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A Book About Love

Jonah Lehrer · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Science writer Jonah Lehrer explores the mysterious subject of love.Weaving together scientific studies from clinical psychologists, longitudinal studies of health and happiness, historical accounts and literary depictions, child-rearing manuals, and the language of online dating sites,...
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Bird Dream: Adventures at the Extremes of Human Flight

Matt Higgins · Tantor; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

PEN / ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing (2015 LONGLIST) "[P]erversely entertaining... In a truly intoxicating read that was hard to put down, Matt Higgins has managed to make real a world about as far removed from daily life as it gets." --Daily Beast "Matt Higgins...
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Mind hacking : a revolutionary program to change your mind for good

John Hargrave · Gallery Books, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Have you ever wished you could reprogram your brain, just as a hacker would a computer? In this 3-step guide to improving your mental habits, learn to take charge of your mind and banish negative thoughts, habits, and anxiety - in just 21 days!A seasoned author, comedian, and entrepreneur,...
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The Clever Gut Diet: How to Revolutionize Your Body from the Inside Out

Dr Michael Mosley · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fast Diet and The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet comes a groundbreaking new book about your gut - known as the "second brain" of the body - that explains how taking care of its good bacteria can lead to optimal health and weight loss.People...
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir

WENDY MITCHELL · Ballantine Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

"A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer's disease." - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends...
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Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience

ALLISON PATAKI · Random House
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A deeply moving memoir about two lives that were changed in the blink of an eye, and the love that helped them rewrite their future Five months pregnant, on a flight to their "babymoon," Allison Pataki turned to her husband when he asked if his eye looked strange, and watched...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Forgiveness: 101 Stories about How to Let Go and Change Your Life

Amy Newmark · Chicken Soup for the Soul
Format: Book

Forgiveness frees us to get on with our lives! We can all benefit from letting go of our anger, and the 101 personal, touching stories in this collection will help you see the power of forgiveness and how it can change your own life. Whether its forgiving a major wrong or a minor blunder,...
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Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's

Meryl Comer · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerEmmy-award winning broadcast journalist and leading Alzheimer's advocate Meryl Comer's Slow Dancing With a Stranger is a profoundly personal, unflinching account of her husband's battle with Alzheimer's disease that serves as a much-needed wake-up...
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Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life

JESSICA NUTIK M D ZITTER · AVERY PUB Group
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

An ICU and Palliative Care specialist featured in the Netflix documentary Extremis offers a framework for a better way to exit life that will change our medical culture at the deepest levelIn medical school, no one teaches you how to let a patient die. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because...
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The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation

Ian Smith · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out, the ultimate guide to clean eating!What is clean eating? In his newest diet book, Dr. Ian K. Smith teaches readers the benefits of clean eating and how to implement it in their own lives....
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The End of Old Age: Living a Longer, More Purposeful Life

Marc E Agronin · Da Capo Lifelong Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In his last book, How We Age, Dr. Marc Agronin wrote passionately about how we need to place greater value on our elders and hope for a better old age, even in the throes of illness and dementia. But he doesn't want us to simply gaze at the holiness of old age, nor does he want us searching...
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Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care

Maria Noel Groves · Storey Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

An antacid or an aspirin may soothe your pain, but it doesn't cure the root cause of your symptoms. Headaches, indigestion, fatigue, allergies, anxiety, eczema, high blood pressure, and other conditions are clues to a deeper imbalance in your body, and learning to read those clues is a key step...
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Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less: Your Guidebook for Living a Low-Carb and Low-Sugar Lifestyle

Colette Heimowitz · Touchstone Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Beautifully illustrated and filled with 100 whole food recipes and simple solutions for eating the foods we love in a healthier way, this brand-new Atkins guide focuses on eating right--not less--to achieve weight management goals and improve your overall health. For more than forty years,...
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Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life

Jane Pauley · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Book

IN 2014, EVERY BABY BOOMER WILL HAVE REACHED THE MILESTONE AGE OF FIFTY. FOR MOST, IT'S NOT AN END BUT THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW. This is the awakening of a generation to the opportunities that lie ahead. Research has shown that people in their fifties are more vital now than they...
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