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Bullying Scars: The Impact on Adult Life and Relationships

Ellen DeLara - Oxford University Press
Format: Print book

An explosion of research on bullying has raised our collective awareness of the serious impacts it can have on children. No longer do we accept it as an innocuous rite of passage, just a part of growing up that we grin and bear and grow out of later. But do we grow out of it, or are there...
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Coping with BPD: DBT and CBT Skills to Soothe the Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder

Blaise Aguirre MD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

In this much-needed book, two renowned borderline personality disorder (BPD) experts offer simple, easy-to-use skills drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) to help you address the most common issues of BPD, such as intense feelings of anger,...
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What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Oprah Winfrey - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Through deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood influences the people we become.  They challenge us to shift from focusing on, "What's wrong with you?" or "Why are you behaving that way?," to asking,...
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Abandon Me

Melissa Febos - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book

In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment. In her dazzling Abandon Me, Febos captures the intense...
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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941

STEPHEN KOTKIN - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict with Hitler's Germany that is the signal event of modern world history In 1929, Joseph Stalin, having already achieved dictatorial power...
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A.D.H.D. Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic

Alan Schwarz - Scribner
Format: Print book

The groundbreaking and definitive account of the widespread misdiagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - and how its unchecked growth over half a century has made ADHD one of the most controversial conditions in medicine, with serious effects on children, adults, and society.More...
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Getting Ahead of ADHD: What Next-Generation Science Says about Treatments That Work?and How You Can Make Them Work for Your Child

Joel T. Nigg PhD - The Guilford Press
Format: 1st Edition

Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science...
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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements

David McCullough Jr. - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares...
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The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Childs Confidence and Love of Learning

Ben Foss - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

Finally, a groundbreaking book that reveals what your dyslexic child is experiencing - and what you can do so that he or she will thrive. More than 30 million people in the United States are dyslexic - a brain-based genetic trait, often labeled as a "learning disability" or "learning...
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This Close to Happy: A Reckoning with Depression

Daphne Merkin - Farrar
Format: Print book

A New York Times Book Review Favorite Read of 2016"Despair is always described as dull," writes Daphne Merkin, "when the truth is that despairhas a light all its own, a lunar glow, the color of mottledsilver." This Close to Happy -- Merkin's rare, vividly...
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