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The Anxiety Book for Trans People

Freiya Benson - Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format: Paperback

Anxiety. It's out there and it's messing things up for us all. But for some of us, it's really messing things up. As a trans woman, Freiya Benson is super anxious a lot of the time - from feeling unsafe in social situations, to worrying about how she looks and sounds - but over...
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No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America

Ron Powers - Hachette Books
Format: Print book

New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' battles with schizophrenia. From the centuries of torture of "lunatiks" at Bedlam...
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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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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

Meghan Cox Gurdon - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,...
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Little Nothings

Julie Mayhew - Raven Books
Format: Hardcover

'Little Nothings delivers some searing and uncomfortable truths about motherhood and female friendships'Sarah J. Naughton'A true single-sitting read' Alex MarwoodWith friends like these, who needs enemies?Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met fellow mums Beth...
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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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Show Them You're Good: Four Boys and the Quest for College

Hobbs, Jeff - SCRIBNER BOOKS CO


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Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

Reshma Saujani - Currency
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and Girls Who Code founder/CEO inspires us to discover the power of female bravery.Do you run yourself ragged trying to not just do it all, but do it all flawlessly? Do you lose sleep ruminating over small mistakes or worrying that something you said...
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The Common Good

Robert B Reich - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Saving Capitalism and The Work of Nations, a passionate, clear-eyed manifesto on why we must restore the idea of the common good to the center of our economics and politics.With the warmth and lucidity that have made him one of our most important...
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The Four Tendencies: The Surprising Truth About the Hidden Personality Types That Drive Everything We Do

Gretchen Rubin - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

In this groundbreaking analysis of personality type, bestselling author of Better Than Before and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin reveals the one simple question that will transform what you do at home, at work, and in life. During her multibook investigation into...
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