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The Secret Lives of Sports Fans
Eric Simons · Overlook Hardcover
Format: Hardcover
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Sports fandom is either an aspect of a persons fundamental identity, or completely incomprehensible to those who arent fans at all. What is happening in our brains and bodies when we feel strong emotion while watching a game? How do sports fans resemble political junkies, and why do we form... |
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The Hearing-Loss Guide: Useful Information and Advice for Patients and Families
John M. Burkey · Yale University Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Where can the most accurate and helpful information about hearing loss be found? From a friend or relative who has impaired hearing? From an experienced audiologist? Both, says the author of this essential book! Â In an unusual new approach, audiologist John M. Burkey offers not only specific... |
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Yoga For Pregnancy: Poses, Meditations, and Inspiration for Expectant and New Mothers
Leslie Lekos · Helios Pr
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
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The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga are invaluable during the profound journey of pregnancy. From increased strength and balance to a deeper feeling of connection with the life growing inside you, prenatal yoga will help you feel your best during this sacred time.Yoga... |
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The Compatibility Gene: How Our Bodies Fight Disease, Attract Others, and Define Our Selves
Daniel M Davis · Oxford University Press
Pages: 231
Format: Print book
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This is the story of a few human genes and how we discovered what these genes do. We each have around 25,000 genes, but the genes in this story are those that vary the most from person to person. These genes--called compatibility genes--are, in effect, a molecular signature that distinguishes... |
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A Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't
William B. Irvine · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Insults are part of the fabric of daily life. But why do we insult each other? Why do insults cause us such pain? Can we do anything to prevent or lessen this pain? Most importantly, how can we overcome our inclination to insult others? In A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging... |
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Straight Talk about Breast Cancer: From Diagnosis to Recovery
Suzanne W. Braddock MD · Addicus Books; Fifth edition edition
Format: Print book
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This medical handbook serves as an accessible resource for answering the questions of women with breast cancer as well as easing the concerns of their spouses and family members. Drawing on the personal experiences of a breast-cancer survivor and the professional expertise of breast-cancer... |
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Witches of America
Alex Mar · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Witches are gathering."When most people hear the word "witches," they think of horror films and Halloween, but to the nearly one million Americans who practice Paganism today, witchcraft is a nature-worshipping, polytheistic, and very real religion. So Alex Mar discovers... |
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American Ghost: A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest
Hannah Nordhaus · Harper
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning journalist and author of The Beekeeper's Lament attempts to uncover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, Julia--whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe - in this spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West.The dark-eyed... |
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Your Health, Your Decisions: How to Work with Your Doctor to Become a Knowledge-Powered Patient
Robert Alan McNutt · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 168
Format: Print book
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In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician's decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a very different premise: the patient should be at the center. McNutt challenges the physician-directed,... |
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Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook
Sandra J. Judd · Omnigraphics Inc; 4 edition
Pages: 655
Format: Hardcover
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"Provides basic consumer health information about health conditions of concern to men, along with tips for maintaining physical and mental wellness. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"-- |
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Johns Hopkins Patient Guide To Colon And Rectal Cancer
Nita Ahuja · Jones & Bartlett Learning
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
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Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Colon and Rectal Cancer is a concise patient guide on treating and coping with colorectal cancer. About the Series: Learning that you or someone you love has cancer is devastating, and feeling lost and powerless is a common immediate response. The Johns Hopkins... |
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The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World
Michael Marmot · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In a Baltimore inner-city neighborhood, a man's life expectancy is 63; in another neighborhood not far away, it's 83. The same 20-year avoidable disparity exists in nearby neighborhoods of cities around the world. In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile... |
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