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The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis

Tamer Seckin · Turner
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium - the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus - sheds, but does not exit a woman's body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically...
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Intuition and Your Sun Sign: Practical Methods to Unlock Your Potential

Bernie Ashman · Llewellyn Publications

Discover your full intuitive potential with this practical guide to understanding astrology, your sun sign, and psychic development. With easy-to-follow instructions, you’ll instantly tap into your intuition to overcome any blocks and find the mental clarity you seek. Intuition and Your...
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Back from the Brink: True Stories and Practical Help for Overcoming Depression and Bipolar Disorder

Graeme Cowan · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 213
Format: Paperback

On July 24th, 2004, author Graeme Cowan took pen to paper and said goodbye to his family. "I just can't be a burden any longer," he wrote. After four failed suicide attempts, and a five-year episode of depression that his psychiatrist described as the worst he had ever treated,...
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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

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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Bleeder: A Memoir

Shelby Smoak · Michigan State University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

I am Caucasian, five foot eleven, have sandy brown hair, blue eyes, and am a tender slip of bone. And I am at the hospital. A coming-of-age memoir for modern times, Bleeder is the incredibly compelling tale of author Shelby Smoak. A hemophiliac, Smoak discovered he had been infected with...
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Tai Chi In 10 Weeks: A Beginner's Guide

AIHAN KUHN · Ymaa Publication Center
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

This book is designed to guide beginning students through the fundamentals of tai chi in ten weeks. Dr. Aihan Kuhn teaches readers the twenty-four-step Yang-style form. She shares insight on warming up, healing, and avoiding injury. But tai chi is more than just a physical exercise. It is a way of life....
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The VB6 Cookbook: More than 350 Recipes for Healthy Vegan Meals All Day and Delicious Flexitarian Dinners at Night

Mark Bittman · Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

Following up on his bestselling diet plan, VB6, the incomparable Mark Bittman delivers a full cookbook of recipes designed to help you eat vegan every day before 6:00 p.m.--and deliciously all of the time. Whether you call it flexitarian, part-time veganism, or vegetable-centric, the plant-based,...
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Michael Moss · Random House; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Atlantic * The Huffington Post * Men's Journal * MSN (U.K.) * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR WRITING AND LITERATUREFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative...
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What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives

Bruce Grierson · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

A fascinating look at the way we age today and the extent to which we can shape the processIn What Makes Olga Run? Bruce Grierson explores what the wild success of a ninety-four-year-old track star can tell us about how our bodies and minds age. Olga Kotelko is not your average ninety-four-year-old....
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How to Be Alone

Sara Maitland · Picador
Format: Book

IN THIS AGE OF CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY, LEARN HOW TO ENJOY SOLITUDE AND FIND HAPPINESS WITHOUT OTHERS.Our fast-paced society does not approve of solitude being alone is antisocial and some even find it sinister. Why is this so when autonomy, personal freedom, and individualism are more highly...
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Chia Vitality: 30 Days to Better Health, Greater Vibrancy, and a More Meaningful and Purposeful Life

Janie Hoffman · Harmony Crown
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback

For centuries, chia seeds were revered by both the Maya and Aztecs for their amazing energy and natural healing powers. Today, it's no wonder that chia is one of the hottest superfoods around: Gram for gram, it has 70 percent more protein than soybeans, 25 percent more fiber than flaxseed,...
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Promised by Heaven: A Doctor's Return from the Afterlife to a Destiny of Love and Healing

Mary Helen Hensley · Atria Paperback
Pages: 309
Format: Print book

A moving and inspirational memoir of love, loss, and renewal, Promised by Heaven tells the amazing story of how one woman's near-death experience and glimpse of heaven led her to discover her gifts of healing and share them with the world.In December of 1991, Mary Helen Hensley was involved...
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The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing: Easy-to-Use Natural Remedies, Herbs, Flower Essences, Essential Oils, Supplements, and Therapeutic Practices for Health, Happiness, and Well-Being

Brigitte Mars · Fair Winds Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

Reduce stress and live better, naturally! Learn time-tested remedies and safe solutions for dealing with stress. In The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing founding member of the American Herbalist Guild Brigitte Mars offers time-tested remedies and advice to learn how to reduce...
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David J Epstein · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 338
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether...
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Situation Momedy: A First-Time Mom's Guide To Laughing Your Way Through Pregnancy & Year One

Jenna Von Oy · Medallion Press
Pages: 448
Format: eBook

While preparing to give birth to her first daughter, actress Jenna von Oy, well-known for her roles as Six on Blossom and Stevie on The Parkers, discovered that the market was filled with clinical guides to pregnancy and beyond. Though they had their merits, she craved a best friend's...
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