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Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"When panic strikes, grab this book. University of Cambridge mental health researcher Dr. Olivia Remes has spent the past decade uncovering the secrets to reducing anxiety, stress, and panic. In this short, no-nonsense book, Dr. Olivia gives you 50 simple, science-based solutions to fight the moods that hold us all back. Targeting everything from overwhelm to indecision and anxiety to lack of motivation, these unexpected tips and tricks will help...
Author
Publisher
America's Test Kitchen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Written in collaboration with a neurosurgeon, this cookbook and guidebook, using kitchen ergonomics, presents more than 225 recipes designed to avoid prolonged standing and minimize exertion to help home cooks enjoy cooking.
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer. We're better than ever at treating the disease, yet cancer still claims the lives of one in five men and one in six women in the US. The astonishing news is that up to two-thirds of all cancer cases are linked to preventable environmental causes. If we can stop cancer before it begins, why don't we? That was the question that motivated Kristina Marusic's revelatory...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"BREAK THE WHEEL takes the reader through different solutions that will make way for a defining, generational moment of racial reckoning and social justice understanding. The murder of George Floyd sparked global outrage. At the center of the conflict, the controversy and the trial, Keith Ellison grappled with how to bring justice for Floyd and his family, and now, in the pages of this important book, aims to find the best approaches to put an end...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay, a hilariously candid and refreshingly honest account of Stefanie Wilder-Taylor's journey to breaking up with alcohol for good. When Stefanie Wilder-Taylor became a mother, being able to connect with other moms over drinks or enjoy a glass of wine at the end of a stressful day felt life-affirming. From liquor cabinet concoctions in high school to tequila shots in her early stand-up comedy days...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"My interest in this book is with the problem of boredom, in particular how we are conditioned to both recognize and respond to it. Ultimately, I am interested in what is the optimal way to engage with this unpleasant and ubiquitous mood state. In spite of pedagogical "innovations," boredom is particularly acute in schools. Students overwhelmingly report being bored in school, especially in the higher grades (National Survey, 2019). Given the extent...
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Publisher
Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As Lu waits in the rain after school, many people offer to take her home but she will only go with someone on the list of those allowed to pick her up. Includes resources for adults and a form for the reader to make his or her own list, with a parent or guardian's help.
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué sabemos actualmente sobre el envejecimiento y qué podemos hacer para envejecer mejor? La humanidad lleva intentando vencer al paso del tiempo desde siempre. La mitología y la ficción están llenos de personajes que buscan la manera de no envejecer y convertirse en inmortales. Pero no ha sido hasta el siglo XXI cuando la ciencia ha avanzado lo suficiente para que este sueño se convierta en realidad. Por fin entendemos por qué con la edad...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Why are American women freezing their eggs? Motherhood on Ice answers this question through the stories of more than 100 women who pursued fertility preservation. Egg freezing is women's technological solution to the mating gap-or the lack of eligible, educated, and equal partners who are ready for marriage and parenthood"--
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Publisher
Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Emotional development experts Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed. and Lauren Stauble M.S. are at the forefront of a movement to foster little ones' emotional intelligence. Their revolutionary Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method has been a game changer for parents and educators, and now they are sharing it with readers in this indispensable guide.--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
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"Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series When Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, dove into the top peer-reviewed anti-aging medical research, he realized that diet could regulate every one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. We don't need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young-we already have the tools....
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Un enfoque integrativo de la salud, con el corazón en el centro, para prevenir las enfermedades y mejorar nuestra calidad de vida. El principal motivo por el que enfermamos en la actualidad es que nuestro estilo de vida contradice lo que el cuerpo y el corazón esperan de nosotros: pasamos largas horas sentados, comemos alimentos procesados, sufrimos estrés, ansiedad, insomnio..., vivimos desconectados de nuestra naturaleza y de nuestro entorno....
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Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a riveting investigation of the science and ecology of wildfires, journalist M. R. O'Connor ventures into some of the oldest, most beautiful, and remote forests in North America to explore the powerful and ancient relationship between trees, fires, and humans. Along the way, she describes revelatory research in the fields of paleobotany and climate science to show how the world's forests have been shaped by fire for hundreds of millions of years....
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Publisher
Page Street Pub Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Nourishing Recipes to Prevent and Heal from Cancer. Take back your power with easy, fact-based lifestyle changes and delicious, nutrient-dense recipes. Nichole Andrews, a practicing oncology dietitian, specializes in helping cancer survivors heal during and after treatment. With this life-changing book, you'll be able to take tangible steps to prevent cancer from forming, as well as build up your immunity and strength after diagnosis. There is no...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio epidemic sparked a revolution in medical care. Americans knew polio as the "summer plague." In countries further North, however, the virus arrived later in the year, slipping into the homes of healthy children as the summer waned and the equinox approached. It was described by one writer as "the autumn ghost." Intensive care units and mechanical ventilation are the...
20) Self-defense
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Providing a self-defense system that actually works in the real world, this action-packed guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers and protecting yourself and your loved ones helps you to sharpen your instincts and respond proactively to impending danger, master hand-to-hand combat basics and more.
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