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A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer
Mary Elizabeth Williams · National Geographic Pages: 304 Format: Print book
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A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death - and be restored to life.After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma - a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer - journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock.... |
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Old Age: A Beginner's Guide
Michael Kinsley · Tim Duggan Books Pages: 160 Format: eBook
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Vanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked "Exit."The notorious baby boomers - the largest age cohort in history - are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What was that... |
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Will & I: A Memoir
Clay Byars · Farrar Pages: 198 Format: eBook
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Clay Byars was recovering at home from a near-fatal car crash when he suffered a massive stroke. He was just eighteen years old. He awoke, back in the hospital, and was told he would be paralyzed from the eyes down for the rest of his life. Determined to defy the odds, Clay quickly and miraculously... |
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Our Bodies, Our Data: How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Records
Adam Tanner · Beacon Press Pages: 248 Format: Print book
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How the hidden trade in our sensitive medical information became a multibillion-dollar business, but has done little to improve our health-care outcomesHidden from consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade between our health-care providers, drug companies,... |
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So Sad Today: Personal Essays
Melissa Broder · Grand Central Publishing, 2016. ©2015 Pages: 224 Format: Print book
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From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular Twitter account @sosadtoday comes a darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays.Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate... |
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The 5-6-7-8 Diet: The 14-Day Plan for Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss
Kym Johnson · Regan Arts. Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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"I know it's hard to watch TV or movies and idolize celebrities with very small waistlines and seemingly unrealistic appearances. I get it - because I do it, too! As a professional dancer, I need to train for over six hours every day when I'm performing. Now that my schedule has changed,... |
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Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Exam
LearningExpress (Organization) · Learning Express Pages: 176 Format: Print book
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This newly expanded and completely revised guide provides all the comprehensive information needed to master the official certification exams for Certified Nursing Assistants. Based on national standards for CNAa and geared toward the NNAAP exam, inside is the most comprehensive practice... |
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10 Reasons You Feel Old and Get Fat...: And How YOU Can Stay Young, Slim, and Happy!
Frank Lipman · Hay House Pages: 408 Format: Print book
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Like most people in our society, you might see the years from the age 30 onward as a slow, painful decline marked by the following outcomes: weight gain, fatigue, mysterious aches and pains, illnesses, memory issues, low libido, and sadness and anxiety. But contrary to popular belief, the real... |
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Insane Consequences: How the Mental Health Industry Fails the Mentally Ill
D J Jaffe · Prometheus Books Pages: 340 Format: Print book
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This well-researched and highly critical examination of the state of our mental health system by the industry's most relentless critic presents a new and controversial explanation as to why--in spite of spending $147 billion annually--140,000 seriously mentally ill are homeless, 365,000... |
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Will & I: A Memoir
Clay Byars · Farrar Pages: 208 Format: Print book
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Clay Byars was recovering at home from a near-fatal car crash when he suffered a massive stroke. He was just eighteen years old. He awoke, back in the hospital, and was told he would be paralyzed from the eyes down for the rest of his life. Determined to defy the odds, Clay quickly and miraculously... |
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Alzheimer's and Dementia For Dummies
Consumer Dummies · For Dummies Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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Your sensitive, authoritative guide to Alzheimer's and dementia If a loved one has recently been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, it's only natural to feel fraught with fear and uncertainty about what lies ahead. Fortunately, you don't have to do it alone.... |
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Kate Moore · Sourcebooks Pages: 479 Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller!"the glowing ghosts of the radium girls haunt us still." -- NPR Books The incredible true story of the women who fought America's Undark dangerThe Curies' newly discovered element of radium makes gleaming headlines across the nation as the fresh face... |
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