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The New Puberty: How to Navigate Early Development in Today's Girls

Louise Greenspan · Rodale Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

What happens when a girl has the brain of an 8-year-old and the body of a 13-year-old?A sea change is underway among many of today's girls: They are developing faster and entering puberty earlier than ever before. Just a generation ago, fewer than 5 percent of girls started puberty...
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore · Sourcebooks
Pages: 479
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!"the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still." -- NPR Books The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark dangerThe Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face...
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The Art of Good Habits: Health, Love, Presence, and Prosperity

Nathalie W Herrman · Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd, 2015.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Take ownership of your happiness through simple but effective changes to the way you approach health, love, presence, and prosperity. Organized by those four subjects, The Art of Good Habits presents a step-by-step action plan to achieve your goals and maintain them for continued success.
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Best Tent Camping: Virginia: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Randy Porter · Menasha Ridge Press; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

Best Tent Camping: Virginia by Randy Porter takes outdoor enthusiasts to the most beautiful, yet lesser known, of the state's campsites, guaranteeing a peaceful retreat. Each entry provides the latest maps of the grounds and alerts readers to the best sites within the facility to ensure...
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The Alzheimer's Prevention & Treatment Diet

Richard S. Isaacson MD · Square One Publishers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Alzheimer s disease (AD) is a type of dementia that can be very hard on both the patient and the caregiver. Currently, five million Americans have been diagnosed with AD--and that number is likely to triple by 2050. While the cause of Alzheimer s disease is still a mystery, new research...
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Why Good Kids Act Cruel: The Hidden Truth about the Pre-Teen Years

Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. · Sourcebooks, Inc.; 1 edition
Format: Book

Why do many good children treat one another so badly? This is a question parents eventually face and most start thinking about as their children prepare for high school. But the hard truth is, high school is too late. The pre-teen years are actually when it begins, when the cruelty is even...
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Beat the Heart Attack Gene: The Revolutionary Plan to Prevent Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes

Bradley Bale · Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover

A revolutionary, personalized guide to preventing heart disease based on genetic factors Heart disease is the #1 cause of death in America. It affects 81 million Americans and is the culprit in one of every two deaths in the United States. Most people think that they are not at risk...
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How to Think More About Sex

Alain de Botton · Picador; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

We don’t think too much about sex; we’re merely thinking about it in the wrong way.So asserts Alain de Botton in this rigorous and supremely honest book designed to help us navigate the intimate and exciting---yet often confusing and difficult---experience that is sex. Few of us tend...
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Crazy Enough: A Memoir

Storm Large · Free Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Yes, Storm Large is her real name, though she’s been called many things. As a performer, the majority of descriptions have led with “Amazon,” “powerhouse,” “a six-foot Vargas pinup come to life.” Playboy called her a “punk goddess.”...
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A Very Fine House: A Mother's Story of Love, Faith, and Crystal Meth

Barbara Cofer Stoefen · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

A Very Fine House is an intimate memoir of a mothers Norman Rockwell family turned upside down by her daughters descent into meth addiction and crime. Bright and beautiful, Annie is an unlikely candidate for meth. Living fast and hard on the streets of Bend, Oregon, she commits crimes against...
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