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The Violet Hour: Great Writers at the End
Katie Roiphe · The Dial Press, 2016.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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From one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes a deeply researched account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, and Maurice Sendak - an arresting and wholly original meditation on mortality. In The Violet Hour, Katie Roiphe takes an unexpected... |
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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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The Origin of Others
TONI MORRISON · Harvard University Press
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct... |
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Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Nick Reding · Bloomsbury
Pages: 255
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic story of the methamphetamine epidemic as it sweeps the American heartland a timely, moving, very human account of one community s attempt to battle its way to a brighter future. Crystal methamphetamine is widely considered to be the most dangerous drug in the world, and nowhere... |
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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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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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Cleveland Clinic Guide to Epilepsy: Essential Reading for Families
Elaine Wyllie MD · Elaine Wyllie, MD
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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One in 10 Americans will experience a seizure in his or her lifetime. If you have had a seizure or if you're one of the 3 million Americans experiencing epilepsy, you might not know how best to cope with this common condition. Many myths surround epilepsy, and it's hard to separate... |
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Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter
Diana Athill · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 168
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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