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Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then...
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Black dagger brotherhood volume 14
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English
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Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. After avoiding war with the Shadows, alliances have shifted and lines have been drawn. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power. But as the Brotherhood readies for an all-out attack on them, one of their own fights a battle within himself. For Rhage, the Brother with the biggest appetites, but...
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Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients. But her own deepest desire can't be fulfilled by marble counters or the perfect rug. She desperately wants to be a mother. Fertility treatments and IVF keep failing. And just when she feels she's at her lowest point, the police deliver shocking news to Olivia and her husband, Park. DNA results show that the prime suspect in a murder investigation is Park's son....
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Harvard Common Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In the only general guide to infertility written by a medical doctor who specializes in the subject, Mark Trolice, MD--who is board-certified in both OB/GYN and REI (Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility)--shares the practical knowledge he has gained from working in infertility medicine for years, with many hundreds of patients, alongwith the warmth and wisdom he has acquired from getting to know prospective parents from all kind of backgrounds....
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Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Boggs recounts her realization that she might never be able to conceive. She searches the apparently fertile world around her for signs that she is not alone, and explores other aspects of fertility and infertility from depictions in films and literature to the financial and legal complications of alternative means of family making. The result is an expansive contemplation of fertility, choice, and the many possible roads to making a life and making...
10) The friend zone
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"Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen--especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm...
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2009.
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English
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Recommend alternative to the prevalent fertility medicine practiced today : "aggressive surgical, chemical, and technological intervention." Starting by identifying "fertility types," Dr. David, an reproductive endocrinologist, and Ms. Blakeway, founder of the YinOva Center, discuss common causes of fertility problems, making lifestyle choices that enhance fertility naturally, and offer specific strategies for varying situations, some surprising,...
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Two women. Two eggs. One life-changing switch. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection-obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family-and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven difficult years of trying (and failing) to conceive, Katherine gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child, and at last has the one thing she's wanted most of all. But one...
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Along with their husbands, Amanda, Karen, and Georgia are a close-knit circle of friends enjoying seemingly ideal lives in an upscale neighborhood. But when they learn that their lovely younger neighbor, widowed for a year and presumably still unattached, is pregnant, the strains and imperfections of their lives come into full focus. As they ponder who the father might be, each of the women harbors suspicions about her own husband -- and each is forced...
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"As the holiday season begins, Laurel McCullough could use some good news. She and her husband, Zach, have been praying for a baby that seems more and more like an impossible dream, and they've had to move in with her beloved grandmother, Helen, who's having trouble taking care of herself. But when Laurel contacts a local home-care organization for help, there are no caregivers available. Then Mrs. Miracle appears at the door. No stranger to lending...
16) Immediate family
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
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English
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Michael and Linda Spector, a mature, successful couple have everything it takes to be parents, except a baby. Lucy and Sam, are a teenage couple with a baby on the way but aren't ready to be parents. Laughter and tears mix in this funny, uplifting look at two very different couples who unexpectedly find a common bond and ultimately bring out the best in each other.
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Warner Wellness
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Explains how to combine conventional Western medical practices with the best alternative approaches to enhance a couple's chances of conceiving, offering new perspectives in such areas as nutrition, exercise, acupuncture, nutritional supplements, and herbal remedies.
18) Only you
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1091
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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After a chance encounter on New Year's Eve, Elena and Jake enter into a whirlwind love-affair, moving in together within weeks and talking about starting a family. Can they remain in love when life doesn't give them everything they hoped for?
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women...
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