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Living Well with ADHD

Terry M Huff · Specialty Press
Pages: 141
Format: Print book

Is ADHD a curse or a blessing - or a neurological difference that you can thrive with? Living Well with ADHD accepts the scientific evidence that ADHD can have disabling effects, but it challenges "disability thinking." It is less about coping with disability than using abilities;...
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How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

SY MONTGOMERY · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals - her friends - who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.Understanding someone who belongs to another species...
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The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis

Tamer Seckin · Turner
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Endometriosis materializes when the endometrium - the tissue that lines the inside of the uterus - sheds, but does not exit a woman's body during her period. Instead, it grows outside of the uterus, spreading to organs and nerves in and around the pelvic region. The resulting pain is so physically...
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The Same but Different: How Twins Can Live, Love and Learn to Be Individuals

Steven Jay Fogel · Rocky Pines Press
Format: Kindle Edition

Do you sometimes resent your twin and then feel guilty about it? Are you frustrated that no one understands what it's like to be a twin? People think being a twin is mysterious, fun, and magical, but in reality, twin relationships can be difficult to navigate.The Same but Different offers...
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No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison

Erling Hoh · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

An enthralling true-life story about a daring escape from one of Mao Zedong's prisonsMao Zedong's labor reform camps were notoriously brutal; modeled after the Soviet gulag, their inmates were subject to backbreaking labor, malnutrition, and vindictive wardens. They were thought...
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Listful Thinking: Using Lists to Be More Productive, Successful and Less Stressed

Paula Rizzo · Viva Editions
Format: Print book

What do Madonna, Martha Stewart, John Lennon, Ellen DeGeneres, Ben Franklin, Ronald Reagan, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and Johnny Cash have in common? Each is (or was) a list maker. These successful people, along with CEOs and successful entrepreneurs, all use lists to keep track...
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The Great Canadian Bucket List: One-of-a-Kind Travel Experiences

Robin Esrock · Dundurn
Pages: 576
Format: Paperback

Fully revised with new chapters and fascinating destinations to explore, renowned travel writer Robin Esrock guides you to Canada's most incredible experiences. Having visited more than 100 countries on 7 continents, Robin Esrock has built a career chasing the extraordinary. His bestselling...
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There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me

Brooke Shields · Dutton; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Actress and author of the New York Times bestseller Down Came the Rain, Brooke Shields, explores her relationship with her unforgettable mother, Teri, in her new memoir. Brooke Shields never had what anyone would consider an ordinary life. She was raised by her Newark-tough single mom,...
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Dating After 50 For Dummies

Pepper Schwartz · John Wiley & Sons Inc
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback

Meet, date, and start a relationship with Mr. or Ms. Right-after 50 Almost everyone associates falling in love with their younger years, but as the boomer generation ages, more and more people over 50 are jumping back into the dating scene for the first time (in a long time) and need...
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Running Is My Therapy: How Running Can Help You Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

SCOTT DOUGLAS · The Experiment
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

From a New York Times-bestselling author and lifelong runner, a groundbreaking guide to fighting depression and anxiety one run at a timeWhether you're a runner struggling with depression or anxiety or someone who is depressed and anxious looking for a scientifically supported way to improve...
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Supreme Power: 7 Pivotal Supreme Court Decisions That Had a Major Impact on America

Ted Stewart · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating look at how much power the Supreme Court actually has and how far-reaching the consequences of some of their decisions can be. What do bakers' working hours have to do with abortion rights? What role did the Supreme Court play in sanctioning racism, in moving power away...
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The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife

Ptolemy Tompkins · Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

The author of the 1 New York Times bestseller Proof of Heaven teams up with the sages of times past, modern scientists, and with ordinary people who have had profound spiritual experiences to show the reality of heaven and our true identities as spiritual beings. The Map of Heaven takes...
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Vietnam: A New History

Christopher E Goscha · Basic Books
Pages: 592
Format: Print book

In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of the events that created the modern state of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese...
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How to Write a Saleable Book: In 10-Minute Bursts of Madness

Nicholas Boothman · Next Century Pub
Pages: 164
Format: Print book

A great self-help book must include a benefit that shows how your book makes your reader's life better, faster, cheaper, happier, tastier and so on... Learn the skill of "Writing Madly" and master the five steps to writing a self-help book that actually sells, with Nicholas...
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