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Beyond Mars and Venus: The Power of Evolutionary Relationships

John Gray · Benbella Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

For more than twenty years, John Gray's Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus has helped couples deepen their intimacy and rejuvenate their love lives. Men and women, it revealed, communicate so differently, we might as well be from different planets. By learning to speak each other's...
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Craving: Why We Can't Seem to Get Enough

Omar Manejwala · Hazelden; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A nationally recognized expert on compulsive behaviors explains the phenomenon of craving and gives us tools to achieve freedom from our seemingly insatiable desires by changing our actions to remap our brains.When we find ourselves wanting something strong enough, we'll do just about...
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Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever

James Wallman · Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

Stuffocation is a movement manifesto for "experiential" living, a call to arms to stop accumulating stuff and start accumulating experiences, and a road map for a new way forward with the potential to transform our lives.Reject materialism. Embrace experientialism. Live more with...
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Big Fit Girl: Embrace the Body You Have

LOUISE GREEN · GREYSTONE Books
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete - as well as showcasing...
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Drawing Calm: Relax, refresh, refocus with 20 drawing, painting, and collage workshops inspired by Klimt, Klee, Monet, and more

Susan Evenson · Quarry Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Maybe it's the colors, or the eye-stretching vistas, or maybe it's just the idea that harmony can exist on a square of canvas, but there is something in art that lets it calm and inspire at the same time.In Drawing Calm, artist Susan Evenson, shows readers how to do the same. It's a book...
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The Magical Guide to Bliss: Daily Keys to Unlock your Dreams, Spirit and Inner Bliss

Meg Nocero · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 429
Format: Print book

It's easy to get stuck in life, far short of where you wanted to be; and whether you feel trapped by tedium or pain, it's hard to keep from despairing that this is all there is and that bliss is just a myth. Shining a glorious light into the darkness, author Meg Nocero's The Magical Guide...
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Sugar swap diet : eat carbs, crush cravings, and drop up to 14 pounds in 14 days

David Zinczenko · Ballantine Books
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Lose up to a pound a day and curb your craving for sweets with delicious recipes and simple, science-based food swaps from David Zinczenko, Good Morning America's health and wellness editor and bestselling author of Zero Belly Diet, Zero Belly Smoothies, and Eat This,...
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The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir

Kyle Boelte · Soft Skull Press
Format: Print book

At age thirty, Kyle Boelte finds himself living in San Francisco, where the summer fog blows inland off the ocean and the landscape changes moment to moment. Amidst this ever-changing sea of fog, Boelte struggles to remember his brother Kris, who committed suicide in the familys Denver...
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Honoring Grief: Creating a Space to Let Yourself Heal

Alexandra Kennedy MA LMFT · New Harbinger Publications
Format: Book

If you know someone who has suffered loss and is experiencing grief, simply sending a card or flowers may seem insufficient. Many people are unsure how to comfort a friend or loved-one in times of loss. This special book is filled with inspirational wisdom, practical self-help for healing,...
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Procrastinate on Purpose: 5 Permissions to Multiply Your Time

Rory Vaden · Perigee Books
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Take the Stairs - a bold new way to get things done.New York Times bestselling author and sales-performance trainer Rory Vaden brings his high-energy approach and can-do spirit to the most nagging problem in our professional lives: stalled productivity....
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The Greenwash Effect: Corporate Deception, Celebrity Environmentalists, and What Big Business Isn’t Telling You about Their Green Products and Brands

Guy Pearse · Skyhorse Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Going green is the new black for big business. But how real is the climate-friendly revolution that’s being advertised? Toyota would like us to think that Mother Nature drives a Prius, Ford wants us to “Join the Green Revolution,” and McDonald’s has painted its golden...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Narcissistic Relationship

Ramani Durvasula Ph.D. · Post Hill Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Do you feel like you are talking and talking and your partner is never listening? Do you feel like you keep saying the same thing over and over again? Does your partner make promises, only to break or betray your trust repeatedly? Is your partner controlling or just plain mean? Have you read...
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Losing Patience: The Problems, Alarms and Psychological Issues of Shaken Baby Syndrome

James Peinkofer · New Horizon Press
Format: Print book

All it takes is two or three violent shakes in as little as five seconds by an angry parent or caregiver to punish or quiet a crying child. Shaken Baby Syndrome SBS is the leading cause of abuse related deaths among infants. Nearly one-third of shaken babies die, with as high as 80 percent...
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Sisters and Brothers for Life: Making Sense of Sibling Relationships in Adulthood

SUZANNE DEGGES-WHITE · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover

Sibling relationships are special in many ways, not least because often siblings are the family members who go through their whole lives together But those relationships can be fraught with strife or tension, bouts of happiness or strain and stress. They can predict and affect other relationships...
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