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The Joy of Half a Cookie: Using Mindfulness to Lose Weight and End the Struggle with Food

Jean Kristeller · Perigee Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Anyone who's tried to lose weight through sheer will power knows how difficult, if not impossible, it can be. In this practical and paradigm-shifting book, Dr. Jean Kristeller presents a new alternative--a program for weight loss based on her successful Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness...
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African American Home Remedies: A Practical Guide

Eddie L. Boyd · Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette; 1 edition
Format: Print book

For a significant portion of the African American population, the use of home remedies and herbs was an important component of health care when they had no health insurance and/or no funds and were unable to regularly visit conventional health care practitioners. African American Home Remedies...
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Susan Sontag: Later Essays

Susan Sontag · Library Of America
Pages: 946
Format: Print book

An unprecedented collection of the controversial later writings of the greatest and most provocative critic of our time. Susan Sontag was the most influential critic of her time. This second volume in Library of America's definitive Sontag edition gathers all the collected essays and speeches...
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The Dairy-Free Kitchen: 100 Recipes for all the Creamy Foods You Love--Without Lactose, Casein, or Dairy

Ashley Adams · Fair Winds Press (MA)
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

While 4% of the population suffers from diagnosed lactose intolerance, it is estimated that a staggering 50 million Americans suffer from some degree of dairy intolerance/allergy. Moreover, recent research has linked milk protein (casein) to cancer and autoimmune illnesses and found evidence...
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek MD · Tantor Audio; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband and their toddler holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation—performing autopsies,...
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Move or Die: How the Sedentary Life is Killing Us and How Movement Not Exercise Can Save Us

Tim Sitt · Self-Counsel Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

If you've ever struggled to create health in your life, this book is your guide towards a new vision of sustainable health. It encourages you to free your body through movement in all environments and at all moments whether that is at work or home. Research is demonstrating that the negative...
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

Nina Teicholz · Free Press
Pages: 479
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller Named one of The Economist's Books of the Year 2014 Named one of The Wall Street Journal's Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 Forbes's Most Memorable Healthcare Book of 2014 Named a Best Food Book of 2014 by Mother...
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How to Live Well with Chronic Pain and Illness: A Mindful Guide

Toni Bernhard · Wisdom Publications (MA)
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Comfort, understanding, and advice for those who are suffering--and those who care for them.Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges...
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Food Can Fix It: The Superfood Switch to Fight Fat, Defy Aging, and Eat Your Way Healthy

MEHMET OZ · Scribner
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover

Includes the 21-Day Weight Loss Jumpstart! Improve your life through your diet with a friendly, non-punishing, and completely authoritative approach to harnessing the healing power of food from Dr. Mehmet Oz, America's #1 authority on health and well-being.What if you had an effortless...
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Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues

Martin J Blaser · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 273
Format: Book

A critically important and startling look at the harmful effects of overusing antibiotics, from the field's leading expert Tracing one scientist's journey toward understanding the crucial importance of the microbiome, this revolutionary book will take readers to the forefront of trail-blazing...
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Pharmacy Technician Exam

LEARNING EXPRESS. · Learningexpress, LLC
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

The updated edition of LearningExpress's top-selling Pharmacy Technician Exam covers everything tested on the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE) , the certification test for this lucrative and growing career. There are approximately 350,000 pharmacy technicians across...
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Super Paleo Snacks: 100 Delicious Low-Glycemic, Gluten-Free Snacks That Will Make Living Your Paleo Lifestyle Simple & Satisfying

Landria Voigt · Fair Winds Press
Format: Print book

Snacks are essential for making sure we get the proper amount of nutrients. They refuel our bodies and allow us to be productive at work, school and during fitness activities, but its so difficult to find a snack that isnt processed, boxed, or GMO. Whats a Paleo-lover to do? You need snacks...
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EMT Flash Review

Learningexpress. · Learningexpress
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

The revised and updated EMT Flash Review has all the essential words and phrases needed to succeed on the job - in simple and compact format. Inside, EMTs will find more than 600 terms consistent with National Registry Standards. Every term is clearly labeled by certification level to streamline...
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Clear Skin Detox: A Revolutionary Diet to Heal Your Skin from the Inside Out

Lauren Talbot · Ulysses Press
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback

BEAUTIFUL SKIN STARTS FROM WITHINTransform your skin by flushing toxins and fueling your body the natural way. Clear Skin Detox Diet shows you how to achieve the youthful, radiant complexion you desire by packing your diet with sustainable, life-force building nutrition. Rather than trying...
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Things I've Learned from Dying: A Book About Life

David R Dow · Twelve, 2014.
Pages: 273
Format: Print book

"Every life is different, but every death is the same. We live with others. We die alone." In his riveting, artfully written memoir The Autobiography of an Execution, David Dow enraptured readers with a searing and frank exploration of his work defending inmates on death row....
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