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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"For years, Holly Whitaker wore her workaholic-party-girl persona as a badge of honor, while privately feeling increasingly miserable. She believed that if she could just eat cleaner, save more money, and be more perfect, her life would finally snap into place. Yet all of her attempts to fix herself just added up to more chaos and the chaos added up to more pain and so she added more wine. When she finally had enough and started looking around for...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
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"More than a philosophy or therapy - and not dependent on spiritual beliefs or psychology - Rational Recovery offers an unprecedented approach to alcoholism, problem drinking, and drug addiction known as the Addictive Voice Recognition Technique, or AVRT. Now, for the first time, the keys to this proven recovery process are available in a practical, user-friendly instructional guide."--BOOK JACKET. "AVRT is an aggressive self-recovery program that...
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"As the daughter of lead singers of the 1960s band The Mamas and The Papas, Mackenzie Phillips grew up in a dysfunctional environment and subsequently battled a near-fatal drug addiction. Now, delivered with warmth and candor, she presents the wisdom she gained from her own personal journey through addictions and her understanding of practical treatment from her work as a rehabilitation counselor. Using her own life experiences as examples of proven...
Author
Series
Deacon's family volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"As Luke Schrock struggles to reenter his Amish community, an audacious request from a deacon seems impossible--until he meets unpredictable Izzy Lapp"--
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Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"In Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, award-winning journalist Anne Dowsett Johnston combines in-depth research with her own personal story of recovery, and delivers a groundbreaking examination of a shocking yet little recognized epidemic threatening society today: the precipitous rise in risky drinking among women and girls. With the feminist revolution, women have closed the gender gap in their professional and educational...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Here is a marvelous guide for anyone affected by Parkinson's disease--patients, caregivers, family members, and friends. Containing the most up-to-date information on the disease, one of the most common neurological disorders, it discusses the available treatments and provides practical advice on how to manage the disease in the long term. Emphasizing life-style adjustments that will provide a better quality of life and moderate the burden for patients...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of two people in love, who packed up their lives and drove a thousand miles across Europe in a transit van to the magical island of Venice, to start their new lives and dreams together and raise their baby girl there. They left behind everything they didn't need. But they also brought something terrible with them: alcoholism. In the summer of 2019, Liz Fraser watched her husband fall into a catastrophic vortex of depression, alcoholism...
11) Learning to speak alzheimer's: [a groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease]
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking approach for everyone dealing with the disease.
Author
Publisher
Lioncrest Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Outside the box thinking about injury recovery, mental and physical fitness. Addresses joint injuries and latest surgical and rehabilitation treatments including growth factor and stem cell derived therapies focused on acceleration of healing and prevention, treatment and potential cures for arthritis.--
Why are some octogenarians competitive athletes while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn't luck. It's orthopaedic science.
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Miller's Children is a comprehensive look at the consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlawed mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. This book describes the author's fieldwork as a psychological expert witness in more than forty resentencing cases of juveniles affected by the Miller decision (and follow-up rulings), providing a wide-ranging review of research on human development...
14) Small steps
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture spurred by Lydia Denworth's discovery that her son couldn't hear her lullabies and the family's life-altering decision to give him a cochlear implant. Lydia Denworth's third son, Alex, was almost two when he was diagnosed with profound and progressive hearing loss. As both a science writer and the mother of young children,...
16) Bleed for this
Publisher
Universal Picture Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza, who, after a near-fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports' most incredible comebacks.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A biography of the plastic surgeon Harold Gillies with an emphasis on the development of plastic surgery during WWI. Gillies, a Cambridge-educated New Zealander, became interested in the nascent field of plastic surgery after encountering the human wreckage on the front. Returning to Britain, he established one of the world’s first hospitals dedicated entirely to facial reconstruction. There, Gillies assembled a unique group of practitioners whose...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Iris Grace is different. From the moment she was born she found the world a strange and terrifying place: she neither smiled nor spoke. The doctors couldn't help, telling her parents she might never be able to communicate - she'd never call them mummy or daddy. But then Irish met Thula. This special kitten and Iris became instant best friends. They did everything together - painting, playing, bathing, snuggling, sleeping, exploring. And then a miracle...
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