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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked
Adam Alter · Penguin Press Pages: 354 Format: Hardcover
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"One of the most mesmerizing and important books I've read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity." - Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling... |
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Gratitude
Oliver Sacks · Alfred A. Knopf ; Toronto Pages: 45 Format: Print book
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A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life.In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer, and he shared this news in a New York Times essay that inspired readers all over the world: "I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant... |
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up
Marie Kondo · Ten Speed Press Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has revolutionized homes - and lives - across the world. Now, Kondo presents an illustrated guide to her acclaimed KonMari Method, with step-by-step folding illustrations for everything from shirts to socks,... |
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Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans
Pamela D Arceneaux · The Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S. Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover
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Between 1897 and 1917, a legal red-light district thrived at the edge of the French Quarter, helping establish the notorious reputation that adheres to New Orleans today. Though many scholars have written about Storyville, no thorough contemporary study of the blue books directories of the neighborhood's... |
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The Right to Die: A Reference Handbook
Howard Ball · ABC-CLIO Pages: 350 Format: Hardcover
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In 1900, the average age at which people died in America was 47 years of age; the primary causes of death were tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses. In the 21st century, as a result of better health care and working conditions as well as advances in medical technology, we live much... |
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JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier
Steven Watts · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy's allure was more akin to a movie star than a presidential candidate. Why were Americans so attracted to Kennedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s -- his glamorous image, good looks, cool style, tough-minded rhetoric, and sex appeal?... |
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Sex and Gender: A Reference Handbook
David E Newton · ABC-CLIO Pages: 362 Format: Hardcover
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Sex and Gender: A Reference Handbook is a single-volume book that introduces a variety of personal, social, political, and ethical issues of concern to every young adult in the United States today. Written in a style that is accessible and engaging for student readers and researchers, this... |
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River of Time: My Descent into Depression and How I Emerged with Hope
Naomi Judd · Center St Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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Bestselling author and Grammy-winning musical superstar Naomi Judd shares her devastating personal story with depression to spread awareness and encourage others with the disease. The world knows Naomi Judd as one of the most successful and best-loved country music stars ever. What the world... |
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Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry
Jeffrey A. Lieberman · Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of psychiatry's origins, demise, and redemption, by the former President of the American Psychiatric Association. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining "lunatics" in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping... |
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Coping with Anxiety: Ten Simple Ways to Relieve Anxiety, Fear, and Worry
Edmund Bourne · New Harbinger Pub, 2016. Pages: 184 Format: Print book
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Relieve anxiety, fear, and worry for good! Fully revised and based in the latest research, this second edition of Coping with Anxiety includes the latest DSM updates and provides immediate, user-friendly, and effective strategies to stop anxiety at its source.If you suffer from anxiety,... |
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The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
Scott Samuelson · University Of Chicago Press Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes... |
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Love Is All You Need: The Art and Science of Non-Training Your Dog
Jennifer Arnold · Spiegel & Grau Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Through a Dog's Eyes - the inspiration for the PBS documentary - a paradigm-shifting approach to living with and loving our dogsThere are few people who understand dogs better than Jennifer Arnold. Twenty-five years after she founded Canine... |
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