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Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray

Helen Fisher · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

A contemporary classic about love now completely revised and updated.First published in 1992, Helen Fisher's "fascinating" (New York Times) Anatomy of Love quickly became a classic. Since then, Fisher has conducted pioneering brain research on lust, romantic love, and attachment;...
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The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

Chris Guillebeau · Harmony Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable book that will both guide and inspire, The Happiness of Pursuit reveals how anyone can bring meaning into their life by undertaking a quest. When he set out to visit all of the planet's countries by age thirty-five, compulsive goal seeker Chris Guillebeau never imagined...
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Why Won't You Apologize?: Healing Big Betrayals and Everyday Hurts

Harriet Goldhor Lerner · Touchstone
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

"If you want to know why Harriet Lerner is one of my great heroes, Why Won't You Apologize? is the answer. This book is a game changer." - Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rising Strong "Harriet Lerner is one hell of a wise woman. She draws...
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Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking Care of Yourself in an Unhealthy Environment

Gary D Chapman · Northfield Publishing; New Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Toxic organizations are rife with conflict, fear and anger. The environment causes people to have physiological responses as if they're in a fight-or-flight situation. Healthy people become ill. Colds, flu and stress-related illnesses such as heart attacks are more common. By contrast,...
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The Ayurveda Way: 108 Practices from the World's Oldest Healing System for Better Sleep, Less Stress, Optimal Digestion, and More

Ananta Ripa Ajmera · Storey Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Celebrated Ayurveda teacher Ananta Ripa Ajmera offers an inspiring introduction to this ancient Indian medical tradition, which complements and extends the health and wellness benefits of yoga. Through 108 short essays you will learn to approach optimal digestion, better sleep, less stress,...
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The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life

Sarah L. Kaufman · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning dance critic teaches us to appreciate -- and enact -- grace in every dimension, from the physical to the emotional.Grace has long been taught as essential to civilized living. The Three Graces -- goddesses of charm, beauty, and creativity -- exemplify ease and harmony...
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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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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

Joanna Faber · Scribner
Pages: 409
Format: Print book

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed "The Parenting Bible."For over thirty-five...
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

WILLIAM MCRAVEN · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Should be read by every leader in America...a book to inspire your children and grandchildren to become everything that they can." --Wall Street Journal"Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national...
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Love Sex Again: A Gynecologist Finally Fixes the Issues That Are Sabotaging Your Sex Life

Lauren Streicher · It Books
Format: Hardcover

Love Sex Again is an all-encompassing guide to women's sexual health from Dr. Lauren Streicher, a cutting-edge Gynecologist, and a regular on The Dr. Oz Show.Ladies, what if one of America's leading sexual specialists and Gynecologist told you that she knew your body better than...
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From Junk Food to Joy Food: All the Foods You Love to Eat...Only Better

Joy Bauer · Hay House, Inc.
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

We all want to look and feel better, but where's the fun in nibbling on boring salads and choking down steamed broccoli? It's tough sticking to a diet when you're craving barbecue ribs, fettucine Alfredo, vegetable lo mein, and chocolate milkshakes. But best-selling author and TODAY...
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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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Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want

Nicholas Epley · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback

You are a mind reader, born with an extraordinary ability to understand what others think, feel, believe, want, and know. It's a sixth sense you use every day, in every personal and professional relationship you have. At its best, this ability allows you to achieve the most important...
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The Skinny Gut Diet: Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss

Brenda Watson C.N.C. · Harmony; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The secret to permanent weight loss revealed The real reason diets fail has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with the balance of bacteria in your gut A simple guide to show you how to finally achieve your ideal weight The trillion bacteria that live in your digestive tractmdashwhich...
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Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

Irvin D Yalom · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

"All of us are creatures of a day," wrote Marcus Aurelius, "rememberer and remembered alike." In his long-awaited new collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients' struggles - as well as his own - to come to terms with the two great...
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