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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing · Picador, 2016.
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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A dazzling work of biography, memoir, and cultural criticism on the subject of loneliness, told through the lives of iconic artists, by the acclaimed author of The Trip to Echo SpringWhat does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately engaged with another human being?... |
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When Someone You Know Has Depression: Words to Say and Things to Do
Susan J Noonan · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder can be devastating to the person who has the disorder and to his or her family. Depression and bipolar disorder affect every aspect of how a person functions, including their thoughts, feelings, actions, and relationships with other... |
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La Petite
Michele Halberstadt · Other Press |
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In La Petite, the renowned French writer and film producer Michèle Halberstadt vividly recounts the painful events that surrounded the death of her beloved grandfather, which led to a suicide attempt when she was twelve years old. Michèle’s mother favored her older sister,... |
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True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
James Renner · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 280
Format: Print book |
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When an eleven year old James Renner fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic, the missing girl seen on posters all over his neighborhood, it was the beginning of a lifelong obsession with true crime. That obsession leads James to a successful career as an investigative journalist. It also gave... |
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Calming Your Anxious Child: Words to Say and Things to Do
Kathleen Trainor · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 264
Format: Print book |
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Ten million children in the United States -- two million of them preschoolers -- suffer from anxiety. Anxious children may be afraid to be out of their parents' sight; they may refuse to talk except to specific people or under specific circumstances; they may insist on performing tasks... |
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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Diana Athill · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 176
Format: Print book |
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A luminous, wise, and joyful insight into what really matters at the end of a long life, from the beloved author of the award-winning Somewhere Towards the End.What will you remember if you live to be 100?Diana Athill charmed readers with her prize-winning memoir Somewhere Towards the End,... |
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