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Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement
Rich Karlgaard · Currency
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking exploration of what it means to be a late bloomer in a culture obsessed with SAT scores and early success, and how finding one's way later in life can be an advantage to long-term achievement and happiness.We live in a society where kids and parents are obsessed with... |
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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry's Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness
Anne Harrington · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Mind Fixers tells the history of psychiatry's quest to understand the biological basis of mental illness and asks where we need to go from here.In Mind Fixers, Anne Harrington, author of The Cure Within, explores psychiatry's repeatedly frustrated struggle to understand mental disorder... |
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The Accidental Veterinarian: Tales from a Pet Practice
Philipp Schott · ECW Press
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Cats, dogs, people -- funny and heartbreaking stories from a pet veterinarian With insight and humor, Dr. Philipp Schott shares tales from the unlikely path he took into his career of veterinary science and anecdotes from his successful small-animal clinic. Dr. Schott brings to his writing... |
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Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
Tia Powell · Avery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother,... |
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The Book of Humans: 4 Billion Years, 20,000 Genes, and the New Story of How We Became Us
Adam Rutherford · The Experiment
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human - and the ways we are (and aren't) unique among animals We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but are we really more special than other animals? In this original and entertaining... |
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The Second Mountain
David Brooks · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a meaningful life, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to CharacterEvery so often, you meet a person who radiates joy. Who seems to know exactly why they were put on this earth, and glows with a kind... |
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The Cruise Control Diet: Automate Your Diet and Conquer Weight Loss Forever
Jorge Cruise · Ballantine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Activate your weight-loss autopilot - use the power of simple on/off fasting to lose the pounds and keep them off, from Hollywood trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jorge Cruise. Timing is everything when it comes to losing weight. Or, as celebrity trainer Jorge Cruise explains:... |
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