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The Year My Mother Came Back

Alice Eve Cohen · Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

"A riveting journey." - Julie Metz, author of Perfection "A perfect book. I want to tell everyone, every mother, every daughter, to read it." - Abigail Thomas, bestselling author of A Three Dog LifeFor the first time in decades I'm remembering Mom, all of her--the...
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Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!: Crush the Excuses That Are Holding You Back

Jon Taffer · Portfolio
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"Frustrated that nothing is going your way and it feels like there's nothing you can do about it? You might be making excuses and not even realize it. I reject excuses and embrace solutions. When I'm done with you, you will too."During his many years as an entrepreneur,...
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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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You Are Getting Sleepy: Lifestyle-Based Solutions for Insomnia

Paul Glovinsky PhD · Diversion Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

For readers enticed by Arianna Huffington's The Sleep Revolution but looking for the medical evidence to support its claims, two doctors have incorporated the latest research into a guide designed to help insomniacs get sleepy. "For insomniacs who don't want a cosmetic solution, this...
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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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52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life

Karen Casey · Conari Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The impact A Course In Miracles (ACIM) has had on Karen Casey's life is immeasurable. First introduced to ACIM during the early stages of sobriety when she hung on to Alcoholics Anonymous like her life depended on it (and, of course, it did) , she yearned for something that could quiet...
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Slow Family Living: 75 Simple Ways to Slow Down, Connect, and Create More Joy

Bernadette Noll · Perigee Trade; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Have you ever wished you could slow down the daily grind—and even find a way to enjoy it? All too often, the hectic pace of modern life turns our households into a blur, leaving many parents—and kids—feeling depleted and disconnected. Enter Slow Family Living, an inspiring...
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Happily Ever After...and 39 Other Myths about Love: Breaking Through to the Relationship of Your Dreams

Linda Bloom · New World Library
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"All you need is love" and "Marriage is a 50-50 proposition" are ideas many of us have absorbed. The advice we've gotten from friends, family, and clergy and the stories in movies, music, and fiction feed these notions. (See the blockbuster book and movie Love Story...
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A Gastroenterologist's Guide to Gut Health: Everything You Need to Know About Colonoscopy, Digestive Diseases, and Healthy Eating

David M Novick · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Millions of Americans have complaints about, or disorders of, the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, or pancreas, all of which comprise the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This book provides accurate, reliable, and up-to-date information on the most common GI disorders.Written...
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Dumped: Stories of Women Unfriending Women

Nina Gaby · She Writes Press
Format: Print book

Candid, relatable stories by established and emerging women writers about being discarded by someone from whom they expected more: a close female friend. There are 161 million women in America today, and our friendships are still as primary and universal as back when Ruth and Naomi, Elizabeth...
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Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World

MAX LUCADO · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Anxiety is at an all time high, but there's a prescription for dealing with it. Max Lucado invites readers into a study of Philippians 4:6-7 where the Apostle Paul admonishes the followers of Christ, "Do not be anxious about anything . . ." Philippians 4:6 encourages the believer...
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The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover

It is one of the enduring enigmas of the human experience: many of our most iconic, creative endeavors - from Nobel Prize-winning discoveries to entrepreneurial inventions and works in the arts - are not achievements but conversions, corrections after failed attempts. The gift of failure...
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The Intelligent Body: Reversing Chronic Fatigue and Pain From the Inside Out

Kyle Davies · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Exercises and strategies for long-term emotional well-being in the face of physical difficulties.Why are we seeing growing numbers of people suffering from debilitating chronic symptoms of pain, fatigue, inflammation and cognitive impairment that medicine is failing to resolve? A new paradigm...
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