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The transition from being a couple to raising a child brings with it adjustments that regular parenting books simply don't cover. In the first three years after the birth of a baby, two-thirds of marriages suffer from marital distress because couples are never given the right tools to weather those changes.

101 Questions for Expectant Parents is a tool developed to preserve a couple's relationship through the transition. While couples prepare for their baby by getting the nursery ready and gearing up for the baby's birth, they don't really prepare for how this birth will affect their relationship. This book asks parents a number of questions to allow them to prepare mentally, emotionally, and physically for the task of raising a new child, as well as opening up communication on specific issues before they arise.

It allows new parents to think about and discuss the specifics of raising a child and prepare long before the birth for many of the concerns of a baby. It addresses questions about how a couple's relationship may be affected after the birth of their child, medical concerns of a new child, plans for childbirth, the emotional concerns of a new mother, and the shared duties of the new father.

This book should be read by every new couple expecting a child in their lives, to prepare them for the adjustment of becoming parents and the transition from coupledom to parenthood..
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Searching for Inspiration on the Infertility Roller Coaster explores Tracey's personal journey facing infertility and the medical interventions needed to reach motherhood. At thirty-eight years old, she felt like she had plenty of time to start a family. Tracey had heard all the stories about celebrities having kids in their forties and even some in their fifties, so she wasn't concerned about her age. She was still in the prime of her life - or so she thought, allowing the media to provide her with false information.

As any woman facing infertility can attest, it truly is an emotional roller coaster, with few answers and ever mounting uncertainties. Tracey bravely shares her experiences, told from a girlfriend's point of view, so other women experiencing the trials and tribulations of this issue can gain inspiration and support. This becomes a story about asking the tough questions, pursuing all the options, focusing on goals, and having faith that she would become pregnant.

Tracey hopes the tools and support provided in her new book will help those women riding the sometimes frightening, frustrating, and challenging infertility roller coaster, and provide a better chance for success. She also wants to pass along to the partners, family, and friends involved in supporting the process what a woman goes through.

May this book provide, to everyone involved, inspiration as you ride the infertility roller coaster..
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This book is part of the Our Name in History series, a collection of fascinating facts and statistics, alongside short historical commentary, created to tell the story of previous generations who have shared this name. The information in this book is a compendium of research and data pulled from census records, military records, ships' logs, immigrant and port records, as well as other reputable sources. Topics include:

• Name Meaning and Origin
• Immigration Patterns and Census Detail
• Family Lifestyles
• Military Service History
• Comprehensive Source Guide, for future research

Plus, the "Discover Your Family" section provides tools and guidance on how you can get started learning more about your own family history.

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Nearly 300,000 titles are currently available in the Our Name in History series, compiled from Billions of records by the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com..
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“In 1939, as the armies of Europe mobilized for war, the British secret services undertook operations to impede the exportation of Roumanian oil to Germany. They failed.

“Then, in the autumn of 1940, they tried again.”


So begins Blood of Victory, a novel rich with suspense, historical insight, and the powerful narrative immediacy we have come to expect from bestselling author Alan Furst. The book takes its title from a speech given by a French senator at a conference on petroleum in 1918: “Oil,” he said, “the blood of the earth, has become, in time of war, the blood of victory.”

November 1940. The Russian writer I. A. Serebin arrives in Istanbul by Black Sea freighter. Although he travels on behalf of an émigré organization based in Paris, he is in flight from a dying and corrupt Europe—specifically, from Nazi-occupied France. Serebin finds himself facing his fifth war, but this time he is an exile, a man without a country, and there is no army to join. Still, in the words of Leon Trotsky, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” Serebin is recruited for an operation run by Count Janos Polanyi, a Hungarian master spy now working for the British secret services.

The battle to cut Germany’s oil supply rages through the spy haunts of the Balkans; from the Athenée Palace in Bucharest to a whorehouse in Izmir; from an elegant yacht club in Istanbul to the river docks of Belgrade; from a skating pond in St. Moritz to the fogbound banks of the Danube; in sleazy nightclubs and safe houses and nameless hotels; amid the street fighting of a fascist civil war.

Blood of Victory is classic Alan Furst, combining remarkable authenticity and atmosphere with the complexity and excitement of an outstanding spy thriller. As Walter Shapiro of Time magazine wrote, “Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.”.
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