perspective of both playwrights and not-for-profit theatres. The study, drawing on six years of comprehensive research, reveals a collaboration in crisis between...
Finding Time: The Economics of Work-Life Conflict
| Author | Heather Boushey |
| ISBN | 0674660161 |
Employers today are demanding more and more of employees' time. And from campaign barbecues to the blogosphere, workers across the United States are raising the same worried question: How can I get ahead at my job while making sure my family doesn't fall behind?
Heather Boushey argues that...
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
This collectable boxed set edition includes all three books in N. K. Jemisin's incredible NYT bestselling and three-time Hugo award-winning Broken Earth Trilogy.
This complete collection would be a great gift for any occasion and includes The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone...
The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
| Author | Bryan Caplan |
| ISBN | 0691174652 |
Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence, work ethic, and conformity—in other words, to...
| Author | John C. Maxwell |
| ISBN | 0785263519 |
Great leadership is built on great relationships!
Leadership is a relationship-intensive endeavor. If your people skills aren't strong, neither will be your leadership. "If people aren't following you," sums up New York Times and Business Week best-selling author Dr. John C. Maxwell,...
212 The Extra Degree: Extraordinary Results Begin with One Small Change
212º The Extra Degree is a must-have in every personal and business library. A Simple Truths #1 bestseller, the concept is simple: At 211º, water is hot. At 212º, it boils. And with boiling water comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. The one extra degree makes the difference. This analogy...
99 Pick-Me-Ups for New Mamas
Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud
| Author | David Dayen |
| ISBN | 1620971585 |
In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history—a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: millions of families...
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape.
For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning...
