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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise August 6, 2018
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Apple cider vinegar handbook : remedies for natural living
by Amy Leigh Mercree
"Natural, popular, and inexpensive, apple cider vinegar is the latest health trend. Learn more about its powers with this attractive and easy-to-use illustrated guide--complete with recipes! We all know that apple cider vinegar is a useful addition to the pantry and a tasty ingredient in cooking. But it can do more than just add flavor. With the potential to cure an upset stomach, treat a sore throat, aid weight loss, and more, apple cider vinegar is one of today's handiest all-natural remedies. The Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook shows you why this inexpensive liquid is a must-have in your home and how to use it to achieve optimum health"
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Baby-led feeding : a natural way to raise happy, independent eaters
by Jenna Helwig
With more than 100 ideas and recipes, this bright, photo-driven book includes chapters on the benefits of this approach, when and how to get started, essential safety and nutrition guidelines, frequently asked questions, basic fruit and vegetable prep, more complex finger foods, and family meals.
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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful : A New Journey Through Anxiety
by Sarah Wilson
The best-selling author of I Quit Sugar challenges cultural beliefs about anxiety from the perspectives of medical and spiritual leaders and the Chinese proverb, "To conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful," to explore how the condition needs to be viewed less as a burdensome affliction and more as a source of divine growth.
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Modified : GMOs and the threat to our food, our land, our future
by Caitlin Shetterly
A sobering and meditative assessment of the hot-button debate about GMOs by a journalist who became convinced that genetically modified corn was causing family illnesses traces the evolution of ubiquitous modified products and how they are threatening human health.
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The obesity code : unlocking the secrets of weight loss
by Jason Fung
A thought-provoking book sheds new light on weight gain and obesity, revealing how the effects of insulin and insulin resistance need to be understood in order to achieve lasting weight loss and providing a five-step program that will improve health and control insulin levels.
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Prediabetes : a complete guide : your lifestyle reset to stop prediabetes and other chronic illnesses
by Jill Weisenberger
Taking an individualized approach to your lifestyle "reset," this book will allow you to choose your own path to wellness, help you gain a greater sense of wellbeing, boost your confidence in your abilities to maintain a healthful lifestyle, and potentially even help you reverse prediabetes and avoid type 2 diabetes and other chronic illnesses. You'll be feeling better than you have in years!
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Sick : A Memoir
by Porochista Khakpour
A story of survival, pain, and transformation, Sick candidly examines the colossal impact of illness on one woman's life by not just highlighting the failures of a broken medical system but by also boldly challenging our concept of illness narratives.
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Train Like a Fighter : Get Mma Fit Without Taking a Hit
by Cat Zingano
Cat Zingano is a professional MMA fighter who competes in the bantamweight division in the UFC. She won the inaugural Ring of Fire women's flyweight and bantamweight titles as well as Fight to Win women's championships in both divisions. She holds a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and she also teaches and coaches Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and wrestling.
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If He's So Great, Why Do I Feel So Bad? : Recognizing and Overcoming Subtle Abuse
by Avery Neal
In this groundbreaking book, Avery Neal, founder of the Women's Therapy Clinic, helps you recognise the warning signs of subtle abuse. As you are able to identify patterns that have never made sense before, you are better equipped to make changes. An expert in the field, Neal has guided countless individuals to regain their self-esteem, their joy, and their lives.
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Inventing Ourselves : The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Drawing from cutting-edge research, including her own, Blakemore shows: How an adolescent brain differs from those of children and adults Why problem-free kids can turn into challenging teens What drives the excessive risk-taking and all-consuming relationships common among teenagers And why many mental illnesses--depression, addiction, schizophrenia--present during these formative years Blakemore's discoveries have transformed our understanding of the teenage mind, with consequences for law, education policy and practice, and, most of all, parents.
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The last draft : a novelist's guide to revision
by Sandra Jean Scofield
Offering indispensable advice to both novice and experienced writers alike, a detailed, step-by-step guide illustrates how to reread a work of fiction with a view of its subject and vision, and how to take it apart and put it back together again so it is a stronger work that is deeper in meaning. By the author of The Scene Book.
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Now Say This : The Right Words to Solve Every Parenting Dilemma
by Heather Turgeon
Parents have the best intentions to be patient and loving, but in the heat of the moment, they too often find themselves feeling helpless, desperate, and so frustrated that they resort to yelling, threatening, bribing, or caving. Now Say This solves the dilemma: how can you be empathic and effective at once?
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Presence : Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
by Amy Cuddy
By accessing our personal power, we can achieve "presence," the state in which we stop worrying about the impression we're making on others and instead adjust the impression we've been making on ourselves. As Harvard professor Amy Cuddy's revolutionary book reveals, we don't need to embark on a grand spiritual quest or complete an inner transformation to harness the power of presence. Instead, we need to nudge ourselves, moment by moment, by tweaking our body language, behavior, and mind-set in our day-to-day lives.
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Schaum's Outlines Statistics
by Ph.D. Spiegel, Murray R.
This all-in-one-package includes more than 500 fully-solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 25 detailed videos featuring math instructors who explain how to solve the most commonly tested problems--it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You'll find everything you need to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the highest score possible.
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The shift : the next evolution in baseball thinking
by Russell A. Carleton
With a background in clinical psychology as well as experience in major league front offices, Baseball Prospectus' Russell Carleton illuminates advanced statistics and challenges cultural assumptions, demonstrating along the way that data and logic need not be at odds with the human element of baseball--in fact, they're inextricably intertwined.
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The unspeakable loss : how do you live after a child dies? : support, guidance, and wisdom from others who have been there
by Nisha Zenoff
By directly answering the questions raised by grief, The Unspeakable Loss speaks wisely and compassionately, offering bite-sized chunks of wisdom in language the bereaved can absorb. Addressing parents no matter where they are in their grief cycle, whether newly bereaved or dealing with a death that occurred many years earlier, the book offers insight from other bereaved parents, as well as Zenoff's personal story. While books on grief have sadness at their core, the best ones also contain invaluable wisdom. The Unspeakable Loss emphasizes hope and recovery above all.
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