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I Know How You Feel: The Joy and Heartbreak of Friendship in Women's Lives

F DIANE BARTH · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

An expert's rich exploration of the intense, complicated landscape of women's friendships. "Do I have enough friends?" "Why did my friendship end?" and "What makes a good friendship work?"These are questions that F. Diane Barth, a psychotherapist widely recognized...
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What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions, and Success

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

A marvel of evolution is that humans are not solely motivated by their desire to experience positive emotions. They are also motivated, and even driven to achieve, by their attempt to avoid or seek relief from negative ones. What Motivates Getting Things Done: Procrastination, Emotions,...
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The Acid Watcher Diet: A 28-Day Reflux Prevention and Healing Program

Jonathan Aviv · Harmony Books
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

Do you suffer from abdominal bloating; a chronic, nagging cough or sore throat; postnasal drip; a feeling of a lump in the back of your throat; allergies; or shortness of breath? If so, odds are that you are experiencing acid reflux without recognizing its silent symptoms, which can lead...
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Losing Patience: The Problems, Alarms and Psychological Issues of Shaken Baby Syndrome

James Peinkofer · New Horizon Press
Format: Print book

All it takes is two or three violent shakes in as little as five seconds by an angry parent or caregiver to punish or quiet a crying child. Shaken Baby Syndrome SBS is the leading cause of abuse related deaths among infants. Nearly one-third of shaken babies die, with as high as 80 percent...
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The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion

Meghan Daum · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction"Daum is her generation's Joan Didion." --NylonNearly fifteen years after her debut collection, My Misspent Youth, captured the ambitions and anxieties of a generation, Meghan Daum returns to the personal...
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The Diabetes Reset: Avoid It. Control It. Even Reverse It. A Doctor's Scientific Program

George King M.D. · Workman Pub Co
Pages: 326
Format: Book

Imagine controlling -- avoiding -- reversing! -- the "health hazard of the 21st century" (World Health Organization) , the disease that afflicts nearly 26 million Americans and is an imminent threat to an additional 80 million adults and children. That's exactly the promise...
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The Antelope in the Living Room: The Real Story of Two People Sharing One Life

Melanie Shankle · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 205
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the story of a real marriage.Marriage is simultaneously the biggest blessing and the greatest challenge two people can ever take on. It is the joy of knowing there is someone to share in your joys and sorrows, and the challenge of living with someone who thinks it's a good...
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Fear Less: Living Beyond Fear, Anxiety, Anger, and Addiction

Dean Sluyter · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Simple and easy meditation techniques to help us have less fear, especially when times get tough - from the author of Natural Meditation.Everywhere you look, life can look hard, complicated and even scary at times. How do we navigate through the confusion and fear, so that we can have...
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Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More

Courtney Carver · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Courtney Carver shows us the power of simplicity to improve our health, build more meaningful relationships, and relieve stress in our professional and personal lives.We are often on a quest for more - we give in to pressure every day to work more, own more, and do more. For Carver, this...
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WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere

Gillian/ Nadel Jennifer Anderson · Atria Books
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they'd had for how to live a meaningful life.WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing...
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The Lazy Girl's Guide to Life: 100 Ways to Hack Your Look, Love, and Work By Doing

Jennifer Byrne · Adams Media
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover

This collection of humorous life hacks features 100 easy, low-commitment solutions to the everyday problems of the twenty-something woman.Do you have a lot to do but can't seem to bring yourself to do it? The Lazy Girl's Guide to Life can teach you how to get things done with as little...
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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Sue Klebold · Crown
Pages: 305
Format: Print book

On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. For the last sixteen years, Sue Klebold, Dylan's...
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It's Not You: 27

Sara Eckel · Perigee Books
Format: Paperback

Why am I still single? If youre single and searching, theres no end to other peoples explanations, excuses, and criticism explaining why you havent found a partner Youre too picky. Just find a good-enough guy and youll be fine. Youre too desperate. If men think you need them, theyll run scared....
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Choosing a Good Life: Lessons from People Who Have Found Their Place in the World

Ali Berman · Hazelden
Format: Kindle Edition

Ever wonder why some people seem to be at peace despite the ups and downs daily life can bring, while others are restless even in seemingly ideal circumstances?In Choosing a Good Life, Alyson Berman explores what it means to be at peace with ourselves, our choices, and the world around...
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50 Ways to Get a Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms

Dev Aujla · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A new personalized way to find the perfect job - while staying calm during the process. You are so much more than a resume or job application, but how can you communicate that to your potential employer? You need to learn to ask the right questions, stop using job sites, and start doing...
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