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We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess
Daniel Akst · Penguin Press HC, The
Format: Hardcover
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An intelligent and irreverent investigation into the age-old problem of self-control finds that in the modern world solving it is the most important thing we can do More calories sex and intoxicants are more readily and privately available than at any time in memory Pornography and gambling... |
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The Five Gifts: Discovering Hope, Healing and Strength When Disaster Strikes
Laurie Nadel · HCI
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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"Once a seasoned journalist but now a distinguished scholar and practicing psychotherapist, Dr. Laurie has immersed herself in the academic study of suffering, in addition to the depth her own life story provides . . . . When it comes to teaching how to get up after being knocked down,... |
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Bipolar, Not So Much: Understanding Your Mood Swings and Depression
Chris Aiken · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing.Depression confuses the mind, strips away hope, and causes people to blame themselves for an illness they never asked for. This book presents a revolutionary new understanding of the concept... |
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The Procrastinator's Guide to Getting Things Done
Monica Ramirez Basco PhD · The Guilford Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Everyone waits till the last minute sometimes. But many procrastinators pay a significant price, from poor job performance to stress, financial problems, and relationship conflicts. Fortunately, just as anyone can endlessly delay, anyone can learn how to stop! Cognitive-behavioral therapy... |
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My Story, My Song - Mother-Daughter Reflections on Life and Faith
Lucimarian Roberts · Upper Room
Format: Hardcover
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Publishers Weekly * Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts and her mother, Lucimarian Roberts, encapsulate resilience, faith and generations of joy in this slim and inspirational volume. Eighty-seven-year-old Lucimarian reflects concisely on a life buoyed by her deep love of music,... |
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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth
Irving Kirsch Ph.D. · Basic Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Do antidepressants work? Of course—everyone knows it. Like his colleagues, Irving Kirsch, a researcher and clinical psychologist, for years referred patients to psychiatrists to have their depression treated with drugs before deciding to investigate for himself just how effective the drugs... |
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The Addiction Solution: Treating Our Dependence on Opioids and Other Drugs
LLOYD SEDERER · Scribner
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking examination of addiction from the Chief Medical Officer for the New York State Office of Mental Health and the Medical Editor for Mental Health at the Huffington Post, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance... |
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This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
Ashton Applewhite · Networked Books
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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From childhood on, we're barraged by messages that it's sad to be old. That wrinkles are embarrassing, and old people useless. Author and activist Ashton Applewhite believed them too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply... |
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Empowered Boundaries: Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change
CRISTIEN STORM · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Strengthen relationships, build more resilient communities, and develop a stronger emotional toolbox Explaining power and privilege and the links between individual safety and community safety, Cristien Storm shows readers how to set emotional boundaries that build vibrant social movements... |
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The Four Doors: A Guide to Joy, Freedom, and a Meaningful Life
Richard Paul Evans · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Walk and The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans has met hundreds of thousands of people and heard many of their stories in his travels over the past two decades. Most of the people he meets are hungry for inspiration; they love his novels because... |
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Live & Learn: Real Life Journals: Designing & Using Handmade Books
Gwen Diehn · Lark Books; 1 Har/Bklt edition
Format: Hardcover
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The second in AARP's Live & Learn series celebrates making and keeping journals.A custom-made journal can enrich a person's life, and this new entry in the Live & Learn series helps readers design journals that enhance the experiences they're chronicling. The unique... |
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Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
Jon Acuff · Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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It took me sixteen years to write this book. That breaks down to a brisk twelve words per day. But it wasn't the writing that took so long. . . . It was the working.I had to work at big companies and small companies. I had to get hired and fired several times. I had to find my dream... |
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