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Finding Calm for the Expectant Mom: Tools for Reducing Stress, Anxiety, and Mood Swings During Your Pregnancy

Alice D Domar · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In today's perfectionistic culture, pregnant women are expected to be boundlessly optimistic and literally glowing with happiness. What often go unacknowledged are the physical and emotional challenges of pregnancy. This book offers strategies and solutions for confronting and relieving...
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Wild Nights: How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World

Benjamin Reiss · Basic Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Why is sleep frustrating for so many people? Why do we spend so much time and money managing and medicating it, and training ourselves and our children to do it correctly? In Wild Nights, Benjamin Reiss finds answers in sleep's hidden history--one that leads to our present, sleep-obsessed...
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Susan Sontag: Later Essays

Susan Sontag · Library Of America
Pages: 946
Format: Print book

An unprecedented collection of the controversial later writings of the greatest and most provocative critic of our time. Susan Sontag was the most influential critic of her time. This second volume in Library of America's definitive Sontag edition gathers all the collected essays and speeches...
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Healthy Habits: 52 Ways to Better Health

Cris Beer · Rockpool Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Healthy Habits: 52 Ways to Better Health is an easy-to-read book offering an effective "habit-a-week" approach. Incorporate one new habit per week into your lifestyle across an entire year (52 weeks) . By following the week-by-week advice within these pages you will start to regain...
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The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

Jason Fung · Greystone Books
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

Fung zeroes in on why insulin resistance has become so prevalent and offers specific outside-the-box solutions that have emerged as the key to maximizing health." - Jimmy Moore, author, Keto Clarity and Cholesterol ClarityEverything you believe about how to lose weight is wrong. Weight...
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The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong . . . and You Can Too!

Bryant Johnson · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

A fun, fully illustrated exercise book that details Ruth Bader Ginsburg's workout, written by her trainer Have you ever wondered what keeps Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the Supreme Court's favorite octogenarians, so sprightly? She owes it all to her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, whom...
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz · Gotham Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools...
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Pilates-2nd Edition

Rael Isacowitz · Human Kinetics Publishers
Pages: 373
Format: Paperback

The most acclaimed, comprehensive guide on Pilates is now updated, expanded, and better than ever In this second edition, world-renowned Pilates expert Rael Isacowitz shows you the same repertoire that he has used to train multiple Olympians as well as an elite group of professional instructors...
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Yoga For Diabetes: How to Manage your Health with Yoga and Ayurveda

Rachel Zinman · Monkfish Book Publishing
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback

"We who live with diabetes know aside from taking our medication, if required, we must change our eating habits, and we must exercise daily. I can think of no better way to control your diabetes than what Rachel Zinman has given us in her book Yoga for Diabetes. If you are living with...
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Giacomo Puccini · Deutsche Grammophon

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The Little Spark - 30 Ways to Ignite Your Creativity

Carrie Bloomston · C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Format: Paperback

You were born with a creative spark inside. Do you look at yourself now and wonder if the spark has gone out? Ignite that inner fire with the 30 engaging exercises, fun activities, inspirational images, and motivating ideas in this book. Learn what your Little Spark of creative passion...
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Love Sex Again: A Gynecologist Finally Fixes the Issues That Are Sabotaging Your Sex Life

Lauren Streicher · It Books
Format: Hardcover

Love Sex Again is an all-encompassing guide to women's sexual health from Dr. Lauren Streicher, a cutting-edge Gynecologist, and a regular on The Dr. Oz Show.Ladies, what if one of America's leading sexual specialists and Gynecologist told you that she knew your body better than...
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Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them

Gina Kolata · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 262
Format: Hardcover

New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw.The phone rings. The doctor from California is on the line. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people...
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The Healing Art of Essential Oils: A Guide to 50 Oils for Remedy, Ritual, and Everyday Use

Kac Young · Llewellyn Publications
Pages: 408
Format: Print book

Simple and potent, essential oils will transport you into a new world of aromatic awakening, physical healing, and natural delight. The Healing Art of Essential Oils is a comprehensive guide to fifty carefully selected oils, providing a master class in beneficial uses, blending suggestions,...
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Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime

Scott Simon · Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Instant New York Times Bestseller"In a return to the bighearted storytelling that made him a star NPR correspondent, [Simon] pays full tribute to the ex-showgirl who...taught her only son to be honest, kind, and entertaining. Be assured, tears will fall."--People Magazine "In...
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