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The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time
Jonathan Kozol · Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A Library Journal Best Book of 2015National Book Award winner Jonathan Kozol is best known for his fifty years of work among our nation's poorest and most vulnerable children. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father's life and work as a nationally... |
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You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor's Stories of Life, Death, and in Between
Daniela Lamas · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A critical care doctor's breathtaking stories about what it means to be saved by modern medicineModern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, medical stories often begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival... |
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Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
Geoffrey C Kabat · Columbia University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? What role does the HPV virus play in the development of cervical cancer, and is the HPV vaccine safe?... |
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Blast the Sugar Out!: Lower Blood Sugar, Lose Weight, Live Better
IAN K M D SMITH · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Do you want to lose weight?In BLAST the Sugar Out!, Ian K. Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shred Power Cleanse, will guide you to eat well -- and frequently -- while controlling carbohydrates and dropping pounds to get to goal. You will lose weight on this diet -- and start... |
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Childhood Leukemia: A Guide for Families, Friends & Caregivers
Nancy Keene · Childhood Cancer Guides
Pages: 476
Format: Paperback
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Approximately 4,500 children and teens are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States and Canada each year. The illness and its treatment can have a devastating effect on family, friends, classmates, and the larger community. This newly updated edition of Childhood Leukemia contains the information... |
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Dreams at the Threshold: Guidance, Comfort, and Healing at the End of Life
Jeanne Van Bronkhorst · Llewellyn Publications
Format: Print book
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At the end of life dreams can help start important conversations and encourage the resolution of old wounds. They provide a welcome sense of dignity in their sharing and often help those who are dying move confidently toward an unknown future. Dreams at the Threshold provides simple instructions... |
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Eating Disorders Sourcebook
Omnigraphics Inc. · Omnigraphics
Pages: 640
Format: Print book
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"Provides basic consumer health information about risk factors, causes, complications, recovery from, and prevention and treatment of various eating disorders. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- |
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The 101 Most Unusual Diseases and Disorders
Evelyn B. Kelly Ph.D. · Greenwood
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover
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This book explores serious diseases and disorders that most readers have never heard of, ranging from genetic, infectious, and environmental diseases to autoimmune, idiopathic, and mental disorders.* Provides readers with interesting facts and insights into unusual or rarely seen diseases... |
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Silver Hair: Say Goodbye to the Dye--and Let Your Natural Light Shine! A Handbook
LORRAINE MASSEY · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Celebrate the power of silver! Be bold with this ultimate handbook-plus-manifesto for every woman who's ready to say goodbye to the dye and let her natural color shine. Written by the author of the bestselling Curly Girl, Silver Hair covers step-by-step the many options for going silver... |
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