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At War with Yourself: A Comic about Post-Traumatic Stress and the Military

Samuel Williams · Singing Dragon
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"I had the idea to make a comic about your experience of PTSD. I'd like to understand more about it and I think it could help other people too."In this illustrated conversation between Samuel C. Williams and his friend, Matt, they talk candidly about Matt's struggles with...
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Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era

Tim Elfrink · Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The definitive and dramatic story of the Alex Rodriguez and Biogenesis scandal, written by the reporters who broke and covered the storyOn January 29th, 2013, an exposé by Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink set the sports world on fire. Elfrink revealed that a Miami clinic, Biogenesis,...
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Help Your Baby to Sleep

DK · DK
Format: Hardcover

A practical, informative and invaluable parenting resource for the early years, Help Your Baby to Sleep equips parents with the tools to instill good sleep habits early on, helping to align the whole familys sleep and enhance family well-being.,
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Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance

Rosie Molinary · Seal Press; 10.12.2010 edition
Format: Paperback

In Beautiful You author Rosie Molinary passionately encourages women—whatever their size, shape, or color—to work toward feeling wonderful about themselves despite today’s media-saturated culture. Drawing on self-awareness, creativity, and mind-body connections, Molinary...
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What the Fork Are You Eating?: An Action Plan for Your Pantry and Plate

Stefanie Sacks · Tarcher; 1st edition
Format: Print book

It's labeled "natural," "grass-fed," or "free-roaming;" yet it might be anything but. It's time to find out what you're actually eating...When your groceries are labeled "low-fat," "sugar-free," and even "natural" and "antibiotic-free,"...
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Manhood: How to Be a Better Man-or Just Live with One

Terry Crews · Zinc Ink
Format: Hardcover

From NFL player turned film and TV star Terry Crews comes a wise and warmhearted memoir chronicling his lifelong quest to become a good man, loving husband, and responsible father.   What does it mean to be a man? Terry Crews, TVs iconic Old Spice Guy and co-star of the hit Golden Globe...
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Life Loves You: 7 Spiritual Practices to Heal Your Life

Louise L Hay · Hay House Inc
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Life loves youand you have the power within youto create a life you love. Life loves you is one of Louise Hay's best-loved affirmations. It is the heart thought that represents her life and her work. Together, Louise and Robert Holden look at what life loves you really means - that...
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Daily Greens 4-Day Cleanse: Jump Start Your Health, Reset Your Energy, and Look and Feel Better than Ever!

Shauna R. Martin · Race Point Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Daily Greens is the way I start my day every day. Before I go to the gym and before I get onstage. It gives me that extra kick in the butt that I love." - Joey Kramer, AerosmithAre you craving junk foods? Feel sluggish and tired all the time? Fueling yourself on caffeine and sugar...
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Men's Health Concerns Sourcebook

Sandra J. Judd · Omnigraphics Inc; 4 edition
Pages: 655
Format: Hardcover

"Provides basic consumer health information about health conditions of concern to men, along with tips for maintaining physical and mental wellness. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--
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Hunger: A Memoir of

Roxane Gay · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

Angelo Volandes · Bloomsbury
Pages: 220
Format: Print book

There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved...
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Triumph of the Heart: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World

Megan Feldman Bettencourt · Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover

When Megan Feldman Bettencourt found herself embittered after a breakup and a string of professional setbacks, she met an extraordinary man named Azim. Azim had forgiven the man who killed his beloved only son, and even reached out to the killer's family. He truly seemed to be at peace....
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Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women

Renee Ph D Engeln · Harpercollins
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

An award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Naomi Wolf, Peggy...
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Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better: Wise Advice for Leaning into the Unknown

Pema Chödrön · Sounds True
Pages: 125
Format: Hardcover

When her granddaughter was accepted to Naropa University, the celebrated author Pema Chodron promised that she'd speak at the commencement ceremony. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better contains the wisdom shared on that day. "What do we do when life doesn't go the way we hoped?"...
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