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Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace

Sharon Salzberg - HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

How would you like to be calmer, less distracted, more productive, and more content at your job? You might think it would take more hours in the day, a better boss, more support, less interference, a shorter commute - and the list goes on. Most of the things we think would help are either...
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The Shamanism Bible: The Definitive Guide to Shamanic Thought and Practice

John Matthews - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

The ancient healing traditions based on spiritual connections. New to Fireflys Bible series Ayurveda Bible, Secret Societies Bible this guide to shamanism is an evocative and detailed journey from its animistic origins in Europe, North America, Siberia and the Arctic 70,000 years ago,...
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50 Best Plants on the Planet: The Most Nutrient-Dense Fruits and Vegetables, in 150 Delicious Recipes

Cheryl Forberg - Chronicle Books; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

This encyclopedic guide to cooking the most nutritious fruits and vegetables in the world comes from Melissas Produce the largest supplier of specialty produce in the United States Cooks of all skill levels will love these recipes for simple sides breakfasts dinners and healthful desserts...
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Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care

Jonathan Bush - Portfolio; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industryWhere else but the doctors office do you have tofill out a form on a clipboard Have you noticedthat hospital bills are almost unintelligible, exceptfor the absurdly high dollar amount Why is it thattechnology in other...
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Plant Power: Transform Your Kitchen, Plate, and Life with More Than 150 Fresh and Flavorful Vegan Recipes

Nava Atlas - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed and bestselling vegan author, cook, and creator of VegKitchen.com, Nava Atlas, delivers a beautiful must-have guide to transform your plate, your kitchen and your life with the best nature has to offer, including 125 delicious and versatile plant-based recipes for every day of the year.Eating...
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Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician

Sandeep Jauhar - Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In his acclaimed memoir Intern, Sandeep Jauhar chronicled the formative years of his residency at a prestigious New York City hospital. Doctored, his harrowing follow-up, observes the crisis of American medicine through the eyes of an attending cardiologist. Hoping for the stability...
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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Tom Fields-Meyer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism a groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the worlds leading experts, who portrays autism not as a tragic disability, but as a unique way of being human. Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist...
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What If . . .: A Lifetime of Questions, Speculations, Reasonable Guesses, and a Few Things I Know for Sure

Shirley MacLaine - Atria Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes I think that speculation is more fun than knowledge. I just turn the answers into more questions anyway. Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a host of intriguing topics from the everyday to the esoteric in this all-new collection of ideas and observations,...
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A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging: Stay Smart, Strong, and Active (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Edward H. Thompson Jr. - Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

As they reach middle age, most men begin looking forward to "what's next." They gear up to experience renewed productivity and purpose and are more conscious of their health. A Man's Guide to Healthy Aging is an authoritative resource for them, and for older men, as well....
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Husband's Guide to Breast Cancer: A Complete & Concise Plan for Every Stage

Todd Outcalt - Blue River Press
Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats

The Husband's Guide to Breast Cancer is for men seeking an easy-to-understand and practical resource to answer their questions now, and guide them through every stage of their wife's breast cancer journey. Husband's Guide to Breast Cancer: A Complete & Concise Plan for Every...
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I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia

Su Meck - Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Paperback

The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury - and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: "[A tale] of triumph in the search for identity" (The New York Times Book Review) .In 1988, Su Meck was twenty-two...
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When Your Life Is Touched by Cancer: Practical Advice and Insights for Patients, Professionals, and Those Who Care

Bob Riter - Hunter House, Incorporated
Format: Paperback

Even those who are ordinarily calm and thoughtful find themselves spinning when first diagnosed with cancer. When Your Life Is Touched by Cancer helps sort out the issues involved with a cancer diagnosis, including conversations about cancer with friends, family, and doctors; traditional...
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The Mindful Diet: How to Transform Your Relationship with Food for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health

Ruth Wolever - Scribner
Format: Print book

"An essential, must-read guide" (Dr. Susan Albers, New York Times bestselling author of Eating Mindfully) from the renowned Duke Integrative Medicine center: the first book to combine health psychology with cutting-edge nutrition research to deliver an up-to-the-minute method...
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Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It

Ian Leslie - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

“I have no special talents,” said Albert Einstein. “I am only passionately curious.”Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of exploring, learning, and discovering as they grow older. Those who do so tend to be smarter, more creative, and more successful....
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Rein In Your Brain: From Impulsivity to Thoughtful Living in Recovery

Cynthia Moreno Tuohy BSW NCAC II - Hazelden
Format: Paperback

Addiction--whether to mood-altering substances, gambling, sex, or food--stems in part from an over-reliance on the reward system of a primitive part of the brain that can push us to make poor choices based on an expectation of immediate gratification. Those of us in recovery often struggle...
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Midlife Eating Disorders: Your Journey to Recovery

Cynthia M. Bulik - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Paperback

In most people's minds, "eating disorder" (ED) conjures images of a thin, white, upper-middle-class teenage girl. The ED landscape has changed. Countless men and women in midlife and beyond, from all ethnic backgrounds, also struggle with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa,...
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Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own

Andrew Weil - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Too many Americans are taking too many drugs -- and it's costing us our health, happiness, and lives.
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The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be

Karen Weintraub - Ballantine Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . . After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired...
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Forever Chic: Frenchwomen's Secrets for Timeless Beauty, Style, and Substance

Tish Jett - Rizzoli Ex Libris
Format: Hardcover

For any woman who last saw forty on her speedometer comes a sparkling new primer for agingthe French waywith grace and style. Frenchwomen of a certain age over forty are captivating and complex. They appear younger than their years and remain stylish throughout their lives. They look at birthdays...
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Travels With Casey

Benoit Denizet-Lewis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A moody Labrador and his insecure human take a funny, touching cross-country RV trip into the heart of Americas relationship with dogs. I dont think my dog likes me very much, New York Times Magazine writer Benoit Denizet-Lewis confesses at the beginning of his journey with his nine-year-old...
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Taking Antidepressants: Your Comprehensive Guide to Starting, Staying On, and Safely Quitting

Michael Banov - Sunrise River Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Antidepressants are the most commonly prescribed class of medications in this country © 190 million prescriptions per year have been written since 2005. Yet, consumers have few available resources to educate them in a balanced fashion about starting and stopping antidepressants. People...
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Meb For Mortals: How to Run, Think, and Eat like a Champion Marathoner

Scott Douglas - Rodale Books
Format: Print book

With his historic win at the 2014 Boston Marathon, Meb Keflezighi cemented his legacy as one of the great champions of long-distance running. Runners everywhere wanted to know how someone two weeks away from his 39th birthday, who had only the 15th best time going into the race, could defeat...
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When Parents Part: How Mothers and Fathers Can Help Their Children Deal with Separation and Divorce

Penelope Leach - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed, best-selling author of Your Baby & Child and one of the world's leading experts on child development and parenting, a practical, comprehensively researched guide to doing the best for your child during and after separation or divorce. Recent research clarifies...
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All Bets Are Off: Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction

Arnie Wexler - Central Recovery Press
Format: Book

Arnie Wexler's life as a gambler began on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, flipping cards, shooting marbles, and playing pinball machines. At age fourteen he found the racetrack, a bookie, and started playing the stock market. His obsession with gambling accelerated until a fateful...
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Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run

Alexandra Heminsley - Scribner
Format: Book

In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time at the bar than she did in pursuit of athletic excellence. When she decided to take up running in her thirties, she had grand hopes for a blissful runner’s high and immediate physical transformation. After eating three slices of toast...
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The Mindful Diet: How to Transform Your Relationship with Food for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health

Tania Hannan - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From the renowned Duke Integrative Medicine center, The Mindful Diet is the first book to combine health psychology with cutting-edge nutrition research to deliver an up-to-the-minute method for eating mindfully and breaking the yo-yo diet cycle. Its easy on occasion to eat too much, eat too quickly,...
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The Wild Medicine Solution: Healing with Aromatic, Bitter, and Tonic Plants

Guido Masé - Healing Arts Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Restoring the use of wild plants in daily life for vibrant physical mental and spiritual health bull Explains how classes of wild plants--aromatics bitters and tonics--are uniquely adapted to work with our physiology because we coevolved with them bull Provides simple recipes to easily...
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Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Tammi L. Shlotzhauer - Johns Hopkins University Press; third edition edition
Format: Print book

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease in which inflammation plays a major role in causing joint problems. Warmth and swelling in the joints, along with significant stiffness and pain, can make daily life difficult. Many people with rheumatoid arthritis also experience fatigue, low-grade...
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Prevention The Ultimate Guide to Breast Cancer: Your Essential Resource from Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond

Mary L Gemignani - Rodale Press, Incorporated
Format: Paperback

We've all heard the statistic: 1 in 8 women will get a breast cancer diagnosis at some point in her lifetime. But there's another just-as-relevant number that isn't as widely broadcast: 76 percent of those women will be alive 10 years later. This guide from America's most...
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The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed-in Your World

Jeffrey Kluger - Riverhead Books
Format: Book

From an award-winning senior writer at Time, an eye-opening exploration of narcissism, how to recognize it, and how to handle it. The odds are good that you know a narcissist—probably a lot of them. The odds are also good that they are intelligent, confident, and articulate—the...
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The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing: Easy-to-Use Natural Remedies, Herbs, Flower Essences, Essential Oils, Supplements, and Therapeutic Practices for Health, Happiness, and Well-Being

Brigitte Mars - Fair Winds Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

Reduce stress and live better, naturally! Learn time-tested remedies and safe solutions for dealing with stress. In The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing founding member of the American Herbalist Guild Brigitte Mars offers time-tested remedies and advice to learn how to reduce...
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Changing the Way We Die: Compassionate End of Life Care and The Hospice Movement

Fran Smith - Viva Editions; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Theres a quiet revolution happening in the way we die. More than 1.5 million Americans a year die in hospice carenearly 44 percent of all deathsand a vast industry has sprung up to meet the growing demand. Once viewed as a New Age indulgence, hospice is now a 14 billion business and one of the most...
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Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine

Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz - Gotham Books
Format: Print book

A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools...
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Athlete's Guide to Sports Supplements, The

Kimberly Mueller - Human Kinetics; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A countless number of new, renamed, and variations of sport supplements flood the market each year. Many of these are accompanied by slick marketing campaigns promising too-good-to-be-true results. For athletes seeking a safe, effective edge to their training and performance, supplements...
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The Recovering Heart: Emotional Sobriety for Women

Beverly Conyers - Hazelden
Format: Paperback

Your old, destructive lifestyle is fading into the past and now you are a woman in recovery. What an amazing gift you've given yourself. So why aren't you happier? As sobriety takes hold and your head starts to clear, a wide range of emotions can begin to emerge--feelings that until...
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Marketplace of the Marvelous: The Strange Origins of Modern Medicine

Erika Janik - Random House Inc
Format: Print book

An entertaining introduction to the quacks, snake-oil salesmen, and charlatans, who often had a point Despite rampant scientific innovation in nineteenth-century America, traditional medicine still adhered to ancient healing methods, subjecting patients to bleeding, blistering, and induced...
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Expectation Hangover: Overcoming Disappointment in Work, Love, and Life

Christine Hassler - New World Library; First Edition, First Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

When our expectations are met and things go according to plan, we feel accomplished, in control, and on track. But when life does not live up to our expectations, we end up with an Expectation Hangover.Expectation Hangovers happen when a desired result is not met, an outcome is achieved...
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The Calorie Myth: How to Eat More, Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better

Jonathan Bailor - HarperWave; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In this revolutionary weight-lossprogram informed by more than 1,200 scientific studies, fitness and diet expert Jonathan Bailor offers concrete evidence that the calorie-counting model of weight loss doesnt work. In fact, cutting-edge science supports a radically different approach to weight...
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The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

Kent A. Kiehl PhD - Crown Publishers
Format: Paperback

A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy.We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter...
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The 52 New Foods Challenge: A Family Cooking Adventure for Each Week of the Year, with 150 Recipes

Jennifer Tyler Lee - Avery; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Salvation for every busy parent who longs to make mealtimes relaxing, fun—and healthy, from the creator of Crunch a Color™ Like many parents, Jennifer Tyler Lee struggled to get her kids to eat healthy, balanced meals. The answer, she discovered, was making it a game. "We’ll...
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The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-of-Life Care

Angelo Volandes - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

There is an unspoken dark side of American medicine--keeping patients alive at any price. Two thirds of Americans die in healthcare institutions tethered to machines and tubes at bankrupting costs, even though research shows that most prefer to die at home in comfort, surrounded by loved...
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Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor's Guide to Staying Fearless and Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer

Melanie Young - Cedar Fort, Inc.
Format: Print book

Charge head on into the battle with breast cancer, armed with these outstanding survivors' tips on how to stay sane, focused, and in charge. Written by a breast cancer survivor with expert insights, handy checklists and helpful questions to ask your doctors, all geared toward streamlining...
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The Allergy-Free Pantry: Make Your Own Staples, Snacks, and More Without Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Eggs, Soy or Nuts

Colette Martin - The Experiment
Format: Print book

Make your own affordable, delicious, and allergy-free staples, snacks, and meals!After the cupboards are cleared of problem foods, most people coping with new food allergies (their own or their kids') are missing staples they have relied on for years. And even though stores are stocking...
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime

Val McDermid - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover

Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become...
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Bike Your Butt Off!: A Breakthrough Plan to Lose Weight and Start Cycling

Selene Yeager - Rodale
Format: Paperback

Given our struggling economy as well as the national struggle to maintain our waistlines, cycling is enjoying a renaissance as more than 57 million people in the United States use bicycles regularly. Now Bicycling's Fit Chick presents a brand-new, 12-week weight-loss and exercise...
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Healthy Pasta: The Sexy, Skinny, and Smart Way to Eat Your Favorite Food

Joseph Bastianich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Having grown up with Lidia Bastianich as their mother, Tanya and Joe Bastianich are no strangers to great-tasting Italian cooking. Today, the siblings both have illustrious careers in the culinary world - writing cookbooks, running restaurants, hosting television shows - and yet they are still...
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Mindful Discipline: A Loving Approach to Setting Limits and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child

Chris White MD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Raising happy, compassionate, and responsible children requires both love and limits. In Mindful Discipline, internationally recognized mindfulness expert Shauna Shapiro and pediatrician Chris White weave together ancient wisdom and modern science to provide new perspectives on parenting...
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What If It's Not Alzheimer's?: A Caregiver's Guide To Dementia

Gary Radin - Prometheus Books; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer's disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of "other" dementias. This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) , one of the largest...
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Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being

Brian R Little PhD - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

How does your personality shape your life ? and what, if anything, can you do about it? Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to brood? Do you think youre in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were...
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Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

William Davis - Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Format: Audiobook

A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems - from acne to diabetes to serious digestive disorders. Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake...
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The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

David J Morris - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Noonday Demon, a moving, eye-opening exploration of PTSD
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A Child Is Born

Lennart Nilsson - Delta
Format: Paperback

This completely revised edition of the beloved international classic is now entirely in color, with historic, never-before-seen photos in every chapter and an entirely new text.
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My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind

Scott Stossel - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Paperback

A Washington Post Notable BookA Seattle Times Best Book of the YearDrawing on his own longstanding battle with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history of efforts...
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The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

David Adam - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover

"Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this ... fusion of science, history, and memoir, [science editor and writer] David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind and explains...
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ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder

Richard Saul - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

In this groundbreaking and controversial book, behavioral neurologist Dr. Richard Saul draws on five decades of experience treating thousands of patients labeled with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder - one of the fastest growing and widely diagnosed conditions today - to argue...
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Hashimoto's Protocol: A 90-Day Plan for Reversing Thyroid Symptoms and Getting Your Life Back

Izabella Wentz - Harper One
Format: Print book

Dr. Izabella Wentz, the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, returns with a long-awaited, groundbreaking prescription to reverse the symptoms of this serious autoimmune condition that is becoming one of the country's fastest growing diseases.More than...
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Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect

Matthew D. Lieberman - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

We are profoundly social creatures – more than we know.  In Social, renowned psychologist Matthew Lieberman explores groundbreaking research in social neuroscience revealing that our need to connect with other people is even more fundamental, more basic, than our need for food...
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Rodale's 21st-Century Herbal: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living Using Nature's Most Powerful Plants

Michael Balick - Rodale
Format: Hardcover

It turns out that Mother Nature is a brilliant chemist. Our ancestors have used indigenous herbs in daily life for thousands of years due to these plants' ability to heal and promote good health. Now modern science has identified the compounds that give herbs their medicinal qualities,...
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I Forgot to Remember: A Memoir of Amnesia

Su Meck - Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Format: Paperback

The courageous memoir of a woman who was robbed of all her memories by a traumatic brain injury - and her more than twenty-five-year struggle to reclaim her life: "[A tale] of triumph in the search for identity" (The New York Times Book Review) .In 1988, Su Meck was twenty-two...
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A Curious Madness: An American Combat Psychiatrist, a Japanese War Crimes Suspect, and an Unsolved Mystery from World War II

Eric Jaffe - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From an "illuminating and entertaining" (The New York Times) historian comes the World War II story of two men whose remarkable lives improbably converged at the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946. In the wake of World War II, the Allied forces charged twenty-eight Japanese men with...
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek - Scribner, 2014. ©2014
Format: Paperback

"Fun ... and full of smart science. Fans of CSI - the real kind - will want to read it" (The Washington Post) : A young forensic pathologist's "rookie season" as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being.Just...
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Own Your Cancer: A Take-Charge Guide For The Recently Diagnosed And Those Who Love Them

Peter S Edelstein - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Dr. Peter Edelstein has learned by listening to his patients and their families--whose lives have suddenly been up-ended by a diagnosis of cancer--that they need a partner to help them navigate their new, complex world. It is critical that cancer patients take charge of their health and "own...
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Watch Your Back!: How the Back Pain Industry Is Costing Us More and Giving Us Lessand What You Can Do to Inform and Empower Yourself in Seeking ... Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)

Richard A. Deyo MD - ILR Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Over the past twenty years, treatment of back pain has become ever more expensive and intensive. Use of MRI scans, narcotic painkillers, injections, and invasive spine surgery have all grown by several hundred percent. In some areas of medicine, newer treatments have improved quality and duration...
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What You Must Know About Kidney Disease

Rich Snyder - Square One Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

While the news that you or a loved one has kidney disease can be shocking, for over 26 million Americans, it is a reality. After the initial diagnosis, patients and families usually have a myriad of questions about treatment options. What You Must Know About Kidney Disease is designed not only...
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The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter

Susan Pinker - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

In her surprising, entertaining, and persuasive new book, award-winning author and psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience, and longevity. From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face-to-face...
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Love, Again: The Wisdom of Unexpected Romance

Eve Pell - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

In Love, Again, Eve Pell beautifully and thoughtfully concludes that life experience adds dimensions to the art of connectionand that we all stand to learn something from unexpected romance. How do old people meet new loves Eve Pell was 68 when she convinced a friend to set her up with...
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The Lost Art of Feeding Kids: What Italy Taught Me about Why Children Need Real Food

Jeannie Marshall - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover

A lively story of raising a child to enjoy real food in a processed world, and the importance of maintaining healthy food cultures  Why is it so easy to find su­gary cereals and dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets in a grocery store, but so hard to shop for nutritious, simple food...
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First Bites: Superfoods for Babies and Toddlers

Dana Angelo White - Perigee Books
Format: Print book

FIRST BITES is a "cheat sheet" approach to introducing 50 superfoods into baby and toddler diets, with tips and recipes to show parents how to raise healthy eaters for life. FIRST BITES is the quick and easy reference guide that all parents can keep on hand to whip up tasty and nutritious...
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Strength Training for Triathletes: The Complete Program to Build Triathlon Power, Speed, and Muscular Endurance

Patrick Hagerman Ed.D. - VeloPress; 2 edition
Format: Print book

Strength Training for Triathletes offers a comprehensive strength training program for triathlon that will help triathletes build power, speed, and muscular endurance for faster racing over any race distance. Certified USA Triathlon coach and NSCA Personal Trainer of the Year Patrick Hagerman,...
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Eat. Nourish. Glow.: 10 easy steps for losing weight, looking younger & feeling healthier

Amelia Freer - Harper Thorsons
Format: Paperback

Nutritional therapist and healthy eating expert Amelia Freer has helped her many celebrity clients, including Sam Smith and James Corden, to dispatch fad diets to the distant past whilst guiding them to a rejuvenated future. Now she can do the same for you.Amelia Freer brings a fresh and unique...
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Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

Daniel Loxton - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover

Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world...
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The Hormone Cure: Reclaim Balance, Sleep, Sex Drive and Vitality Naturally with the Gottfried Protocol

Dr. Sara Gottfried - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A Harvard physician's scientifically proven method to improve your physical and mental health by optimizing your hormones in your thirties, forties, and beyond.All too often women are told that feeling moody, asexual, tapped out, dried up, stressed out, and sleep deprived is just a part...
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The Autoimmune Solution

Amy Myers - HarperOne
Format: Print book

Over 90 percent of the population suffers from inflammation or an autoimmune disorder. Until now, conventional medicine has said there is no cure. Minor irritations like rashes and runny noses are ignored, while chronic and debilitating diseases like Crohns and rheumatoid arthritis are handled...
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Safe Kids, Smart Parents: What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe

Rebecca Bailey - Simon & Schuster; Original edition
Format: Book

Leading family psychologist and personal therapist to Jaycee Dugard, Rebecca Bailey tells parents how to keep their children safe in this accessible, must-have guidebook, with a foreword by Terry Probyn, Jaycee's mother.The acclaimed family psychologist, Dr. Rebecca Bailey, tells parents...
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Schizophrenia: A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science

Ronald Chase - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Paperback

When bright lives are derailed by schizophrenia, bewildered and anxious families struggle to help, and to cope, even as scientists search for causes and treatments that prove elusive. Painful and often misunderstood, schizophrenia profoundly affects people who have the disease and their...
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Lighten Up, Y'all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome

Virginia Willis - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A collection of classic Southern comfort food recipes--including seven-layer dip, chicken and gravy, and strawberry shortcake--made lighter, healthier, and completely guilt-free. Virginia Willis is not only an authority on Southern cooking, a French-trained chef, and a veteran cookbook...
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The Cancer Chronicles: Unlocking Medicine's Deepest Mystery

George Johnson - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

When the woman he loved was diagnosed with a metastatic cancer, science writer George Johnson embarked on a journey to learn everything he could about the disease and the people who dedicate their lives to understanding and combating it. What he discovered is a revolution under way - an explosion...
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The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever

Adam Leith Gollner - Scribner
Format: Paperback

What have we not done to live forever? Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality. Raised without religion, Adam Leith Gollner...
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The American Diabetes Association Vegetarian Cookbook: Satisfying, Bold, and Flavorful Recipes from the Garden

Steven Petusevsky - American Diabetes Association
Format: Print book

Motivated by his recent diagnosis of prediabetes, chef Steven Petusevsky has created a cookbook aimed at those who are new to vegetarianism and who want to lose weight and get their diabetes under control. The easy-to-follow American Diabetes Association Vegetarian Cookbook acts as a personal...
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The Well-Built Triathlete: Turning Potential into Performance

Matt Dixon MSc - Velo Press
Format: Book

In The Well-Built Triathlete, elite triathlon coach Matt Dixon reveals the approach he has used to turn age-group triathletes into elite professionals. Instead of focusing narrowly on training and workouts, Dixon reveals a more comprehensive approach that considers the whole athlete. Dixon...
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Smoke-Free in 30 Days: The Pain-Free, Permanent Way to Quit

Ph.D. Daniel F. Seidman Ph.D. - Touchstone; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

I'M TOO STRESSED TO STOP. I'LL GAIN WEIGHT IF I QUIT. I'VE TRIED AND FAILED TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. Why are you still smoking, even though you want to quit? Based on twenty years of research and hands-on work with countless smokers in his clinics at Columbia University and New York...
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Celiac Disease, Second Edition: A Guide to Living with Gluten Intolerance

Sylvia Llewelyn Bower RN - Demos Health; 2 edition
Format: Book

Fully Revised and Updated An indispensable guide on how to safely alter your diet, manage your symptoms, and adjust to living gluten-free Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder characterized by an inability to digest gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains that affects as many...
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Lower Your Cholesterol Without Drugs, Second Edition: Curing High Cholesterol Naturally

Roger Mason - Square One Publishers; Second Editon edition
Format: Paperback

According to the American Heart Association, high cholesterol is the leading cause of coronary heart disease, which continues to be the number-one killer in North America. While millions of Americans take prescription medications to lower their cholesterol, the fact is, these drugs often...
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The Paleo Chef: Quick, Flavorful Paleo Meals for Eating Well

Pete Evans - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed international chef and television personality Pete Evans takes a whole new approach to making gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free, completely Paleo recipes that are worthy of a restaurant but effortless to prepare. More and more people are discovering the health benefits...
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Ketogenic Diets

John M. Freeman MD - Demos Health; 5 edition
Format: Paperback

Sometimes referred to as a "miracle diet," the ketogenic diet has helped doctors treat difficult-to-control epileptic seizures in thousands of children. Coauthored by four respected experts from Johns Hopkins, Ketogenic Diets continues to be the definitive guide for parents, physicians,...
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How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

Dr. Bob Rotella - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

This New York Times bestselling, groundbreaking guide to success from Americas preeminent sports psychologist is so good that this reviewer has recommended it to all, golfers and non-golfers alike Library Journal, starred review. Acclaimed sports psychologist Bob Rotella has advised everyone...
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A Good Birth: Finding the Positive and Profound in Your Childbirth Experience

Anne Lyerly - Avery; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Drawing on a landmark study involving more than one hundred pregnant women and mothers, a renowned OB/GYN synthesizes the secrets to a good birth—medically and emotionally.  Most doctors are trained to think of a “good” birth only in terms of its medical success....
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Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night's Sleep

Colleen E. Carney PhD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

Do you find yourself lying awake at night, ruminating about the events of the day? Do you toss and turn, worrying about what you have to do in the morning or what you did earlier in the day? If so, you are not alone. In fact, insomnia is the most common sleep disorder faced by the general...
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Women, Food, and Desire: Embrace Your Cravings, Make Peace with Food, Reclaim Your Body

Alexandra Jamieson - Gallery Books
Format: eBook

A holistic health counselor and co-star of the award-winning documentary Super Size Me explores women’s cravings—for food, sleep, sex, movement, companionship, inspiration—and teaches them to listen to their bodies for a healthier, fuller life.“Desire is the basis...
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The Conception Chronicles: The Uncensored Truth About Sex, Love & Marriage When You're Trying to Get Pregnant

Patty Doyle Debano - HCI
Format: Paperback

When we first started down the baby-making path, we thought we'd be pregnant in no time. We'd just toss out our birth control pills and before we knew it, we'd be rocking our little one to sleep. Little did we know what was in store for us, or the energy it would take to face...
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The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia, Made Easy!

Jacob Teitelbaum M.D. - Avery Publishing Group
Format: Paperback

The nation's leading expert on chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia offers a practical and concise guide to restoring health and energy.Millions of Americans have turned to Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum's landmark From Fatigued to Fantastic, the all-time best-selling book on combating disabling...
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The Psychology Book: From Shamanism to Cutting-Edge Neuroscience, 250 Milestones in the History of Psychology

Wade E. Pickren - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

What could be more fascinating than the workings of the human mind? This stunningly illustrated survey in Sterlings Milestones series chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments, and discoveries. Beginning with ancient philosophies...
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Unretirement: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and the Good Life

Chris Farrell - Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
Format: Hardcover

The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist...
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My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind

Scott Stossel - Vintage
Format: Print book

A Washington Post Notable BookA Seattle Times Best Book of the YearDrawing on his own longstanding battle with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history of efforts...
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Baking with Less Sugar: Recipes for Desserts Using Natural Sweeteners and Little-to-No White Sugar

Joanne Chang - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Trust Joanne Chang - beloved author of the bestselling Flour and a Harvard math major to boot - to come up with this winning formula: Minus the sugar equals plus the flavor. The 60-plus recipes here are an eye-opener for anyone who loves to bake and wants to cut back on the sugar. Joanne...
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Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death

Katy Butler - Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In this visionary memoir, based on a groundbreaking New York Times Magazine story, award-winning journalist Katy Butler ponders her parents' desires for "Good Deaths" and the forces within medicine that stood in the way.Katy Butler was living thousands of miles from her vigorous...
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Spontaneous Happiness

Andrew Weil - Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone wants to be happy But what does that really mean Increasingly scientific evidence shows us that true satisfaction and well-being come only from withinDr Andrew Weil has proven that the best way to maintain optimum physical health is to draw on both conventional and alternative...
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The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age

Catherine Steiner-Adair EdD. - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Pick; Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearClinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully...
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Survival Lessons

Alice Hoffman - Algonquin Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

One of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.Survival Lessons provides a road map of how to reclaim your life from this day forward, with ways to reenvision everything―from relationships with friends...
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The Essential Oils Complete Reference Guide: Over 250 Recipes for Natural Wholesome Aromatherapy

K G Stiles - Page Street Pub Co
Format: Print book

KG Stiles shows you how to create essential oil recipes to shift your mindset and connect your body and mind, by featuring more than 250 recipes for every ailment from sleeping problems to increasing to healing sinuses.An aromatherapist to stars, KG provides prescriptions with personalized...
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Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control

Gabrielle Glaser - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book

What’s the first thing many women do when they go home? Make a dash for the white wine in the refrigerator. In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers this hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic—but doesn’t cause you to recoil in alarm. She is the first...
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When Your Adult Child Breaks Your Heart: Coping With Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, And The Problems That Tear Families Apart

Joel Young - Globe Pequot Press, The
Format: Paperback

Behind nearly every adult who is accused of a crime, becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who is severely mentally ill and acting out in public, there is usually at least one extremely stressed-out parent. This parent may initially react with the bad news of their adult child behaving...
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Ghosts: A Natural History: 500 Years of Searching for Proof

Roger Clarke - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Book Review Editors ChoiceRoger Clarke tells this the story that inspired Henry James The Turn of the Screw and many other gloriously weird stories with real verve, and also a kind of narrative authority that tends to constrain the skeptical voice within an erudite and richly...
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David J Epstein - Penguin Group USA
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether...
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Mindfulness in Action: Making Friends with Yourself through Meditation and Everyday Awareness

Chogyam Trungpa - Shambhala
Format: Book

How to practice mindfulness meditation and bring awareness into everyday life--from the best-selling author of many classic works on meditation.The rewards of mindfulness practice are well proven: reduced stress, improved concentration, and an overall sense of well-being. But those benefits...
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Menopause: Change, Choice and HRT

Margaret Stephenson Meere - Rockpool Publishing
Format: Print book

From a gynecologist and menopause researcher of 40 years, aguide empowering women with the knowledge to make health decisions around menopause that suit their needs and lifestyle A womans menopause is part of her aging process,the beginning of a journey of personal change and growth. However,...
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It Was Me All Along: A Memoir

Andie Mitchell - Clarkson Potter
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA heartbreakingly honest, endearing memoir of incredible weight loss by a young food blogger who battles body image issues and overcomes food addiction to find self-acceptance. All her life, Andie Mitchell had eaten lustily and mindlessly. Food was her babysitter,...
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The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

Kent A. Kiehl PhD - Random House Inc
Format: Hardcover

A compelling journey into the science and behavior of psychopaths, written by the leading scientist in the field of criminal psychopathy.We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter...
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Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies for Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, and Anxiety

Donna B. Pincus - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When our children are born, we do everything we can to make sure they have love, food, clothing, and shelter. But despite all this, one in five children today suffers from a diagnosed anxiety disorder, and countless others suffer from anxiety that interferes with critical social, academic,...
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Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization

John J. Ratey - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

The scientific evidence behind why maintaining a lifestyle more like that of our ancestors will restore our health and well-being. In GO WILD, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies...
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Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Daniel Goleman - HarperCollins Canada
Format: Hardcover

In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention.Combining cutting-edge research with practical...
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Stretch Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Individual and Assisted Stretching

Emily Francis - Blue River Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

- We need a way to simplify our stretching habits. This book does that for you. Unlike most stretching books, Stretch Therapy covers stretching on your own as well as with a partner. The text combined with photos illustrates the stretches in every way possible to make it more accessible...
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Schizophrenia: A Brother Finds Answers in Biological Science

Ronald Chase - Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When bright lives are derailed by schizophrenia, bewildered and anxious families struggle to help, and to cope, even as scientists search for causes and treatments that prove elusive. Painful and often misunderstood, schizophrenia profoundly affects people who have the disease and their...
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Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession

Lisa A. Phillips - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Blending memoir, literary exposition, and revealing case studies, Unrequited is a powerful, surprising, and empathetic cultural and psychological exploration of one-sided romantic obsession.The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didnt return her feelings....
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50 Best Plants on the Planet: The Most Nutrient-Dense Fruits and Vegetables, in 150 Delicious Recipes

Cathy Thomas - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback

This encyclopedic guide to cooking the 50 most nutritious fruits and vegetables in the world comes from Melissa's Produce, the largest supplier of specialty produce in the United States. Cooks of all skill levels will love these 150 recipes for simple sides, breakfasts, dinners, and healthful...
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The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia

David Stuart MacLean - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

"Brilliant and painful and hilarious." - Antonya Nelson On October 17, 2002, David MacLean "woke up" on a train platform in India with no idea who he was or why he was there. No money. No passport. No identity. Taken to a mental hospital by the police, MacLean then...
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How to Care for Aging Parents, 3rd Edition: A One-Stop Resource for All Your Medical, Financial, Housing, and Emotional Issues

Virginia Morris - Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback

"The bible of eldercare" - ABC World News. "An indispensable book" - AARP. "A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion" - The Washington Post. And, winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. How to Care for Aging Parents is the best and bestselling book...
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Running Like a Girl: Notes on Learning to Run

Alexandra Heminsley - Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The inspiring, hilarious memoir of a "Bridget Jones-like writer" (The Washington Post) who transforms her life by learning to run, with stories of miserable defeat, complete victory, and learning to choose the right shoes.When Alexandra Heminsley decided to take up running,...
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Fitness Weight Training-3rd Edition

Thomas R. Baechle - Human Kinetics
Format: Paperback

Whether you've been a regular at the gym for years or are just getting started, Fitness Weight Training contains proven programs for attaining the body you want! Expanded, enhanced, and improved, this new edition of the perennial best-selling guide provides an overview of weight...
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Personal Intelligence: The Power of Personality and How It Shapes Our Lives

John D Mayer - Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Print book

John D. Mayer, the renowned psychologist who co-developed the groundbreaking theory of emotional intelligence, now draws on decades of cognitive psychology research to introduce another paradigm-shifting idea: that in order to become our best selves, we use an even broader intelligence-which...
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Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight!

William Davis - Rodale Press; Later Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Over 200 million Americans consume food products made of wheat every day. As a result, over 100 million experience some form of adverse health effect, ranging from minor rashes to high blood sugar to unattractive stomach bulges preventative cardiologist William Davis calls "wheat bellies....
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