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Facing the Music And Living To Talk About It

Nick Carter · Bird Street Books
Format: Hardcover

This book is Nick Carter's autobiography and self-help hybrid in which he chronicles his struggles with a dysfunctional family and the unimaginable rigors of becoming an internationally successful pop-star at the age of 12. From his battle with addiction to serious health complications...
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The Silver Lining: A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer

Hollye Jacobs RN MS MSW · Atria Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs a healthy, happy thirty-nine-year-old mother with no family history of breast cancer, being diagnosed with the disease rocked Hollye Jacobs’s world. Having worked as a nurse, social worker, and child development specialist for fifteen years, she suddenly...
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I don't know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance

Leah Hager Cohen · Riverhead Hardcover
Format: Print book

A short, concise book in favor of honoring doubt and admitting when the answer is I dont know.In a tight, enlightening narrative, Leah Hager Cohen explores why, so often, we attempt to hide our ignorance, and why, in so many different areas, we would be better off coming clean. Weaving...
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You Are Beautiful: A Beauty Guide for Real Women

Ken Paves · Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Discover A-list secrets to being and feeling beautiful from one of Hollywood's hottest hairstylists. Ken Paves shows the way to making the most of “what you've got, on your own terms,” demonstrating different looks through interviews and photographs of several “real...
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Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age -- From Picture Books to eBooks and Everything in Between

Jason Boog · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 305
Format: Paperback

A program for parents and professionals on how to raise kids who love to read, featuring interviews with childhood development experts, advice from librarians, tips from authors and children's book publishers, and reading recommendations for kids from birth up to age five.Every parent wants...
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A Nation in Pain: Healing our Biggest Health Problem

Judy Foreman · Oxford University Press
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover

Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. And yet the press has paid more attention to the abuses of pain medications than the astoundingly widespread condition they are intended to treat. Ethically, the failure to manage pain better is tantamount to torture....
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The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body for Spontaneous Weight Loss

Kulreet Chaudhary · Harmony
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

"LOSE WEIGHT, GET SHARPER...NO DIET REQUIRED Integrative neurologist Dr. Kulreet Chaudhary discovered a beautiful side effect to the eating and lifestyle tools she gave her brain patients--shedding excess pounds. In this, her first book, she shows readers that weight gain is a result...
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The Essential Homebirth Guide: For Families Planning or Considering Birthing at Home

Jane E. Drichta · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Birthing is a miraculous time when you and your baby will work together to bring about life. As you finally cradle your precious newborn in your arms, you should know deep in your soul that every decision that brought the two of you to this special moment was yours. More families than ever...
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I'm Too Young for This!: The Natural Hormone Solution to Enjoy Perimenopause

Suzanne Somers · Harmony
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Why Wait to Feel Good Again? If you're in your thirties or forties, your body is changing, and so are your moods, sleep, health, and weight. Tired of being at the mercy of your hormones? Armed with the knowledge in this book, you don't have to be. Perimenopause can be enjoyable if you know...
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Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds

Leo Braudy · Yale University Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting...
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Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness

Harriet A Washington · Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Pages: 292
Format: Print book

A groundbreaking look at the connection between germs and mental illness, and how we can protect ourselves. Is it possible to catch autism or OCD the same way we catch the flu? Can a child's contact with cat litter lead to schizophrenia? In her eye-opening new book, National Book Critics...
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Fast Minds: How to Thrive If You Have ADHD

Craig Surman · Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition
Format: Book

FAST MINDS is an acronym for common symptoms that are often seen in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Millions of adults have ADHD or some of its traits, but they are under-recognized, under-treated, and often under-supported.  This book empowers people with ADHD,...
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The Working Memory Advantage: Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster

Tracy Alloway · Simon & Schuster
Format: Book

A BIGGER ASSET THAN IQ Working memory—your ability to work with information—influences nearly everything you do. What if you could find a way to better handle a crazy schedule or expertly manage risks? What if you could gain an advantage in climbing the career ladder or in sports?...
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The Dementia Caregiver: A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders

Marc E. Agronin · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 289
Format: Print book

Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated - and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because...
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