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Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir
Elizabeth Nunez · Akashic Books
Format: Kindle Edition
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A riveting memoir in which Nunez wrestles with her mother's determination to have her leave her Trinidadian homeland for America. |
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The Truth About Trust: How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More
David DeSteno · PENGUIN BOOKS
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
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What really drives success and failure? Can I trust you? It's the question that strikes at the heart of human existence. Whether we're talking about business partnerships, romantic relationships, child-parent bonds, or the brave new world of virtual interaction, trust, when correctly... |
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Die Young with Me: A Memoir
Rob Rufus · Touchstone
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
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In the tradition of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is "a resounding affirmation of how music can lift one's spirits beyond gray skies and bad news (Kirkus Reviews)... |
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Vaccines: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Kristen A Feemster · Oxford University Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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Immunization is regarded by many as one of the greatest advances in modern civilization. The widespread use of vaccines has led to increases in life expectancy, reductions in the occurrence of childhood diseases, and is generally credited with saving millions of lives annually. But since... |
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In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
LAUREN GRAHAM · Ballantine Books
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe. "If you're not where you want to be on this day - don't worry... |
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A Book About Love
Jonah Lehrer · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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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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Out of the Wreck I Rise: A Literary Companion to Recovery
Neil Steinberg · The University of Chicago Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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"There's still time to change things." - Siri Hustvedt, The Blazing World Addiction is easy to fall into and hard to escape. It destroys the lives of individuals, and has a devastating cost to society. The National Institute of Health estimates seventeen million adults in the United... |
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The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics
Barron H. Lerner · Beacon Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The story of two doctors, a father and son, who practiced in very different times and the evolution of the ethics that profoundly influence health care As a practicing physician and longtime member of his hospitals ethics committee, Dr. Barron Lerner thought he had heard it all. But... |
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Fix: Freedom from All Your Addictions
RUSSELL BRAND · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover
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A guide to all kinds of addiction from a star who has struggled with heroin, alcohol, sex, fame, food and eBay, that will help addicts and their loved ones make the first steps into recovery"This manual for self-realization comes not from a mountain but from the mud...My qualification... |
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How to Make Disease Disappear
RANGAN CHATTERJEE · HarperOne
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A much-needed program to prevent and reverse disease, and discover a path to sustainable, long-term health from an acclaimed international doctor and star of the BBC program Doctor in the House.How to Make Disease Disappear is Dr. Rangan Chatterjee's revolutionary, yet simple guide to better... |
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Visions and Revisions
Dale Peck · Soho Press
Format: Hardcover
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Novelist and critic Dale Pecks latest work—part memoir, part extended essay—is a foray into what the author calls the second half of the first half of the AIDS epidemic, i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power ACT UP was founded, and 1996, when the advent... |
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