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The Art of Taking It Easy: How to Cope with Bears, Traffic, and the Rest of Life's Stressors

Brian King · Apollo Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From a psychologist and stand-up comedian comes a practical, yet laugh-out-loud guide to embracing humor to reduce stress and live a happier, fuller life.Dr. Brian King got a degree in psychology before becoming a world-touring comic and the host of humor therapy seminars attended by more...
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Accidental Safari: A guide for navigating the challenges that come with aging

Richard C Tizzano · Accidental Safari
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Accidental Safari: A guide for navigating the challenges that come with aging.At any time an unexpected health crisis or financial setback can suddenly propel us into unknown territory. As we age facing an uncertain future without a plan is like taking an "Accidental Safari" without...
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A Tall History of Sugar

Forbes, Curdella · Akashic Books
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

"In her immersive modern fairy tale, Forbes unspools an unlikely love story as well as a haunting, hypnotic piece of postcolonial Jamaican history...Arrienne's recount moves in hopscotch fashion, but it's driven forward by her enchanting voice, to which Forbes brings an electric...
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Ugly Love: A Survivor's Story of Narcissistic Abuse

Charanza, Laura · BookBaby
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback

Have you ever felt like a normal discussionturns into him raging at you, while you cower inthe corner, not certain what just happenedto set him off? Have you felt like you would be punished if you stand up for yourself? Have you everbeen told you are imagining things and everyone thinks...
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Parenting Our Parents: Transforming the Challenge into a Journey of Love

Frances, Jane Wolf · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover

This book is a "must read" for anyone who is presently caring for their aging parents, anyone who will eventually care for their aging parents or anyone planning on growing older. The author brings her decades of professional experiences as a psychotherapist, an attorney, a coach...
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Loving Someone with an Eating Disorder: Understanding, Supporting, and Connecting with Your Partner

Dana Harron PsyD · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

In this compassionate guide, eating disorder expert Dana Harron offers hope to partners of people with eating disorders. You'll discover ways to communicate with empathy and understanding, strategies for dealing with mealtime challenges, and tips to help you both find your way back...
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Your New Money Story: The Beliefs, Behaviors, and Brain Science to Rewire for Wealth

Krueger, David · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Neuroscientists estimate that over 90 percent of our operating systems - beliefs, behaviors, patterns - are unconscious. Since the surface story determines less than 10 percent of our decisions, how can we illuminate the shadow story responsible for over 90 percent of what we do each day?...
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The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education

Ainsley Arment · HarperOne
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau - "All good...
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

Eyal, Nir · BenBella Books
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you're about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes...
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

MalcolmGladwell · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain...
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