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His Bright Light: The Story of Nick Traina

Danielle Steel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 291
Format: Book

"This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, and a race against death."From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle...
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The Complete Brain Exercise Book: Train Your Brain - Improve Memory, Language, Motor Skills and More

Fraser Smith · Robert Rose, 2015.
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

While most brain exercise books are focused on preventing and treating memory loss due to aging and disease, this book addresses the steps for increasing mental speed, visual acuity, language acquisition, sensory growth, and motor skills. The author deals with the recovery of brain function...
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I've Been Thinking . . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life

MARIA SHRIVER · Pamela Dorman Books
Pages: 224

A book of reflections for those seeking wisdom, guidance, encouragement, and inspiration on the road to a meaningful life As a prominent woman juggling many roles, Maria Shriver knows just how surprising, unpredictable, and stressful everyday life can be. In this moving and powerful book,...
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Queer Eye: Love Yourself. Love Your Life.

Tan France Jonathan Van Ness Bobby Berk Antoni Porowski · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the Fab Five--the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye--comes a book that is at once a behind-the-scenes exclusive, a practical guide to living and celebrating your best life, and a symbol of hope. Feeling your best is about far more than deciding what color to paint...
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Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World

Phil McGraw · Bird Street Books
Format: Hardcover

In Life Code The New Rules for Winning in the Real World, six-time New York Times 1 best-selling author Dr. Phil McGraw abandons traditional thinking and tells you the ugly truth about the users, abusers, and overall bad guys we all have in our lives. He also reveals the secrets of how they...
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The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World

Mary Bond · Healing Arts Press
Pages: 225
Format: Paperback

A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain * Contains self-help exercises and ergonomics information to help correct unhealthy movement patterns * Teaches how to adopt suitable posture in the modern sedentary world Many...
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I Wasn't Born Bulletproof: Lessons I've Learned

Maci Bookout · Post Hill Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Maci Bookout, the reality television megastar of Teen Mom and the New York Times bestselling author of Bulletproof, offers down-to-earth, practical advice on how to navigate life, love, and everything in between. Since catapulting to reality TV stardom on the hit MTV series Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant,...
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The Dementia Caregiver: A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders

Marc E. Agronin · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 289
Format: Print book

Becoming a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another neurocognitive disorder can be an unexpected, undesirable, underappreciated - and yet noble role. It is heartbreaking to watch someone lose the very cognitive capacities that once helped to define them as a person. But because...
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross · Scribner
Pages: 237
Format: Paperback

Ten years after the death of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, this commemorative edition of her final book combines practical wisdom, case studies, and the authors' own experiences and spiritual insight to explain how the process of grieving helps us live with loss. Includes a new introduction...
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The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning

Ernest Kurtz · Bantam
Pages: 293
Format: Paperback

I Am Not Perfect is a simple statement of profound truth, the first step toward understanding the human condition, for to deny your essential imperfection is to deny yourself and your own humanity. The spirituality of imperfection, steeped in the rich traditions of the Hebrew prophets...
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Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God

· Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Is what you're anchored to stronger than what you're going through? The answer to that question changes everything. In Unshakable Hope, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado offers encouraging, practical guidance for overcoming difficult circumstances, renewing inner peace,...
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Grace, Not Perfection: Embracing Simplicity, Celebrating Joy

Emily Ley · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection. As a busy wife, new mother, business owner, and designer, Emily Ley came to a point when she suddenly realized she couldn't do it all. She needed to simplify her life, organize her days, and prioritize the priorities. She decided...
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Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey

A. J. Jacobs · Simon & Schuster/ TED
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The idea was deceptively simple: New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs decided to thank every single person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee. The resulting journey takes him across the globe, transforms his life, and reveals secrets about how gratitude can make us all happier,...
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Wave

Sonali Deraniyagala · Vintage
Format: Paperback

One of The New York Times's 10 Best Books of the Year, a Christian Science Monitor Best Nonfiction Book, a Newsday Top 10 Books pick, a People magazine Top 10 pick, a Good Reads Best Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction BookA National Book Critics Circle Award finalistIn...
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The Essential Ayurvedic Cookbook: 200 Recipes for Wellness

Lois Leonhardi · Robert Rose
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback

Eating Healthy Never Tasted So Good! Ayurveda cooking has never been easier or tastier. More than a cookbook, Essential Ayurvedic Cooking addresses wellness, happiness and balance via the time-honored principles of Ayurveda. This fresh interpretation is flexible and fun - designed for people...
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