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Diet Right for Your Personality Type: The Revolutionary 4-Week Weight-Loss Plan That Works for You

Jennifer Widerstrom · Harmony Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Health and fitness expert Jen Widerstrom learned one important thing about weight-loss success through years of working with her clients and now contestants on NBC's The Biggest Loser: when it comes to dieting, one size will never fit all. In order for you to successfully lose weight, your...
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The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

Meghan Daum · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction"Daum is her generation's Joan Didion." --NylonNearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal...
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Saturday Night Widows: The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives

Becky Aikman · Crown; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning. In her forties - a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role - Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world. In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries...
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Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World

Noreena Hertz · HarperBusiness
Format: Print book

Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World is Noreena Hertz’s practical, cutting-edge guide to help you cut through the data deluge and make smarter and better choices, based on her highly popular TED talk.In this eye-opening handbook, the internationally...
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Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles

Christopher Lucas · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture, Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is the incredible true tale of a beloved Emmy-winning blind broadcaster who refused to let his disability prevent him from overcoming many challenging obstacles and achieving his dreams.In 1951, when he was only twelve years...
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Secrets of an Organized Mom: From the Overflowing Closets to the Chaotic Play Areas: A Room-by-Room Guide to Decluttering and Streamlining Your Home for a Happier Family

Barbara Reich · Atria Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Mom’s Choice Awards Gold Award RecipientProfessional organizer Barbara Reich offers a life-changing program—focused on decluttering and streamlining your home—that helps families live simpler, less chaotic lives: “Everyone should Barbarafy,” raves The New York...
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The Secret to Peak Productivity: A Simple Guide to Reaching Your Personal Best

Tamara Schwambach Kano Myles · American Management Association
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback

In this constantly-connected, do-more-with-less world, being able to increase your productivity is a real advantage. Certified Professional Organizer (CPO[registered]) and productivity expert Tamara Myles has developed a simple model - the Productivity Pyramid - which provides an actionable...
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Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About It

ANDREW E BUDSON · Oxford University Press
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover

As you age, you may find yourself worrying about your memory. Where did I put those car keys? What time was my appointment? What was her name again? With more than 41 million Americans over the age of 65 in the United States, the question becomes how much (or, perhaps, what type) of memory...
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Game Changers: What Leaders, Innovators, and Mavericks Do to Win at Life

Dave Asprey · Harper Wave
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Head Strong and The Bulletproof Diet answers the question, "How can I kick more ass at life?" by culling the wisdom of world-class thought leaders, maverick scientists, and disruptive entrepreneurs to provide proven techniques for becoming happier, healthier,...
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He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys

Lisa Winning · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 261
Format: Paperback

You're a busy, intelligent, modern woman. You stay on top of work e-mail. You "like" all the baby photos your sister posts on Facebook. You found your dream job through LinkedIn. But when your crush texts you "Sup?" every few days, yet never asks you out, what the hell...
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Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges: A Guide to Life with Emotionally Complex Kids

Deborah Vlock · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges: A Guide to Life with Emotionally Complex Kids offers overwhelmed readers guidance, solidarity, and hope. The author, a "mental-health mom" who's survived indignity, exhaustion, and the heartbreak of loving a child with multiple...
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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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Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge

Henry Cloud · HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

In Boundaries for Leaders, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and business leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations--with their teams and with themselves--to improve...
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Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything

Ulrich Boser · Rodale Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For centuries, experts have argued that learning was about memorizing information: You're supposed to study facts, dates, and details, burn them into your memory, and then apply that knowledge at opportune times. But this approach to learning isn't nearly enough for the world that we live...
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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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