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Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician
Michael Ellis · Oxford University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ", it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact... |
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How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
JASON STANLEY · Random House
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Nations don't have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history in the United States and around the world, to conclude that fascism is alive in America today.Fascism means... |
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The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
Howard Ball · ABC-CLIO
Pages: 350
Format: Hardcover
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In 1900, the average age at which people died in America was 47 years of age; the primary causes of death were tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses. In the 21st century, as a result of better health care and working conditions as well as advances in medical technology, we live much... |
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The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir
Maude Julien · Back Bay Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH. For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman rising above an unimaginable childhood. Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation,... |
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
MANOUSH ZOMORODI · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you're not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self explains the connection between boredom and original thinking, and explores how we can harness boredom's... |
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Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
John J Kaag · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys -- one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later, in radically... |
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The Common Good
Robert B Reich · Knopf
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important public voices,... |
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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"An astounding triumph . . . Profound . . . Achingly wise . . . A recovery memoir like no other." --Entertainment Weekly (A) "Riveting . . . Beautifully told." --Boston Globe"An honest and important book . . . Vivid writing and required reading." --Stephen... |
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Off the Rails: One Family's Journey Through Teen Addiction
Susan Burrowes · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Fifteen-year-old Hannah was a privileged young girl with a promising future, but that didn't stop her from sliding into an abyss of sex, drugs, alcohol, and other high-risk behaviors. Off the Rails narrates Hannah's sudden decline and subsequent treatment through the raw, honest, compelling... |
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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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Tech Generation: Raising Balanced Kids in a Hyper-Connected World
MIKE BROOKS · Oxford University Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
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Parents often worry about raising kids in a tech-saturated world - the threats of cyberbullying, video game violence, pornography, and sexting may seem inescapable. And while these dangers exist, there is a much more common and subtle way that technology can cause harm: by eroding our attention... |
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Mental health disorders sourcebook : basic consumer health information about healthy brain functioning and mental illnesses, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychotic and personality disorders, eating disorders, impulse control disorders, and more ; along with information about medications and treatments, mental health concerns in specific groups, such as children, adolescents, older adults, minority populations, and people in poverty, a glossary of related terms, and directories of resources for additiona
Omnigraphics Inc. · Omnigraphics
Pages: 640
Format: Print book : English : Sixth editionView all editions and formats
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"Provides basic consumer health information about the signs, symptoms, and treatment of various mental illnesses, and the special mental health concerns of children and adolescents, older adults, the LGBT community, and immigrant populations. Along with tips for maintaining mental... |
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