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The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into a Hopeful Future
Joselin Linder · Ecco
Pages: 272
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A riveting medical mystery about a young woman's quest to uncover the truth about her likely fatal genetic disorder that opens a window onto the exploding field of genomic medicineWhen Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors... |
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Depression in Later Life: An Essential Guide
Deborah Serani · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 200
Format: Print book |
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The geriatric population, defined as men and women 65 years and older, is the fastest growing population in the world. While gerontology, the study of the aging process in human beings, has brought insights about the physical, emotional, and social needs of this population, little attention... |
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The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
George Lakoff · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 168
Format: Print book |
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Ten years after writing the definitive, international bestselling book on political debate and messaging, George Lakoff returns with new strategies about how to frame today's essential issues. Called the "father of framing" by The New York Times, Lakoff explains how framing is about... |
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What Philosophy Can Do
Gary Gutting · W W Norton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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"A brilliant demonstration of what philosophy can do and how it is essential to human integrity and identity." -- Simon Critchley, coeditor of The Stone ReaderHow can we have meaningful debates with political opponents? How can we distinguish reliable science from over-hyped media... |
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Midlife Manifesto: A Woman's Guide to Thriving after Forty
Jane Mathews · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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Conquer midlife crisis with this action plan and become the magnificent midlife woman you are!"It is never, ever, too late to change the course of your life... The world has underestimated what we midlife women are capable of."Have you ever looked at your life and wondered "is... |
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Battle of Wills: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and the Last Year of the Civil War
David Alan Johnson · Prometheus Books
Pages: 360
Format: Print book |
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Historians have long analyzed the battles and the military strategies that brought the American Civil War to an end. Going beyond tactics and troop maneuvers, this book concentrates on the characters of the two opposing generals--Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant--showing how their different... |
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Tribe On Homecoming and Belonging.
Junger Sebastian · Twelve
Pages: 168
Format: Print book |
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We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding--"tribes." This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival. Decades before the American Revolution, Benjamin... |
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Iris Grace: How Thula the Cat Saved a Little Girl and Her Family
Arabella Carter-Johnson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover |
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Iris Grace is a beautiful little girl who, from a very young age, barely communicated, avoided social interaction with other people, and rarely smiled. From both before her diagnosis of autism and after, she seemed trapped in her own world, unable to connect with those around her.One day,... |
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Micro-Resilience: Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive, and Energy
Bonnie St John · Center Street
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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Learn powerful, science-based techniques to boost focus, drive and energy hour-by-hour throughout the day--every day. As leadership consultants and executive trainers, Bonnie St. John and Allen P. Haines have heard the same complaints from clients for years; periodic burnout, lack of focus... |
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Junk: Digging Through America's Love Affair with Stuff
Alison Stewart · Chicago Review
Pages: 304
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Junk has become ubiquitous in America today. Who doesn't have a basement, attic, closet, or storage unit filled with stuff too good to throw away? Or, more accurately, stuff you think is too good to throw away. When journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late... |
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