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Her Inspiration is a book with a crystal clear mission: to provide the advice, solace, kick in the pants, pat on the shoulder, hug, or giggle you need when you need it, in short to inspire women to be their best selves. Be inspired by the nine secrets and wise words from hundreds of women around the world and throughout history.Chapters include: Get Organized or Tips & Timesavers, Chill or Give Yourself a Break, Create Your Style or Fashion Sense and Common Sense, Gather Your Group: Friends, Mentors, and Motivators, Indulge Yourself: Little Rewards Lead to Big Accomplishments, Work Smart: Loving Your Job and Being the Best You Can Be, Achieve: Women Can Do Anything.Parker introduces each secret with some thoughts of her own and then lets the ladies speak for themselves.  Her Inspiration is like having your kindergarten teacher, your mother (and your grandmothers), your sisters, your best friends, and your mentors in your handbag or desk drawer, all on call, 24-7, ready to give great advice.

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The ultimate baby shower gift, sure to become a keepsake!What's in a word? If the word is a wish, a powerful plenty times a hundred. Mina Parker has chosen one hundred words any new parents might wish for their baby and paired them with inspirational quotes, silly sayings, and little poems. Here are just a few examples:Take achievement–Sleeping through the night–a fine achievement for baby and mom.Or beauty: «The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.» -PlatoOr generosity: «Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.» -BuddhaOr freedom: Barefoot in spring grass. Running without your diaper. Living the good life.Find these plus ninety-six more whimsical, inspiring, and loving messages for baby, all rendered in vibrant pastels–with polka dots, hearts, stars, rabbits, teddy bears, and more.

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Mina Parker has demonstrated her innate flair for unique and exquisite gift books with titles such as Mother Is a Verb, Her Inspiration, 100 Good Wishes for Baby,100 Sweet Nothings for Baby, Half Full, and Silver Linings. Well, she's done it again with this lovely homage to mothers everywhere. A wealth of inspiring quotes from quarters as diverse as African proverbs and Sophia Loren, Washington Irving and Erma Bombeck, Erica Jong, Oprah Winfrey, and Honore Balzac are paired with single sentences in praise of a mother's love.

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100 Sweet Nothings for Baby is a feel good book for babies and the big people who birthed them. This lovely little book is the perfect gift for new parents, or for a three-(or six-month) birthday, or for christening or naming ceremonies. As Mina Parker writes in the introduction, Every moment of your life has led you to this one holding a beautiful, sacred, burping little wonder called your baby. Whether this is your first time or your fifth, new parenthood delivers a sweet and exciting jolt of electricity into your life. So welcome to the sweet life of parenthood, and from my family to yours, here is a book to celebrate and support what you do best-loving your baby in every way, from top to bottom. 100 Sweet Nothings for Baby is an out-of-the-box, not-your-garden-variety baby present. Wise quotes are sprinkled throughout. Consider Carl Sandberg's A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Along with little rhymes to read out loud and comfort both of you, Trilling r's, rides in cars, every balm to soothe and calm. Along with little comments on the daily wonder of babies, Cuddling close the one you adore and hearing the music of one baby snore.

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