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When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses

John W James - HarperCollins
Format: Book

To watch a child grieve and not know what to do is a profoundly difficult experience for parents, teachers, and caregivers. Yet, there are guidelines for helping children develop a lifelong, healthy response to loss.In When Children Grieve, the authors offer a cutting-edge volume to free...
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Uncommon Marriage: Learning about Lasting Love and Overcoming Life's Obstacles Together

Tony Dungy - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.,
Format: Print book

What does it take to build a marriage that will last? Tony and Lauren Dungy have together known the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. They fell in love, built a family, and made sports history when Tony became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl. Yet they've...
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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot

Esther Gokhale - Pendo Press
Format: Paperback

Nearly 90% of American adults suffer from back pain, and the number continues to climb. Why does this condition affect so many people in the industrialized world, while in some countries only 5% of adults report back pain? In a quest to find the root cause of back pain, Esther Gokhale studied...
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Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery

Robin Barnett EdD LCSW - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

Everyone suffers when there's an addict in the family. Written by an expert in alcohol and drug addiction and recovery, this no-nonsense guide will help you understand the causes of addiction, end enabling behaviors, support your loved one's recovery, and learn how to cope with...
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When Someone You Know Has Depression: Words to Say and Things to Do

Susan J Noonan - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

Mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder can be devastating to the person who has the disorder and to his or her family. Depression and bipolar disorder affect every aspect of how a person functions, including their thoughts, feelings, actions, and relationships with other...
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How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents

Joseph A. Califano Jr. - Touchstone; Revised edition
Format: Paperback

The highly acclaimed comprehensive guide to getting your child through the formative pre-teen, teen, and college years drug-freenow completely revised and updated. Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school, and excessive drinking is common at most...
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1-2-3 Magic Teen: Communicate, Connect, and Guide Your Teen to Adulthood

Thomas Phelan - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

Help your teens grow into the very best versions of themselves!From rule-breaking and risk-taking to defensive communication and disrespect, parenting a teenager can feel like modern warfare--but it doesn't have to be that way. In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, internationally renowned parenting expert...
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Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions

Johann Hari - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a radical new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.What really causes depression and anxiety--and how can we really solve them Award-winning journalist Johann...
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children

Ross W Greene - Harpercollins
Format: Paperback

Screaming, swearing, crying, hitting, kicking, spitting, biting...these are some of the challenging behaviors we see in kids who are having difficulty meeting our expectations. These behaviors often leave parents feeling frustrated, angry, overwhelmed, and desperate for answers. In this...
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The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China

John D Day M.D. - Harper Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

From a renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist at Intermountain Medical Center - a hospital system that President Obama has praised as an "island of excellence" - comes the story of his time living in Longevity Village in China, and the seven lessons he learned...
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Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World

WILLIAM MCRAVEN - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Should be read by every leader in America...a book to inspire your children and grandchildren to become everything that they can." --Wall Street Journal"Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national...
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How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7

Joanna Faber - Scribner
Format: Print book

A must-have resource for anyone who lives or works with young kids, with an introduction by Adele Faber, coauthor of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the international mega-bestseller The Boston Globe dubbed "The Parenting Bible."For over thirty-five...
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The 30-Day Sobriety Solution: How to Cut Back or Quit Drinking in the Privacy of Your Own Home

Jack Canfield - Atria Books
Format: Print book

Jack Canfield, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise and coauthor of The Success Principles, and Dave Andrews, a recovery expert, join forces to present a revolutionary program to help you cut back or quit drinking entirely - in the privacy...
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A House on Stilts: Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction

Paula Becker - University Of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback

A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to opioids. Paula Becker's son Hunter was raised in a safe, nurturing home by his writer/historian mom and his physician father. He was a bright, curious child. And yet,...
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The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life

Katy Butler - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door.In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called...
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World

MITCH PRINSTEIN - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your teenage...
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50 Ways to Get a Job: An Unconventional Guide to Finding Work on Your Terms

Dev Aujla - TarcherPerigee
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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I Love You, but I Hate Your Politics: How to Protect Your Intimate Relationships in a Poisonous Partisan World

Jeanne Safer - All Points Books
Format: Hardcover

Do you thrust unsolicited partisan articles upon your spouse? Are you convinced that you can change your coworker's mind, if you could only argue forcefully enough? Have you gone from befriending to "defriending" the people once closest to you? Don't give up hope; Dr. Jeanne Safer...
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The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People

DAN BUETTNER - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals the surprising secrets of the world's happiest places - and shows how we can all apply the lessons of true happiness to our lives. In this inspiring book, Buettner offers game-changing tools for setting up your life to be the happiest...
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Breaking Sad: What to Say After Loss, What Not to Say, and When to Just Show Up

Shelly Fisher - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback

Real stories and real feedback on what should be said, what should be kept to yourself, and what can be done when trying to support someone you care about as they navigate loss. Breaking Sad helps us start conversations through its pages of personal stories and suggestions from everyday...
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The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies?

Nisha Zenoff - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback

In The Unspeakable Loss, Nisha offers support, guidance and wisdom from others who have experienced the death of a child, as well as her personal story after the death of her beloved 17-year-old son, Victor, and her insight as a grief counselor and psychotherapist. Charting the long...
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AARP Meditations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family

Barry J Jacobs - Da Capo
Format: Print book

Family caregiving has its challenges: emotional overload, time constraints, anxiety, burnout, missed work, adult sibling conflicts, and marital issues. But caregivers also grow personally and spiritually by ensuring the well-being of a loved one. In AARP Meditations for Caregivers, clinical...
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Stretching to Stay Young: Simple Workouts to Keep You Flexible, Energized, and Pain Free

Jessica Matthews - Althea Press
Format: Paperback

Discover how the practice of stretching can increase your flexibility, strengthen your body, and renew your youth with Stretching to Stay Young.As we age, our bodies move less and less. And the less we move, the tighter our muscles and joints become. But this isn't our natural state -- in fact,...
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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting

Anna Quindlen - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling authorIt's a little challenging to suss out why exactly it can be so magical. . . . All I know is: The hand....
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

BREN BROWN - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of ImperfectionHELLO...
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Do I Need It?

Francesca Camp - Prothics Consulting
Format: Print book

Even if youre just thinking about plastic surgery, youll benefit from this book, which tells you exactly what you want to knowstarting with the key question Do I need it? If your answer is yes, youll welcome the insider advice from a plastic surgery consultant who has observed hundreds...
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Happily Ever After...and 39 Other Myths about Love: Breaking Through to the Relationship of Your Dreams

Linda Bloom - New World Library
Format: Print book

"All you need is love" and "Marriage is a 50-50 proposition" are ideas many of us have absorbed. The advice we've gotten from friends, family, and clergy and the stories in movies, music, and fiction feed these notions. (See the blockbuster book and movie Love Story...
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Surviving Mass Victim Attacks: What to Do When the Unthinkable Happens

Gary M. Jackson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

We have all witnessed media reports of the aftermath of mass victim attacks. We see the carnage, and we know that attackers do not show mercy. Victims were innocent and were targeted simply for being a part of a small or large group of people. Whether a bomb, semi-automatic weapon, knife,...
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What Great Parents Do: 75 Simple Strategies for Raising Kids Who Thrive

Erica Reischer - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

A golden rule book to parenting best practices, What Great Parents Do concisely presents key strategies to help parents reshape kids' challenging behaviors, create strong family bonds, and guide children toward becoming happy, kind, responsible adults.What Great Parents Do...
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HOW TO BREAK UP WITH YOUR PHONE : the 30-day plan to take back your life

CATHERINE PRICE - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Packed with tested strategies and practical tips, this book is the essential, life-changing guide for everyone who owns a smartphone. Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? Do you frequently pick it up "just to check,"...
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Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder

Arianna Huffington - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

In Thrive, Arianna Huffington makes an impassioned and compelling case for the need to redefine what it means to be successful in today's world. Arianna Huffington's personal wake-up call came in the form of a broken cheekbone and a nasty gash over her eye -- the result of a fall...
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Herbal Remedies Handbook: More Than 140 Plant Profiles; Remedies for Over 50 Common Conditions

Andrew Chevallier - DK
Format: Paperback

Discover the therapeutic properties of more than 140 medicinal herbs such as turmeric, elderflower, and ginger root with Herbal Remedies Handbook. . Take charge of your health and wellness naturally with tried-and-tested plant-based home remedies. Reliable, authoritative, and accessible,...
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Speaking of sadness : depression, disconnection, and the meanings of illness, updated and... expanded edition

David Karp - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

Combining a scholar's care and thoroughness with searing personal insight, David A. Karp brings the private experience of depression into sharp relief, drawing on a remarkable series of intimate interviews with fifty depressed men and women. By turns poignant, disturbing, mordantly funny,...
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The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making

Jared Yates Sexton - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

The author of The People Are Going to Rise Upon Your Shore turns his keen eye to our current crisis of masculinity using his upbringing in rural Indiana to examine the personal and societal dangers of the patriarchy Based on his provocative and popular New York Times op-ed,...
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Calmer, Easier, Happier Parenting: Five Strategies That End the Daily Battles and Get Kids to Listen the First Time

Noel Janis-Norton - Plume
Format: Paperback

A simple yet revolutionary alternative to helicopter parenting and tiger moms Tired of nagging, pleading, negotiating, or yelling just to get your kids to do the simple things you ask? There is a better way. The best English import since Supernanny and an instant bestseller in the U.K.,...
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Wait, What?: And Life's Other Essential Questions

James E Ryan - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Joining the ranks of Tina Seelig's What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20, Clayton Christensen's How Will You Measure Your Life, Mary Karr's Now Go Out There, and George Saunders' Congratulations, By the Way comes an insightful guide that reveals the secret to pursuing a rich, fulfilling life:...
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The Long Way Home: The Powerful 4-Step Plan for Adult Children of Divorce

M. Gary Neuman - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Print book

How adults can heal the pain caused by their parents' divorce—from New York Times bestselling author Gary NeumanMillions of adults were children of divorce—and while a few have found closure and healing, many continue to struggle with the trauma of their parents' divorce,...
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On Living

Kerry Egan - Riverhead Books
Format: Print book

A hospice chaplain passes on wisdom on giving meaning to life, from those taking leave of it. As a hospice chaplain, Kerry Egan didn't offer sermons or prayers, unless they were requested; in fact, she found, the dying rarely want to talk about God, at least not overtly. Instead, she discovered...
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Brain Health as You Age: A Practical Guide to Maintenance and Prevention

Steven P Simmons - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever spent 10 minutes looking for your reading glasses, and they were on the top of your head? Or, have you walked into a room and forgotten why you went there? Most people, even younger ones, have had these experiences but when should such instances be something of concern? What...
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Declutter Your Mind: How to Stop Worrying, Relieve Anxiety, and Eliminate Negative Thinking

Barrie Davenport - Oldtown Publishing
Format: Print book

Feel overwhelmed by your thoughts? Struggling with anxiety about your daily tasks? Or do you want to stop worrying about life? The truth is...We all experience the occasional negative thought. But if you always feel overwhelmed, then you need to closely examine how these thoughts are negatively...
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is

ERIC BARKER - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Much of the advice we've been told about achievement is logical, earnest ... and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You'll learn:* Why valedictorians...
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Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day

Miranda Esmonde-White - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

End chronic pain - for good - with this practical guide from the PBS personality behind Classical Stretch and author of the New York Times bestseller Aging Backwards.Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept...
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The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2017: Larger Print Edition

Allan Borushek - Family Health Publications
Format: Mass Market Paperback

The CalorieKing Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter 2017--a simple, safe, practical and effective guide to a healthy and lasting weight loss. The larger print edition has the same features and is growing in popularity because of the easier-to-read larger print. Consistently receives...
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The Sweet Spot: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less

Christine Carter - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science...
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Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

Richard Jacoby - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

What Grain Brain did for wheat, this book by a leading peripheral nerve surgeon now does for sugar, revealing how it causes crippling nerve damage throughout the body - in our feet, organs, and brain - why sugar and carbohydrates are harmful to the body's nerves, and how eliminating...
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The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being

Kate Pickett - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skinWhy are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others? Why do we worry so much about what others think of us and often feel social life is a stressful performance? Why is mental...
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Date Night In: More than 120 Recipes to Nourish Your Relationship

Ashley Rodriguez - Running Press
Format: Hardcover

Rekindle the Romance at Home!Sweethearts, spouses, and parents Ashley and Gabe Rodriguez found themselves deep into marriage and child-rearing when they realized they were spending most of their evenings staring at their computers. Determined not to let their relationship deteriorate into...
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Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges: A Guide to Life with Emotionally Complex Kids

Deborah Vlock - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Parenting Children with Mental Health Challenges: A Guide to Life with Emotionally Complex Kids offers overwhelmed readers guidance, solidarity, and hope. The author, a "mental-health mom" who's survived indignity, exhaustion, and the heartbreak of loving a child with multiple...
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Hack Your Anxiety: How to Make Anxiety Work for You in Life, Love, and All That You Do

Alicia H Clark - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

What if the way we're thinking about anxiety is off base? What if there's something about anxiety that can be used for you instead of against you?In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Alicia H. Clark recognizes anxiety as an unsung hero in the path to success and well-being. Anxiety is a powerful...
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1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12

Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks
Format: Print book

The gold standard of parenting books and a 2016 Family Choice Award winner!"1-2-3 Magic made parenting fun again.""My three-year-old has become a different little girl, and she is so much happier now.""All I have to say is that the ideas in this book really WORK!...
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How to Be Happy at Work: The Power of Purpose, Hope, and Friendship

Annie McKee - Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover

"I'm working harder than I ever have, and I don't know if it's worth it anymore." If you're a manager or leader in today's high-speed, high-stress economy, these words have probably run through your mind, maybe more than once. Many people in management positions are feeling fed up, burned...
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The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard

KRISTIN SCHELL - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

A simple way to connect your neighborhood, your community and build friendships. Are you consumed with a busy life but unsure how to slow down? Do you desire connection within your community and think, "Absolutely, but I don't have time for that" or "I can't create that"?...
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Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers

Tea Krulos
Format: Audiobook

Everyone always seems to be talking about the end of the world - Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse, blood moon prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days....
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The Dolphin Way: A Parent's Guide to Raising Healthy, Happy, and Motivated Kids-Without Turning i nto a Tiger

Shimi K Kang - Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin
Format: Print book

In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral...
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Christmas Treasury

Jack Canfield - Health Communications; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

This wonderful edition of Chicken Soup brings back favorite stories from previous books along with a host of new stories you will cherish for years to come. From humorous anecdotes to childhood memories, these heartwarming stories will inspire you with the spirit of love and giving, and remind...
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Joy Bauer's Food Cures: Eat Right to Get Healthier, Look Younger, and Add Years to Your Life

Joy Bauer - Rodale Books; Revised Edition edition
Format: Print book

Comprehensively updated with cutting-edge research and expertise from one of the country’s foremost nutritionists, Joy Bauer’s Food Cures shows you how common health concerns- from beauty issues to life-threatening diseases- can be managed, treated, and sometimes even cured...
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