Lending Library
All books listed below are available to Hiermanna clients and Maiden and Mama Circle members. Select the book you’d like to borrow using the checkout form and pick up at the next Maiden and Mama Circle meeting. Hiermanna will reach out to you via email with its availability, your confirmation, and your return date. Happy reading!
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Listed on an evidence-based to faith-based spectrum
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth Henci Goer
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Spiritual Midwifery Ina May Gaskin
The Birth Partner Penny Simkin
Babies are not Pizzas: They’re Born, Not Delivered Rebecca Dekker
Childbirth Without Fear Grantly Dick-Read
Birthing from Within Pam England and Rob Horowitz
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom Christiane Northup
Expecting Better Emily Oster
Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage Rachel Reed
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Childcare Sally Fallon and Thomas Cowan
HypnoBirthing: The Mongan Method Marie F. Mongan
Portal: The Art of Choosing Orgasmic, Pain-Free, Blissful Birth Yolande Norris-Clark
Cherishing Childbirth: Preparation for Labor and Delivery Deborah J. Fowler
Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine Jeanne Achterberg
Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing Patrisia Gonzales
Birth in Eight Cultures Melissa Cheney
Holistic Hypnobirthing Anthonissa Moger
HypnoBirthing Siobhan Miller
DreamBirth Catherine Shainberg​​
Family Planning and the Menstrual Cycle​
Family Planning and Cycle Syncing
WomanCode Alisa Vitti
In The Flo Alisa Vitti
Natural Liberty Sage Femme Collective
Please Bleed! Plants and Practical Magic Samantha Zipporah
Menstrual Syndrome and Progesterone Therapy Katharina Dalton
Once a Month Katharina Dalton​​​​
Elimination Communication and Cloth Diapering​
Elimination Communication and Cloth Diapering
Go Diaper Free Andrea Olson
Diaper Free: The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene Ingrid Bauer​​
More on Femme, Family, and Lifestyle
The First Forty Days Henry Ou
Women Who Run With Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype Clarissa Pinkola Estes
How Can I Help? Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
The Continuum Concept Jean Liedloff
The Objectivist Theory of Parenting Roslyn Ross
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration Weston A. Price
Nutrition for Women Ray Peat (PDF)
The Ray Peat Survival Guide Joey Lott
Nourishing Traditions Sally Fallon
Nourishing Broth Sally Fallon
Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness Broda Barnes
The Stress of Life Broda Barnes
Goddesses in Every Woman Jean Shinoda Bolen
Depression after Childbirth Katharina Dalton
Stress without Distress Broda Barnes
When God was a Woman Merlin Stone
A High Calling: Encouragement for Young Mothers From a Grandmother Erma S. Rissler
Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul Jack Canfield and others
The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson
The Red Book (Philemon) C. G. Jung
Breath James Nestor
Bowling Alone Robert Putnam
Go Tell It On The Mountain James Baldwin
Why We Sleep Matthew Walker
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
The Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley
Can’t Hurt Me David Goggins
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
The Artist’s Way Julia Cameron
Maiden to Mother: Unlocking Our Archetypal Journey into the Mature Feminine Sarah Durham Wilson
​Assata: An Autobiography Assata Shakur
Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis Julia Chinyere Oparah et al
I, Phoolan Devi: The Autobiography of India's Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Caroline Criado-Perez
Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Spirit of Community: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda Amitai Etzioni
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